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Comment Win 3.0 and 3.1 (Score 1) 387

Congrats to you and Windows.
I was more into Apple series and Macs at the time, but occasionally I was asked about IBM PCs and clones.
I had to reinstall Win 3.1 from 3.5" disks - I think there were 11 of them (?) or it could be more.
One of the disks had a fault and I found the .cab files for it, but no matter what I did, they would never fit on a blank. It was only after I got a cloned copy (bit for bit I presume), that it worked.
So how did they cram those cab files in the first place? How did duplication work?

Comment Re:I want the same question answered clearly (Score 1) 313

Senior phones are great, though the latest ones are 'feature' phones. The 2 that I bought worked on an old Nokia menu system, but had no arrow pad and a crap tiny colour screen.
I recommend looking at the Huwaei G series if you can still get the non-feature version. Some have metal construction. Looks like a small blackberry and very tough.

Comment BeeB BeeB CeeB (Score 1) 81

BBC have a bad attitude thinking that they are untouchable with a holier than thou perspective. They encroach on anyone and anywhere. They are banned some countries because of this. It's not only that. They try to compare some mythical 'pseudo-victorian' ethic, claiming that if it doesn't fit their world view then there is something wrong with it, sensationalizing these made up issues and forcing their own political correctness upon the hapless audience.
This GTA thingy is typical of their arrogance and I for one have a warm, glowing feeling about this action.

Comment Re:$108,000 (Score 1) 66

You are right - though in this court case, it's not the downloaders they are going after, but the uploaders. The ratio becomes immaterial as your bittorrent will seed as soon as you leech. Even though it may be 0.001% of the file, it is still regarded as seeding AND as it contributes towards the full 100% of the file, you are a 'sharer'.
So I give all of Slashdot (for free) this bit of knowledge:
http://www.bitthief.ethz.ch/
It's primitive but works as tested.
Also PLEASE look at this as a nerd solution to a technical problem, i.e. using torrents for downloading only.

Comment Re:Camer was owned by the school (Score 1) 379

School property (like cameras/computers etc) are in use by students who in one way or another lease/rent the property as part of the school curriculumn. In some cases, additional fees are asked for by the school for certain subject resources (eg woodwork/cooking/art etc). As far as copyright is concerned, there needs to be specific written conditions on the use of school equipment. For example, are graphic arts product made on a computer by a student is the student's property because it is assessed as such.

Comment $108,000 (Score 1) 66

So there's more here: http://mashable.com/2015/05/20...
and here: http://www.itwire.com/your-it-...
For those in the TLR category, iiNET wants to charge DBC (Dallas Buyers Club LLC) $108,000 as expenses to filter and send customer info to them.
There is a distinction that fines >$10 are for those who uploaded (seeded), so the fines maybe a lot more than $10 which is a guess anyway. How iiNET or how the capturing method — using German Maverick Eye technology can determine accurately the uploads for each transgressor is questionable.
The court will review the initial letters to 'pirates' as speculative invoicing (per the USA) will not be tolerated. Also, settlement amounts will be based on personal circumstances of each uploader.
This is truly a test case and will propably open up VPN as a preferred solution for the short term.
Note the distinction between leechers and seeders. This is the first time in Australian law that the seeders are the bad guys. Leeching is ok as long as you don't seed. But how is that possible with Bittorrent? The moment you leech, you begin to seed anyway.

Comment Re:North Pole (Score 1) 496

You're right. You don't need maths to solve this though. It's a thought riddle and makes some assumptions. so you ignore ice/ocean etc.
You walk South 1 mile.
Following your compass, traveling West, you're walking an arc exactly 1 mile radius from the North pole. The distance you walk West doesn't matter, you will always be 1 mile away from the pole. Now by turning North and walking 1 mile, you are back where you started.

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