Comment Re:Let's land on it. (Score 0, Redundant) 157
In Soviet Russia, asteroid lands on you?
Comment Re:Cold War & EMP (Score 1) 356
...and I was probably a bit loose with terns.
Careful with that. You could get some form of sea-bird STD.
On the other hand, you know what they say...one good tern deserves another.
Comment Let me be the first to say... (Score 2, Funny) 104
...I'm glad my Verizon contract is up.
Comment Re:Rest in Peace, rpiquepa (Score 5, Funny) 288
I can only suspect St. Peter will give YOU a -1 when you show up before the pearly gates
I don't know about that, but on Roland's approach St. Peter was heard to say "oh no, it's Roland".
Comment Re:Err..what? (Score 4, Insightful) 168
Spiraling signal? Filaments? Braided rope-like structures?
To me it sounds like they've finally found proof of FSM's existence.
To me it sounds like they've finally found proof of FSM's existence.
Comment Re:Slashdot, I'm in shock! (Score 2, Funny) 429
Besides, there's nothing down there you can't just see on the Internet anyway.
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That's what we keep telling everyone but they keep coming down here anyway, darnit.
Comment Re:frist psot (Score 5, Funny) 429
Dude, probably the only time in /. history that Frosty Piss would have been an appropriate response, and you blew it!
Comment Re: The Mouse Turns 40 (Score 1) 169
Of course not. It was Al Gore.
Submission + - Google Street View and "No Photography" Lo (google.com)
thesandbender writes: "Google Street View is sure to upset a number of law enforcement agencies. Because of the "Terrorist Threat" photographing most tunnels and several bridges in and around New York City is strictly forbidden. Apparently Google didn't see the signs or forget to turn off their cameras. The site has entire photographs of all the major tunnels and bridges around New York. What other "sensitive" information does Google Street View reveal?"
Submission + - eBay Ivory Trade Threatens Elephants' Survival
travdaddy writes: "The International Fund for Animal Welfare studied eBay's internationally illegal ivory trade and reported "over 2,200 elephant ivory items listed on eBay Web sites and found that more than 90% of the listings breached even eBay's own respective national wildlife policies." Normally banned items are delisted from eBay but the report continues, "very few of the suspected illegal items reported by IFAW investigators to eBay during the snapshot survey were removed from sale.""
Submission + - Copying DVDs ruled legal in Finland
Anonymous Coward writes: "Finnish court ruled today that breaking CSS copy protection scheme found on virtually all commercial DVD-Video discs is legal, despite country's EUCD-compliant copyright legislation. Court decided that since there are tons of freely available tools on Net to break the encryption, it cannot be deemed "effective"."
Submission + - The War on Free Speech
populist writes: "In a post-9/11 climate, the right of free expression is under attack. It's been endangered in the age of George Bush when dissent may be called a threat to national security, terrorism, or treason. But losing that most precious of all rights means losing our freedom; as 18th century French philosopher Voltaire spoke in defense of saying "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Using it to express dissent is what noted historian Howard Zinn calls "the highest form of patriotism" exercising our constitutional right to freedom of speech, the press, to assemble, to protest publicly, and associate as we choose for any reason within the law."
Submission + - World Citizenship!!!
frugalone writes: "This is an interesting article on an internet scam, apparently you can get a "World Passport" for only $800. How would you tackle such scams?"
Submission + - MS Wants to Identify All Web Surfers, All the Time
Moochman writes: New Scientist reports on a technology Microsoft is developing to identify users based on their browsing habits. Quote: "The software could get its raw information from a number of sources, including a new type of 'cookie' program that records the pages visited. Alternatively, it could use your PC's own cache of web pages, or proxy servers could maintain records of sites visited. So far it can only guess gender and age with any accuracy," but the aim is to be able to identify name, occupation and location as well. On a related note, The Inq reports on Microsoft's plans to widen the use of its identity-verification technology CardSpace, which is built into Windows Vista and available as an add-on to XP. It's being envisioned as an identity solution for the entire internet: says Kim Cameron, pioneer of the technology, "We feel it has to solve all use cases." (Aha, so the anonymous use cases, too, eh?) One might ask, with all of this user-identification information on hand, how long will it be until the Feds come knocking on Microsoft's door asking for help? They already have.
Submission + - Student in court over suspension for youtube video
kozmonaut writes: "A "model student" is in court this week over 40-day suspension for posting a mocking in-class video of "Mongzilla", a high school english teacher. The student is arguing he had First Amendment rights to publish the video, though it was filmed without permission in the classroom. The judge says she will have a decision by the end of the day.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/316618_youtube 22.html"
