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  1. Re:here? on Interview With Leader of Sweden's Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    There are four parties with English MPs (and about 6 other parties in the U.K. parliament). The third party has nearly 10% of the seats. It may not be a viable majority party, but it's certainly a viable party with a possibility of coalition government.

  2. Re:Benjamin Franklin on Al-Qaeda Hacker Caught · · Score: 1
    Everytime I read an article like this <snip>
    Three possibilities:
    1. You did, in fact, read the article and then post about it. Have you no shame? You'll damage the reputation the rest of us enjoy for commenting without first informing ourselves!
    2. You didn't read the article, but are trying to imply you did. Desist from such invidious deception!
    3. You're merely stating a general proposition which doesn't strictly apply and hoping that it'll prove relevant enough for the mods to smile upon you. Slashdotting at its finest!
  3. Re:Don't mention the war on Germany Accepts Strict Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    I did, but I think I got away with it.

  4. Two years for stealing gum? on Germany Accepts Strict Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    I find it hard to believe that German law allows two years' imprisonment for stealing a packet of chewing gum.

  5. Re:Solution? on DoJ Following Porn Blocker Advances? · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't that be "everybody else who uses their computer"? The point of the filter is that it's installed voluntarily by people who prefer that their computer not be used for viewing porn, generally in the home to protect (or "protect", depending on your point of view) their children or in the workplace to limit their liability. There's a difference between controlling use of your property and controlling the use by others of their property, which seems to be implicit in your phrase "impos[ing] their sense of morality".

  6. Re:HomeDepot in Canada on Card Processing Software May Store CC Info · · Score: 1

    For consistency, shouldn't that be "read the RTFA article" and "go to an ATM machine"?

  7. Re:And how should it be enforced? on Tougher Hacking Laws Get Support in UK · · Score: 1

    IIRC "DDoS isn't illegal" has already been used as a defence in a prosecution brought under the Computer Misuse Act.

  8. Re:But... on Tougher Hacking Laws Get Support in UK · · Score: 1

    Already covered between the Computer Misuse Act and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

  9. Re:We will always be at war with Oceania! on Tougher Hacking Laws Get Support in UK · · Score: 1

    Breaking into a computer system as you suggest is already illegal, under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. DOS attacks are not per se illegal, so if you leave out the blackmail you're not committing an offence.

  10. Re:And how should it be enforced? on Tougher Hacking Laws Get Support in UK · · Score: 1
    You want the bot-brain? Good luck. If he has half a brain, the controlling computer is not his, and it's sitting in some country ending in -stan.
    So? Existing Computer Misuse Act offences don't care where the computer(s) used are. If packets involving in a cracking attempt pass through the UK the cracker has committed an offence under UK law.
  11. Re:Yes, it's very unfortunate... on RFID, Sign of the (End) Times? · · Score: 1
    ?! A lot of modern English-speaking Christians will think you extremely odd for suggesting that we use the KJV. We'd rather read a translation in our mother tongue, which is not 17th century English. And we're not too surprised at the revelation that Moses and Paul didn't speak the English of any era.

    Also, FWIW, the RCC has authorised the use of languages other than Latin in the liturgy, and most Catholics don't use the Vulgate.

  12. Re:From a Technical POV... on SWT, Swing, or AWT - Which Is Right For You? · · Score: 1
    They are kept in some AWT Vector's inside the innermost painting loop and never die (hint: Sun, what about using WeakReference-s where appropriate?
    Do you usually keep a hard reference to your main window? I don't. I do, however, call dispose() on windows I've finished with.
  13. Re:Why is AWT even an option? on SWT, Swing, or AWT - Which Is Right For You? · · Score: 1

    Not everyone uses J2SE. I did a project recently in J2ME (CDC/PP), and AWT was the obvious toolkit because it's in PP. I wanted the program to be as small as possible, which ruled out adding swingall.jar.

  14. Re:Dump the work from home up to $10k a month scam on What Do You Want in a Job Website? · · Score: 1

    I've reported blatant 419 scams on Monster and not seen them removed.

  15. Java too on What Do You Want in a Job Website? · · Score: 1
    I was going to say almost exactly the same thing but about Java. When I was looking for a Java job, I got a lot of results for jobs which wanted Javascript.

    The "jobs which wanted" leads onto a related issue: I wanted a job writing Java. I was offered many jobs writing C++ which invited Java programmers to apply. But if you filter out C++ then you'll also filter out Java jobs which invite C++ programmers to apply. Separating the actual content of the job from the relevant experience would be a step forward.

  16. Re:Queue em up! on A Look at GNOME 2.14 · · Score: 1
    Well, since you mention it, a friend of mine did post earlier today:
    For goodness' sake, Gnome people! If you're writing an app which includes lots of different language versions of the UI, like pretty much every Gnome app does these days.. and you're going to arbitrarily choose a language to use..

    ..give me a way of overriding that choice! Please! Would an extra drop-down box really hurt that much?

  17. Re:The abuse of language on Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone · · Score: 1
    Among the lower aristocracy wealth was very important. I presume you've read Jane Austin, and therefor recall that Mr Bingley (who only had £5,000 a year) was 'nothing next to Mr Darcy' whose income was £10,000 a year.
    I'm not sure that "lower aristocracy" is quite applicable to Mr Darcy, although "lower-upper class" would probably be correct. However, I'm confident that the Bennetts were middle class: upper-middle, to be sure, but not aristocracy.
  18. Re:Testing for New Hires on Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone · · Score: 1

    There are worse things one could be. A P.E. teacher, for example.

  19. Re:Sometimes writing really does change for the wo on Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone · · Score: 1
    Of course, a few minor spelling/grammer/punctuation mistakes *should* be tolerated
    Trying to emphasise your point? It's made particularly amusing by the recent mishap involving precisely that misspelling.
  20. Re:Testing for New Hires on Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone · · Score: 1
    I've been insulted more than once by a person asking if I was an English teacher!
    I hope that an English teacher would recognise that that sentence calls for the subjunctive mood:
    I've been insulted more than once by a person asking if I were an English teacher!
  21. Re:Military intelligence on DARPA's 'Social Puppet' · · Score: 1
    For that matter, when cops impose force on me after robbing a bank - they're terrorists.
    No, they're bank robbers. But I must say that it sounds like an unlikely scenario with a big non sequitur in the middle.
  22. Re:Neat! on Policing Porn Isn't Part of The Job · · Score: 1

    "Quaint democratic party"? I thought the U.S. only had plutocratic parties...

  23. Re:So on How Do You Store Your Previously-Written Code? · · Score: 1

    You should use mauve instead. It has the most RAM.

  24. Re:Hmmmm.... on Developing Games with Perl and SDL · · Score: 1

    Ah, but if it's written in PERL the programmer is probably really twisted and the last level will be absolutely impossible.

  25. Re:Only compulsory when applying for a passport on UK MPs Approve Compulsory ID Cards · · Score: 1

    My Grandad managed to use his WWII Army ID card last year. In theory a birth certificate would do too.