Nah, they'd just open a cafe or a dispensary (or just work from home) and convert their illicit customers to licit ones. The guys higher up the supply chain on the other hand...

One day I hope to see drug laws across the 1st World that aren't designed to please some tut-tutting old baggage whose sole remaining vice is raining on other folks' parades.

I think the fun is in programming it rather than playing it now. It's a great way to familiarise yourself with a new language or to test out a novel display. It's a small enough project that a decent programmer can knock out their own version over a few days - maybe quicker - and you've got something that just about everyone recognises and can appreciate. The specs for the basic game are online and easy enough to understand.

Once you've got past "Hello, world" and figured out the basics of a new language's flow control, data types and structures, it's a good next step.

Reading the report, all parties consulted were either child protection special interest groups or the ISPs (whose arguments could be dismissed as just them trying to save money). No-one from any civil liberties groups were asked to testify. This is the archetype of the Nanny State infantilising its electorate. And would (as pointed out upthread) require people to sign into their ISP and enable personalised tracking of web browsing.

Fuck that.

Hmm - never meant to post that as AC. I wondered why I was asked for a CAPTCHA...

Here's an uncensored video of his tweets. He is a really unpleasant person and he broke the law, so he's going to prison. Yay - the system works!

And, even in the US, free speech is not unlimited.

Ha! Joke's on you! Colonial traitors aren't a recognised ethnicity in the UK. I can abuse you all I want. In fact, I'm thinking of applying for a government grant. And I bet I can get some cash off Liz too - she's probably still pissed about the whole independence thing.

No - fuck you, colonial traitors!

Not really. The Astra fleet at 28.2 deg E also relays the Freesat channels. No dish realignment needed, just a new decoder (cheap ones start at £13). They'd lose Sky channels and all that but that's just the Simpsons, Cops and a load of other Fox crap. Dunno how losing that rubbish from your life counts as losing out. Plus, it's not like Sky customers in the UK are unaware of Murdoch's machinations - they just don't care. If they close down his businesses here, the subscribers have gained a salutary lesson in choosing the businesses they support.

Apparently not: David Sell, Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft.

Not that I'm saying he's a good liar. Or is he a bad truth-teller? I'm confused now - which is the more litigious or offensive? Anyway, it's a heck of a coincidence. So don't buy a Windows phone if you want to fuck about with it. Or buy one because it's a challenge. Choices, choices...

Mariolatory (a portmanteau of Mariology and idolatry) is usual accusation.

I wasn't making an assumption regarding his competence, I inferred he's less than technically competent given the two facts stated - he's already had a nastygram and he's still doing nothing to mask his activity. As to the ports, AC below has the right idea - just block all outbound connections but web and SSL from his MAC address. Heck, block every site but iTunes to this dick.

Technical: Block the standard ports for bittorrent at your router and tell him it's your ISP doing it. Change the password to the router and say the ISP did that remotely because of new T&Cs too. If he's such a low-watt bulb that he doesn't know to download and use PeerBlock or Blocklist Manager, it'd be a stretch to think he'd be able to unravel that cunningly crafted web of deceit.

Manly: Cut him loose. He couldn't give two shits about how his behaviour affects you. You could be a pussy about it and hope you find a conveniently non-confrontational legal loophole so you never have to take any form of stand against his irresponsibility. Or you could relocate your balls and tell him to take a hike because you're not going to be liable for his douchebaggery.

Your choice.

My MacBook Pro is over 4 years old now and it still keeps up with the kids (even without an SSD). It was top-of-the-line when I bought it, but it has weathered well and I don't see any point in replacing it any time soon. The way I see it, I'd rather pay for a Rolls Royce and have it for 20 years than buy a Ford Fiesta and replace it in 18 months. GP's mac book is the Ford Fiesta.

In the case of banking info, I'd assume it was the bank that issued the SecurID token to be RSA's customer. So all those tokens will be getting replaced. At least that's how it works in the UK. If a bank told me to I had to pay for their mandated authentication hardware, I'd tell them to get stuffed.

Looks like that move to HSBC is off for the moment. Their internet banking was crappy anyway.