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  1. Re:Macs will be a closed platform in the end on Apple To Distribute OS X Lion via the Mac App Store · · Score: 1

    The few defectors will include all those who buy their Macs to use Adobe Creative Suite. Unless of course Steve Jobs agrees to allow Flash and Adobe Air apps on the iPhone in return for agreeing to sell Creative Suite in the App Store.

  2. Re:Whoops on Aaron Computer Rental Firm Spies On Users · · Score: 1

    If they are anything like http://www.brighthouse.co.uk/ , that probably is what they charge for a $300 netbook.

  3. Re:Whoops on Aaron Computer Rental Firm Spies On Users · · Score: 1

    Self cert mortgages no longer exist, or at least a search for them on emoneyfacts returns a null set.

  4. Re:Implementation issues on Sweden May Mandate Opt-in For Cookie Transfer · · Score: 1

    Firefox Menu | Options | Advanced | General | Browsing | [x] Tell websites I do not want to be tracked

  5. Re:Yay on Sweden May Mandate Opt-in For Cookie Transfer · · Score: 1

    That is no use if it deposits a cookie on your computer before you get a chance to read the T&C.

  6. Re:Isn't it obvious? on Figuring Out Why Android Wins On Phones, But Not Tablets · · Score: 1

    Yes, by being able to chose multiple apt-get repositories, I'm not restricted to software approved by one person.

  7. Re:Isn't it obvious? on Figuring Out Why Android Wins On Phones, But Not Tablets · · Score: 1

    Are you going to always want the same apps on your tablet and a phone? For example, I have a turn by turn satnav app on my phone, which takes up the largest part of my available memory. I'm probably not going to want that on any tablet I get in the future, because the screen is too big for my dashboard. On the other hand, there are other applications where the small screen on my phone makes them not viable, but would be perfect on a larger screen tablet.

  8. Re:Isn't it obvious? on Figuring Out Why Android Wins On Phones, But Not Tablets · · Score: 1

    I can add multiple apt-get sources on my machine, and check them all from a single 'apt-get update' or using a graphical tool.

  9. Re:Living in Germany at the Time on Chernobyl 25th Anniversary · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Proof Positive on Righthaven Defies Court In Domain Name Ruling · · Score: 2

    Well in England, if you do that, you get listed as a vexatious litigant usually after the 5th or 6th time, which means you aren't allowed to sue anyone else.
    http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk/AboutUs/Pages/VexatiousLitigants.aspx

  11. Re:Not so similar on Police Using Apple iOS Tracking Data For Forensics · · Score: 1

    If I use the Wifi hotspot on my Android phone, and connect my iPod touch to it, then Google Maps on my iPod has a pretty good idea where I am, even where there are no other WiFi networks around, and it is in a place where it is unlikely that there would be any hidden ones nearby. For it to do that, my Android must be broadcasting its location somewhere. When travelling on a train, the iPod updates its location about every minute as the train moves along.

  12. Re:iphone on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 2

    good use of the iphones new location tracker.

    It is nowhere near accurate enough for that. The best it can do is say that you were probably on that road at approximately that time, or maybe that you were nowhere near the camera site at the time.

  13. Re:The obvious response... on Speed Tickets Challenged Based On Timestamped Photos · · Score: 1

    In England they have lines painted on the road to show how far the car travelled between the two photos.

  14. Re:Speed vs Bandwidth on Virgin Media Demos World's Fastest Internet Service In the UK · · Score: 0

    To use the all important car analogy, if you have a road where there are 10 cars passing every second, what speed are they travelling at?

  15. Re:Meh on Apple vs. Microsoft, By the Numbers · · Score: 1

    The stock price reflects future growth potential. The price of a utility stock such as AT&T reflects real work historical performance. It has a P/E of 9.06, Apple's is 18.85, meaning the market expects Apple to more than double its earnings in the future.

  16. Re:Windows phone to take off? on Apple vs. Microsoft, By the Numbers · · Score: 1

    I don't think they will push through. Why? 5 words. Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers. They are all writing for Android and iOS.

  17. Re:DRM on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 1

    I know some completely non-geeky AOL subscribers who manage to rip their CDs using Windows Media Player without any problem. They don't understand the file format or quality settings, but they are happy with the results they get using the default settings.

  18. Re:Workaround on Judge Reveals Secret Righthaven Copyright Contract · · Score: 2

    The question is, if you had licenced the material in question properly, would Righthaven have got any money out of it? The answer is no, so Righthaven has no capacity to sue.

  19. Re:pounding sand on Judge Reveals Secret Righthaven Copyright Contract · · Score: 1

    If the newspaper sued on their own account, they would probably win most of these cases, certainly in the ones where people have copied the entire article without attribution, the defendant is very clearly in the wrong.

  20. Re:Bad News for USD on Local Currencies To Replace Dollar For 5 Countries' Dealings · · Score: 1

    Well I'm not sure that the Financial Times is generally classified as a tinfoil hat site. Here is my source
    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67dc062c-fe45-11df-abac-00144feab49a.html#axzz1JnZELfGr
    or google '"China gold boom sparks wave of counterfeits" site:ft.com' to get past the paywall.

  21. Re:Bad News for USD on Local Currencies To Replace Dollar For 5 Countries' Dealings · · Score: 1

    In a deflationary environment, people hold off purchases because they can get them cheaper later. That is bad for the economy. See for example Japan over the last decade or so.

  22. Re:Bad News for USD on Local Currencies To Replace Dollar For 5 Countries' Dealings · · Score: 4, Informative

    You take tungsten, slightly less dense than gold, and a lot cheaper, mix it with a small amount of a more dense but more expensive metal to get up to the right density, then mix and plate it with about 50% gold. Very difficult to detect if you do it right, and costs a little over half the price of real gold.

  23. Re:Bad News for USD on Local Currencies To Replace Dollar For 5 Countries' Dealings · · Score: 2

    However it is a very good reason why you would want a loan in Reals. You convert them into a hard currency on receipt and hopefully by the time you come to repay, the amount due will be very small.

  24. Re:PUE tricks on Photo Tour of Facebook's Open Source Datacenter · · Score: 1

    Water can still be used to for example irrigate crops after it has been used for cooling, you can use non-drinking water such as seawater for cooling, though you might want to keep that a bit further away from the computers than you would for pure water, perhaps as a secondary heat exchange, and there are parts of the world with plenty of water, such as Canada, Scotland and Scandinavia.

  25. Re:Open Source on Photo Tour of Facebook's Open Source Datacenter · · Score: 2

    You can surely get "carbon neurtral" in there somewhere?