Comment Re:SpeakToIt Assistant (Score 1) 233
I see what you did there. Very clever indeed, sir. :)
Comment People exhale CO2, eh? (Score 2) 1367
Gives me an excuse to murder that guy from down the street I'm not exactly fond of. "But he was contributing to global warming, Your Honor!"
Comment I already know which XKCD you're linking to... (Score 1) 107
... Is that a bad thing?
Comment Re:You're not allowed to hate in America (Score 1) 890
That too is unfair criticism. There are specific, valid, reasons given in Hebrews as to why those old laws aren't applicable anymore.
Submission + - Was Megaupload bad for the creative industries? (guardian.co.uk)
Ajehals writes: "Loz Kaye (Pirate Party Leader) and Frances Moore go head to head in the guardian over the impact of piracy on the creative industries.
"The industry is failing to deliver what customers want and in doing so turning people to other, easily accessible means to find what they do want. If the industry looked at pricing and made access to content easier it might well find that its revenues continue to grow and build a healthier relationship with consumers."
"Today, the music industry is fighting back, and making the environment safe for creators and investors is more important than it ever was. We're licensing music widely to sites like iTunes, Spotify and Deezer. This growing digital music business is fantastic for artists and for consumers. Yet it can't survive in a market rigged by illegal piracy. Events such as the US Justice Department charging Megaupload are important developments – not just for the music industry, but for the whole creative economy.""
"The industry is failing to deliver what customers want and in doing so turning people to other, easily accessible means to find what they do want. If the industry looked at pricing and made access to content easier it might well find that its revenues continue to grow and build a healthier relationship with consumers."
"Today, the music industry is fighting back, and making the environment safe for creators and investors is more important than it ever was. We're licensing music widely to sites like iTunes, Spotify and Deezer. This growing digital music business is fantastic for artists and for consumers. Yet it can't survive in a market rigged by illegal piracy. Events such as the US Justice Department charging Megaupload are important developments – not just for the music industry, but for the whole creative economy.""
Submission + - Internet Blackout delivers serious blow to SOPA an (thepowerbase.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Following the highly successful "Internet Blackout" Lamar Smith has issued a statement on the indefinite postponement of PIPA, which comes just days after the shelving of SOPA earlier in the week.
With both of these controversial bills now in a holding pattern, the community needs to turn it's attention to supporting new legislation which combats Internet piracy while preserving Internet freedoms, like the "OPEN Act".
With both of these controversial bills now in a holding pattern, the community needs to turn it's attention to supporting new legislation which combats Internet piracy while preserving Internet freedoms, like the "OPEN Act".
Submission + - Chamber of Commerce Hacked: U.S. Accuses China of (ibtimes.com)
monkeyguru writes: "Following reports that Chinese hackers penetrated the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's security scrutiny has once again fallen on the Chinese government."
Comment Misleading title... (Score 0) 156
is misleading.
Submission + - Hyperdemocracy anyone? 9
GoodNewsJimDotCom writes: Hyperdemocracy is a system where all the citizens of the country vote for the decisions of the country instead of having elected officials. Can someone make a site with encryption and security that could confirm users as unique citizens? Or is this impossible to do? I think if you made a site like this, you could make it go live, and use it to track to make sure Congress is doing what the people want. Finally in an unstable world as we have today, this hyperdemocracy might even be adopted by new regimes.
Comment Interesting... (Score 3, Interesting) 276
With these tools, you could make grep and diff work with binary files in a meaningful way - very useful at times. I bet you could even adapt the "Context-Free Grep" into a sort of packet sniffer with enough work. I'd sure like to try these new programs sometime.
Comment Re:Some info for the astonoy geeks (Score 1) 76
What's an astonoy geek?
Submission + - Google Targets Amazon's 'Prime' With 1-Day Deliver (wsj.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Google is in talks to create a service that lets consumers pay a low fee to receive goods from online orders within a day—in a potential challenge to Amazon.
Submission + - Algorithm predicts which cars are most likely to r (gizmag.com)
cylonlover writes: According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, for the year 2008, over 700 fatalities resulted from drivers running red lights at intersections across the United States. Approximately half of the people killed weren't the errant drivers themselves, but were other drivers, passengers or pedestrians who simply happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Scientists at MIT have developed a system that identifies cars likely to run the reds, so that the other drivers can be warned to stay out of their way.
Comment Re:Mixed Feelings. (Score 1) 138
The idea Facebook embodies is fine in my humble opinion, it's their implementation that keeps me on Twitter and Diaspora. Facebook, as seen here, is loathe to respect your privacy. Diaspora, on the other hand, respects it pretty well. And I can always run my own Diaspora pod, if it get really paranoid.
Comment Re:Interesting, but (Score 1) 396
0. You forgot to start at 0.
