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Submission + - Man Blames Cat for Downloading Child Porn 6

Submitted by SupplyMission on Friday August 07, 2009 @04:02PM

SupplyMission writes: In one of the rare cases where somebody has actually used a legal defense suggested in an "Ask Slashdot", a man in Florida is blaming his cat for 1000 child porn images that investigators found on his computer. Keith Griffin is being held on $250,000 bond. No word on when he will be appearing in court.

Submission + - Airline Says It Owns The Word "Northwest" 2

Submitted by

Freshly Exhumed

on Friday August 07, 2009 @02:42PM

Freshly Exhumed writes: "Northwest® Airlines, the major airline whose market branding is being phased out after it was acquired by Delta, charges that it has exclusive ownership of the common, geographically descriptive term northwest." The Minnesota-based airline is going after the operator of a small, Spokane Washington web site that provides tourist information for visitors to the Pacific Northwest. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: '[the site's owner] said he has so far spent more than $4,000 in the past few months to defend his site, and he's looking at thousands more going forward as he faces battles in the U.S., U.K., and Australia.' Presumably the Government of Canada will be the next Northwest® target victim, what with their use of the term to name some of their Territories since 1870. I don't suppose Northwest® can sue the world's cartographers, geocachers, boy scouts, etc. can they?"

Submission + - Contortionist Bike Folds Up Smaller Than a Wheel (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by

Mike

on Wednesday August 05, 2009 @03:32PM

Mike writes: "RCA student Dominic Hargreaves has created a rather remarkable folding bike that is capable of rolling up into a form factor no larger than the width of its wheels. He's calling his contraption the Contortionist and it features a slick aluminum frame and a chain-less hydraulic drive system. Although the device hasn't found a manufacturer yet its elegant design has won it recognition from the Cooper Hewitt design museum and shortlisting for the James Dyson Award. Needless to say, I want one."

Submission + - Facebooking Judge Catches Lawyer in Lie (abajournal.com) 2

Submitted by

edadams

on Friday July 31, 2009 @07:21PM

edadams writes: "A Galveston, Texas lawyer asked for a continuance because of the death of her father. But the judge she was asking knew the lawyer had earlier posted a string of status updates on Facebook, detailing her week of drinking, going out and partying."

DHS Tries to Safeguard Against Giant Monster Attack 77

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 30, 2009 @06:43PM from the why-do-the-gigantic-creatures-hate-us dept.

KnightShift writes "Earlier this month the Department of Homeland Security halted the publication of the Monsterpocalypse Series 3: All Your Base Strategy Guide due to 'national security concerns.' In a statement on its website Privateer Press, which publishes the popular kaiju-inspired collectible miniatures game, reported that 'Homeland Security pulled the shipment for an intensive examination last week when it arrived in the United States. While no comment was made to the nature of the investigation, several crew members within Privateer Press believe the government became concerned over some of the more radical ideals espoused by several factions within the Monsterpocalypse game.' Privateer Press Chief Creative Officer Matt Wilson added that 'I am confident that the investigation's outcome will reaffirm the rights of free speech and protest of the radical environmental group Green Fury at the perceived devastation man is having on our planet as well as the freedom of people to practice religion without governmental oversight — even those religions which may very well bring forth the minions of the ancient Lords of Cthul.'"

Comment My 2Â (Score 1) 345

by La Camiseta on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @03:32PM (#28270313) Attached to: AT&T Dropping Usenet Netnews; Low-Cost Alternatives?

I would recommend Easynews if you want a web interface to the binaries newsgroups. For retention Giganews can't be beat (>300 days at last count). Google Groups is great for regular text newsgroups.

Comment Re:Sounds like you've covered it pretty well (Score 1) 442

by La Camiseta on Saturday May 02, 2009 @01:41AM (#27796249) Attached to: Portables Without Cameras?

So they don't let you have cameras in a secure environment, but WiFi is OK (and don't give me that whole wpa/wpa2 is secure enough - if it's government or important enough to warrant security that high - then it's important enough to warrant some class-a espionage)? Sounds like our government to me.

