Grab one of these connections, a VPN to a less-restrictive nation, commercial-grade access point and offer broadband access to your neighbours. Better than being 4km+ from the local exchange.
I remember running through all of the staff areas when I was at school because the guy who set up the network made MSWord run with elevated privileges. I ended up telling him how to fix it.
This was before you were expelled and arrested for being smarter than your teachers, though.
In the UK you'll be put on the sex offender's register for sending pictures of yourself to your partner if you're under 18. Describing an act could even be seen as intent. Oh, and your partner would be on there too for posession of indecent images of a minor.
We're just as backward as any middle-eastern territory... We just don't chop pieces off the perpetrators.
Reasons idiots will press this button, resulting in massive increases in wasted investigation time and tax payer money:
- They said I look pretty
- They have shifty eyes / eyes too close together
- Their glasses are a little rapey
- They are wearing a trench coat
- There is a picture of them on a beach with children present
- I have a chip on my shoulder
- My friend said so
- I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY
How about schooling kids about using the internet responsibly and safely, and keeping parents informed about ways to interact with their children regarding this technology?
As always, this is a problem solved by EDUCATION, NOT LEGISLATION.
A US citizen which runs a US website hosted within the US is charged with breaches of Australian law because Australian citizens have chosen to download information from that website? The bits only ENTERED Australia because an Australian citizen requested that them!
Set the identifying details of the OS to be the person who has the laptop at the time. Any loss occurs, that person is immediately outed as working for GCHQ and has to abandon their current life in the interest of self preservation.
If releases of information from government departments can result in loss of liberty for UK citizens (DVLA & child benefits data losses anyone?) then the person who lost it can be part of those harmed. Maybe then they'll take extra care.
It's that important technology which makes iPlayer, 4oD, DemandFive, YouTube, Veoh, and almost every other video website on the internet work. Until browsers and sites go native <video> and use open formats (that's REAL likely), we're stuck with Flash as an in-browser viewer.
I hate it, but it's necessary right now. Not all of us use Lynx.
Thanks for your constructive criticism. Please take a cookie on the way out.
Just because *you* have not heard of them, and *you* don't want Ubuntu doesn't mean that there aren't others who do. I've switched my home PC over to Ubuntu with Karmic, the same with my workstation. I'm looking at GCompriz to see if it will offer the same educational resources as many 3rd party apps on Windows, and testing those apps which I can't replace on Wine. Between that, EducationCity, and a couple of other education sites there's no reason to have Windows (and the associated licensing costs, tie ins etc) at all. I can even put Office 2007 on with a little tinkering, if the staff REALLY need it (they don't, but they don't know that yet).
TL;DR: Thanks for sharing your opinion. It is, however, *your* opinion. I'll be looking at this with great interest (especially now I've seen Jamendo integration mentioned. Didn't know that...)
Did they only just realise that we're coming out of an ice age, and that huge quantities of water being dumped into the ocean might mess up the climate a little?
There are no "official" (endorsed by Blizzard/Activision) addons for WoW. You use addons entirely at your own risk.
Saying that, Curse.com has an addon manager which I have used for a good long time without issue. It seems that the malware comes from a similar application which is downloaded from fake addon sites (cursea.com instead of genuine curse.com). If you didn't spot / know the difference, and just knew "Curse do an addon manager! Search on Google!" the first (advertised) link is likely to be cursea.
The complexity comes in the form of one giant issue; The police weren't going to pursue charges against BT (even though it's not their job to say as such, or even to do as such). What happens now is CPS do their investigation and ascertain whether there is sufficient evidence to make conviction likely. If they decide that there is, they prosecute. If not, they drop the case. The only way to go from there is into private prosecution, which means that instead of CPS prosecuting (as is the way in >99.9% of criminal trials) it is left to a private entity to take the place of the Crown.
This is by no means the end of the process, though. CPS can *again* become involved and take over the case. They then have the choice of pursuing the charges on behalf of the plaintiff (so the case again becomes R. vs) or dropping the case for a second time as it is "not in the public interest." You can't stop CPS from getting involved if it chooses to.
