Comment A classic example... (Score 4, Interesting) 419
of how not to do your job. I have been laughing all day at this debacle, and will continue to do so. This is a comedy goldmine.
Comment Re:So what? (Score 3, Insightful) 423
However, the judge has to consider the possibility that the juror may have received DMs on Twitter that may actually impact the trial. This is why jurors are sequestered in the first place, to prevent outside communications from impacting the jury's decision.
Comment Re:Reflections (Score 5, Funny) 960
Zynga is not a requirement for any employee.
That steaming hot pr0n site is not a piece of "productivity software".
Bonzai Buddy isn't Clippy, and he's not your friend.
BitTorrent is not an approved method of software acquisition and installation.
Your concerns has been noted, and your permissions on the network updated appropriately.
That steaming hot pr0n site is not a piece of "productivity software".
Bonzai Buddy isn't Clippy, and he's not your friend.
BitTorrent is not an approved method of software acquisition and installation.
Your concerns has been noted, and your permissions on the network updated appropriately.
Submission + - Asians share dna with neanderthals (telegraph.co.uk)
netskink writes: Does this explain larger heads and shorter limbs in Asians?
Comment All I can say is... (Score 2) 655
SCOTUS will have a field day with this.
Comment Re:Why replace? (Score 2) 462
Bad wiring, perhaps? Running electrical wires in close proximity to the steel joists could cause magnetization of the joists over time. Iron and its alloys are pretty easy to magnetize in that manner.
Comment Hmm... (Score 2) 462
I'm not certain that the company *should* win. But should and will are two different beasts.
According to TFA "By signing the contracts, the buyers agreed to waive claims for repairs except those specifically mentioned in a separate document, which was available for inspection at a separate location and not before or at the time they bought the houses." The main point is that the restrictions were not available for review where the contract was being provided and signed. Hiding the restrictions on a contract prior to its acceptance? Smells really funky to me, and were I in their shoes, I wouldn't have signed it in the first place.
According to TFA "By signing the contracts, the buyers agreed to waive claims for repairs except those specifically mentioned in a separate document, which was available for inspection at a separate location and not before or at the time they bought the houses." The main point is that the restrictions were not available for review where the contract was being provided and signed. Hiding the restrictions on a contract prior to its acceptance? Smells really funky to me, and were I in their shoes, I wouldn't have signed it in the first place.
Comment Re:Suing a game manufacturer? (Score 2) 273
I think it has something to do with the debacle over Origin's data mining clause recently, and with it being on the heels of the Sony security breaches, bank on EA trying to cover their assets as much as possible.
Comment I can see the new commercial for it... (Score 1) 79
Trashy old computer: $100.
Botnet rental: $3.
DDoS'ing your credit card company: Priceless.
There's some things money can't buy.
Comment Re:So Cloud v Cloud.... (Score 3, Funny) 189
Flawless Victory!
Comment Re:No more sequels (Score 1) 87
If the next Modern Warfare introduced dramatically different themes, there would be uproar. Sure, set it on the moon, but make sure I’m a grunt following the NPCs who get to play the game, or I’ll swear at you on the internet.
Then perhaps it shouldn't be another damn Modern Warfare game. How about--gasp--a brand new game. I get that not making sequels each year requires creativity and risk, but think of the reward.
They won't do it. Not as long as Call of Duty can rake in billions of dollars a year for a sequel that is almost identical to its predecessor. Hell, they haven't had a new engine for the entire series, they just keep tinkering with the old modified id tech 3 engine. It would take having the CoD series flop massively to get Activision to actually look at new IPs. They ran all of their other major IPs into the ground, why would they break from standard operating procedures now?
Comment Better the int'l community, than strictly US. (Score 5, Insightful) 124
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. It's an old adage that never seems to either go out of style or cease to be applicable.
Putting all of the Internet naming eggs in the US basket is dangerous. With the strange goings on in US politics of late, and with the abuse by DHS/ICE, I can only see bad things coming in the future if the international community doesn't step up to the plate and offer something better.
I really don't have too much of an issue with a UN controlled ICANN clone. It's not like they can screw it up more than a Republican controlled ICANN. THAT is the scariest part.
Putting all of the Internet naming eggs in the US basket is dangerous. With the strange goings on in US politics of late, and with the abuse by DHS/ICE, I can only see bad things coming in the future if the international community doesn't step up to the plate and offer something better.
I really don't have too much of an issue with a UN controlled ICANN clone. It's not like they can screw it up more than a Republican controlled ICANN. THAT is the scariest part.
Submission + - Google Pulls 21 Android Apps with Trojan Rootkits (switched.com)
suraj.sun writes: Thanks to a tip-off by a redditor, and some investigation by Android Police ( http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03/01/the-mother-of-all-android-malware-has-arrived-stolen-apps-released-to-the-market-that-root-your-phone-steal-your-data-and-open-backdoor/ ), Google has pulled 21 Android Market apps that were infected with a backdoor Trojan rootkit. If you downloaded any of the infected apps, they will be automatically deleted from your phone.
The attack vector was ingenious, and plays on the Android Market's biggest weakness: the almost complete absence of app moderation. The nefarious developer crafted 21 apps that share the name of legitimate apps (such as 'Chess'), and into each of them he inserted some Trojan code. The apps then quietly report your sensitive data back to a remote server, while you play with your free app.
Download Squad: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/02/google-pulls-21-android-malware-apps-with-trojan-rootkit-over-50000-infected/
Android Police: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03/01/the-mother-of-all-android-malware-has-arrived-stolen-apps-released-to-the-market-that-root-your-phone-steal-your-data-and-open-backdoor/
The attack vector was ingenious, and plays on the Android Market's biggest weakness: the almost complete absence of app moderation. The nefarious developer crafted 21 apps that share the name of legitimate apps (such as 'Chess'), and into each of them he inserted some Trojan code. The apps then quietly report your sensitive data back to a remote server, while you play with your free app.
Download Squad: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/02/google-pulls-21-android-malware-apps-with-trojan-rootkit-over-50000-infected/
Android Police: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/03/01/the-mother-of-all-android-malware-has-arrived-stolen-apps-released-to-the-market-that-root-your-phone-steal-your-data-and-open-backdoor/
Submission + - World's Most Powerful Optical Microscope (sciencedaily.com)
gamricstone writes: Scientists have produced the world's most powerful optical microscope, which could help understand the causes of many viruses and diseases. Previously, the standard optical microscope can only see items around one micrometre — 0.001 millimetres — clearly. But now, by combining an optical microscope with a transparent microsphere, dubbed the 'microsphere nanoscope', the Manchester researchers can see 20 times smaller — 50 nanometres ((5 x 10-8m) — under normal lights. This is beyond the theoretical limit of optical microscopy. "Seeing inside a cell directly without dying and seeing living viruses directly could revolutionize the way cells are studied and allow us to examine closely viruses and biomedicine for the first time."
Submission + - Scam Uses Cloned Reed College Website
theodp writes: Plagiarism by students is a concern at colleges across the country, writes the WSJ's Kevin Helliker. But at Reed College, the problem has reached another level: the copying of an entire school. The website of a fictitious school called the University of Redwood features a faculty directory and photographs of a campus lifted straight out of Reed's website. Officials at Reed suspect the site is part of a scheme to collect application fees from prospective students in Hong Kong and Asia. After collecting a fee, "a shrewd scammer could wait several weeks, then issue a rejection letter, and the student would never know," said Martin Ringle, CTO at Reed. Ringle said he had found serious mention of the University of Redwood on Asian higher-education blogs. The college says it believes the website's domain is owned by somebody in China.
