Comment Re:You're on a party line (Score 1) 7
I don't think that's what he meant. Cable internet uses pooled bandwidth that everyone in an area shares.
Submission + - Viewing time of porn limited to 30min a day (tnaflix.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Several adult streaming sites are reporting that recent changes to the Internet Data Fair Usage Mandate to ISP Policies &
Regulations 2007 act (r11734) are aiming to limit the viewing time of individuals to 30 minutes per 24 hour period.
Some have also started petitions to rally for support in order to prevent those changes from becoming law.
Regulations 2007 act (r11734) are aiming to limit the viewing time of individuals to 30 minutes per 24 hour period.
Some have also started petitions to rally for support in order to prevent those changes from becoming law.
Submission + - Scientology Attempts to Censor German Documentary (guardian.co.uk)
eldavojohn writes: Slashdot posts on operating thetans aren't the only things Scientologists are trying to censor. The Guardian is reporting on the strained relationship that Scientology is having with the German government and the airing of a pesky documentary on Southwest Broadcasting. "Until Nothing Remains," a $2.3 million documentary, is slotted to air live on German television at the end of this month. It recounts the true story of Heiner von Rönn and his family's suffering when he tried to leave the Church of Scientology. A Scientology Spokesperson called the film false and intolerant and also said they are investigating legal means to stop the film from being aired. Despite an unusually high degree of caution and secrecy about the filming, anyone involved with the film suffered from the usual harassment from Scientologists when investigations of wrong doing in Scientology are undertaken. More details on the film can be gleaned here. Commencing Streisand Effect in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
Submission + - Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (google.com)
suraj.sun writes: The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.
Dr. Kathleen Collins of the University of Michigan and her colleagues report in this week's edition of the journal Nature Medicine that the HIV virus can infect long-lived bone marrow cells that eventually convert into blood cells.
The virus is dormant in the bone marrow cells, she said, but when those progenitor cells develop into blood cells, it can be reactivated and cause renewed infection. The virus kills the new blood cells and then moves on to infect other cells, said.
In recent years, drugs have reduced AIDS deaths sharply, but patients need to keep taking the medicines for life or the infection comes back, Dr. Collins said.
AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jIzw5TNPc3bTHfHDOrmqk5VNd9rgD9E9UL400
Dr. Kathleen Collins of the University of Michigan and her colleagues report in this week's edition of the journal Nature Medicine that the HIV virus can infect long-lived bone marrow cells that eventually convert into blood cells.
The virus is dormant in the bone marrow cells, she said, but when those progenitor cells develop into blood cells, it can be reactivated and cause renewed infection. The virus kills the new blood cells and then moves on to infect other cells, said.
In recent years, drugs have reduced AIDS deaths sharply, but patients need to keep taking the medicines for life or the infection comes back, Dr. Collins said.
AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jIzw5TNPc3bTHfHDOrmqk5VNd9rgD9E9UL400
Ubisoft's Authentication Servers Go Down 634
ZuchinniOne writes "With Ubisoft's fantastically awful new DRM you must be online and logged in to their servers to play the games you buy. Not only was this DRM broken the very first day it was released, but now their authentication servers have failed so absolutely that no-one who legally bought their games can play them. 'At around 8am GMT, people began to complain in the Assassin's Creed 2 forum that they couldn't access the Ubisoft servers and were unable to play their games.' One can only hope that this utter failure will help to stem the tide of bad DRM."
Microsoft Demos Three Platforms Running the Same Game 196
suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from Engadget:
"Microsoft's Eric Rudder, speaking at TechEd Middle East, showed off a game developed in Visual Studio as a singular project (with 90% shared code) that plays on Windows with a keyboard, a Windows Phone 7 Series prototype device with accelerometer and touch controls, and the Xbox 360 with the Xbox gamepad. Interestingly, not only is the development cross-platform friendly, but the game itself (a simple Indiana Jones platformer was demoed) saves its place and lets you resume from that spot on whichever platform you happen to pick up."
Submission + - ABC Pulls Channels From Cablevision (washingtonpost.com) 1
wkurzius writes: Cablevision and ABC have failed to come to agreement after two years of negotiations, and as a result ABC has pulled all their channels from the Cablevision lineup. The dispute is over $40 million in retransmission fees that Cablevision says they won't give to ABC. On the other side, Cablevision has been accused of pocketing $8 billion last year and not being fair to their customers.
Comment Re:Wow, this is seriously stupid.. (Score 1) 5
Do tell, how do I go about doing this?
Submission + - Ars technica blocks AdBlock users (arstechnica.com) 5
qvatch writes: Ars technica stops displaying articles for users browsing with AdBlock. No error is displayed, nor was any warning given.
Clintology ( Developer / Proj. Manager )
| tbradshaw wrote: I'm guessing that these responses mean that this is "behavior by design"?