There is only one legal way to see justice done in the latter case; Drop BT in its entirety. However, that in itself isn't guaranteed; The failing banks got bail-outs during the financial downturn, why not the UKs largest telecoms operator?
We might be on a loser with this one. I sincerely hope not, though.
(By the way, the only two ways I can get broadband are either ADSL over a BT line, or DSL over Virgin-owned cable. Either way I get a shafting. At least with BT lines I can make use of LLU to get a different ISP, but I still end up giving them money. With Virgin doing their DPI trials for "copyright enforcement" they don't get a penny from me.)
- I agree. Incremental updates would be much more efficient on both their server bandwidth and compile time. However, we must assume there is a reason for their not being incremental updates; Possibly that there were so many changes that a whole new release was required, or that it's too risky to miss some dependencies.
- English is the international business language. It makes sense to release in English, and have other languages as extensions of the main package. Or would you prefer to pander to the P.C crowd and download *every* language pack when you have to update? Because that's the alternative.
... which of those things a person of 16-24 couldn't do without an ID card?
Do all of the local businesses know what the National ID card looks like? Night club doormen, clerks at game stores, the slightly slow folk working night-shift at the local convenience store?
Will they look like many of the *dozens* of available fake IDs from web merchants, originally "back of magazine" businesses?
You and me, Darling, obviously. Field Marshal Haig, Field Marshal Haig's wife, all Field Marshal Haig's wife's friends, their families, their families' servants, their families' servants' tennis partners, and some chap I bumped into the mess the other day called Bernard.
I am not inspired with confidence. Pessimist? You betcha.
That's one of the worst chop jobs on a photo I've ever seen.
The index finger on the right hand is in the wrong place / dislocated, the cropping around the left hand is atrocious (can see a daker outline on little finger), in fact it looks as though the guy is holding a much thicker device and the "iTablet" is just slipped in its place.
It might actually be able to calculate the time it takes my mind to cloud with vitriol whenever someone mentions that Jacqui Smith is running for some position in parliament again.
How is their browser plugin allowed to run with permissions that affect events outside of the browser? Why isn't there a "you're not getting out" sandbox around the whole thing?
No doubt that they're responsible for the rubbish coding of their plugin, but shouldn't there be some shared blame as the fact that the plugin has enough privilage granted to it to be able to crash / exploit applications outside of itself?
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The Original Ash
Sounds good! → #
Posted Friday 19th March 2010 11:03 GMT
In Virgin Media to demo 200Mb/s broadband tomorrow
Grab one of these connections, a VPN to a less-restrictive nation, commercial-grade access point and offer broadband access to your neighbours. Better than being 4km+ from the local exchange.
The Original Ash
File type not recognised → # ↑
Posted Thursday 18th March 2010 16:10 GMT
In Facebook warns over password reset scam
Please download the linked program to open the attached file.
The Original Ash
I wonder → #
Posted Thursday 18th March 2010 14:46 GMT
In Dell bars Win 7 refunds from Linux lovers
If I buy a system, take the license from it, and return it, can I keep the Windows 7 license?
No?
I guess it's not free, then.
The Original Ash
Hahaha → #
Posted Thursday 18th March 2010 13:30 GMT
In One in four UK schoolkids admits hacking
I remember running through all of the staff areas when I was at school because the guy who set up the network made MSWord run with elevated privileges. I ended up telling him how to fix it.
This was before you were expelled and arrested for being smarter than your teachers, though.
The Original Ash
How about a new headline → #
Posted Thursday 18th March 2010 13:00 GMT
In Two jailed for smutty texts
"Indian couple jailed for breaking local laws"
Checks El Reg TLD... Yup, still UK.
The Original Ash
Don't be so sure → # ↑
Posted Thursday 18th March 2010 13:00 GMT
In Two jailed for smutty texts
In the UK you'll be put on the sex offender's register for sending pictures of yourself to your partner if you're under 18. Describing an act could even be seen as intent. Oh, and your partner would be on there too for posession of indecent images of a minor.
