Posts by Deano2099

Re: This could be embarrassing

Well you can delete tweets that you can see in your profile, presumably with this you'll be able to go back and delete your old stuff too if you want.

Re: I only want to know one thing.....

Compared to the costs of getting the thing written, edited and typeset, those costs are fairly low. They account for less than 20% of the cost. In the UK, VAT is charged at 20% on ebooks and 0% on dead tree books. Thus it works out around the same.

Re: Hang on.

Actually given how limited the number of shows not available on catch-up are, I do wonder if BT Vision or any of the hard-drive-based boxes could just be set up to passively record anything that wouldn't be available to stream later, then delete after seven days, thus providing a comprehensive service.

Re: So, while we can...

The Reg emails you asking if it can take down your comments. You either reply and say yes, and they do, you reply and say no, and they request your contact details to pass onto the complainant, or you don't reply (either by choice or because you gave a fake/unused email) and they take the comments down anyway.

The only time they'll leave the comments up is if you reply in the affirmative, agreeing to take on the complaint yourself, and providing your actual identity and contact details. You never have to do that, and you're still entitled to your anonymity, it just means that your comments will get taken down.

Which all seems fairly reasonable to me.

Re: "No it has to be powered off properly"

Because there have been no airplane crashes as a result of mobile phones, just like there have been no motorway accidents that would have been prevented had the driver not been speeding.

Re: Social Media

Except for when people pay for it?

Re: eBooks still have to make much progress before I prefer them

There might be no DRM, but I'll bet there's a license I have to agree to that technically means if I did give it away after I'd read it you could sue me. Now, I'm sure you wouldn't, but there's still a principle there.

Re: Why ...

Then don't follow 'average' people. Follow only the exceptional ones. The medium isn't the problem, it's the deathly boring people you chose to follow.

Re: Non-FB user question

"more fool them" - yeah, fools who almost got $10 million from FB to go away...

Re: Evil pirates of the high seas!

Train and car park analogies seem fine to me if we assume an infinite number of spaces.

Actually I've long believed that trains going from A to B with empty carriages are a waste. I'd be all for a system where it was possible to get a free or massively reduced price train ticket by just turning up, but risking not getting on if the train is full. Alas there's the practical problem with this and the parking thing, in that if demand by paying customers suddenly spikes, there's no way to force you off the train mid-journey, or instantly move your car.

Re: @Graham 25

It sounds to me like you do need an Oyster card, actually.

Re: Re: Business Model

@AC

Yes, that's the current model.

How's it working out for you?

Yes but...

They're different crimes aren't they?

If you killed my girlfriend, I wouldn't have her any more. But you don't go around saying "rape is murder everyone, let's just call it what it is eh?"

We've been down this road before, and hence we're now lumbered with the term 'piracy' for copyright infringement, even though it's nothing to do with attacking ships on the high seas. I don't understand this obsession with re-naming the damn thing. If copyright infringement is too many words can we not just have a new one for it? Instead of trying to use other words that mean other things that we still need to use for those things.

Depends

Depends if the user of the photo is considered to be FB itself, using it for business purposes, or the user of Facebook, in which case it's okay as photographs taken purely for personal use (including sharing with friends) are exempt from the Data Protection Act.

well...

Aren't we all file-sharers though? If you've ever sent any file to anyone else...

TV really is different

Because it's free anyway. Or paid for by a license fee which we're already paying.

Torrenting it is really no different to watching it on TV and going out of the room while the adverts are on. If we could actually measure broadcast ratings accurately there might be an issue, but we can't. As long as anyone selected to have their watching monitored makes sure they have the TV on for anything they previously torrented it really is harmless.

staying purile then

Then along those lines:

If stab someone with a knife, it still isn't legal for the Tesco shop assistant to come over and blunt it for you.

If you run someone over, Ford don't come round and remove the car's engine.

If people commit crimes, like stabbing, piracy, or vehicular manslaughter, there are methods in place to have them legally tried under the laws of the land. You don't get to just bypass the court and punish the criminal directly just because you can.

Likewise if Nintendo want to sue or prosecute pirates they have my full support. But they can do it the same way everyone else has to.

For those supporting this, get ready for a future where if you're caught speeding, Ford remotely disable your car so you have to buy a new one. What's that? You were rushing your pregnant wife to hospital? Tough.

Coventry

The exhibition was in Coventry for ages too.