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Comment It gets worse (Score 1) 423

by DefenderThree on Friday August 01, 2008 @12:58PM (#24436125) Attached to: NYT Explores the World of Internet Trolls

You forgot an increasingly popular trend in most forums: ironic humor. Not only is it becoming increasingly (and irritatingly) difficult to differentiate between the genuinely stupid and the trolls, the addition of people "ironically" flaming everyone or trashing the forums is impossible to spot or verify since anyone accused of these things can claim they were doing so "ironically" as an ingenious, super-subtle commentary on forum "culture." Voila! By claiming to use ironic humor, anyone and everyone is now a modern day Oscar Wilde!

How to Keep Your Code From Destroying You 486

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @03:09PM from the i-have-been-sent-here-to-destroy-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IBM DeveloperWorks has a few quick tips on how to write maintainable code that won't leech your most valuable resource — time. These six tips on how to write maintainable code are guaranteed to save you time and frustration: one minute spent writing comments can save you an hour of anguish. Bad code gets written all the time. But it doesn't have to be that way. Its time to ask yourself if its time for you to convert to the clean code religion."

Submission + - Apple embeds account info in DRM-free music

Submitted by Cardiff on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @02:49PM

Cardiff writes: Apple may have removed the DRM but they didn't remove tracking information from DRM-free music. With embedded account names and email information, which can be viewed only by searching the files for strings, Apple (or a record label) could easily determine the origin of a file shared on P2P. Ars speculates that Apple wants to keep an eye on casual file trading among friends.

Submission + - The Best and Worst Intenet Laws

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Sunday April 22, 2007 @06:32PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "When a U.S. legislator describes the Internet as a "series of tubes" you just know that you're going to end up with some wacky laws on the books. Law professor Eric Goldman takes a look at the best and worst Internet laws in the U.S. Eric offers an analysis of the biggies such as the DMCA, but also shines a light on lesser known laws like the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002."

Submission + - Bjork sponsors a music video contest

Submitted by STFS on Sunday April 22, 2007 @06:00PM

STFS writes: A number of news sites have picked up on singer Björk's idea of having an open contest for making a music video to one of her latest songs titled Innocence.

The official contest page has more information about the contest along with some material (the song itself, the lyrics and some visual goodies) to get the ball rolling.

This may be the ultimate opportunity for those artistically inclined Slashdot readers to take a stab at world fame.

The Hundred Million Mile Pipe Organ 76

Posted by kdawson on Saturday April 21, 2007 @01:20PM from the louder-than-yours dept.

jd writes "Scientists have announced that the gigantic coils of plasma in the solar atmosphere, known as coronal loops, actually carry sound waves much like a pipe organ. Micro-flares on the surface of the sun create powerful blasts of charged particles, which are then guided through the coronal loops, creating the standing waves. Sheffield University is hosting movies and audio recordings of the sun's performance."

Submission + - Fully updated OSX Box Hacked

Submitted by

Guanine

on Friday April 20, 2007 @06:58PM

Guanine writes: "The security blog Matasano Chargen recently reported that at the CanSecWest Applied Security Conference, a MacBook Pro with all the latest patches was successfully hacked. A vulnerability and exploit in Safari were developed by Dino Dai Zovi, then leveraged by Shane MacCauley to "get a shell with user level privilages." The reward is $10,000 and the hacked MacBook Pro."

Submission + - New predictions for Solar Cycle 24

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20, 2007 @05:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: According to an article on physicsweb, the next solar cycle could have sunspot levels 35% lower than in the last cycle. This prediction conflicts with previous predictions discussed here. If true, this could have interesting implications for communications and global warming.

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