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Comment Re:Switch Batteries? (Score 3, Interesting) 122

by hernick on Saturday April 23, 2011 @05:07PM (#35916956) Attached to: EV Fast-Charging Standards In Flux

Oh no, these aren't 1000$ batteries we're talking about. A thousand-dollar battery is what you put on an electric bicycle.

A 16kWh pack (like the Nissan LEAF and Mitsubishi i-Miev use) is about 10 000$. A full charge is good for around 100 miles of autonomy.

A long-range battery pack would be many tens of thousands of dollars...

Witcher 2 Torrents Could Net You a Fine 724

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 23, 2010 @12:26AM from the dodging-legal-threats-now-a-valid-gameplay-mechanic dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this quote from Eurogamer: "Gamers who download upcoming PC exclusive The Witcher 2 illegally could receive a letter demanding they pay a fine or face legal action. If gamers refuse to pay the fine, which will be more than the cost of the game, they could end up in court, developer CD Projekt told Eurogamer. 'Of course we're not happy when people are pirating our games, so we are signing with legal firms and torrent sneaking companies,' CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwiski said. 'In quite a few big countries, when people are downloading it illegally they can expect a letter from a legal firm saying, "Hey, you downloaded it illegally and right now you have to pay a fine." We are totally fair, but if you decide you will not buy it legally there is a chance you'll get a letter. We are talking about it right now.' Interestingly, The Witcher 2 will be released free of digital rights management – but only through the CD Projekt-owned digital download shop GOG.com. That means owners will be able to install it as many times as they like on any number of computers – and it will not requite an internet connection to run."

Comment Time to fire all lawyers (Score 5, Funny) 364

by hernick on Monday August 31, 2009 @12:52PM (#29262699) Attached to: Woman Fired For Using Uppercase in Email

Yes, the time has to come fire all lawyers who use ALL CAPS when writing their contracts and EULAs!

Comment This will guarantee the safety... (Score 1) 450

by hernick on Wednesday June 24, 2009 @03:44PM (#28457339) Attached to: Panasonic Begins To Lock Out 3d-Party Camera Batteries

This will guarantee the safety... of their profits!

Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail, Others Blocked In China 151

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 02, 2009 @10:43AM from the this-is-for-your-own-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square 'incident,' several high profile Internet sites have been blocked in mainland China. These include Twitter.com, Flickr.com, Live.com, and Bing.com. While Internet blocks are common enough in mainland China, blocking such high-profile sites is unusual. In addition, blog reports suggest even state-owned television broadcasts are suffering multiple instances of muting lasting several seconds (again, not unusual for some foreign stations broadcast over cable, but unusual for local state-owned media) suggesting state security, online or through other technology, has tightened significantly, perhaps in anticipation or discovery of protest plans."

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