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  1. Chinese on Which Language To Learn? · · Score: 1

    About the only way you'll get a job in future is to learn Chinese...

  2. You can lose here... on How to Heartlessly Arbitrage Used Books With a PDA · · Score: 1

    I've seen some books on e.g. Bookfinder for say $300, which are actually worth $10. Some crazy guy speculatively prices a copy at $250, when none are for sale. A few more appear for sale, and base their prices on that, so we get a load of books on offer with values in the range $250-$300, say. But actually, no purchaser may be prepared to pay more than $10 for it. So if you buy a copy for $50, and hope to sell for $250, you are going to lose big time.

  3. Re:This would also happen in ancient Rome. on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 1

    In Britain, you can see houses with strange symbols on the walls. These were marks from various insurance companies from the (I think) 18th century. If you had a fire, various insurance company fire wagons turned up. Of course, if you were insured with Circle, and Triangle turned up first, the Triangle guys would just jeer and tell you that you should have insured with them, until eventually the Circle guys turned up.

  4. Taobao = Chinese eBay on Open Source Participation Gains Support In China · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Some company called taobao..." Actually, they are not just "some company". They are to China what eBay is to the US and many other countries.

  5. Peering? on Swedish Pirate Party Launches ISP · · Score: 1

    Who is going to peer with them? They won't have Parliamentary Protection.

  6. Re:Why do you need to be anonymous at all? on New Chinese Rule Requires Real Names Online · · Score: 1

    Privacy, of course, also allows you to act immorally.

    The question is - are more people using it to act morally, or immorally?

  7. Re:weird on FBI Failed To Break Encryption of Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    That's exactly how the law in the UK works right NOW.

  8. Re:Slashvertisement on WiBE Shared Hotspot Pitched For Rural Broadband in UK · · Score: 1

    Nonsense. Much of Scotland has no 3G signal (not just a weak signal, but NO signal). See for example this map
    http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?cc=gb&net=hu
    which shows Three's coverage.

  9. Useless on WiBE Shared Hotspot Pitched For Rural Broadband in UK · · Score: 1

    What a stupid idea. Most places there is no broadband, there's no 3G signal either - e.g. mid Wales, North Scotalnd

  10. Prejudice on Why Being Wrong Makes Humans So Smart · · Score: 1

    Its called prejudice.

  11. To little due to distraction by iPad on New MacBook Pros Launched · · Score: 1

    Apple have concentrated too much on the iPad and battery life. This machine is unappealing. What's needed for serious users:

    Quad core CPU with hyperthreading, not dual core
    Fast SSD, not some generic thing whose speed Apple does not specify - because it is so slow
    Still only 8Gb max memory?
    Blu-ray writer / second HD / empty slot options
    USB 3
    Built in WWAN - who wants a dongle?

    How about a machine without a battery? - most laptops are used at a power outlet anyhow...

    And how about a 6" clamshell model we can put in our pockets instead of that ridiculous iPad thingy...

  12. Not Just Kodak? on Kodak Wireless Picture Frames Open To Public · · Score: 1

    If you go to the framechannel website, you can find a link claiming you can share photos with a whole bunch of manufacturers' devices:

    The FAQ here:http://www.framechannel.com/FAQ/#FRAME_LIST
    sends you here: http://www.wirelesspictureframe.com/company-listing/
    where you can see this list:

    FrameChannel Wireless Digital Picture Frames
    Kodak
    D-Link
    Philips Electronics
    Samsung
    Digital Spectrum, Inc.
    PhotoVu
    Edge Tech Corporation
    InTouch
    Motorola
    Pix-Star
    Toshiba

    Other Digital Picture Frames
    Bigeframe
    Fidelity Electronics, Inc.
    KoolVu
    Pandigital
    Parrot
    PF Digital, Inc.
    Polaroid Corpoation [their typo, not mine!]
    Portable USA
    Royal
    Sungale Group, Inc.
    Westinghouse Digital Electronics

  13. Re:Fundamental principle on Why Apple Denied the Google Latitude App · · Score: 1

    Because people will get killed? Because the product will get a bad name? There are lots of reasons to care. It's not just about blame, you know.

  14. Re:Fundamental principle on Why Apple Denied the Google Latitude App · · Score: 1

    If I made, say, radiation therapy machines, or aircraft, I'd certainly demand a right not to let 3rd party software operate them.