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Comment Re:Parasite, yes (Score 1) 336

No, you file a DMCA takedown notice, because that's how you start a copyright claim on the Internet, you idiot. That's coincidentally the entire reason the DMCA was created--because the old model of copyright infringement wasn't capable of keeping up with the speed (instant) of copying in digital formats. Take it to small claims like you suggest, see the judge smack you for wasting his time.

And I'm not even in the US, so I don't even have to deal with the DMCA, ever. Get it together, AC, and think before you open your mouth.

Comment Re:This sounds Interesting BUT (Score 1) 3

Never mind that BMI is a completely useless metric unless you also know a significant amount about the person's fitness level. Muscle has a higher density than fat, so if you take a world-class eats-steroids-for-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner bodybuilder with a package the size of a AAA battery, they may have 3% body fat but their BMI will declare them horribly obese. Now, granted, they're likely to have an impact on the medical system eventually, but not in the same way a massively obese person will.
Sony

Submission + - Anonymous announces the #OpSony (techworld.com.au)

c0lo writes: A press release has targeted Sony in response to the corporation's legal action against hacker George Hotz (GeoHot) and Alexander Egorenkov (Graf_Chokolo).

What seems to be pissing-off the collective is the fact that Sony continues to target persons who seeks the information and, in the already known style, likens Sony actions with sticking some private-and-dear-parts in hornet nests.

Music

Submission + - RIAA/MPAA: the greatest threat to tech innovation (hbr.org)

TAGmclaren writes: The Harvard Business Review is running an article stating that it's not India or China that are the greatest threat to technological innovation happening in America. Rather, it's the "big content" players, particularly the movie and music industry. From the article: "the Big Content players do not understand technology, and never have. Rather than see it as an opportunity to reach new audiences, technology has always been a threat to them. Example after example abounds of this attitude; whether it was the VCR which was "to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone" as famed movie industry lobbyist Jack Valenti put it at a congressional hearing, or MP3 technology, which they tried to sue out of existence."

Submission + - Japan nuclear struggle focuses on cracked reactor (reuters.com) 1

SillySnake writes: Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it had found a crack in the pit at its No.2 reactor in Fukushima, generating readings 1,000 millisieverts of radiation per hour in the air inside the pit.

"With radiation levels rising in the seawater near the plant, we have been trying to confirm the reason why, and in that context, this could be one source," said Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), said on Saturday.

Comment Yeah right (Score 1) 2

When I went to http://www.facebook.com/common/browser.php (the source link) Facebook told me Chrome isn't supported and I should use Safari (or IE or Firefox). At best, I'm calling this a lame publicity stunt, but given the date I'm inclined to call BS. (And, no, I didn't bother actually trying to register and then log into FB, so blame me for not RTFA if it can be called an article.)
Facebook

Submission + - Zuckerberg's Generosity (facebook.com) 2

Dan East writes: Mark Zuckerberg, billionaire founder of Facebook, has decided to share some of his wealth with dedicated FB users, who were ultimately responsible for his fortune. Each time you enter the following key presses into Facebook (max once per hour) you will receive a $5 credit on your FB account (part of the advertising system):
UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A ENTER
Please repost — it is for TODAY only!

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