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  1. Re:2mbits? woo-hoo! on UK Government To Back Broadband-For-All · · Score: 1

    It looks like it is going to be implemented by putting lots more HSDPA cellphone towers around the countryside. They give you 3.6Mbps if you are close enough to them.

  2. Re:No, you're confused on RIAA Brief Attacks Free Software Foundation · · Score: 1

    You can transfer ownership of the copy rights to a company in a different country. A lot of companies do that for tax reasons.

  3. Re:Maybe I haven't been paying attention... on RIAA Brief Attacks Free Software Foundation · · Score: 1

    It is an extremely bad strategy because it means that the innovation required to rebuild your manufacturing base won't happen.

    In any case, you are something like the 3rd largest manufacturer in the world. There is still a lot of manufacturing going on.

  4. Re:Some people on Consortium To Share Ad Revenue From Stolen Stories · · Score: 1

    Reuters etc already make their news available free of charge on their website, so why read it on another site?

    Sites which gather articles from various sources and provide a brief summary together with a link to the original article, like Slashdot for example, are useful, but copying the whole article word for word without attribution and claiming it as your own is not.

  5. Re:third solution? on Consortium To Share Ad Revenue From Stolen Stories · · Score: 1

    Google care to the extent that people might choose to use another search engine that provides more relevant results.

  6. Re:Bittorrent over 3G on BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    The other thing is that you can start your own pizza shop very easily, but it is very difficult to get a licence to start your own ISP.

  7. Re:Bittorrent over 3G on BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Back in the gnutella days, it was possible to have it display all the search queries that people were entering into the network.

    The vast majority of queries, well over 98%, were porn related, and only a tiny majority were for for music.

    Some things will have changed since then. In those days, downloads were generally photos or mp3 tracks. Now you might find more dvd rips and non-lossy CD rips, but I don't think the proportion of porn vs other materials will have changed much.

  8. Re:Bittorrent over 3G on BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Not all torrents are illegal. In fact, the bittorrent protocol was designed with legal downloads in mind. It is far to traceable to be suited to illegal downloads.

  9. Re:Bittorrent over 3G on BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Debit cards are in a different number range from credit cards, and the retailer pays a lower commission rate for them, typically about 50p per transaction rather than 3% of the transaction value.

  10. Re:Bittorrent over 3G on BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    You can get £10/month for 1GB from Three. I haven't seen anything at all for £5/month.

  11. Re:Bittorrent over 3G on BT Blocks Access To Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Yes. Works fine if you have a good signal and a not too big file to download. A typical £15 / month plan will give you about 3GB of bandwidth, so you can't do too much downloading on it.

  12. Re:Severe foot trauma on Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only · · Score: 1

    And if you read on, you will notice that Outlook Express or it's successor is no longer part of the OS either as of Windows 7.

  13. Re:Here's betting MS apps won't count on Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only · · Score: 1

    iexplore.exe is a different program. They were demerged in ie7.

  14. Re:Of course we don't need running shoes on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 1

    It's not so much about grandparenting skills as having children who are able to have children themselves.

  15. Re:Will probably sell quite well on Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only · · Score: 1

    They typically also have a photo-sharing app of some description running, and media player or iTunes. If they live in the UK, they will also have BBC iPlayer and 4oD.

  16. Re:Severe foot trauma on Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only · · Score: 1

    Outlook has never been part of the OS, and Windows 7 won't come with any email client at all. You either install Office to get Outlook, or Live Desktop to get the email client formerly known as Outlook Express. Messenger is part of Live Desktop.

  17. 3 apps is not a lot on Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only · · Score: 1

    Outlook, MSN Messenger, Media Player and Internet Explorer is very much a basic minimum, and on top of that you need what ever apps are required for the work you are doing.

    If the three app limit includes things like virus scanners and cellphone connection managers, then it is even more limited.

  18. Re:Of course we don't need running shoes on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Evolution is about getting your children to reproductive age. In other words, success is measured in the number of grandchildren you have.

  19. Re:Funny but true.... on Microsoft Asks Open Source Not to Focus On Price · · Score: 1

    Have you ever had to phone Microsoft for support on MS Office?

  20. Re:All that and ruggedized? on Rugged Linux Server For Rural, Tropical Environment? · · Score: 2, Informative

    A beowulf cluster of laptops should do it.

  21. Re:Design hardly matters...? on 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland · · Score: 1

    It says that output is proportional to blade size, not the shape of the blades.

  22. Re:Obvious? on 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland · · Score: 3, Informative

    And it had 5 meter blades, which are way to big for the average rooftop.

  23. Re:Technet on Microsoft Leaks Windows 7 RC Date — Before May 5 · · Score: 1

    So we are getting an exchange rate of 2.09 USD/1 GBP. Makes a change from the usual rip-off britain rate of 1 USD/1 GBP.

    a) You get the links when you log in with your subscription
    b) No. No. You use Microsoft File Transfer Manager, which is IE only.
    c) Yes.
    d) Normally you get a .iso CD/DVD image.

  24. Re:Technet on Microsoft Leaks Windows 7 RC Date — Before May 5 · · Score: 1

    What type of $ is that 600 of? I paid £167 for my subscription, and that is less than 600 of most types of $, with the possible exception of Zimbabwean $.

  25. Re:Can anybody see ... on Pirate Bay Court Loss Won't Stop the Flow of Files · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That may be so, but I'd be surprised if they have managed to sell even one additional CD or one additional movie as a result of their actions.

    That is how you measure their performance. Not how much menace they have caused to customers and potential customers.