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  1. Re:Techie price greater than luser price on Is the Web Heading Toward Redirect Hell? · · Score: 1

    That's fine - and my point was that Google always offers lower level access than their competitors, so any attempt to obfuscate their services can be bypassed one way or another. Like how they offer IMAP when almost nobody else does, CalDAV for calendars, and hopefully CardDav for contacts soon!

  2. Re:Techie price greater than luser price on Is the Web Heading Toward Redirect Hell? · · Score: 2, Insightful
  3. Re:Techie price greater than luser price on Is the Web Heading Toward Redirect Hell? · · Score: 0
  4. Re:How do you get offenders to stop? on Is the Web Heading Toward Redirect Hell? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, so THAT'S why Slashdot doesn't support a wider Unicode character set.

  5. Re:Magnets and Renewable Energy! on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    That IE 6,7,8 rarely displays pages correctly is not entirely accurate. Designers already code for the worst common denominator. If a web site doesn't display correctly in IE6 and a significant portion of their users *have* IE6, then that's a failure on the part of the designer. It's a terrible burden for the poor designers (myself included) but there's no need to strongarm the computer illiterate into an upgrade just so we can have the eye candy we want.

  6. Re:bullcrap on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    congratulations.

  7. Re:bullcrap on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    I love the dial on my toaster oven, but hated when my microwave had one. Yes, the microwave has a clock, but I never set it. It's just that I need a little more precision in setting the timer because it cooks so fast and a keypad really helps with that.

  8. Re:So they can just keep stolen property then? on UK Man Prevented From Finding Chipped Pet Under Data Protection Act · · Score: 2, Informative

    From the article
     
     

    Mr Moorhouse contacted the police who also refused to disclose the information after concluding that there was no criminal case to answer.

    A judge at Huddersfield County Court ruled that the matter was outside his jurisdiction.

  9. Re:So they can just keep stolen property then? on UK Man Prevented From Finding Chipped Pet Under Data Protection Act · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the article
     

    Mr Moorhouse contacted the police who also refused to disclose the information after concluding that there was no criminal case to answer.

    A judge at Huddersfield County Court ruled that the matter was outside his jurisdiction.

  10. Re:"Responsible" on Aussie Student Responsible For Twitter Exploit · · Score: 1

    Except that you're party wrong. It WAS a regular expression, but they had properly sanitized their main URL code. The problem was that a hash symbol in a URL, which is a valid part of a URL, was being converted wrong specifically by the t.co url shortener that they were starting to use combined with their hashtag regex:
     
    http:/twitter.com/test#@"onmouseover="javascript:alaert('helloworld');"/

  11. Re:"Responsible" on Aussie Student Responsible For Twitter Exploit · · Score: 1

    I think you read everything I said and understand none of it. We're talking about the original CSS exploit vs. the JavaScript version. The bug was related to how Twitter parses hashtags when they are part of a URL. Only the javascript version would have used an onmouseover=" secretly inserted into the URL after a hashtag. The CSS exploit probably looked more like www.something.com/#test"style='color: red;'

  12. Re:"Responsible" on Aussie Student Responsible For Twitter Exploit · · Score: 1

    The javascript was inserted with an onmouseover (that twitter conveniently put into a specific spot in the HTML). Presumably, the CSS styles were done using a style attribute. I can't say for sure, I forgot what the code for the exploit looked like.

  13. Re:Response to rampant speculation on DX11 Coming To Linux (But Not XP) · · Score: 1

    There's a difference between the OEM system builder kits and the OEM software you get at an online retailer.

  14. Re:I can't wait on Terry Pratchett's Self-Made Meteorite Sword · · Score: 1

    I should have specified "From the perspective of the U.S."

  15. Re:Again? on Twitter Suffers Web Interface Exploit · · Score: 1

    The server shouldn't really store HTML entities. You don't want to receive that junk in an XML API or to have to convert it for a non-HTML desktop client. You store the original and escape for display.

  16. Re:Whither 9%? on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    Don't get mixed up on Illinois. The Illinois state income tax is 3%. The state sales tax in Illinois is 6.25%. Everything else you just said must only apply in Chicago. Don't blame Springfield for Chicago's problems.

  17. Re:I want to see pictures! on Terry Pratchett's Self-Made Meteorite Sword · · Score: 1

    I don't know who this Pete Moss guy is. He seems to be either a DJ or a rock musician depending on which guy you're referring to. He doesn't seem to be into heavy metals. I'd say it would be far easier to use peat moss

  18. Re:I can't wait on Terry Pratchett's Self-Made Meteorite Sword · · Score: 1

    And he'd have to move. Americans can't have dual citizenship.

  19. Re:Okay on Intel Threatens DMCA Using HDCP Crack · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The DMCA itself has an interoperability clause. And there's plenty of people with older DVI monitors who would love to simply use them for viewing of legally purchased HD movies. But we all know that Intel will file suits and win anyway.

  20. Re:And this is a bad thing? on Google, Apple and Others Accused of 'No Poaching' Deal · · Score: 1

    OK, well if you really want to get pedantic, then no - they won't fit in the palm of one's hand. But that's not what I was afraid of being taken figuratively - I was certain that would be.

  21. Re:And this is a bad thing? on Google, Apple and Others Accused of 'No Poaching' Deal · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that the patents were held by just a few companies and they weren't licensing to anyone. Complete monitors and TV's were assembled by a wide number of companies, but I was pretty sure that it was still only a handful manufacturing the actual panels.

  22. Re:And this is a bad thing? on Google, Apple and Others Accused of 'No Poaching' Deal · · Score: 1

    I'd say the overall free market has lower wages than they do anyway. I'm not sure if it's really fair to only compare the biggest companies.

  23. Re:And this is a bad thing? on Google, Apple and Others Accused of 'No Poaching' Deal · · Score: 1

    By that standard, Google would have to be attempting to make these people unemployable, or severely restricting their ability to find a new job. I'd argue that they're doing neither. Nor is that the result.

  24. Re:And this is a bad thing? on Google, Apple and Others Accused of 'No Poaching' Deal · · Score: 1

    True, but if you throw a peanut at someone, you're not going to get charged with attempted murder either.

  25. Re:Do u want V1aGra and pr0n txt msgs? on T-Mobile Facing Lawsuit Over Text Message Censorship · · Score: 1

    I use NET10 prepay (on AT&T towers), and I only get charged for a text when I open it. I get a tiny preview of the first few letters and the sender for free. On top of that, it's only 5 each without a texting package.