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  1. Re:First on Search For "Foolproof Suffocation" Missed In Casey Anthony Case · · Score: 1

    Actually stabbing someone is very easy. That is why in close quarters, a knife is far more dangerous than a gun.

    Do you think so?
    Having done neither, I'd always thought that stabbing somebody would be more difficult - having to be "up close and personal", rather than at a distance and somewhat removed from the consequences of the act, as with a shooting.

  2. Re:ssh gets by just fine w/o Uzbekistan's CA on SSL Holes Found In Critical Non-Browser Software · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter, unless they roll out a new CA cert every week.
    It's the longevity, and security, of the CA cert that matters.

  3. Re:gas can on UK Plan Would Use CCTV To Stop Uninsured Drivers From Refueling · · Score: 2, Funny

    We've had ferries for years, and there's the channel tunnel as well.

  4. Re:Sounds delicious on Rogers Joins Telus In Seeking National Regulation · · Score: 2, Informative

    From oxforddictionaries.com

    hotchpotch

    (North American hodgepodge)
    noun
    1 [in singular] a confused mixture:
    a hotchpotch of uncoordinated services

    2a mutton stew with mixed vegetables.

  5. Re:has to corrects my code on Leap Second Coming In June, 2012 · · Score: 1

    My bad, should have been a reply to #38599414

  6. Re:No list on Shopping Center Tracking System Condemned by Civil Rights Campaigners · · Score: 2

    From the Guardian article there's a link to the Princesshay shopping centre which does use this system. Their website has a link to LandSecurities which is apparently the largest commercial property company in the uk. They have a link to a map which shows their retail property locations (http://www.landsecurities.com/retail-portfolio/our-retail-properties-by-location). This is probably a good starting point to determine the shopping centres using this system in the UK.

  7. Re:has to corrects my code on Leap Second Coming In June, 2012 · · Score: 1

    && year == leapyear

    Leap seconds aren't necessarily only applied in a leapyear.

  8. Re:Oh ffs on Apple Granted Patent For Slide To Unlock · · Score: 1

    About 4:20, there's a padlock displayed on the device screen, left-to-right slide shows it unlock.

  9. Re:So... on Europeans Needed To Create Broadband Performance Measure · · Score: 1

    But there's a flag on the front page, must be legit.

  10. Re:It's going to take them some time on European Users Overwhelm Facebook With Data Requests · · Score: 1
    From the ICO website (www.ico.gov.uk) :

    Q: I've made a request for my personal details. How long does it take?
    Once the organisation receives your request it has 40 calendar days (or 15 school days if the request is to a school) to get a copy of your information to you.

  11. It's going to take them some time on European Users Overwhelm Facebook With Data Requests · · Score: 4, Informative

    After making a request under the DPA I received the following :

    Hi,

    We have received your subject access request (the "Request").

    Due to the volume of personal data access requests that we have recently received, we are experiencing significant delay in processing such requests. We therefore are unlikely to respond within 40 days of your initial request. We appreciate your patience and will respond as soon as possible.

    We are presently refining our request response processes and approach to align the present high volume of access requests with the resources available to process these requests. We appreciate your patience and will respond as soon as possible.

    Please be aware as well that we are not required to comply with any future similar requests, unless, in our opinion, a reasonable period of time has elapsed.

    Again, we appreciate your patience and we will respond as soon as possible.

    Thanks for contacting Facebook,
    Facebook User Operations - Data Access Request Team

  12. Re:Pay-what-you-want? on The Humble Indie Bundle 3 Released · · Score: 1

    Except that it means when prices go up they have to go up by a proportionally larger amount. If prices rise by the smallest denomination then prices rise 5x as much in Norway as they do in the UK.

  13. Re:Sky .NET on Linux-Friendly Alternatives To Skype · · Score: 1

    * Skype for Windows v5.3
    * Skype for Linux v2.2-beta

    I'd say that Skype's already dumped Linux.

  14. Re:Feature, not a bug. on GoDaddy Wants Your Root Password · · Score: 1

    sudo -u user causes sudo to run the specified command as a user other than root.

  15. Re:Divorce? on Thanks For the ... Eight-Track, Uncle Alex · · Score: 1

    The older I get, the fewer ugly women there seem to be.

  16. Re:nobody cares? on Delete Data On Netbook If Stolen? · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter, you can't know what the thief thinks. As long as there's no data to steal they can search as much as they like.

  17. Re:nobody cares? on Delete Data On Netbook If Stolen? · · Score: 1

    Set your browser not to cache non-SSL pages and don't enter your credit-card number into a non-SSL page.

    Passwords can be protected by the use of a master-password (at least in Firefox) or don't save them locally.

  18. Re:Not really for that on 6 Reasons To License Software Under the (A/L)GPL · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But it's not just software that you are making, it's software that was written by somebody else, that you are modifying or extending.
    Otherwise the client can foot the bill and have you write the whole thing from scratch under the license of their choosing.

  19. Re:freedoms on 6 Reasons To License Software Under the (A/L)GPL · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So they should have started from scratch with their own code then. If you're going to stand on the shoulders of giants, those giants must be acknowledged.
    It's not complicated - if you can't agree to the license, don't use it.
    Actually (as far as I'm aware), what Tivo did was within the letter of the GPL but so far outside the spirit as to be on another planet.

  20. Re:Things to learn from the Open Source model on Browser Vendors Force W3C To Scrap HTML 5 Codecs · · Score: 1

    OMG I Just SOLVED ALL OF HTML5's Video problems.

    For firefox.

  21. Re:Fine on Exchange Rates Spell High Prices for Windows 7 In the EU · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please, don't drag your fiddling small change into the conversation.

  22. Re:Maybe, but... on AV-Test Deems Windows Security Essentials "Very Good" · · Score: 1

    That's pretty much by definition - as they require active user interaction to spread.

    Actually, by definition, a virus doesn't require active user intervention to spread.

  23. Re:Still an Epic Fail on Opera Unite Web Server Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    What! Where? URL?

  24. Re:Disturbing trend on Opera Unite Web Server Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    If you've set up the router to route incoming traffic to the PC running Opera.
    If you're going to that trouble you may as well install a proper web server and be done with it.

  25. Re:Yep you can stop P2P on The Pirates Will Always Win, Says UK ISP · · Score: 1

    not everywhere in the world, sharing copyrighted material is illegal

    Why is this idea that it is automatically illegal to share copyrighted material so prevalent?
    It is copyright that underpins the GPL and ensures that we can safely share our source code yet have some protection that it not simply be misappropriated by others as their own.