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leapius

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    Comment #10053553

    Yes, try 'Emancipator'. Samples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f02bAEGMYFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo-fIy8wZjc Try 'Tycho'. Samples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFr9S…

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    Comment #9592432

    'Cash-strapped' Hah you must be kidding! I also think 6 million cameras for a total population of 60 million is a little bit high dontchathink?!

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    Comment #9516330

    No he means personally vote him out. Only the residents of Morley had the power to vote him out, which they did of course (thankfully!)

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    Comment #8894494

    If only there was an Android version I'd be on it right now. In fact I think it would actually be quite an enjoyable past time answering requests, especially for lonely people. Thi…

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    Comment #8527088

    These new functionalities you speak of in the future like finding what items are in stock nearby are all more of an information gathering exercise rather that technological. We cou…

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    Comment #8443005

    Sad not to see 'The Black Cloud - Fred Hoyle' in that list..

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    Comment #8329425

    Actually you can still use the 3g / browser in that mode (except it is in black and white).

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    Comment #8095799

    Excellent tut!

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    Comment #6755005

    I'd like to know opinions on IPB actually.

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    Comment #6754951

    oh ok I thought the usual MO was: if (md5(password + salt) == stored value) ..

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    Comment #6754805

    ugh, cos md5 squared is twice as secure as just once - why not md5 x 10 to be uber secure?

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    Comment #6754535

    Yes a cryptographic hash (like MD5 or SHA etc) stores a non-reversible string. Encryption means that it reversible but lets be honest here, when writing an article most laymen unde…

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    Comment #6717625

    lol my money is on Seagate.. I thought it amusing how they rebadged their crap drives as Samsungs when they bought the name because of their very good rep in the sector.

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    Comment #6717612

    I think the floods has probably been a factor in reduced reliability. It took forever for prices to come down to where they were and the manufacturers are probably cutting corners …

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    Comment #6717585

    Nice ideas! Some of them I had already implemented the same way in fact. Currently I have shipping and billing in one step - the only reason I could see for not splitting them up i…

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    Comment #6715332

    I really like the idea of 'sneaking' in a confirmation surreptitiously somewhere where they might take more notice. I do agree with your idea that if you confirm right at the point…

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    Comment #6714582

    I take your points but I still think dialogue boxes are important additions to interfaces when used right. What about a delete function, which is genuinely accidentally clicked upo…

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    Comment #6712080

    well if you have a question blocking the submission of a form the user would have to acknowledge it and surely click 'yes' is less annoying (and time consuming) than having to re-t…

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    Comment #6711414

    How about instead of two email input fields you do this: One email field, when it loses focus (or you submit the form) a pop-up displays the email you entered and asks you if this …

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    Comment #6570472

    Umm not sure how this beats sceditor tbh

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    Comment #5739919

    lol I don't buy this, just take a look at pretty much every CMS (hosted or otherwise) and weep if you think as a complete amateur you're going to create a site with their wysiwyg c…