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Modded Xbox Bans Prompt EFF Warning About Terms of Service 254

Last month we discussed news that Microsoft had banned hundreds of thousands of Xbox users for using modified consoles. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has now pointed to this round of bans as a prime example of the power given to providers of online services through 'Terms of Service' and other usage agreements. "No matter how much we rely on them to get on with our everyday lives, access to online services — like email, social networking sites, and (wait for it) online gaming — can never be guaranteed. ... he who writes the TOS makes the rules, and when it comes to enforcing them, the service provider often behaves as though it is also the judge, jury and executioner. ... While the mass ban provides a useful illustration of their danger, these terms can be found in nearly all TOS agreements for all kinds of services. There have been virtually no legal challenges to these kinds of arbitrary termination clauses, but we imagine this will be a growth area for lawyers."

Comment Re:All cookies are always used with consent. (Score 1) 447

Ya but I think its a dam shame that I have to keep a database, 5 figures in length of sites for which I want my browser to say "SHOVE YOUR COOKIES WHERE ONLY YOUR PROCTOLOGIST WILL FIND IT", because of idiotic corporate jar heads like the poster of this story.

I don't think the EU proposal goes far enough.

Comment Couple of examples of pay software I use (Score 1) 891

I use UltraEdit instead of Notepad++. UltraEdit has a much cleaner column mode and actually does a regular expression "end of line" replacement (with no other characters) correctly. Notepad++ has a really clunky and unusable column mode and just will not perform something like "s/$/end/" in its replacement correctly, and it has been that way for a very long time.

I use RealVNC instead of TightVNC. TighVNC just has way too many bugs when using its video driver. If running Excel through TightVNCs video driver, you constantly get a "Not enough system resources" popup. And, if you edit anything with high ascii characters in it, the rest of the text goes invisible. The RealVNC video driver just works correctly immediately after you install it.

Now before you all call me a trator ;P note that I have TRIED the above packages, and tried to live with them for quite sometime, but I just could not live with the bugs.

Comment GUI still sux (Score 1) 419

How about implementing a true repeat one/all sceme instead of that annoying A->B function.
How about cleaning up the numerous bugs in the shoutcast browser.
Oh of course we cant have changes where they really count, can we?

Comment I wouldnt mind paying (Score 1) 821

I quite seriously would not mind shelling out 299 for the full professional if it weren't for that pesky little thing in my head called morals.

It is morally reprehensible that INTEL was literally crucified when they came up with the idea of a processor ID and yet Microsoft gets away, fairly unscathed when they implement a hash of hardware data as part of WPA. To me, there is zero difference.

Comment Not a big fan. (Score 1) 488

I never have been a big fan of VLC because I think its interface is clunky at best.

I'm going to list out what I don't like and who knows, maybe some ./ers can tell me the solutions and I'll become a fan.

1.) Repeating. VLC uses the clunky "A to B" strategy and one can not just check a "repeat all" check-box.

2.) Shoutcast radio lists. Right-click + Open-Folder on a folder, does not work and if you double-click on a folder, it opens the first station in the list and starts playing it. (ug) Also, you have to click "Title" twice if you want the channels in alphabetical order after opening up a folder. (ug)

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