Comment Re:Some do (Score 1) 145
I would like David Davis, but he's apparently a climate change skeptic.
Comment Re:Who still pays for antivirus? (Score -1, Flamebait) 391
Oh look, another pro-MS post from our good friend DCTech.
Nothing to see here, move along now...
Comment Cheese (Score 2) 68
This only reinforces my suspicion that the moon is indeed made of cheese.
Submission + - CERN Finds Faster Than Light Neutrinos Again (bbc.co.uk)
megla writes: The BBC is reporting that an improved repetition of the original neutrino experiment at CERN (previously reported here on Slashdot) appears to show the same results.
You can find the full results here.
You can find the full results here.
Comment Do Not Track (Score 0) 93
I for one, welcome our 'Do Not Track' privacy overlords.
Submission + - Is it illegal to delete trial information from my 4
An anonymous reader writes: Many companies offer trials of their applications. After the 30 days trial, the application locks down. Is it illegal for me to delete from MY computer the trial information of that application and use it again? No reverse engineering, no cracking, no patching.
And most importantly, if I develop an application that does this kind of cleaning, can I get in trouble?
And most importantly, if I develop an application that does this kind of cleaning, can I get in trouble?
Submission + - Video Games Coming to Libraries (examiner.com)
AndrewGOO9 writes: Visitors of the Oswego Public Library may be slightly surprised that Mario and Sonic will soon be finding themselves nestled near Machiavelli and Socrates. In the wake of multiple suggestions from library-goes, officials have finally set in motion the necessary action to add video games to their shelves. “We had done a survey last year for new technology as well as the (survey) we’ve just put on our website and a gaming collection is one of the things often requested,” said Sarah Skilton, the library district's director. Following the creation of a committee composed of library officials, they set out to determine just how large they wanted their initial video game collection to be. Setting a budget of $1,000, the decision was made to purchase 75 video games for their children’s department as well as 75 for their adolescent section. The games will be split between the Oswego Libraries two locations.
Comment Re:They can block all they want (Score 4, Insightful) 231
That is assuming that it's families who are pirating films, which I don't really think is the case.
Personally, I pirate films every now and then for the sake of ease. Going to the cinema is a large use of time (and money), which I'd prefer to spend on something at least marginally more productive.
As you said, the prices at the cinema in the uk are quite ridiculous at the moment. I think a drop in prices would probably bring in more money than at the current state but probably wouldn't reduce piracy.
Comment Boring. (Score 2, Insightful) 206
All this news about Steve Jobs is getting rather boring and repetitive.
Comment Excuse my pedantry. (Score 1) 308
But it's Caesium, not Cesium.
Comment Re:Sad to see another country cutting its own thro (Score 1) 291
Europe is not a country.
Submission + - UK Goverment pushing for 'Trusted Computing' (guardian.co.uk)
Motor writes: As has long been expected — we are now beginning to see governments pushing for the use of so-called 'trusted computing'. Chips installed in all computers that effectively remove control of the PC from its owner. While there may be security advantages to some of the ideas — few can doubt that it represents a fundamental shift in the IT world. A radical move away from an open technology landscape and towards a system that denies all access unless you have the right credentials. Governments will demand the right credentials to access their services — meaning approved software stacks (i.e Windows) with the right digital signatures. Vernor Vinge had it right .
