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  1. Re:BitTorrent on iTunes Gift Card Key System Cracked, Exploited · · Score: 1

    No, even more is on bittorrent and the like ...

    ... and better yet, you don't have to steal anything!

    Using cracked gift cards on iTunes will actually take away money from Apple since they have to pay someone for the imaginary property. So money loss occur, no such thing with bittorrent.

  2. Re:BitTorrent on iTunes Gift Card Key System Cracked, Exploited · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, even more is on bittorrent and the like ...

  3. Re:How about: less douchebaggery? on Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    Ok, thanks, I thought about it later in case he forgot to mention whole path / thought it was obvious. The cleanup of environmental variables was nice additional information in any case.

    Thanks, again :)

  4. Re:How about: less douchebaggery? on Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    ... or well, maybe one allows it with full path.

  5. Re:How about: less douchebaggery? on Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    What about doing the link and call it ~/rvi in your home dir and then change your env path so your home dir goes before the usual ones?

  6. Re:How about: less douchebaggery? on Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    Can links have an executable bit on a partition mounted with no executable rights? If not this doesn't matter much.

  7. Re:How about: less douchebaggery? on Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    But you can log what people do while sudoed can't you? But then I assume they could just remove those logs or is there any protection against that in the kernel or something such? Possible to log it remote?

  8. Re:Good reason to get shut on US Forgets How To Make Trident Missiles · · Score: 1

    Lies and lies, it's not the image I get from swedish media and probably not from people living in Malmà either.

    But I guess the facts and background is there, just that their interpretation of it all is much more radical and extreme.

  9. Re:Good reason to get shut on US Forgets How To Make Trident Missiles · · Score: 1

    You think the US is the only country that would respond in kind? Newsflash: Both the British and the French have reserved the right to respond to terror attacks with nuclear weapons. I suspect the Russians or Chinese would do so as well.

    Over here in Sweden we'd probably respond with new homes for them, food and education for their kids. Then turn our asses up in the air for them to enjoy.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Wyrxj7qvg / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2qTdFX6thg

  10. Re:Umm... on Norwegian Broadcasting Sets Up Its Own Tracker · · Score: 1

    They had something called SVT prime or something such to for higher resolution, and what says NRKs will be less "proprietary" than flash or whatever the webpages use?

    It may not be optimal but imho I'm fine with it on webpages to since that way I don't have to download all of it to start watching something and it's easy to navigate.

    I guess it's easier to offer higher quality by bittorrent though.

  11. Re:Umm... on Norwegian Broadcasting Sets Up Its Own Tracker · · Score: 1

    The point of defence is that whatever they do it's not illegal.

    The point you mention is just to say that "even if we would help with the actual downloads (for people using our tracker) people don't have to have found the other peers over our tracker."
    Together with things like "omg I'm not one of the people running TPB" and so on.

    As Lachlan said TPB tracks users of torrents which points to TPB, which NRKs wont since they will point to NRK instead.

    People obviously can take those torrent files and add TPB as host in them as well I assume, but that won't help with the point I was trying to do.

    Anyway, if you want great distribution by bittorrent I assume the best place to do that is on the biggest tracker.

  12. Re:Umm... on Norwegian Broadcasting Sets Up Its Own Tracker · · Score: 1

    I'll bite. Show me one other country that does this:

    Some weeks ago NRK - Norwegian Broadcasting put up one of the most popular shows in Norway on bittorrent. For free, with no DRM, no country restrictions.

    SVT in Sweden? Though not by using a tracker:
    http://svtplay.se/

    For radio:
    http://www.sr.se/webbradio/webbradio.asp?type=live&Id=&BroadcastDate=&IsBlock=

    Other channels:
    http://kanal5.se/web/guest/webbtv
    http://www.tv4.se/replay (I guess, flash doesn't work in my Safari 4 beta. I'd believe tv6 got one to.)

  13. Re:Umm... on Norwegian Broadcasting Sets Up Its Own Tracker · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Would had been cool if they had choosen TPB instead of setting up their own tracker though, maybe they could had gotten a category of their own or something such.

    But it would be nice for the people behind TPB to say "well, see, at least NRK gets it .."

  14. Re:Umm... on Norwegian Broadcasting Sets Up Its Own Tracker · · Score: 1

    I think much of it means that if people get used to getting most tv things they want from them they may not look into other sources, and that way effectively hinder them from getting the stuff they didn't wanted to (or more likely had the right to) share in the first place.

    I would believe most government run television providers to be willing to share their own stuff with everyone for free / for regular obligatory tv fee if there is one.

  15. Re:I hope the article is right on Apple's iPhone Developer Crisis · · Score: 1

    Well, while true many people prefer laptops in Apple case the fact that their desktop options suck may help.

    Though 24" iMac is quite ok, but way too expensive for most people who just want a desktop machine.

  16. Re:I hope the article is right on Apple's iPhone Developer Crisis · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The biggest problem right now is that there are very few GUI frameworks with critical mass that are common across platforms.

    Do you really need more than one? QT.

  17. Re:I hope the article is right on Apple's iPhone Developer Crisis · · Score: 1

    So, tell me, how many people use a Netbook with Linux on it compared to mac users?

    Though you speak about Linux but then mix it up with OS competition, and about desktops and mix it up with Netbooks.

  18. Re:I hope the article is right on Apple's iPhone Developer Crisis · · Score: 1

    Linux has been ready for the desktop for years, now it's just that people prefer to use different things, and that's fine.

  19. Re:I hope the article is right on Apple's iPhone Developer Crisis · · Score: 1

    Well if Sony-Ericsson and Nokia and such jumps in and not just dip their toes it will go fast.

    Anyway, how many of those apps are "web widgets" and such crap? Or are many really useful? One can understand why they aren't in a hurry if most things are crap.

    Sucks to be locked in in any case and have someone else decide which applications you want or not and so on.

    As always with Apple:
    Nice user-interface but crippled, expensive, locked in and with limited configuration options.

    Personally I would never buy an iPhone after the conditions Apple put on the sales (unlocked with no subscription would be another story.)

  20. Re:Professional services cost money on Symantec Support Gone Rogue? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah, and the typical Windows user which installs plenty of malware would have such an easy time fixing their Linux installation from said boot disk ..

  21. Re:Uhm...? on Symantec Support Gone Rogue? · · Score: 1

    Yes indeed they did, and apparently they're into mascara, lipstick and eyeliner as well, with just a hint of blush. Of course, you need a good foundation.

    Why bother with makeup when all you need is grease?

  22. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? on Dreamweaver Is Dying; Long Live Drupal! · · Score: 2, Funny

    I draw my design with ink on the IBM punchcard which I when mail to everyone who wants them.

  23. Re:Is Dreamweaver good? on Dreamweaver Is Dying; Long Live Drupal! · · Score: 4, Funny

    I use a large stick to do my web design. How? Well, I go down to my basement and hit the Chinese illegal immigrant I have chained to my PC until he makes the page I want.

    Funny, I do the same to the now unemployed american citizen who can't get well-fare thanks to his country's bankruptcy.

    / The future chinese dude.

  24. Re:oh god, please no. on Nvidia Mulls Cheap, Integrated x86 Chip · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I've had lots of scrambled web pages and just a few times really messed up graphics screen so I think my GPU is broken as well, don't know if that should make it lag though.

    I mailed them just before one year had passed with all my issues but they wanted me to call them which I haven't since it would had been easier to list it all and explain it in text but whatever.

  25. Re:oh god, please no. on Nvidia Mulls Cheap, Integrated x86 Chip · · Score: 1

    My information came from:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=309769

    But maybe that was too early speculations then.