Comment Re:missing option... (Score 1) 665
Funny, that's the first thing I thought too...
Submission + - Wikipedia shuts centiare shut down again
Garrett Minks writes: "If last years altercation between wywikibiz founder Greg Kohs and Jimmy Wales wasn't enough a select group of super users on wikipedia have recently decided to systematically erase any notion of the site even though it is in clear violation of policy to blank discussions and proposals without consensus.
Proof of misconduct is very difficult for the lay user to find but a long time wikipedia user has uncovered how the hive really works when faced with something it deems unencyclopedic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedi a:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=13418 4688&oldid=134184582
Is this incident trivial, maybe. But maybe it also shows the secret autocracy behind the "free encyclopedia any one can use". Most will follow Dorothy and pay no attention to the man behind the screen but a select few insiders are beginning to see the site crumble."
Submission + - Email snafu sends Bush DOJ emails to Greg Palast
destinyland writes: 500 of Karl Rove's email messages were mistakenly sent to WhiteHouse.org, who forwarded them to investigative reporter Greg Palast. The DOJ emails were reviewed by a law professor
who confirmed they discussed "an illegal way of getting rid of black votes." Palast has just come forward with the information, which affects 4.5 million voters, and in a new interview explains
how it sheds a new perspective on the Department of Justice scandal.
Submission + - MS to provide unique email ids for every Indian
nachiketas writes: "The Financial Express is reporting that Microsoft has offered to provide custom email ids for all Indians (http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story .php?content_id=164991) through its Windows Live Hotmail Service. From the article: "The company has already provided an id for residents of Lokhandwala in Mumbai, called www.lokhandwalarocks.com at which users can have their id and use all features of Windows Live Hotmail, a Microsoft press release said. "This is Microsoft's first step towards customising email for consumers in India. We aim to deliver an email id for every Indian which reflects their identity and personality," Jaspreet Bindra, Country Manager of Microsoft Online Services Group, said." What next from Google?"
Submission + - Open Source Helps Find Missing Girl
Cris writes: "An on line community has gathered around helpfindmaddie.wiki-site.com, a site dedicated to join efforts to help find misseed 4 y.o. Madeleine Mccann.
The aim of this 'wikipedia' like style is to propose tasks that eventually would be performed by someone able to do it.
The site administrators encourage the use of open source software to accomplish this. For instance, they propose Gimp for image editing of Maddie pictures, Blender for 3D models creation, Hamachi for setting up a VPN, and VLC and Icecast for media streaming. Check it out!"
The aim of this 'wikipedia' like style is to propose tasks that eventually would be performed by someone able to do it.
The site administrators encourage the use of open source software to accomplish this. For instance, they propose Gimp for image editing of Maddie pictures, Blender for 3D models creation, Hamachi for setting up a VPN, and VLC and Icecast for media streaming. Check it out!"
Submission + - Nominet shuts down deleting.co.uk
Anonymous reader writes: "Nominet the .uk internet registry on Tuesday shut down http://www.deleting.co.uk/ the only UK drop list service. A statement on the website reads "the site was found to be in breach of the Domain Availability Checker (DAC) contract". However the decision has caused an outcry in the secondary domain name market community. A 16 page thread on Acorndomains http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/drop-catching-domain -names/18389-deleting-co-uk-rip.html suggests Nominet is being "bombarded" with complaints from members who believe the decision is harming their businesses. One upset member wrote on his blog http://www.internetentrepreneurs.co.uk/node/33/ "I'm surprised and saddened by the action taken by Nominet to close down the service".
It is believed the initial complaint about the website which has been online since August 2003 is linked to Andrew Bennett the website owner being elected to Nominet's Policy Advisory Body (PAB) in March 2007 http://www.nominet.org.uk/policy/pab/election/."
Submission + - Did the NTYimes violate the DCMA?
An anonymous reader writes: The weekly Circuits e-mail asks the following
question.
Q & A
Free Software to Play DVDs
By J.D. BIERSDORFER
I would like to watch DVDs on my computer with a program that works better than Windows Media Player. Are there any free ones available?
The answer to this question does not appear at the paper's web site (login required).
Today's printed paper tells us to to try AVS DVD Player and VLC media player. Will the Times be called to task for encouraging us to watch DVD's with unlicensed software?
Q & A
Free Software to Play DVDs
By J.D. BIERSDORFER
I would like to watch DVDs on my computer with a program that works better than Windows Media Player. Are there any free ones available?
The answer to this question does not appear at the paper's web site (login required).
Today's printed paper tells us to to try AVS DVD Player and VLC media player. Will the Times be called to task for encouraging us to watch DVD's with unlicensed software?
Journal SPAM: Dr. Laura son linked to lurid Web page 10
Dr. Laura son linked to lurid Web page
Site contained violent, sex-oriented images one official called 'repulsive'
By Matthew D. LaPlante
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 05/19/2007 12:15:45 AM MDT
The soldier son of talk radio relationship counselor Laura Schlessinger is under investigation for a graphic personal Web page that one Army official has called "repulsive."
Submission + - Snakes on an Airplane!!
Anonymous writes: "Turns out someone took the movie with Samuel Jackson a bit too seriously. Yahia Rahim Tulba admitted to trying to smuggle 700 live snakes onto an airplane in Cairo, included in the 700 snakes were two poisonous cobras. Tulba was arrested for violating export laws and endangering other passengers."
Submission + - Gamespot gets a Grand Theft Auto 4 preview
Pope Gumby writes: "Gamespot has gotten a sneak preview at one of this year's biggest games, Grand Theft Auto 4, and apparently it's all looking good.
From TFA : "Ultimately, our demo of the game was a pretty controlled experience and was more about showing off the world and the possibilities of what could be done inside it than showing off specific gameplay features. That said, even this modest look at a fraction of the city shows a whole lot of potential. The nuanced story; greater interactivity with the world; densely packed, vertical environment; ambitious scope; and increased freedom all seem like the right ingredients to have in play for such an anticipated sequel."
Everyone is talking about Halo3, but I'm looking forward to this much much more..."
From TFA : "Ultimately, our demo of the game was a pretty controlled experience and was more about showing off the world and the possibilities of what could be done inside it than showing off specific gameplay features. That said, even this modest look at a fraction of the city shows a whole lot of potential. The nuanced story; greater interactivity with the world; densely packed, vertical environment; ambitious scope; and increased freedom all seem like the right ingredients to have in play for such an anticipated sequel."
Everyone is talking about Halo3, but I'm looking forward to this much much more..."
Submission + - Have Pictures of French Fries? You're a Terrorist!
Complain Here writes: "What would've been an innocent story about how someone's nephews loved the Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry's "Ferry Fries" turned bizarre when the ship's crew threatened a passenger with arrest for taking pictures of their food. Frederick A. Hall, vice president and general manager of the ferry company was unrepentant, however, and said that the threat of arrest over three pictures showing children with fries and the food counter was justified because "there have been past incidents where possible acts of terrorism have been threatened." Clearly, this can only mean that terrorists are working on Weapons of Fat Destruction, which pose a grave threat to the American Way."
