Comment Molotov Cocktail (Score 0) 562
I only threw one firebomb. I shouldn't be held liable for the 5 alarm fire.
Comment Re:I'm shocked (Score 3, Informative) 289
I know I'm replying to a troll, but the BSA has done tons to curb abuse and bullying. Youth Protection Training is the only instructional course leaders are required to complete prior to contact with any boys. It's freely available for anyone to take at myscouting.org, and must be renewed every 24 months. There have been coverups in the past, but the modern scouts have gone above and beyond to "think of the children."
Comment Patch Cables (Score 1) 121
Have them build patch cables.
Comment Re:Peter Capaldi is regeneration #13 (Score 1) 772
In the final scene from The Name of the Doctor, John Hurt is introduced as "The Doctor", not The Valeyard.
Comment Peter Capaldi is regeneration #13 (Score 1) 772
Based on what was revealed in the last episode before the 50th special, Peter Capaldi is regeneration #13. However, he can be still considered the 12th Doctor, because John Hurt's character is said to have rejected that title.
Comment Too bad that's not who gets to vote on this one (Score 1) 584
Until you get 2/3rds of both houses of congress to repeal the 4th amendment of the US constitution, it doesn't matter what a survey says. Interesting thing about the legal foundations of our country – it's designed to protect the minority's rights.
Comment Re:It's still open and they will do a Mac/Linux po (Score 1) 113
It's considered abandonware.
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/386/Elite+Plus.html
Comment Re:It's still open and they will do a Mac/Linux po (Score 1) 113
Elite Plus plays quite well on my Mac in DosBox.
Comment Let's put this in perspective ... (Score 1) 684
It's not like we're breaking out the Christians and lions here. Besides, I'm pretty sure the last five years I've spent sitting in a cubicle for 8 hours/day has done quite a bit of damage to my mental capacity. Every job has risks and does some form of irreparable damage to your body. I have a reduced sense of smell from long-term, low-level exposure to a fumes from a solution that was basically concentrated vinegar.
Comment Re:For years (Score 1) 225
The person who wrote the summary was a math wiz, not an english major.
Comment Re:Typical (Score 1) 217
I have FTTH. My connection is converted to copper for both IP and voice services. The box on the side of my house (called an O.N.T.) has a battery backup that will last 12+ hours in case of a power outage.
Submission + - Leading Cast Announced for 2013 Release of Ender's (deseretnews.com)
daveywest writes: Scifi fans rejoice. We have a release date and staring cast set for Orson Scott Card's classic Ender's Game. The all-star cast is slated to include Hollywood veterans Harrison Ford and Ben Kingsly.
Submission + - US Supreme Court weighs on on Warrantless GPS Trac (nytimes.com)
asylumx writes: We've been following this story on Slashdot for a while now, well the US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that the police violated the Constitution when they placed a Global Positioning System tracking device on a suspect’s car and monitored its movements for 28 days. While the vote that the tracking was illegal is unanimous, there is some disagreement whether it simply constitutes a search (which should require a warrant under the 4th amendment) or if it was a breach of reasonable expectation of privacy. The latter seems to imply that GPS Tracking without a warrant is sometimes legal.
Feed Ars Technica: iBooks Author EULA restrictions invite antitrust concerns (arstechnica.com)
Apple's end user license agreement for the iBooks Author app has generated extensive controversy among authors and publishers. Namely, the agreement restricts paid distribution of "works" created with the software to the iBookstore only. Technical limitations may make the restriction a moot point for the time being, as only Apple's own iBooks apps can even read the files generated by iBooks Author. But forcing users to sell content through the iBookstore, governed by a separate contract with its own terms, might not survive an antitrust challenge in court if it were to come up.
First, it's important to understand two aspects of iBooks Authorone technical, and one related to its license. The iBooks Author EULA has a stipulation that limits paid distribution of iBooks created with the software to the iBookstore. If you create something with iBooks Author and give it away, there are no limitationsput it on the Web anywhere you like. If you want to charge people money, you have to use the iBookstore and Apple gets a 30 percent cut.
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Submission + - Apple Has Spent More Than 100 Million Dollars On A (gizmocrazed.com)
Diggester writes: "The never-ending war on Android has cost Apple more than $100 million, according to latest estimates. While a huge chunk of that money was spent (read wasted) in claims against HTC.
So far, 84 claims have been filed against different Android manufacturers (HTC, Samsung etc.) for patent infringments, out of which only 10 were proved to have been infringed and only one ruling has gone in Apple's favour."
So far, 84 claims have been filed against different Android manufacturers (HTC, Samsung etc.) for patent infringments, out of which only 10 were proved to have been infringed and only one ruling has gone in Apple's favour."
