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Comment All the ISP's fault (Score 1) 136

by zenst on Saturday April 12, 2008 @08:03PM (#23050188) Attached to: UK ISPs Could Face Government Broadband TV Tax

Its the fault of the ISP,s who of late have been bitching about the BBC iplayer and how they should have a cut of the TV liscense fee. Well tooo me this response by the govement was not only a firm bitchslap back but also a very forward thinking and indeed logical relook at reality. Bottom line its the customer who bends over once the bickering has been done.

Journal Journal: Stranded Wind: This Is The Hydrogen Economy

Journal by puzzled on Tuesday January 01, 2008 @12:19AM

You've been hearing about the hydrogen economy for quite a while. We're pleased to report that it is ready to go using technologies that have been in use in economically successful projects for the last twenty years.
We'll warn you in advance, however, as you're not going to find any cute, soundless cars or futuristic cityscapes. The use of hydrogen as a fuel for at least the foreseeable future begins and ends in an Iowa cornfield ...

Comment blocking Russian Business Networks (Score -1, Offtopic) 180

by puzzled on Saturday October 13, 2007 @11:46PM (#20970939) Attached to: Profile of the Russian Business Network

I wrote up a tidy post on how to do this with a Cisco router, but Slashdot insists it has "Lameness". I say Slashdot has Lameness, and I will now go away for another couple of years. What a bunch of self stimulators ...

Submission + - Flash memory hard drive for notebooks launched

Submitted by ukhackster on Thursday January 04, 2007 @09:44AM

ukhackster writes: Traditional magnetic hard drive platters could be on the way out, thanks to SanDisk's launch today of a hard drive based on flash memory chips. The device can store 32GB of data and is meant for notebooks. . SanDisk claims that using flash chips means faster access and better reliability, so less danger of a serious system crash wiping out all your valuable data if you drop your laptop. The downside, though, is price. At an extra $600 dollars, are price-conscious consumers going to be interested?

Submission + - MySQL changes license to avoid GPLv3

Submitted by munchola on Thursday January 04, 2007 @08:02AM

munchola writes: MySQL has quietly changed the license it uses for its database to avoid being forced to move to the forthcoming GPL v3. CBRonline is reporting that Kaj Arno, MySQL VP of community relations, revealed the license change on his blog, noting it was made "in order to make it an option, not an obligation for the company to move to GPLv3".

Journal Journal: Slashdot stories OK, comments are worthless 3

Journal by puzzled on Monday February 20, 2006 @10:53AM

I've been reading Slashdot for about nine years now. There have always been trolls and cretins as a component of the peanut gallery, but as the userids go higher the clue seems to decrease. I think I'll still read stories but starting 2/20/2006 I'm just not going to comment any more - I might as well try to have a technical discussion with one of the homeless people that haunts the park across from the downtown library as say anything of value here.

Journal Journal: just testing folks ...

Journal by puzzled on Saturday August 28, 2004 @04:04PM

Double foo on slashdot! Does this thing work now?

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