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  1. Re:No way that article was serious on EFF and Sony Disclose New DRM Security Hole · · Score: 1
    At the end of the article, there is a registered trademark symbol for no reason.
    The Register puts the registered trademark symbol at the end of all their articles. In context it is not a registered trademark symbol, more a sign off or end of article notice.
  2. Re:Something's not right on Microsoft to Require 64-bit Processors · · Score: 1

    Windows is 64-bit polish to a 32-bit shell.... yada yada yada.

    But this is /. so maybe is should add in "turd" in the appropriate place...

  3. Re:Comments on What Workplace Coding Practices Do You Use? · · Score: 1
    Using the constant on the left hand side of an equality test such as this will cause a compile-time error if[...]
    Better at compile-time than run time - not that I'm justifying any errors!
  4. Re:What I dislike... on Former Apple Exec Speaks Against DRM · · Score: 1
    Repeat until they get bored and give you a credit.
    Hopefully the sort that can be used in any store in the country.....
  5. Re:Buying a new computer on California Class Action Suit Sony Over Rootkit DRM · · Score: 1

    Fortunately no, the case contained it (for this my knee is eternally grateful), but there are bulges in the case now. I guess I was lucky the shell was of good quality.

  6. Re:Buying a new computer on California Class Action Suit Sony Over Rootkit DRM · · Score: 1

    At least your Viao didn't explode like mine.
    Sorry, that's somewhat sensationalist. What really happened was that the PSU exploded on boot the other day (the bits aren't large enough to figure out why), and took out the mobo HD and RAM chips, three days outside the warranty period.
    Damned if I'll buy Sony again after this, combined with the DRM fiasco.

    On an unrelated note would anyone like a cheap DVD-R drive? For the cost of postage?

  7. Re:Remedies to the problem of fradulent clicks. on Google's Smart Advertising Leads to More Clicks · · Score: 1

    From my own experience, not only can you filter by country, you can filter by region; but, as a sibling post mentions, it's probably spoofable.

  8. Re:Great, does it have an alarm? on A Clock That Runs for 10,000 Years · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My cell phone does this ( apart from point 4 ).

    cog

  9. Re:Flexibility? on Microsoft Lashes out at Massachusetts IT Decision · · Score: 1

    That's actually (part of) my current work assignment. As another *child of the parent mentioned, we are using ActiveX controls with c# to make this happen. Note that the remit is not to make all possible MSWord docs transferrable, but rather to make documents which follow a certain template transferrable. My boss has already agreed to make our source available, once we're running stable. (and for once, he has the authority to do this!)

  10. Re:Time for a change... on Extra Daylight Savings May Confuse the Gadgets · · Score: 1

    I'd much prefer to see the effort put in to energy saving appliances and devices so the effect can be noticed for the entire year.

    Again, I agree with (most of) what you are saying; however, we (society) in this case have already moved to optimise "an infrequently called function", that is, we implement DST.
    Are you recommending we put work (advertising abolition, creating devices that do not automatically switch, etc. ) into reversing this, whilst implementing other energy saving schemes? To me, it makes sense to maintain the status quo, wrt DST, and implement further energy saving schemes.
    PS: apologises for the delay in replying.

  11. Re:Time for a change... on Extra Daylight Savings May Confuse the Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps people should be sold on the idea of replacing incandescent lightbulbs with screw in replacement fluorescent lights.

    Your solution is certainly a good one (and one that I have already implemented in my own apartment, with a noticably reduced electricity bill); but why do you consider both solutions to be mutually exclusive?

  12. Re:Time for a change... on Extra Daylight Savings May Confuse the Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Because it's naturally brighter in the evening, people use fewer electrical lights when cooking dinner.