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Indian Gov't Wants Worldwide Ban On Rape Documentary, Including Online 356

Posted by timothy on Friday March 06, 2015 @10:17PM from the oh-that'll-work dept.

An anonymous reader writes India's far-right Hindu Nationalist government headed by Narendra Modi has banned telecasting and viewing online of a BBC documentary on the 2012 Delhi rape which shocked the nation. The documentary consists interviews of the rapist Mukesh Singh, his lawyers and the victim's parents seems to expose the male dominant nature of Indian society. Indian government is now attempting to ban the documentary worldwide. Critics of the Indian government's action has accused it of not addressing issues women face and instead trying to hide the dirty secrets of its culture from the world. Some Indian websites have also reported that the views expressed by the rapist are echoed by policemen, lawyers and politicians of the nation. So far the government's attempt to ban the video online is with mixed success.

Comment Re:Worth it? (Score 1) 275

by jdavidb on Friday March 06, 2015 @02:51PM (#49198941) Attached to: uTorrent Quietly Installs Cryptocurrency Miner

If there's something I can still mine with a CPU that is worth it, I want to know, and I want to install software to mine it myself, and I want to trade it out immediately for Bitcoin or something else. Every so often a currency does pop up where this is true, but it's been awhile. So I want to know what uTorrent is mining.

Comment Re:He's got chops (Score 1) 117

by jdavidb on Friday March 06, 2015 @12:36PM (#49197301) Attached to: Harrison Ford's Plane Crashes On Golf Course

lest anybody think otherwise, Harrison Ford is quite an experienced airplane and helicopter pilot, with thousands of hours

My sister worked at a helicopter company where Ford trained or certified or something like that. Unfortunately that didn't result in me getting to meet him, though she did.

Harrison Ford's Plane Crashes On Golf Course 117

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 05, 2015 @08:50PM from the kessel-run-practice dept.

First time accepted submitter dark.nebulae writes Harrison Ford's PT-22 crash landed on a golf course in Los Angeles. From the article: "Actor Harrison Ford was hospitalized Thursday afternoon after a single-engine plane he was piloting crashed onto a Venice golf course shortly after takeoff. Just before 4:30 p.m. a family member confirmed to NBC4 that the actor is 'fine' and suffered a few gashes. Aerial footage of the minutes after the crash showed the small single-engine vintage World War II trainer plane crashed on the ground at Penmar Golf Club, and one person being treated by paramedics and being transported to a hospital. Firefighters described his injuries were described as 'moderate.'"

Comment Because I believe in freedom (Score 1) 255

by jdavidb on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @03:28PM (#49174165) Attached to: Gritty 'Power Rangers' Short Is Not Fair Use

in this case, how could anyone argue the short film doesn't violate the rights of the franchise creator

Because I don't believe that content creators should have rights that violate anybody else's rights to do whatever they want with the content.

Comment Don't do it, Snowden! (Score 4, Insightful) 671

by jdavidb on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @03:25PM (#49174141) Attached to: Snowden Reportedly In Talks To Return To US To Face Trial

They will hang you, literally or figuratively. Build a good life in Russia, and keep speaking out.

Comment Re:Well someone has to do it (Score 1) 347

by jdavidb on Thursday February 26, 2015 @11:54PM (#49144329) Attached to: The Programmers Who Want To Get Rid of Software Estimates

Business can't plan or talk to customers or have any strategy whatsoever without at least some estimate...that's just the real world. If devs don't give estimates, managers have to make estimates. If managers don't make estimates, business makes estimates. You want devs to do the estimating.

I just don't want the boss to be disrespectful to me when the estimate is not accurate. Get us some estimation training or something. Don't give me a lecture. I'm too old for lectures.

Comment Re:Not surprised (Score 3, Insightful) 311

by jdavidb on Thursday February 26, 2015 @12:21AM (#49134239) Attached to: Reddit Imposes Ban On Sexual Content Posted Without Permission

Reddit shouldn't be doing this because it tends to violate an innate human right and because it will destroy Reddit

That's Reddit's choice to make, though, right? Just use some other forum.

Comment Fappening? (Score 1) 311

by jdavidb on Thursday February 26, 2015 @12:13AM (#49134203) Attached to: Reddit Imposes Ban On Sexual Content Posted Without Permission

It also comes in the wake of last year's Fappening

Can we get a definition of that for old farts with a UNIX beard like me? I know there was a massive hack and sale of celebrity nude photos for Bitcoin or something. Is that what this refers to? What's a Fappening?

Yeah, I'm gonna Google it, but the editors could add a parenthetical explanation, or a link to Wikipedia, or something. I remember when Slashdot used to use built in links to everything2 - I wish they had transitioned over to Wikipedia so the clueless like me could be more easily informed.

Comment Re:I use GnuPG (Score 1) 309

by rthille on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @02:36PM (#49129521) Attached to: Moxie Marlinspike: GPG Has Run Its Course

Ha ha ha, your key is on "your" website. That isn't even running https. So how would anyone know that "your" key really is your key?

Comment Re:gpg (Score 0) 309

by rthille on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @02:01PM (#49129039) Attached to: Moxie Marlinspike: GPG Has Run Its Course

For most people (windows users), their computers are so insecure as to make the idea of their private key being secure laughable.

Comment Re:Same error, repeated (Score 1) 309

by rthille on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @01:59PM (#49129023) Attached to: Moxie Marlinspike: GPG Has Run Its Course

Side note, but DKIM was never intended to stop spam, it was only intended to stop joe-jobbing and reputation theft by preventing people from forging who the email was from.

Comment Re:Also, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? & Bu (Score 1) 224

by jdavidb on Monday February 23, 2015 @03:34PM (#49113981) Attached to: 100 Years of Chemical Weapons

We love this one, too, although it's got some pro-communist roots we don't personally agree with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJS-M4ov5EY

Comment Re:Also, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? & Bu (Score 1) 224

by jdavidb on Monday February 23, 2015 @03:29PM (#49113937) Attached to: 100 Years of Chemical Weapons

Awesome links. One thing I saw on that NPR article that I didn't know was that Peter, Paul, and Mary's version of Blowin in the Wind became the fastest-selling single in Warner Brothers' history.

Comment Re:Also, Where Have All the Flowers Gone? & Bu (Score 1) 224

by jdavidb on Monday February 23, 2015 @03:20PM (#49113881) Attached to: 100 Years of Chemical Weapons

Yes, that's another one we play for them, with a wonderful message. Thanks for posting it.

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