Yes, its meant to annoy you into outing yourselves so I can guilt you ;)
If you're not willing to unblock our ads, we're fairly happy for you to not read the content we work very hard on, or to just stop visiting the site altogether.
Clintology ( Developer / Proj. Manager )
| tbradshaw wrote: I'm guessing that these responses mean that this is "behavior by design"?
Yes, its meant to annoy you into outing yourselves so I can guilt you
If you're not willing to unblock our ads, we're fairly happy for you to not read the content we work very hard on, or to just stop visiting the site altogether.
Submission + - Newegg Customers Receiving Fake Intel Core 17 920 (overclock.net) 4
An anonymous reader writes: This first surfaced on TribalWar around seven o'clock last evening and on Overclock.net around midnight last night. Newegg still hasn't commented on this. It's not known whether this happened as fraud by another Newegg customer or it happened in shipping. The "processors" are made of Aluminum, and the "fans" look to be made of some kind of synthetic molded material. The "factory seal" was printed onto the box. The holographic stickers on the boxes were also faked.
More links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDU7Xoju4LM
http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=606966
More links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDU7Xoju4LM
http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=606966
Submission + - The Nations Top ISP’s Against Net Neutralit (high-speed-isp.com)
speda1 writes: This week the nations largest Internet service providers, AT&T and Verizon, warned the FCC that any possible move that would position their companies further under the agency’s jurisdiction would be met with resistance. In a 14 page letter to the agency, AT&T and Verizon were joined by trade groups CTIA and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.
Submission + - U.K. bill would outlaw open Wi-Fi (zdnet.co.uk)
suraj.sun writes: The government will not exempt universities, libraries and small businesses providing open Wi-Fi services from its Digital Economy Bill copyright crackdown, according to official advice released earlier this week.
This would leave many organizations open to the same penalties for copyright infringement as individual subscribers, potentially including disconnection from the internet, leading legal experts to say it will become impossible for small businesses and the like to offer Wi-Fi access.
"This is going to be a very unfortunate measure for small businesses, particularly in a recession, many of whom are using open free Wi-Fi very effectively as a way to get the punters in.
Even if they password protect, they then have two options — to pay someone like The Cloud to manage it for them, or take responsibility themselves for becoming an ISP effectively, and keep records for everyone they assign connections to, which is an impossible burden for a small cafe" Lilian Edwards, professor of internet law at Sheffield University told ZDNet UK.
ZDNet : http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,40057470,00.htm
This would leave many organizations open to the same penalties for copyright infringement as individual subscribers, potentially including disconnection from the internet, leading legal experts to say it will become impossible for small businesses and the like to offer Wi-Fi access.
"This is going to be a very unfortunate measure for small businesses, particularly in a recession, many of whom are using open free Wi-Fi very effectively as a way to get the punters in.
Even if they password protect, they then have two options — to pay someone like The Cloud to manage it for them, or take responsibility themselves for becoming an ISP effectively, and keep records for everyone they assign connections to, which is an impossible burden for a small cafe" Lilian Edwards, professor of internet law at Sheffield University told ZDNet UK.
ZDNet : http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,40057470,00.htm
Submission + - The School webcam spying gets weirder (tomshardware.com) 2
markass530 writes: "It seems that the Lower Merion schools aren't the only one with the spying capabilities that were apparently used in the current class action lawsuit. A reader of Boing Boing pointed out that PBS aired a documentary a few weeks ago called "Digital Nation." In it, vice-principle of Intermediate School 339, Bronx, NY, Dan Ackerman showed how he's able to remotely monitor students through webcam.
Ackerman demonstrates the webcam spying ability: "They don't even realize we are watching," "I always like to mess with them and take a picture," and "9 times out of 10, THEY DUCK OUT OF THE WAY."
Oddly there are no questions regarding student privacy, which is likely how the recent class action lawsuit came about.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/learning/schools/how-google-saved-a-school.html?play
Skip to around 4:36 to see the remote webcam monitoring."
Ackerman demonstrates the webcam spying ability: "They don't even realize we are watching," "I always like to mess with them and take a picture," and "9 times out of 10, THEY DUCK OUT OF THE WAY."
Oddly there are no questions regarding student privacy, which is likely how the recent class action lawsuit came about.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/learning/schools/how-google-saved-a-school.html?play
Skip to around 4:36 to see the remote webcam monitoring."
Submission + - BBC enable DRM blocking open source software (arstechnica.com) 1
jamesswift writes: Ryan Paul at Ars Technica reports that the BBC have enabled DRM on their iPlayer streaming service consequently blocking open source software such as XBMC from playing it.
Submission + - Manga collector sentenced to six months of prison (wired.com) 1
Bragador writes: A U.S. comic book collector is being sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to importing and possessing Japanese manga books depicting illustrations of child sex and bestiality.
Though child porn drawings leave me uneasy, should Americans accept or oppose a law like this?
Though child porn drawings leave me uneasy, should Americans accept or oppose a law like this?
