Comment How does it feel to be you :) (Score 1) 612
How does it feel and impact your daily life to be, in some quarters, respected with almost demi-god like reverence, as someone who helped create the whole IT world we see around us?
Comment Re:Ban libraries.... (Score 0) 276
Some of the comments depend upon where you are
Libraries are not free. They are, at best, pre-paid by local taxes. The build, maintenance and staff yes. In some countries publishers have to give free (yes 100% free, no cost etc..) copies of books to libraries.
You could start by not saying that public libraries are free.
may want to check my comments. I NEVER mentioned "public libraries" - there are many types of libraries (company, private, academic,etc..) as well as public.
Libraries are not free. They are, at best, pre-paid by local taxes. The build, maintenance and staff yes. In some countries publishers have to give free (yes 100% free, no cost etc..) copies of books to libraries.
You could start by not saying that public libraries are free.
may want to check my comments. I NEVER mentioned "public libraries" - there are many types of libraries (company, private, academic,etc..) as well as public.
Comment Ban libraries.... (Score 4, Insightful) 276
...we cannot have people reading copyrighted material for free!
Seriously where is this sort of BS going to stop?
Seriously where is this sort of BS going to stop?
Comment Question 21 (Score 1) 245
Apparently missing this question
Q) If you have a website, and have a Geek test, and this gets slashdotted, what sort of increase in traffic would you expect, and how would you cope.
I cannot get to the quiz!
Comment Re:Cash (Score 1) 526
Ah but were you wearing gloves????
If not expect them to trace you
:-D
Here's hoping I am joking
If not expect them to trace you
Here's hoping I am joking
EA Recommends Hilarious Work-Around For RA3 CD-Key 301
sunderbear noted that EAs Command & Conquer 3 shipped missing the last digit of the CD Key. He writes "EA's brightest minds have put their synapses into overdrive in order to whip up a comical work-around. 'There is currently a work-around that may allow you to bypass this issue. Since you have the first 19 characters of the code already, you can basically try guessing the last character,' said a note on EA's customer support site. Yes, they're serious. 'To do this, simply enter your existing code, and then for the last character, try the letters A-Z, and then the numbers 0-9. You should eventually get the right combination, and be able to play the game.'" It appears that the helpful hint has been purged.
Comment How much!!! (Score 4, Insightful) 231
The FBI paid Verizon $2,500 apiece to upgrade 1,140 old telephone switches. Oddly the report didn't redact the total amount paid to the telecom â" slightly more than $2.9 million dollars â" but somehow the bad guys will win if they knew the number of switches and the cost paid.
It's more likely that the total number is large and people go "ok must be a lot" but at 2.5k usd per switch people would go "how fucking much!!!" - that's what they may want to avoid
Jaj
It's more likely that the total number is large and people go "ok must be a lot" but at 2.5k usd per switch people would go "how fucking much!!!" - that's what they may want to avoid
Jaj
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