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by dc2k08 16y ago
I found an email in my inbox today from a competitor who are taking advantage of the PR disaster by offering a discount and a charitable contribution to anyone wishing to transfer their domains to them over this. Here's a screenshot: http:
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by dc2k08 16y ago
It's a popular mantra made by politicians any time they want to introduce a new anti-privacy measure. This mantra and his version especially is so farcical, I think it's obvious to the majority of readers that his tongue is firmly in his ch
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by dc2k08 16y ago
So this is just a version of Disconnect that only blocks facebook? Does Disconnet do all this anyway? I discovered at the weekend that Disconnect blocks results on a Google custom search I made where analytics is running also. Seems a littl
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by dc2k08 16y ago
This includes a prepaid Fedex envelope to return the sample though, so it amounts to €23 each way which isn't that unusual. Last time this offer was on (without the $5/month recurring payment mind), I noticed on Ebay a while later that some
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by dc2k08 16y ago
It beggars belief that the EU is allowing the transfer of it's citizens sensitive personal data there. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/1112/12242831...
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by dc2k08 16y ago
>They are building for the COMING generations I honestly believe that a period of stagnant growth awaits facebook in the not too distant future when a new generation will be reluctant to join as it will be that 'uncool website their par
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by dc2k08 16y ago
There is a an argument for having separate domains so that official correspondence from a website is not easily spoofed. Consider someone creating an account 'payments@facebook.com' or something similar.
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by dc2k08 16y ago
Another option, without the need for javascript would be to use the hover pseudo-class to display images instead of an anchor link.
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by dc2k08 16y ago
Link to the recording: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/t...
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by dc2k08 16y ago
I'm not sure this is entirely fair. If they have a half-understanding of what is happening in the background of dreamweaver but are using it as a short-cut and a tool to learn how websites work, then it's a little different from granny pres
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by dc2k08 16y ago
Just played a similar game today also in javascript/html5: http://www.phoboslab.org/biolab/
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by dc2k08 16y ago
He could charge the cardholder/user a nominal amount like paypal does to verify their identity and then refund it to them. A forum owner who then uses Truyoo pays out to Truyoo 25c for every new member who signs up under the system and goes
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by dc2k08 16y ago
Can you be tried for the same crime twice?
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by dc2k08 16y ago
footage and interview with boy who references that show: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10458134....
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by dc2k08 16y ago
When I bought my last phone nearly three years ago, the selling point was that pre-installed skype app worked for free over their 3G network and skype to skype calls were free. Skype out calls were barred though. I presume this new charge o
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by dc2k08 16y ago
just a heads up, I'm getting a BadQueryError if my search term contains an apostrophe.
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Adult diapers in Japan recycled to provide energy(asia.cnet.com)
1 points by dc2k08 16y ago|0 comments
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by dc2k08 16y ago
Recently during the British elections a photographer placed on his window looking out into the street a poster with a picture of the then candidate for prime minister David Cameron above the caption 'David Cameron Is A Wanker'. An elderly n
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by dc2k08 16y ago
A more recent skype feature worth an upgrade is group video calling: http://blogs.skype.com/en/2010/05/group_video_calling.html
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List of Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of possessing Casio watches(en.wikipedia.org)
26 points by dc2k08 16y ago|8 comments
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by dc2k08 16y ago
*american students
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by dc2k08 16y ago
The copy: Well, here's something of a surprise. In addition to demonstrating Flash running on phones like the Nexus One and Palm Pre at the now-happening Web 2.0 Expo, Adobe also has a prototype Android tablet of some sort on hand that, acc
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by dc2k08 16y ago
I can offer one statistic that backs you up. A friend who had tried match.com without success asked me for dating site recommendations. I pointed her to PoF and OKCupid. She went with OKcupid over PoF saying the latter just looked cheap or
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by dc2k08 16y ago
This is true. If you want your data completely erased from their system, then neither you or 23&me will have access to that data any longer. Your data is presented to you online only. While they have your data, your data might be sent t
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by dc2k08 16y ago
pleasant to watch but I think it misses the mark by not showing footage of the actual extensions referred to doing what they do. It might go over the heads of their target audience.
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by dc2k08 16y ago
As he discovered, the airlines use thermal printers which selectively heat a special type of coated paper to produce the imagery so the cost of ink wouldn't factor.
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Yahoo Beats Feds in E-Mail Privacy Battle(wired.com)
1 points by dc2k08 16y ago|0 comments
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by dc2k08 16y ago
ah, didn't know they did that - thanks.
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by dc2k08 16y ago
I thought to use bundlebox, you bought an item (in your case an ipad) had it shipped to the free bundlebox address they give you. When it arrives, they then send you an email saying there is something in your bundlebox and quote you a price
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by dc2k08 16y ago
Out of interest, what was the charge on an ipad for their service? The rates are hard to figure out on their site.

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