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  1. Re:Grandma shouldn't be running Windows on Has Microsoft's Patent War Against Linux Begun? · · Score: 1

    There's no such thing as a "Vista PC", just a PC with Vista pre-installed. Just replace it.

  2. Re:Gotta case, right here on Attackers Infect Ads With Old Adobe Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Maybe Ziff-Davis, and other site owners, should be insisting on sanitized ads. An image, some text, an html link - why should an advertiser require more?

  3. Re:Interesting on Attackers Infect Ads With Old Adobe Vulnerability · · Score: 2, Informative

    The ads, as served from Ziff-Davis, performed redirects to a third-party site. It was this third-party site which was hosting the malicious pdf files. They probably escaped automatic checking in this manner.
    Any advertiser is going to want a click to end up as a vist to their site, one way or another - and once there it's out of Ziff-Davis' hands.

  4. Re:Jones Day 0, Slashdot crowd 1.000.000.000 on Startup Threatened Into Settling Over Hyperlinking · · Score: 1

    Except that there's no argument about whether the gate's open or not. Just you trying to force people to walk down the path in the manner of your choosing.

  5. Re:The biggest problem == no exit strategy on Facebook Scrambles To Contain ToS Fallout · · Score: 1

    Yes, and they're now rolling out a feature whereby mail with yahoo, hotmail & other providers can be imported into your gmail account.

  6. Re:Once again... BFD on Confusion Reigns As Analog TV Begins Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Spelling and grammar obviously not in that list.

  7. Re:The biggest problem == no exit strategy on Facebook Scrambles To Contain ToS Fallout · · Score: 1

    Did that come before or after google introduced the ability to get your hotmail stuff (plus yahoo and a bunch of others) into gmail, and then, via imap/pop, into a desktop mail client?

  8. Re:A range of 300 km? on Jet Pack Runs For Hours On Water · · Score: 1

    A quick google search found one for just over $31,000 - I'm sure you could do better.

    This "jet-pack" is the sort of thing I could see being used to hire out at the beach for 5-10 min trips, just for the ride. Obviously this would depend upon training time and you'd need to tether it, to prevent it being stolen - which rather defeats the purpose of the thing.

  9. Re:A range of 300 km? on Jet Pack Runs For Hours On Water · · Score: 1

    But possibly fun - although it's a lot to pay for some fun.

  10. Re:Dollars are cheaper than pouns! on Jet Pack Runs For Hours On Water · · Score: 4, Informative

    The web site advertises two models :

    155 HP = EUR 99,000 which is $125,116 (£88,122)
    215 HP = EUR 119,000 which is $150,392 (£105,924)

    so the Telegraph has the prices wrong.

    (Exchange rates courtesy of Google)

  11. Re:Encryption? on New Tool Promises To Passively ldentify BitTorrent Files · · Score: 1

    The police in the UK have a system fitted to some cars which reads the plates on all oncoming vehicles and automatically checks them against various criminal databases.

  12. Re:Seems like the correct procedure on Texas Judge Orders Identification of Topix Trolls · · Score: 1

    Somethings's fubar when you can write "from my teacher's lawyer" without the first response being "wtf, why does a teacher HAVE a lawyer?"
    The only time I've ever needed legal assistance (home purchase/sale) I've had to go and get it just for that occasion.

  13. Re:This will be great for virtualization on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    Are we talking about the same Microsoft here? I'll run up a server with a dozen instances on it, all running on 1 machine and let a dozen people use rdesktop, only need one license. Good luck with that one.

  14. Re:This will be great for virtualization on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    And three licenses, Microsoft would love it.

  15. Re:You can make a better UI on Finnish Court Accepts E-Voting Result With 2% Lost · · Score: 1

    You'd better make sure that one of the options is "None of the above". I can care enough to cast my vote, but currently if I feel that none of the candidates is sufficiently qualified to do the job then my only option is to spoil my paper.
    If I stay at home I get counted as a "didn't care enough to vote", if I spoil my paper I may get counted as "idiot who didn't understand the process", but I've made my mark.
    You can't get staff to help with not casting a vote, the process has to be anonymous.

  16. Re:It's not all that surprising... on 45% of Dutch Media-Buying Population Are "Pirates" · · Score: 1

    That's assuming that the developer gets paid when the copy is sold at the store.

    Since the store must have bought it from a supplier further up the chain, surely the developers have already had their cut. The store's only selling it cheaply because they have only a finite amount of space on the shelves and in the warehouses.

    Buying second hand, the sale's already happened and the developers have already been paid.

  17. Re:At last... on Breathalyzer Source Code Ruling Upheld · · Score: 1

    How would the cop know it was a judge driving before pulling him over?

  18. Re:Googles playbook on Companies Using MS Word "Out of Habit," Says Forrester · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, but you can decide at any point to get off the upgrade roundabout and stick with what you've got, or control your own roll-out of new versions.

  19. Re:INCORRECT Correlation on What Carriers Don't Want You To Know About Texting · · Score: 1

    Norway has 12 per square km, and a population of only 4.8 million. We don't pay for incoming calls or SMS.

  20. Re:Good way to demotivate students to learn on Microsoft Invents $1.15/Hour Homework Fee For Kids · · Score: 1

    They should definately be payed for lerning speling and grammer.

  21. Re:Free speech on UK Culture Secretary Wants Website Ratings, Censorship · · Score: 1

    Nope, did my jury service when I got called.
    It's precisely that experience that leads me to make this statement

    I believe it's very serious, but I also believe that the majority of people who serve wouldn't hesitate to assume that somebody who chose to remain silent is guilty.

  22. Re:Free speech on UK Culture Secretary Wants Website Ratings, Censorship · · Score: 1

    Also, if you remain silent in court this can be assumed as evidence of guilt.

    No it can't, not in any court within the United Kingdom. Staying silent may harm your defence, as noted in the caution you are given, but it can never be used as a presumption of evidence of guilt.

    That's correct in theory. I wouldn't trust a jury not to presume my guilt were I to stay silent though.
    Remember, that jury consists of 12 examples of society's finest, right off the street.

  23. Re:WT...? on Shuttleworth Proposes Overhaul of Desktop Notifications · · Score: 1

    You have seen Steve Balmer?

  24. Re:lame on Shuttleworth Proposes Overhaul of Desktop Notifications · · Score: 1

    And seeing as the blog entry is dated "Tue Dec 23 2008" and the release of 9.04 is mentioned in the future tense, you didn't consider that this might possibly be a typo?

  25. Re:Sorry... on Will People Really Boycott Apple Over DRM? · · Score: 1

    To this day I refuse to buy Sony products of any kind due to the rootkit bullsheet back in late 2005

    Glad I'm not alone on this one.