The bandwidth limits on these services are amazingly low, typically 500MB - 2000MB/month. Not much point in subscribing to a service that can only be used for one or two days a month, eh.
Every storage format becomes obsolete in the end. Just use whatever works for you now and be prepared to move your data to something else when the time comes.
1) Programmers. Imagine a 200 story building that looks fine
from the outside, but go down to the basement and you see that one
corner is wobbling on a pile of bricks. There's a sign attached
saying
FIXME: we need something better before building anything over two stories.
you do need a licence to receive TV broadcasts on a computer.
you don't need a licence if you have a broken TV in the attic.
you don't need a licence if you have a TV that's not installed to receive television program services, i.e., no aerial connected. This would cover the case of a TV used only as a terminal for a games console.
The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1991
2. The following class or description of television receiving apparatus is hereby specified for the purposes of the definition of "television receiver" in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949[5], namely such apparatus installed or used for the purpose of receiving television programme services, as defined by section 2(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1990, whether or not the apparatus is installed or used for other purposes.
Slashdot Mirror
> Since she did not sell or offer to sell the site so cyber-squating was out.
Yes, but I would have thought WIPO would be happy to have the domain confiscated on grounds of "bad faith", as has been done in so many other cases.
Yes, I would have thought people would lie about their "deviant" personal information instead of giving it away for a bit more money.
The bandwidth limits on these services are amazingly low, typically 500MB - 2000MB/month. Not much point in subscribing to a service that can only be used for one or two days a month, eh.
Every storage format becomes obsolete in the end. Just use whatever works for you now and be prepared to move your data to something else when the time comes.
I'd love to see a Wikipedia-like effort devoted to this.
This reminds me of article from a few months ago on bad weather wiping out the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
The "wrong hands":
1) Programmers. Imagine a 200 story building that looks fine
from the outside, but go down to the basement and you see that one
corner is wobbling on a pile of bricks. There's a sign attached
saying
FIXME: we need something better before building anything over two stories.
From what I can figure out (see the quote below),
from http://www.hmso.gov.uk
Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 436
The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) Regulations 1991
2. The following class or description of television receiving apparatus is hereby specified for the purposes of the definition of "television receiver" in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949[5], namely such apparatus installed or used for the purpose of receiving television programme services, as defined by section 2(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1990, whether or not the apparatus is installed or used for other purposes.