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  1. Re:I buy the blurays, but.... on Game of Thrones Pirates Being Monitored By HBO, Warnings On The Way (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    I fully agree. I have licensed copies of all episodes that are available for purchase. A few years ago you could buy episodes from Australian iTunes but that's no longer possible. My only options are to pay a monthly fee for a streaming service for a couple of months (and then the episodes will vanish once that period is up - and of course I don't get any sort of discount on the Blu-rays) or I can torrent them now and then buy them when the Blu-rays became available.

    If I was able to buy each episode as it was released then I'd happily do that (as I was doing when they were on iTunes) but for some reason HBO doesn't want my money... but still wants to complain about piracy.

  2. It's actually in green-on-green text to the right of the title (but still within the title bar).

  3. Re:Usability on Blender 2.66 Released · · Score: 1

    I tried Blender for the first time a couple of weeks ago (version 2.65) and I found the UI horrendous. Multiple menu bars, non-standard file browsers, not to mention having to press X instead of Delete to remove objects. I shudder to think what the old UI was like if this is a "new and improved" one.

  4. Re:Completely agree! Have been using Windows 8 als on Microsoft Killed the Start Menu Because No One Uses It · · Score: 1

    Legacy apps still went into the Start menu. I'm certain of that.

    As for some apps not going in there, it's possible that some legacy apps' installers tried to write directly to the .grp file instead of using the normal API. That'd probably cause problems.

  5. Re:World Backup Day on 'Zodiac Island' Makers Say ISP Worker Wiped an Entire Season · · Score: 1

    In my time zone it appeared 10 hours after the day ended. So my first thought was also about "why on April Fools' day?"

  6. Re:now about that only on T-Mobile thing... on Google Launches Nexus S Phone In UK and US · · Score: 1

    It's quad-band GSM (2G) but lacks 850 MHz 3G.

  7. Re:My credit card doesn't run out of batteries on PayPal Demos Auto-Debit Gumball Machine · · Score: 1

    Indeed. My first thought when reading the summary was "how is this any different from swiping an EFTPOS card?". Obviously it's using a phone instead of a card, but the net result is the same.

  8. Re:Remake of Jedi Knight? on FPS Games That Need a Remake · · Score: 2, Informative

    Jedi Outcast was a sequel, not a remake.

  9. Re:Two plans changed on Rogers Shrinks Download Limits As Netflix Arrives · · Score: 1

    Thanks for linking to the plans; it allows all of the different options to be put in perspective. It also shows that if I lived in Canada, I'd get 125 GB for about what I'm paying here in New Zealand for 40 GB (although Rogers' overage charges are far more expensive). So, I'm afraid that I have very little pity when the Rogers rates are comparatively low.

  10. Re:GSM Providers on Canadian Android Carrier Forcing Firmware Update · · Score: 4, Informative

    A GSM-only phone will not work on Telus/Bell. The new network is WCDMA/UMTS-based and does not have a 2G GSM component.

  11. Re:Will there be no Sprint version? on Google's Nexus One Phone Launches · · Score: 1

    Sprint doesn't use SIMs though. I'm sure that's what rehtonAesoohC was getting at.

  12. Re:wut? on New Zealand Reintroduces 3 Strikes Law · · Score: 1

    You're under a rock :)

    Hint: Try PC World or NBR.

  13. Re:Cool, but can we clone it? on Maori Legend of Man-Eating Birds is True · · Score: 1

    It's the place where Lego comes from.

  14. Re:Stupid prices on US Cell Phone Plans Among World's Most Expensive · · Score: 2, Informative

    Because a tower is a tower. If you make it tall enough, then you can put multiple sets of equipment up there.

  15. Re:Doesn't need to be a spaceship on The Science and Physics of Back To the Future · · Score: 1

    That's going to be stuck in my head all night now. Thanks a lot.

  16. Re:Unfortunately... on How to Search Today's Usenet For Programming Information? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am so not going to a site called expert sex change.com :o

  17. Re:metered bandwidth on The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps · · Score: 1

    There's no technical reason; I'm actually on a metered plan (but I don't live in the US).

  18. Re:Get your terminology straight on Typical Home Bandwidth Usage? · · Score: 1

    We've typically used the term "traffic" in my country. As for the original question, according to my ISP's usage meter I usually use 25-40 GB per month. I'm not a heavy torrenter but I do download the occasional DVD image.

  19. Re:Unlikely on Native Windows PE File Loading on OS X? · · Score: 1

    Doh! You're quite right... and the plot thickens!

  20. It's for self-extracting zips on Native Windows PE File Loading on OS X? · · Score: 0

    You can now double-click self-extracting zips and they'll unzip automatically, instead of having to manually open them with BOMArchiveHelper or StuffIt Expander.

  21. Re:Stupid question on Safari on Windows, Leopard Debut at WWDC · · Score: 1

    At least year's WWDC they said RI was about 18 months away. It's either something under-the-hood that won't affect existing apps and therefore doesn't need lots of promotion, or it might be coming in a point update.

  22. Re:N already? on 802.11n Draft 2.0 Approved by Working Group · · Score: 2, Funny

    We'll just have to start using LETTERv6 instead of v4. However, it'll take several years to catch on.

  23. Re:Here's how you get MS's blessing... on Open-Source ID Project Awaits Microsoft's Blessing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or a step 2 for that matter.

  24. Re:WGA on IE7 Released As High-Priority Update · · Score: 1

    I found it wonderfully ironic :)

  25. Re:Except for the fact that... on Boot Linux, BSD, and OS X from Vista · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mac OS X (Intel) is not available as a standalone OS at present

    The retail boxed version of 10.4.7 Server is Intel-compatible.