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Wow, had been following a ccc account on YouTube for some years, had no idea it wasn't official. Now subbed to the real source - thanks. :)

Are you referring to the incident involving author Philip Roth's book "The Human Stain"? The problem there appeared to be that Mr Roth took exception to the Wikipedia article which…

Content ID is automatic and relies on matching fingerprints of existing video. If you upload something that's known to be copyrighted and where the fingerprint is already (or subse…

I remember trying out Zmodem early on, only to find that it obviously had some kind of bug in that it would reliably and consistently drop the line after a certain amount of data h…

OK, so, the obvious "congratulations" messages aside, what's really in that file? Example: Take the PNG, convert it to another lossless format. Then convert that lossless format ba…

I got that far too. I don't believe it - there has to be more to it than that. There'll be something else in that file that's better hidden, for sure, and I'm pretty sure it won't …

"It may be no coincidence that in the last two weeks Paramount has struck a deal with Netflix to stream new episodes of the much-awaited 2017 Star Trek reboot globally within 24 ho…

No, HMRC rents its offices from a commercial company - it just happens that the company is headquartered offshore. HMRC themselves aren't dodging tax, and I'm sure there is no sugg…

No 3G, as you say, but Ofcom's mobile coverage checker shows Kendal bathed in 4G EE coverage, with a good chance of good indoor reception. (And if not, a 4G router with decent outd…

Prior art. The Doughnut was built in 2003. :)

It would be great if they could publish the live subtitles they produced for all the talks too, so they could be read as (close enough) transcripts.

IA seems to have a bit more than that - the full list is here: https://archive.org/details/usenet Obviously the UTZOO collection is one of the more significant ones, but there are …

I'm still trying to get past the idea that any significant number of people would rather SELL a broken iPod that was still under warranty, rather than get a warranty replacement th…

"Yet Cirque, as a corporate enterprise, is very different from Disney or MGM. Because it is a circus, the viability of its business is rooted in the willingness of a core group of …

Agreed about the documentary. I don't think it's fair to describe this as a "con", though. Larson merely spotted a consistency in the game, and played it to maximum effect. All per…

Adult Swim's GM signs off with a pretty chilling taste of what is to come, though: “We want to … create original hits that can be more broad without losing the Adult Swim sensibili…

That's as likely to be effective as the famous "To use Bebo/Facebook/Twitter you must be over 13. Are you over 13? [Yes] [No]" option. "To get the thing you want, you have to say Y…

More googournalism by the BBC there - L750 Betamax tapes run for 3h15m (in Europe) and that wasn't even the longest length available.

People would pay good money for that kind of secure erasure if it could be triggered on demand. :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jean_Charles_de_Menez...

This article seems a bit wooly and doesn't really explain how this personalised delivery is going to be achieved - but a real-world example of genuine ad personalisation technology…