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  1. It can never happen on Snoopers' Charter Could Mean Trouble For UK Users of Encryption-Capable Apps · · Score: 1

    For all the good reasons already posted here. Which just goes to show how out of touch most politicians are.

    What's really funny is that "Joe Poster" imagines that it will happen and thinks up endless ridiculous scenarios.

  2. UK rules on Twitter Yanks Ads UK Activists Say Could Trigger Seizures · · Score: 2

    In the UK we have specific rules about this for broadcast TV (from OFCOM document ): http://stakeholders.ofcom.org....

    A potentially harmful flash occurs when there is a pair of opposing changes in luminance (i.e., an increase in luminance followed by a decrease, or a decrease followed by an increase) of 20 candelas per square metre (cd.m-2) or more (see notes 1 and 2). This applies only when the screen luminance of the darker image is below 160 cd.m-2. Irrespective of luminance, a transition to or from a saturated red is also potentially harmful. 3.1.1. Isolated single, double, or triple flashes are acceptable, but a sequence of flashes is not permitted when both the following occur: i. the combined area of flashes occurring concurrently occupies more than one quarter of the displayed (see note 3) screen area; and ii. there are more than three flashes within any one-second period. For clarification, successive flashes for which the leading edges are separated by 9 frames or more are acceptable, irrespective of their brightness or screen area.

    Nanny state or not, it makes no sense to have a set of rules for one screen and not another, within a household.

  3. Free beer on Google Photos Uploading Your Pics, Even If You Don't Want It To · · Score: 1

    So you expected the service for free?

  4. Wealth = power on A 'Star Trek' Economic System May Be Closer Than You Think · · Score: 1

    We are already at a point (in western countries) where most stuff is dirt cheap. If I didn't worry about style or location, I could re-start my life each month from almost nothing. What this means is that the thing that differentiates the rich from the average is not wealth but control. The powerful can control my access to stuff by setting the prices and rules/laws. The most powerful are the lawmakers - most got there (or were substantially helped to get there by wealth.

  5. The end of religion? on Technology and the End of Lying · · Score: 1

    I hope so!

  6. Let me guess.. on Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely · · Score: 1

    Gaussian distribution?

  7. Do you really want on Ask Slashdot: How Effective Is Your ISP's Spam Filter? · · Score: 1

    your ISP filtering your mail? I don't, and prefer to filter my own, for completely obvious reasons.

  8. Lala land on HP Will Pay $100 Million To Settle Autonomy-Related Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    So HP are paying out even though they state the case has "no merit". Are they hoping that the other "no merit" case (against former Autonomy owners) will bring fruit?

  9. Re:Soon on High Court Orders UK ISPs To Block EBook Sites · · Score: 1
    Although I'm an avid reader of books and I believe in a free (as in freedoms) internet, it is a difficult balance between control and anarchy (the modern meaning of). Authors of books should have the incentive to earn a living from publishing their work but it seems that the few consumers who find a way to access works at no cost create an excuse for censorship. Censorship need have no limits, and in particular can be used as a method of control.

    My original post was merely a jest of the Streisand effect; I'd not previously searched for sites for Ebook downloads but now I know - as do others - their URLs.

  10. Re:Soon on High Court Orders UK ISPs To Block EBook Sites · · Score: 1

    Yes, very good. Mod that man up!

  11. Re:Soon on High Court Orders UK ISPs To Block EBook Sites · · Score: 0

    Yes I read the article thanks. I doubt an ISP block would prevent those on on this forum from visiting if they wanted. However, many like me hadn't heard of those resources. That makes me wonder how much revenue they are actually losing.

  12. I didn't know about these on High Court Orders UK ISPs To Block EBook Sites · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll have to take a look.

  13. Home from home on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 1

    Without windows it'll seem just like the parent's basement, but without Windows.

  14. Re: Sort of dumb. on Recruiters Use 'Digital Native' As Code For 'No Old Folks' · · Score: 1

    I'll take your 61 and raise it by 3. My digital experience started in the late 1960's when DTL was common and TTL was new. A CPU was an ALU and gates. Now I show the "Digital Natives" how to use the (current) technology, when I'm not constructing it.

  15. As the land sinks, they have to become taller to see over the dykes - both kinds...

  16. Re:I propose a law on Strange Stars Pulse To the Golden Mean · · Score: 1

    Hardly a law... It could be an attempt to learn more by contacting other civilisations, or it could be a trap to enslave other civilisations

  17. Ode to Billie Joe on Technology's Legacy: the 'Loser Edit' Awaits Us All · · Score: 1

    "Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please ...."

  18. I applaud their stand on FedEx Won't Ship DIY Gunsmithing Machine · · Score: 1

    Whatever weasel words they use to justify their actions, the machine is primarily intended to create weapons to kill and maim people.

  19. The Rosie effect on An Evidence-Based Approach To Online Dating · · Score: 1

    Anyone who thinks this is a good idea should read: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Ro... Possibly the funniest read I've ever had, especially as I saw elements of myself in his character... Oh and if you thinks it's a bad idea I still recommend the book.

  20. Re:What's * not * news on BBC Radio Drops WMA For MPEG-DASH · · Score: 2

    Of note is that wma clients represent less than 5% of their audience, and presumably is a diminishing percentage. That's what makes replacing the equipment and licenses expensive.

  21. Unfortunately... on UK Computing Teachers Concerned That Pupils Know More Than Them · · Score: 1

    This is nothing new. My son is now 29 and at school was in this situation. He isn't even a techie, he's an artie, but had computer access at home from birth. I think the only answer is to have technical professionals teaching. At school (in the 60's) I learned metalwork and woodwork, not from graduates, but from tradesmen who been taught teaching skills.

  22. Re:60 Hz. hum in audio equipment on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 1

    Actually the audible buzz from the speakers of most audio equipment is 100/120Hz due to full wave rectification which doubles the frequency. There are families of harmonics too.
    A sound restoration area I'm involved with uses the mains hum present on old master recordings to determine the optimal playback speed.

  23. Re:Muslims? on Anonymous Declares War Over Charlie Hebdo Attack · · Score: 1

    ". . . which is exactly what Muslims are trying to do to us today, in OUR countries!"
    There is some truth in this, though they're just the 3rd Abrahamic religion to try it. They won't touch us Pagans!

  24. Re:Muslims? on Anonymous Declares War Over Charlie Hebdo Attack · · Score: 0

    "When the USA was trying to form a liberal democracy Iraq and Afghanistan, what happened? A bunch of insurgencies with attacks with homemade bombs on the troops."
    I think you mean: When the US (and allies) were trying to impose THEIR idea of how to live. Whilst liberal democracy works quite well in in the west, that doesn't mean it can be transplanted into any society successfully. Many of those who have lived under dictatorships or tribally have no concept of how to integrate with it so it is hardly surprising that even ordinary folk, let alone those with a stake, will rebel.

  25. Get over it on In Paris, Terrorists Kill 2 More, Take At Least 7 Hostages · · Score: 1

    They're just cunts.