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  1. Re:Boroughs on London Installing Largest Free Wifi Network · · Score: 1

    Actually, if you want to be pedantic it's the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea,which IIRC are not hosting much in the way of competition during the Games (triathlon and beach volleyball apart). What about free wifi for Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Greenwich, which are closer to the action?

  2. Re:no terminals on London Needs 70,000 Cells For 4G · · Score: 2

    Plus the fact that the frequencies won't be allocated until 2013, after a long and elaborate auction process

  3. Re:Propaganda or Bad reporting? on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 2

    There is a difference between keeping quiet when questioned, which can cause inferences to be drawn in court, and refusing to be questioned without your legal rep being present, which cannot.

  4. Re:WHO CARES OF BRITAIN ANYMORE ?? on UK: Open Standards Must Be Restriction Free · · Score: 1

    Actually, it isn't. Banks and shops are not obliged to accept the Euro. Some large traders do, presumably at highly profitable rates, in the same way that US dollars are accepted in some countries. You will sometimes see goods priced in both currencies, but this is largely because they are designed also to be sold in ROI.

  5. Re:Korea? Wich Korea? on YouTube Disables Comments and User Uploads For Korean Users · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of a UK Government press secretary on 9/11, who famously said: 'This could be a good day to bury bad news'. Fortunately she was quickly given the boot

  6. Re:Korea? Wich Korea? on YouTube Disables Comments and User Uploads For Korean Users · · Score: 1

    The eternal conundrum. What is democratic behaviour? Behaviour that democrats like, or behaviour that preserves democracy? In any case, I'm not sure this law would qualify. Perhaps the key is in the date it came into force, and it is a giant April Fool?

  7. 2 old but good classics on What Is the Most Influential Programming Book? · · Score: 1

    Many older books have now dated, but two that I would recommend are "Classics in Software Engineering" (edited I think by Ed Yourdon), giving a great perspective on how to approach programming and programming style; and "The psychology of Computer Programming" by Gerry Weinberg, an approach to thought processes, both individual and group, involved in software development. I have no idea if they are still in print, but they served me well for many years

  8. Re:BIOS password on Researchers Report Spike In Boot Time Malware · · Score: 1

    Well that's all right then, because people always read UAC alerts and heed security warnings

  9. Re:Maybe next year... on A Decade of Haiku OS · · Score: 1

    'The same amount of' would apply in the case of a substance that you could measure by weight or volume; when it is items, 'the same number of' is the appropriate term. Sort of the same as 'less' and 'fewer'. If it's singular, it would be 'amount of' and 'less'; if plural, it would be 'number of' and 'fewer'.

  10. Re:It's stupidly easy to compromise a windows mach on Google Highlights Trouble In Detecting Malware · · Score: 1

    It can't be. That's my IP address

  11. Re:similarity to Libya? on UK Men Get 4 Years For Trying to Incite Riots Via Facebook · · Score: 1

    I think perhaps you need to buy an irony detection device, as your current one seems to be malfunctioning

  12. Re:It will get reduced, however . . . on UK Men Get 4 Years For Trying to Incite Riots Via Facebook · · Score: 2

    "Gotten" is not a pseudo-word, it is an archaic one; It appears in the 1662 BCP (admittedly in a rubric). The passing of old words and the coming of new ones seems to be never-ending. The Concise Oxford Dictionary now has 'woot', 'retweet' and 'mankini'

  13. Re:Wow? on UK Men Get 4 Years For Trying to Incite Riots Via Facebook · · Score: 5, Informative

    They pleaded guilty. That tends to short-cut proceedings a little (no fancy speeches to a jury, questioning of evidence etc)

  14. Re:This guy is just blowing smoke. on Cop Seeks Wiretapping Charges For Woman Who Videotaped Beating · · Score: 1

    I thought it was "disregardless" - but I may have misunderestimated your point

  15. Re:Stick with two bags on Ask Slashdot: Laptop + DSLR Backpacks · · Score: 1

    I agree with the advice to ditch the heavy laptop but sometimes you want to see what a shot really looks like. This is one of the rare times when a netbook is the best tool - and the new dual core jobs will even cope with a certain amount of image editing