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Comment Re:Doublespeak Statement (Score 1) 330

by Lissajous (#38475550) Attached to: Go Daddy Reverses Course On SOPA

Nothing's changed. Not one goddammed thing.

From the statement. "Go Daddy and its General Counsel, Christine Jones, have worked with federal lawmakers for months to help craft revisions to legislation". They liked the state of SOPA enough to support it two days ago - hell...they helped craft it! The only difference between "We're for it" to "we're not for it" is "hey - why are you all deserting us??". They may not be listing themselves as in favour any more, but they're sure as hell not coming out against it.

I'm still voting with my feet, pocket and registration transfers. Screw them.

And now I realise that I posted as AC, so I logged in to say that unlike GoDaddy, I'm happy to stand up against SOPA.

Comment Re:First (Score 1) 163

by Lissajous (#34475712) Attached to: John Carmack Not Enthused About Android Marketplace

Not that I mind the negative Karma, but why on earth is this Off Topic? It's a response to a First Post (that *got* First Post), contextualized to the subject (referencing JCs fear of slipping back to the quagmire of feature phones with compatibility testing issues galore).

Or, to put it another way for the moderator in question......"wooosh"!

Comment Re:My guess is their licensees yelled at them (Score 3, Interesting) 495

by Lissajous (#32807436) Attached to: Is PC Gaming Set For a Comeback?

You appear to be confusing a UDK license agreement with an Unreal Engine license agreement. UDK is the indie non-source code product. With an Unreal Engine license, you are free to modify the engine source to your heart's content, and most licensees do precisely this. It's also the only license you can get for consoles.

This license costs considerably more than UDK.

Comment Re:Aperture Science (Score 1) 118

by Lissajous (#32623574) Attached to: DIY Synthetic Aperture Radar

And he threw a fit when he discovered the need to right-click.

Not that one again. At the risk of being repetitious: Macs have supported a three-button mouse for at least the last ten years and have shipped with them for at least five. Even before that, there was generally an alternative involving pressing one of the meta keys when making a mouse click.

So when do they start shipping with sense of humour implants?

(Now I have to preview / submit before my machine BSODs)
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Comment Re:What are they going to do? (Score 1) 1217

by Lissajous (#32547490) Attached to: MA High School Forces All Students To Buy MacBooks

Or how about "No, I'm not going to buy my kid a POS Mac."? I'm sure at least one Windows or Linux adminstrator's child goes to high school there.

Don't you think a Windows administrator would be very happy to know that they can put their feet up when they come home from work and don't have to administer their kid's computers as well?

Nope, I think a windows administrator is going to be pissed off to come home from work and not only have to administer their kid's laptop, but - to add insult to injury - have it be a POS Mac!
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Submission + - U.K. bill would outlaw open Wi-Fi (zdnet.co.uk)

Submitted by suraj.sun
suraj.sun writes: The government will not exempt universities, libraries and small businesses providing open Wi-Fi services from its Digital Economy Bill copyright crackdown, according to official advice released earlier this week.

This would leave many organizations open to the same penalties for copyright infringement as individual subscribers, potentially including disconnection from the internet, leading legal experts to say it will become impossible for small businesses and the like to offer Wi-Fi access.

"This is going to be a very unfortunate measure for small businesses, particularly in a recession, many of whom are using open free Wi-Fi very effectively as a way to get the punters in.

Even if they password protect, they then have two options — to pay someone like The Cloud to manage it for them, or take responsibility themselves for becoming an ISP effectively, and keep records for everyone they assign connections to, which is an impossible burden for a small cafe" Lilian Edwards, professor of internet law at Sheffield University told ZDNet UK.

ZDNet : http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,40057470,00.htm

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