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  1. What on Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What do you mean, "turning"? They were never good to begin with. They perhaps turned more evil in 2007 with the release of the iPhone.

  2. Re:Moderation on Old Man Murray Entry Deleted From Wikipedia · · Score: 2

    Word. In lieu of that, it would be nice to at least be able to see the old revisions. They save them, you know, even if an article is marked "Deleted".

  3. Acceptance on WikiLeaks, Internet Nominees For Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 1

    Who can accept an award on behalf of the Internet? The Swedish Pirate Party has a candidate, presented here. (Google translation to English)

  4. Re:How can you be a freeloader? on Are Flickr Images Abused By Foreign Businesses? · · Score: 1

    Not so, because the copier does not have that right. If fact, you still have that right. The fact that it was breached does not change that. Tangentially, some of us think that you shouldn't have had (the exclusive right to transfer) in the first place.

  5. Re:Umm , won't the internet archive do this for fr on Thrifty, Anonymous Benefactor Backs Up BBC Websites Before They Go Dark · · Score: 3, Informative

    The wayback machine is unreliable and slow. It also goes out of its way to make it difficult to make local copies of anything found there. Torrents are much better.

  6. Re:How can you be a freeloader? on Are Flickr Images Abused By Foreign Businesses? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Copying, not stealing.

  7. Re:How? on US Dept. of Justice, ICE Still Seizing Domains · · Score: 1

    Except GoDaddy says they didn't even know about the seizure. Of course, they've been unreliable in the past, so they might be lying.

  8. Re:Cannot load english.aljazeera.net on Egypt Coming Back On the 'net · · Score: 2
  9. How? on US Dept. of Justice, ICE Still Seizing Domains · · Score: 1

    Never mind legal, how is it even technically possible to seize a domain without forcing the registrar?

    A quick bit of research indicates that Afilias, an Ireland-based company with offices in Pennsylvania, is the top-level operator of the .org domain. They would be able to take over any .org domain they choose (or are forced to).

  10. Google on Researchers Track Mouse Movements and Hesitations · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They've already started doing a very hacky thing to their search results in order to monitor us. The links are changing to a redirect url when clicked. Had to use YesScript to block it.

  11. 100 Gbps? on UK Research Aims For 100x Speedup In Fiber-Based Broadband · · Score: 1

    What would you like to do with 100 times your own current network speed?

    Not much. My local network is already faster than my hard drives. However, this could be very useful for the fiber networks that make up the Internet.

  12. Re:Defining "standard" and "open source" on The Abdication of the HTML Standard · · Score: 1

    Video codecs do indeed have problems with software patents. That is why we got WebM. It is also one of the reasons software patents should be abolished.

  13. Reference implementation on The Abdication of the HTML Standard · · Score: 1

    Most standards that actually work have open-source reference implementations. HTML and CSS do not.

  14. Let me be the first to say: on Bad Science Writer Talks About the Placebo Effect *NSFW* · · Score: 1

    Citation Needed.

  15. Re:Tablets are not the answer on The Fall of Wintel and the Rise of Armdroid · · Score: 1

    True. I've been looking for a nice little ARM netbook since 2007, but none of the prototypes I've seen have been available for sale, at least not here in Sweden. I suspect Microsoft have been pressuring manufacturers to stick with Wintel. Hopefully, that will change before I have to buy a new one.

  16. Obligatory Stargate quote on Microsoft To Disable Windows Phone 7 Unlocking · · Score: 1

    Chevron seven... locked!

  17. Re:The torrent file... on Gawker Source Code and Databases Compromised · · Score: 1

    The use of the word "legitimate" implied, at least to me, that you thought it was. I may have misunderstood.

  18. Re:The torrent file... on Gawker Source Code and Databases Compromised · · Score: 1

    Since when did linking to ANYTHING become illegal?

  19. SeaMonkey on Beta Version of Nevercookie Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This plugin is not yet compatible with SeaMonkey. Someone should fix that.

  20. Re:Uhhh... Well... Ya on Should Being Competitive With Windows Matter For Linux? · · Score: 1

    Word.

  21. Re:VLC is GPL version 2 on VLC Developer Takes a Stand Against DRM Enforcement · · Score: 1

    Correct. This developer, Rémi Denis-Courmont, said so himself, three years ago. As far as I know, their licensing has not changed since then. It seems Denis-Courmont has forgotten himself.

  22. 3D doesn't matter on Hobbit Film Finally Gets Green Light, To Be Shot in 3-D · · Score: 1

    Fortunately, we'll also get a 2D version.

  23. Perfect Cell on IBM's Plans For the Cell Processor · · Score: 1

    I wonder what it's gonna have to absorb to evolve into the Perfect Cell. :)

  24. AdBlock! on HTML5 Draws Concern Over Risks To Privacy · · Score: 5, Informative
    My favourite filter:

    *$third-party

    Blocks all kinds of crap. Speeds up browsing, too. Even on Slashdot it blocks Google Analytics and something from demandbase.com.

    Of course, you'll need lots of exception rules, but if you want to be aware of where your browser goes to get its files, it's well worth it.

  25. Re:Also as a practical matter on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    China, a country where there are no elections.

    Not so. They even have several different parties. Of course, the constitution still says that the Communist Party rules, so their elections matter less than in most other countries.