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  1. Re:You Insensitive Clod! on 'Final Edition' of Blade Runner to be Released · · Score: 1

    Read the book save your money. Please dont be a moron and support the movie patch cycle.

  2. In england on Consumers Look For More Utilitarian Cellphones · · Score: 1

    sms (texting) and phone make up the bulk of traffic on the new 3g networks (it can handle video etc), while reception is good the web browsing thing has not really taken off and these people have the kit.

    That says to me either the software is rubbish,or the interface is too small, sat nav traffic systems are cool at present, a colleague has one, he uses a proper computer to update it, not a mobile phone it struck me as funny.

  3. Re:if the MPAA is sued and loses on MPAA Being Sued For Allegedly Hacking Torrentspy · · Score: 1

    I want to see the that Ballet Russes film, its not on, I do not want to see xmen 5078789.56 et all.

    I've no idea when im going to the cinema next, the mpaa must remember there more to life than corporate crap. Like to see, but can't see - steal it well why not. - it might be the only way i see it.

  4. Re:Standards on Do You Care if Your Website is W3C Compliant? · · Score: 1

    Our transitional xhtml site can blow up old ie on the odd occasion so not our problem, we have one 'strict' page - the xhtml strict standard is a bit a pain with removal of target,border,language (use type instead) and limited iframe tags in places, but our site renders ok in a mobile phone (not wml) and looks the same in most browsers.

    Its a good way to go. As to 'strict xhtml'. You've got to be in the mood for it (i dont write html much). Sticking with transitional for now - we will worry about how to deal with iframes in the future.

  5. Re:MOD PARENT UP on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 1

    Good for you - perhaps the Bushes might rename America to USB (bit geeky - usb2,usb3?), I like 'Bushland' myself

  6. Re:MOD PARENT UP on Reporter Phone Records Being Used to Find Leaks · · Score: 1

    Blessed be Jeb Bush your next american president - europe shudders at that prospect - remember democrats look good in Orange.

  7. Re:How is this any different on Self-Censoring 'Chinese Wikipedia' Launched · · Score: 1

    It shall be interesting to see in a study of wiki v baudu in the future where the entries on things like spammers wili pages will be deemed negative and not good for society

    The difference here is we know, in china they might not.

  8. The Bribe factor. on Dell Cheating on the Direct-Sales Model? · · Score: 1

    A Company I worked with bought dell pcs via a reseller (refurbed) like this way before, would i buy a dell pc (with microsoft tax) no.

    Dell pcs where ok, its paying the Dell 'Billy Tax' that I'd rather not pay that or $100 to put it in a box f**k off.

    Thats when a reseller has influnece - web pricing might be good for 1 off suckas, but multiple boxes its plain dumb. While I dont respond to bribes there are reseller out there who had to bribe government it employees with ps2's/xbox sort of thing to sell to them. - I see no box for free bribe on the dell website. There might be big programs on Dell, but I bet the 'wheres my free xbox' checkbox is still missing there too as well.

    No - I'm not a dell fan.

  9. Re:I am waiting for... on Microsoft Customers Balk at Hard Sell · · Score: 1

    That extra one billion dollars is so damm hard to aquire.

  10. Re:This guy is getting really tedious. on NASA Hacker Gary McKinnon Interviewed · · Score: 1

    Remember folks - when you remove red eye from photos, your covering up for people with red eyeballs now thats got to be a conspiracy for gary to mention soon.

    Gary is strange, but then getting caught because he didnt buy pcanywhere and had to give his zip address code says a lot about Gary.

    Gary keep it up, but then I like incompetant spammers and hackers. ?Can you keep a secret ? I'm going to meet the mermaids in the goldfish bowl in a few minutes - if I was Gary i might have been interviewed about it.

  11. Re:Don't send mass e-mails on Are Spam Blockers Too Strict? · · Score: 1

    Setup up amavisd here.- I open the quaranteen folder and I find that it catches most spam, the spam i do get, i report. Thus it is better to be deleted unseen by me than hit the folders i look after.

    To answer the question: its good enough, but what spam i get means they sure wish they didnt they send it to me to start with.

    Willian Chan of Slough England knows that lession, so please send him some spam.

  12. Soft power on New Piracy Loss Estimate · · Score: 1

    Agree with you but I've seen two films at the cinema this year, and thats way down. I won't be renting dvd's, or torrenting the films that didnt appeal.

    The Incredible Hulk film was on free broadcast tv last weekend, I watched new Dr Who season 2 instead, so I do hope my contribution to 'stealing hollywood' was included in the figure.

    I ignored a 'free' Hollywood film on tv that i could have stolen beforehand but it failed to interest me - i mean thats got to be stealing in these peoples eyes for i did not pay.

    Neal Stephension (i think in the book) - before the command line considered that american culture was a way to win hearts and minds. The sign of a successful book/film like the Harry Potters/DaVinci codes is are they plaguarised.

    When I (not american, or mexican) can ignore whole parts of american popular culture Hollywood and America has got a influnce problem.

    I like to think that I go see a film on its merits rather than some giving some accountants a means to add to his stealing guestimate.

  13. Re:Dragon NaturallySpeaking on Explorer Destroyer · · Score: 1

    The area of 'accessible websites' is frought with morons who ignore each others advice. The spreadfirefox team got hacked so many times that I gave up on promoting them or this debate.

