Posts by Scuby

Virgin mobile users get tariff tweak treats

Oh I wondered why...

...my Virgin Landline Charges just increased!!

Best Buy slams brakes on UK stores amid spending freeze

Best Buy is ...

... not necessarily the Best Buy around. Christmas I bought the Lord of the Rings Blu Ray box set for £30, went next door to Sainsbury's to find it there for £20. Same can be said for a lot of their other products (Tassimo Coffee Makers, Toasters, Kettles etc)

Paris, cos she knows how to shop!!

ISPs told to keep filesharer naughty list

Fair usage rights?

If I went and bought the vinyl\DVD\BD etc etc, and then download the same content as opposed to ripping it myself (which in the case of Vinyl is pig to do), then as far as I am concerned, that would be fair usage rights.

Thoughts, comments, not that I'll give a crap personally, just wonder how many people will agree or disagree.

US judge excoriates Harvard team's P2P defense

Erm, just one thing...

Given that the guy is a student, and assuming he loses the appeal. Do they actually think they're ever going to get a cent from him? When will they learn? If you want to recover any kind of costs, then make the fines "payable"!!! $5k maximum.

Home Office gets another ad agency for ID cards

Newsflash: Bank of England prints water soluble bank notes

And how much is this going to cost the taxpayer? Talk about throwing money down the drain.

Or maybe it's just another way of hiding their expenses?