Comment Fuck beta (Score 1) 180

by neilsnat on Thursday February 06, 2014 @12:46PM (#46174945) Attached to: How Edward Snowden's Actions Have Impacted Defense Contractors

Just another complaint that Slashdot beta minimises THE most valuable and useful part of the site, namely the comments. I'll be joining the boycott. Fuck beta.

Comment Re:But can it run Crysis? (Score 1) 107

by neilsnat on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @10:22AM (#42796153) Attached to: Windows Software Coming To Android Via Wine

Nitpick: Rockbox is NOT linux :)

Comment Re:still... (Score 2) 310

by neilsnat on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @06:35AM (#39866119) Attached to: Stop Being Poor: U.S. Piracy Watch List Hits a New Low With 2012 Report

Also, Bandcamp, Magnatune. Although I have had some annoyances with having to create temporary email addresses (I am *not* joining Paypal, ugh!) for payment using Bandcamp.

Comment Re:I never understood this (Score 1) 983

by neilsnat on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @01:21PM (#36364430) Attached to: Man Ordered At Gunpoint To Hand Over Phone For Recording Cops

Also, why do people say "BS" rather than "Bullshit" in speech. I personally find that more offensive!

Comment Re:...but if the contract didn't cover online sale (Score 1) 601

by neilsnat on Thursday March 11, 2010 @07:46PM (#31446602) Attached to: EMI Cannot Unbundle Pink Floyd Songs

Another point worth making is that the record companies actually use (some of) the concepts to do with physical media (i.e. breakage) when applied to online distribution. Am I being overly cynical to note that they will only IF the monetary advantage goes to the record company as opposed to the artists?

Shaw Cable Again Blocks Firewire On Canadian Set-Top Boxes 257

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 09, 2009 @08:08PM from the now-that's-value-added dept.

WestCoastSuccess writes with this excerpt: "A year and a half ago, Canada's Shaw Cable began encrypting channels with the '0x02' flag. This flag has the effect of making the IEEE1394 (Firewire) output useless to customers who use third-party PVRs (such as the excellent MythTV, for example). After complaints to the CRTC and Industry Canada about this practice, the encryption flag was dropped on most channels and the Firewire connection again functioned. Until last night, that is."

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