Comment Re:Not so big an issue (Score 4, Informative) 222
Like lu.scio.us?
Comment Re:Stickers... (Score 2, Funny) 993
(though she's switched to macs now).
Oh man, I feel your pain.
Comment Re:Sigh (Score 1) 94
I don't own a TV, you insensitive clod.
Comment Re:Octave (Score 1) 776
Octave here, too. I even install it on Windows machines that I'm forced to use, though it seems to start up much more slowly than it does in Linux.
Comment Re:How to prevent abuse? (Score 1) 111
Looks like the mods think you're genuine.
Comment Re:Piracy *is* OK (Score 1) 296
Eh? It's trivial to demonstrate it's morally bad. What would happen if everybody downloaded crap without paying for it? Well, there'd be virtually no new content created by paid professionals. This is Kants categorical imperative - basic stuff.
Straw man. Denying the existence of a moral right to intellectual monopoly doesn't imply that one is proposing "don't ever give money to artists/etc." as a universal law.
Comment Re:Piracy? What Piracy? (Score 1) 296
or fall back on appeals to "THE LAW" (in which case, who the fuck cares?).
You, sir, are an idiot. Bet you don't have those kinds of balls in a court of law. Would you tell a judge "THE LAW...who the fuck cares?" No didn't think so. Until you are willing to tell that to a judge in his courtroom STFU troll.
Well, looks like I called that one right.
Do you have any idea what your chances of being prosecuted for copyright infringement are? Not even 1%. For casual piracy, copyright law is irrelevant, as is your "TELL IT TO THE JUDGE" posturing.
Comment Re:Piracy? What Piracy? (Score 1) 296
not releasing a game into a specific market does not justify people pirating the game.
Why shouldn't people pirate it? Give me one good reason. There's no actual consequences for Nintendo, so you're going to have to either trot out your flawed understanding of property rights (which will then be summarily debunked), or fall back on appeals to "THE LAW" (in which case, who the fuck cares?).
Comment Piracy *is* OK (Score 2, Insightful) 296
Piracy is morally neutral, neither good nor bad. The intellectual monopoly faction has utterly failed to produce a single solid argument for the alleged immorality of piracy. Their appeals to property rights consistently ignore the factors that justify rights to actual property in the first place.
Lay off the moral posturing. Consequentialist arguments are all you've got, and even those are pretty weak.
Comment Re:Simple (Score 2, Informative) 349
I want my 30 seconds back.
$30B IT Stimulus Will Create Almost 1 Million Jobs 809
itif writes "This report takes a look at how many jobs you get if you invest $10 billion each in three different IT infrastructure projects — broadband, health IT and the smart grid. It argues that if you are going to be spending billions on a stimulus package, investing in 'digital infrastructure' creates more jobs than physical infrastructure (e.g. roads and bridges) in the short-term, and you get a whole host of other benefits in the long-term."
Arranging Electronic Access For Your Survivors? 335
smee2 writes "In the past, when a family member died, you could look through their files and address books to find all the people and businesses that should be notified that the person is deceased. Now the hard-copy address book is becoming a thing of the past. I keep some contact information in a spreadsheet, but I have many online friends that I only have contact with through web sites such as Flickr. My email accounts have many more people listed than my address book spreadsheet. I have no interest in collecting real world info from all my online contacts. The sites where I have social contact with people from around the world (obviously) require user names and passwords. Two questions: 1. How do you intend to let the executors of your estate or family members know which online sites/people you'd like them to notify of your demise? 2. How are you going to give access to the passwords, etc. needed to access those sites in a way that doesn't cause a security concern while you're still alive?"
Silverlight On the Way To Linux 475
Afforess writes "For the past two years Microsoft and Novell have been working on the 'Moonlight' project. It is a runtime library for websites that run Silverlight. It should allow PCs running Linux to view sites that use Siverlight. Betanews reports 'In the next stage of what has turned out to be a more successful project than even its creators envisioned, the public beta of Moonlight — a runtime library for Linux supporting sites that expect Silverlight — is expected within days.' Moonlight 2.0 is already in the works."
Comment Re:Anonymous Coward (Score 5, Informative) 308
OTR is more secure that pidgin-encryption, and works with other IM clients as well.
After Domain Squatting, Twitter Squatting 201
carusoj writes "Squatting on domain names is nothing new, but Twitter has created a new opportunity for squatters, in the form of Twitter IDs. Writes Richard Stiennon: 'Is there evidence of Twitter squatting (squitting?) Let's check. Yup, every single-letter TwitID is taken ... How about common words? Garage, wow, war, warcraft, Crisco, Coke, Pepsi, Nike, and Chevrolet are all taken. My guess is that Twitter squatters have grabbed all of these in the hopes that they will be worth selling in the not too distant future. Of course the legitimate holders of brands can sue for them and Twitter can just turn them over if asked. But, because the investment and risk for the squatter is zero, you are going to see the rapid evaporation of available Twitter IDs.'"
