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• On the post: Your Toner Is No Good Here: Region-Coding Ink Cartridges… For The Customers

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2015 @ 08:01am

  It is worth noting that whilst inks and toners shouldn't ever need to be region locked, there are some consumables such as fuser kits that are region specific - simply because the parts in them run at different voltages (in the case of a fuser, it will have a halogen lamp within it that needs the correct mains voltage)

• On the post: No Immunity For Cops Who Sent A SWAT Team To A 68-Year-Old Woman's House For Threats Delivered Over Open WiFi Connection

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2015 @ 04:14pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Maybe these would be more suitable?
  
  http://www.annsummers.com/p/pink-fur-handcuffs/03bocuas1106041

• On the post: Daily Deal: Twist Plus World Charging Station

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2015 @ 11:41am

  No mention of the output which is disappointing.. 500mA chargers are too slow these days - I'm looking for a
  charger that can output 2A to 4 or more devices simultaneously! Also, OEM 9V quick chargers are starting to show up - need a third party device that can do this as well!

• On the post: UK Government Belated FOI Transparency Lamented By The Man Who Pushed For It, 'Cash-Strapped' Agencies

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2015 @ 12:55am

  Re: $$$

  Just came here to say the same thing!

• On the post: Once Again, John Oliver Covers A Techdirt Topic: This Time, It's Patent Trolls

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2015 @ 09:38pm

  Any other links to the video?

  Typically, it is blocked in the UK!

• On the post: Teen Changes Wallpaper On Teacher's Computer; Gets Charged With A Felony By Sheriff's Office

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2015 @ 06:44am

  Re:

  Brings back memories of when I went to college.. I had many ways around the security - using a RM Networks default account for login, using a modified version of regedit to gain additional privileges then installing whatever we wanted. We gamed the system mainly so we could set up Quake LAN parties - our 10Mb account limit was too small for keeping the game files in so we needed access to the C: drive :)
  
  Other tricks I used was a DDOS that caused a BSOD on any machines in a list - we used that as soon as a teacher walked in the room to crash all the gaming machines.
  
  I got into trouble a couple of times - but never serious.

• On the post: EA/Origin/Something Locks Benchmarkers Out Of Battlefield Hardline After Too Many GPU Swaps

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2015 @ 03:50pm

  Re: What the hell?

  They are offering games for free.. Currently it's Syndicate from 1993 running in Dosbox

• On the post: Blu Cigarettes Sues Blu Ale House Over Blu Logo

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2015 @ 04:53pm

  At first glance, the font was similar - but that's after 2 bottles of red wine :)

• On the post: Capcom Removes Advertised Offline Co-Op From Resident Evil Reboot, Updates Steam Page After Sales Begin

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2015 @ 07:17am

  Re:

  Why shouldn't PC be able to do split screen? Mine is attached to a 42" TV, pushes 1080p@60fps on virtually anything you can throw at it, has several 360 pads that can be used with it at the same time...
  
  What I really want devs to do is allow dual monitor gaming on PC - i.e. 2 monitors, one for each player on the same PC!

• On the post: Nvidia Actually Listens To Its Customers, Will Again Let Them Use The Expensive Hardware They Own As They See Fit

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 03:56pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Soundcard manufacturer - used to be pretty big until they fucked over the community by breaking their soundcards with deliberately broken drivers to force you into buying the new model.

• On the post: Nvidia Actually Listens To Its Customers, Will Again Let Them Use The Expensive Hardware They Own As They See Fit

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 26 Feb, 2015 @ 08:20am

  Re:

  At least they aren't as bad as Creative - who deliberately borked their Vista drivers and threatened to sue the community user who figured it out and released fixed ones...
  
  http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2008/03/creative-irate-after-modder-spruces-up-vista-x-fi-drivers/

• On the post: NVIDIA Calls A Feature A 'Bug,' Strips Away Overclocking Option On Its Mobile Device Cards

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 08:01am

  Re:

  There is already a workaround AFAIK - nibitor

• On the post: NVIDIA Calls A Feature A 'Bug,' Strips Away Overclocking Option On Its Mobile Device Cards

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 06:42am

  Somehow, I agree with nVidia on this one... Laptops are prone to overheating anyway and one of the most common faults is the GPU needing reballing due to heat.
  
  If a hardcore user really wants to overclock then they can most likely still use nibitor to overwrite the default clock settings in the cards BIOS. Essentially, removing this bug / feature is just another hurdle.

• On the post: Green Bubbles: How Apple Quietly Gets iPhone Users To Hate Android Users

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 12 Feb, 2015 @ 07:46am

  I have the solution for all the petty iPhone users out there...

  Get a different (non-i) phone!

• On the post: 100 Million Pennies For Your Thoughts? DEA Hands MuckRock A $1.4 Million Estimate For Responsive Documents

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2015 @ 10:26am

  Re: Re: can has USB?

  Not really as bad as that to be honest.. With the right software redactions are pretty easy and you give fully redacted PDF versions.

• On the post: 100 Million Pennies For Your Thoughts? DEA Hands MuckRock A $1.4 Million Estimate For Responsive Documents

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2015 @ 08:36am

  Re: Gold plated paper...

  That's 13,051 case files, not pages.
  
  If each one worked out to be ~155 pages then you would have 2 million pages. For reference, our scanning bureau would charge approx $10-15 for prepping and scanning each file or around $25-30 for photocopying including labour, but we don't do any redaction.

• On the post: You Don't Own What You Bought: Drone Maker Updates Firmware On All Drones To Stop Any Flights In DC

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2015 @ 06:28am

  Better than the alternative..

  Which, given the current level of paranoia, could lead to a total ban of drones.

• On the post: Recording Industry Has 'Virtually Eliminated Illegal File-Sharing' In Norway — By Offering Better Products

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2015 @ 03:35am

  Re:

  $20/mo for streaming service - In the case of Spotify / Deezer which have apps for my phone which allow offline play, I find it pretty reasonable!

• On the post: DailyDirt: Catchy Music Breakdown

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2015 @ 01:28am

  Axis of awesome link doesn't work :(

• On the post: Recording Industry Has 'Virtually Eliminated Illegal File-Sharing' In Norway — By Offering Better Products

  

  Rabbit80 ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2015 @ 01:27am

  What you fail to mention in the article is that despite the number of people illegally downloading music being in the region of 70% in 2009, profits for the industry have only increased by 1.5% in the region - less than inflation.

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