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  1. Re:The right thing, but the wrong person resigned. on Director General of BBC Resigns Over "Poor Journalism" · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As far as I'm aware the BBC didn't actually name him. He was named on Twitter. I'm still at a bit of a loss why the BBC is catching the flack.

  2. Re:American concept of pricing? on Tesla Model S Named 'Car of the Year' · · Score: 1

    When you do submerge your electric car, I'd imagine it won't be on fire for long...

  3. Re:Openness on Google's Nexus 4, 7, 10 Strategy: Openness At All Costs · · Score: 1

    Turns out watching a movie using Android's native player draws less watts than reading an ebook - go figure.

    Probably from the display being mainly white when displaying an eBook. That and decoding a film is pretty efficient.

  4. Re:Huh? on Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 Due In 2015 · · Score: 1

    You're right, its not Apple, however the 'Steve Jobs Trust' (according to Bloomberg) still owns 7.65% of Disney and is indeed still the largest stock holder. (State Street are second with 4.12%)

  5. Re:last post on Sandy Sinks HMS Bounty, Knocks Off Gawker Websites · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Safer for the ship to be at sea instead of docked, safer for the crew to be docked rather than at sea...

  6. Re:Look over there! on EC Sends Statement of Objections To Microsoft For Violating Anti-Trust Agreement · · Score: 1

    I was thinking about iOS apps and that you're not allowed to list anything on the app store that competes against Apples own.

    I guess they have two mitigating factors, firstly that its always been locked in, in that you've always bought the device knowing these limitations; rather than Windows where it was essentially open but they just tried to block certain applications. Secondly, and possibly more importantly, there is a competitor in Android that has by some metrics a larger user base than iOS.

    It would seem Apples 'arch enemy' is in fact doing a great deal of good for the company...

  7. Re:Look over there! on EC Sends Statement of Objections To Microsoft For Violating Anti-Trust Agreement · · Score: 1

    My guess would be as soon as Apple go out of their way to stop other browsers working on their machines, people will start to notice.

  8. Re:I'm not British on BBC Turns Off CEEFAX Service After 38 Years · · Score: 1

    This is still available on the digital platform.

  9. Re:*Used to be* good side of the BBC on BBC Turns Off CEEFAX Service After 38 Years · · Score: 2

    There is still a 'text' service on the digital platform. Although I confess to not using it that much as nowadays a device which can browse their news site is always just an arm reach away.

  10. Re:A pity on MacKinnon Extradition Blocked By UK Home Secretary · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you've committed a crime in the UK then you should be tried in the UK. It should be as simple as that.

  11. Re:It's more than just decimal points on Firefox 16 Pulled To Address Security Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    With logic like that, I somehow suspect you work in a paper factory in Slough.

  12. Re:It's more than just decimal points on Firefox 16 Pulled To Address Security Vulnerability · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That argument completely falls apart, however, when you consider the system admin or the advanced user who ends up asking himself whether he should upgrade a non-conforming piece of software on a computer or not.

    If you're making this decision based on the version number alone, you're doing it wrong.

  13. Re:Firefox *16*!? on Firefox 16 Pulled To Address Security Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    I'd rewrite that as 'To many who do not have a vested interest it signifies major API changes are happening rather frequently'. Those who do care will know all about the new version and its changes as they'd be on the beta channel. For us normal users, we don't care, which incidentally is why they are not marketing the version number at all. Its just 'Firefox'.

  14. Re:Firefox *16*!? on Firefox 16 Pulled To Address Security Vulnerability · · Score: 2

    Um, I suppose if I squint it kinda looks like 'Ib, so I guess so....

  15. Re:Firefox *16*!? on Firefox 16 Pulled To Address Security Vulnerability · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why is it 'mad'? I don't understand why people have such issues with this. Its just a damn number. If it really irks you so much just add a decimal point to the start of it in your head and move on.

  16. Re:Why CNET? on Firefox 16 Released: More HTML5 Support · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So we have something else to write about, otherwise the whole thread would be complaning about the version numbers,,,

  17. Re:Daily reports on Ask Slashdot: Best Incentives For IT Workers? · · Score: 1

    So there's no way to programatically enter data into SAP? Fine, then write something that enters the data 'manually' for you. Hell, even VB6 could send keys to the active window and thats nothing compared to the macroing solutions we have available nowadays.

  18. Re:Unsubstantiated Rubbish on Activision Blizzard Secretly Watermarking World of Warcraft Users · · Score: 2

    It would be possible to use that information to get the first part of what is needed to actually log into an account. You've got the player name and realm, with that alone its easier to compromise an account. Although it is of course easier just to take the whole user list from Blizzard....

  19. Re:How fast should it go? on More Warnings About High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 1

    So prices should only go up, eh?

  20. Re:Zero Sum, so where does the money come from? on More Warnings About High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 1

    Yet they don't actually provide the much vaunted "liquidity"

    Without them the spread would be wider, this is liquidity.

  21. Re:Add Support for Visual Studio on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Fix the Linux Desktop? · · Score: 1

    Of course, still damn annoying though.

  22. Re:Add Support for Visual Studio on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Fix the Linux Desktop? · · Score: 1

    God no, Eclipse is quite painful to use. The damn automatic addition of braces annoys me no end for starters.... It riles me just thinking about it!

  23. Re:The foreman changes his statement in every arti on Pinch-to-Zoom and Rounded Rectangles: What the Jury Didn't Say · · Score: 2

    "the software was an entirely different methodology, and the more modern software could not be loaded onto the older example and be run without error." So because they could not run the software from a device produced in the 2010s on a device produced in the 1990s - it was not considered as prior art... astonishing.

    I've just been reading that article and the whole thing just reads like a train wreck. Although I understand that these sorts of interviews cant then be used in the appeal in the US?

    This also sticks out in that interview:

    Do you think if you hadn't been on the jury then we might have ended up with a very different verdict?
    I think so. But let's not say me specifically.

    Let's say if there had not been an individual who had the technical background, and there had not been an individual who had gone through the process, the verdict might have been different - or it might have been the same.

    I believe that the jury system in this country stands. The individuals would have ultimately come to a verdict. It might have been a lot longer.

    But what definitely would have been required is passing more questions to the judge and having them come back. In our case we didn't have to.

  24. Re:Samsung on Apple Seeks To Block 8 Samsung Products After Court Win · · Score: 1

    You're saying it like the US Govt isn't already? There appears to be a lot of protectionism going on in the US right now, so I'm not sure it would be that surprising to anyone...

  25. Re:No matter what the outcome actually is.... on Victory For Apple In "Patent Trial of the Century," To the Tune of $1 Billion · · Score: 1

    The claimed surface of the ectronic device is illustrated with the color designation for the color black.

    None of those parts are coloured so are not covered. Only the face of the phone, sans home button, are covered.