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Comment Re:When I was your age... (Score 1) 81

Now that "the network is the computer", it is not enough to emulate just the local machine... much of what a computer does relies on interaction with a network that will be radically different in just a few years. E.g. how will all those DRM encumbered videos and tunes authenticate?

Simple: take a snapshot of environment that the authentication requires, and then emulate that in perpetuity.

Sounds simple... so why aren't pirates currently doing just that?

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4G iPhone Misplacer Invited To Germany For Beer Screenshot-sm 164

eldavojohn writes "You may recall the hapless engineer who left a fairly sensitive iPhone at a bar recently. Well, in a PR stunt, Lufthansa has invited him to visit Germany on their dime after citing his latest Facebook status, 'I underestimated how good German beer is' as well as his obvious passion for German beer and culture. It's not clear if Gray Powell has decided to 'pick up where he last left off' (as the letter puts it). I know what my decision would be."

Comment Re:Am I missing something.... (Score 1) 351

It may depend in the jurisdiction but it generally works like this:
They send out a form letter to the owner of the car to sign and pay which is basically an admission of guilt which they expect the vast majority of people to just pay and be done with it.
It also allows the nomination of a different person as the driver, who would then get that form letter themselves.

Comment Re:Dust? (Score 1) 74

A modern laptop screen is a sealed unit which you would replace entirely - open the bevel pull out the screen, put the new one in, close the bevel. The front of the screen is exposed to the outside anyway so it would be exactly the same as dust getting onto it in normal use.

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