Comment Re:Hmm .. This release... (Score 1) 177
Hm.... next release will be S words.
Can I vote now for Suffering Succotash?
I know a succotash isn't a critter, but c'mon! It's Sylvester!
Comment how to calclulate infractions (Score 1) 208
While the max $5k / infraction seems obvious, I'm not sure how to calculate infractions.
For example, let's say I get busted for 2 Disney movies and cracked EA game. Would I be facing max fines of:
- $5k - one trip to court = 1 infraction
-$10k - 1 infraction from Disney, one from EA
-$15k - one for each Disney movie, one from EA
- something else (eg because of the EA crack)
Anyone with insight or experience in the Canadian intepretation?
Comment Re:Over all, this was good. (Score 2) 103
IANAL, but as I read it you can copy a dvd to a backup dvd as the digital lock remains intact on the backup, therefore not circumvented or broken.
However, you cannot rip the dvd to another format because that removes the digital lock.
You can rip music, because there is no digital lock to break, and therefore the format shifting is legit.
I think it's a fuzzy area that a court may have to sort out, if a copyright holder decides to push it (for the grand prize of $5000, not likely, I think)
Comment Re:32 bit ?! (Score 1) 363
the Nvidia driver is available as 64 bit (listed under legacy and beta drivers)
Steam has previously said they're starting with 32 bit, and will get 64 bit out later. Hey, its beta. Nothing should be considered final.
Comment Re:2 people (Score 1) 3
not sure what to say about this.........I'm pretty sure there are at least 2 more in lethbridge...... Unless you are one of the two.
Comment Nothing new for some of us (Score 5, Insightful) 297
I have a personal technet subscription, which is effectively renting MS products (annual fee, access to latest software, and other goodies)
Work has enterprise licencing, which is not much different.
so... some of us have been renting MS software for years.
Comment Re:SlashDot should be renamed (Score 1) 146
I would think that this day in age it would be more apropos to do iAtHash ... but that gives the allusion of iAssHat ... but still seemingly appropriate.
Comment Lethbridge (Score 1) 3
Lots of places to meet....Pretty open to suggestions on this one. If you join up let me know your preference.
Misc Slashdot Anniversary: Lethbridge, AB, CA 3
Comment Mr Fusion (Score 1) 135
So Doc Brown is going to bring us the MR Fusion Upgrade -- supposed to have taken place in 2012. Maybe India could use the MR Fusion to power their new Super Computer?? It would kill 2 birds with 1 stone...........Just sayin.
Comment Very Nice (Score 1) 81
This router is very ...... enlightening..... I wonder how light it is... Is it going to be light on the pocket book too when it comes out?
Comment Fear monger much? (Score 1) 646
what's the next story going to be? "How a 2 year old opens drawer full of kitchen knives"?
Seriously, it doesn't matter what you get, there will be a cheep version available. You get what you pay for. No news there.
Submission + - New iPhone on track for fall release, 4G LTE and NFC confirmed (bgr.com)
zacharye writes: There are several reports suggesting that Apple has begun final production of its next-generation iPhone already, but we have learned from a trusted source that this isn’t quite true. Apple goes through multiple stages before a product is manufactured, and two of these include the “engineering verification test” stage and the “design verification test” phase. Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone is currently in the EVT3 stage, the third revision of the engineering test stage, and has not yet entered the DVT stage. 4G LTE and NFC are also confirmed to be included in Apple's next iPhone...
Comment K.I.S.S. the driver (Score 1) 212
Whatever you do, keep the driver accessible controls dead simple. Put the full feature touchscreen/keyboard/jeejaw/whatever in front of the passenger seat.
Not all jurisdictions have a distracted driving law, but they should.
~signed, a guy who puts 10,000 km on his motorbike in a 6 month riding season.
Comment Win for Canadians... Sort of. (Score 2) 122
A win or a loss, depending upon your perspective. Appropriate for the 200th anniversary of the declaration of the War of 1812.
