So this is called "remarketing". We don't have any deals with any remarketing ads companies - as a matter of policy, because we think it's creepy.
We do run Google ads in many territories and Google does work with remarketing companies. But we have set our Google settings to:
-Block ads targeting consumers using cookies based on remarketing lists
-Block collection of data for subsequent use in targeting or remarketing
-Block ads targeting consumers using cookies based on interest-based categories
To recap, we are not remarketing and we don't allow remarketing on our site, so it is a mystery as to what is happening here. Often times remarketing ads have an option to switch off the supplier. Also, I am guessing you can kill the cookies via your browser.
Need to do some UI joining up here. In the meantime - in the Forum Box ( on the right hand side when you are logged in) you should see "User Topics" - That gets you to list of forums.
Unless I have mis-read this, the guy was arrested by West Midlands police. So we will have to wait a little longer to see what would happen in your scenario you paint - US guy arrested for hacking UK company.
Florian Mueller has become a bit of a player. You know what his POV is and you know who is paying him - because he tells you what is point of view is and he tells you who is paying him. This does not make him wrong or corrupt.
I guess we are going to have to look more closely into login cookies. Trouble is, they work just fine for me and for the devs... we'll think of some tests.
Clumsy message, but nothing sinister - existing customers have to renew their contracts at no extra cost. Presumably BT lawyers are closing some loophole?
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The Register asked BT to explain why this was necessary and to also tell us how long an existing subscriber would be required to be tied into that "new contract"?
A BT spokesman confirmed that such a customer would first need to order a "regrade" from the company before "extending" their contract to another 12 or another 18 months.
"The new term starts from when we upgrade [their] service,"
TalkTalk of course wants parents to police their children and does not want regulators to mandate expensive unworkable schemes.
I used to do impose parental controls at PC and then browser level - made the internet unusable for everyone - so I stopped bothering. I know they watch American TV shows from the torrents.
And Norwich FC chief executive David McNally wins today's Mr Pompous prize:
"We are the guardians of the football club whilst we're here and so we will protect our property. And our property in the digital age involves our intellectual property, so we won't allow anybody to come in and take it from us."
And even if we were, I doubt if many commentards would fall in to line.
Typically people upvote articles they like, for whatever reason - and downvote articles they disagree with.
Occasionally a workaday articles will get downvotes - and in such cases downvotes could be construed as a comment on our decision to run the article at all,
If an article is crappily written, or thought to be crappily written, it will get many downvotes - and also sneers via commentard posts.
That's not quite true - evidence that would unfairly prejudice the fairness of a trial is routinely excluded. Evidence obtained under duress by Police would be inadmissable too.
Commentards! We are researching an article on incompetent IT pros. What is the most stupid FAIL you have seen from a co-worker or ... cough ... what is the most stupid mistake you have made. This could make a good story - but we need your help to make it fly.
The Reg has compiled a league table of the 10 baddest IT employees - but we are probably only scratching the surface. Tell us about the most dishonest, vengeful IT pro you have worked with...
The unskilled working class man (it's usually a man) faces more competitive pressures from eastern Europeans working in the UK than from Chinese manufacturers, I think. We have so lost that game.
In the States people are talking about back-sourcing or repatriating jobs from China to the US. But that will be only a trickle - the jobs that depend on JIT, that have high value-add, that require customer service with American accents. With tech manufacturing - you got to be in east Asia.
But China has to change its game too. demographics are against it and companies chasing the cheapest employees are looking to Vietnam or the Phillipines - anywhere with a huge reservoir of young labour.
Standard size beer bottles in UK are 330ml - about 11 US fl.oz.
There isn't that much difference in beer prices in general between UK and US - but American IPAs are sold in the UK as craft, specialities - and hence they are sold at premium, compared with lagers and bitters.
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Re: Email newsletter headline stories buried?
I can't remember what algorithm we use to determine headline - no human intervention from us. Will toss to ops team to see what we are doing here.
However - is it such a waste of your time?
Re: XP - Latest KB updates
You are not alone - Our story here.
slidey rating thing
We have given Channel Register a makeover - and we are trialling simple up / down options there.
e.g. http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2012/05/17/eddie_pacey_end_of_distribution/
More to your taste?
