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Comment Re:To Mac or Not (Score 2, Informative) 672

there's no clear way to define a per-device mapping

System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys, select keyboard to apply to. I've had per-keyboard mappings (one for my macbook's builtin keyboard and one for my Model M) since 10.4.x (Tiger).

Hope that helps.

Comment Re:I would be on Slashdot more often... (Score 2, Informative) 275

Once I press Stop the page loads and displays properly however the browser will lock up for approximately 30 seconds.

That's caused by the large amount of Javascript processing /.'s dynamic frontpage does. I disabled the dynamic frontpage and all the other ajaxy features of /. and now it's quite usable on my iPhone 3G. On my commute I occasionally even find myself reading comments and moderating.

Comment Re:Checks (Score 1) 293

In your country, do contractors and repair people carry plastic card terminals around with them?

Actually, some do. It's seen as preferrable to lugging around large amounts of cash.

Those terminals simply use the ubiquitous GSM network, and you pay the same way as you'd be paying at a local merchant: swipe your card, enter your PIN and press OK.

Comment Re:Checks (Score 1) 293

Indeed, I've been able to do this for about 10 years already. I don't think I even have cheques anymore. Heck, I don't even think my *bank* has paper cheques anymore.

Comment Re:You don't care until your Skype is blocked.. (Score 1) 142

Skype is actively blocked here in EU by many ISPs, because some big telcos and their ISP branches decided that Skype is eating too much into their pie.

Could you give an example? It's most certainly not the case here in the Netherlands, and there would be a huge outcry if this were so. The European Commission is pretty strict on anti-competitive measures, especially those by the former state monopolies.

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Submission + - Spware with a badge: meet Policeware (arstechnica.com)

kashif.ahsan writes: "From the article,"A fascinating CNET survey of top anti spyware vendors found that of 13 software companies, all of them stated that it is currently their policy to detect police spyware. When asked if they had ever received a court order to stop detecting police spyware, nine of the companies denied having received such a request. Computer Associates said they were not sure, and both Microsoft and McAfee declined to comment on the question". I'd say that there are lot of stories like that here on Slashdot,but i had to post it here.Just wanted to add the last lines from the movie "Enemy of the State" which goes like, "Our intelligence communities presently monitor our phones,computers, financial transactions,medical histories...all this and more. Some of you may say, "Fine. I'm not a criminal and I have nothing to hide." Well God forbid we ever edge to tyranny. God forbid George Orwell's version of America becomes a reality. We are that close." I wish George Orwell was alive or we could have some novel like 2084. Peace."

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