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Comment on DCENR: TV license will not cover mobile, internet devices by saunderson

saunderson — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:56:40 +0000

Underpromise; overdeliver.

Comment on On IE8 Domain Highlighting by Lorna

Lorna — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:36:23 +0000

Clearly the worst piece of garbage feature ever implimented. Allow users to turn this junk off! What about web developers? As the writer states, ALL parts of the URL are important. I can’t believe they actually think this is a good idea. Sheesh

Comment on On IE8 Domain Highlighting by EricTN

EricTN — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:44:36 +0000

I agree. IE8 has now been officially released and I see no way to turn Domain Highting off.

Comment on Big Media: So right, yet so so wrong by Tadhg

Tadhg — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:55:10 +0000

>The media companies are right. Piracy is wrong.

Going to have to disagree with you there. It’s not a black-and-white issue, so why does one have to be right and the other wrong? As you point out in the rest of your post, the media companies seem to be doing their level best to alienate their customers and the only solution to the problem is… piracy. A pirated MP3 comes with all of the portability, a far more reasonable pricetag and no risk it’s going to expire in the future. The only downside is that it’s illegal.
I’m not saying it should be legal, but the fact that despite being outlawed it’s such a problem means that the media companies will have to re-evaluate what people are willing to give up for the companies’ product. Apparently they’re not willing to give up portability, reliability and €15 for ten insipid tracks, including two recycled (oh, sorry, “remixed”) from the last album. So piracy is forcing overpriced products to reflect their true worth.
But, of course, it’s NOT a permanent solution and hopefully won’t be needed when I can finally get my media in a quick, painless and reasonably priced fashion.

Comment on Default settings that aren’t always the default by Tadhg

Tadhg — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:19:35 +0000

Wait, this was posted ten months ago? Why did it show up on the feed this afternoon?

Comment on Default settings that aren’t always the default by Tadhg

Tadhg — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:17:10 +0000

You can change the default templates using Tweak UI. Not that you should have to, I agree.

Comment on Twitter’d by Tadhg

Tadhg — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:22:04 +0000

Twitter is to techno-geeks as a bonsai tree is to a Japanese businessman. It constantly requires attention to be any good and only serves to prove you spend way too much time on the internet/at work.

Comment on What a few weeks… by UberFantasticoSuperBlogRahr! » Blog Archive » Staler than last year’s bread,

UberFantasticoSuperBlogRahr! » Blog Archive » Staler than last year’s bread, — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:20:58 +0000

[...] Since moving to Cork back in August, I’m still in the process of settling into the house. For the most part I’m relatively comfortable, though there are a few bits and pieces to sort out, holes to patch (damn coat hanger coming off the wall) and annoyances to resolve. [...]

Comment on Installing Ubuntu Server on old hardware by brian (rip-off @ gdnet)

brian (rip-off @ gdnet) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:52:33 +0000

I did that, worked a treat. Thanks for the idea, I’ve found a few uses for it so far =)

Comment on Installing Ubuntu Server on old hardware by aidan

aidan — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:56:02 +0000

Hi Brian,

Sorry about the confusion. I hadn’t realised I had the comments disabled, but I’m sure you and the five other people who read this blog, and the 1,400 spammers that Askimet doesn’t have on their black list yet will be happy to see they’re working now