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  1. Re:Still their fault on Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death' · · Score: 1

    SAJO - Solaris Apache Java Oracle?

  2. Re:Still their fault on Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death' · · Score: 1

    When Mark Zukerberg was a student doing Facebook in his spare time while studying at uni and writing websites for firewood merchants at $1000 a time to pay the bills, he certainly wasn't made of money.

  3. Re:Commercial databases on Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death' · · Score: 1

    $5k is a lot of money for a student who is hacking something together in their university dorm.

  4. Re:Proportionality on Apple Store Artist Raided By Secret Service · · Score: 1

    But not using someone else's camera, without their knowledge.

  5. Re:Funny, I got my first bitcoins in 2010 on Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    And lots of people need to learn that it isn't the same thing as a trademark.

  6. Re:Link to the entry in the USPTO database on Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    Report the applicant to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for illegally issuing their own money. They are applying for the trademark, so it must be them that's doing it.

  7. Re:I'll trademark the term 'lawyer' then. on Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    Because the Law Society or similar organisation in your country / state already has prior exclusive rights to the name.

  8. Re:Remember Warrington on Geocaching Shuts Down British Town · · Score: 1

    If you compare and contrast the 7/7 or 21/7 bombings to how Americans reacted to 9/11, I think we were very calm, stiff upper lip Brits who got on with clearing up the mess.

  9. Re:Payment processors need RICOing on Banks Faulted For Fake Antivirus Scourge · · Score: 2

    They already do, in Europe anyway. They are jointly liable with the merchant for any legal claims relating to the product, so they check very carefully who they allow to open accounts, although possibly not carefully enough given the number of scam websites there are around selling fake tickets to concerts and sporting events.

  10. Re:Social engineering on Banks Faulted For Fake Antivirus Scourge · · Score: 1

    They ask for UAC privileges, and there is has been a Mac version in the wild that asks for sudo privileges. If the % of idiotic linux desktop users ever gets high enough to justify the ROI, you are likely to see them ask for gksudo privileges as well.

  11. Re:Newscorp isn't in the business of news on News Corp. Subsidiary Under Fire For Hacking Dead Girl's Voicemail · · Score: 1

    Maybe you live in Liverpool where the shops generally refuse to stock it, but elsewhere it is the top selling Sunday paper. It's weekday sister paper is the Sun which is also the top selling daily paper.

  12. Re:Newscorp isn't in the business of news on News Corp. Subsidiary Under Fire For Hacking Dead Girl's Voicemail · · Score: 1

    The default pin was, and probably still is 0000. I personally have disabled my voicemail.

  13. Re:But why? on News Corp. Subsidiary Under Fire For Hacking Dead Girl's Voicemail · · Score: 4, Informative

    The News of the World Hacking Scandal is a big thing in the UK at the moment. It has now emerged that they hacked the phones of two other murdered girls, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells, who were murdered by Ian Huntley; and the police are now looking at many other child murder cases.

  14. Re:Honestly - why do business in the U.S. on Patriot Act vs. the EU's Data Protection Directive · · Score: 1

    I would have thought that the EU market is slightly larger than the US. Of course the US has the advantage that you can ship to the entire market in their variant of English, with maybe Spanish thrown in if you are feeling generous, or you are shipping to Spanish speaking countries anyway. Also, India and China are catching up, and are the main growth markets, so if you want to be big in the future, that is where you should be now.

  15. Re:Of course you realize, on Patriot Act vs. the EU's Data Protection Directive · · Score: 1

    It means that US companies can't operate in this market in the EU. Do you think the EU government is going to have a problem with that?

  16. Re:Share the love on Drawing the Line Between Android and Linux · · Score: 1

    About 7 months ago
    http://www.reghardware.com/2010/11/03/review_netbook_toshiba_ac100/
    But after reading that review, or any other review elsewhere on the same product, you probably won't want to.

  17. Re:But the Best Buy guy said it does on Retailer Calls Rivals' Bluff On "HDMI Scam" · · Score: 4, Funny

    They are European style 1s with long tails. They can get confused with Anglo Saxon style 7s.
    That's why the directional indicator is so important.

  18. Re:Not Exactly "Setbacks" on Man Claiming Half of Facebook Suffers Setbacks · · Score: 1

    Usually they resign because they have become "professionally embarrassed". In other words, they have discovered that their client was telling them lies.

  19. Re:spam filters have become too good? on Spamming Becoming Financially Infeasible · · Score: 1

    Email systems quite often have a language setting, and if the majority of the words aren't in the language you speak, that could be a reason to filter it out. It can cause problems sometimes. For example welsh mps at parliament.uk had problems at one point with constituents who emailed them in welsh, because the house of parliament's email system was checking only for the english language. However, in your example, most of the words are not valid in any language, so they can very safely be binned.

  20. Re:That was before copy protection on Google Pulls Paid Apps From Taiwanese Android Market · · Score: 1

    You can always return faulty software under different consumer regulations. I've returned unsealed faulty blue ray disks to the shops without any problems. This is about where you change your mind after purchasing the product but there is nothing wrong with it. If it is a pair of shoes, you can do that, but you can't for software.

  21. Re:Will they pull out of the UK on Google Pulls Paid Apps From Taiwanese Android Market · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately not
    http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2334/regulation/13/made

    Exceptions to the right to cancel
    13.—(1) Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, the consumer will not have the right to cancel the contract by giving notice of cancellation pursuant to regulation 10 in respect of contracts—

    (d)for the supply of audio or video recordings or computer software if they are unsealed by the consumer;

  22. Re:Why is time so difficult? on Power Grid Change May Disrupt Clocks · · Score: 1

    I suspect your phone spends most of its time not connected to the mains, so it wouldn't be able to rely on it for timekeeping. In any case, most phones have a 5V DC supply.

  23. Re:Electric clocks on Power Grid Change May Disrupt Clocks · · Score: 1

    Any alarm clock I've ever seen in the UK either runs on an AA battery, is a wind-up clockwork device, or is a mobile phone. I don't think I've ever seen a mains powered alarm clock in my life, except that phones tend to be on charger overnight.

  24. Re:Nevermind cheapo clocks on Power Grid Change May Disrupt Clocks · · Score: 1

    My Macbook's power supply says it can cope with anything from 100V - 240V and 50Hz - 60Hz, meaning it will work anywhere in the world.

  25. Re:Not a problem on UK Sticks With Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    No, because they weren't all in Canterbury. Every 100 years or so in Britain doesn't mean every 100 years or so in a particular part of Britain. It means once in recorded history in a particular part of Britain.