Comment Re:Can a Mandarin speaker comment on translation? (Score 1) 398
the phrase doesn't exist in the article
Bull shit. See paragraph 12 of TFA (referencing events in July 2003)
Comment Judge Dred coming to streets near you? (Score 1) 1219
I worry when they start naming side arms as "Law Givers."
Spammers Finally Under the Legal Gun? 204
MarkvW writes with this welcome bit of Schadenfreude: "People are finally starting to use the anti-spam laws in the malevolent manner in which they were intended — unlimited consumer lawsuits from unlimited plaintiffs!" The story's protagonist is my hero for the season.
Comment Here's a novel idea... (Score 2) 249
Instead of trying to silence criticism, how about resolving problems people have with your institution?
Spanish Congress Rejects Internet Censorship Law 229
TuringTest writes "A commission of the Spanish Congress has rejected a law that allowed the closure of web sites that provide unauthorized downloads. The government couldn't reach enough support from its allies, not because they opposed the law in principle, but because of the way it was redacted and the lack of negotiation. Recently the Spanish Senate rejected a law on net neutrality. Also the Wikileaks cables disclosed pressure from the USA on the Spanish government to pass a law to reduce Internet sharing of music and media, which is legal in Spain."
Comment You might want to double check your work... (Score 1) 170
According to online klingon translator at
https://sites.google.com/a/klingonword.org/klv/klingon-translator-and-dictionary
you wrote --
" be none [taHbe'] now [mu'tlheghvam] [vIqelnIS] [quv'a'] [yabDaq] [San] [vaQ] [cha] [pu'] also [SIQDI'] none trouble [bIQ'a'Hey] [SuvmeH] [nuHmey] [SuqDI'] and [Suvmo'] [rInmoHDI'] death sleep [---] sleep desire [---] and [QongDI'] heart sore [wa'SanID] [Daw''e'] also [cho'nISbogh] [porghDaj] [rInmoHlaH] [net] believe"
Assuming the translator is to be trusted, first line should've been -
"Daq taH joq ghobe' Daq taH"
A Klingon Christmas Carol
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Have you always wished that Christmas classics were written in Klingon? If so, then a theater in Chicago has just the thing for you, "A Christmas Carol" in thIngan Hol, the language of the Klingon race. Written by Christopher O. Kidder and Sasha Walloch, the play features English Supertitles, and narrative analysis from The Vulcan Institute of Cultural Anthropology. "The story of Ebeneezer Scrooge is eternal and universal. But that alone isn't what does it. Also, Star Trek has worked its way into the fabric of American pop culture so much, that even those people who aren't Trekkies (or, Trekkers) understand what's going on," Kidder says.
Oregon To Let Students Use Spell Check on State Exams
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Starting in 2011, the Oregon Department of Education will let students spell check their work before submitting state exams. From the article: "The move is supposed to help the assessments focus less on typos and more on their writing skills. 'We are not letting a student's keyboarding skills get in the way of being able to judge their writing ability,' said state Superintendent Susan Castillo. 'As we're using technology to improve what we're doing with assessments as a nation, we believe that spell check will be one of those tools.'"
Nigerian Email Scam Victim Sues Bank, Loses Appeal
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reidhellyer writes "From California Litigation Attorney Blog: 'While many victims of the so-called "Nigerian e-mail scam" would be too embarrassed to trumpet that fact, others end up infamous for their victimhood like the appellant in a published opinion of the California Court of Appeal in Riverside. In March 2009, Charles Peters received an email from someone purporting to be a citizen of Malaysia. The e-mail informed Peters that certain third parties in the United States and Canada owed the Malaysian money, but that “they can not transfer the funds to any bank account outside America continent due to their new company policy [sic].” He asked Peters to “assist me in receiving the funds and forward to me.” He offered to pay Peters 12 percent of the money. Peters agreed after apparently negotiating an increase of his fee to 15 percent.'"
Comment Why is this a surprise? (Score 1) 467
I am of the opinion that all organization of sufficient size would have skeletons in its closet; that organization can't get as large (or prosperous) as it has without having done one or more things at some point that is either illegal, or immoral, or both.
Comment Because government moves slowly (Score 1) 113
By the time government takes action (if and when it does) we'll all already have suffered the consequence for some time, and effective counter measure no longer exists (see DoJ vs Microsoft.)
Comment There's little reason for a native Linux port... (Score 1) 190
Windows version ran just fine using WINE.
Thief Posts His Photo To Facebook Victim's Account
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An anonymous reader writes "Washington Post reporter Marc Fisher discovered his house had been burgled; money, a winter coat, an iPod and his son's laptop were stolen. Imagine his surprise when Facebook friends of his 15-year-old son reported that a photo of the apparent thief, wearing Fisher's coat and holding a wad of notes, had been uploaded to his son's Facebook account. How addicted do you have to be to a social network to post a status update and upload your photo *while* you're burgling someone's house?"
Judge Ends Massive Porn Lawsuit 181
eldavojohn writes "A recent offensive of porn producers using copyright law against many anonymous P2P users has been terminated by a West Virginian judge. Initially, Ken Ford of Adult Copyright Company planned out nine lawsuits against some 22,000 file sharers, starting with 7,000-person and 9,000-person suits in the first wave. Unimpressed, the judge reduced everything down to one lawsuit against one file sharer, telling the Adult Copyright Company that they are to prosecute each individual separately, as the accused neither participated in the same transaction nor collaborated in these offenses. So, if you're looking to hit 22,000 people with such a lawsuit, the $350 court filing fee will require an investment of $7.7 million ($1.8 million for the individuals listed so far). Ars points out the hilarious fact that 'Ford has sued enough people that lawyers are taking out ads on his company name,' providing an image of an advertisement for such a search. This is separate from a similar showdown in US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois."
Netflix Touts Open Source, Ignores Linux 481
Julie188 writes "If Netflix loves open source, where's the Linux client? Last week's post from Netflix on its use of open source has gotten a lot of coverage from the tech press. Too bad nobody's called the video giant out on its hypocrisy: They benefit greatly from open source, but really don't care to let their customers do the same."
