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  1. Re:Pathetic on SSD Failure Temporarily Halts Linux 3.12 Kernel Work · · Score: 2

    rsync is nothing at all like time machine.

    Look a little harder into the versioning aspects of time machine and let me know how to make rsync do that.

    And when you've done that, please let me know how to get rsync to manage space and remove the oldest backup first when a full backup cannot complete.

  2. Re:Who do people still use PayPal high value accou on PayPal Freezes MailPile's Account · · Score: 1

    eBay require that most accounts and auctions accept paypal. It's a condition of being allowed to list in many cases.

  3. Re:Here in the "communist" Great Britain.. on How Car Dealership Lobbyists Successfully Banned Tesla Motors From Texas · · Score: 1

    I tried that when buying my last car, but still ended up saving an extra 500 quid at a dealership. I guess dealers want to compete with the online side of things still...

  4. Re:Jobs must be rolling in his grave... on Apple Unveils iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S · · Score: 1

    Take a look at cell plans in the UK - I pay GBP13.65 a month (including VAT) for 300 minutes, 3000 texts and unlimited data. The SIM was free. We don't pay to receive calls or texts.

    Given that I keep phones for between 2 and 3 years, why wouldn't I buy a phone outright ? It's loads cheaper for me.

  5. Re:Who do people still use PayPal high value accou on PayPal Freezes MailPile's Account · · Score: 1

    I live in the UK. Please tell me what alternatives I have.

  6. Re:Incoming on Angry Customer Buys Promoted Tweets To Bash British Airways · · Score: 1

    Please stop using the wrong hashtags - I think you'll find you should be using #opoo :D

  7. Re:Wireless sucks on How Africa Will 'Leapfrog' Wired Networks · · Score: 2

    I'm not sure I'd use Ivory Coast as a good example - hop over to Benin or Togo to see what can be done in the region - excellent coverage, reasonable rates and good throughput on the data plans.

  8. Re:Hopefully VoLTE will make this even bigger on Mobile Virtual Networks Are Booming Again · · Score: 1

    We just call that 'normal'.

    The whole idea of your cell provider choosing your hardware or not letting you use a phone on their network is really confusing to most of the world.

  9. Re: Update the constitution on Partner of Guardian's Snowden Reporter Detained Under Terrorism Act · · Score: 1

    Double jeopardy was done away with in the uk. You can now be tried multiple times until the CPS get the result they wanted in the first place. The first convictions under these rules have already happened.

  10. Re: Update the constitution on Partner of Guardian's Snowden Reporter Detained Under Terrorism Act · · Score: 1

    All they have to do is ask you for the key again the day you are released. You refuse, they put you away again. So it doesn't have to stack. All that has to happen is that the CPS choose to present the case again.

  11. Re:Pirating Windows? on Red Hat CEO: Bring On the Clones · · Score: 1

    Because they'd need a license for each physical computer ? My understanding here is that they had a cluster of many computers. So they bought RHEL for the head node (1 computer) and used CentOS on all of the others.

  12. Re:Hizzy on Google Blocks YouTube App On Windows Phone (Again) · · Score: 1

    Linux what has hovered around 1% ?

    I see many, many more Linux boxes in my day-to-day work than I see windows boxes. I'd say the split at the last 3 places I've worked has been around 60/40 in favour of Linux. And that's across thousands (and in one case tens of thousands) of hosts.

  13. The joys of private property ... on TSA Orders Searches of Valet Parked Car At Airport · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is the problem with more and more property being private and subject to conditions. On true public ground things like the 4th amendment matter. On private property, you're subject to the whims of the owners.

  14. Re:How is this even possible? on UK Government Spending £6,000 Per Computer Every Year To Maintain Desktops · · Score: 1

    DVLA? High CIA impact levels ? Surely you jest! That organisation is like a sieve when it comes to information that should be privileged leaking all over the place.

    And don't get me started on having to call an 0871 number at p per minute to talk to someone that I am legally obliged to have to deal with.

    Bah!

  15. Re:Attention - Young Turks on Disposable VPN: Tor Gateways With EC2 Free Tiers · · Score: 1

    What, like in Egypt ?

  16. Re:Your aim must be excellent! on 'Smart Gun' Firm Wants You To Fund Its Prototype · · Score: 1

    In my case, it's because I'm a small person. I used to live in a high-crime country (South Africa) and the people hijacking you and invading your home will often hurt you really badly. Some of this is because of the arms race - they want to hurt you before you hurt them because you might be armed. But part of it is also because life is cheap in poverty ridden places.

    I'd love to know of a reliable way to stop 2 intruders in a non-lethal way before they can hurt or kill me and rape my wife. But until then, I'd rather have the chance to shoot back.

  17. Re:It's about time! on Tesla Motors Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early · · Score: 1

    I've heard this called crab bucket syndrome. If crabs in a bucket left each other alone or even better, cooperated, they could escape. But when the crabs see one crab reaching up, they drag it back down.

  18. Re:Hardly on Adobe Creative Suite Going Subscription-Only · · Score: 1

    I'm not the OP, but my last upgrade was CS3. I was going to buy CS6, but Adobe wouldn't sell me an upgrade from CS3 to CS6 after December 2012.

    So my last upgrade cost me £180 for 5 years. Under the new system, it will cost me 5x that amount.

    I'm like many smaller business users - I only upgrade when there are features that justify the upgrade. Often that is only ever 2 or 3 versions.

  19. Re:Great an image laundering scheme for big busine on UK Passes "Instagram Act" · · Score: 1

    For this reason I don't think companies will be too quick to start using random images they find online. The risk of being sued and having to pay out if the copyright owner comes forward makes it unattractive.

    Why would you think this? Companies regularly steal images online today even with full attribution, knowing that they are violating copyright. In light of that, why do you think that they would stop when it's become even easier for them ?

  20. Printer and scanner support on The FreeBSD Foundation Is Soliciting Project Proposals · · Score: 1

    If FreeBSD supported more printers and scanners / MFC devices, I'd be back on it tomorrow.

  21. Re:Antibiotic Placebo? on Most UK GPs Have Prescribed Placebos · · Score: 1

    People get banned from surgeries all the time - it's your word against the practice manager as to why you were banned. And if the books of the other surgeries in your catchment area are closed, your medical coverage is effectively suspended.

  22. Re:Really? on SendGrid Fires Employee After Firestorm Over Inappropriate Jokes · · Score: 1

    But the developer that she got fired didn't work for the same firm as her. He worked at a different firm. They had no need to fire him to protect themselves from sexual harassment claims.

  23. Re:Solaris was never "supported" in the true sense on Solaris Machine Shut Down After 3737 Days of Uptime · · Score: 1

    Because I can't get the Brother MFC7420 working properly on FreeBSD

  24. Re:Let me get this straight on Hockey Sticks Among Carry-On Items TSA Has Cleared For Planes · · Score: 1

    You didn't really think this was about making things better? It's all part of the theater.

    Hell, in the UK, we can't even carry a leatherman legally without having good reason to do so.

  25. Re:Charm school? Really? on MIT's Charm School For Geeks Turns 20 · · Score: 1

    Really? I see women in summer dresses and flip flops in summer in fortune 100 firms while the men have to wear smart shirts, jackets and trousers in those same firms.