Comment Re:"Just let strangers touch you, honey" (Score 4, Informative) 1174
The truth of your comment makes me cry with despair.
Comment Re:The TSA (Score 4, Insightful) 1174
And this is your mistake, see. You should consider any person trying to pat down a 4 year old a child molester. Any mistake to do so results in news like this.
Comment Re:In a world... (Score 0) 165
Oh dear, I'm terribly sorry but I misclicked. Now I have to comment =/
Comment Re:Of course... (Score 1) 637
Which is a bloody shame. It may not be the most cheerful book, but what it describes, the image it paints of a totalitarian future, I'll be damned if our current society isn't moving in that direction faster than anyone should like.
Then again, my big brother rather likes it.
Wait, I don't even have a big brother.
Then again, my big brother rather likes it.
Wait, I don't even have a big brother.
Comment Re:Fuck this. Fuck EVERYTHING about this (Score 5, Insightful) 403
First Europe sends banking info, passenger info, what will come? And there, for a moment, I believed Europe stopped being America's bitch. I'm voting... No wait, I don't know what or who I'm voting, because all parties I somewhat agree with agree with this shit. Fuck.
Comment Re:WTH, voiding HW warranty by installing software (Score 1) 66
That's also one of the points from TFA: they will not pre-install Ubuntu, just 'certify' it.
Comment WTH, voiding HW warranty by installing software?! (Score 4, Insightful) 66
Why is this even necessary?! Apparently, you can void your hardware warranty by installing software (from TFA):
it simply means that by installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on their current (or future) ProLiant hardware that they won’t nullify any kind of hardware warranty
But how does this even work? Also: as TFA notes, it's unclear who is endorsing who here, with HP being extremely profitable and all, but wouldn't it be cheaper for HP to just not be a little whiney kid about what kind of software you can or can't run?
Comment No he's not. (Score 4, Insightful) 258
But here you are wrong. With SOPA, the public at large managed to find -- finally, I might add -- the supreme spot where to exercise influence over legislation. See, if corporations control politics, it's no use trying to influence politics directly. But if we can influence the politics corporations push for, which we demonstrably can, we can influence politics. Therefore, your point that people don't matter anymore is false.
Comment Re:In Massachusetts... (Score 1) 102
(snip) I don't have any ideas about how to deal with the members who are not online much, of course.
Make available computers to use specifically to browse the archives and related activities? Seems quite reasonable. Also attach a printer so they can print it all and study it at home.
Comment Re:square peg round hole (Score 1) 96
Yeah, I concur. If friends are over and we want to watch a movie, either I already have it, or I can download it in about ten minutes, so while that is going on, we play a short boardgame or prepare some drinks and food and hé presto!
Comment I have never used it (Score 5, Informative) 96
but https://github.com/dacort/mwhich MWhich seems to do exactly what you want?
Former TSA Administrator Speaks 196
phantomfive writes "Former TSA head Kip Hawley talks about how the agency is broken and how it can be fixed:
'The crux of the problem, as I learned in my years at the helm, is our wrongheaded approach to risk. In attempting to eliminate all risk from flying, we have made air travel an unending nightmare for U.S. passengers and visitors from overseas, while at the same time creating a security system that is brittle where it needs to be supple. ... the TSA's mission is to prevent a catastrophic attack on the transportation system, not to ensure that every single passenger can avoid harm while traveling. Much of the friction in the system today results from rules that are direct responses to how we were attacked on 9/11. But it's simply no longer the case that killing a few people on board a plane could lead to a hijacking. ...The public wants the airport experience to be predictable, hassle-free and airtight and for it to keep us 100% safe. But 100% safety is unattainable. Embracing a bit of risk could reduce the hassle of today's airport experience while making us safer at the same time."
Swiss Gov't: Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal 463
wasimkadak writes "One in three people in Switzerland download unauthorized music, movies and games from the Internet, and — since last year — the government has been wondering what to do about it. This week their response was published, and it was crystal clear. Not only will downloading for personal use stay completely legal, but the copyright holders won't suffer because of it, since people eventually spend the money saved on entertainment products."
Italian Court Rules Web Editors Not Responsible For Comments 72
itwbennett writes "Internet freedom got a boost Wednesday when Italy's highest court ruled that the editors of online publications can't be held legally responsible for defamatory comments posted by their readers. The judges said online publications could not be treated in the same way as traditional print media and could not be expected to exercise preventative editorial control over readers' comments."
Comment This feels a lot like (Score 4, Insightful) 155
V for Vendetta
1984
A Brave New World
We see it coming and just don't give a damn, it seems. Where are the times governments were afraid of their people? Or at least had some respect for their people?
1984
A Brave New World
We see it coming and just don't give a damn, it seems. Where are the times governments were afraid of their people? Or at least had some respect for their people?
