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Comment Re:This has been on my mind for a few years ... (Score 1) 990

by Pahalial (#25883395) Attached to: Should We Clone a Neanderthal?

Honestly, the debate seems moot, given your extremely pertinent point re: feral children and the morality thereof.

Really, to do this in anything resembling good conscience, we'll have to raise the child semi-normally, and as soon as we do that it's not even close to an 'outside observer'. I find it funny the way so many articles seem to treat this as essentially raising a dead neanderthal so we can see how neanderthals would view us, when really all we'd be doing is bringing otherwise extinct DNA into modern society. Whoop dee doo?
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - NVIDIA Introduces Enthusiast System Architecture (hothardware.com)

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MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "NVIDIA has just introduced a new open-industry standard for real-time monitoring and control of PC power supplies, chassis, and water cooling systems. Dubbed ESA, which stands for Enthusiast System Architecture, the company hopes the standard will be adopted across the industry. A new wave of ESA compliant hardware that can be monitored and controlled via a standard interface could ensue, enabling smart health-monitoring components to increase system stability and reliability."
PHP

Submission + - LiveJournal expands their secret cookie policy (livejournal.com)

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modemac
modemac writes: "LiveJournal is going to be applying cookies to random blogs on its system. The cookies will be completely random, which means no one is supposed to know who has a cookie on his blog. This is being done on an opt-out basis, which means you can choose not to have it...if you know about it in the first place. This announcement was posted today to LiveJournal's "LJ-Biz" community. This is where LiveJournal offers explanations for its business decisions, after those decisions have taken place. Apparently this hasn't been released to the general public yet, because it has only appeared on this LJ community and not in a public announcement yet. LiveJournal's users are acting in the expected manner: they're going bat-guano over it. Check out the comments and see for yourself."
The Internet

ISPs Dragged Into Swedish File Sharing Battle 120

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the sinking-worm-on-a-hook-feeling dept.
paulraps writes "Swedish internet service providers may soon be required by law to take greater responsibility for unlawful file-sharing. Although rejecting the ludicrous idea of an overarching broadband fee which would be shared out among copyright holders, a government report published on Monday called for internet providers to be 'bound to contribute to bringing all copyright infringement to an end'. Under the proposal, copyright holders whose material is being shared illegally would be entitled to compensation from ISPs which did not ban users. Needless to say, the country's ISPs are not happy."
Businesses

Submission + - EA due for tough times ahead, says observer.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Longtime game industry commentator Ernest Adams has a new column up at the Gamasutra developers' webzine, asking Is it Time to Dump EA?, meaning EA stock. He looks at EA's past and present and concludes that although it's not necessary to actually liquidate, the company had better make some major changes if it wants to maintain its dominance:

Riccitiello is a packaged-goods guy, not a game guy. He came to EA from being President and CEO of baked goods at Sara Lee. Before that he was at Wilson Sporting Goods, Haagen-Dazs, Pepsico, and Clorox... games may be packaged goods now, but they're not necessarily going to be packaged goods forever... the retail model is still dominant, but thanks to the increased availability of broadband, electronic distribution is growing rapidly. Steam and Xbox Live are changing the rules... EA never went into retail, which was wise, but if digital distribution really takes off, EA's dominance of store shelves isn't going to mean much."
IBM

Submission + - IBM gets into web security with Watchfire buy

Submitted by Rob
Rob writes: IBM has become the first major player to buy into the web application security testing space with its offer to buy Watchfire. The deal, which is expected to close later this quarter, would bring in tooling that performs ethical hacking of web apps based on a database of known vulnerability signatures. "We will move security detection and remediation closer to the developer cycle," said Danny Sabbah, head of IBM's Rational Software business unit. "A theme in Rational is our integration with Tivoli where we bridge development and operational deployment organizations. Watchfire is a great fit in that they play on both sides of that divide."
Republicans

Submission + - Congressman Orrin Hatch caught pirating software

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Rocketship Underpant
Rocketship Underpant writes: "Orrin Hatch, the Congressman viewed by many as a shill for corporate copyright interests, recently stated that people who download copyrighted materials should have their computers destroyed as punishment. However, as Wired.com reports, Hatch's own website uses copyrighted software without permission — a Javascript menu system developed by a British company. Is Mr. Hatch accepting volunteers to go through his home and office destroying all his computers, or were his comments to Congress just a bunch of hypocritical hot air?"
Role Playing (Games)

Submission + - WoW gamer files lawsuit against IGE

Submitted by racton
racton writes: The Escapist posted an interview with an attorney who has filed a consumer class action suit against IGE, the large in-game item trading company. The complaint states that selling virtual money is "polluting the entertainment" for players who pay for the World of Warcraft service. From the article:

TE: So what is the actual lawsuit — in layman's terms? RN: The actual lawsuit is Hernandez v. IGE. We filed it in Miami, where IGE has offices. In layman's terms, the core of the complaint is a consumer class action for unfair trade practices. Guys like Tony [Hernandez, the plaintiff] have paid their $15 for some entertainment, and IGE is polluting that entertainment. It's kind of like, if someone pays for a ticket to go see a movie, and if someone else comes in behind them and kicks their seat, you can get them to stop doing that. We're just trying to get IGE to stop kicking the seats. This is not unlike other consumer complaints where someone has paid for a service, and someone else is interfering with it. It's really very simple.

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