Comment Re:this above comment was written by Travis Wicher (Score 1) 382
And the above comment was written by Jason Christopher Hughes, in yet another attempt to interfere with the employment of yet another one of his stalking victims.
Comment Re:Slashdot and Reddit – Pwned by Serial Sta (Score 1) 382
Gee, I'm surprised you haven't initiated a civil lawsuit against me for intentional infliction of emotional distress. I'm not exactly difficult to find...
And surely you wouldn't claim I'd done something like this without having a shred of actual evidence to support it...?
Right?
Comment Re:I was stalked by stonemirror too (Score 1) 382
Another comment from stalker Jason Christopher Hughes. You can see more of the same in the comments section of this article on The Daily Dot: http://www.dailydot.com/business/kickstarter-cyberstalker-victim-rachel-marone/
This quote is manufactured, and appears nowhere on the web except for places it's been posted as a quote by some sock puppet ID or an "anonymous coward", like Mr. Hughes is right here. Check http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=victor+cypert+%22resident+computer+programmer%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 and see for yourself.
Comment Re:these people call "marone" THE STALKER (Score 1) 382
And this is a posting from Jason Christopher Hughes, who's decided to make an appearance in the comments section of this article on The Daily Dot: http://www.dailydot.com/business/kickstarter-cyberstalker-victim-rachel-marone/
Comment Re:He's harassed me too. (Score 1) 382
I've also been stalked by Jason Christopher Hughes, and I can corroborate that he exists and that he's very difficult to track down. He's changed his name twice since 2004, first in Texas (to Manuel Luis Arsupial) and then in Washington (to Michael Rudra Nath). He's a transient and changes location multiple times a year as well.
There have been criminal complaints made against him, by various people, in California, Washington, Texas, New York and other places, but — as people have noted — law enforcement doesn't make this kind of thing any sort of a priority. I had an active criminal complaint against him myself, in Merced County, California, from March 2010 to March 2011.
I'm aware of no fewer than twenty different people who've been harassed by this person.
Submission + - Camping's Math Error: World Won't End For Ten Days (shugendo.org)
stonemirror writes: "There's a small error in Harold Camping's apocalyptic math: he neglected to adjust for the change to the Gregorian calendar. As a result, the actual date for the Apocalypse is May 31st, rather than May 21st."
Submission + - Apple Isn't Tracking You, But Facebook Is... (shugendo.org)
stonemirror writes: "Apple has put out a statement explaining that the file containing locations in the areas where the iPhone has visited are, indeed, the locations of cell towers and such and are, indeed, used to speed up triangulation in iOS Location Services. Apple says that will store less data, encrypt the file on the phone, and not back it up to the desktop in a future release of the platform.
On a related note, it's been revealed that Facebook has been placing tracking cookies onto the computers of non-users of the site, simply for visiting sites which happen to use Facebook Connect for authentication. Facebook blames this on a bug."
On a related note, it's been revealed that Facebook has been placing tracking cookies onto the computers of non-users of the site, simply for visiting sites which happen to use Facebook Connect for authentication. Facebook blames this on a bug."
Submission + - SETI puts telescopes in 'hiberation' (mercurynews.com)
swellconvivialguy writes: Up until last week, the SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array was looking for signals from extraterrestrial life. Now SETI is looking for funding.
Submission + - Movie-ruining trends that are actually ancient (cracked.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Cracked has an interesting article on the historical roots of a number of entertainment industry-related things we like to complain about here. In case you don't want to RTFA:
5) Crappy Sequels/Prequels: actually started in 460 B.C.E. (sequels of The Iliad)
4) Everything Is an Adaptation or a Remake: actually started before recorded history.
3) Rampant Piracy: actually started in the 1500s (bad quartos)
2) Cheap Knockoffs Trying to Cash in on Blockbusters: actually started in the 1800s (penny dreadfuls)
1) Arbitrary Ratings for "Adult" Content: actually started in the 1500s (Queen Elizabeth's censorship boards)
5) Crappy Sequels/Prequels: actually started in 460 B.C.E. (sequels of The Iliad)
4) Everything Is an Adaptation or a Remake: actually started before recorded history.
