Comment Get another ISP! (Score 0) 379
There can be only one thing to do: Get another ISP! Money talks.
Mozilla Rolls Out Firefox 3.6 RC, Nears Final 145
CWmike writes "Mozilla has shipped a release candidate build of Firefox 3.6 that, barring problems, will become the final, finished version of the upgrade. Firefox 3.6 RC1, which followed a run of betas that started in early November, features nearly 100 bug fixes from the fifth beta that Mozilla issued Dec. 17. The fixes resolved numerous crash bugs, including one that brought down the browser when it was steered to Yahoo's front page. Another fix removed a small amount of code owned by Microsoft from Firefox. The code was pointed out by a Mozilla contributor, and after digging, another developer found the original Microsoft license agreement. 'Amusingly enough, it's actually really permissive. Really the only part that's problematic is the agreement to "include the copyright notice ... on your product label and as a part of the sign-on message for your software product,"' wrote Kyle Huey on Mozilla's Bugzilla. Even so, others working on the bug said the code needed to be replaced with Mozilla's own."
Living In Tokyo's Capsule Hotels 269
afabbro writes "Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 once offered a night’s refuge to salarymen who had missed the last train home. Now with Japan enduring its worst recession since World War II, it is becoming an affordable option for people with nowhere else to go. The Hotel 510’s capsules are only 6 1/2 feet long by 5 feet wide. Guests must keep possessions, like shirts and shaving cream, in lockers outside of the capsules. Atsushi Nakanishi, jobless since Christmas says, 'It’s just a place to crawl into and sleep. You get used to it.'”
Net Users In Belarus May Soon Have To Register 89
Cwix writes "A new law proposed in Belarus would require all net users and online publications to register with the state: 'Belarus' authoritarian leader is promising to toughen regulation of the Internet and its users in an apparent effort to exert control over the last fully free medium in the former Soviet state. He told journalists that a new Internet bill, proposed Tuesday, would require the registration and identification of all online publications and of each Web user, including visitors to Internet cafes. Web service providers would have to report this information to police, courts, and special services.'"
Submission + - Web slows after Jackson's death
Kiran writes: "As reported by BBC, many sites like google, twitter, TMZ etc have crashed after the news.
Google:It warned users "your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application".
Twitter:The microblogging service Twitter crashed with the sheer volume of people using the service.
TMZ: TMZ, the popular celebrity gossip site that broke the story following a tip-off that a paramedic had visited the singers home also crashed.
Others: Keynote Systems reported that its monitoring showed performance problems for the web sites of AOL, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and Yahoo."
Google:It warned users "your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application".
Twitter:The microblogging service Twitter crashed with the sheer volume of people using the service.
TMZ: TMZ, the popular celebrity gossip site that broke the story following a tip-off that a paramedic had visited the singers home also crashed.
Others: Keynote Systems reported that its monitoring showed performance problems for the web sites of AOL, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and Yahoo."
Comment Literal quote of the constitution (Score 0) 235
"Eine Zensur findet nicht statt".
Translated: "There will not be censorship". All ministers and parliamentarians swear an oath to uphold the Constitution. Although not a German, I never knew that there were two Constitutions here in Germany. One for the populace and the real one for the ruling classes....
Comment Capital One fucked up (Score 0) 322
That's the most probable reason. The other reason is a man-in-the-middle attack. There is no way to discern the difference from your side.
Anyway, it's time to change your bank. This is a grave error and it's probably not the only one. Clearly, Capital One is a disaster waiting to happen. Don't be a victim in that case!
Comment Mandatory porn reference? (Score 0) 110
But then I could download my daily dose of porn in two minutes!
Comment Terrorists breathe air! (Score 0) 212
So let's cut the oxygen off!
Submission + - Satiric magazine retired by judge in spain
repking writes: "As you can see in the Typicallyspanish.com website, judge del olmo from the spanish national court orders to seize all the copies of spanish satiric magazine "El Jueves", for "injuries to the crown"
The cartoon showed the sum of 2,500 , the amount now offered by the Government for every birth in Spain, and below the money, the cartoon of the Prince and Princess in a sexual posture. The Prince is commenting along the lines that this is the closest he will get to earning a living.
According a special law on the crown, the author can be send to jail for two years."
The cartoon showed the sum of 2,500 , the amount now offered by the Government for every birth in Spain, and below the money, the cartoon of the Prince and Princess in a sexual posture. The Prince is commenting along the lines that this is the closest he will get to earning a living.
According a special law on the crown, the author can be send to jail for two years."
Submission + - Bush Prevents Congressional Justice by Fiat (blogspot.com)
Indigent A-hole writes: "The Bush administration says it will direct the Justice department not to pursue any Congressional contempt citations in cases where Executive privilege has been evoked; is this President claiming to truly be above the law?"
Submission + - Court ruling authorizes warrantless Web snooping
An anonymous reader writes: According to the San Diego Union Tribune Federal agents do not need a search warrant to find out the Web page addresses people visit or the e-mail addresses they correspond with, a federal appeals court has ruled in a case involving an Escondido drug lab. The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hands law enforcement a powerful surveillance tool that it can employ with virtually no check or balance or judicial oversight, legal experts said.
Submission + - New FCC rules may impact Linux-based devices (omnisourceintelligence.com)
jkrobin writes: "New U.S. regulations went into effect Friday, July 6, that could change how vendors of devices with software-defined radios (SDR) use open-source software. The new rules could impact manufacturers of mobile phones, Wi-Fi cards and other devices that use SDR technologies. SDR technologies are commonly used in today's mobile phones and Wi-Fi equipment. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new regulations are apparently aimed at ensuring that users of such equipment cannot access source code needed to reprogram it — for example, to output more power, or operate on inappropriate frequencies, either of which could conceivably endanger public safety. A summary document published by the FCC suggests that because of the new rules, SDR device vendors who use open-source software in certain capacities could face challenges getting FCC approval.
More at: InfoTech OmniSource Intelligence"
More at: InfoTech OmniSource Intelligence"
Submission + - EFF reports more USA PATRIOT act abuse
A Name Similar to Di writes: From the EFF website:
In the wake of the inspector general's report, EFF filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking fundamental information about the FBI's misuse of the NSL authority, and a federal judge recently ordered the Bureau to release information responsive to EFF's request on a rolling basis.
On Friday, July 6, the FBI made its first disclosure of 1,138 pages of documents, all of which you can view here. (Please keep in mind that this is the first of many sets of documents we'll be receiving, so this material does not present a complete picture.) Here's what we've spotted that we think is most interesting so far.
In the wake of the inspector general's report, EFF filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking fundamental information about the FBI's misuse of the NSL authority, and a federal judge recently ordered the Bureau to release information responsive to EFF's request on a rolling basis.
On Friday, July 6, the FBI made its first disclosure of 1,138 pages of documents, all of which you can view here. (Please keep in mind that this is the first of many sets of documents we'll be receiving, so this material does not present a complete picture.) Here's what we've spotted that we think is most interesting so far.
