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  1. Re:One possible test on Can Relativity Explain Faster Than Light Particles? · · Score: 2

    They didn't use the LHC to generate the neutrinos, and Fermilab won't be using their decommissioned Tevatron to generate theirs when they try to replicate the experiment.

  2. One possible test on Can Relativity Explain Faster Than Light Particles? · · Score: 2

    Would it be possible to have neutrino generators and detectors at both sites and test the speed in both directions? That would probably mean testing the speed between CERN and Fermilab. That way, if there was an error in clock synchronisation, it would show up because the neutrinos would take longer in one direction than the other.

  3. Re:It's at the north end of Tottenham Court Road on Google Opens First Retail Outlet In London · · Score: 1

    But not until the Crossrail works there are finished. At the moment you need to change at Oxford Circus for the Victoria Line.

  4. Re:It's at the north end of Tottenham Court Road on Google Opens First Retail Outlet In London · · Score: 2

    Walk up the right hand side of the road and you will avoid it.

  5. Re:Then use the US's DoD for good and handle them. on Foxconn's Brazil Plan Stalled · · Score: 1

    Only on American multinationals, which is probably one of the reasons why the likes of Seagate has moved its corporate domicile to Ireland.

  6. Re:no terminals on London Needs 70,000 Cells For 4G · · Score: 1

    And for an apples to apples comparison, the City of London is 1 square mile.

  7. Re:no terminals on London Needs 70,000 Cells For 4G · · Score: 2

    Also, we can't even begin the 4G roll-out until the analogue TV signals are switched off, and that happens in London in April 2012.

  8. Re:Extortion on Samsung Joins Ranks of Android Vendors Licensing Microsoft Patents · · Score: 1

    As a guess, the FAT32 file system and Exchange Activesync.

  9. Re:Samsung == Rambus on Apple Says Samsung 3G Patents Violate RAND Requirements · · Score: 1

    I guess they just want a cross-licensing deal so they can start selling the galaxy range again.

  10. Re:Mixed feelings on Senator Goes After 'Brazen' OnStar Privacy Shift · · Score: 1

    No because
    1) Being stationary in a particular location for a long time doesn't always mean your vehicle is in trouble
    2) While they collect the information, they almost certainly don't monitor it in real time

    Anyway, you may not care about OneStar having the information, but what if a burglar hacks into the system and uses the information to find people who are out of state.

  11. Re:Good for the economy on Senator Goes After 'Brazen' OnStar Privacy Shift · · Score: 1

    It is illegal if you don't own the vehicle in question. SatNav theft from vehicles is a bit of a problem in some areas of the country.

  12. Re:Risking "No true Scottsman" on Groupon Loses COO, Drastically Cuts Reported Revenue · · Score: 1

    Because if a local restaurant puts a money off offer on their website, most of the world won't see it, whereas a lot of people subscribe to the Groupon newsletter for their city

  13. Re:Losing money? on Groupon Loses COO, Drastically Cuts Reported Revenue · · Score: 1

    Their costs are advertising to local businesses in the cities they operate in. These customer acquisition costs are greater than the revenues they receive from them, and after they have experienced their first groupon influx they tend not to go back for more.

  14. Re:Possible and likely. on Amazon To Launch Kindle Tablet? · · Score: 1

    They have their own Android app store, and I would imagine they will want to sell apps from that to Kindle users.

  15. Re:Censorhip anyone? on HideMyAss.com Doesn't Hide Logs From the FBI · · Score: 1

    It doesn't have to be illegal in the UK to get a European Arrest Warrant. Around 25% of all European Arrest Warrants are from Poland on the charge of exceeding your bank account overdraft limit, something which isn't illegal in any part of the UK.

  16. Re:Who would have thought so.... on HideMyAss.com Doesn't Hide Logs From the FBI · · Score: 2

    Yes, Internet Service Providers are required to keep laws by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

  17. Re:New performance metric. on $300M To Save 6 Milliseconds · · Score: 1

    There is the slight problem of the length of time it takes for a signal to get from one end of an ethernet cable to the other. The speed of light is about 30 cm/ns. Transmitting the instructions using neutrinos might be slightly faster than that.

    The New York Stock Exchange connects every computer using the same length of cable to prevent some computers having an unfair advantage.

  18. Re:Firefox on The Looming Video Codec Fight · · Score: 1

    TFA does mention Firefox

    "But Google (even though it's still listed as a licensee of H.264, right alongside Apple and Microsoft) has opted to avoid the 2016 problem altogether and support only the WebM (VP8) and Ogg Theora codecs, dropping support for H.264. Mozilla has opted for the same codecs for its Firefox browser."

  19. Re:Somebody tell the schools on One Third of UK Kids Under 10 Own a Mobile Phone · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Somebody tell the schools on One Third of UK Kids Under 10 Own a Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    Well obviously it should be switch off during lessons. A full blown cell phone is probably cheaper than what you are suggesting.

  21. Re:Somebody tell the schools on One Third of UK Kids Under 10 Own a Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    If the school is more than 3 miles away (2 miles for under 8s), or if there is no safe walking route (eg rural roads with no pavement [en-US: sidewalk]), then they would get a school bus, or if it is an extremely rural area, a shared taxi.

  22. Re:Complete crap on One Third of UK Kids Under 10 Own a Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    Cellphone providers already block "inappropriate" sites. You either need to pay them to remove the block or VPN back home to get round it.

  23. Re:Translation on One Third of UK Kids Under 10 Own a Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    There are more phones than people in the UK, and everybody has one, so the figures seem about right.

  24. Re:Nothing significant on One Third of UK Kids Under 10 Own a Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    I think you will find the vast majority of phones given to children are pay as you go, so they worst they can do is use up the credit on the phone. With that, you do have an up-front cost for the phone.

  25. Re:Nothing significant on One Third of UK Kids Under 10 Own a Mobile Phone · · Score: 1

    You can get the Orange Rio for about £50 on pay as you go. A feature phone rather than a smart phone, but it does have GPRS internet access.