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    BBC Will Use Wi-Fi Detection Vans To Catch TV Pirates

    I read this article Television licensing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "The BBC admits that no detection evidence has ever been used to prosecute a licence fee evader." Long story short, if their door-to-door inspectors see you watching TV from the door step, or can...
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    BBC Will Use Wi-Fi Detection Vans To Catch TV Pirates

    How exactly are they going to do this? Crack WPA2 at each household? Last I heard, WPA2 with a strong key is nearly unbreakable. Even if the iPlayer sent packets out to identify itself for the purpose of van identification, those will get encrypted before being transmitted on the LAN. To me...
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    Best enterprise grade hdd?

    WD RE is 'entry level enterprise' or 'capacity enterprise', and would be my vote for certain applications. However I don't know your exact application so won't weigh in. I would point out though; 1) WD Red are not enterprise drives, they are home NAS drives 2) You may not need enterprise...
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    Business router/security device recommendation

    Impressed with and looking very closely at Meraki. Thanks for the input all.
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    Business router/security device recommendation

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    Alternatives to Home Server

    +1, but can be a tough sell to "do it right". A proper build with ECC, the capacity burnt on parity disks, etc. gets expensive and not being able to mix disk sizes efficiently nor 'easily' expand pools turns people off. It is the most rock-solid approach to storage though (ZFS, specifically)...
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    Facebook Updates Its Search Feature

    I knew someone like you would show up. People who don't use Facebook are so immensely proud of themselves and jump into every Facebook-related thread to tell everyone. This is the case on every forum I visit. If you don't use FB, the next time you see "Facebook" in a thread title, please just...
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    Grumpy Cat Is Worth $100M

    I probably shouldn't have said "no effort" then - I'm not aware how much she did, or did not do, to achieve this payout. At the very least, managing TV appearances and all the contracts is some work. The amount of work put in is irrelevant though - if I could work hard, or not at all, it...
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    Grumpy Cat Is Worth $100M

    Half-witted? Are you nuts? No, the owner didn't create the meme. Yes, it's tacky as hell. Yes, the owner cashed in and got rich. If an opportunity presents itself, you take it! Don't tell me you wouldn't do the same. It's the kind of thing we'd all love to happen to us - no effort, big...
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    Google Introduces “No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA”

    Sorry, evil bit in IPv4! Where the heck is the delete/edit post button on [H]?
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    Google Introduces “No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA”

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    25 Invisible Benefits of Gaming While Male

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    NSA: Fears Of Government Spying Are Unwarranted

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    Vinyl Records Are Making a Huge Comeback in 2014

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    Microsoft Planning Windows 10 Event For January

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