I got a weird message purporting to be from gmail - about "verifying" your gmail account.
This is fishing, right?
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
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sumi - Dec 02, 2010 6:25:03 am PST #15515 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
Gudanov - Dec 02, 2010 6:36:36 am PST #15516 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I'd say there's only a 99.999% chance it's phishing.
sumi - Dec 02, 2010 7:04:29 am PST #15517 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
I reported it as spam.
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2010 7:20:14 am PST #15518 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
BBC's iPlayer Will Be Available Internationally Soon, First As An iPad App
Fans of Doctor Who all around the world will soon be able to watch the show—and many others—on the iPad, using the on-demand catch-up iPlayer app which BBC.com's Managing Director has said will be launching globally.
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It's been tallying up the views in the UK for three years, and is something I use regularly to catch-up on missed TV shows or radio shows from the past seven days. It's hugely successful, and is available on a range of smartphones and tablets—supposedly it's even larger than Hulu.
Details such as when it's launching, and just how much a subscription service would cost haven't been explained by the Beeb yet—but rest assured, this is brilliant news for anyone familiar with the BBC's programming. Top Gear UK, anyone?
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2010 7:30:01 am PST #15519 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm digging this Israeli military robo-snake(!) of which each segment packs its own power supply, sensors, actuators, and microcontrollers. Looks like the business end has a camera ringed with IR LEDs. (See the snake in action in this video.)
The video is kinda' freaky, but not as freaky as the US military's robot mule thing....
Tom Scola - Dec 02, 2010 7:42:37 am PST #15520 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
just how much a subscription service would cost haven't been explained
A TV license in Britain currently costs about $18/month. If they charge less than that, there would be political implications in the UK.
Spidra Webster - Dec 02, 2010 7:45:09 am PST #15521 of 25501
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Unless I'm mistaken, the TV license lets you watch more stations that just BBC, though.
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2010 7:47:26 am PST #15522 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How does the UK's TV license work? How do they enforce it?
Free health care, but you have to pay for TV? What kind of crazy melty land is this?
§ ita § - Dec 02, 2010 7:49:51 am PST #15523 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Free health care, but you have to pay for TV?
You get to forgo ads on some of the channels, and not just in a PBS way. It's quite addictive.
When I was there, they'd literally ding you if you had a TV antenna up and weren't registered as paying. However, life is much more complex now, because you're liable for charges if you watch live on the internet or your phone.
Spidra Webster - Dec 02, 2010 7:54:53 am PST #15524 of 25501
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Whoa, really? So someone who hasn't paid their license fee, but watches something on iPlayer gets in trouble?