Comment Re:But Brexit? (Score 2) 33
European Court of Human Rights is not a body of the EU. So Brexit has nothing to do with it one way or another.
Comment Re:Inaccurate: it's not law yet (Score 1) 88
I think this evening was just it passing 3rd reading stage of the Commons. Can follow progress at http://services.parliament.uk/... (this was linked in the summary above).
Comment Re:what a bunch of bullshit (Score 1) 76
Well if this is a matter of copyright then governments absolutely do have the right to make this decision. Copyrights are not rights that are granted to authors, rather they are removal of rights from everyone else for a limited time. If EU governments decide that the benefit of removing copyright over such work is preferable to the benefit from having the copyright - that's for them and their electorate to decide.
Comment Re:I know who to blame (Score 1) 166
stupid cheap damn stupid Martian power packs.
Comment Babylonians are... (Score 1) 153
... our last best hope for peace.
Comment Re:Yes - known for years. (Score 1) 435
Yeah, OS X is terrible!! That's why running Windows 10 is such a bad idea. Got it. Thanks.
Comment Re:Waaah. (Score 1) 338
Got a new vacuum cleaner lately, high power, massively discounted (didn't know it at the time but obviously due to these regulations being on horizon). At first use it stuck to the carpet and is difficult to push around, a tug on the handle WILL lift the carpet off the floor.
Submission + - Nominet destroying UK WHOIS privacy, wants ID
ktetch-pirate writes: Earlier this week, Nominet launched the .uk domain to great fanfare, but hidden in that activity has been Nominet's new policy of exposing personal domain owners home addresses. Justification is based on a site being judged 'commercial', which can mean anything from a few google ads, an Amazon widget, to an email subscription box or linking to too many commercial sites, according to Nominet reps. In the meantime though, they want your driving license or passport to ensure 'accuracy' because they 'want to make things safe'.
Comment Re:Easy (Score 1) 250
In some countries this would be theft by finding.
Comment Making BETA bearable via greasemonkey: (Score 1) 2219
GM_addStyle('div.rail-right {display:none;}');
GM_addStyle('#view-standard .river-left {margin-right:5px !important;}');
GM_addStyle('.split-right {background-image:none !important;}');
GM_addStyle('#view-standard
GM_addStyle('.split-right {background-image:none !important;}');
Comment Re:microwave (Score 4, Informative) 449
How big is the cup? How much water in the cup? These are the things that matter!
Pirated iOS App Store Site Shuts Down 432
A reader writes with this excerpt from CNET: "Installous, a major portal for pirated paid apps from Apple's App Store, won't be around anymore. Development team Hackulous today announced the closure of Installous on their official Web site. As of today, the pirated app store no longer works, and only shows these errors: 'Outdated version. Installous will now terminate' or 'API Error. API unavailable.' For many years, Installous offered complete access to thousands of paid iOS apps for free for anyone with a jailbroken iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Think of it as being able to walk into a fancy department store, steal anything you want, and never get caught."
Comment which bit worries me most (Score 1) 709
Ok, referring to people with guns starting fires as not having common sense, perhaps insinuating people with guns don't have common sense - not clever, nor useful.
Having a situation where the authorities can't stop people without common sense having guns and so can't stop them from starting wildfires - not good.
Having a situation where the authorities can't stop people without common sense HAVING GUNS - living the American dream.
Comment Re:General observation (Score 5, Insightful) 709
Whereas insulting something by comparing it to the feminist movement is perfectly valid?
Comment Re:My first reaction... (Score 1) 394
and even better The Olympics, Paralympics and London Olympics Association Rights (Infringement Proceedings) Regulations 2010 - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2477/contents/made
