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Re:Poll: Do you touch-type? on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @07:14AM (#3566254)
Touch typing tutor in the browser: http://typingclub.com/typing-qwerty-en.html
Re:India’s identity scheme: The magic number on Tuesday February 07, 2012 @07:41AM (#3561502)
If this was proposed for a 'developed' country, there would rightly be uproar from civil liberties groups, citizens etc. But because it's happening in an 'underdeveloped' country, it's somehow acceptable. I understand the challenges faced by the Indian government in providing services to a such a huge population but this approach is open to rampant abuse by the 'middlemen' and by elements in the government itself. Any self-respecting 'security' agency would get their tentacles into something like this asap. Doubtless, they're already involved in the implementation on the quiet.

[edit: corrected typo]

Copyright law should help rather than hinder Ireland

Posted by johnc055 on Friday January 27, 2012 @03:53AM
from the irishtimes.com dept.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0127/1224310799439.html

"Suing 16-year-olds might be bizarrely gratifying for a while, especially if you don’t have any better ideas and need people in the technology industry to think them up for you before you completely fade into irrelevance. But there comes a point when someone besides a phalanx of intellectual property lawyers is going to need to act."

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Re:Say No to Ireland's SOPA on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @11:23AM (#3505392)
Mr Sherlock said he would “tweet complete clarification shortly”.

Irish Times article with more information: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0124/break...

BTW, I just posted the link to HN, I've no affiliation with the site. Fully support what they're trying to do though.

Re:Say No to Ireland's SOPA on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @10:48AM (#3505232)
Same here - Chrome 16.0.912.75 on Windows XP (work machine). I'll let the site owners know.

Say No to Ireland's SOPA

Posted by johnc055 on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @08:48AM
from the stopsopaireland.com dept.

http://stopsopaireland.com/

SOPA is the name of a piece of US legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act.A similar proposal is about to become law in Ireland. And while 7 million Americans contacted their representatives to say No to SOPA in the US, Irish citizens will not get that chance because the new law in Ireland is not being voted on in the Oireachtas.Instead, <b>the law is being enacted by ministerial...

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Re:Ask HN: How many times did you bump into wikipedia yesterday? on Thursday January 19, 2012 @06:54AM (#3484082)
Twice.
Re:How Dr Andy Hildebrand invented AutoTune on Friday December 02, 2011 @10:45AM (#3304309)
My mistake, apologies. PhD would have made more sense.

I thought the guy's background was interesting. It shows the utility of software/computing for solving such diverse problems as oil exploration and poor pitch using similar techniques. I find that amazing.