We're just as backward as any middle-eastern territory... We just don't chop pieces off the perpetrators.
The Original Ash
Ripe for abuse → #
Posted Thursday 18th March 2010 11:48 GMT
In Facebook faces Home Sec over lack of 'panic button'
Reasons idiots will press this button, resulting in massive increases in wasted investigation time and tax payer money:
- They said I look pretty
- They have shifty eyes / eyes too close together
- Their glasses are a little rapey
- They are wearing a trench coat
- There is a picture of them on a beach with children present
- I have a chip on my shoulder
- My friend said so
- I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY
How about schooling kids about using the internet responsibly and safely, and keeping parents informed about ways to interact with their children regarding this technology?
As always, this is a problem solved by EDUCATION, NOT LEGISLATION.
The Original Ash
I don't quite understand this → #
Posted Wednesday 17th March 2010 13:30 GMT
In Irate Aussies go after US website
A US citizen which runs a US website hosted within the US is charged with breaches of Australian law because Australian citizens have chosen to download information from that website? The bits only ENTERED Australia because an Australian citizen requested that them!
There's something wrong with all of this.
The Original Ash
That's not a rabbit! → #
Posted Wednesday 17th March 2010 12:41 GMT
In Incredible Hulk snared on Street View
That's Danger Mouse, you pillock! Check the red belt! http://www.retroland.com/retrotalk/userfiles/Danger-Mouse-Posters.jpg
The Original Ash
Alternatively → #
Posted Wednesday 17th March 2010 11:06 GMT
In Study shows gaming can hinder reading, writing progress
Novelty value of new toy means kids spend more time with it than with older toys.
Kids who are not actively monitored and guided will spend more time playing games than working.
Parents should ensure children do their homework before playing games, study learns.
Seriously... Worst "science" ever.
The Original Ash
It's not about that → # ↑
Posted Wednesday 17th March 2010 09:07 GMT
In Feds use phony MySpace profiles to nab bad guys
It's about double standards for law enforcement. One law for them, one for us etc.
Reading comprehension FAIL.
The Original Ash
Which TGV did you say? → #
Posted Tuesday 16th March 2010 15:05 GMT
In SNCF website announces major train disaster
That's the combination on my luggage!
The Original Ash
Can you think of a more spectacular way? → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 16th March 2010 13:27 GMT
In 'The LHC will implode the Moon or PUT OUT THE SUN'
The epitaph of Humanity:
"Hear lies Earth, a shattered husk.
Destroyed by humanity tearing apart the universe one atom at a time."
Hard. Core.
The Original Ash
Misleading headline → #
Posted Tuesday 16th March 2010 13:26 GMT
In Manchester's on fire for ID cards, claims ID minister
It should read "Manchester *setting* fire *to* ID cards"
I reject your reality, and substitute my own!
The Original Ash
YES! → #
Posted Tuesday 16th March 2010 10:23 GMT
In ID cards have three databases, says minister
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MY BIOMETRIC IDENTITY STORED ON A PIECE OF SHORT LIFE SPAN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS. THAT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA.
Seriously, where do they get these people... This Identity minister must be cloned from Tweedle Dumb. Yes, that's an intentional mis-spelling.
The Original Ash
A new annual event! → #
Posted Friday 12th March 2010 15:37 GMT
In 'Health and safety killjoys' kill cheese-rolling race
Health and Safety Killjoy rolling! It's sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
The Original Ash
Seven thousand? → #
Posted Friday 12th March 2010 15:30 GMT
In NZ internet filter goes live - gov forgets to tell public
Howcome Aus has 10x more than the IWF? Are their definitions different?
Is the IWF or Aus at fault? Surely child abuse is child abuse, and there's not a lot more to be decided...
The Original Ash
Deterrant → #
Posted Friday 12th March 2010 14:43 GMT
In GCHQ loses Top Secret laptops
Set the identifying details of the OS to be the person who has the laptop at the time. Any loss occurs, that person is immediately outed as working for GCHQ and has to abandon their current life in the interest of self preservation.
