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Comment · 14 years ago
You are missing a * just before the $.
Comment · 15 years ago
Since Firefox does not support MP3 or AAC, and IE/Safari do not support OGG they would have to do it in Flash unless they are transcoding server side or only supporting certain browsers.
Comment · 15 years ago
If it is your credit card information, you would seem to be the victim. In that case Sony is playing the role similar to the US government and is only offering you a shirt instead of a bullet proof vest.

The original analogy though is only accurate depending on where this is taking place. A person living in the suburbs would seem silly for wearing a bullet proof vest. A person walking into a war zone without a vest is an idiot. The question is, which of the two locations best describes the internet.

Comment · 15 years ago
Apparently you can opt out at: http://yellowpagesoptout.com/ If enough people do so then it would achieve the same thing.
Comment · 15 years ago
Doubtful since Netflix already runs on several Linux devices, most notably the Roku, the Boxee Box and the WD Live TV. Just like with android devices it all comes down to built DRM which regular Linux distributions will not support.
Comment · 15 years ago
It does make it nice that I can share links to the "readable" version with other people.
Comment · 15 years ago
Comment · 15 years ago
From what I remember, if the volcano at Yellowstone does erupt, pretty much everyone will be screwed.
Comment · 15 years ago
Amazon should put an upper bound on the maximum price a product can be. Can credit card companies even process a transaction in the tens of millions of dollars?
Comment · 15 years ago
They should redesign the header so that the site title looks like an actual header instead of a large text box. I spent a while trying to click on it to enter in my own site to check.
Comment · 15 years ago
Ever since the redesign their sites are almost unusable on my machine. When will sites realize that floating part of the page so that only part of it scrolls not only leads to lag but also makes for a visually confusing user experience. Slashdot did this exact thing with their header when they redesigned their site several months ago, luckily they have since switched to a fixed header.

Not only that, but I seem to get a 2px gray line that fills the width of the page and scrolls with the content. Ever since the redesign, every time I stumble upon one of their pages I click the back button.

But if that was not enough, they traded a system where each site had its own look and feel for one where every site looks exactly the same (except for a small logo in the header).

Comment · 15 years ago
ub.com and pokerstars.com both resolve to their original servers (77.87.179.116 & 66.212.231.205) using either Google's DNS servers (8.8.8.8) or Level3's (4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2)
Comment · 15 years ago
It would have been nice to have a test group that used the classic Gnome 2 desktop. This would give the Unity scores a bit more context.

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