Comment That's not how I take my medication. (Score 1) 215
I prefer crushing them up and having them with some sugar.
Ice cream does sound a bit more delicious though.
Ice cream does sound a bit more delicious though.
Comment Re:wow (Score 0) 649
It's not like MegaUpload was some kind of charity
All that proves is that MegaUpload was providing value to people.
Making money hand over fist doesn't always mean you're providing value to people. The RIAA still makes money hand over fist. Do you think they provide a lot of value to people? You can make tons of money off of the Stock Market as a day trader, are you providing value to people? I'm not saying MegaUpload WASN'T providing a valuable service. I'm just saying MegaUpload making money is not an indicator they are providing value to anyone.
While I see what you're saying, people were choosing to pay Megaupload - no-one chose to pay the MPAA for their services.
Comment Re:I'm not in America! (Score 1) 1002
Check your own government. The media cartels are trying to pass similar laws around the world. I know of the UK, Spain, and Australia off the top of my head, and probably other places.
The UK tried to pass similar laws in 2010, but it thankfully failed. Since then, there has been some ISP forced to block some sites. I assume to bring this back, the UK Government are waiting to see what the US does; hence the question of how to help.
Comment Re:I'm not in America! (Score 1) 1002
I think we can start working on an world which isn't controlled by the US.
This is a US law that'll affect the rest of the world; so I FTFY.
Comment Re:I'm not in America! (Score 1) 1002
Yeah this is kind of pointless, and frankly I'm kind of pissed off the wikipedia actually blocked their site outside the US. What's the point? I'm already aware of it, and I can't really contact my congressman. A clickthrough would have been fine and would have spread the word just as well.
Fortunately they didn't truely block the site. You can get around it with the bookmarklet on this page: http://concentriclivers.com/?p=I%20don't%20live%20in%20America%20and%20can't%20do%20anything%20about%20SOPA%20Wikipedia
Very handy! Thank you! =D
Comment Re:I'm not in America! (Score 1) 1002
I see www.google.co.uk is also still standard as is www.google.co.za What a bunch of idiots - this WILL affect EVERYONE eventually. Makes me wonder if behind the facade, Google is more interested in commercial interests than actually taking a stand!
It is, but many people are already aware of it - especially because we've had the Digital Economy Act already tried to be thrust upon us.
While I completely agree with you, I can see why google.co.uk haven't affected people in the UK - as my original question said; what can we do about it? I've signed the petition, and can write to a foreign affairs department, but it's not going to have the same impact as it would from US citizens.
It's clear if the USA passes this law, it will be very difficult to stop it coming here too. But what can we do to help?
Comment I'm not in America! (Score 4, Informative) 1002
How about for the rest of us who aren't in America?
I'd really like to help, since if this passes it's only a matter of time before it's in the UK too.
What can we non-US citizens do to help?
I'd really like to help, since if this passes it's only a matter of time before it's in the UK too.
What can we non-US citizens do to help?
Submission + - Slashdot joins SOPA protest in last minute decisio (slashdot.org) 2
eparker05 writes: The well known tech news aggregator Slashdot made a late Tuesday decision to join the SOPA/PIPA blackout protest. Readers of the site overwhelmingly support the decision and see it as a necessary step to prevent pervasive censorship. Slashdot is known for it's continued support of anonymous posting by users and has come out strongly in opposition of internet censorship in the past. Still, this is the first time that Slashdot has closed it's doors in protest of a piece of legislation.
Note: this has not happened yet! Vote this story up and show the editors that we want them to show solidarity against SOPA/PIPA !
Note: this has not happened yet! Vote this story up and show the editors that we want them to show solidarity against SOPA/PIPA !
Comment Re:shut up (Score 1) 135
Steal a phone! Now you can get instaCash (tm) for it!
Yeah, this does seem a very easy for criminals to get rid of stolen phones easily. Still, there's plenty of other ways I suppose.
Comment Re:The ISP's will be asked to block interclient co (Score 4, Informative) 377
Doesnt magnet require clients to communicate with each other using DHT? Whats stopping the ISP's from blocking DHT itself, atleast this way they have to block individual sites If everything went magnet they can wipe it all out by just blocking DHT
Simply put - no it doesn't need DHT.
Magnet URI scheme on Wikipedia explains that a magnet link can contain anything from a standard URL, to P2P (DirectConnect, Gnutella, eDonkey), a list of keywords to search for, or a BitTorrent tracker (with DHT or with tracker URLs). They can contain a list of one - or many of these different sources too, and even include CRC and MD5.
Comment Re:Spontaneous outbreak of common sense (Score 2, Funny) 198
Not likely, that company has serious corruption issues and they don't provide copies for the employees. All logs are on the same sheet making it difficult to get a copy.
Never thought I'd see on Slashdot someone complaining that it's difficult to get a copy of something...
Comment Re:The problem with our railways is not speed (Score 1) 329
Yeah advance tickets can be cheap if you are prepared to book a long way in advance and spend a lot of time waiting arround to ensure you don't miss your booked train.
So you're prepared to pay more than 1666% extra for convenience? 'Tis your call.
FTFY
Comment Re:VOIP instead of roaming (Score 1) 158
Hey! That's not spamming to use an affiliate code.
No, fuck off and just provide the main company website link. I neither know nor care how "affiliate codes" work, but they must be doing something to your advantage. Ergo, you are a spammer.
Actually, every user on Giffgaff gets a custom affiliate link. It's nothing special or secret. They make it very public. If someone signs up through that link; they pay the affiliate a five pounds. Its so you can give it to your mates and make some easy money for passing on that it's a decent company.
It makes no difference to the person signing up. Without it - instead of the affiliate getting the cash, Giffgaff get it instead. It serves no purpose not to use that link. With referrer tracking, Giffgaff still know where it came from, so there's no privacy risk, and it would be hard to draw an association between the affiliate and the new customer.
Knowing this, do you still really expect anyone to link to GiffGaff's site instead of using the affiliate link - that all their customers get given?
Comment Re:VOIP instead of roaming (Score 1) 158
Are you sure that your endorsement is not a result of being able to slip your referral code into the order URL? Clear your cookies and click here to order without giving kickbacks to spammers. Mod spammer parent down.
Hey! That's not spamming to use an affiliate code. Sure; clear your cookies if you want - but you won't get anything extra or lose anything for it; so why are you so offended?
I was just providing a link to a company I've been impressed with. Whatever happened to paying it forward?
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