Posts by Dave

Microsoft's idea of Family Protection? Block Google

allowing uncategorised content?

"General portal pages like MSN, Google.com and Yahoo are included in a custom section marked 'sites we haven’t categorised':"

So they're saying to access these sites (which I would categorise as 'search engines') you have to allow access to _any_ uncategorised content? That's seems crassly stupid to me.

Google boffins unveil 'What's Up?' CAPTCHA

@AC (Services should not be so easy...)

I love the idea of internet levelling.... can we get character classes as well?

ERROR 406:

"You need to be PC nerd - level 6 to view this site, you are nintendo fanboy - level 3"

Gears of War grind to halt

Reactionist baiting 101

Reactionist baiting 101: post an article on the register about DRM or Vista or hinting that Linux might *not* be the OS crafted by Ghandi and Jesus themselves.

Get a grip. Read the article. Think. Post, if it's something new an relevant to the conversation.

This isn't about DRM stamping on peoples rights to own and play software. I do absolutely agree that it's absymal to have this kind of killswitch (lucky it was while the player base was large enough to still warrant a fix), but throwing in the buzz words just to incite the reactionists is weak.

Myself, and my friends, have been known to dig out the amiga to play the old classics - it would be a great disappointment to discover we couldn't through this kind of thing. Also, it brings to mind Unreal Tournament, who I believe patched the game when the sequel came out removing the protection... maybe early for GoW but I think games developers should consider this when setting up time limited features...

Glasgow Cops pound Facebook to blunt knife crime

Oh stop whining

@Captain Jamie

They're not talking about pictures of you cutting vegetables or playing baseball with their son, they're talking about pictures of youths brandishing weapons to demonstrate their 'gang' credentials.

@Awesome

I personally know a mother who's been in court watching her son potentially go down for knife related violence. She didn't even know he'd been involved previously with the law. Any information about his getting into this game may have prevented a whole cycle of problems.

@no-one in particuler

I'm so sick of people continously shouting for solutions and then blindly claiming the solution infringes their civil liberties. Guess what? - Being stabbed with a knife by some junkie asshole infringes my civil liberties a fuck sight more than a cop browsing the *PUBLIC* internet for images of thugs waving weapons and taking them under closer examination.