Comment Actually... (Score 1) 175
Rich kids tend to have higher test scores...
Comment The injustice of it all... (Score 1) 398
Will someone please think of the poor millionaire ball players? It's just not fair!
Comment Because of course... (Score 1, Redundant) 115
...none of the EU countries monitor communications, right?
This is completely an example of misdirection. "Look over there!!! Bad NSA!!! Bad US spy agencies!!"
Comment Majority of Young American Adults Are Morons... (Score 1) 625
Yup...
Comment Windows? (Score 1) 169
I understand this is Slashdot, but I find the the lack of a Windows client for a project like this pretty ridiculous.
Comment "Cyber" (Score 1) 74
It's 2013, can we please stop using "cyber" now?
Comment It's all about the lawyers (Score 1) 147
Generally, the only people who profit from the class action suits are the lawyers.
Submission + - Apple refuses to carry eBook that mentions Amazon (hollylisle.com)
nam37 writes: Apple’s digital stores are known for their strict policies and painful approval processes; even the slightest error can get an author’s work barred from the company’s ecosystem. In a rather frightening story, author Holly Lisle, who is known for her online writing guides, described her recent conflict with Apple. Lisle’s latest book, “How To Think Sideways Lesson 6: How To Discover (Or Create) Your Story’s Market,” was rejected from the Cupertino-based company’s iBook store because it contained “live links” to an Amazon website. After the author removed the links, however, Apple rejected the title once more, telling her that the company wouldn’t sell her book because it mentioned an Apple competitor. As a result of Apple’s actions, Lisle has pulled all of her work from the iBooks store and no longer recommends the service.
Submission + - GSA AUCTIONS TOP-SECRET US NAVY STEALTH SHIP (blogspot.com)
nam37 writes: The US Navy's super-secret Sea Shadow stealth cruiser is actually up for sale! Launched in 1984, and probably best known as the inspiration for the seaborne lair of a lesser/lamer Bond villain, she was the love child of a cash-flush Lockheed Martin and a nearly unlimited Cold War paranoia-fueled defense budget. Drawing stealth technology and design from the F-117 stealth fighter program, she was the testbed for advanced naval technology, from sea skimming hull structures to automated control systems. (Not to mention, who knows what else...) And now for a princely pauper's bid deposit of $10,000, you too can stalk the seaboard of third world countries with complete immunity.
Comment So now what we really need... (Score 2, Funny) 227
So now what we really need is a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.
Comment Re:Autism (Score 5, Insightful) 1007
Unfortunately, if you asked "WHY???" to the soccer moms involved that's likely what you'd hear.
Submission + - Verizon tweaks privacy policy; now sharing your lo (bgr.com)
nam37 writes: Verizon Wireless began alerting its customers of changes to its official privacy policy on Friday. The carrier confirmed it will now use information for “private business and marketing reports” and “making mobile ads more relevant.” Verizon Wireless will share the URL of websites you visit, the location of your device, as well as app and device feature usage. It will also share information on data and calling features and your demographic so that it, and outside firms, can create reports and target ads more efficiently.
Comment Re:!HTML5 Powered (Score 1) 151
My thoughts exactly unless I'm missing something.
Submission + - Documentary mistakes video game for real terrorism (msn.com)
nam37 writes: A newly aired British documentary claims to have found terrorism footage linking Libya's Colonel Moammar Gadhafi and the IRA — but that footage, it turns out, is actually from a video game. The documentary, which claims Gadhafi gave the IRA enough weapons to turn a militia into an army, shows footage allegedly captured by the IRA in 1988 in which IRA militants use Gadhafi-supplied heavy machine guns to shoot down a helicopter.
Comment Torrents? (Score 1) 199
Hollywood is trying to kill Netflix as quickly as they can. Sometimes I think they would prefer us all to just use torrents.
