Comment Re:Can we (Score 1) 444
Where's the moderation -1 Yuck?
Time Warner Shutting Off Austin Accounts For Heavy Usage 591
mariushm writes "After deciding to shelve metered broadband plans, it looks like Time Warner is cutting off, with no warning, the accounts of customers whom they deem to have used too much bandwidth. 'Austin Stop The Cap reader Ryan Howard reports that his Road Runner service was cut off yesterday without warning. According to Ryan, it took four calls to technical support, two visits to the cable store to try two new cable modems (all to no avail), before someone at Time Warner finally told him to call the company's "Security and Abuse" center. "I called the number and had to leave a voice mail, and about an hour later a Time Warner technician called me back and lectured me for using 44 gigabytes in one week," Howard wrote.
Howard was then "educated" about his usage. "According to her, that is more than most people use in a year," Howard said.'"
Comment First members.aol.com and now this (Score 2, Funny) 427
Where will we go for our fix of lousy, horribly formatted websites from 1997?
I feel bad for this sucker:
WHAT A SHAMBLES & A POOR SHOW. NO ONE WANTS TO KNOW EITHER. FORTUNATELY I SAVED MY WEBPAGE & TRANSFERRED IT TO GEOCITIES.
Link Here: http
Real easy to do a simple webpage. With more time I think this could be better than aol.
Comment Re:Kim Jong-il should be forced to watch Team Amer (Score 1) 1297
As someone who's seen Team America, let me be the first to say that would fit every definition of "cruel and unusual".
Comment Ada Jones (Score 2, Interesting) 429
Did anybody check out the Ada Jones link? One of the song titles is "If the man in the moon were a coon". Wikipedia reveals what may just be the silliest sentence I've ever read:
"His first hit was "If the Man In the Moon Were a Coon" in 1906 The song combined two then-popular song themes, Moon songs and Coon songs."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Fisher
Comment PDF (Score 5, Funny) 396
Wait, you want me to open a PDF from folks who know how to create such a supervirus? Hmm.
Comment Re:I have a better Solution (Score 1) 390
Use an entirely free search engine that works just as well with a better privacy policy.
Comment Two words: wind chimes (Score 1) 546
Comment Re:Why mock this ? (Score 1) 231
Submission + - First Evidence of Another Universe? 2
blamanj writes: Three months ago, astronomers announced the discovery of a large hole at the edge of our universe. Now, Dr. Laura Mersini-Houghton thinks she knows what that means. (Subscription req'd at New Scientist site, there's also an overview here.) According to string theory, there are many universes besides our own. Her team says that smaller universes are positioned at the edge of our universe, and because of gravitational interactions, they can be observed, and they're willing to make a prediction. The recently discovered void is in the northern hemisphere. They contend another one will be found in the southern hemisphere.
Submission + - MIT Hackers Remember the Fifth of November (lewrockwell.com)
qrad writes: "Early this morning MIT hackers celebrated Guy Fawkes day by unveiling huge banners over building 10. They read "Remember Remember the Fifth of November" and "Ron Paul Revolution." See this site for pictures!"
Submission + - iPhone Contains Secret Keylogger (tuaw.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Not quite a keylogger, but still disturbing. It's been discovered that a file on the iPhone automatically stores new words that are typed on the phone for its auto correction feature. So far, so good, but unfortunately it also appears to store passwords in plain text within the file. With all the methods of accessing the iPhone filesystem, this is bad news for people who lose their iPhones or sell them without a full wipe.
Submission + - Military contractor censors anti-war candidate (huffingtonpost.com) 1
James in Chicago writes: NBC as subsidiary of General Electric, is hosting a debate at Drexel University October 30th. They have set arbitrary funding requirements such that they exclude Senator Mike Gravel from the debates. Whether or not you agree with Gravel's politics he has been the most outspoken candidate concerning the war and the military-industrial-complex. GE on the other hand has over 2 billion dollars worth outstanding military contracts. When military contractors such as GE get to decide which political candidates are heard what does that mean for this Democracy?
Submission + - Compromised ad server spreading malware (itworld.com) 1
jfruhlinger writes: "Even if you're careful about the sites you visit, you can't control the servers those sites use to host their ads. Symantec security researchers have traced a recent rash of malware back to a compromised ad server run by 24/7 Real Media Inc."
Feed Google beats Microsoft, Coke in brand stakes (com.com)
Second time in a row a tech brand has beaten household name in ranking based on each brand's dollar value, market researcher says.
