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Comment Re:this would never happen in america. (Score 1) 284

by J053 (#46942905) Attached to: Russia Quietly Passes Anti-Blogger Law

Now imagine what would have happened if Snowden had provided his materials only to the NY Times. Oh, wait, we don't have to imagine. We know what would have happened because previous leakers did that, only to find the NYT was already under the thumb and they chose not to publish.

Yeah, like they chose not to publish the papers Daniel Ellsberg released to them! Oh, wait...

Comment Re:questionable axiom (Score 1) 465

by J053 (#46896253) Attached to: Lessig Launches a Super PAC To End All Super PACs

Electorally, the rich are way dis-empowered compared to the masses, whether based on simple capita counts, or contributions to the treasury, or indeed receipts from the treasury.

Nice obfuscation. The problem with political contributions is that they purchase access. If I contribute $5000 to a senator's campaign, and you contribute $0, which of us is more likely to be able to get a meeting with him/her? The ability to call a politician on the phone and have them take your call, personally is worth much more than the value of a vote.

Comment Re:Does this mean no more Gnome desktop? (Score 1) 693

by J053 (#46763127) Attached to: The GNOME Foundation Is Running Out of Money

You have plenty of documentation available on https://help.gnome.org/users/ and https://developer.gnome.org/.

Ya know, this is a trend that is really beginning to piss me off. In the beginning, one of the best things about UNIX/Linux was that the documentation was all, always, locally-available. And, for the most part, to read it you just had to type "man whatever". Yes, manpages were not known for their readability, but they did (usually) have all the info you needed. Now, for so many projects, the documentation is all somewhere on teh Interwebs, or (at best) you have to find /usr/share/doc/program-version/ and, if you're lucky, there will be some documentation there.

Would it hurt GNOME/KDE/whatever devs to at least include basic manpages in their packages? Why can't aI type "man evolution" to see what command switches might be available, or to get some kind of tips?

GOML.

Submission + - A Real-Time Map of Travelers Getting Screwed By the Thanksgiving Storm (vice.com)

Submitted by Daniel_Stuckey
Daniel_Stuckey writes: Travel officials expect about 3 million people to venture by plane to their turkey dinner, and already hundreds of flights have been canceled and thousands delayed—including more than a third of routes at the major airport hub in Dallas, which will have a ripple effect down through the airline system as thwarted passengers try to hop on other flights.

The annual clusterfuck apparently inspired flight-tracking site FlightAware to develop an interactive "Misery Map" visualizing flight statuses in real-time and the megastorm traversing the country simultaneously. Because who doesn't love a little data viz schadenfreude?

Submission + - The most dangerous iPhone case ever (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Mark Gibbs
Mark Gibbs writes: One of the more dangerous gadgets I have ever received is on my desk and, frankly, it makes me nervous. It's like having a hornet's nest in front of me and knowing that if I'm careless I'm going to get really badly stung ... the device is — and I'm not making this up — an iPhone case.

Submission + - EU Plastic Bag Debate Highlights a Wider Global Problem

Submitted by jones_supa
jones_supa writes: An EU citizen uses around 200 plastic bags per year. That's too much, says the EU. But, wasting plastic bags is not just a European problem. Countries around the world are struggling with the issue, and it especially affects growing economies such as Asia. Some Southeast Asian countries don't even have the proper infrastructure in place to dispose of the bags properly. The problems for the environment are many. Plastic bags usually take several hundred years until they decay thereby filling landfills, while animals often mistake the plastic for food and choke to death. Additionally they are a major cause of seaborne pollution, which is a serious hazard for marine life. This autumn, EU has started ambitious plans which suggest reducing usage by 80% by 2017. Some countries have already applied measures: England has added a 5p charge to previously free bags, and in Ireland the government has already imposed a tax of 22 euro cents ($0.29) per plastic bag. The EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potonik said: 'We're taking action to solve a very serious and highly visible environmental problem.'

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