Comment Re:32 seems high (Score 1) 57
As the summary says, higher average income makes the high base cost more affordable. The average income in India is likely quite a bit lower than in the US.
New Hungarian Government OMGs All Gov Sites 59
An anonymous reader writes "The new Hungarian government chose to replace the home pages with a 'disclaimer' page on several governmental websites such as ministries or the Foreign Office. The title and the main message is 'OMG,' which is followed by an explanation that the inherited websites 'lack any kind of uniform structure' and this is 'unworthy of Hungary.' Today is the takeover day in most ministries for the new administration."
FSF Asks Apple To Comply With the GPL For Clone of GNU Go 482
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The Free Software Foundation has discovered that an application currently distributed in Apple's App Store is a port of GNU Go. This makes it a GPL violation, because Apple controls distribution of all such programs through the iTunes Store Terms of Service, which is incompatible with section 6 of the GPLv2. It's an unusual enforcement action, though, because they don't want Apple to just make the app disappear, they want Apple to grant its users the full freedoms offered by the GPL. Accordingly, they haven't sued or sent any legal threats and are instead in talks with Apple about how they can offer their users the GPLed software legally, which is difficult because it's not possible to grant users all the freedoms they're entitled to and still comply with Apple's restrictive licensing terms."
Comment Re:anyone noticed the snide arrogance? (Score 4, Funny) 373
I feel the need to congratulate you on your +5, Informative mod.
Comment Re:Go! (Score 1) 512
Gooo, then. Or Goooooooooooooooo.
Actually, in honour of my crappy nick, they should call it gotoo.
Actually, in honour of my crappy nick, they should call it gotoo.
Comment Re:Okay, You Have the Floor (Score 1) 507
You're right on the first 2 counts, but I think my wife might object to the 3rd.
Comment Re:Okay, You Have the Floor (Score 1) 507
I share the same thoughts about what UK Health Services is doing with telling schoolchildren "masturbation is good" [...] -- UK Gov't Health tells kids to masturbate;Parents are angry. But when you have a monopoly, customer opinions don't matter
Where are you getting this info? I assume by "UK Health Services", you're referring to the NHS, but the top 2 google hits on NHS masturbation were one page saying (paraphrased) "social values have changed, it's no longer taboo" and another being a description of study that found masturbation at a young age may be linked to prostate cancer. Neither of those seem to be a call for the youth of Britain to get down with their bad selves.
Comment Re:Okay, You Have the Floor (Score 4, Informative) 507
Why do I even waste my time putting together posts? I am so sick and tired of this site.
I appreciated them, FWIW.
Comment Re:just Turing? (Score 3, Funny) 653
Sometimes it builds brides too, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Trust a slashdotter to skew the conversation around to robotic life partners eventually.
Comment Re:Bye bye marvel... (Score 1) 423
Best post ever.
Comment Re:Whats the drop rate on that? (Score 1) 290
I LOL'd IRL
Comment Re:Old news (Score 1) 199
I certainly remember seeing a TV programme in the UK about the phenomenon, and I haven't lived there for over 5 years.
Comment Re:Prices (Score 3, Insightful) 289
Why are all the prices in British Pounds? Did they just annex all those countries overnight or is the author of the article a lazy bastard?
The prices are in British Pounds, because the linked article is on a UK website. The author of the article is someone who is reporting the news to people in his country of origin. Congratulations on discovering that there's an entire world outside your country's borders!
Comment Re:just a thought (Score 2, Interesting) 293
If it's on the same multiplex, it's quite easy to do (with DVB, anyway, dunno what sort of craziness might be involved in ATSC).
If it's not on the same multiplex, you'd need at least one other tuner in the box (2 if sequential "channel" numbers are all on different multiplexes). Quite often that's the case, though, particularly in boxes which offer picture-in-picture or "record one channel, watch another" type functionality.
If it's not on the same multiplex, you'd need at least one other tuner in the box (2 if sequential "channel" numbers are all on different multiplexes). Quite often that's the case, though, particularly in boxes which offer picture-in-picture or "record one channel, watch another" type functionality.
Comment Because it's badder. (Score 1) 443
Badda bing!
Sorry if it's been done.
Sorry if it's been done.
