* Posts by James 17

8 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Jun 2011

Verizon CFO: 'Unlimited' data is just a word

James 17

Re: Well, this is the type of idiotic, incompetent, parasitic scumbag we have in executive positions

you've mistaken that consumers have a choice.

If consumers no longer put up with it and stop buying, they'll just buy legislation to keep customers.

Hong Kong visitors get all-in-one guidebook and phone

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also provides....

handy tracking for the government of Hong Kong.

Mars probably never wet enough for life, nuclear bomb crater indicates

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Alien

duh

It's a well known conspiracy theory I just made up that all the water on Earth was once on Mars. And it escaped from an asteroid strike and traveled to Earth taking life with it. Everyone knows that!

Court confirms $675,000 fine for sharing 30 songs

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That's probably more than the studio time cost.

The cost is purely punitive. A deterrent.

Seems the RIAA is due some punitive measures. I can only hope they get regulated and we get the tort reform we so desperately need.

El Reg posts dirty pics for old computer buffs

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Re: Larger picture versions@ http://www.rcsri.org/gallery/

you didn't say what pic 6 was.

It's core memory.

EMC registers mysterious new trademark

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easy

vsphere extender.

How can family sysadmins make a safe internet playground for kids?

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Go

easy solution

opendns and kidzui

What is UltraViolet™ and why should you care?

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FAIL

Wrong

"When you buy a music CD you're not supposed to rip it, you're actually breaking copyright by doing that. - Rob Salter

Not here in the US! It's a fair use backup.