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  1. I don't listen to the radio either - my phone is plugged into the USB cable. However, when driving through the blackwall tunnel in London recently, my radio stopped playing my music and instead broadcast a warning (that was also being broadcast on speakers in the tunnel) over and over.

    So it's definitely possible.

  2. Have they stopped using the BIOS to force-load bloatware / junk into Windows yet ? Is there any way to turn that off ?

  3. Quite clever - doesn't cover their competition on For The UK's 'Snoopers' Charter', Politicians Voted Themselves An Exemption (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is quite clever of the established ruling elite. Their data is exempt and will not be collected or retained. But people new to politics running against them are not covered by this until they win.

    So anyone feeling challenged by a new player will now have an additional valuable tool in keeping their job.

  4. Re:can we now get some throttling for netflix? on Netflix Finally Gets Download Option (netflix.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, cool - you got any names for decent fibre suppliers in Togo ?

  5. Re: I want acess too on 48 Organizations Now Have Access To Every Brit's Browsing Hstory (zerohedge.com) · · Score: 2

    I believe that politician's history may be excluded from being retained. They're thinking of the children in Westminster.

  6. > And if their profitability falls below what investors demand as a return, then those companies move to China

    How ? This whole discussion is about Apple products being sold in countries across the EU, and those countries getting no tax benefit.

    Do you really think that Apple would stop selling in the whole of the EU ?

  7. Docklands Light Rail in London. They have a guy on the train who can drive it if need be, but I can't remember the last time I saw anyone in the driver's seat other than a passenger, and I use it twice a day, 5 days a week.

  8. Not an insult, but on Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Insults No Developer Wants To Hear? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    My least favourite word in the English language is just. "Just do ...", or "It's simple, just..."

    You hired me for my expertise and the quality work I deliver. I have a track record with this firm spanning several years of high-quality delivery and being right about nearly every technical and process call I've made. But feel free to walk in and denigrate all of that value by telling me to just ...

  9. Re:Spear-phishing on Phishing Email That Knows Your Address (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It has names. My mother in-law got two of these a few days ago. They had her name with correct honorific, home address and e-mail address. It was the most real phishing attack I've ever seen.

  10. Re:alternate email address on Phishing Email That Knows Your Address (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You can use + notation. Then you can deal with all the companies that accepted your address using that at one point, then changed a load of their code and no longer accept it. Or some companies where one part of their organisation will accept a + in your address, but another part of the same org won't - Microsoft was an example of this until recently.

    I've found it to be more trouble than it's worth in the long run.

  11. Re:Happy, happy, joy, joy... on Cameron Tells Pornography Websites To Block Access By Children Or Face Closure · · Score: 1

    Remind me - how many times did Labour attempt similar controls ? Oh, yes, loads.

    How long did Labour want to hold people without charge or trial ? 90 days I seem to remember...

    It's just politicians - Labour, Conservatives it doesn't matter. They all want one thing - control (which leads to more power). I've never seen a politician here roll back an abhorent policy that they fought massively against when they were in opposition. Because when they're not in opposition anymore, it's too useful to them to get rid of.

  12. Re:How many times? on Restaurateur Loses Copyright Suit To BMI · · Score: 2

    It wasn't private property - it was a farm / ranch where cattle were raised for profit IIRC. This meant that farmhands who were working there heard the radio.

  13. Re:Women CEO's. on Yahoo Called Its Layoffs a "Remix." Don't Do That. · · Score: 1

    Thomson did this to staff just before the Reuters merger too.

  14. Re:But they help also on Uber Shut Down In Multiple Countries Following Raids · · Score: 1

    > to any single freaking taxi ride i have ever taken

    How many taxis have you ridden in, in how many countries ? Because I've had some great rides. Pricey, but lovely.

  15. Re:Consumers win on Lenovo Saying Goodbye To Bloatware · · Score: 1

    Really ? I've been able to replace loads on Apple laptops over the years. More modern ones are harder, but so are the comparable windows machines. That's because to make them small and light, they're soldering things to other things.

  16. Re:Sackings and investigation required. on Scotland's Police Lose Data Because of Programmer's Error · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This can't be restored because the police do not want it restored. The are under investigation for abuse of stop and search powers, and racial profiling. Suddenly all of the reports that they have to file after each stop and search are gone. IT error my ass.

  17. Re:Also take aim at... on WA Bill Takes Aim at Boys' Dominance In Computer Classes · · Score: 1

    I think it's a little worse here in the UK than I've ever seen it before. Right now, teachers are being suspended if someone they live with has anything show up on their vetting.

    Live with a guy who got a DUI 5 years ago ? Get suspended. Live with a guy who had an assault charge (note - charge, not necessarily conviction) brought against him? Suspended.

    The government say that they've told the schools to use their discretion, but the schools have learned through issues like the Baby P fiasco not to trust that and will simply enforce the very letter of the new guidelines.

  18. Re:The DEA is just doing their job on DEA Planned To Monitor Cars Parked At Gun Shows Using License Plate Readers · · Score: 1

    Hmmm - in the UK, I would list the following: Cigarettes, alcohol, unhealthy fast food and cars. All of those kill more people than guns here.

    And that's despite tens of thousands of privately held guns. We have very few murders that use legally held guns here.

  19. Re:Just give the option to turn it off... on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    Could you setup some meetings with thousands of town and city planners around the world and let them know that - thanks!

  20. You can ignore EE's comments on UK ISPs EE, Virgin and Vodafone Back Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    BT are looking to buy them. If that happens, it'll be as bad as every other BT outfit.

  21. Re:Solution looking for a problem on Being Pestered By Drones? Buy a Drone-Hunting Drone · · Score: 1

    The design of a range I shoot at means that on windy days we'll occasionally be hit with shot on the way down. It's normally either 9 or 7.5 (skeet or sporting), and it's no more than an annoyance.

  22. Re: Fuck the Nanny State on MI5 Chief Seeks New Powers After Paris Magazine Attack · · Score: 1

    As opposed to the current government, under which many shotguns and firearms (except handguns other than for humane despatch) are legal ?

  23. Re: Fuck the Nanny State on MI5 Chief Seeks New Powers After Paris Magazine Attack · · Score: 1

    I see this statement time and time again. The UK has tens of thousands of privately held firearms and shotguns. Just not handguns.

  24. Re:News for Nerds, Stuff that matters on Box Office 2014: Moviegoing Hits Two-Decade Low · · Score: 1

    They're only shaky cam when they come out before / around the same time as cinemas. After that, they're normally high quality rips that offer a better user experience than the official products (http://craphound.com/images/ifurapirate.jpeg)

  25. Re: don't use biometrics on Virginia Court: LEOs Can Force You To Provide Fingerprint To Unlock Your Phone · · Score: 1

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-2...

    The article has changed since I first read it from 'charged with' to 'accused of'

    The Metropolitan Police said the men are accused of taking an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) militant group and arranging to buy a handgun equipped with a silencer and conducting "hostile reconnaissance" of a police station and Army barracks in London using Google Street View.