If releases of information from government departments can result in loss of liberty for UK citizens (DVLA & child benefits data losses anyone?) then the person who lost it can be part of those harmed. Maybe then they'll take extra care.
The Original Ash
A simple solution to the problem → #
Posted Thursday 11th March 2010 12:51 GMT
In Password reset questions dead easy to guess
Q: What was the name of the first school you attended?
A: Orangutan sublimation
Q: What is your mother's maiden name?
A: Tescoshoppingbags
Q: How do you guard against easy-to-guess question security holes?
A: CHEESE WAFFLE CAR TYRES!
It's not rocket surgery.
The Original Ash
MonkeyDust → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 9th March 2010 15:24 GMT
In Tories ask: Why BBC3, BBC4?
They put that on the BBC? I thought it would be more Channel 4's bag (JAM, Brass Eye etc).
I'd watch MonkeyDust + [adult swim] all day long.
The Original Ash
They didn't expect this? → #
Posted Tuesday 9th March 2010 14:01 GMT
In 'Negatively strange' antihypermatter made out of gold
So we have protons and anti-protons.
Neutrons and anti-neutrons.
Why not quarks and anti-quarks?
Seems logical to me! I don't know what all the fuss is about...
The Original Ash
How can it even run? → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 9th March 2010 12:24 GMT
In Vodafone ships Mariposa-infected HTC Magic
By windows mounting removable storage and automatically executing autorun.inf scripts by default. The same way as any USB-key distributed virus.
The phone wasn't the target: They synchronising Windows PC was.
The Original Ash
Re: Flash: What's that? → # ↑
Posted Monday 8th March 2010 11:32 GMT
In Firefox alpha dons Flash flak jacket
It's that important technology which makes iPlayer, 4oD, DemandFive, YouTube, Veoh, and almost every other video website on the internet work. Until browsers and sites go native <video> and use open formats (that's REAL likely), we're stuck with Flash as an in-browser viewer.
I hate it, but it's necessary right now. Not all of us use Lynx.
The Original Ash
Re: Wikileaks → # ↑
Posted Thursday 4th March 2010 13:53 GMT
In LibDems score copyright coup
Wikileaks is on Freenet. The more who join, the faster and more reliable it becomes.
The Original Ash
Serves you right → # ↑
Posted Thursday 4th March 2010 13:52 GMT
In Apple yanks Wi-Fi detectors from iTunes
Every penny you throw at Apple only strengthens their grip. Sucks when they tear off something you actually want, isn't it.
Enjoy your 7000 fart applications.
The Original Ash
@Way to go → # ↑
Posted Thursday 4th March 2010 09:38 GMT
In Canonical betas Ubuntu music store
Thanks for your constructive criticism. Please take a cookie on the way out.
Just because *you* have not heard of them, and *you* don't want Ubuntu doesn't mean that there aren't others who do. I've switched my home PC over to Ubuntu with Karmic, the same with my workstation. I'm looking at GCompriz to see if it will offer the same educational resources as many 3rd party apps on Windows, and testing those apps which I can't replace on Wine. Between that, EducationCity, and a couple of other education sites there's no reason to have Windows (and the associated licensing costs, tie ins etc) at all. I can even put Office 2007 on with a little tinkering, if the staff REALLY need it (they don't, but they don't know that yet).
TL;DR: Thanks for sharing your opinion. It is, however, *your* opinion. I'll be looking at this with great interest (especially now I've seen Jamendo integration mentioned. Didn't know that...)
The Original Ash
Holy cow! → #
Posted Wednesday 3rd March 2010 12:27 GMT
In Global warming may be normal at this point in glacial cycle
Did they only just realise that we're coming out of an ice age, and that huge quantities of water being dumped into the ocean might mess up the climate a little?
Yahoo!
The Original Ash
"Official" addons repository? → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 2nd March 2010 13:24 GMT
In WoW authenticators bypassed by middlemen hackers
There are no "official" (endorsed by Blizzard/Activision) addons for WoW. You use addons entirely at your own risk.
