Comment Mod up - there are better causes than wikileaks (Score 1) 703
Wikileaks is pretty well enfranchised I would say. There are billions who are not.
Comment Ha ha (Score 1) 715
ha he
Comment Re:Comcast is blocking access to wikileaks (Score 1) 715
This was meant to be sarcastic.
My point was that although on the fringes, (mastercard, paypal, amazon, DNS, legal trouble for leakers etc) that the leaks are facing challenges, that in *any meaningful way* nothing is being suppressed.
The mainstream media corporations running all over the world are reporting everything that there is to report.
There is no information war here.
Comment Comcast is blocking access to wikileaks (Score 2, Interesting) 715
Comcast is blocking access to any websites reporting wikileaks related stories.
This is exactly what I would suspect they would do.
What can you expect from a big corporate interest?
Comment Is there any doubt that we have free speech? (Score 1) 191
For all of the conspiracy stuff out there - and I happen to be opposed to the public release (especially the poison pill encrypted, unredacted torrent - holding others hostage because you are too cowardly to stand up for what you believe) it is pretty remarkable that this has all been released.
So the current government is speaking out against the leaks - and using *legal* powers to defend itself - I just am not that incensed.
JP
Comment Big country (Score 1) 314
"We" are a big country
Comment If this is a true visual representation (Score 1) 255
If this is a true visual representation
then I would be cautious about discounting the value of FB.
Comment I know! I should get -1 off topic (Score 1) 864
I am not going to be able to live with myself.
Comment You're a businessman.... but you're not honest (Score 1) 864
I found a grammar error, free mod points?
Comment China Mobile's 3G is CDMA (Score 1) 303
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mobile
That might end up being a big market.
Comment Yes I'm sure this person hasn't spent a dime (Score 1) 169
...on star wars stuff in his life
Comment Oil companies feel guilty... (Score 5, Funny) 588
Oil companies feel guilty about record profits and decided to lower prices just like it was within their power to raise them before.
Submission + - Radiohead with "name your own price" LP7
JP writes: "Radiohead have announced a new record http://www.inrainbows.com/ via their blog http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace. The album is to be released ten days from now. What is particularly novel is that you can choose whatever price you wish to pay for the digital download only version of the record or you can purchase an LP/CD combo box. It's already sorta "slashdotted" via pitchfork and a million other news sites. Merge records also has seemed to follow this pattern of giving fans inexpensive downloads (with merge it's via emusic.com) or premium physical goods with high grade vinyl and artwork etc. I'm sure we are seeing the intermediate future of popular music distribution, although Radiohead have an obvious unique existing "marketshare" to be able to pull this off more easily."
Submission + - 5 tips to become a positive person (myeverydayplanner.com)
victoriawright writes: "A useful guide to make you feel better — here you have 5 tips for becoming a positive person that are extremely easy to put into practice. Apply them to your own life consistently and you will attain a more joyful and peaceful state of mind:"
Submission + - Toshiba Plans HD DVD Laptop Counter-Offensive
An anonymous reader writes: Apparently hoping to counter the "PS3-effect" on Blu-ray sales, HD DVD backer Toshiba says it plans to put HD DVD drives in all of its laptops in 2008 . While the manufacturer currently provides optional HD DVD drives for its laptops, Toshiba Senior Vice President Hisatsugu Nonaka said today at a news conference that all Toshiba laptops will come with HD DVD drives next year. "The demand is there; people want to watch their favorite movies in high-definition on the road," explained Nonaka.
