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  1. $40 on Windows 8 To Fight Piracy With the Cloud · · Score: 1

    Is the price Dell had on my last itemized invoice.

  2. Good on Windows 8 To Fight Piracy With the Cloud · · Score: 1

    The more they tighten their grip, the more systems will slip through their fingers.

  3. Stop using Windows on Microsoft To Pay $200k Prize For New Security Tech · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When should I expect my cheque?

  4. You're wrong on Why Public Email Needs a Police Force · · Score: 1

    Here is the rfc in question: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321

    It requires the server to accept mail for postmaster, it does not require it to deliver it to anyone.

  5. Invalid comparison on Windows XP PCs Breed Rootkit Infections · · Score: 1

    We'll have to look at Win7 once it's been in the wild as long as XP.

  6. Low resolution, though on No Set-Top TV Device Market Domination For Google · · Score: 1

    The Wii still doesn't support hi-def video, so it's not great for media.

  7. Why $250? on No Set-Top TV Device Market Domination For Google · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There are lots of devices that do the same thing going for significantly less than a hundred.

    Also, it's puzzling that Google cooperated with the content blocking schemes. They should have just set the browser ID to Internet Explorer and told the networks to go fuck themselves.

  8. *makes popcorn* on McCain Asks For Committee On Wikileaks, Anonymous · · Score: 1

    This should be entertaining.

  9. What does it do that Android doesn't do better? on WebOS Chief: Don't Fret Over TouchPad Reviews · · Score: 2

    If the answer is "nothing" or "something they could have just implemented on Android" then why didn't they just make an Android tablet?

  10. Does not add up on Are 'Nudging Technologies' Ethical? · · Score: 1

    If I leave the briefcase, you have a million dollars.

  11. Does the nudger benefit from the nudging? on Are 'Nudging Technologies' Ethical? · · Score: 1

    If so, then yes, of course it's unethical.

  12. Infrastructure he doesn't use on Jeff Bezos Calls Sales Tax Requirements On Amazon Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Amazon does pay taxes in states it has operations in. That's why I've set the billing address for my Kindle to the Canadian Consulate in Washington, D.C. rather than one in Washington state.

  13. Really? on Jeff Bezos Calls Sales Tax Requirements On Amazon Unconstitutional · · Score: 2

    Somehow I doubt progressives would object much to, say, Alabama seceding.

  14. Technically incorrect on Jeff Bezos Calls Sales Tax Requirements On Amazon Unconstitutional · · Score: 2

    Congress can pass an unconstitutional law. It remains in force unless and until the judicial branch overturns it. Besos is correct that he would have to follow the law until that happened.

  15. Trolls aren't much of a problem on Ask Slashdot: Going Beyond Comment Threads? · · Score: 1

    Sure, they can be disruptive, but at least they're making an honest, intellectual effort to contribute in their own maladjusted way.

    The real problem is your audience. For a general audience newspaper, you get the general public, and unfortunately they're stupid, superstitious, and easily frightened.

  16. Bluetooth+WiFi on The Tablet Debate: 3G Or Wi-Fi? · · Score: 1

    At least until the telcos pull their heads out of their asses on data pricing.

  17. You're giving them exactly what they want on E-Book Sales Have Tripled In the Last Year · · Score: 1

    Publishers hate ebooks. They would far rather you buy paperbacks, which is why they're being such dicks about prices and "windowing".

    If you want to protest, pirate.

  18. Publishers made that choice on E-Book Sales Have Tripled In the Last Year · · Score: 1

    Publishers chose to train readers to associate high cost initial releases to higher quality binding rather that the release time. If, as they claim, hardcovers cost not much more than paperbacks to manufacture, they've been putting out books in lower quality bindings,why, just to be dicks?

    They've made their bed, now it's time to lie in it. Ebooks will be priced based on the quality of the manufacture, not their release date. The difference can come out of their bottom line.

  19. Wrong question on Flash On Android Fails To Impress · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, having flash render by default is stupid. It's primarily used by ads - which bring no benefit to the user.

    Having it *available* is useful, and there Apple is wrong.

  20. It has to ask on Pirated Android App Shames Freeloaders · · Score: 1

    But an app that sends text messages kind of needs permission to send text messages.

  21. Don't involve the Red Cross in fraud, please on Pirated Android App Shames Freeloaders · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they would not be amused.

    This does illustrate why using text messaging as a billing platform is such a horrible idea. It is going to get abused like this by someone, and likely not for charity.

  22. Except it's not proven on Pirated Android App Shames Freeloaders · · Score: 1

    Since the developer put the trojan up himself, it's an authorized use.

  23. How is an anonymous registration a red flag? on Pirated Android App Shames Freeloaders · · Score: 1

    That's just common sense. Why would you voluntarily enter contact details into a system who's primary users are spam harvesters?

    Look on the website for contact information.

  24. Oh drop the propaganda on Pirated Android App Shames Freeloaders · · Score: 1

    There is a pretty rigorous policing of torrents for that sort of thing. There's no real risk if you're at all sensible.

  25. Sorry, no on Does Android Have a Linux Copyright Problem? · · Score: 1

    Interfaces are not copyrightable. An implementation of them may be, but you can't stop someone from rewriting them. Only a patent could do that.