    Opera has a voice thing

    I always write xhtml standard pages one of which will terminate ie with an eror message in testing. That is not my problem.

  14. Re:quality of customer "service" on Life on the Other End of the Tech Support Line · · Score: 1

    I know this type of employee. they are the type who throw() a hissy fit if you dont tell them your runninng outlook express 6.786 and not outlook 6.786 - one is supported and the other is not.

    These 'it' employees are 'humourous' if you ring on behalf of a friend. Mind you I can't remember the last time i rang a technical support number.

  15. Re:I suspect this is extremely common on Faking a Company · · Score: 1

    There was no trademark law in China - thus it would not be illegal. Its comming as part of the wto banwagon but the Chinese communists dont really care about it, while there 'cracking down' now and again its more to keep Bush and his riaa pals happy.

    If you move your operation to China - and pay poor wages, why should any firm complain that there product is being made by not them elsewhere in that new country?

    If boss moves the manufacturing operation to 'its no crime here yet land' then that just shows you that those chinese people are enterprising and the managers of that business that moved the manufacturing operation from america (or elsewhere with trademark law) to china as slighty dumb.

    Its a view with its merits

  16. Re:The good news.... on TSA Software Bug Creates Airport Bomb Scare · · Score: 1

    Remember if somebody you know never turned up - There probably

    a. dead
    b. wearing orange at a free us military cuban holiday resort

    Its one way to find terrorists.
  17. Re:The ethics of hacking on Certified Ethical Hacker via Self Study · · Score: 1

    I know how to use nmap - its got a man page, if your employer or its thicko hr rep (that needs a certificate) to say "I CAN USE NMAP!!!!" then how ethical is that hr rep, and company.

    An ethical con ?, like you say - ethical hackers can go unethical - so how ethical is a ethical hacker? was Dan Cuthbert (google it) an unethical hacker because he didnt have a certificate ?

  18. Re:What about zombies? on China Bans Running Your Own Email Server · · Score: 1

    The spin for the Communists is "Email administrators in China to get free accomodation and meals in prison" - This also means that china is not going to be a mta/mua software powerhouse.

    Well as much as I love Chairman Mao spam, and Chinese citizens seem unable to communicate, I think that validates my decision to use china.blackholes.us on the mail server since they have nothing to say

  19. you mean the recent windoze/mac beta on Yahoo's Amazing Disappearing Mail Servers · · Score: 1

    Err you must be running recent windows or a mac - for the beta - it only works on windows/mac so yahoo webmail beta is not 'webmail'.

    If you have access to a unix box with a browser it will tell you to use the old webmail client, not the new beta client.

    Thats my experience.

  20. Re:Sad but true... on Developer Stress Crippling Game Innovation? · · Score: 1

    No I disagree - the question is who is in control ? - it seems the same packages (football) always sell so why bother to innovate (for legal threats) ? and one supplier as well - and when these guys do innovate - the legal scum say no thats patent no 666 etc - for instance take the 'feedback' on the joystick patent.

    it may be fud - and yes people have to eat but if you hire ip lawyers - you want protection not court dates - but you have to admit its a way to meet girls. - sorry its cheap but funny

  21. Re:Sad but true... on Developer Stress Crippling Game Innovation? · · Score: 1

    ok point taken but since americans have software patent sharks as well - perhaps the companies with licensees and sell there and the programmers are hitting the wall where the legal types saying to them: 'well yes its great , but we would get sued by a,b.c and naturally d could too'.

    be it company or programmer: I'd want to write cool games - not rewrites aka 'ea', I'd rather not be hiring scum ip lawyers just in case.

  22. Re:Sad but true... on Developer Stress Crippling Game Innovation? · · Score: 1

    There is no innovation in games it seems - I'm sure once you have written an american football procedure for say kickball(),foulplayer() etc apart from scan in images from the next batch of stars and type 2008 instead of 2007 on the package is that really programming ?

    Only one firm can make a american football game if I remember (without getting sued) So why should they bother to innovate ? when then can scan in some player stats, add new players and watch the punters role in.

  23. Re:sour grapes from the 279 wannabe sex.eu owners on The .EU Landrush Fiasco · · Score: 1

    I was over at Godaddy this morning (what an amateurish name) getting annoyed at bad godaddy whois entry and commented on to the subject anyhow - He paid once to eurid, the new entrants paid more. If Mr Parsons was representing all 279 wannabe owners of sex.eu sob boohoo to them.

    Mr Parsons may think its unfair that his 279 clients didnt get sex.eu but since theres a lot of dubious clients already on godaddy perhaps its good thing Parsons/godaddy screwed up.

  24. and .co.uk is not a mouthfull ? on Over 1 Million .eu Domains and Counting · · Score: 1

    We have a .co.uk - im moving to .eu if your activity can be done anywhere in the eu then .eu makes sense - if your 'branded' only in one country then .fr/.de./.gr makes sense there still much nicer than .co.uk is personally speaking.

    We are thinking to drop the .co.uk

  25. Re:Relatively few from France? on Over 1 Million .eu Domains and Counting · · Score: 1

    France was big in minitel Minitel is still a force to be reconed with ?

    wiki: Minitel was often considered as an impediment for a fast deployment of the Internet in France, since it already provided safe and easy online access for many useful services without requiring a personal computer.

    The bbc link in the wiki (dated 2003) reports "Despite reports of its demise, a third of the French still have access to the Minitel network and four million terminals are in daily use."