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  1. Re:What is with the UK and all this surveillance a on UK Police Test 'Temporarily Blinding' LASER · · Score: 1

    I hardly made the assumption that they were squeaky clean, Anonymous Coward.

  2. Re:What is with the UK and all this surveillance a on UK Police Test 'Temporarily Blinding' LASER · · Score: 2

    So, in the last 30 years, the list of notable police incidents involving firearms can be listed on a single page. Is there a similar article for other countries for comparison. I can bet the US edition would be weeks reading.

  3. Re:He's not wrong. on Indian Minister Seeks To Censor User-Generated Content Online · · Score: 1

    The difference is that we have seen them. India want to obliterate them into non existence.

  4. Re:Wrong on Carrier IQ Drama Continues · · Score: 1
    What I was pointing out was this:

    It doesn't exist in Android, only the US carriers are installing it.

    I didn't "miss" anything else as I wasn't discussing anything else. Go defend Apple with someone who cares.

  5. Re:Wrong on Carrier IQ Drama Continues · · Score: 0

    You're missing his point.

    Carrier IQ is installed on every iPhone device, stock, or carrier shipped. Only carrier shipped Android devices with custom carrier ROMs have it installed.

  6. Re:Best use of money? on Apple, Android Devices Swamp NYC Schools' ActiveSync Server · · Score: 1

    Woosh!

  7. Re:Microsoft is copying Google, are copying Facebo on Europe Accuses Google of Monopoly Abuse · · Score: 1

    Stop defending such a stupid statement.

  8. Re:Difference between US and China on US Gov't Seizes 130+ More Domains In Crackdown · · Score: 1

    .com .net .org .edu etc. are called gTLD for a reason. They are not country specific, and whilst the US currently hold the keys for these domains they can exploit the privilege, dangerously pushing for fragmented DNS, or an under-ground system out of their control.

  9. Re:Has anyone actually made any worthwhile with th on Doom 3 Source Released · · Score: 1

    CoD seems so rehashed now. 4 years ago it was fresh and "next-gen" Each iteration thereafter is stale.

  10. Re:Privacy! on Facebook Said To Be Developing Phone With HTC · · Score: 1

    Constant prompting? My now retired Desire only ever asked once on setup.

  11. Re:main problem is backhaul on BT Fiber Infrastructure Plans 'Fatal' To Competition · · Score: 1

    It is something I remember reading on thinkbroadband last year. I can't find the post with pictures from back then but another search pulled up the same details elsewhere.

    http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=a2bb7e60ca518a58ecd18c417f8926fb&topic=83633.msg704352#msg704352

  12. Re:main problem is backhaul on BT Fiber Infrastructure Plans 'Fatal' To Competition · · Score: 0

    BT most definitely have a fibre monopoly.Virgin don't even offer a fibre connection!

    Oh, you mean the fibre back-haul from the cabinets? That is arguably transparent from the user when speeds are governed by the slowest link in the chain. Granted Virgin has the fastest theoretical speed on their standard network but BT have offered REAL fibre connections for years and are now bringing REAL fibre to a consumer level with FTTH.

    Virgin's "Fibre optic cable" term is a joke, the ASA were stupid not to of struck it down.

  13. Re:Please provide a link. (Off-topic discussion) on Firefox 9.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    CAT6 is many factors cheaper than HDMI so cost would depend on distance. If you are just completing a home project, a HDMI cable would be more efficient.

    From Computer2000 we purchased HDMI ends @ £7 each for 100 when we fitted a school with HDMI projectors. They are now £9.63 but we have a few left over for future projects. No links I'm afraid, Computer2000 is trade-only.

  14. Re:It was only one of a million kinds of research. on Firefox 9.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    CAT6 far exceeds the specifcations of even HDMI 1.4b which has only been out a month. Punch-ends are available for all previous specs; I don't see why 1.4b would be an impossible task.

  15. Re:Version changes are the most visible evidence. on Firefox 9.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    > Poor cables may need to be replaced when video equipment is upgraded

    Anyone with half a brain installs just CAT6 and uses push-down HDMI, RJ45, or whatever sockets.

  16. Re:BLOOAATT on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Won't Fit On a CD · · Score: 1

    Debian do a net install that can be anything from just 30MB. http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/

    Do Ubuntu have a simialr installing from network version?

  17. Re:What are the range of failures? on Hardware Running Android Fails More Than iPhone, BlackBerry Hardware · · Score: 1

    This is slashdot. "News for nerds". Seriously, when are you going to realise that?

  18. Re:Microsoft Virtual PC on VMware, a Falling Giant? · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Circumvention on BT Ordered To Block Usenet Binaries Index · · Score: 1

    With SSL and SNI, transit providers only see the IP, so it remains the same.

  20. Re:Researchers? on Researchers ID Skype, BitTorrent Users · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you use bittorrent, then you should expect no privacy at all as the protocol openly allows others to get the list of users.

  21. You'd have to block Google on UK ISPs To Begin Censorship of Porn Websites · · Score: 1

    To truly block porn you'd need to block google images, and as these use DNS filters, that isn't going to happen soon.

  22. Re:Maybe Plum Consulting should become an ISP? on ISPs 'Exaggerate the Cost of Data' · · Score: 3, Informative

    > their payment model isn't $0.xx/GB of transfer, it's $xxxx per Gbps of bandwidth. If ISP buys too much bandwidth, it means it will sit there without being used, or it may be used in peak times and be just sitting there the rest ~20 hours of day.

    Actually its a combination of link speed and bandwidth used.

    The majority of upstream links are billed based on the 95th percentile. This allows for your upstream to have more bandwidth then you require during average usage, but can handle your peak times without affecting your bill too much.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing

  23. Re:are you kidding me? on Firefox 8.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    Duh. Read what you are replying to?

  24. Re:Chrome on Chrome Set To Take No. 2 Spot From Firefox · · Score: 1

    What extensions do you run?

    On Win7, Firefox7, browser open for ~12 hours. Been browsing Reddit and Slashdot mostly with a bit of Gmail and long breaks in-between, Firefox is currently using 188MB with 3 tabs open.

    I'm using Passwordmaker, Adblock Plus, Flashblock, Flashgot, TinEye and Greasemonkey.

    I also have 4G of RAM and have never had an issue with Firefox.

  25. Re:Who cares? on Coming Soon to EA's Origin Store: Third-Party Titles · · Score: 1

    "good games companies like EA" You spoilt a good post.