What is this? A city ordinance? Are we talking about a $500 fine? Could you actually face jail time for flying your drone? The stories I've looked at say yes. But also interesting, Chaotic Moons Studios have loudly protested the ban since the ban has grounded their drone- Drone Tyrone. http://venturebeat.com/2015/03... Apparently it can shoot silly string, spray paint and a 3 foot flame. Also, Bryce Bencivengo, Austin’s senior public information officer, has said some exceptions will be made for some drones, those that have made previous arrangements with SXSW. Wonder who you have to bribe?

But Linux returned 5, it's winning by 3. 5-2 Linux over Windows in the 3rd quarter, YAY!

Looking outside the official explanation, governments are concerned about the use of social gaming as a communications conduit. I believe there have been stories on Slashdot about this. If email is known to be under high surveillance, then the terrorists will seek to communicate in code via Xbox live or Steam.

This story points to the clear need for edible phones. Imagine that as you are landing in some country with a lack of respect for civil liberties, you receive a text message warning you that your phone is about to be confiscated. What if you could simply eat your phone? Wouldn't that be ideal. Edible phones could be the next growth market for the tech industry. Message me for details on how to invest.

I think the icon for this story should be Firefox and not Chrome.

I must be the only person here who still enjoys going to the theater. There's still something enjoyable about watching a movie with a larger audience in a dark room. I was thinking about this the other night when I went and saw the Theory of Everything. I'd say the theater improved my experience of the movie. However, given technological advancements and your home theater system with 7.1 sound, I guess theaters will go the way of the dodo as well. Maybe the downturn is just due to economic forces?

These issues came up 13 years ago in Kyllo v. United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K... . In that case, use of FLIR to read heat signatures inside a home were deemed to be a search under the 4th amendment. Why the use of Doppler radar would be any different is beyond me. Perhaps the court needs to expressly rule that the use of technology to gain information about what is going on inside someone's home constitutes a search and requires a warrant. It seems obvious to me that this is a breach of everyone's constitutional rights.

If I'd said 10 years ago there would be hacker collectives bringing down corporate information services then selling the hacks and software for money I'd have said there's no way.... wait, I'd of probably said that sound reasonable. Things will get much worse. Does anyone have a suggestion about how organizations can prevent these attacks? Bruce Schneier, where are you?

I don't know, extortion is evil but you've got some cojones to try and squeeze somebody who ships explosives across state lines. Maybe you're 37 bitcoins will include a special package delivery from Hal Finney. That's odd, this box is ticking.

Here is some info I'm posting from the breach. BANK OF BERNE Warez--slow 3.0, probe 10.0, armorall 1.0 Other stuff--Ok, here's one you'll really like. What you do is read the messages and find out about account number 121519831200. You use the transfer funds option to transfer the funds to your account in the Bank of Zurich Orbital. Here's the info you need to do it: Bank of Berne account - 121519831200 Credit transfer authorization code- LYMA1211MARZ Bank of Zurich link code- bozobank YOUR account at Bank of Zurich-712345450134 You can transfer funds to your account at BOZOBANK. Be careful, there's some new AI's in cyberspace.

Disappointed my slingshot did not make the list this year. Piss.