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Comment Update: full block list available on wikileaks (Score 4, Informative) 330

by serps on Thursday March 19, 2009 @12:25AM (#27251673) Attached to: Activists Use Wikipedia To Test Aussie Net Censors

For those who are interested, the Sydney Morning herald reports that the full internet filter list has been leaked. It's pretty interesting - there's a lot of not-actually-illegal content on it (including a dentist's site?).

It's interesting to note that this is the minimum that will be blocked in Australia; the gov may (and will) add to this. This sounds like much more of a test of the censors than what TFA writes about...

Article on Wikileaks

Comment English, Motherfscker (Score 3, Insightful) 179

by serps on Sunday March 08, 2009 @11:22PM (#27117359) Attached to: IBM Wants Patent For Lotus Notes-Free Meetings

Do you speak it?

Journal Journal: How The RIAA Is Like 17th Century French Button-Makers 150

Journal by Alien54 on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @10:10PM

Requiring permission to innovate? Feeling entitled to search others' property? Getting the power to act like law enforcement in order to fine or arrest those who are taking part in activities that challenge your business model? Don't these all sound quite familiar? Centuries from now (hopefully much, much sooner), the actions of the RIAA, MPAA and others that match these of the weavers and button-makers of 17th century France will

Submission + - The Learning Curve for iSwitching

Submitted by Psychotic Venom on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @07:34PM

Psychotic Venom writes: After trying for nearly 5 years to acclimate my wife to Linux, it still just isn't happening, so after nearly 2 decades of disdain for the Mac, I think I've finally come around to understanding the elegance and ease of use that Apple seems to put in every product. I am considering buying a 24" iMac and keeping my Linux box as a backup server — but I know noone that owns a Mac as their home PC! What kind of learning curve should I expect (for me, a tech geek)? Has anyone had a good experience with a heterogenous home network of Mac and Linux? What kind of learning curve should I expect for my wife (decidedly non-tech geek)? Are there people who made the switch for their family and wish they hadn't, especially considering the price?

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