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Comment Those were the kbs... (Score 1) 129

I remember exporting individual frames of animated GIFs, correct/add something to, or just reverse it, put it back together and use it on another crappy Geocities website.

Oh, and the "Awards"! Apparently clicking links through images was a difficult task back then. I gotta admit, I have a little corner in my heart for the god damned MIDI files.

Comment Pfft (Score 1) 1

What a misleading title (both here and throughout the article)

With the paranoia that abounds in this place regarding privacy, you instantly think about taking all your info off FB servers for good when you read "Reclaim your data".

This is mostly about privacy options and reporting duplicate photos.

Facebook

Submission + - Reclaim your data from the world's biggest sites (pcpro.co.uk) 1

Barence writes: PC Pro has a feature revealing what data the likes of Google, Facebook and eBay hold on you, and how to get it back. The feature reveals what to do if someone else tags a photo of you on Facebook that you don't want against your profile, how to stop Google keeping a record of your search history, and how to stop others from seeing what you've bought on eBay, amongst other privacy-enhancing tips.
Microsoft

Submission + - Do Not Track Feature Comes to IE, Firefox (ibtimes.com)

RedEaredSlider writes: Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer have put a 'Do Not Track' feature in their latest updates.

Microsoft announced the arrival of the release candidate version of Internet Explorer 9 (meaning it has the potential to be the final product), which had been in beta mode for the past few months. While the release candidate has several new features, the most prominent will be tracking protection. Mozilla has also included this feature, affording greater privacy to users.

Games

Submission + - Duke Nukem Forever: Hands-On (usatoday.com) 1

Stenchwarrior writes: Yes, it's quite obvious the developers working to bring back Duke Nukem are well aware the long-overdue follow-up to 1996's Duke Nukem 3D has become a running joke in the gaming biz. From game engine changes to staff downsizing to a studio closure, it appeared one of the most beloved video game characters from the '90s was never to return.

Not so. to celebrate the upcoming launch of Duke Nukem Forever — at a Las Vegas gentlemen's club, no less — to offer journalists hands-on time with the first 90-odd minutes of the single-player campaign.

Google

Submission + - MPAA threatens to disconnect Google from the Inter (techspot.com)

markdueck writes: Good luck MPAA!
Over the last few months, Google has received more than 100 copyright infringement warnings from MPAA-affiliated movies studios: most are directed at users of Google's public Wi-Fi service but others are meant for Google employees. The MPAA is thus warning the search giant that it might get disconnected from the Internet.

PlayStation (Games)

Submission + - Sony Loses Bid To Pull Twitter, YouTube User Info

RedEaredSlider writes: A Federal court in California has denied Sony's motion to pull the personal information of Twitter and YouTube users who might have downloaded code that allows PlayStations to run with alternative operating systems.

The company had filed a motion for discovery, asking for the personal information of users of Twitter and YouTube who might have a connection with George Hotz, who had published a piece of code on his Web site that allowed a PlayStation 3 to run other operating systems as well as pirated games. Sony was, in essence, asking for the contact information of people who had commented on the video Hotz posted showing how he used the code, as well as people he may have corresponded with via Twitter.

The judge in the case, Susan Illston, denied the motion. Hotz is still under a restraining order that forbids him from offering any methods or software that allow people to modify their Sony PlayStations. Nor is he allowed to provide links to sites that offer such methods or software. He is also ordered to turn over his computers to Sony.

Comment Not the sharpest knife (Score 1) 259

Even if you are unjustly banned from Facebook, you can come back and re-add all those people, at least the "main" ones, and work your way again to having 350 friends, I'm sure he didn't find them all in 2 days the first time around, and I genuinely doubt he kept in touch each and every single one of them. He can't learn their names and make a second account and look them up?

He wasn't smart enough to ask for phone numbers and/or e-mails after contacting far away relatives?

He can't use services like instant messengers?

How did he survive before Facebook existed, suing telecommunication providers because their service fees were too high, thus prohibiting and/or limiting his access to contact loved ones from afar?

Is all this still Facebook's fault?

Comment Re:Bloody Hell (Score 2) 246

Do you remember those days when Google didn't have the fancy-schmancy auto-complete or instant-search? I do, because I never used them, so this doesn't affect me in the slightest.

If you're gonna search for The Red Dragon torrent, you KNOW you're gonna have to type it out, instead of waiting for Google to finish the phrase for you. So basically you are whining that you're gonna have to type search inquiries, are we really this lazy?

Comment Re:not to mention the one-eyed among us (Score 1) 436

This is why I don't think it'll die as fast as some of us want it to, because just as crappy video games are enhanced by good visuals, mediocre movies are likely to draw masses even after bad reviews if they look good.

To me this is not a revolutionary way of looking at movies, just another tool to enhance what's already present, just like 2-speakers turned into 5, then 8, etc. Better sound doesn't make a good movie good, it helps it, but it doesn't define it.

If it dies out, then that's that, we'll see another attempt in 20 years.

Comment Ironic (Score 0) 218

The only people that will actually wait for a religious figure to "approve" anything in order to implement it to their daily life are the people less likely to use the Internet, in this case. All the religious acquaintances I've met/kept in touch with online have used it regardless of this so-called "blessing".

It doesn't matter if you're religious or not, if you're all waiting for someone to tell you "hey, this thing ain't so bad, I used it, so you can use it too!" then you deserve to be mocked.

Comment Re:Prompting the question... (Score 1) 23

The suit claims that Taco Bell's meat-like offering is filled with extenders and other non-meat substances listed in the lawsuit like water, "Isolated Oat Product," wheat oats, soy lecithin, maltodrextrin, anti-dusting agent, autolyzed yeast extract, modified corn starch and sodium phosphate as well as beef and seasonings. Yum!"

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