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Submission + - McAfee Reports on Web's Most Dangerous Words (mcafee.com)

Bryan Gividen writes: "McAfee has released a report on the most dangerous search terms for users. McAfee gathered info on popular search terms and then located which terms were most likely to produce malware related links. The most dangerous listed in the report is "free music downloads" with a average risk of 20.7%. Also considered dangerous are "lyrics," "game cheats," and "paris hilton." Sadly, "RIAA" is not found anywhere on the list."
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Senator Applauds Pirate Bay Trial, Chides Canada 526

eldavojohn writes "Republican Senator Orrin Hatch spoke Tuesday at the World Copyright Summit in Washington DC and hailed the Pirate Bay guilty verdict as an important victory. He expressed severe disappointment in Canada for showing up on our watch list for piracy next to China and Russia. Senator Hatch also said, 'In fact, one study reports that each year, copyright piracy from motion pictures, sound recordings, business and entertainment software, and video games costs the US economy $58 billion in total output, costs American workers 373,375 jobs and $16.3 billion in earnings, and costs federal, state, and local governments $2.6 billion in tax revenue. During this time of economic turmoil, we must ensure that all copyrighted works, both here and abroad, are protected from online theft and traditional physical piracy. After all, US copyright-based industries continue to be one of America's largest and fastest-growing economic sectors.' GamePolitics notes that for his 2006 campaign, Hatch was rented for $7,000 by the RIAA and also got on his knees for $12,640 from the MPAA."

Comment Re:Games Are a "Waste of Time" (Score 2, Interesting) 648

While I don't espouse this particular idea (nor do I argue against it), the boy may see a difference between art and entertainment. Generally, video games are classified as popular entertainment that uses technical skills commonly employed in arts, but video games themselves are not considered art. However, movies are commonly considered an art form which also is employed as entertainment.

Like I said, I'm not for or against that idea, but it seems like a logical distinction and could account for his preference.

Comment Revenues Reduced (Score 1) 166

I can see your point, but I think the only circumstances that it would happen is not Hulu "work[ing] with" Boxee, but instead buying them out or co-opting them. Hulu wants the ability to exclude people or devices from their service at will. Having that type of power allows them to use proprietary formats or hardware to deliver content. If Boxee exists, Hulu would have a much tougher time creating revenue off of new devices which do exactly the same thing as Boxee.

Comment Still a Move in the Right Direction (Score 1) 390

Even though people will always be able to murder, steal, cheat, lie, etc. That does not mean we should consider all efforts to stop illicit activities as fruitless. I am proud of Craigslist for taking a step in the right direction and working to police themselves. Similarly, I'm proud of the authorities for working to enforce the laws that legislatures have passed.

Comment Re:So lets see... (Score 1) 971

Though I don't have numbers immediately available to back it up, income is significantly lower unless a "soft major" (read as: social sciences) attends graduate school. Those students which graduate in Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, etc. are faced with very low incomes or no job with only a Bachelor's for the most part. Engineering, Accounting, and even "Ology" majors see a much higher placement and pay right out of graduate school.

I know that in admissions to many of the law schools I am applying to, a 3.8 in History and a 3.3 in Mechanical Engineering are comparable grades to the admissions committees. The inflated GPA which soft majors enjoy really does little except possibly inflate ego. And as an Econ major, I can tell you that me and my fellow soft major comrades already had inflated egos as is... it's sad really.

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