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spurtrenolds

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    Comment #29878973

    Of course they are not aimed at people! See the comment below regarding concerns of misalignment, limit stops & containment for beams with the power to cause permanent blindness. I…

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    Comment #29872892

    > Should we also pronounce the K in knight the way we used to? The K in knight appears to have turned up in the American pronunciation of "schedule".

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    Comment #29846778

    Ohhh! That's almost as good as typing "wargames" on the BSD command line. Shall we play a game?

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    Comment #29821738

    Ummmm Can you explain why giving a complete list of URLs you visit to the worlds largest advertising and data gathering company isn't dodgy? If you can't see why, then you appear t…

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    Comment #29771587

    Seconded. One would be far more likely to hear "Oi, cunt, the salt" here in Blightly than in the USA.

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    Comment #29737991

    What a ridiculous comment So much of our technologies have been built or adapted to enhance and/or fulfil our desires, including sexual desires, it is puzzling to me why you think …

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    Comment #29648385

    > People in this country were up in arms when this was first suggested ... Very strongly disagree with this. Yes there was some grumbling from the usual attention seeking (read 'sh…

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    Comment #29584402

    > by modem (this was 2008, not 1998) I'm mildly amused you consider modems obsolete. Here in the OT world and where systems need to be air gaped [1], modems are absolutely used to …

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    Comment #29584032

    Ummmm You do realise the world (and time zones) extend beyond New York and Los Angeles don't you?

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    Comment #29576722

    Parent should not be down voted for asking a genuine question. Seriously, what is wrong with you people down voting like this? You are turning this place into another Reddit.