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  1. Re:There is literally no alternative. on Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) for Windows Pushes What Could Be Its Last Update (mpc-hc.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I can't believe I'm typing this, but... There is literally no alternative. I have never found ANY other media player that supports what should be the most basic possible feature: BOOKMARKS! How is this possible? I have no idea, but VLC certainly does NOT support it. They have some sort of "fake" bookmarks which disappear once you close it, which makes them completely pointless.

    Since MPC-HC is the only program that does the most basic imaginable feature, I will have to keep running it even if they kill it. On the other hand, even "MPC-HC" is a "resurrection" from the original "MPC"...

    PotPlayer supports bookmarks and plays pretty much everything I throw at it.

  2. Re:DD-WRT? on Asus Wireless Routers Can Be Exploited By Anyone Inside the Network · · Score: 2

    As does the Merlin fork if you're using that http://forums.smallnetbuilder....

  3. Re:Major ISPs on High Court Orders UK ISPs To Block More Torrent Sites · · Score: 1

    I'm in a similar situation, max 8mb estimated with BT line, get a pretty consistent 100mb with Virgin.

    I'm considering a VPN - AirVPN and VPNUK are a couple I've been recommended - AirVPN looks to have a control panel to setup port forwarding, which is nice for torrents. How do you find yours in terms of speed and ease of use?

    Cheers

  4. Re:Opera Mini is supposed to be proxied on Nokia Redirecting Traffic On Some of Its Phones, Including HTTPS · · Score: 5, Informative

    Exactly!
    From http://www.opera.com/mobile/specs/

    "Opera Mini always uses Opera’s advanced server compression technology to compress web content before it gets to a device. The rendering engine is on Opera’s server."

    On the Nokia website it states outright that "Compressed pages mean lower data charges" http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/products/phone/302/

  5. Re:hum..... on The Promo Bay Blocked By UK ISPs · · Score: 5, Informative

    Curses.
    The second URL should of course be http://promobay.org/

  6. Re:hum..... on The Promo Bay Blocked By UK ISPs · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are two different websites.

    http://thepromobay.co.uk/ looks to be a proxy for TPB as others have said and isn't blocked.
    http://thepromobay.org/ is blocked

  7. FTFY on Facebook To Eliminate Voting On Privacy Changes · · Score: 1

    >>Therefore, we're proposing to end the voting component of the process in favor of a system that leads to more meaningful feedback and engagement.'

    Therefore, we're proposing to end the voting component of the process in favour of a system that leads to us being able to get more cash

  8. Re:Business customers will get what they want on You Can't Bypass the UI Formerly Known As Metro On Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    You mean Windows 8 SP1....?

  9. Re:BLOCK ALL YOU WANT on BT Starts Blocking the Pirate Bay · · Score: 5, Informative

    Small correction - BT hasn't been owned by the UK government since 1984 and the government sold their last shares in the company nearly 20 years ago.

    Apart from that I agree with you.

  10. Re:Darwin in action. on Black Death Discovered In Oregon · · Score: 5, Informative

    You probably mean Arthur C Clarke who many think 'invented' the geosynchronous satellite...or brought it into the public arena.

    No idea if he smoked pot though.

  11. Not being ripped off at all... on WURFL Founders Fire Off DMCA Takedown Against Fork · · Score: 5, Informative

    From http://openddr.org/takedown.html, the original file had terms of use as below
    Seems clear to me - as long as OpenDDR are making public any changes.

    "All the information listed here has been collected by many different people from many different
              countries. You are allowed to use WURFL in any of your applications, free or commercial. The only thing required is to make public any
              modification to this file, following the original spirit and idea of the creators of this project."

  12. Re:I want more RAM Slots on Intel Z68 Motherboard Round-Up · · Score: 1

    Wrong.
    The licence limits the number of processors in the licensed machine (Home and Home Premium) but there are no restrictions on memory.

    Useful link in case you're interested : http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal/EN/US/IntellectualProperty/UseTerms/Default.aspx

  13. Easy peasy... on What If Aliens Came To Save the Galaxy From Mankind? · · Score: 1

    Just have the Slim Whitman records on standby.

    Simples.

  14. Re:Cease and Decist = Resume Bonus? on Samsung Hires Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik · · Score: 1

    The cease and desist was specifically in relation to the Google Apps part : http://androidandme.com/2009/09/hacks/cyanogenmod-in-trouble/

  15. Moving away from the eG8 bashing for a moment on EG8 Publishes Report In Noninteractive, Nonquotable Format · · Score: 5, Informative

    You could always click on the 'Download' button and save as a PDF document - then you can do as you want with it.

    Admittedly a blog or wiki would, perhaps, be nicer to use.

  16. Re:Pointless on Virgin Media Demos World's Fastest Internet Service In the UK · · Score: 2

    Even the 50Mb service is traffic managed, although only upstream from 3pm to 8pm http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management/traffic-management-faster-uploads.html

    The superhub does appear to be a pile of horse manure - I can get the 100Mb service now, waiting until they've sorted the superhub.

  17. Re:O/T: Trusted URL shorteners on A Game Played In the URL Bar · · Score: 4, Informative

    I use TinyURL, they have a 'Preview' feature that lets you see the actual URL before visiting the destination site - requires cookies.

    Go here - http://tinyurl.com/preview.php - and click the link that says "Click here to enable previews."

  18. Re:How quaint... on UK Twitter Users Declare 'I'm Spartacus' · · Score: 1

    You lose, thread over, Godwin's Law applies. Probably the shortest time into a thread I've seen!

    Andy

  19. Re:So stupid on so may ways on Google Instant Announced · · Score: 1

    See earlier replies, when you first search with the new grooviness, on the results page next to the search box you will see 'Instant is on'...?
    Click it, choose 'Off', job done, no drama.

  20. Re:Hasn't worked in the UK on "Phone In One Hand, Ticket In the Other" · · Score: 5, Funny

    The other day I saw a woman applying her lipstick with one hand and on her phone with the other doing 85mph in the middle lane.

    I was so shocked I split my cornflakes.

  21. Re:Well done Sony on Geohot Brings Other OS Support To PS3 With Custom Firmware · · Score: 1

    Emphasis mine.

    "I hope you are happy Sony.

    You made it this far without [some] people building custom firmware. Now you've forced [some] people to find ways to put custom firmware on the PS3. Next up is "indie" games followed by pirates followed by the game industry going back to PCs or over to other consoles.

    Too bad. I actually liked by PS3. Hopefully something new will come along soon so I won't have to buy an xbox..."

    Don't confuse those who read /. with the majority who just want their PS3 to play games and watch DVDs. Plus why would the game industry care if you can or can't install Linux on a PS3 - irrelevant for them.

  22. Re:I feel split in this matter on Verizon Blocking 4chan · · Score: 1

    I call an alternative Godwin's Law - as soon as you quote Martin Niemöller, you've lost the argument. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...

  23. Re:"Organizer" on Netbooks Popular Enough For a C&D From Psion · · Score: 1

    Hurrah! I use an 'organiser' I'm safe... Bwa ha ha haaaaaa....

  24. Re:Pessimistic? on Tabula Rasa Promotion To Send Gamers' DNA to Space · · Score: 1

    My lords, ladies and gentlemen, I give you http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider How soon were you expecting our demise...!

  25. Re:over-reaching FUD on Virgin Media To Spy On & Threaten Downloaders · · Score: 1

    This should work alongside Godwin's Law : "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." "As a /. discussion on P2P starts, the probability of a comparison involving free speech or freedom of assembly exceeds one." I cry bollocks (testicles/nuts to the USians ;-) ) to the OP. Andy