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Be fair; anyone who wants to send me a "top secret" email, but has to go to facebook to find my email address; I don't want them sending me their "secrets".

Ctrl+U, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Alt+Tab, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+S

target="_blank" on next page links; that's "special"

All UK schools are more than a 'wee bit twitchy' about random adults on site AT ALL.

Apple has been doing this for years already.

Want a 15" screen? You WILL be having an i7 then.

(which might account for why Apple's 'entry' level 15" is 3x the cost of its competitors (UK))

I do.

5 overall states for email:

unread

read+star (urgent/reminder)

read (todo/reference for current tasks/projects)

archived (done + keep for reference)

deleted (done + not needed for reference, or ignored altogether) - so "your amazon order shipped" etc.

I don't keep the inbox empty, but there are only emails regarding ACTIVE tasks/conversations in it, its natural state is 0 unread emails, as if you don't do that, well chaos awaits.

Archive Tip; you can reply+archive; gmail resurrects the whole conversation if you get a reply back, so you can pick up the whole thing if something you thought was done with gets resurrected. (useful for those "here's an answer, hit me up again if that's no good" replies)

The flip side is; I don't bother with labels at all, search just seems to render that redundant as far as I can see.

Don't know about NewEgg, but I have personally received a windows PC from Staples (UK) that already had a user account for 'dave' on it.

I am not a Dave.

Actually I think (for me at least; also a web dev that does unix based stuff but also needs photoshop), the lower-friction route is to run Windows as the native OS, and virtualbox the linux install. (I'm also these days of the opinion that this is actually a better solution than cygwin)

Basically the unix bits are (far) less resource hungry than Photoshop...

You're right; the RF anechoic chambers are designed to absorb differently. However because they still do that at least partly through thick walls and foam cones; RF chambers are also pretty damn quiet - with the 2 I used for CE mark testing, if you stood two people opposite sides of the chamber, and one spoke 'into the wall' you had trouble hearing them unless they deliberately raised their voice.

Neither of the RF chambers I used had the foam cones on the floor; just carbon tiles.

Indeed; it seems every interesting question on there is removed as off-topic.

Sounds like a key indicator that S-O is ripe for displacement...

But the title of your submission retains the use of the word "my" which implies (no; states) ownership by the author of that title...

IANAL - but with the DPA and other EU data/privacy laws: at the point that the data was collected inside but transmitted outside the EU. Its treated somewhat like an export, or a border control. (this is why Apple allow you to preclude your app from certain local markets; enter the market, and you ARE bound by its laws for your actions in that market)

On the other hand; DPA violation doesn't result in prison, just a (potentially large) fine.

On the third hand, its quite possible that Path did not violate the DPA (although its possible they did). The DPA, in short states that you have to gather personal info for a specific, consensual purpose, and not use it for any other, and also store it in a way that protects it from loss/theft/misuse - where misuse includes deciding 6 months down the line to use it for another purpose. It also means that if your 'purpose' for holding that information ceases, you are legally obligated to purge the data - your legal permission to hold ends.

So; was there consent - almost certainly not, hence possible DPA violation. But once it was clear they had no broad public consent - they immediately purged the data, so possibly no _deliberate_ violation, and certainly a demonstration of willingness to correct the situation.

You've appeared to miss the fact that the OED lists as definition 1 the COMMON usage, and further definitions are LESS USED.

Ergo; using an uncommon usage, you have to accept that many people won't understand you. Creating understanding is the essence of effective communication :)

Irrelevant.

That the possibility for an email client to be so configured that it would AUTOMATICALLY process a false positive validation, makes this system utterly unusable for any developer with a [brain|conscience].

"If I send a secret to you in the post, and you put the envelope in the recycling unopened, have I disclosed a secret to you?"

Oh god yes. Everyone who reads your comment is hoping you don't work with financial, personal, confidential or (eek) classified information.

Charging in Dollars is /precisely/ something that changes every time the exchange rate moves.

It also makes you look like: A - amateurs B - you don't understand or care about markets outside the US

"Is there any front where google managed to beat a good established product (except Android) ?"

Are you serious? Try WEB SEARCH.

Actually; Web Search Web Advertising Web Based Email Online Mapping

They're not exactly failing in the Browser market either.

If you stop thinking in terms of Buzz and Wave etc, Google, when entering an arena with an existing proven market to attack, have a record of becoming the big dog in the yard quite handily.

You're not wrong; I'm still eagerly awaiting a Google Reader account that uses my actual email, rather than dumping me out to the root Apps address!

(I've been eagerly waiting for 2 years)

"It looks like certain accounts were compromised, how? I don't know, "

Maybe they all had Playstations?

"This could get to the point whereby the skill level required to protect an application or server goes way higher than the skill level of many developers."

We reached that point quite a while ago. What we are seeing now is the result of that point being reached, without anyone realising at the time.

"So, really, what does this mean to LockInfo…"

I'll tell you what it means for LockInfo; I was, seriously, about to buy LockInfo (my trial runs out on the 12th, and I'd made the decision to buy...soon) - I'm not buying now.

So thats what it means; lost customers. Apple just drank your milkshake.

"While I don't like to attribute a book's content to it's author"

Where else should it be attributed?

Simple; PHP is everywhere.

Meaning; you must go out of your way to find a host which supports Django (not far out of your way, but still)

You would have to go out of your way to find a host which does NOT support PHP.

Or alternatively; WordPress uses PHP, ergo people still use and write PHP.

Venn Diagrams are like Irony - far more people use the term than actually understand what it means.

Most of the diagrams on that site aren't Venn Diagrams at all - some are just...gibberish.

Certain I'm not the only one who raised an eyebrow at "it's a matrix problem" and the cranking out of Matlab to find solutions to x+y = 6