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  1. Re:Robots.txt on Murdoch To Explore Blocking Google Searches · · Score: 1

    Well they have heard of robots.txt
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/robots.txt

    They've blocked lots of searchbots, and Google isn't one of them.

    However, the section in lawyerspeak might be what they are going at

    #Robots.txt File
    #Version: 0.7
    #Last updated: 28/05/2008
    #Timesonline Newspaper
    #Site contents Copyright Times Newspapers Ltd
    #Please note our terms and conditions
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,497,00.html
    #Spidering is not allowed by our terms and conditions
    #Authorised spidering is subject to permission
    #For authorisation please contact us - see
    http://www.nisyndication.com/about_us.html

  2. Re:Mis-application of technology on "Road Trains" Ready To Roll · · Score: 1

    The expert surgeon does sometimes do it that way, but you still need the nurses in the operating theatre following the instructions. It is useful because it isn't feasible for every village hospital to have surgeons who are experts in every single area of surgery, but they can call upon the relevant expert; but every village hospital is still going to need nurses to physically move the unconscious patient around and so on.

  3. Re:Red Green 3D on UK's Channel 4 To Broadcast In 3D · · Score: 1

    They were between the checkouts and the door. You can just walk in and pick a pair up.

  4. Re:Red Green 3D on UK's Channel 4 To Broadcast In 3D · · Score: 3, Informative

    I picked up a pair in Sainsburys yesterday. They are blue and yellow.

  5. Re:Only video sites? on Tired of Flash? HTML5 Viewer For YouTube · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Before Flash Video came along, playing streaming video used to be a nightmare. Every site required a different plug-in and a different codec. And anyone remember the nightmare that was Real Player? Flash is popular because it works.

    In any case I think the chances of an html 5 video implementation that works on all five major browsers is pretty remote.

  6. Re:Rources on Malware Can Download Child Porn To Your Computer · · Score: 1

    The US has an extradition treaty with the EU, and in this case, they knew who they were looking for. If all you have is an IP address and it is a country you don't have an extradition treaty with, it is a bit more difficult.

  7. Re:Well, there ARE different classes of the Cross on KDE Founder Receives Highest German Honor · · Score: 1

    I guess the highest level of honour goes to people like Tim Berners-Lee.

  8. Re:Sgt is an idiot on Radar Beats GPS In Court — Or Does It? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The reason is that you need to hear that evidence before you can come to those conclusions.

  9. Re:Ahem on Multi-Button OpenOfficeMouse At OOoCon 2009 · · Score: 1

    Yes, I tried one at the Apple shop. The ergonomics are inspired by the hockey puck mouse, so I think the next mouse for my MacBook will be a Microsoft mouse.

  10. Re:no. it does not. on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I only get dropped calls when I'm on a train and it goes out of coverage area. A landline wouldn't be an option there anyway. I've never had a network busy tone or call failed display ever.

  11. Re:Huh? on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 1

    It is something your phone company forces you to pay for so you can get ADSL or cable. If you plug a handset into it, you get harassed by loads of telemarketers trying to sell you what ever the current scam of the month is. In Britain at the moment it is debt write-off scammers.

  12. Re:no. it does not. on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 1

    I've had 2 outages on my land line in the last 10 years, but I have never had an outage on my cellphone.

  13. Re:no. it does not. on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Does anyone use landlines at home any more? I know two people who do. They are both very old, and are struggling with the move from rotary dialing to tone dialing. I don't think they would be the least bit interested in this.

  14. Re:Interesting, but... on Maryland Town Tests New Cryptographic Voting System · · Score: 1

    Election frauds are usually due to additional votes being counted which shouldn't be counted. This isn't going to stop that.

  15. Re:US vs UK... on Plug vs. Plug — Which Nation's Socket Is Best? · · Score: 1

    They rated the Euro plug as the worst.

  16. Re:US vs UK... on Plug vs. Plug — Which Nation's Socket Is Best? · · Score: 1

    I've never seen the shutter on a British outlet fail or jam.

    The AC adapters for cellphones or other low voltage DC appliances are much bigger than normal British AC plugs because of all the voltage conversion stuff inside. Most of them come with a clip-on British plug that can be replaced with clip-on plugs for use in the rest of Europe. They are pretty much the same size whichever one you clip on.

  17. Re:Isn't this a dupe? on Bug In Most Linuxes Can Give Untrusted Users Root · · Score: 2, Informative

    I have two machines with Open SuSE 11.1 One returns 0, and the other 65535. The one returning zero runs only samba and apache (+webdav module for an ical server). The one returning 65535 runs samba and xen.

  18. Re:Always on Internet connections?.. on Microsoft Links Malware Rates To Pirated Windows · · Score: 1

    I don't think botnet operators target their infections. It would cost them more to select their targets than to just put it everywhere, with the possible exception that they might try to avoid the equivalent of .mil or .mod.uk in their own country.

  19. Re:More Fonts for the Internet? on Web Open Font Format Gets Backing From Mozilla · · Score: 1

    Less use of <img src="blinkinglogo.gif">?

  20. Re:Easier fonts means a lot! on Web Open Font Format Gets Backing From Mozilla · · Score: 1

    You can do that already with animated gifs.

  21. Re:One flaw on An Inbox Is Not a Glove Compartment · · Score: 1

    Yes, but bank employees know what's going on in your account. They need to have this information to manage your account properly, and to manage the banks reserves. ISPs don't need to know the contents of your email. They only need to know the size of your mail spool.

  22. Re:Makes me glad I run my own mail server on An Inbox Is Not a Glove Compartment · · Score: 1

    Exchange 2007 is much better for alternative web browsers.

    I use a Windows Mobile phone to read my email when on the road. That way I don't have to risk a trojaned browser logging my password, or a untrusted wireless access point doing a man in the middle attack.

  23. Re:Decision Formalizes What Already Happens on An Inbox Is Not a Glove Compartment · · Score: 1

    My mx records point to a server in my basement. How to law enforcement agencies view such arrangements?

  24. Re:That's because they need MythTV on DVRs Help Some TV Shows Improve Ratings · · Score: 1

    There is this thing called the pause button which you can use if you want to go away and do something without missing the show. It has the benefit that you don't have to keep looking to see if the ads have finished yet, and if it takes longer than you expected, or the ad break is shorter than you expected, you won't miss anything.

  25. Re:Litigated before on Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy · · Score: 1

    What happens is that you would have to take the case to the European Court of Justice to get a ruling based on EU law. That case would then be binding on future English and Scottish courts, and courts in all other EU countries.