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Comment Re:Handicapped spots are poor design (Score 1) 579

by heyguy on Friday October 28, 2011 @12:15PM (#37869962) Attached to: Steve Jobs' Missing License Plate

"The Zero One or Infinity (ZOI) rule is a rule of thumb in software design." Trying to apply it to handicap parking is stupid. Also, you're suggesting Apple charge their employees for parking on a daily basis? wtf?

Comment Re:Dude, how often do you create email accounts? (Score 1) 252

by heyguy on Tuesday January 29, 2008 @09:29PM (#22229776) Attached to: Yahoo CAPTCHA Hacked

The CAPTCHA comes up any time you try to join a game room, as they have a problem with bots spamming chat.

Submission + - Google turns over IP of anonymous blogger 1

Submitted by on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @12:55PM

An anonymous reader writes: An Israeli court instructed Google on sunday to turn over the IP of an anonymous blogger, who commented on Blogger.com about the (alleged) corruption of his town's city council. According to the hearings' records (in hebrew), Google complied with the court's order and supplied the requested information. Originally reported here (in hebrew) and here

Submission + - OiNK raided and shutdown by Dutch police

Submitted by Stony Stevenson on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @05:55PM

Stony Stevenson writes: British and Dutch police have shut down one of the world's largest sources of illegal pre-release music on Tuesday and arrested a 24-year-old man. The raids in Amsterdam and the northeast English city of Middlesbrough followed a two-year investigation into a members-only Web site, www.OiNK.cd, which allowed users to upload and download albums before their release.

An estimated 180,000 members paid 'donations' via debit or credit cards for OiNK's catalogue of music and other media.

Submission + - OiNK Goes Down =( (oink.cd)

Submitted by

scybord

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @04:48PM

scybord writes: "Within the last 24 hours, the "go-to" place, OiNK, to download music is now closed and under investigation by the IFPI. The site was an invite only torrent site dedicated to music and music-related applications. The torrent community is going to take a serious blow if invite-only sites start crippling at the hands of feds."

Submission + - OiNK shut down following criminal investigation (canada.com)

Submitted by

Old Breadbutt

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @04:46PM

Old Breadbutt writes: "Popular music torrent site, OiNK was shut down following a two year criminal investigation by IFPI, BPI, Cleveland Police and the Fiscal Investigation Unit of the Dutch Police (FIOD ECD) ... Looks like all those saved up invites are going to be wasted."

Submission + - Music Sharing Site Oink Shut Down (mtv.com)

Submitted by

chancie

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @01:57PM

chancie writes: "The music file sharing website Oink has been shut down pending a criminal investigation. Currently on the site there is a threat to those who used Oink: "A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users". The site boasts the leaking of over 60 major pre-release albums."

Journal Journal: Al "Green" Gores Shocking Electric Bill 1

Journal by music2myear on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @03:55PM

Some interested person called the Nashville (TN) Electrical Service and under the Freedom of Information Act asked for the Academy Award Winning Ex-VP's energy bill. Apparently the publicly dull persona has quite the party life going at home. His usage last year? 221,000 kWh, that's a $30,000 bill, more than 20 times the national average. Last August alone he used 22,619 kWh, more than you or me (even with those massive 1000W PS' ru

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