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Comment Concerns.. (Score 1) 117

Is no one else concerned with the fact that these guys get to do whatever they want, to whom ever they want, and there are no repercussions? I understand the way Anonymous works, it's difficult to track these people down. But you can't tell me that with the recent trend in public hacks that many of them aren't performed by the same group of people.

Anonymous doesn't have any type of real leadership, and there has never been a very active group of core members, it's more or less "hey we're going to attack this site" and then a bunch of basement dwellers rise up and start DDoS'ing. After they get bored they leave and move on.. But many of these recent attacks have seemed more organized than previous Anonymous doings.

Are people not concerned with their actions? I understand that so far they've been doing things that people can agree with "LOLSONYREVIL" "TURKEYCENSORINTERNETS" and blah blah. But the more attention we give them, the bolder they're going to become.. what happens when they decide that they want to fuck with the US or the some major company in the States.. I don't think people will be quite so willing to wave off their actions then.

Comment Re:Huh.. (Score 1) 119

From my point of view, everyone is discussing the article. Yes, I did RTFA. They stated the three arrested are "leaders of the Spanish section of anonymous." Just because certain people are more active than others doesn't make them leaders. This is just another "tubes" moment where governments have no idea about what goes on in the technological world. The article also stated that no charges have been made, which leads me to believe that this was an order from somewhere high, because someone isn't happy, and wanted to send a message. The thing with anonymous organizations is that anyone can claim to be in them, create twitter groups, and send out "press releases." Everyone is on topic because the topic is the targeting of the "leadership" of anonymous, in this case the Spanish section, whatever that means. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

If they're more active than others it seems reasonable to think they could be the leaders of the attack.. since you know.. they're doing it..
I feel as though everyone is nit-picking the article over it's wording when it was created by someone not necessarily "in the loop" on the terms of the internet, I don't think you can really hold that against them. They arrested three people that were Spanish and actively taking part in Anonymous's action. Why wouldn't you call it the Spanish section of anonymous? It's a bunch of Spanish guys that live in Spain that are part of Anonymous.. seems like a Spanish part of Anonymous to me..

Comment Huh.. (Score 4, Insightful) 119

Why is it that no one is discussing the article, or the implications of the arrests.. everyone is commenting on how you can't name the leader of Anonymous..

Just because you think you know what Anonymous is, doesn't mean that everyone else does.. it's easier to say there is a "leader" than to explain what it really is..not to mention that fact that they are doing this to themselves. When they start releasing statements and using Twitter and shit, someone is in charge of those things, hence the "leader" tag.

Lets try talking about the article instead of pretending we're cool enough to know how Anonymous works.

Submission + - Video Games Testing - 5 Reasons You May Be Rejecte (videogamestesting-5reasonsyoumayberejectedforajob)

jimmiecarpen23 writes: Professional beta game testing isn't really that difficult. Believe it or not, you can actually go as far as to say that it's a fairly easy job which doesn't demand a ridiculous amount of hard work. All you have to do is put the video game in, play it as you usually would, write down the game's problems, then collect your paycheck right after you're finished with the assignment. Seriously, does that sound like a hard job to you? I'll make an educated guess and answer for you, NO!

5 Explanations You will Be Rejected for Video Game Tester Jobs...

- You do not possess at least 3 years of game playing experience. In all honesty, you won't need to become a video game guru that has mastered every game on the market. However, you will have to have basic knowledge of the video game industry and how video game design works. The more experience and understanding you've got, the better off you'll be in terms of getting video game beta tester jobs.

- You are not a minimum of 18 years old. Some game developers are able to hire (with restrictions) gamers who're 16 years old. Then again, this is generally a rare event in the world of expert video game testing.

- You do not have a next-gen game console and/or a powerful gaming rig (PC). Possessing both is better, but one or the other will do. If you are not up-to-date with gaming technology, you don't stand even the smallest chance.

- You don't have a video games tester resume. No resume means zero consideration of any kind, period. Being a video game tester means having to do real work which in turn NEEDS TO BE taken seriously. This is not a hobby you do for fun on Saturday — it's a REAL job.