Saying that, Curse.com has an addon manager which I have used for a good long time without issue. It seems that the malware comes from a similar application which is downloaded from fake addon sites (cursea.com instead of genuine curse.com). If you didn't spot / know the difference, and just knew "Curse do an addon manager! Search on Google!" the first (advertised) link is likely to be cursea.
It's all still user error, but isn't it always?
The Original Ash
They sure will! → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 2nd March 2010 11:56 GMT
In Windows Phone 7 blocks out popular HTC model, blames buttons
They're porting Android to a lot of HTC devices.
I can't wait.
The Original Ash
Private prosecution → # ↑
Posted Thursday 25th February 2010 13:20 GMT
In BT could face criminal case over Phorm trials
The complexity comes in the form of one giant issue; The police weren't going to pursue charges against BT (even though it's not their job to say as such, or even to do as such). What happens now is CPS do their investigation and ascertain whether there is sufficient evidence to make conviction likely. If they decide that there is, they prosecute. If not, they drop the case. The only way to go from there is into private prosecution, which means that instead of CPS prosecuting (as is the way in >99.9% of criminal trials) it is left to a private entity to take the place of the Crown.
This is by no means the end of the process, though. CPS can *again* become involved and take over the case. They then have the choice of pursuing the charges on behalf of the plaintiff (so the case again becomes R. vs) or dropping the case for a second time as it is "not in the public interest." You can't stop CPS from getting involved if it chooses to.
There is only one legal way to see justice done in the latter case; Drop BT in its entirety. However, that in itself isn't guaranteed; The failing banks got bail-outs during the financial downturn, why not the UKs largest telecoms operator?
We might be on a loser with this one. I sincerely hope not, though.
(By the way, the only two ways I can get broadband are either ADSL over a BT line, or DSL over Virgin-owned cable. Either way I get a shafting. At least with BT lines I can make use of LLU to get a different ISP, but I still end up giving them money. With Virgin doing their DPI trials for "copyright enforcement" they don't get a penny from me.)
The Original Ash
Great news! → #
Posted Thursday 25th February 2010 10:54 GMT
In Virgin to offer 100Mb/s broadband by year's end
Faster than ever DPI to make sure those files you're downloading aren't copyrighted!
Virgin Media can take a running jump onto a pike.
The Original Ash
MyBookTwitterFaceSpace → #
Posted Wednesday 24th February 2010 11:23 GMT
In Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx to Facebook and Twitter you
No thanks, Shuttleworth. I'll stick with 9.10.
The Original Ash
It is legal → #
Posted Wednesday 24th February 2010 11:19 GMT
In Let us legally rip discs, campaigner tells govt
What, are they going to arrest and fine / imprison everybody with an iPod / Sansa Fuze / $PMP ?
Rules are only meaningful if people agree to follow them. Otherwise, they're just words.
The Original Ash
Cockshott → #
Posted Tuesday 23rd February 2010 11:46 GMT
In Car thieves making clean getaway with GPS jammers
That set off the profanity filter.
The Original Ash
Nature has the solution! → #
Posted Tuesday 23rd February 2010 11:40 GMT
In US must redesign killer hot dogs
CHEWING YOUR DAMN FOOD.
The Original Ash
Siesta → #
Posted Monday 22nd February 2010 11:41 GMT
In Kipping at your desk is highly productive, say boffins
There's a scientific reason for it.
The Original Ash
Re: I'd like it more... → # ↑
Posted Friday 12th February 2010 14:08 GMT
In OpenOffice 3.2 is on tap
- I agree. Incremental updates would be much more efficient on both their server bandwidth and compile time. However, we must assume there is a reason for their not being incremental updates; Possibly that there were so many changes that a whole new release was required, or that it's too risky to miss some dependencies.
- English is the international business language. It makes sense to release in English, and have other languages as extensions of the main package. Or would you prefer to pander to the P.C crowd and download *every* language pack when you have to update? Because that's the alternative.
