Comment Hey, anyone remember... (Score 1) 500
Windows RG? http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/winrg
Comment Wait, wait, wait... (Score 1) 295
I thought Ted Stevens established for Congress a long time ago that the internet wasn't a big truck?
Comment Hank Johnson is skeptical (Score 1) 692
My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and, uh, capsize.
Comment Re:Is the gold rush over? (Score 1) 768
Why is "shiny rock" real value, but "cryptographic hash" not? Both are scarce, both are valued by people. The only difference is, one exists in physical space. The value of Bitcoin is no more or less "real" than that of gold, land, or stocks.
Comment Re:Is the gold rush over? (Score 1) 768
"Bitcoins have no inherent value."
Nothing has any economic value except what people give it. Bitcoins are no different from gold, from apples, or anything else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective_theory_of_value
Comment Re:Primary Programming. (Score 1) 645
Do you honestly think centuries of theologians just didn't think of that? When your eight year old daughter happens to "disprove" a two thousand year old belief system, think a bit harder.
Submission + - A Manifesto Against Copyrights (thri.ca)
Signum Ignitum writes: This manifesto for the abolition of copyright protections has been making its way around of late. It starts off with a brief history of the development of media and communication to the present, goes on to treat both the economic and cultural ramifications of copyright enforcement (the homogenization of culture), looks at what a world without copyright might look like (spoiler — media production still happens), and ends with a call to action. With the 8th round of ACTA negotiations quickly approaching, hopefully these arguments can gain some ground.
There's also a more academic companion paper which delves more into the economic argument by showing how utility is affected by marginal increases in intellectual property laws.
There's also a more academic companion paper which delves more into the economic argument by showing how utility is affected by marginal increases in intellectual property laws.
Submission + - Microsoft Ukraine CEO about open source and free s (curvedbrain.org) 1
Helge9210 writes: "Recently Ukraine government made another move toward an open source software. As anyone would expect Microsoft has something to say and something to offer.
I can't help but translate some FUD by Microsoft Ukraine CEO Dmitry Shimkiv."
Submission + - Safari 4's Messy Trail (thrica.com)
Signum Ignitum writes: Safari 4 came with a slew of cool new features, but extensive data generation combined with poor cleanup make for a data trail that's a privacy nightmare. Hidden files with screenshots of your history, files that point back to webpages you've visited and cleared from your history, and thousands of XML files that track the changes in the pages in your Top Sites can add up to gigabytes of information you didn't know was kept about you.
Bookmark Safari 4's Messy Trail (thrica.com)
Submission + - Students 'vision impair' new MS email interface (itnews.com.au)
bfire writes: Students from Universities that have adopted Microsoft's Live@edu product as their student email systems have started using the "blind and low vision experience" option in IE in an attempt to de-clutter the crowded email user interface. Microsoft inked its latest deal today with the University of Sydney, who will roll Live@edu out to 46,000 students. But many have crowded forums and blogs to complain that settings and options in Live@edu aren't accessible using Firefox or Entourage. Features only available in IE include 'Change Password', 'Junk Email' and 'Deleted Items'.
