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Comment: Re:I wonder if YOU would be shocked to hear (Score 1) 570

by Angostura (#40107625) Attached to: Fox Sues Dish Over "Auto Hop" Ad-Skipping Feature

Well in that case, don't watch it or record it; it's not mandatory. Personally I like free-to-air ad supported TV and I'm not surprised that a TV company has at least tried a court challenge for a device that is explicitly designed to skip ads. Ad prices already factor in the fact the people may close their eyes, switch over, go boil the kettle or manually fast foward.

Comment: Re:Mac's don't get malware (Score 3, Informative) 409

by Angostura (#39637397) Attached to: Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet

Cast your mind back to the early 1980s, the era of the Commodore PET, the ZX81, the TRS 80. They were all personal computers, known as PCs. Then in 1981 IBM launched the IBM PC and swiftly manufacturers sprung up selling IBM PC compatibles. Within a year the letters PC had developed dual connotations - personal computer and PC compatible - compatible with the IBM PC. This duality of meaning has survived to today, so while you can (correctly) fulminate that the Mac is a PC, others will (correctly) fulminate that it isn't. You'll have to get used to that, I'm afraid.

Comment: Re:Boo hoo for the dinosaurs (Score 2) 278

Has anyone here actually compared Boundless' offerings with the recommended texbooks? I know that 'dinosaur traditional publishers attempt to squash plucky upstart', but it may be that anyone dispassionate looking at the results would say 'hey thats an obvious rip-pff'. I have no idea - I haven't seen the output.

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion. -- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)

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