- You've terrible grammar skills. Video game testers submit a large number of reports & forms that are used by game engineers to repair & improve games. If the reports aren't thoroughly detailed and easily comprehended, the programmers cannot do their job. If a programmer is unable to do his job, it ordinarily means the tester has not done his.

If the 5 factors in the above list are not a problem for you, then you are absolutely a prospect for professional video game testing. All that is remaining for you to do is to begin seeking out beta game testing jobs in your city — and if you know where to look, then it's not going to take you more than a week or two!

Patents

Submission + - Microsoft looses $290 million patent battle (engadget.com)

An anonymous reader writes: engadget.com reports that by a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court has upheld the patent-infringement finding against Redmond. Today's Supreme Court verdict upholds the lower courts' decisions: Microsoft Word is an infringing product, and the company now owes $290 million.

Submission + - Lessons From Fukushima (wordpress.com)

Martin Hellman writes: "The IAEA’s “Expert Mission to Japan” recently released its preliminary summarywith important lessons for avoiding another Fukushima. It also has much to teach us about avoiding an even worse disaster involving nuclear weapons"
Microsoft

Submission + - Silverlight Developers Rally Against Windows 8 (itnews.com.au) 1

aesoteric writes: "A legion of Silverlight developers have threatened revolt after Microsoft made no mention of Silverlight or .Net in the vendor's brief video preview for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Developers expressed fears Microsoft might let their investment in skills "die on the vine" as Redmond finally embraces open standards. Microsoft, for their part, have told developers they can't say more until September."
NASA

Submission + - Historic Pairing: Shuttle Docked to the ISS (discovery.com)

astroengine writes: "It's been imaged in artists' renderings, but never before in actual photos: the sight of a space shuttle berthed at the International Space Station. This view of shuttle Endeavour, taken by Italian astronaut Paulo Nespoli from aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule on May 23, is the culmination of 36 space shuttle missions to build the outpost over the past 12 years. NASA wanted the shot before it retires the shuttle fleet after one final mission in July."
Facebook

Submission + - French Gov't Says No To Twitter, Facebook (itworld.com)

itwbennett writes: "The French government has told TV and radio news hosts to refrain from using the words "Twitter" and "Facebook" (unless reporting on those companies) because doing so violates a 1992 decree barring the promotion of commercial ventures on news shows. "Why give preference to Facebook, which is worth billions of dollars, when there are many other social networks that are struggling for recognition," said Christine Kelly, spokesman for France’s Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel."
Windows

Submission + - Shock: Windows 8 Optimized For Desktop Tablets (computerworld.com)

CWmike writes: "Microsoft demonstrated the next version of Windows last week, and the operating system has an interface almost nobody expected or predicted, writes Computerworld's Mike Elgan. The default interface for Windows 8 will look almost nothing like Windows 7, but will look and feel a heck of a lot like Windows Phone 7. We also learned that Microsoft intends to ship the first desktop touch tablet version of Windows next year. But more importantly, we know how Microsoft is going to manage the jarring transition from second-generation WIMP (windows, icons, menus and pointing devices) computing to third-generation MPG (multi-touch, physics and gestures ) computing. To gently-but-aggressively transition the Windows world to the next generation of computing, Microsoft is going to do something I hadn't even thought of: Microsoft will get millions of users to interact with their touch interface without touching. Windows 8 will combine the gestures and eye candy of tomorrow's touch tablets with the clunky mice and keyboards of yesterday's PCs. When Microsoft transitioned users from DOS to Windows back in the early 1990s, they made Windows a "shell" on top of DOS, but made the Windows UI the default. (Note that the less aggressive, legacy-friendly alternative to that would have been to ship DOS with the Windows shell as an optional application.) Elgan sums up that he thinks Microsoft's strategy is brilliant, noting he had all but written off Microsoft as clueless about the future of touch computing. But the company's latest demo changes everything, he writes. Many comments indicate that Microsoft may have got it right in not ditching the keyboard just yet."

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