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  1. Re:Any legal grounds for a refund? on Lightbulb DRM: Philips Locks Purchasers Out of 3rd-Party Bulbs With New Firmware (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    In Europe you should be able to return the product anytime within two years, in this case I think that saying it is not "fit for purpose" would be an understatement.

  2. EU Antitrust on Mozilla CEO: Windows 10 Strips User Choice For Browsers and Other Software · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anybody else see a big fine for Microsoft on the horizon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  3. Evidence Based Surveillance on Dallas Police Falsely Credit TrapWire System For Arrests · · Score: 1

    Expecting to have an Evidence Based Surveillance Policy is like expecting to have Evidence Based Drugs Policy.

  4. Re:Doesn't make sense on China's 'Great Cannon' -- a Cyber-weapon to Accompany the Great Firewall · · Score: 1

    Maybe they're probing for a response, so that they gain information on what responses can be made.

  5. Re:Fridge door handle on Should a Service Robot Bring an Alcoholic a Drink? · · Score: 1

    Yes but what happens to all the little holes in the programming, maybe there's a hole that brings him a ginger ale and ouzo. The programming would have to be exceptional to cover all circumstances. Would you then be held accountable by your sister for letting it happen because you bought a defective product?

  6. Fridge door handle on Should a Service Robot Bring an Alcoholic a Drink? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The robot shouldn't be tasked with this judgment any more that the latch on a fridge door should be asked to keep you an your diet.

  7. Re:grandmother reference on Ubisoft Revokes Digital Keys For Games Purchased Via Unauthorised Retailers · · Score: 1

    If I was a Canadian that went across the border into the US to buy a car because it was cheaper doesn't mean that the car company can come and tow it.

  8. Re:About 7-8 years ago? on Ask Slashdot: Has the Time Passed For Coding Website from Scratch? · · Score: 1

    Slightly off topic, but do you think there will ever be the chance of Amazon reinventing their video player so that it works in Linux.

  9. Personhood for an AI ? on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Is Back In Court · · Score: 1

    At some point this will play out in the courts when an AI start to approach human levels of intelligence. Will we use the chimpanzee case as a precedent?

  10. Systematic over billing is fraud isn't it? on Comcast Drops Spurious Fees When Customer Reveals Recording · · Score: 1

    So why is nobody investigating this company. Or is this just the way business is done?

  11. Re:Nuke it from orbit, then restore from backups. on Synolocker 0-Day Ransomware Puts NAS Files At Risk · · Score: 1

    I didn't think it was known yet if it was the same attack vector.

  12. Local recycling is the best way to go. on Reglue: Opening Up the World To Deserving Kids With Linux Computers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Before I joined my current company their equipment disposal policy was to have their old equipment picked up as General Purpose electronic scrap. It didn't take long for me to find a local charity that was re-purposing PCs by loading them with Linux Mint and giving them back to people who couldn't afford one in our local community. In the UK we follow the EU law Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... so recycling locally actually kills a few birds at the same time. We follow the law, the charity are happy to confirm that they have receive the equipment for recycling. Which also keeps our accounts people happy as they can track the write offs. Our machines are wiped down as they put a fresh Mint install in place. And we're giving something back into the community. I really don't know why more companies don't put the little bit of extra effort into putting the same kind of relationship in place.

  13. Re:Actually makes good sense on TSA Prohibits Taking Discharged Electronic Devices Onto Planes · · Score: 2

    Cue every airport getting a paid for recharging kiosk. I'm sure that there is a good business idea in here somewhere.

  14. Re:Well, of course on NSA Considers Linux Journal Readers, Tor (And Linux?) Users "Extremists" · · Score: 1

    The USSR didn't have Hollywood. Just look at the amount of positive propaganda that gets consumed as entertainment. It's almost like there's some sort of plot.

  15. Re:and yet... on Google Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Over Default Search on Android Phones · · Score: 1

    It would be interesting to see a comparison of the number of steps needed to change the search provider in Android as opposed to a Windows phone.

  16. Even worse, UK Parliament to migrate to Microsoft on Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Yahoo Form Alliance Against NSA · · Score: 1

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/03/parliament_heads_for_ms/ I sometimes just don't believe how jaw droppingly stupid my government is. Unless of course they're just trying to cut out the middleman (GCHQ) and give everything streight to the NSA.

  17. Retaliation on UK MPs: Google Blocks Child Abuse Images, It Should Block Piracy Too · · Score: 1

    I would love Google retaliating by releasing the search requests for the the relavent MPs.