Comment Re:Control vs. Prosperity (Score 5, Insightful) 119
Because communism concentrates power and power corrupts.
And what does capitalism do?
Comment Re:Not going to help (Score 2) 119
Ah yes, just like Saddam Hussein.
Comment Not going to help (Score 1, Insightful) 119
The U.S.. and a bunch of exiles still pissed about losing their wealth from when they were Battista cronies, have a serious hate-on for Cuba. Until the Castros are dead and Cuba is a slathering U.S. lapdog, the U.S. and CIA will actively sabotage any development there.
Comment Re:One of life's great mysteries (Score 5, Insightful) 251
No, it's just an indication that the biggest and most ruthless pricks are the most likely to get, and stay, rich.
Submission + - Utah Legislature moves to shutdown NSA Datacenter (benswann.com)
Tora writes: Utah Legislature is discussing a bill which would prohibit the state from supporting any entity which violates constitutional rights, such as the fourth amendment. Because of this, the water required to run the NSA datacenter would be prohibited until the NSA complied with constitutional laws for citizens.
Comment Re:ogahdno (Score 2) 303
They'll be able to bully Netflix and Google/YouTube right out of business. With that much power, who's going to stop them? It's sure not going to be Washington (from the CNN article):
Analysts also point out that Comcast is remarkably well connected in Washington. In fact, its chief lobbyist, David Cohen, was a guest at the White House state dinner for the French president on Tuesday night.
Comment Re:The US is screwed... (Score 1) 303
They'll be able to bully Netflix and Google/YouTube right out of business.
Comment Re:Some real winners there (Score 1) 290
Do people not read the news or weather forecasts or something?
Unfortunately, some people's jobs force them to go in, even in a blizzard.
Comment Re:oh yeah? (Score 1) 290
In all fairness, it was a *CATEGORY 2* hurricane. Ooooooh! LOL!
Comment Re:You southerns are a bunch of wimps. (Score 1) 290
No kidding. Here in FL, that would barely have qualified as a rainstorm
Submission + - Statue of Apollo Discovered in Palestine
nightcats writes: A 2,500 year old statue of the Greek god Apollo has been discovered by Palestinian fishermen.While Trekkies may object that this is all merely a trick, an energy projection of the being from Pollux IV (see season 2, Who Mourns for Adonais), it does appear an actual creation of those Greeks who worshiped that alien life form.
Submission + - Ars Technica Senior Editor Discusses Threat of New Slashdot UI (arstechnica.com) 3
Defenestrar writes: The senior review editor of Ars Technica, Lee Hutchinson, examines the potential impact of the Slashdot redesign with regards to the site's relevance.
Comment George, I've never seen one before, but (Score 1) 135
That looks like a bank run to me.
More Bitcoin Exchanges Forced Out of Sync After Massive DDoS Attack 135
An anonymous reader tipped us to news that several Bitcoin exchanges have joined Mt Gox in suspending withdrawals after being forced out of sync with the Bitcoin network at large. After Mt Gox blamed transaction malleability for forcing them to suspend withdrawals, miscreants started flooding at least Bitpay and Btc-e with bogus transactions. Quoting the Bitcoin Foundation: "Somebody (or several somebodies) is taking advantage of the transaction malleability issue and relaying mutated versions of transactions. This is exposing bugs in both the reference implementation and some exchange’s software. We (core dev team, developers at the exchanges, and even big mining pools) are creating workarounds and fixes right now. This is a denial-of-service attack; whoever is doing this is not stealing coins, but is succeeding in preventing some transactions from confirming. It’s important to note that DoS attacks do not affect people’s bitcoin wallets or funds. "
Submission + - Julian Assange's Lawyers: Follow Swedish Law, Interrogate Him in the UK (ibtimes.co.uk)
concertina226 writes: "Prosecutor Marianne Ny must ... start treating him as everybody else who is under suspicion," the lawyers wrote.
The lawyers' op-ed piece is in response to another piece published on 6 February in SvD entitled "Why should an exception be made for Assange?", in which the lawyer representing the younger of the two women, Elisabeth Massi Fritz, criticised the media for naming Assange, since suspects and accusers are rarely named in the Swedish press.
The lawyers' op-ed piece is in response to another piece published on 6 February in SvD entitled "Why should an exception be made for Assange?", in which the lawyer representing the younger of the two women, Elisabeth Massi Fritz, criticised the media for naming Assange, since suspects and accusers are rarely named in the Swedish press.