Submission + - How to set up a text-messaging server? 1

Submitted by

rrcjab

on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @11:04AM

rrcjab writes: "I am trying to find out how to set up a text-messaging server. Seems like every business has a 5-digit number you can text to sign up for updates and then they text you back regularly. I would like to set up something like this, preferably without having to pay one of the phone companies to do it for me. Is this possible?"

Submission + - Google updates App Engine, adds Java support (techworld.com.au)

Submitted by brosque on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @01:27AM

brosque writes: Google has announced a new version of its Google App Engine platform with support for Java applications and the inclusion of J2EE server in the cloud. However, Google App Engine's support for Java is limited to the first 10,000 sign-ups. They are seeking feedback from the Java community. Google says the Java support is standards-based as App Engine uses standard Java APIs and libraries to allow developers to work with Java tools and frameworks they are familiar with. "And ensures the easy deployment of their Java code to all standard J2EE servlet containers, including IBM WebSphere, Tomcat and others."

Submission + - Shoemoney Sues Google Adwords Employee (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by joh6nn on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @01:12AM

joh6nn writes: According to TechCrunch, a Google Adwords Employee may be involved in bypassing the AdWords filters for personal gain: 'A friend of Schoemaker's discovered that the violator had a number of friends on Facebook who worked for Google's AdWords. A cached version of his LinkedIn profile stated that he is an employee at Google working as an AdWords Account Strategist, though the title has since been removed. A call to Google's New York office revealed that someone with his name is listed in the directory, all but confirming Schoemaker's suspicions that he was dealing with a Google employee.'

Comment Re:Software as a Service (Score 1) 958

by La Camiseta on Tuesday March 24, 2009 @03:21PM (#27316303) Attached to: How Do You Deal With Pirated Programs At Work?

You may also want to look at some free, but not foss solutions. I know that Sun's Java Communications Suite is freely available and offers pretty much everything that exchange offers, including a pretty ajax-enabled web interface and an Outlook plugin so that it works just as if it were an Exchange server.

And then there's the foss solutions like Zimbra, etc.

Submission + - Card-sniffing malware on Diebold ATMs (goodgearguide.com.au)

Submitted by

angry tapir

on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @08:52PM

angry tapir writes: "Diebold has released a security fix for its Opteva automated teller machines after cyber criminals apparently broke into the systems at one or more businesses in Russia and installed malicious software. Diebold learned of the incident in January and sent out a global security update to its ATM customers using the Windows operating system. It is not releasing full details of what happened, including which businesses were affected, but said criminals had gained physical access to the machines to install their malicious program."

Comment Sun Java System Directory Server (Score 2, Interesting) 409

by La Camiseta on Saturday January 17, 2009 @11:23PM (#26502847) Attached to: Best FOSS Active Directory Alternative?

It may not be opensourced yet, but Sun has released almost their entire enterprise stack for free for anyone to use, including their DSEE, with unlimited entries. It can synchronize with AD, and they have a good deployment planning guide for synchronizing with AD and there are guides all over the place regarding authenticating Windows off of LDAP servers.

Parrot Mimics Owner's Voice To Boss Around Her Other Pets 21

Posted by samzenpus on Friday January 16, 2009 @03:34PM from the do-what-the-parrot-says dept.

Barney, an African Grey Parrot, has learned to use his owner's voice to boss around her other pets. The bird, 10, squawks out orders like "come here" and even offers praise to his favorites such as "good dog." Margaret Sullivan, 65, says the bird's favorite game is calling out to a cat named Shadow. He then praises him when he does as he is told and sits on top of Barney's cage. Her husband says, "It's uncanny. He mimics her perfectly and when the dogs come over to the cage as if they are following his orders. The animals all think he's Margaret when he speaks. He loves ordering them around and commanding them — it's very surprising. He's not frightened or scared of them at all." Sounds like the beginning of a bad horror movie to me. Mimic Master; The last scream you hear will be your own.

(Useful) Stupid BlackBerry Tricks? 238

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @06:51AM from the maze-of-twisty-stupid-tricks dept.

Wolfger writes "Continuing the recent (useful) stupid theme: I've recently become a BlackBerry user, and I'm in love with the obvious(?) tricks, such as installing MidpSSH to access my home box remotely. But I'd like to know what more experienced Crackberry addicts can share."

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