Comment Re:That last sentence... (Score 1) 410
I assure you that comparing apples and oranges is considerably more difficult in Britain, due to supply logistics considerations.
Comment oh no, not a six reasons list (Score 1) 483
That's like a Best-New-Artist Award, Slashdot edition.
Comment it's the money, stupid. (Score 2, Insightful) 161
It has nothing to do with copyright principles or any clever agenda.
Copyleft cuts ASCAP style enforcers out of the money loop. Plain and simple, it hits them where it hurts: the business model. The letter is just FUD to scare up lobby money - though anything they could accomplish that would effectively halt copyleft licensing would be damaging to the US IT industry.
Comment If they want less viewer base, fine. (Score 1) 315
And nothing of value was lost.
Comment Re:Code in high-level (Score 1) 249
How will they learn compilers? or Driver design?
"Gentlemen, I have met the code-monkeys and it is us."
Comment Re:De Icaza Responds (Score 2, Insightful) 498
They're not trying to stick a finger in the eye of Microsoft or promote open source, they just want a product that does what they want at the best price they can get.
That's exactly what makes it a finger to the eye. The fact that it's a nonpartisan, pure-tech decision. It's the kind of thing that salespeople for OSS-based solutions can take to the bank.
Assuming they're OK with the customer potentially buying them outright.
Comment It should suffice to say... (Score 2, Funny) 548
My friends and I measure frustration in milliVerizons.
Comment Of more immediate concern (Score 1) 294
Despite the hype about the bittorrent "network" the first thing on Sweden's agenda should be the adverse affect on their peering relationships.
Comment Capsaicin does not forgive (Score 2, Funny) 1032
and the next time a cable tech rubs his brow...
"OH GAWD MY EYE"
Comment Re:Cats kill rats just fine (Score 1) 1032
Finding a mouser at the humane society is complicated by some of them refusing to let you have a cat if you just want it for a mousetrap.
Remind me again why humans domesticated them?
FTC Kills Dirty Online Check Processing Outfit 82
coondoggie writes "The Federal Trade Commission today got a US District Court to stop permanently what it called the illegal operations of an Internet-based check creation and delivery service, and to require the group to give up over half a million dollars in ill-gotten gains. According to the FTC, Qchex.com created and sent checks drawn on any bank account that a Qchex user identified, but did not verify whether the user had authority to draw checks on that account. As a result, fraudsters worldwide used the Qchex service to draw thousands of checks on bank accounts that belonged to unwitting third parties. 'The evidence shows that the launch of Qchex.com was a "dinner bell" for fraudsters and resulted in a high number of accounts frozen for fraud...' said District Court Judge Janis Sammartino."
Comment Re:Bicycles what? (Score 1) 100
Funny you should mention Nokia, aren't they rewriting your privacy laws at the moment?
Comment saved (Score 1) 1044
clipped and quoted. mod parent +2 awesome.
Comment Re:Has there been a backlash? (Score 1) 369
True that an outright deception would bite them, but hype and adjective-littered gushing hardly seem to have done so. They still move *plenty* of books. (myself included, it's still cheaper than a college bookstore on average.) Even the mighty Newegg allows noncustomer reviews. (thankfully, they also allow you to filter them out.)
Comment Re:Has there been a backlash? (Score 2, Insightful) 369
Why would they do that? Amazon themselves don't really suffer from false positives. (and remember, years ago they accidentally disclosed the editorial reviews' authors: 50% shills or publishers.)
Positive reviews move product. If anything, they have a real incentive to screen or discourage negative reviews.
