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Comment Re:Remember Gmail? (Score 1) 1582

by ihatewinXP (#27421509) Attached to: Slashdot Launches User Achievements

This is what I scanned the comments for - my worst fears realized.

Or is it?

I guess this isnt as bad as having a straight "points" system - and I was automagically given some pretty neat 'achievements' (user stats) retroactively. But after last years great "dupe of a dupe of a dupe" I honestly couldnt believe this was real.

Wow, and I thought the subtle redesign was shocking. I cant remember the last time slashdot _itself_ made my jaw drop.

Comment Re:Out of Date (Score 2, Informative) 118

by ihatewinXP (#27079187) Attached to: The Best Way Through the Great Firewall of China

I just left Beijing in November (each province and city has different protocols and sites that are to be blocked - its not just one Great Firewall) and can pass on what I have seen.

Most people (foreign and Chinese) just use an ever evolving list of proxy sites for "that one site" that is being blocked for whatever reason. I remember having to finally give up on http://postsecret.com/ as Chinese censors had seen the name and apparently added it to the list sight unseen. http://flyproxy.com/ was the most used and usually quite fast and able to handle most flash/cgi.

TOR and all that are great but who is running the nodes? If you dont think China is combing through traffic of people TRYING to hide you have another thing coming (I dont feel like combing through but there was a /. article some time ago discussing that Fort Mead MD seems to have a hugely disproportionate amount of TOR nodes so it seems the NSA is on the same page). China is all about stability and.... actually no, thats it, stability. As long as you are using proxyserver of the month for negligible things there will never be a problem. If you are using TOR/Anonymizer/etc to attempt to break down the walls and change the government - aiya - watch out.

Comment Re:An echo chamber... (Score 3, Insightful) 409

by ihatewinXP (#26899375) Attached to: Facebook Scrambles To Contain ToS Fallout

What?

In your scenario someone posts excerpts of a book they are writing online, say as a series of notes on Facebook, then after this book is published Facebook Lawyers® are going to 1. hunt down a user and then 2. sue them in open court for a share of the profits?

Im sorry but im still not buying these hypothetical situations. Can we pin down anyone actually ever getting screwed by this (be it FB, Myspace, Youtube, Flikr, Whatevr)? I mean this is capitalism - saying "once there is money in ripping people off it will happen" doesnt cut it - lets see it actually happen.

Comment An echo chamber... (Score 4, Insightful) 409

by ihatewinXP (#26898185) Attached to: Facebook Scrambles To Contain ToS Fallout

Dont we have this discussion about once a year?

I remember the exact same thing going down with Flikr, Myspace, Youtube... Of course I dont agree with the wording and implications of the new TOS but can anyone point me to an example where any of these sites have commandeered content and used it nefariously? Microsoft maybe once?
Wine

Apps That Officially Support Wine 354

Posted by kdawson from the insert-alcohol-related-line-here dept.
David Gerard writes "Wine (the Windows not-an-emulator for Unix) runs Windows applications more often than not. (Certainly more often than Vista does.) Dan Kegel on the wine-users mailing list/forum has started gathering apps that declare Wine a supported platform. And there's now a Wine Support Honor Roll page on the Wine wiki. We need more apps that work with Wine stating that they consider it a supported platform. If you write Win32 open source or shareware, please open yourself to the wider market!"
Communications

Scientists "Teleport" Quantum Information One Meter 107

Posted by timothy from the teleport-a-child-and-we'll-be-impressed dept.
the4thdimension writes "While we may not be beaming up to the Enterprise anytime soon, a team of scientists from the University of Maryland and the University of Michigan have managed to teleport information between two atoms up to a meter apart. Until this point, only very tiny distances were able to be traveled. However, using a complicated system of photons, ions, lasers, and electromagnetics, scientists have managed to 'teleport' information contained on one atom to another atom that is in a separate sealed container. This can lead to a wide range of developments in computing and communications." Update: 01/29 22:29 GMT by T : Sorry, it's a dupe, but today's article in Time is better reading than the abstract anyhow.
Image

Dogs To Sniff Out Smokers Screenshot-sm 136

Posted by samzenpus from the what-brand-is-it-lassie dept.
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation has turned to "tobacco detection canine" teams to sniff out workers sneaking away for a smoke. Careless smoking by workers inside the former Deutsche Bank building is blamed for the Aug. 18, 2007, fire that killed two firefighters. "This is just one part of the project team's multifaceted approach to ensuring that all site regulations are strictly followed and enforced," said LMDC spokesman Mike Murphy.
The Courts

Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted 846

Posted by CmdrTaco from the very-stealthy dept.
doomsdaywire writes "A University of Tennessee student who is the son of a Memphis legislator has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of hacking Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail. [...] If convicted, [David C.] Kernell faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a three-year term of supervised release. A trial date has not been set."
Privacy

"Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email 1733

Posted by kdawson from the should-have-used-hushmail dept.
netbuzz writes "'Anonymous,' best known for its jousts with Scientology, has apparently hacked Sarah Palin's private Yahoo email account. Contents, including sample emails, an index, and family photos, have been posted by Wikileaks, which calls them evidence that the GOP vice presidential candidate has improperly used private email to shield government business from public scrutiny." Note that there is no easy way to tell if the material on Wikileaks is genuine or a hoax. Update by J : Genuine.
Government

In MN, Massive Police Raids On Suspected Protestors 961

Posted by kdawson from the it-can-happen-here dept.
X0563511 alerts us to events in Minneapolis and St. Paul in advance of the Republican convention (which has been put on hold because of Hurricane Gustav). Local police backed by the FBI raided a number of homes and public buildings and confiscated computers and other material. From Salon.com: "Last night, members of the St. Paul police department and the Ramsey County sheriff's department handcuffed, photographed and detained dozens of people meeting at a public venue to plan a demonstration, charging them with no crime other than 'fire code violations,' and early this morning, the Sheriff's department sent teams of officers into at least four Minneapolis area homes where suspected protesters were staying. Jane Hamsher and I were at two of those homes this morning — one which had just been raided and one which was in the process of being raided." Here is local reporting from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "Aided by informants planted in protest groups, authorities raided at least six buildings across St. Paul and Minneapolis to stop an 'anarchist' plan to disrupt this week's Republican National Convention. From Friday night through Saturday afternoon, officers surrounded houses, broke down doors, handcuffed scores of people and confiscated suspected tools of civil disobedience ... A St. Paul City Council member described it as excessive, while activists, many of whom were detained and then released without charges, called it intimidation designed to quash free speech."
Graphics

Carmack to Bring "Graphical Tour de Force" to the iPhone 105

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the mmo-on-the-iphone-for-complete-loss-of-productivity dept.
Apparently developer John Carmack loves his iPhone and is still kicking himself for not having something ready to go at launch time. However, he has announced plans to bring a "graphical tour de force" to Apple's popular device. "But as for which one, the company isn't saying just yet, though given that the recently launched id Mobile division already has Doom RPG and the forthcoming Wolfenstein RPG to its credit, we wouldn't be at all surprised if Carmack will bring Quake or some flavor of Rage to the small screen as well. What's more, he's apparently considering the idea of tackling the MMO market on the iPhone down the line, though he admits that he's being 'conservative' and doesn't 'want to be in a bet-the-company situation' just yet."

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