Re: I have got some problem of my tv!
I don't think this is the place to find out - whirlpool.com.au is the huge aussie forums site. That is a better place to start from.
Good luck.
Consumer VPN Suggestions
Jack Schofield wrote this recently: Using a VPN to protect your web use., in response to a reader question from "Dave Null". Hah!
More hosting suggestions
Check out this forum thread http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2012/03/23/BristolBachelor_Web_hosting - some more ideas for you.
Re: Creepy Ads - not us
So this is called "remarketing". We don't have any deals with any remarketing ads companies - as a matter of policy, because we think it's creepy.
We do run Google ads in many territories and Google does work with remarketing companies. But we have set our Google settings to:
-Block ads targeting consumers using cookies based on remarketing lists
-Block collection of data for subsequent use in targeting or remarketing
-Block ads targeting consumers using cookies based on interest-based categories
To recap, we are not remarketing and we don't allow remarketing on our site, so it is a mystery as to what is happening here. Often times remarketing ads have an option to switch off the supplier. Also, I am guessing you can kill the cookies via your browser.
Not a dumb suggestion
A couple of other people have mentioned this. We'll have a mull.
Re: Re: Gambas
You just click on the icon that you want to use.
Re: A new low
The great majority of the commentards here are against physical violence and most are sympathetic to the teachers. Have another read.
Check out the forums roadmap
We have logged this one in our roadmap / features wishlist forum.
Re: Navigation
Need to do some UI joining up here. In the meantime - in the Forum Box ( on the right hand side when you are logged in) you should see "User Topics" - That gets you to list of forums.
Re: Space Apps Challenge
This passed us by, I'm afraid. If no other pub wrote it up, this suggests either indifference to PR or forgetfulness in letting people know.
Please feel free to share your experiences with us.
Yahoo Answers?
Cruel, sir.
More responses - and helpful too - here.
Re: Escobar extradition for PBAS hacking
Unless I have mis-read this, the guy was arrested by West Midlands police. So we will have to wait a little longer to see what would happen in your scenario you paint - US guy arrested for hacking UK company.
Great HR mistakes of our time - Aviva fires 1300 by email
Not very clever, was it - any other HR mistakes you'd like to share with us?
John Lewis Broadband - genius or foolhardy?
Interesting brand extension from the British middle classes' favourite retailer. Anyone game for this service?
Cool - one less bug to hunt down!
Note: "show so far"
Google's turn will come next week.
Re: Again : Mueller
Florian Mueller has become a bit of a player. You know what his POV is and you know who is paying him - because he tells you what is point of view is and he tells you who is paying him. This does not make him wrong or corrupt.
Re: Norwich City FC Web CMS exposes privates. Club respond by calling police.
You inspired us to write this up, Keir.
Norwich FC scores own goal in net kit leak
Forget internet sex - robot sex is where it's at ..
Pleasure-bots here in 30 years.
Re: I finally have the parts to complete my Amdahl 470 V5 restoration.
Will you actually use it for anything?
Stephen Fry's Twitter Response
National treasure speaks: "Storm. Teacup. Bless."
Re: Broken link?
It is accessible to me. Browser issue?
Don’t fight over your old CDs... When love ends, walk away with nothing but your dignity
That's the headline of a sentimental account by a woman who got to keep everything when her husband walked out.
But the central point - don't fight over things - it ain't worth it - is something more of us could and should bear in mind.
Re: posting pages to google+
Hmm. We don't do anything for Google +, so I am guessing G+ is grabbing. We'll have to look up.
Re: Navigating [and bloody login cookies!]
I guess we are going to have to look more closely into login cookies. Trouble is, they work just fine for me and for the devs... we'll think of some tests.
On navigation - we'll put our thinking caps on.
If Aussie jazz funk is your ting...
You could always check out Daughter No. 1's band Righteous Voodoo - they're based in Sydney.
YouTube Clip. She's the one in the middle...
(Not much ska though.)
Re: BT Infinity Speed Increase..
We covered that a few days ago.
Clumsy message, but nothing sinister - existing customers have to renew their contracts at no extra cost. Presumably BT lawyers are closing some loophole?
<snip>
The Register asked BT to explain why this was necessary and to also tell us how long an existing subscriber would be required to be tied into that "new contract"?
