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  1. Re:iOS is toys, OS X is Unix. Learn the difference on How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries · · Score: 1

    Alt+Green maximise button to maximise but not full-screen an application window

  2. Re:Technical solution to a people problem... on The Problem With Using End-to-End Web Crypto as a Cure-All · · Score: 1

    This is in correct, in many western nations the mail envelopes have been scanned and directed on their path using character recognition. This is effectively the meta data that is tracked in email, especially if people write the sender on the envelope too.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07...

  3. iCab Mobile is the browser you are looking for on Ask Slashdot: Gaining Control of My Mobile Browser? · · Score: 1

    It has filters, ad-blocking and script filtering. It also does useful things like download files.

  4. What works for me across about 7000 miles torrent on Ask Slashdot: Simple Backups To a Neighbor? · · Score: 1

    Torrent sync will sync when connected and you can set limits on bandwidth usage.

    I use it to back ground sync tens of GB over multiple sites

  5. Looks just like Spy Central UK (GCHQ) on A Peek At Apple's Planned $5B HQ · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Communications_Headquarters

    All all glass building with lots of computers and the terminals with the world's secrets flashing across. An interesting concept.

  6. Re:How much safer on Russian Federal Guard Service "Upgrades" To Electric Typewriters · · Score: 2

    The attacker would have to physically implant the bug in the machine, which would take training. Once it's in, however, the bug can isn't limited to wired networks or short range technologies like Bluetooth or WiFi. It could use GSM or SMS with nothing more than parts bought at a Radio Shack.

    Not at all and the technology for monitoring the output for typewriters is decades old.

    They can be monitored remotely using the vibration in the office windows or using the fluctuation in the electrical current. Monitoring the vibration in the office windows can be done from across the street or further away.

  7. Re:NRA sedition^H^H^H patriotism on "Terrorist" Lyrics Land High Schooler In Jail · · Score: 3, Informative

    An armed response is not always the answer.

    Mainstream media failed to properly report the peaceful revolution in Iceland recently where the population completely replaced their government. http://rhuni.com/l/R7XUh8IIGB

    Or we can look at the revolution in Egypt where only 2% of the population marched on the capital.

  8. Already an alternative http://owncloud.org on BitTorrent Launches Dropbox Alternative · · Score: 1

    You could possibly run http://owncloud.org/ yourself on an Amazon server and have as much storage as you want. There are clients for Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android.

    It took me 30 minutes to set one up. While I may sound like an advert, I am just really excited as I have been waiting for something like this for years.

    I think European companies that need to keep data inside Europe for regulatory reasons can then run this for their employees inside their firewalls / VPNs.

  9. Re:Local storage? on BitTorrent Launches Dropbox Alternative · · Score: 1

    Well in this case maybe a better option is to use http://owncloud.org/ an open source alternative to Dropbox where friends, communities or trusted companies run services for smaller groups.

  10. They are too lazy to check browser language prefs on Google Drive Goes Live · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Google as ever uses reverse IP lookup rather than browser preferences to set the language (language preferences only work once you log in and often even not when logged in). They assume people do not travel and everyone within a particular geographical area will only speak the dominant language.

  11. The current system is useless, of course it needs on How Ford Will Upgrade Owners' Display Screens · · Score: 1

    Of course the Ford system needs patching. Anybody who has used an iPhone in a Ford will know that. There is there is no method to control playlists or songs it is not powerful enough to charge the iPhone. It would be better having a standard USB charging port than anything that is installed in the car.

  12. They should use http://flattr.com instead on PayPal Freezes Support Account For Bradley Manning · · Score: 1

    The founders of Pirate Bay have shown themselves to have courage in the past and to stand up for themselves when they believe they are right.

    Wikileaks nor Bradley Manning have been convicted of any crimes and yet Paypal et al. withdraw their service under inexplicable circumstances.

    Looks like a great time to stop using paypal, Amazon and the others that fail basic morality tests.

  13. Pro free speech but paid via anti-free speech site on GeoHot Asks For Donations To Fight Sony · · Score: 1

    While I like the work that GeoHot has done and have been a beneficiary of his work this seems a little contradictory.

    It is great that GeoHot is fighting for free speech but seems odd that he is using Paypal, a company that refused to process payments for Wikileaks. Wikileaks were publishing the same information as both The Guardian and The New York Times. It seems quite clear that Paypal is no friend of free speech.

    Maybe he ought to use a payment system that allows micropayments from thousands to achieve his goal such as http://flattr.com/ ?

  14. Still available for me on Pirate Bay Down; Police Raids Across Europe · · Score: 1, Redundant

    thepiratebay.org is still available to me here in Sweden.

  15. Re:Apple Plan on A Peace Plan To End the Flash-On-iPhone Fight · · Score: 1

    There is nothing that makes any flash look really, really good...

