Comment Re:-1 False Assumption (Score 1) 976
Of course, California's also the state where you can be ticketed at the same time for impeding traffic and speeding. Yes, going too slowly and going too quickly. At the same time.
Kojima Predicts the End of the Console 195
nathanielinbrazil writes "Konami founder and developer Hideo Kojima predicts gaming console is a dying breed. Anticipates gaming on demand via Internet. 'It's a bold prediction,' Sony Computer Entertainment Japan President Hiroshi Kawano told reporters nervously. 'We hope he continues to develop for platforms, but we deeply respect his sense of taking on a challenge.' Kojima launches his follow-up game Heavy Metal Solid Gear: Peace Walker in late April designed for the PSP."
Comment Re:Starting from full stop ..... (Score 3, Informative) 776
Actually most won't activate until you're pushing the pedal yourself to around 20 mph or so.
Comment Re:Obvious Solution (Score 1) 209
Then they both confess, and you're exactly where you are now.
Comment No problem (Score 1) 664
No problem for me. Even though I am a computer science student, I take notes on paper. Then I transcribe it into my personal wiki, getting twice the exposure to the material.
Comment Re:Disagreeing with the majority here... (Score 4, Informative) 253
- He gave the password to the only person allowed by his contract, the mayor.
- He did not give the password over the speakerphone to a room full of other people, including quite possibly some people to whom he was not allowed to give the password. This was the incident that got him arrested.
- A supervisor should have had the password all along. If he was innocently hit by a bus, then the city's network would really be hurting. IT people need to learn that refusal to document does not make job security.
- All people involved are asshats.
Comment Re:Both sides behaved terribly (Score 2, Interesting) 253
Context: the first time they asked was also over speakerphone.
Epic win: he also put the passwords in public court records, so the new IT staff had to scramble.
Comment Re:Men like these... (Score 1) 253
Agree. Even if they had the right to the passwords (and any admin worth his salt would ensure that someone else had them, in case he gets hit by a bus:
- They demanded them over speakerphone. There's no way that he could verify that the people on the other end of the line were all able to have that password.
- He is not liable to tell them how to let them in. If I don't document something, they have no ability to come back and make me do it. Their only recourse is not giving me a good reference for my next attempt at a job.
In UK, Oink Admin Cleared of Fraud 156
krou writes "The BBC is reporting that Alan Ellis, who ran music file sharing site Oink from his flat in the UK, has been found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud. Between 2004 and 2007, the site 'facilitated the download of 21 million music files' by allowing its some 200,000 'members to find other people on the web who were prepared to share files.' Ellis was making £18,000 a month ($34,600) from donations from users, and claimed that he had no intention of defrauding copyright holders, and said 'All I do is really like Google, to really provide a connection between people. None of the music is on my website.'" Reader Andorin recommends Torrentfreak's coverage, which includes summaries of the closing arguments.
Comment Re:US bullying and demanding other countries.. (Score 1) 457
And just you watch the US shoot down a Canadian passenger jet. That's one way to make enemies of lots of countries, very quickly.
Raise a Glass — Time(2) Turns 40 Tonight 114
ddt writes "Raise your glasses of champagne in a toast at midnight. The time(2) system call turns 40 tonight, and is now officially 'over the hill.' It's been dutifully keeping track of time for clueful operating systems since January 1, 1970." And speaking of time, if you don't have a *nix system handy, or just want a second opinion, an anonymous reader points out this handy way to check just how far it is after local midnight in Unix time. Updated 10:03 GMT by timothy: The Unix-time-in-a-browser link has been replaced by a Rick Astley video; you have been warned.
Comment Re:Silly me (Score 1) 419
Actually their first work was the Declaration of Independence, but your point still stands.
Comment Re:Fair Copyright (Score 1) 427
In the first place, his idea gives you seven years up front for free. When was the last time you used seven-year-old software?
These are from Wikipedia.
- Linux kernel: 1991
- Vim: 1992, first port to Unix
- Firefox: 2003. It's getting close. If you extend this to the Mozilla suite, then you're in the 1990s easily.
- Bash: 1987
Comment Re:All admins (Score 1) 502
In a case at our local Army post, Lt. Ehren Watada refused to deploy to Iraq, claiming that the war was illegal. (Whether he was correct is not relevant at this point; I'm not talking about that.) In his court martial, he was banned from using any defense on that ground, only being allowed to defend himself on the "I never refused" ground (which was obviously not the case).
Comment Re:idiots who don't know the law (Score 1) 502
Traffic violations are "preponderance of the evidence", at least in my state.