3) Rampant Piracy: actually started in the 1500s (bad quartos)
2) Cheap Knockoffs Trying to Cash in on Blockbusters: actually started in the 1800s (penny dreadfuls)
1) Arbitrary Ratings for "Adult" Content: actually started in the 1500s (Queen Elizabeth's censorship boards)
Submission + - Does Google Encourage Book Piracy?
lee1 writes: "David Flanagan, author of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and
other reference works, has for 15 years been, as he says, ‘one of those lucky authors
who has been able to support himself and his family almost entirely on
book royalties.’ But now he his looking for a salaried job, because
royalties are declining. He believes this is due in part to piracy of
his books, which he sees as being actively encouraged by Google. The
search giant ranks results leading to illegal copies of his works above
legitimate results, such as reviews, and features illegal download sites
prominently in its interactive list of search suggestions. Flanagan even
found that the latest edition of his JavaScript book was available as an
illegal download before he received his own copy."
Submission + - Nokia Hands Symbian OS Business To Accenture (itworld.com)
jfruhlinger writes: "As Nokia shifts from Symbian to Windows Phone 7 for its smartphones, it doesn't need the 3,000 employees it has working on Symbian software, so the company is handing them over to consulting firm Accenture. No word on who paid whom in this transaction, or how long Accenture will hold onto these employees once Nokia's shift is complete, since Nokia would be their major customer for Symbian consulting. In addition to this move, Nokia is also firing 4,000 people outright."
Submission + - FBI Says Wire Fraud Scam Sending Millions to China (threatpost.com) 2
Trailrunner7 writes: The FBI is warning businesses about an ongoing spate of attacks that are stealing millions of dollars from companies through unauthorized bank transfers to Chinese companies. The fraudulent wire transfers are not a new tactic, but the FBI says the current round of attacks is notable in that virtually all of the transfers are going to shell companies based in China and have cost U.S. businesses $11 million.
The FBI said that many of the cases it has seen involve well-known pieces of malware, such as Zeus, SpyEye and others. The amount of money the attackers try to transfer varies from $50,000 up to nearly $1 million.
The FBI said that many of the cases it has seen involve well-known pieces of malware, such as Zeus, SpyEye and others. The amount of money the attackers try to transfer varies from $50,000 up to nearly $1 million.
Submission + - DoJ asks Supreme Court to take up GPS tracking (google.com)
Whorhay writes: The DOJ has been directed by the Obama Administration to push the Supreme Court to take up the legality of Warrantless GPS Tracking. This on the heels of the a federal appeals court in Washington overturning the conviction of a man citing warrantless GPS tracking as violating his fourth ammendmant rights.
Submission + - Caterpillar-Inspired Robots Rock 'n' Roll (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: Forget Roy Batty, the android who easily evaded Harrison Ford in Bladerunner: Robots with superhuman speed and flexibility might look more like somersaulting caterpillars. A new soft-bodied robot made out of silicon mimics caterpillars' ballistic roll, which is among the fastest wheeling behaviors in nature. Their 10-centimeter-long robot, named GoQBot for the Q-shape it forms as it rolls, is powered by shape memory coils that bend at three points to allow it to change its body conformation in less than 100 milliseconds. Soft-bodied robots that can both squirm into difficult spaces and change direction extremely quickly could be useful for getting into debris-strewn areas for rescues or intel gathering.
Submission + - iPhone/SpyPhone--The Music Video! (shugendo.org)
stonemirror writes: "As a final installment to this saga, I put together yet another modified version of Peter Warden's iPhoneTrack application, and used it to produce a video showing the locations the phone gathered, in order, over a ten-month period. The soundtrack is David Byrne's "My Fair Lady", used under a Creative Commons license.
The video is on YouTube, and a higher-quality version can be downloaded from my site, along with a pre-built version of my modified iPhoneTracker, the modifications to the source code, and "The Wired CD", a Creative Commons-licensed CD of tunes from some excellent artists, including Mr. Byrne. Enjoy!"
The video is on YouTube, and a higher-quality version can be downloaded from my site, along with a pre-built version of my modified iPhoneTracker, the modifications to the source code, and "The Wired CD", a Creative Commons-licensed CD of tunes from some excellent artists, including Mr. Byrne. Enjoy!"
