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  1. Re:TV License in the UK on New Fee For Internet-Capable PCs In Germany · · Score: 1

    What you are saying has some truth in it, but in england for little cost you get freeview (£40 box for digital video broadcasts) giving you 40 channels.
    ONLY THE INDEPENDANT CHANNELS HAVE ADVERTS
    None of the bbc channels have adverts. And color tv's have (generally) better sound than black and white.

  2. Re:Worst...Article...Ever on Media Center Bathroom Extender · · Score: 1

    id mod you up but i have no mod points and cannot [slashdot rules] SO MOD HIM UP please

  3. Re:Worst...Article...Ever on Media Center Bathroom Extender · · Score: 1

    that sounds interesting?
    is their a link you could share

  4. Re:They can use Mozilla for free, too! on AOL Builds New IE-Based Browser · · Score: 1

    you must be new here:
    on slashdot it is
    and so is html 3.2 **ducks**

  5. Re:Who provides converters for the proles? on US Still Dithering Over Analog-Digital TV Conversion · · Score: 1

    In england their is a thing called freeview it is £50 a box [read $75] if America used it aswell it would only get cheaper and I would be able to build a freeview PVR.

  6. Yesterday.. on Beatles vs Apple · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away,
    iPod sales rising heavily,
    but oh oh Yesterday

    Yesterday Apple music were so far away,
    and now oh no we have to pay,

  7. Re:Can I get BBC4? on New Trailer For Upcoming Hitchhiker's Episodes · · Score: 1

    BBC radio 4 is a (tax funded) radio station in england it uses television licesne money to support several tv and radio channels withoud ads you can listen fromm bbc.co.uk

  8. The *easy* way: on Longhorn Will Have Ability to Ban External Storage Devices · · Score: 1

    Copy the data to the hdd "C:\Windows\Printers\Spool" to get passed software that deletes naughty files from the hdd. Or if its hardware copy it to a scratch disk. SHUTDOWN the pc boot up knoppix and copy.

  9. Re:the world = USA ? on Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org · · Score: 1

    I think the flag should stay as politics.slashdot.org is only an experiment and when it becomes a real part of slashdot then make it keep the blue and drop the flag
    (this needs to go under politics http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/07/17 18225&tid=123&tid=158&tid=103
    )
    File it as a bug

  10. Re:Builti-in features vs Extensions on Exploring Firefox Extensions · · Score: 1

    Hey lets have an html viewing extension!
    Seriously why do that I want firefox to beat ie out of the box. Not after installing the help tabs etc.

  11. I know this would be better suited as a reply but. on Automated DMCA Notices Still Full of Lies · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What about claiming dmages for aggressive (and illegal) prosecution.

  12. Re:CDMA or TDMA or GSM on Cellphones Usable on Airplanes in 2006? · · Score: 1

    It will probably be GSM as that is the international standard. But on the other hand why not all three?

  13. Re:Fallacious assumptions on SETI Finds Interesting Signal · · Score: 1

    better yet how do we know that WE won't treat THEM as food

  14. Re:In case of slashdotting on Google Code Jam 2004 · · Score: 1

    actually the domain's topcoder.com not google.com so google is hosting the cache for a partner site

  15. The silver lining! on Internet Meltdown Predicted for Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    --** And in July, DoubleClick Inc.'s DNS (domain name system) was attacked and unable to serve ads for a similar time frame[several hours].**--
    I know thats bad for them but we all HATE banner adverts. (and we all know our favourite sites NEED the money)

  16. Re:It would appear to be Microsoft vs. The Rest of on Microsoft Leaves U.N. Standards Group · · Score: 2, Informative

    Exactly. Thats why Windows NT was seperate from Windows 9x. When they merged at XP the seperation of buisness and consumers was lost. You may say that home and pro keep them seperate but home is just a crippled version of pro.

  17. The PQI I-stick on Portable Storage? · · Score: 1

    The usb2.0 version is very fast and is a half of the size of most other thumbdrives. I think it goes up to a gig.

  18. Re:In a word: WOW! on Telly MC2100, a Linux-based PVR/Media Center · · Score: 1

    can you tell me how they respond please?

  19. Re:Download.com is pay to list now.... on P2P vs. The Clones · · Score: 1

    the word is: scrupulous it think

  20. Re:How is repacking a GPL'd program theft? on P2P vs. The Clones · · Score: 1

    can you steal 'free beer' no
    can you steal 'free speech' yes
    OSS is free speech

  21. 'open source' on More Details on Cut-Rate Windows OS For Asia · · Score: 1
    A so-called 'open source' system which PC users can install on their machines and modify without paying a licence fee, Linux has made significant inroads into the software market in Latin America and Asia.
    so-called 'open source' why is it only so-called this suggests that it may not be due to popular use of so-called and '' marks Linux IS open source and it will always be Open becuase it is GPL oh and I'm not trolling but trying to make a point
  22. Re:Does is support combo-boxes? on Mozilla Starts Work On XForms · · Score: 1

    those nasty scripts. copy and paste the url into browser http://www12.brinkster.com/chrisrickard/developmen t/zippycombo/

    or use the new version
    http://www12.brinkster.com/chrisrickard/developmen t/combobox/

  23. Re:ActiveX replacement??? on Mozilla Starts Work On XForms · · Score: 1

    Mod this up please its a valid and interesting comment.

  24. Re:Call Me Clueless on MSIE 7 May Beat Longhorn Out The Gate · · Score: 1

    in ie its awful with the blue logos and kiddie speak and in ff it looks good with tech speak oh and firefox rendered the page in 2 seconds flat and ie in a minute

  25. Re:How about a nice serving of FUD??? on MSIE 7 May Beat Longhorn Out The Gate · · Score: 1

    then they dont know microsofts definition of promise:
    Promise: n.
    a downright lie to keep consumers from moving to other products