Comment Re:"Secret" (Score 1) 115
Google already have the Hamina facility in Finland which has been using sea water to cool the centre since 2009/2011. They've had a good few years to start getting the kinks ironed out.
Comment Re:Postgresql (Score 1) 116
Take a look at NaviCat. They have versions that cover all of the major DB's including PostGres, it previews all code changes to a script window, will export scripts and has a free version.
TVShack Founder Signs Deal Avoiding Extradition 147
another random user writes with news that the founder of TVShack probably won't be thrown into a U.S. prison for life. From the article: "Richard O'Dwyer, from Sheffield, is accused of breaking copyright laws. The US authorities claimed the 24-year-old's TVShack website hosted links to pirated films and TV programs. The High Court was told Mr O'Dwyer had signed a 'deferred prosecution' agreement which would require him paying a small sum of compensation. Mr O'Dwyer will travel to the US voluntarily in the next few weeks for the deal to be formally ratified, it is understood."
Looks like Jimbo going to bat for him generated a bit of bad press. As usual, the MPAA is not enthused. Different articles are reporting that his mother is the one traveling to the U.S. to finalize the deal.
Comment Re:How about good subject lines? (Score 1) 242
Problem is they'll probably reply with "Bye Ben" in the subject line...
Comment Already Covered (Score 1) 503
Theres an exceptional rebuttal against the rampant naysayers posted here by one of the members responsible for the Debian/Mono integration:
http://www2.apebox.org/wordpress/rants/124/
Polaroid Lovers Try To Revive Its Instant Film 443
Maximum Prophet nods a NY Times piece on a Dutch group living the retro dream: they are trying to bring back Polaroid film. This group has the machinery to make the film packs, but needs to recreate the chemicals. Polaroid Inc. stopping making the specialized chemicals years ago, after having stockpiled what they would need for their last production runs. "They want to recast an outdated production process in an abandoned Polaroid factory for an age that has fallen for digital pictures because they think people still have room in their hearts for retro photography that eschews airbrushing or Photoshop. 'This project is about building a very interesting business to last for at least another decade,' said Florian Kaps, the Austrian entrepreneur behind the effort [in Enschede, The Netherlands]. 'It is about the importance of analog aspects in a more and more digital world. ... If everyone runs in one direction [i.e. digital photography], it creates a niche market in the other.'"
Comment Re:This is what starts to happen... (Score 1) 543
I think what you're referring to is The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 which offers "...a right of access to mapped areas of mountain, moor land, down land, heath land and registered common land be it on tracks and paths or off them". It offers no provision of access to private property which is unfortunately classed as trespass and as such is illegal (albeit rarely punished).
Seeing as the owner of the property clearly marked the fact that the property was private then under the UK definition of trespass "Entry onto or possession of the property owned by another without the owner's consent" so Google wouldn't be legally allowed to enter to take photographs or otherwise. If you could see the house from a public road then fine but crossing private property to take the picture is a no go.
Seeing as the owner of the property clearly marked the fact that the property was private then under the UK definition of trespass "Entry onto or possession of the property owned by another without the owner's consent" so Google wouldn't be legally allowed to enter to take photographs or otherwise. If you could see the house from a public road then fine but crossing private property to take the picture is a no go.
