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  1. Re:WTF on Apple Locks iPhone 6/6+ NFC To Apple Pay Only · · Score: 1

    Google Wallet the only Android NFC payment system? I must be imagining being able to pay with EE MasterCard NFC on my Samsung S4 then?

  2. And for those of us outside the old NTSC areas on YouTube Introduces 60fps Video Support · · Score: 1

    How about some 50fps videos? Actually, I'd settle for 25fps.

  3. Re:breathe your breath on Texas Rangers Use Internet To Breathe New Life Into Cold Case Homicides · · Score: 0

    I was just thinking it was another one of those silly Americanisms!

  4. Re:Car Park on DNA Confirms Parking Lot Remains Belong To King Richard III · · Score: 1

    Exactly, it is where we park cars. What do you do in a parking lot, bid on cars?

  5. What about the rest of the World? on Carmack: Next-Gen Console Games Will Still Aim For 30fps · · Score: 1

    Not every country uses 30/60fps like the USA, why not release them in 25/50fps too?

  6. Re:Why not hardware manufacturers? on Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions · · Score: 1

    Do you honestly think that retail outlets will even consider selling computers without those stickers?

    That's a tough question. At first we all assume that the stickers must be pretty important, but my guess (pre-looking-at-evidence) is that most retail sellers would in fact be willing to do just that, since users never asked for those stickers in the first place; they're ads.

    I wouldn't be so sure about that. When Windows 8 comes out 'Windows 8 certified' will be all over the adverts and retailers such as PC World and Comet will be expected to say things like "this computer is better than that one because it is Windows 8 certified".

  7. Re:UK isn't England on Microsoft Wrongly Gives Britain the Day Off · · Score: 0

    Don't worry Microsoft can't even release a version of Windows that uses the proper version of English rather than the American version! Favorits, color etc.

  8. Re:This is what happens with kings/queens on Microsoft Wrongly Gives Britain the Day Off · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think you'll find that the extra day off is next Tuesday and not this Friday. Oh and Ubuntu has been showing the correct bank holiday for at least a year.

  9. Re:They haven't lost it on Millions of Brits Lose Ceefax News Service · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they used to do things to speed it up like sending the most viewed pages more often and I've seen some services - ARTE for example - where the pages counted down rather than up, but they also showed messages instead of the clock too. ISTR there were some extensions to the original teletext that would allow up to 4096 colours and other special effects.

  10. Re:Patents in question on Software Patents Not So Abstract When the Lawsuits Hit Home · · Score: 1

    I'm sure I've seen this in some of the more expensive programmable remote controls where the display changes to show different buttons after you've pressed one button.

  11. What about Apple? on Facebook Asserts Trademark On "Book" In New User Agreement · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that Apple will get sued for their iBook?

  12. Re:Not at all. I've had a house built. on Code Cleanup Culls LibreOffice Cruft · · Score: 2

    The factory where I work which must be over 60 years old, there are redundant cables and pipes everywhere. It would cost far too much money to figure out what is redundant and then remove it without disrupting anything else.

  13. Re:There's no need for that complexity. on In New Zealand, a System To Watch for Disabled Parking Violators · · Score: 1

    And while the original article was about New Zealanders, we're Americans.

    Speak for yourself, but I refuse to be bundled in with the assumption that everyone on here is American. Here in the UK, I found it amazing that it was OK for a disabled person to park in a parent & child space if the disabled spaces were used, but not the other way around.

  14. Re:My daughter was extremely upset as well. on Why Google Is Disabling Kids' Gmail Accounts · · Score: 1

    They also think they have control over a website running on a foreign server too though.

  15. Re:My daughter was extremely upset as well. on Why Google Is Disabling Kids' Gmail Accounts · · Score: 1

    Why exactly does the USA think it has jurisdiction over someone living in another country?

  16. Which aspect ratio? on HD Transfer of Star Trek: TNG To Arrive This Year · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As the series was originally in 4:3 ratio when it was shown on TV, are we going to have a pillarbox or cropped wide screen transfer when this is put onto blu-ray?

  17. Re:Browsers aren't magic on Browser Wars Redux: This Time It's the Apps · · Score: 1

    Is that the reason why it won't run in Rekonq - another webkit based browser - too? Ran the Acid 3 test on it and it passed at 100%.

  18. Re:Retailers on Asus To Ship Ubuntu 10.10 On Three Eee PC Netbooks · · Score: 1

    If the Eee PCs are using the Netbook version of Ubuntu 10.10, then they are using Unity. It started off in the UNR and for 11.04 they merged UNR and Ubuntu Desktop with both having the Unity interface. I used UNR up to and including 10.04, when I tried 10.10 on the netbook I switched to Kubuntu.

  19. Always Innovating's Smartbook? on ECS Shows Universal PadFone-Like Tablet · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Tools for OS X and Linux on What's Killing Your Wi-Fi? · · Score: 2

    Yes it works in Linux, but it is one of those awful mono apps.

  21. Re:Not quite there, but looking good on Kdenlive 0.8 Adds Advanced Features for NLV Editing · · Score: 1

    MKV isn't a codec, it is a container format so can contain pretty much any codec you want.

  22. Wasn't the phone off? on IPhone 4 Survives 1,000 Foot Fall From Plane · · Score: 1

    I thought it was still law that all mobile phones had to be turned off whilst on board an aircraft, in which case how could he have found his phone by tracking it?

  23. Re:Everyone else uses H264/MPEG4 on Opera Supports Google Decision To Drop H.264 · · Score: 1

    Obviously everybody except for me, as I use ogg for all my ripped music.

  24. Digial music formats on Sony Closing 18M CD/Month Plant · · Score: 1

    Isn't the CD a digital music format or has 16bit LPCM been reclassified as analogue?

  25. Re:Link to Ubuntu's actual Alpha 1 page.. on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Makes a First Appearance · · Score: 1

    The link you posted was for 10.10, try http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/natty/alpha1 instead.