In London's Docklands, at our rented house we could see more than 23 different wifi networks crowded around us. We had to spend some time to find the least congested channel to get any usable signal for even the most basic web browsing. The minute some neighbour came home with a new wifi router and plugged it in, it threw off our carefully balanced setup, and we'd have to run through the channels again.
As it was a rented house, running Cat5 was not an option. We bought Devolo Homeplug AV bricks and I was very impressed by the true plug and play nature of them. Streaming video from the servers upstairs to the Mac Mini under the TV worked perfectly.
I'm very glad to see that products now include multiple ports and even electrical outlet replicators. It was very annoying to have to use a Homeplug brick and then a separate switch in order to serve multiple networked devices.
It may not be exactly the same device, but this appeared on the UK edition of Dragons' Den. The Dragons were very sceptical, but the clincher came when they asked to taste the water that came out of it. Apparently it tasted disgusting - cue lots of umming and ahhing about it not having time to be set up and stabilize, etc.
I've been using the Loki plugin for Firefox on Mac for some time. It uses the Skyhook wifi triangulation system (as seen in iPhone 1.0 geolocation) - isn't this just the same thing?
As Carphone Warehouse bought the ISP operations of AOL UK, he should not only speaking for TalkTalk subscribers, but also AOL ISP customers in the UK.
Time Warner - who still operate the AOL portal in the UK - will be worried about the BitTorrents stealing their precious "Cats and Dogs" and other quality DVD releases. Interesting... could we end up with one AOL suing the other in the UK?
IANAL. The sad thing is that under UK law, just linking to "infringing material" may be a crime: "providing means for making infringing copies". If you refer to Chapter II of the Act:
(1) Copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner--...
...(d) sells or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire,
an article specifically designed or adapted for making copies of that work, knowing or having reason to believe that it is to be used to make infringing copies. "
Its internet radio - and there's a lot of that around - but all of the BBC's radio stations are available here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
The BBC have pushed DAB in the UK and have launched a number of Digital-only stations: urban on Radio 1 Xtra, indie, "college" rock on 6Music, spoken word, entertainment on Radio 7. I think 6Music is fab - plus there are no ads on the BBC.
I suppose that's one quality alternative to the Clear Channel monopoly!
Am I alone in the fact that the OS X screensaver password doesn't work at all anyway? Ever since I replaced my beige Windoze box with a lovely dual processor G4 at home, all it takes to get rid of the password prompt on the screensaver is to wiggle the mouse a bit.
This is problematic as it means that I can't easily secure the machine when my cleaner/nosey friends come around, without turning it off or logging out. I've heard people mention third party apps to use instead, but I kind of think that Apple should be able to get something as simple as this right. My machine is running 10.2.6 and I have all the patches via Software Update - where am I going wrong?
Nothing to do with making radio plays yourself, but for those interested in radio drama the BBC has recently launched a new Digital Radio station dedicated to comedy and drama. BBC Radio 7 is currently running stuff like Sherlock Holmes and the Pickwick Papers.
Someone mentioned LotR - BBC Radio 4's radio adaptation of Lord of the Rings dates from 1978 and has an all star cast on 13 CDs. Completely enthralling. I remember it from when I was a kid the first time round and bought it on CD when all the LotR hype came around with Peter Jackson's film. If anyone is interested in it, the catalogue number is ZBBC 1050.
Are you a freebie or pay user of Spamcop? I'm a pay user and I forward spams as attachments to my spamcop reporting address. This avoids the whole copy paste issue and works very nicely. Its also the easiest way of reporting spam sent to my AOL address.
If you're not a pay user, maybe you should support the Spamcop team by joining?:)
Of course, that's just avoiding the issue rather than fixing it, but...
regrettable, but they do business in France
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Some people have asked how France can force a Californian company to comply with French law - well, Yahoo wants to do business in one of the largest markets in Europe and has offices and easily arrestable/fineable staff based in Paris.
If you think back a couple of years, the MD of CompuServe in Germany (Felix Somm) was convicted of facilitating the dissemination of pornography via newsgroups. It was not until his case went to appeal at a German Federal Court that his conviction was quashed. Imagine being branded a child pornographer in a court of law because of how your news servers were set up??
As an international company, do you (a) pull out of a major market, (b) risk having your staff arrested or fined, (c)comply or (d) protect the 'right' of people to sell each other the props of their white supremacist fantasies? I would hope that any company I worked for would try to pragmatically comply and keep me and my colleagues out of the clink.
For those genuine militaria collectors, you've lost a forum for trading pieces on the internet. However, I'm sure it won't be long before a auction site springs up to cater for serious collectors - with the added benefit of getting rid of the right-wing nutsos.
The internet is a wonderful thing - but companies that choose to trade internationally have to respect the laws of the territories where they do business.
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In London's Docklands, at our rented house we could see more than 23 different wifi networks crowded around us. We had to spend some time to find the least congested channel to get any usable signal for even the most basic web browsing. The minute some neighbour came home with a new wifi router and plugged it in, it threw off our carefully balanced setup, and we'd have to run through the channels again.