  16. Re:What about commercial open source software on Over Half of Software Fails First Security Tests · · Score: 1

    It means that the open source software development is often paid for by a commercial organisation.

    The original article is trying to compare commercial (by which I guess they mean closed source) and open source (which is mostly commercial).

  17. What about commercial open source software on Over Half of Software Fails First Security Tests · · Score: 4, Informative

    So lots of comparisons between open source and commercial software; however there is a lot of open source software that is sold, i.e. commercial. In addition it has been shown that most of the code for the Linux kernel was developed by people who were paid to do it by Red Hat, IBM, Intel and others. Does that mean that the Linux Kernel is commercial software.

    May be the article should refer to closed source proprietary and open source software.

    The article reads as if the author does not fully understand the how Open Source software is developed and is just a large advert (a.k.a. press release) for the auditing software.

  18. Re:Answers on The iPad Questions Apple Won't Answer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can you save and transfer documents to the iPad?

    Most likely.

    Does the iPad support Microsoft Exchange email?

    Not likely.

    The iPhone supports Microsoft Exchange mail, it would be strange for Apple to remove this feature when it is already present and works well for me.

    Does the iPad support VPN and configuration management?

    Not likely.

    It is running very similar software to the iPhone, which provides this capability. Configuration management may need more tweaks to support iWork but not much more. VPN is already present in the iPhone OS, there is no reason not to carry this across.

    Can the iPad be used for videoconferencing?

    There is no camera.

    There is a space for a camera that fits the camera in the MacBook Pro - this has been shown in the spares delivered to repair shops. This will probably arrive in version 2, something new to buy for all the early adopters. (Disclaimer, I bought the iPhone 2G and then the 3G and was thinking about the 3GS until the iPad arrived ;-)

  19. I use a Du@lphone that synchronises easily on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 1

    It connects to the network via ethernet cable and synchronises time via a time server, it can obtain a full addressbook via my skype account.

    If I want to make a call I can choose to make the call via skype or via the land line, similarly it will receive calls both through the landline and skype.

    If you do not want to use skype you could just consider it an application to edit your addressbook. I can have multiple handsets on the same base station and they all update simultaneously.

    Using skype it is much closer to cross platform than something that is tied to Outlook or some other Microsoft application.

  20. Re:Not BitTorrent on BT Drops Phorm, Citing More Pressing Priorities · · Score: 2, Informative

    BT (British Telecom) was rebranded years ago and is most widely known as BT. This is because they are an International Company and did not want to be only associated with operating in the UK.

    See:
    http://paulrobertlloyd.com/articles/britain_rebranded/

    "British companies now operate on a global scale and many had decided that any British associations were not good for business. A look at the number of privatised companies that have changed their names will tell you this. British Telecom was one of the first when it became BT in the early nineties - when many other national telecom companies - France Telecom and Deutche Telecom for example haven't felt the need. British Gas (now BG) and British Steel (now Corus) are two recent examples."

  21. Must be rubbish, no mention of tac... on Interview With the Author of "Mastering Cat" · · Score: 1

    Any book about cat must include tac. I cannot believe the interview didn't mention it once.

    Very disappointed, tac is at least as complicated as cat.

  22. Re:I'm a little skeptical on Not All the DOJ Missing Emails Are Missing · · Score: 1

    It is easily done. A friend of mine working for Deloitte and Touche (as they were at the time) accidentally misaddressed an email to his mum and sent it to the global address list - yes all 20,000 employees got the Dear Mum email...

  23. Re:Red Hat doesn't matter anymore on Red Hat Readies RHEL 5 for March 14 Launch · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You might want to consider who paid for writing the kernel.

    How much effort was put in to fixing bugs by people paid for by Red Hat.

    Software developed by Red Hat includes projects such as Network Manager, Totem etc.

    This all costs money and Red Hat funds a lot of development. I do not see Ubuntu on the following list:
    Top (kernel) lines changed by employer
    (Unknown) 740990 29.5%
    Red Hat 361539 14.4%
    (None) 239888 9.6%
    IBM 200473 8.0%
    QLogic 91834 3.7%
    Novell 91594 3.6%
    Intel 78041 3.1%
    MIPS Technologies 58857 2.3%
    Nokia 39676 1.6%
    SANPeople 36038 1.4%

    http://lwn.net/Articles/222773/

  24. Re:So...get a new domain? on One Last Spamhaus Warning Before The End · · Score: 1

    You mean operate an alternative or parallel root name servers like http://www.opennic.unrated.net/ :-)

    They have easy instructions on how to configure your DNS to coperate with their servers

  25. Re:This is ridiculous on Will Vista Overload the DNS? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I expect that Windows will have the IPv6 link local address enabled.

    Thus just as Linux currently has an IPv6 interface enabled by default - even if it is not connected to any other machines over IPv6 it will still do AAAA lookups just as Linux does.

    The host that it might be looking for may be itself on the IPv6 loopback interface.