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Submission + - Atdhe.net & Firstrow.com seized (atdhe.net) 1

mark72005 writes: ICE — Homeland Security has seized these domains, well known for years among sports fans for allowing free streaming of out-of-market events. Many would say we're surprised these sites lasted this long, not at the seizure.

Comment Re:Hm (Score 4, Insightful) 224

They want everyone keeping all their devices connected to the online hub. This way they can control licensing, require updates, etc., more effectively than they do today.

You might like jailbreaking your console, but will you like it as much if your saved games are inaccessible? (maniacal laughter)

Comment Re:What about government hindering innovation? (Score 2) 131

The biases only deal with embryonic stem cell research, which is but a subset of all types of stem cell research. For the record, I don't think you need a religious bias to object to embryo farming or similar (since this is /., we are allowed/required to carry out what-could-happen as far as possible)

Much more important than a petty political point is pointing out that exclusivity contracts in medical research are stupid. We should be attempting to advance as quickly as humanly and ethically possible in these fields, and awarding exclusivity for profit motivated (don't kid yourself, they are) universities and research institutions is damaging and nonsensical.

Comment Re:Countermeasure (Score 1) 573

True - but I thought the downfall of custom circuits was that sometimes the operator chickens out. Obviously, those who plan these devices didn't find manually operated or time controlled mechanisms as effective as this, or they'd still be using them...

It's probably just an academic discussion because really, the chances this was going to happen or will happen again are probably slim.

I'm guessing they used an old phone or a burner that was recently (re-)activated and the spam was just sent to a random telephone number with a known-mobile exchange prefix.

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