As it was a rented house, running Cat5 was not an option. We bought Devolo Homeplug AV bricks and I was very impressed by the true plug and play nature of them. Streaming video from the servers upstairs to the Mac Mini under the TV worked perfectly.
I'm very glad to see that products now include multiple ports and even electrical outlet replicators. It was very annoying to have to use a Homeplug brick and then a separate switch in order to serve multiple networked devices.
It may not be exactly the same device, but this appeared on the UK edition of Dragons' Den. The Dragons were very sceptical, but the clincher came when they asked to taste the water that came out of it. Apparently it tasted disgusting - cue lots of umming and ahhing about it not having time to be set up and stabilize, etc.
I've been using the Loki plugin for Firefox on Mac for some time. It uses the Skyhook wifi triangulation system (as seen in iPhone 1.0 geolocation) - isn't this just the same thing?
http://www.loki.com
Meanwhile, some NPR reporters using the new gigapan camera were almost arrested for taking pictures with it at Union Station.
www.andycarvin.com
Another symptom of the knee jerk reaction against anything and everything unfamiliar in the War on Terror.
As Carphone Warehouse bought the ISP operations of AOL UK, he should not only speaking for TalkTalk subscribers, but also AOL ISP customers in the UK.
Time Warner - who still operate the AOL portal in the UK - will be worried about the BitTorrents stealing their precious "Cats and Dogs" and other quality DVD releases. Interesting... could we end up with one AOL suing the other in the UK?
IANAL. The sad thing is that under UK law, just linking to "infringing material" may be a crime: "providing means for making infringing copies". If you refer to Chapter II of the Act:
...
...(d) sells or lets for hire, or offers or exposes for sale or hire,
" 24 Secondary infringement: providing means for making infringing copies
(1) Copyright in a work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the copyright owner--
an article specifically designed or adapted for making copies of that work, knowing or having reason to believe that it is to be used to make infringing copies. "
"...are those figures trustworthy?"
Um, you're the one mis-reporting your User Agent! They can only report on the data they are given. [runs away to find flame proof trousers...]
AOL has a Postmaster site at http://postmaster.info.aol.com
Its internet radio - and there's a lot of that around - but all of the BBC's radio stations are available here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/
The BBC have pushed DAB in the UK and have launched a number of Digital-only stations: urban on Radio 1 Xtra, indie, "college" rock on 6Music, spoken word, entertainment on Radio 7. I think 6Music is fab - plus there are no ads on the BBC.
I suppose that's one quality alternative to the Clear Channel monopoly!
Am I alone in the fact that the OS X screensaver password doesn't work at all anyway? Ever since I replaced my beige Windoze box with a lovely dual processor G4 at home, all it takes to get rid of the password prompt on the screensaver is to wiggle the mouse a bit.
This is problematic as it means that I can't easily secure the machine when my cleaner/nosey friends come around, without turning it off or logging out. I've heard people mention third party apps to use instead, but I kind of think that Apple should be able to get something as simple as this right. My machine is running 10.2.6 and I have all the patches via Software Update - where am I going wrong?
Nothing to do with making radio plays yourself, but for those interested in radio drama the BBC has recently launched a new Digital Radio station dedicated to comedy and drama. BBC Radio 7 is currently running stuff like Sherlock Holmes and the Pickwick Papers.
Someone mentioned LotR - BBC Radio 4's radio adaptation of Lord of the Rings dates from 1978 and has an all star cast on 13 CDs. Completely enthralling. I remember it from when I was a kid the first time round and bought it on CD when all the LotR hype came around with Peter Jackson's film. If anyone is interested in it, the catalogue number is ZBBC 1050.
Are you a freebie or pay user of Spamcop? I'm a pay user and I forward spams as attachments to my spamcop reporting address. This avoids the whole copy paste issue and works very nicely. Its also the easiest way of reporting spam sent to my AOL address.
:)
If you're not a pay user, maybe you should support the Spamcop team by joining?
Of course, that's just avoiding the issue rather than fixing it, but...
Some people have asked how France can force a Californian company to comply with French law - well, Yahoo wants to do business in one of the largest markets in Europe and has offices and easily arrestable/fineable staff based in Paris.
If you think back a couple of years, the MD of CompuServe in Germany (Felix Somm) was convicted of facilitating the dissemination of pornography via newsgroups. It was not until his case went to appeal at a German Federal Court that his conviction was quashed. Imagine being branded a child pornographer in a court of law because of how your news servers were set up??
As an international company, do you (a) pull out of a major market, (b) risk having your staff arrested or fined, (c)comply or (d) protect the 'right' of people to sell each other the props of their white supremacist fantasies? I would hope that any company I worked for would try to pragmatically comply and keep me and my colleagues out of the clink.
For those genuine militaria collectors, you've lost a forum for trading pieces on the internet. However, I'm sure it won't be long before a auction site springs up to cater for serious collectors - with the added benefit of getting rid of the right-wing nutsos.
The internet is a wonderful thing - but companies that choose to trade internationally have to respect the laws of the territories where they do business.