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Comment Counterfeit? (Score 1) 165

I'm a bit puzzled at the Editor's choice of a word - I'm sure that if I bought and played the game, it would work in the same way as the 'real' one - and the game was ~copied~, not 'created to resemble' as the word counterfeit implies. Yet I do understand that many are tiring of the word 'pirate'...

Comment Re:Goes both ways... (Score 1) 645

How do we know about several men's 'memories' - left in writ? Because we can refer to them whenever we like (should we choose to, which you obviously don't), and can even trace them back to studies and experiments of their predecessors (acts and facts, not 'memories'). I really can't believe that some today are in such a state of denial that they think that they can convince others to question the validity - even ~purpose~ - of science.

I can agree though that, for us 'layman folk', we have to have a certain degree of 'faith' when reading the conclusions of others (especially if we don't have time (or resources) to empirically recreate their experiments ourselves); but what would you rather have faith in: an organisation (network) whose pay-to-pray doctrine leads to no conclusive results, or a relatively transparent organisation (network) whose works have (consistently and continuously) resulted in the technology we are using today?

Comment Re:Is opening a spouses mail a crime? (Score 1) 496

Stupid bitch who is prosecuting him doesn't have a clue what hacking is all about.

That is most likely true, but where she ~isn't~ stupid is in her understanding of what the ~jury~ will think when she utters the word "hacker". "Hacker" is a relatively new word whose definition remains vague to the ignorant - yet the ignorant are quick drop it into the "word used to describe something all-inclusive bad" category. To be a trial lawyer/prosecutor is to know what emotional strings and bind spots can be exploited in a judge/jury.

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Submission + - African Villages Glow with Renewable Energy

Peace Corps Online writes: "Elisabeth Rosenthal writes that as small-scale renewable energy becomes cheaper, more reliable and more efficient, it is providing the first drops of modern power to people who live far from slow-growing electricity grids and fuel pipelines in developing countries playing an epic, transformative role. With the advent of cheap solar panels and high-efficiency LED lights, which can light a room with just 4 watts of power instead of 60, these small solar systems now deliver useful electricity at a price that even the poor can afford. "You're seeing herders in Inner Mongolia with solar cells on top of their yurts," says energy adviser Dana Younger. In addition to small solar projects, renewable energy technologies designed for the poor include simple subterranean biogas chambers that make fuel and electricity from the manure of a few cows, and “mini” hydroelectric dams that can harness the power of a local river for an entire village. "It’s a phenomenon that’s sweeping the world; a huge number of these systems are being installed," says Younger."

Submission + - Almost '11 Whats the oldest file you can restore? 2

turtleshadow writes: Now that Its almost '11 who kept backups since before the Y2K non-event: Have you personally/professionally had to recover something from 10+ years ago?

If so share the interesting "hows" especially if you had to do multiple media transfers and file formats to get it "usable file format" on a modern hardware platform of your choice?
Native solutions are rated higher than Emulation. Also whats your plans for recovering in 2021?

Street cred goes to the oldest, most technical and complex restores... that are of course successful.

I'm working the night shift Christmas/NewYears, I ask everybody still stirring and hardcore SysOPs

Submission + - Florida Sheriff attacks Free Speech 1

Baldur_of_Asgard writes: When Phillip Greaves' electronic book was censored by Amazon this exceptional act was considered a private matter by most people and no great loss, but now a freedom-hating sheriff in Florida is trying to gut the 1st Amendment to the detriment of us all. Free speech is ultimately about unpopular speech, after all. Popular beliefs don't need defending.
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Submission + - UN Supports WikiLeaks' Right To Publish (eweekeurope.co.uk) 6

geek4 writes: A UN statement argues the human right to publish in the public interest, but restraint should be exercised
Following a bad few weeks for WikiLeaks, Santa seems to have arrived early to deliver a surprise gift in the form of backing from the United Nations.

In a joint statement by two UN officials, member states have been reminded of their duty to observe citizen rights to access information held by national authorities.

The rebuke from Frank LaRue, the UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, and Catalina Botero Marino, the inter-American commission on human rights special rapporteur for freedom of expression, will upset the right wing faction in the US government and provide support for WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange as court proceedings are ranged against him.

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