A BT spokesman confirmed that such a customer would first need to order a "regrade" from the company before "extending" their contract to another 12 or another 18 months.
"The new term starts from when we upgrade [their] service,"
</snip>
One in three parents use active controls ...
… to block internet pornography and other bad stuff.
So says TalkTalk, one of the UK's top 4 ISPs, which introduced the service to new customers in February.
http://www.talktalkgroup.com/press/press-releases/2012/17-04-2012.aspx.
TalkTalk of course wants parents to police their children and does not want regulators to mandate expensive unworkable schemes.
I used to do impose parental controls at PC and then browser level - made the internet unusable for everyone - so I stopped bothering. I know they watch American TV shows from the torrents.
Does this make me a bad parent?
Re: Not able to go directly to a top-level posting ?
I dont recall what was there before. But I'll put this onto snag list to investigate for our next round of improvements.
Heavy handed, to say the least
And Norwich FC chief executive David McNally wins today's Mr Pompous prize:
"We are the guardians of the football club whilst we're here and so we will protect our property. And our property in the digital age involves our intellectual property, so we won't allow anybody to come in and take it from us."
Thanks for tip
- we'll check it out.
Article Ratings - we are not prescriptive
And even if we were, I doubt if many commentards would fall in to line.
Typically people upvote articles they like, for whatever reason - and downvote articles they disagree with.
Occasionally a workaday articles will get downvotes - and in such cases downvotes could be construed as a comment on our decision to run the article at all,
If an article is crappily written, or thought to be crappily written, it will get many downvotes - and also sneers via commentard posts.
Olly Cromwell conviction
Have forwarded to newsdesk for perusal.
Embedded link in the first line of the article
It's a start ...
Re: Evidence is Evidence...
That's not quite true - evidence that would unfairly prejudice the fairness of a trial is routinely excluded. Evidence obtained under duress by Police would be inadmissable too.
And - unlike the US, I think, phone tap evidence is banned in British courts. Gordon Brown tried to change the law on phone tapping evidence in 2008 - but that never came to pass.
I had entirely forgotten this blog. Thanks for reminding me.
Re: Re: pleading the 5th seems the obvious choice here
Trust us, we're journalists ...
Re: Re: Game of Thrones
In UK? Sky Atlantic HD.
Teaching assistant says she was suspended for not revealing FB password
Here.
FAIL - the most incompetent IT pros
Commentards! We are researching an article on incompetent IT pros. What is the most stupid FAIL you have seen from a co-worker or ... cough ... what is the most stupid mistake you have made. This could make a good story - but we need your help to make it fly.
Rogue IT employees - give us the down and dirty
The Reg has compiled a league table of the 10 baddest IT employees - but we are probably only scratching the surface. Tell us about the most dishonest, vengeful IT pro you have worked with...
Re: Re: Economics rears its ugly dismal head
The unskilled working class man (it's usually a man) faces more competitive pressures from eastern Europeans working in the UK than from Chinese manufacturers, I think. We have so lost that game.
In the States people are talking about back-sourcing or repatriating jobs from China to the US. But that will be only a trickle - the jobs that depend on JIT, that have high value-add, that require customer service with American accents. With tech manufacturing - you got to be in east Asia.
But China has to change its game too. demographics are against it and companies chasing the cheapest employees are looking to Vietnam or the Phillipines - anywhere with a huge reservoir of young labour.
Newcastle Brown Ale - and Bass
Both easier to find in San Francisco bars than in pubs in the south-east of England.
Newkie Brown is undrinkable IMO.
Re: Re: 4 for £5.50 is considered inexpensive?
Sure - but we are comparing like for like here.
Standard size beer bottles in UK are 330ml - about 11 US fl.oz.
There isn't that much difference in beer prices in general between UK and US - but American IPAs are sold in the UK as craft, specialities - and hence they are sold at premium, compared with lagers and bitters.
Re: Fix the quotation marks in your article
Sorted - thanks.
El Reg list of top Sci-Fi movies never made
Long list here and winner here.
Obscure apple varieties...
Cox's Orange Pippin and Braeburn are both standard varieties in UK. You can get them in Sainsbury's all year round.
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