Recent content by Will Holmes

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    Runescape Bot Maker Loses Big In Lawsuit

    *sigh* Yes, people play RuneScape, the number of members since the bot nuke has consistently been increasing. It has a huge and (since said bot nuke) healthy community that is full some of the friendliest people you'll ever meet. There is grinding, but there is far less than there used to be...
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    Why aren't hats allowed in schools?

    It's more about partially blocking the face of the wearer or the line of sight of other people behind the wearer than anything. Schools function by communication between teacher and student/pupil. ANYTHING that breaks that, even partially, needs to be stopped in the classroom. The lice...
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    Rumor: Next Xbox Could Run Windows

    This hinges on one question from me, will Microsoft take the closed model of Windows Phone 7, or the open 'install whatever the hell you want' model of Windows (the big PC one). If it's the former, Microsoft would effectively become a less classy Apple and would fail. If it's the latter, I...
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    USA health system... umm... what the hell?!

    Here's a crazy idea. Ditch the labels, because nobody seems to be able to use them properly. Seriously. If you stopped using them, progressing this debate would be far easier. At best, they're names that parties can adopt if they want to give a very vague indication of their values, and even...
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    I want to get into Doctor Who, where do I start?

    My advice? Stick with Eccleston onwards, then feel free to have a look at classic episodes if any references to previous events take your interest. You will get a lot of "Doctor X is better than Doctor Y", but it's really not a good idea to follow that. For example, you really don't want to...
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    Poll: Can you tell time on a "regular" clock?

    Like everyone I know, I can read analogue clocks. However, it normally takes me a good 10 seconds to work out. Digital clocks aren't very aesthetically pleasing to look at though. Hmm. I wonder if you could mod a PC case to have a ball clock inside?
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    Apple Patents Anti-Piracy Technology

    Uh, by patenting it, Apple are stopping other companies from employing the same technology on their own devices. That technology would only work in theory if it was applied to every single recording device, including the much more suitable ones that aren't iPhones. By the mere act of patenting...
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    Poll: Arming the UK Police

    Honestly, the OP shows a clear lack of respect or care for the mentally ill. That man does not deserve to be shot dead in the slightest, and I find the idea that killing him is better because it would reduce the strain police resources disgusting.
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    Poll: Gingerism - what's the deal?

    I personally think red hair is sexy as hell, but that's just me. To be honest, I haven't really heard about bullying on the basis of the colour of someone's hair for the greater part of a decade now. It's very... 90's. Bullying itself is the problem, really.
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    Superman Quits America, Fox News Readers Take the News Badly

    And Superman is bloody right about it too. DC Comics, I take my hat off to you.
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    Poll: Scapegoating the innocent, can it be a good thing?

    I would secretly fine the doctor, jail the drunk (but not for long), then give the money to the drunk when he gets out. Officially, the jailtime would be for hitting the child, but unofficially, it would be to rehabilitate him.
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    World's Craziest Xylophone Used In New Smartphone Ad

    Fixed. I'm English, and we know it as 'Touch wood'. We're not so insecure as to need to remove every single innuendo out of our expressions, it takes out a lot of the fun.
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    World's Craziest Xylophone Used In New Smartphone Ad

    ...damn you guys are immature. 'Touch wood' is a phrase that means 'good luck', and I expect that's the case in Japanese culture. I think a polished wooden backing for a smartphone is a great design idea.
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    Physicist Definitively Rules Time Travel Impossible

    It doesn't rule time travel out at all, it just gives hope for the Many Worlds Theory. If you go back in time, as soon as you materialise in the past, you've made a little change in the universe that wasn't there before, an impact that will permanently change the future, and will never be the...
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    Daily Drop: Silly Putty

    Nooooo! I grew up with the old school gameboy! Oh the huge manatee!