Comment Trying to push into the spotlight (Score 1) 464
Maybe I'm just being overly cynical about things.
Comment Re:Well. now we do it (Score 4, Informative) 1060
"The Metropolitan Police Extradition Unit confirmed at 10.30am London time (2030 AEDT) that the 39-year-old Australian had been arrested “by appointment” on a European Arrest Warrant an hour earlier."
Seems that he turned himself in, so not sure the insurance file key would be released. Mind you his threat to do that if he was arrested (I don't think he specified for a particular reason) seemed a bit off.
Comment RIP (Score 1) 132
Condolences to his family (well ok, not that they'll read this). Sad that I have no idea what else he did besides TESB.
Submission + - Wikileaks Vows Release '7x' Bigger Than Iraq Logs (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: Wikileaks has promised to release a load of information seven times bigger than the Iraq War Logs, which raised the Internet group's profile around the world and caused some nations to take notice of the issue of leaks of top-secret documents online. In a note on Twitter, Wikileaks said, 'Next release is 7x the size of the Iraq War Logs. Intense pressure over it for months,' and asked supporters to continue donating to the cause. A District Court in Stockholm last Thursday decided to detain Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, 'on probable cause suspected of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion.' Wikileaks did not say what the new release of information would be about.
Comment Re:Let's get this right. (Score 1) 518
I agree. Nothing better than watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2et3cKlSSk&feature=channel Amazed at some of the stuff people pulled playing that game. Still about 40-50 people playing, but they seem to be the super hardcore element.
Heroic Engineer Crashes Own Vehicle To Save a Life 486
scottbomb sends in this feel-good story of an engineer-hero, calling it "one of the coolest stories I've read in a long time." "A manager of Boeing's F22 fighter-jet program, Innes dodged the truck, then looked back to see that the driver was slumped over the wheel. He knew a busy intersection was just ahead, and he had to act fast. Without consulting the passengers in his minivan — 'there was no time to take a vote' — Innes kicked into engineer mode. 'Basic physics: If I could get in front of him and let him hit me, the delta difference in speed would just be a few miles an hour, and we could slow down together,' Innes explained."
Comment Re:Oh noes! (Score 1) 241
Well I don't think playing OpFlash would be totally useless, weapon wise and aiming sure. But stuff like utilizing cover, simple infantry tactics work both in and out of the game.
Comment Re:Let's see what it looks like (Score 1) 644
"WTF? They're human just like you and I. (I should know, I was in the Corps) This crap affected them the same as it would anyone else. This is an attempt at telling their story, and people want to treat it like it's either an attention grab or a money grab."
And you don't think this is an attention grabber which will help lead to increase profits for the game ? There's a reason they went for the "real" aspect, and it's not out of good feelings for the Marines.
Comment Hm (Score 1) 644
While the prospect of playing something like Operation Flashpoint in an urban setting is appealing (which it won't be, probably end up like COD4, heh) I'm not that excited over this. I guess it's a case of too close to the actual event more than anything, and sort of trivializes what went on there and was experienced by the Marines, the insurgents and any civilians left. Also the story, if there is any, will probably be censored and adjusted (not to mention it's one-sided).
Comment Re:Hmmm (Score 1) 73
Max Payne 2 was more complicated ? Snuh ? Weird. I liked Max Payne 2 about as much as the first one, the plot was a bit cliche-ish but I guess we have to expect that from Max Payne. Still with no Remedy on this, I'm thinking it'll be merely ok if not bad.
CA Senator Pushing For Tightened Data Breach Notification 29
California State Senator Joe Simitian has introduced new legislation designed to tighten data breach notification requirements, forcing businesses to provide more information about any data that has been leaked in addition to notifying state authorities. What was not included in the legislation was imposed compensation requirements for data breach victims, and according to Simitian are not likely to be for quite some time. "Instead, the next focus of legislation, he said, would likely be on who should bear the cost of sending out notifications to consumers. For example, should a credit card processing company that experiences a breach be responsible for the cost of notifying bank customers? When retailer TJX discovered in 2006 that hackers had accessed credit and debit card numbers passing through its network, banks were left notifying the customers, then had to sue TJX to get compensation for those costs. Heartland Payment Systems, which experienced a breach of credit and debit card numbers in January, has recently been sued by banks to recover their breach notification costs."
Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 187
Same..well ok not drinking, but definitely the girlfriend part.
Comment Re:Only the Guilty and Sneaky.... (Score 1) 227
Gee, that argument sounds really familiar, usually used sarcastically around this place.
Comment Missing option (Score 1) 360
"Two displays but only really need one" :D
I've got a second one here, normally used to leave JSEdit on it, so I'd see the debug log from an app I was developing, but since that's been cancelled, all I have on there is my wallpaper.
Submission + - Top 5 Ways Windows is Better than Linux/Unix (edgeblog.net)
bdognet writes: "Think Linux is superior? Think again. Microsoft continues to dominate IT shops in many respects. Here are 5 areas Microsoft is cleaning the *nix world's clock."