The Original Ash
I propose a name change → #
Posted Thursday 11th February 2010 15:33 GMT
In Aussie anti-censor attacks strafe gov websites
Anonymous shall henceforth be known as Impotence.
The Original Ash
You know how this works... → #
Posted Wednesday 10th February 2010 15:53 GMT
In Warner Music gives up on free streaming services
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Warner_Music_Group_artists
Find an artist you like on there, hit their website / fansite / bookface page and tell them why you're not buying their music.
If you feel so inclined.
The Original Ash
I don't believe you → #
Posted Wednesday 10th February 2010 14:52 GMT
In BAA poo-poos Bollywood star's pervscan printout put-on
and I'm calling the police.
The Original Ash
[Citation needed] → # ↑
Posted Wednesday 10th February 2010 14:13 GMT
In Viking frogmen chase Street View spymobile
That is all.
The Original Ash
A title? → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 9th February 2010 13:06 GMT
In Tories will force BT to open up ducts to rivals
5th paragraph, bub. The story already states that both CPW and BSkyB are Tory-types.
The Original Ash
Please → #
Posted Tuesday 9th February 2010 10:18 GMT
In New cig peril: Third-hand smoke coats puffers in poison
Just ban tobacco and alcohol. Legalise less (none?) harmful substances.
David Nutt knew what he was talking about.
The Original Ash
Give everybody access! → #
Posted Monday 8th February 2010 16:30 GMT
In Half a million PCs can access Schengen's 'secure' database
That way it's totally secure, because nobody knows any more about anyone else than that person can know about the person which knows about them!
Another coffee? Mmmm, yes please!
The Original Ash
Could someone please tell me... → #
Posted Monday 8th February 2010 12:04 GMT
In Gov tempts young London onto ID database with booze, 'games'
... which of those things a person of 16-24 couldn't do without an ID card?
Do all of the local businesses know what the National ID card looks like? Night club doormen, clerks at game stores, the slightly slow folk working night-shift at the local convenience store?
Will they look like many of the *dozens* of available fake IDs from web merchants, originally "back of magazine" businesses?
Ultimate fail, kid.
The Original Ash
List of personnel cleared for pupil database → #
Posted Monday 8th February 2010 10:56 GMT
In Pupil database claimed to be breach-free
You and me, Darling, obviously. Field Marshal Haig, Field Marshal Haig's wife, all Field Marshal Haig's wife's friends, their families, their families' servants, their families' servants' tennis partners, and some chap I bumped into the mess the other day called Bernard.
I am not inspired with confidence. Pessimist? You betcha.
The Original Ash
Sweet jeebus → #
Posted Friday 5th February 2010 15:17 GMT
In Brits take iTablet moniker for 12in iPad rival
That's one of the worst chop jobs on a photo I've ever seen.
The index finger on the right hand is in the wrong place / dislocated, the cropping around the left hand is atrocious (can see a daker outline on little finger), in fact it looks as though the guy is holding a much thicker device and the "iTablet" is just slipped in its place.
Plus, it's running xp, not 7.
The Original Ash
Undermine public trust in official statistics? → #
Posted Friday 5th February 2010 12:45 GMT
In Stats boss slams Tory use of crime figures
I have no trust in official statistics to begin with. There is no less than "zero."
The Original Ash
That's pretty precise → #
Posted Friday 5th February 2010 12:31 GMT
In Quantum superclock will be accurate past end of life on Earth
It might actually be able to calculate the time it takes my mind to cloud with vitriol whenever someone mentions that Jacqui Smith is running for some position in parliament again.
The Original Ash
Is it their fault? → #
Posted Friday 5th February 2010 10:29 GMT
In Dear Adobe: It's time for security rehab
How is their browser plugin allowed to run with permissions that affect events outside of the browser? Why isn't there a "you're not getting out" sandbox around the whole thing?
No doubt that they're responsible for the rubbish coding of their plugin, but shouldn't there be some shared blame as the fact that the plugin has enough privilage granted to it to be able to crash / exploit applications outside of itself?
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