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  1. Re:About Time... on Sony Pulls Controversial PSP Ad, Issues Apology · · Score: 1

    Or more likely the other way round.

  2. Re:I pay a tax on blanks on BPI Requests ISPs Suspend Suspected Filesharers · · Score: 1

    Damn straight my good man.

    Still it does mean that in this country McDonalds have a damn good reason to ask you if you're eat in or take away. That reaspon being that if you have a milkshake it's a different price since if you eat in it becomes a restaurant not a food store and tax is charged.

  3. Re:Do they have court? on BPI Requests ISPs Suspend Suspected Filesharers · · Score: 1

    Yes but since this isn't a legal matter that doesn't matter. It's an acceptable use policy.

    It's just a business refusing to serve you. If you feel they've done it unfairly, THEN you can sue THEM.

  4. Re:I pay a tax on blanks on BPI Requests ISPs Suspend Suspected Filesharers · · Score: 1

    Neither sugar nor tea has any tax at all. Like most essential foods they're sales-tax exempt.

  5. Re:Any Good 360 Coverage? on Gaming Mags Worth Their Ink · · Score: 1

    In the UK, Imagine's "360" is the best one (the one on the left in the link, they own two).

  6. Re:But, but...Master Card/Visa on eBay Bans Google Payments · · Score: 1

    Ebay seem to spend a hell of a lot of money on adwords on google too.

  7. Re:Napster contra IPod on Students Skip College Music Services · · Score: 1

    Not that it's really worth it.

    No, stole involves the transfer of property, not the cloning of it.

    If anything the crime is counterfeiting.

  8. Re:No, We Won't. on Apple to Unveil New Leopard OS in August · · Score: 0

    Apple's 2% market share did not cause anyone to make USB peripherals.

  9. Re:ruckus on Students Skip College Music Services · · Score: 1

    Because some of them still care about legality.

  10. Re:TNSTAAFL on Students Skip College Music Services · · Score: 1

    They still do, although I believe it's only for users who've spent a certain amount on the service in the past.

  11. Re:Napster contra IPod on Students Skip College Music Services · · Score: 1

    His point was you said "Steal", which they are NOT doing.

  12. Re:Stock Tip on Apple to Unveil New Leopard OS in August · · Score: 1

    Because if OS-X ran on PCs, it would have every single one of XP's problems within minutes.

    Driver issues would cause stability isssues, it would suddenly be more attractive to spyware and virus makers.

    Basically it would be windows. Only probably worse because MS have a lot more practice at dealing with those issues which is why XP is by and large, so much better than 9x in these ways.

  13. Re:Why did he leave? on Futurama Star Billy West Answers Slashdot Questions · · Score: 1

    I think you've misunderstood the way this works. He's already answered the questions we posted.

    You're about a week late.

  14. Re:My question on Ask Futurama Star Billy West About...? · · Score: 1

    Much like Teller from Penn and Teller for that matter. In that act he actually speaks quite a bit, but only when he's off screen, or behind something.

    He also talked when they were on the Simpsons, allowable for the same reason.

  15. Re:AllOfMP3 has me spending on BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts · · Score: 1

    If you're an independant on itunes yes.

    If you're with EMI/Parlaphone etc on itunes? Not so much.

  16. Re:AllOfMP3 has me spending on BPI Sue AllOfMp3 In British Courts · · Score: 1

    No, just British and American con artists :)

  17. Re:Google's Shelf Space = Safeway's Shelf Space on Google Antitrust Suit May Go Forward · · Score: 1

    By that definition, Microsoft is not a monopoly either.

  18. Re:Please, this was never going to happen...riight on Microsoft Denies the Windows Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    Apple have not given out multiple complete generations of their media player, movie maker etc for free.

    10.4 is not "a completely different OS", it's what 1.0 should have been in the first place, much more so than any shortcomings that were ever present in XP build 2600.

  19. Re:Please, this was never going to happen...riight on Microsoft Denies the Windows Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    Ah, the "XP didn't work properly thing".

    I was referring to the upgrades to Media Player, to Movie maker, to messenger, to anti-spyware.

    All of which were free from MS and the equivilents, when they even existed, charged for by Apple.

  20. Re:What are they thinking? on Sony Hints At Higher Priced Games · · Score: 1

    My point is you can't blame Sony for the VAT rate, it's only fair to compare pre-tax prices.

  21. Re:What are they thinking? on Sony Hints At Higher Priced Games · · Score: 1

    Tomb Raider was £29.99 on play.com for 6 whole months before release.

    And your plan is all very well if you have the money to drop on a games PC.

  22. Re:Please, this was never going to happen...riight on Microsoft Denies the Windows Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    I don't think $100 for an OS that apparently had a 5 year shelf life of free updates (try getting that from apple) is at all bad when people pay more than half that for "LOL Shoot people in the head 199"

  23. Re:What are they thinking? on Sony Hints At Higher Priced Games · · Score: 1

    Yes to both.

    Income tax is 23 or 40% for most citizens. I assume by property tax you mean the equivilent of our council tax which would be about another $2-3,000US a year for an average home.

  24. Daily Mail on VW Raises the Bar for Self-Driving Vehicles · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just a note to point out the Daily Mail is roughly half a step about the National Inquirer in terms of credability, so this one could be entirely fictional.

  25. Re:What are they thinking? on Sony Hints At Higher Priced Games · · Score: 1

    Unless Star Wars is a "niche series" because I'm willing to bet the last SW film didn't do $125mil of business on launch day.