Comment Re:You canadians need a regulator with some teeth (Score 1) 238
In Australia, if you have DSL but not ADSL2+
Actually we have just started getting ADSL2+ Connections hooked up in the city areas. I was able to download a 10mb file in the time it took to click the link, I'd be blown away by the speeds you can get in other countries.
Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 207
Most Aussie ISPs aren't large enough to either have a share in the large media companies, or for the media companies to care about them. It has its pluses and negatives
Comment Re:You mean... (Score 1) 420
when they are being forced to modify their behaviour (like not running as admin, not putting files in silly places)
In my smidgen of a defense, It was extracting a proprietary toolkit for working with a certain type of limited circuit board. Due to the brilliance of its coding, the program won't load if the filepath has any spaces (i.e. c:/Program Files/).
It also has a few amusing hiccups if it is not installed in the recommended directory, which has a parent of the C: drive.
So while I agree with with you, on stupid users going crazy when Microsoft limits their stupid behaviors, and I would like to see more of an Administration/User level of separation as that seen in Unix variants. But, I sir am not an Idiot!
Comment Re:You mean... (Score 2, Informative) 420
something or other needed admin privs, and it was dying silently.
I had problems with Vista and WinRAR similar to this.
Whenever I unzipped a rar file into the C: Directory; it would have permission to create the folder structure of the rar file, but not the files therein. Instead of notifying me of this, it would fail silently after half an hour of decompressing (big files).
Personally I don't know which piece of software was to blame.
Comment Re:Surprise to Anyone? (Score 1) 369
Windows 7 = Windows Vista SE
Comment Re:A case of virality over a lack of virility? (Score 1) 668
if it's any good it might be converted into one. I'll let you know when it stops downloading
Lori Drew Cyber-Bullying Trial Begins 317
An anonymous reader writes "The cyber-bullying trial of Lori Drew opened yesterday. She was indicted for conspiring to access and accessing MySpace illegally in order to 'further a tortious act, namely, intentional infliction of emotional distress' (PDF of the indictment). The BBC has background on the case, the NYTimes covers the opening statements, and Wired has today's testimony."
Comment Re:Live by the sword... (Score 1) 243
It's a laughable thing that movie studios spend their entire (large) advertising budget making people want to see their movie and then complain when some use any means necessary to see aforementioned movie.
At the moment my uni is running an expo promoting Call of Duty 5. I got a little caught up in the hype and decided to see if i could buy a copy, only to be shot down by being told it wasn't out yet.
Well that failed sales effort has just translated into a torrent download. Biggest advertising fail i've seen yet
Amazon Kindle Endorsed By Oprah 197
Oprah Winfrey enthused about the Amazon Kindle on her show today — it's her "new favorite thing" — and had Jeff Bezos on to announce a $50-off offer good till Nov. 1. A plug on Oprah is ordinarily a sign that a product has crossed over into the mainstream. But her show's audience has been slipping lately, and it's unclear how many cash-strapped citizens will be willing to part with $309 (after the special offer) for a new techno-gadget, for which they then have to shell out more money for DRM-encrusted content.
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