Comment My slashdot posts (Score 1) 233
Should have landed me in jail a couple of times, at least.
Comment All I can say is (Score 2) 278
good EFF'ing luck with that.
Comment Re:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 Post! (Score 1) 133
You can only collapse one set of zeros, for precisely that reason. I don't remember if it is in the spec that it has to be the first set or not, as either way is unambiguous.
Comment Re:Tibana... (Score 1) 155
Came for this refrence, and was not disappointed.
Comment Re:Social Security et. al. (Score 1) 456
Social security is also dependent on the taxpayers paying back all of the IOUs that have been written when government took money from the funds to pay for other projects. But that is often neglected when the government wants to funnel more of your money into large corporations. The government, the banks, and wall street all know that in order for the bubble to continue long enough to get rich, they have to keep feeding the monster. Social security is not the pyramid scheme here, the US version of capitalism is the pyramid scheme.
Comment Re:Hate meets hate? (Score 2, Funny) 744
If you were in the USA, would the deaf boy have prayed for you?
ITC Investigates Xbox 360 After Motorola Complaint 71
FlorianMueller writes "The US International Trade Commission, which is increasingly popular as a patent enforcement agency, voted to investigate a complaint filed by Motorola against Microsoft last month. Motorola claims that the Xbox infringes five of its patents. In October, Microsoft complained against Motorola, alleging patent infringement by its Android-based smartphones. Apple, Nokia and HTC are also involved with ITC investigations as complainants and respondents. A new one-page overview document shows the ongoing ITC investigations related to smartphones and the products that the complainants would like to have banned from entry into the US market. The good news is that any import bans won't be ordered until long after Christmas. The ITC is faster than courts, but not that fast."
Comment leaches! (Score 1) 258
See topic.
Comment Re:Another reason (Score 1) 460
"If I understand what communism is, the businesses are actually run and controlled by the government."
No, that's socialism. Communism is where people are all equal in the fact that they all use their specialties and innate talents to contribute to the greater good. In a true communist society, there is no government. There may be people who speak for the group, but it is supposed to be speaking the general consensus.
Of course, as a realist you can see the issue with that, can't you?
What we currently call communist regimes are actually socialist, bordering on fascist. I don't think that the world has seen anything resembling the ideal of communism outside of the hippie communes that dotted the landscape in the 70's, or an abby or something of the sort.
Submission + - e-Paper Technology Goes Far Beyond Newspaper Apps (digitalsignage.com)
uriNate writes: LG recently released their own version of e-Paper, to be in competition with other e-readers like the Kindle. The applications for digital paper replacing print goes way beyond newspapers. There are ideas of this technology reaching into restaurants as hand held digital menus. The possibilities are endless, especially in the realm of honing in on specific demographics for advertising. While traditional paper may be dead, its up-and-coming replacement is not far behind.
Submission + - Blackberry without the service
Trigun writes: "I've been looking to purchase a wi-fi enabled portable voip phone that I can connect to a voip pbx, as well as do things such as surf the web and check e-mail. Basically, I'm looking for a blackberry without the need for a data plan. I looked at buying an ipod touch and jailbreaking it, but I would much rather have an open platform, or at least one that has everything that I'm looking for if it is closed. Ideally, the device would be wifi enabled, have a web browser and e-mail client, sip and skype clients, and support ssl and ipsec vpn's, and not mean carrying around a laptop, or a laptop sized device. Does such a beast exist?"
Submission + - Goofle investigating Chinese employees (guardian.co.uk)
BluePeppers writes: The Guardian is reporting that Google China is investigating it's staff in lieu of The Incident. ""We're not commenting on rumour and speculation. This is an ongoing investigation and we simply cannot comment on the details," a Google spokeswoman said. Security analysts told Reuters the malicious software or malware used in the attack was a modification of a trojan called Hydraq. A trojan is a hidden program allowing unauthorised access to a computer. The analysts said the sophistication in the attack was in knowing whom to attack, not the malware itself."
Comment Re:Cool? You don't know cool. (Score 2, Interesting) 453
Only due to era.
Comment Cool? You don't know cool. (Score 2, Insightful) 453
What about Turing? Tesla? Archimedes? Einstein? Hawking? Those guys from 'Big Bang Theory'?
How much cooler do you want?
Comment Re:Oh no (Score 2, Informative) 316
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=323909610753051544#
With cheesy 1978 commercials and everything.
