Comment Re:Instagram Bubble (Score 5, Funny) 313
So long, and thanks for all the pics!
Comment Re:This deserves front page attention! (Score 1) 3
Fb r evil!
Submission + - Instagram: So long, and thanks for all the pics! (cnet.com) 3
alphatel writes: Instagram said today that it has the perpetual right to sell users' photographs without payment or notification, a dramatic policy shift that quickly sparked a public outcry.
The new intellectual property policy, which takes effect on January 16, comes three months after Facebook completed its acquisition of the popular photo-sharing site. Unless Instagram users delete their accounts before the January deadline, they cannot opt out. Perhaps most alarming? Underage users are not exempt.
Athough Instagram's terms of service state you must be at least 13 years old to sign up for the service, the new terms indicate that if a youth signs up, they are agreeing that a parent or guardian is aware that their image, username and photos can also be used in ads.
The new intellectual property policy, which takes effect on January 16, comes three months after Facebook completed its acquisition of the popular photo-sharing site. Unless Instagram users delete their accounts before the January deadline, they cannot opt out. Perhaps most alarming? Underage users are not exempt.
Athough Instagram's terms of service state you must be at least 13 years old to sign up for the service, the new terms indicate that if a youth signs up, they are agreeing that a parent or guardian is aware that their image, username and photos can also be used in ads.
Comment hot firmwarez (Score 1, Funny) 180
How's that cloudy, autoupdatey, monitorey thing workin for ya?
Comment Re:aussie pm isn't the only one (Score 2) 225
I bet what happened is some aussie DJs calledd the country that Kim Jong was staying at and after learning of the spoof the whole country committed suicide.
Comment Re:Very true, for many reasons. (Score 4, Insightful) 298
I don't code a lick after 15 years of sysadmin. I do solve incredibly interesting problems with hardware and that ability alone provides a serious interface to all those 'needs software' perspectives. All of my best friends are coders, we just solve problems differently.
Comment license 1st (Score 1) 30
Brilliant, you can now make boatloads more claiming rights than those properties could ever earn.
Comment Re:Let's Just Hope They Leave Well Enough Alone (Score 0) 466
All too often, "standards" means pushing positive "stories" about advertisers, censoring any content from the public that might offend said advertisers, and generally turning your site into a boring shitfest that no traditional
Hi crazyj, I think you are totally correct about this. I also found my job through
Submission + - Fight the Truth! (wordpress.com)
pinfall writes: "As reported in the Daily News, Daily Mail and other sources, Scientology's leader (maybe not for long), David Miscavige, is asking members to supress any embarrasing information that might arise as a result of the Holmes/Cruise breakup. Included in his commentary to his fellow Dianetics fans, are suggestions for censoring web comments by clicking the Report button and writing that the post ‘Violates Your Code of Conduct’. “defames or degrades a group for any reason including on
the basis of religion.” All this because he is not going to "watch a bunch of uninformed people putting my religion under the carpet."
Please be notified that your negative comments about this article will be gleefully subdued by my freedom of religious supression.."
Please be notified that your negative comments about this article will be gleefully subdued by my freedom of religious supression.."
Submission + - RIM CEO Heins: We're not in a a Death Spiral (informationweek.com) 1
alphatel writes: ""There's nothing wrong with the company as it exists right now," said CEO Thorsten Heins when he spoke to Canada's CBC Radio Tuesday morning.
"I'm not talking about the company I took over six months ago. I'm talking about the company [in the] state it's in right now."
RIM just had one of its worst quarters in years, delayed its next-generation smartphone platform, and announced layoffs that will affect nearly one-third of the smartphone maker's employees. What's important to keep in mind that these results paint a picture of decisions made months, if not years, ago."
"I'm not talking about the company I took over six months ago. I'm talking about the company [in the] state it's in right now."
RIM just had one of its worst quarters in years, delayed its next-generation smartphone platform, and announced layoffs that will affect nearly one-third of the smartphone maker's employees. What's important to keep in mind that these results paint a picture of decisions made months, if not years, ago."
Comment Re:The way the market has gone (Score 1) 734
Dell will gladly show consumers the DVD w/ playback upgrade option for $59.
Comment Re:Clouseau: The case is solv-ed (Score 1) 237
If I understood that correctly, it is not only a matter of putting the power suply outside, but also of making your heat dissipators wider, and space things better inside the servers.
external power plus common sense? Okay I'll bite. Please describe the miracle achievement.
Comment Re:Defense (Score 5, Insightful) 238
True, if you get supercrafty its going to be hard to track you. But if you are supercrafty 250 times, you are going to leave the unmistakeable trail of your own demise. Its just fine if you want to play with your exgf, but the feds got money, power, and nasty fking claws.
Comment Re:business as usual (Score 1) 129
if you can't beat them, buy them
Beat them and buy them.
Beat them, buy them, liquidate them.
Comment Re:Real smart. (Score 0) 109
Wait, tuCloud? Take a dumbass name like tuCows and add your own noun at the end? First, spend $1,000 on a real name, then beat up tuMicrosoft.
