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Submission + - Do people still use Palm devices?

Anonymous Crowbar writes: Just found the below text in my .bashrc file on fresh install of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.
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# If you want to use a Palm device with Linux, uncomment the two lines below.
# For some (older) Palm Pilots, you might need to set a lower baud rate
# e.g. 57600 or 38400; lowest is 9600 (very slow!)
#
#export PILOTPORT=/dev/pilot
#export PILOTRATE=115200

Submission + - Twitter employees threatened by ISIS-affiliated group (sfgate.com)

Anonymous Crowbar writes: "A Twitter account associated with ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, issued disturbing threats Monday, calling for the assassination of Twitter employees in San Francisco, according to a number of news outlets."

Obviously the threat is a violation of Twitter's terms of service, specifically "You may not publish or post direct, specific threats of violence against others.", but how would a company even begin to deal with an issue like this?

Comment Someone got this a bit wrong (Score 1) 108

"...and if all goes as planned the printer will automatically insert rebar into the concrete." Actually when creating a foundation the rebar should be laid first and suspended on dobies then concrete is poured on over the metal cage like structure. One can not simply print rebar & concrete simultaneously.

Submission + - DHS defends suspicionless searches of laptops and cell phones (rt.com)

Anonymous Crowbar writes: The United States government doesn’t need a reason to seize and search the cell phones, laptops and other electronic devices of Americans entering the country, according to a Department of Homeland Security document provided to the press this week.

Submission + - Vast, real-time, warrantless NSA online surveillance (rt.com)

Anonymous Crowbar writes: The slides were meant to be declassified in 2036. OOPS!

Classified information obtained by the Washington Post and The Guardian has revealed a massive, warrantless online surveillance system in use by a US military intelligence agency, giving access to Americans' search history, emails, live chats and more.

The 41-page PowerPoint presentation, which has been verified by both papers and published almost concurrently on Thursday evening, outlines details of a previously undisclosed program known as PRISM, which allows the fabled military intelligence agency to harvest massive amounts of data on everything from electronic correspondence to file transfers.

Submission + - RT.com under DDOS attack, Now if only they had a dash-cam video of it.

Anonymous Crowbar writes: Why do I have a feeling this is not going to end good for those behind the DDOS attack?

From RT Monday June 3.
BREAKING: http://www.rt.com/ is under DDoS attack. Trying to bring it back online. Stay tuned for updates!

From RT Sunday June 2.
RT becomes 1st TV news channel to break YouTube 1 billion views barrier
“We proved that the mass YouTube audience isn’t just about kittens and Justin Bieber. There’s real demand for serious news online delivered in the right way”

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