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14y ago
Thanks so much for this. For the longest time I've found it irritating that I couldn't preview plaintext .nfo files with Quicklook. I didn't realise Quicklook plugins were a thing...
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14y ago
> Also, as this is (presumably) in Denmark, they don't have the same itchy trigger finger as we do in the States when it comes to filing suits. Surely you mean the Netherlands?
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14y ago
The judgment from the extradition hearing in Westminster Magistrates' Court contains all the accusations: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgment... The relevant US attorney alleged over $230,000 in advertising paymen
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14y ago
Apparently it does exist, although it's not well-defined under UK law: "Iain Connor, who works for Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW, said that provisions within the UK's Extradition Act would give the legal means for suspected c
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14y ago
> A questionable assertion It's not my assertion, but that of District Judge Quentin Purdy: > The judge agreed with John Jones, barrister for the United States government, that “because he was intimately involved in deciding who
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14y ago
As reitzensteinm pointed out, I'm not expressing my own opinion either way. I'm simply pointing out that, under the current extradition treaty between the UK and US, O'Dwyer doesn't have a leg to stand on. Those in disagreement with the cou
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14y ago
> Then he should be tried in the UK. As it stands, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the UK have shown no interest in prosecuting O'Dwyer, but US authorities have. Perhaps O'Dwyer should be begging the CPS to prosecute him...
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14y ago
> He made a mistake. He should not be extradited and imprisoned in a foreign country for a decade for posting links on the internet. He knew what he was doing. He is alleged to have made ~£150,000 in advertising revenue from the site.
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14y ago
> From the article it seems that this guy ran a search engine which might or might nor be illegal in the United States. However, he is British, most of the visitors are British and the servers are not in the United States, yet the US w
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14y ago
> Nobody really likes iTunes as a player, it's only notable because of the store and the device lock-in. I've never bought music from the iTunes Store and, although I have an iPhone, rarely sync it with iTunes. I use iTunes because it
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14y ago
Now that brings back memories!
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14y ago
I would personally be beyond astonished if this one turned out to be false. It's interesting you point to The Pirate Bay's list of most popular torrents though. The Mega indictment cites an email from one of the alleged conspirators to anot
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14y ago
It was an unspoken truth, as for any other platform or protocol used primarily for the unauthorised distribution of copyrighted works (P2P networks, torrents, usenet, etc.) When called into question, users will argue these platforms/protoco
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14y ago
> Just another piece of evidence that Megaupload doesn't hurt the artists and actually intends to do the opposite. I wouldn't want to be the one arguing that case. Sure, some artists used Megaupload to share their own works, but these
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14y ago
Microsoft are trying so hard to be Apple, and failing so badly. I don't know much about the Surface, but this preview website is an abomination...
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14y ago
I have a couple of the HP ProLiant MicroServers, one of which is set up as a NAS server with a RAID-Z array on 5x 2TB drives (running Oracle Solaris 11 Express in order to remain at the cutting edge of ZFS development). At ~£150 after rebat
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14y ago
Depreciation is going to be worse on the more expensive models. As the initial purchaser you're effectively paying a premium to be at the 'cutting edge' that doesn't translate into an increased residual. That said, pick up a $1,500 MacBook
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14y ago
> Essentially the BBC is not confident in its own ability to design something which communicates a simple message ("This content is produced by a BBC subsidiary which is not funded by the licence fee, and we therefore have to pay for i
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14y ago
I suppose this is similar in principle to the Top Gear magazine. It's not funded by the licence fee, but by revenue from the commercial arm of the organisation, BBC Worldwide. It's not as though those in the UK who pay the licence fee have
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14y ago
As someone who appreciated the DVD drive because it could be removed and the space/connector used to install a second 2.5" hard drive, I see the removal of the DVD drive altogether as a negative. This combined with on-board RAM and on-board
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14y ago
Even at $1.50 per coffee I'm struggling to see how this will be sustainable. I would guesstimate you're looking at 20 minutes of labour at the very least for each coffee. That includes getting to and from Starbucks, ordering, having the c
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14y ago
That wouldn't get quite as much press coverage though, would it?
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14y ago
Oh dear. Have all the proofreaders at the Rolling Stone been locked up in a similar entrapment case? > "[...] the indictments of Animal Liberal Front activists who burned down [...]" > "In the Harrisburg 7 trial of in 1972 [...]
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14y ago
Just a heads-up for any Chrome users out there who aren't aware; AutoPatchWork does wonders for eliminating the annoyance of pagination... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/aeolcjbaammbkgaiag...
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14y ago
Lack of Chip and PIN support is going to be a major turn-off in much of the European market...
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14y ago
Are you sure you're not trying to simplify a process that just can't be simplified anymore than it already is? For instance, how are you going to handle the veritable smörgåsbord of unique terms and conditions that come attached to each mer
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14y ago
> Not only that, but number plate recognition means that ANYONE is and can be tracked as you drive around the 'city' of the London - once you enter certain zones your plates are checked to see if you have committed and crimes etc. It's
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14y ago
Is there not a US equivalent of Quidco ( http://www.quidco.com )? For genuine friend-to-friend recommendations, I'd rather refer a friend of mine to make a purchase through Quidco and have them claim back the full referral fee themselves (m
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14y ago
Number plate cloning is a problem, but many of the people who do it aren't the sharpest tools in the shed. You would have to clone a number plate from an almost identical car (same make, model, colour, etc.) in order not to raise any suspic
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14y ago
> The reason I moved out of NYC (and out of the country) was because the NYPD put up cameras on my local (135th Street 1/2/3) subway entrance. You moved out of a city because a CCTV camera got put up on a subway entrance? You're kiddi
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