It would certainly provide a simple & effective (if costly/expensive) solution to the issue for the big Orgs (eg Apple, Google, etc).

If Apple & Google were to stop selling all of their tech products in the UK, and add a disclaimer to anyone buying their equipment that it is not legal to purchase it in the UK, then I suspect the outcry would be heard on Pluto :P

If ALL of the tech companies that support encryption did this, the UK would quickly find itself sliding into tech oblivion, if it didn't change it's stance. They can't force companies to do business within their territory. This would be an interesting move by the tech companies as well, in forcing a first world power to alter it's legal position, simply by refusing to do business with them. Reminds me of ... just a few movies :P

twykr.

Yup, I have one of those add-ons for Firefox, and do use it from time to time. However, having to switch / test UA strings is almost as bad as having to load and test with different browsers. It still requires that you change UA / reload / change UA / reload / etc, until you're sure you've discovered the best price.

I'd rather they just offer the same price across all browsers, like normal businesses :P

I recently noticed the same type of happening when I was shopping for a Verisign SSL cert (clients *sighs* don't get me started on why). When I use Safari or Firefox, the price for a 1-year "Secure Site" SSL cert (with site seal) is $499 - however, when I switch to Chrome or IE8, I get a price of $399. I only had to buy the one, and so wrote it off as a fluke - but I just re-verified that this is still happening for me (tested on both Mac and Windows), given the news on this article.

This smacks me as being seriously wrong - now I have to test all browsers when buying something online, to be sure I'm getting the right price? And no, I'm not going to change my default browser habits, just to get lower pricing...

Creationism is not an "equal" belief - it is a belief that has no concrete evidence behind it.

*shakes head* and so speaks yet another person with a sense of false authority. It's quite apparent that you have never really explored the viewpoints or scientific claims of the creationists, who do indeed have arguments that from a *pure* logical viewpoint have some level of credence. Your assumption is that because they believe in some things which are non-empiracally proveable concepts (such as God), that all of their beliefs or viewpoints/concepts are illogical or non-proveable using modern scientific knowledge, skills or practices - to which I say: grow up.

Of course, why am I suprised at the number of logical fallacies in slashdot comments? Silly me :P

riiight... lets not let facts get in the way here. I mean the earth was OBVIOUSLY created in 7 days! God put dino bones in the ground to fool non-believers!

A classic example of someone who's never really bothered to KNOW what the creationists claim - if you're going to try to argue against the validity of their claims, AT LEAST HAVE ENOUGH BRAINS TO DO SOME RESEARCH before you claim absolute knowledge on a subject. Stop regurgitating something that you once read in high school biology...

Dinosaur bones and other fossil evidences are probably one of the most easily explained phenomena, from the creationist point of view, as various types of fossils, sedimentary layers in the geological record etc (including different viewpoints on the various fossil dating methods) can theoretically be explained by the worldwide flood that the creationists believe in, using empirically collected data...

You don't have to take my word for it - try doing some research on your own (For instance, the AIG 's Q&A page I linked to earlier has a lot of interesting information).

If you're going to try and throw around the weight of your scientific acumen, at least don't bore us with childish and whimsical notions - have the decency back it up with some real information.

And, of course, for those who are interested in yet more alternative views, and more "fascinating information", here are some other nice links, as helpful as the above one:

http://www.flat-earth.org/ [flat-earth.org]

*grins* now we're getting somewhere :)

we had an old 200mb drive that we were tring to kill. we ran it with out the case and dropped liquid on the platters and the thing still ran and booted fine.
what killed it was when one of the drops landed on the head and caused it to dig in to the platter. it still booted but scandisk reported a problem w/ the fat.

the bottom line is those things are tougher than you might think.

The original satellite ISP stuff required that the upstream be done over a modem, and the downstream would be over the satellite connection. But since the FCC approved whatever it approved, they're now allowed to do both upstream (burst 128/256Kb) AND downstream (burst ~400Kb)....you can get their server either way....the modem(ISP)/satellite combo connection, is cheaper (of course) - but the upstream speeds are much higher with the two-way stuff....

:)