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UK ISPs Hatch Plan To Block the Pirate Bay and Other File Sharing Sites 348

Posted by timothy from the offa-mah-pipes dept.
An anonymous reader writes "UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are already in talks with media rights holders to block around 100 file sharing and cyberlocker websites, it has emerged. The move comes as ISPs BT and TalkTalk won a Judicial review of the Digital Economy Act (DEA) resulting in a 2-year delay on its implementation. The voluntary code is a planned workaround to the delay in the DEA and rights holders attempt to curb file sharing. If passed the code would see rights holders pass evidence of websites that 'facilitate' illegal file sharing to ISPs who would then block access to the sites in question. However, ISPs are reluctant and are pushing for a high court judge to approve any site blocking. ... Amongst the 100 sites is the worlds most resilient Bittorrent site, The Pirate Bay and Usenet's reincarnated NewzBin2."
Networking

Why Doesn't Every Website Use HTTPS? 665

Posted by CmdrTaco from the asked-that-more-than-once dept.
suraj.sun writes "HTTPS is more secure, so why isn't the Web using it? You wouldn't write your username and passwords on a postcard and mail it for the world to see, so why are you doing it online? Every time you log in to Twitter, Facebook or any other service that uses a plain HTTP connection that's essentially what you're doing. There is a better way, the secure version of HTTP — HTTPS. But if HTTPS is more secure, why doesn't the entire Web use it?"

Comment Genius Indeed! (Score 2, Funny) 187

by dexomn (#32439416) Attached to: The Genius of the Lego Printer

Office: "Hey whats the deal? Aren't you coming into work today?"

You: "Yeah I'm running a little late, one of my printer guys broke a leg."

Office: "What?"

You: "The guys that pilot the lego airship I use to print documents... one of them broke a leg. In fact it snapped clean off and flew quite a ways."

Office: "Maybe you should stay home today."
Google

Pedestrian Follows Google Map, Gets Run Over, Sues 699

Posted by Soulskill from the america-amazes-me-sometimes dept.
Hugh Pickens writes "The Toronto Star reports that a Utah woman is suing Google for more than $100,000 in damages, claiming its maps function gave her walking directions that led her onto a major highway, where she was struck by a car. Lauren Rosenberg sought directions between two addresses in Utah about 3 kilometers apart and the top result suggested that she follow a busy rural highway for several hundred meters. The highway did not have sidewalks or any other pedestrian-friendly amenities, and Rosenberg was struck by a car. Rosenberg filed suit against both the driver of the car that struck her and Google, claiming both carried responsibility in her injury. Her lawyers claim Google is liable because it did not warn her that the route would not offer a safe place for a pedestrian to walk. Google has pointed out that the directions Rosenberg sought come with a warning of caution for pedestrians, but Rosenberg claims that she accessed the Maps function on her Blackberry mobile device, where it did not include the warning."
Businesses

The Go-Anywhere Cyber Cafe In a Shipping Container 145

Posted by timothy from the want-one-as-a-back-yard-clubhouse dept.
nk497 writes "UK IT charity Computer AID has come up with a clever idea to use shipping containers to house thin-client-based, solar-powered cyber cafes, which can be used to bring connectivity to rural communities in Africa. The £20,000 boxes use a single Pentium 4 PC split out using thin client devices to offer computing to 10 people via local wireless access or mobile broadband. The solar power created from a single panel is enough to power the PC, 10 monitors, lighting, and also to charge mobile phones. Computer Aid founder Tony Roberts notes, 'The power of this idea is that we can drop that container anywhere in the world, literally in the middle of the Sahara desert.'"
Image

Life-size Eva Unit 01 Being Built In Japan Screenshot-sm 80

Posted by samzenpus from the summon-godzilla dept.
JoshuaInNippon writes "Japan has gone life-size anime model crazy. Last year there was the robotic 1:1 Gundam model that guarded Tokyo for a few months in the summer to mark the series' 30th anniversary, and then there was the giant Gigantor moment that opened in Kobe in the fall in honor of the city's rejuvenation from the devastating 1995 earthquake. Now, an amusement park near Mt. Fuji named Fuji-Q Highland is building an Eva Unit 01 from the popular Neon Genesis Evangelion series, or at least a bust of it, in conjunction with the series' recent movies. The bust will sit in a replica hanger, and reportedly stand around 9 meters tall. Visitors will have the chance, for a little extra money, to have their photo taken in the unit's cockpit, where the series' protagonist-of-sorts Shinji Ikari normally sits. The attraction is set to a cost of over US$1.6 million to build, and open on July 23 of this year. It will also undoubtedly be swamped by crazed fans looking the opportunity to bring their anime dreams to life."

Comment spice (Score 1) 411

by dexomn (#31905844) Attached to: Adding Some Spice To *nix Shell Scripts

The only "spice" you'll get from me is a 'usage' summary if you pass args incorrectly.

If the script is interactive I will woo you with such things as vague prompts when input is required.

Walk without rhythm and you won't attract the worm.

Comment What you do... (Score 1) 1

by dexomn (#31110362) Attached to: How Easy Is It To Cheat In CS?

...is get into computers and be interested in them from a young age and nobody will question you and think you're cheating when you know what the write protect tabs on floppies do and understand the concept that everything is a file. At this point you will probably have a job doing computer support and service/repair. You can save up the money earned at your job so that you and get a degree so you can get a job in computer support and service/repair when you're done with the two year program for computer support, service/repair.

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