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Comment Re:False premise (Score 1) 473

by Bl4d3 (#28539819) Attached to: On Realism and Virtual Murder
Killing for food is one thing, try to kill something out of mercy. I had to put my hamster to sleep (laugh all you want) recently. It couldn't move, was blind on one eye and very near its death. I felt bad about it for the better part of a week.

And I'm not at all queasy when it comes to killing in games, went through Soldier of Fortune killing most with groin shoots :) Hell even women or children it doesn't matter much if then stand between me and the objective I'm trying to accomplish.

Comment Re:How very... (Score 1) 315

by Bl4d3 (#28121387) Attached to: EU Sues Sweden, Demands ISP Data Retention
I think one of the reasons are, that the voters vote for whatever party they normally vote for, regardless of the parties individual EU politics.

The 7 of June we'll to vote for our EU representatives here in Denmark. There only 2 small parties who actively oppose EU, one wants us to quit entirely or at the least keep our opt-out referendum the other want a slimmer EU where all decisions are still made at a national level.

I doubt they'll get more that 2 mandates.

Feed Engadget: Canon's PowerShot G9: the DSLR wannabe (engadget.com)

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More from Canon, this time it's their top-o-the-line G-series, PowerShot G9 compact shooter. Think 12.1 megapixels (1/1.7-inch CCD), 6x optical zoom, optical image stabilization, a DIGIC III image processor, optical viewfinder and 3-inch LCD, Canon's Advanced Face Detection wares, ISO 1600 max sensitivity, 23 shooting modes (including manual), SD/SDHC media support, and even a RAW image mode to pretend you're a pro. Hell, it's even compatible with optional wide-angle, telephoto, and macro supplementary lenses, EOS Speedlite flashes, and Canon's waterproof cases. In stores starting in October for a cool $500 making this one helluvan interesting new shooter.

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Submission + - Leave a message, want to e-mail in the future ?

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fortin
fortin writes: "Leave-a-message.net is a brand new web concept that allows people to send a message to anyone at a precise date in the future. Did you ever forgot to mail your mother-in-law about her birthday ? Or simply save someting and get it back in 3 months ?

The usage is as simple as 3 steps : fill the form, confirm, that's all

The site is quiet new and simple for now, it is going to grow if people like the idea.

http://www.leave-a-message.net/"
Graphics

Submission + - HDMI Enabled Graphics Cards Debut

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TrackinYeti
TrackinYeti writes: "HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface), is the first industry supported digital-only interface, that requires a single cable to connect an output source to an HD-ready device, such as a television or monitor and deliver HD video, plus multi-channel digital audio, like Dolby Digital and DTS. Recently, Asus Computer released versions of their GeForce 7600 and Radeon X1600 cards with HDMI outputs on them, driven by an on-board Sil1930 controller. These are some of the first graphics cards to hit the market that can output HDMI natively with an integrated HDCP cipher engine and support HD-audio as well. Just the thing for that HTPC?"
Windows

Submission + - Don't Blame Vista

Submitted by Chris Speed
Chris Speed writes: There's been a significant amount of "buzz" circulating on the internet over an article written by a well respected computer scientist and cryptologist named Peter Gutmann, whose article, "A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection" has gained considerable notoriety since its initial publication in late 2006. His article mainly portrays Windows Vista as the cause for DRM and paints an overall bad picture of the new OS. But is this article really an analysis of Vista? FastSilicon.com takes a second look at Dr. Gutmann's article and finds many minor flaws and flat out errors.
Security

Submission + - Some WHOIS servers has been hacked

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yohanes
yohanes writes: "It seems a WHOIS server (crsnic.net) belonging to Verisign has been hacked (may be not just one, I can't confirm the others). Try doing whois google.com or whois microsoft.com on your console, and see what happens. If you miss it, you can see my archive at http://tinyhack.com. Please verify this story, as I have tested on three machines on different parts of the world."
Security

Submission + - User-Privilege Flaw Hits Vista

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IT071872
IT071872 writes: "According to PC world, A security firm has discovered one of the first security flaws to directly affect Windows Vista, a bug that it claims allows local users to escalate their privileges.

The flaw involves Windows' system for managing user security levels, User Account Control (UAC), which was introduced with Vista. UAC is designed to limit the damage that can be caused by mass attacks such as worms by giving standard users limited privileges, a practice common with other operating systems."

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