Comment Re:Abolishment? (Score 1) 324
I know a place that would suit you to the ground:
"Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote."
Comment You can buy new movies? (Score 2, Informative) 545
I though the only place to get new movies was through The Pirate Bay.
Comment Re:who really won the trial? (Score 1) 622
Some would argue that the "godless" part makes less evil than other religions. The evil of scientology comes from it's abuse of it's members and it's fifth rate sci-fi "doctrine".
Comment Re:Assuming... (Score 1) 600
I know the story that you're referring to, but that doesn't make your comments any less crazy.
Comment Re:Assuming... (Score 1) 600
well I don't think trying to blow a part of the moon with explosives, when it's never been done before, so in space how much stronger is the force going to be...could it split a portion of the moon even split it in half, causing changes in our climate and tides, or even worse, too big an explosion could force it off its axis, and even make it speed downwards towards earth...these are the more pressing issues....who gave the US the right to blow the moon up anyways?
Can I have some of what you're taking? It's seems to be so much more potent than what the rest of the loony, crackpots are passing around these days.
Comment Re:Haven't we learned anything? (Score 4, Insightful) 567
I think you misunderstand censorship:
"the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts.
In this case, it's the CoS that are trying to censor Wikipedia by editing articles to remove the parts they don't want the public to read.
As you said censorship on the Internet doesn't work, and Wikipedia just proved that by banning the censors - in this case the CoS.
Comment Re:Cops and Robbers or Global Armageddon ? (Score 1) 118
Leader of a Rouge nation
Our kids want to play at being Communists? Or worse Canadians?
Mein Gott, who will think of the children?
Submission + - The Eleventh Dr Who is Named 1
paulmac84 writes: "The BBC have just announced who will take over as the 11th Doctor Who in 2010. Matt Smith is a name that won't be familiar to BBC's overseas viewers, though he has received some critical praise for the small number of roles he has played to date. The BBC Dr Who site hasn't been updated yet, but they are promising an interview with the new Doctor."
Submission + - Torvalds 'Pretty Pleased' with GPLv3
eldavojohn writes: "Linus Torvalds has announced that he's 'pretty pleased' with the latest release of the GPLv3. He seemed to be pleased that it "reads better, and some of the worst horrors have been removed entirely." His GPLv3 concerns arose from the Free Software Foundations fears of companies using software under this license along with DRM which caused earlier drafts of the GPLv3 to be structured so that some GPLv2 licensed software would not be compatible with the new version. Torvalds still did not confirm whether he would move the Linux kernel to GPLv3 however, he did say that "The 'we control not just the software, but also the hardware it runs on' parts still drive me up the wall because I think they are so fundamentally broken. But the new draft at least limits it to a much saner subset and makes it clearer too. Unlike the earlier drafts, it at least seems to not sully the good name of the GPL any more.""
Submission + - Amazon Bargain?
An anonymous reader writes: Check out any console/PC game on http://www.amazon.co.uk/ at the moment. Under "Product Promotions" you can learn how to get a 2 pence refund with every £100,000 spent. To get this oh so generous offer you still need to go through entering an authentication code too. I suppose this stops them getting swamped by people eager to spend around 5 years wages on games to get their tuppence. Madness.
Submission + - TJX: biggest data breach ever
jcatcw writes: Jaikumar Vijayan says that TJX is finally offering more details about the extent of the compromise, which at 45.6M cards,is the biggest ever. He's has been following the story for Computerworld since it started. The systems that were broken into processed payment card, check and returns for customers of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and A.J Wright stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and customers of Winners and HomeSense stores in Canada and T.K. Maxx in the U.K. Customer names and addresses were not included in the stolen data. So far the company has so far spent about $5 million in connection with the breach, and several lawsuits that have been filed against it. It was sued recently by the Arkansas Carpenters Pension Fund, one of its shareholders, for failure to divulge more details about the breach.
Submission + - AT&T/Cingular Blocks FreeConferenceCall Number
Lambert writes: "I am an employee of a small start-up and we depend on the freeconferencecall.com service to interface with customers on a weekly business. Obviously this service is one that could be considered "disruptive" for the big telco's like Cingular/ATT, Sprint, and Quest because conference call services traditionally are VERY expensive. Anyway, here's the email that I recieved today:
"As we know many of you have seen, the news media and bloggers have been covering the fact that Cingular/AT&T, Sprint and Qwest have been blocking some of our FreeConferenceCall numbers. Our goal with this month's newsletter is to separate fact from fiction, and, more importantly, set the record straight with the answers that you so richly deserve. We have spoken extensively with customers, competitors and lawyers to fully assess the situation and the implications for FreeConferenceCall users.
Last week, some of our Cingular and Sprint customers began calling into customer service with issues surrounding their connections to our service. After speaking with Cingular's customer service group, our customers were given numerous, and unfounded, reasons for the call blockage. Reasons cited included fraud, international forwarding, fee disputes and, to our astonishment, that we were blocking our own FreeConferenceCall numbers. We cannot corroborate or justify any of these reasons. FreeConferenceCall would never knowingly impede our customers from using our services. For now, we can tell you that a Cingular spokesperson has gone on record and stated that their terms of service gives them the right to block any number they wish and also said that AT&T's wireless service is "between one person and another person, not between one person and many." Cingular and Sprint have chosen to block service to our shared customers regardless of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations. Neither carrier has ever directly complained, filed suit or even contacted FreeConferenceCall. The upshot is that carriers are basically telling you that a cell phone is not intended for use on conference calls of any type.
As a total commitment to our customers, we have quickly ramped up to help them deal with this issue. If you are experiencing connectivity problems, please call us directly at 877-482-5838. We promise to give you unparalleled technical support and will treat every customer with immediate, personalized attention.
We have also created a blog and information center to help customers get details and resources for continuing their communications. You can find articles, links and comments at blog.freeconferencecall.com.""
Submission + - Telco glitch lets others listen in to phone calls
coondoggie writes: "Talk about an invasion of privacy. Australia's second largest telecom vendor Optus is currently struggling to correct a fault in its network that lets customers to eavesdrop on others' phone calls.Initial reports said the glitch was limited to Optus' pre-paid mobile service, but smh.com.au readers have described the problem occurring in Optus' landline network as well. Reports describing the glitch first appeared on the popular online broadband community, Whirlpool in its Optusnet community.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1307 4"
Submission + - Circuit City and the American Dream job
An anonymous reader writes: Circuit City said yesterday that it had fired 3,400 of its highest-paid sales staff and will replace them with lower-paid workers, however the fired workers have a chance to apply for lower-paying positions after a 10-week delay, said the 655-store electronics chain based in Richmond, Va.
Circuit City spokesman Jim Babb said: "This is no reflection on job performance,". "We deeply regret the negative impact. Retail is extremely competitive, and if we're going to thrive and operate a successful company for our shoppers, employees and shareholders, we just have to control costs."
So work hard, become the best in your field and get fired so they can offer you a new job 10 weeks later at a lower salary. That seems to fit the American Dream?????
