Comment: Re:Cool (Score 1) 222
Well the product on the website you linked costs $39.99 - the product from TFA is $10 - $15
But it's for 10 lights, so that's $3.99 per light. That's much cheaper.
Comment: Re:Single Issue Parties Get Nowhere (Score 1) 363
It sounds like the bunch are yet another single issue party. Single issue parties get nowhere.
...except maybe the European parliament?
Two prosecuted for refusing to decrypt data-> 4
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ACKyushu writes "Two people have been successfully prosecuted for refusing to provide authorities with their encryption keys, resulting in landmark convictions that may have carried jail sentences of up to five years."
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Comment: Progress shaped like an S-curve (Score 3, Interesting) 333
Technical progress often takes the form of a repetitive S-curve [see figure 4 in the
Comment: Re:Fingerprints? (Score 1) 247
Biometrics? Hmm... I would not necessarily want to lock my car or house with a fingerprint. Don't forget that you can steal fingers, eyeballs, and all that jazz too. A normal person would not do that, but a psychopath might.
Comment: Re:Can't have digital security (Score 5, Interesting) 454
What's interesting about technology like this -- such as electronic voting, passports with chips etc -- is that geeks are often against it. Geeks, who generally love technology and gadgetry, are saying no. Maybe the legislators should listen -- assuming that at least some of them actually care.
Finnish man prosecuted for discussing CSS->
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Repossessed writes "From Out-Law.com
A Finnish man has asked the European Court of Human Rights to defend his right to discuss encryption systems used by the entertainment industry. He says that Finland's implementation of the EU's Copyright Directive restricts his right to free speech.
The original court dismissed the case, since European law requires the DRM to be effective, but a Finnish high court reversed the ruling. An application to appeal before Finland's supreme court was also denied."
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Comment: Listen to those who have a clue (Score 1) 1
What's interesting about technology like this -- such as electronic voting, passports with chips etc -- is that geeks are often against it. Geeks, who generally love technology and gadgetry, are saying no. Maybe the legislators should listen -- assuming that at least some of them actually care.
Windows main problem
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mtm_king writes "Just read the last half of Dvorak's (who we all know and love) column. It could be titled:
Why can't Microsoft bring itself to dump the Registry?
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IMO — Windows' registry has been a cruel affliction on users, developers, and support folks since it was unleased on the the world. I think that the number of problems that registry has caused is a magnitude greater than the number of problems it has solved. (That statement may not be correct if it did not solve any problems, but you know what I mean.) Anyone out there agree with me and John D? Join us and complain! (I run Linux at home so easy on the submitter should stuff.)"
Why can't Microsoft bring itself to dump the Registry?
pcmag.com
IMO — Windows' registry has been a cruel affliction on users, developers, and support folks since it was unleased on the the world. I think that the number of problems that registry has caused is a magnitude greater than the number of problems it has solved. (That statement may not be correct if it did not solve any problems, but you know what I mean.) Anyone out there agree with me and John D? Join us and complain! (I run Linux at home so easy on the submitter should stuff.)"
Comment: Re:Please don't (Score 3, Informative) 417
Check out Autopager: an add-on for firefox, that automatically loads the next page when you scroll down. All fetched pages are displayed on one page. "It just works" for many sites -- some sites aren't configured, but you can configure them yourself.