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  1. Re:This is one of those stupidly smart things. on Tabnapping Scams Around the Corner? · · Score: 1

    Suggested workaround - reload any page that has timed out using your menu bar favicon bookmarks before entering information.

  2. Re:Not quite on Large Irish ISP To Enact "Three Strikes" Rule For Copyright Violation · · Score: 1

    Obviously, this means works recorded in the 60s will be dropping out of copyright soon. That will include the early works of some rather big names including the Beatles.

    And when the extension attempts fail, they just remix the original album very slightly, commission a big marketing campaign and BOOM! Everyone buys the same old crap for the sixth time, and the labels can exert its new copyright over this slightly different sound recording for another 50 years.

  3. Re:Nothing unusual on Iceland Volcano's Ash Grounds European Air Travel · · Score: 1

    It's pretty clear now and I imagine astronomers across the country are rejoicing, not too cold either. With no planes it must be a beautiful view in the more remote places.

  4. Re:Actually misguided on How Chat and Youth Are Killing the Meeting · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Make decisions beforehand with the key people. Most decisions don't really get made in the big meeting. Two or three key decision makers on the same page and the rest follow or simply refine the decision.

    So one of your solutions to effective meetings is to... have another meeting first? If you're making decisions prior then your main meeting sounds more like a "progress report".

  5. Re:It was a farce... on Digital Economy Bill Passed In the UK · · Score: 1

    Maybe just maybe, this year there's enough outrage at the two main parties that a vote for the LibDems won't be wasted. Don't second guess everyone else, vote in what you believe.

  6. Re:Yup on Digital Economy Bill Passed In the UK · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And if you read that Act you'll see that only items made available for SALE or HIRE are unlawful, that's what prompted the new law. We were quite happy with the CDPA which saw a distinction between commercial counterfeiting and personal sharing.

  7. Re:Victimless crimes.. on Mass. Gambling Bill Would Criminalize Online Poker · · Score: 1

    I have 80,000 hand histories which demonstrate I am not fleeced. Well not by the sites, anyway... I often fleece myself with terribad calls...

  8. Bad law on US House Passes P2P Ban On Federal Networks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why is computing subject to such vague law-making, so often? Do other sectors suffer to such a degree? Presumably, government law-drafters will call on experts to clarify finer points. But this often doesn't seem to happen with computing law.

  9. Re:This is why I love competition on How the Nintendo 3DS Might Handle 3D Display · · Score: 1

    These devices will only become more powerful and popular, so web sites and app coders will converge to that segment, making them more appealing to the everyday consumer (who to be fair has probably had their fill of malware on the general-purpose platform) - there's a real danger that the market for the general-purpose computer upon which one can run programs that aren't necessarily approved by the device's masters will contract to a level that makes it uneconomic.

  10. Re:This is why I love competition on How the Nintendo 3DS Might Handle 3D Display · · Score: 1

    Mmmm, just what I'm hankering for is a bigger range of locked-down devices which I cannot upgrade nor run my own programs on.

    This segment of the market is the biggest threat to the general-purpose computer.

  11. Re:I do. on If ET Calls, Who Speaks For Humanity? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Next question, please.

    Nice to meet you. Would you kindly take me to your leader?

  12. Re:Not Apache's problem on Serious Apache Exploit Discovered · · Score: 1

    Sure, vulnerable DLLs are not Apache's problem, but isn't the vuln here within the mod_isapi module, which presumably is supplied by Apache?

  13. Re:I know how this ends. on Turn Your Roomba Into a Household Google Bot · · Score: 1

    Oh noes, the world will be vacuumed to death

  14. UK experience on Europe To Block ACTA Disconnect Provisions · · Score: 4, Informative

    Despite this, the UK takes a line that typically follows the US one. Our govt sees no problem in disconnecting users without anything like a 'trial'.

  15. Re:As far as misleading headlines go on Chuck Norris Attacks Linux-Based Routers, Modems · · Score: 1

    I'd be more concerned with having my name associated with a very unamusing and old Internet meme...

  16. Re:Please tell me... on Microsoft RickRolls Wi-Fi Network Leechers · · Score: 1

    Stock Aitken Waterman made more than enough cash at the turn of the 90s. In 1990 something like 2% of all records sold in the UK were produced by them. Between 1988 and 1990 there wasn't a single week when a record of theirs was not in the top 75.

  17. Re:Good quote on A History of Media Technology Scares · · Score: 1

    This is essentially my experience. I work in an office where I stare at a screen with a clock in the corner for eight hours. The rest of the time I have my phone. I've not seen a need for years. Plus, after a while you become very good at guessing the time when you happen to be away from a clock.

  18. Re:Question on Operation Titstorm Hits the Streets · · Score: 1

    Better still, educate your fucking kids to not do stupid shit on the internet. That works better than any filter.

    But Anonymous aren't doing stupid shit, they're trying to stop the filter!

  19. Re:From Lave on "Tube Map" Created For the Milky Way · · Score: 2

    How do I get on from the Great Circle Line?

    Sorry, the Great Circle line is closed all weekend for essential maintenance. There's a good service on all other lines though!

  20. Re:One thing I don't get... on Harder-Than-Diamond Natural Carbon Crystals Found · · Score: 1

    "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?" "No I'm a diamond-bearing meteorite"

  21. Re:Watching TV vs. Playing Video Games on Interview With the Founder of a Video Game Rehab Clinic · · Score: 1

    All I'd say is that they are not the same activity, one is passive and one requires a lot of thought and coordination. Maybe concentrating on a task that requires hand-eye coordination and lots of thought for more than 2 hours at a time is not healthy. I know I always feel queasy if I've been playing an action game for that amount of time.

  22. Re:a true geek ... on Pen vs. Keyboard vs. Touch vs. Everything Else · · Score: 1

    Hehe, and there you can see that i use it, as W is next to M - so a typo for switch can be swith or smith....

  23. Re:a true geek ... on Pen vs. Keyboard vs. Touch vs. Everything Else · · Score: 1

    Should take anyone who's concious about two or three weeks to smith to Dvorak and become comfortable.

  24. Lack of sleep on US Youth Have Serious Mental Health Issues · · Score: 1

    Could it be due to lack of sleep? Recent studies suggest a link. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/child_health/article6916053.ece

  25. Re:Spoiler: Why it's dying; emits one last factoid on End of the Road For NASA's Mars Rover? · · Score: 1

    Indeed. I wonder if the parent posters can think of any Earth-bound machines that operated to good capacity with no mechanical service in six years. They were designed well enough.