Comment: Githubs, anyone? (Score 2) 519
Nobody should be allowed to register an opinion in this topic without linking to their githubs.
Comment: Clerks link is inaccurate (Score 2) 538
The 'professional comedians' link is for the clerks scene where Randall is trying to order porn from his supplier, but in the commentary it explains the reason they cut to just Randall is he wasn't comfortable saying all those things in front of a kid.
Comment: Anonymous Coward? (Score 5, Insightful) 354
I'll bet you dollars to donuts that that company creating all of this is the same one to submit the story.
Student given detention for using Firefox 3
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An anonymous reader writes "Several sites are reporting that a student has been given detention for using "Firefox.exe" to do his classwork. No, really. The student was in class, working on an assignment that necessitated using a browser. The teacher instructed him to stop using Firefox and to do his classwork, to which the student responded that he was doing his classwork using a "better" browser (it is unclear whether the computer was the student's own computer or not). The clueless teacher (who called the rogue program "Firefox.exe") ordered him to detention."
Adobe open sources Flex data services ->
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PhilDin writes "Adobe have just announced the availability of a beta version of their data services infrastructure called BlazeDS. Flex is a flash based application development framework which uses an XML based declarative language (MXML) to define a GUI and ActionScript to handle events (somewhat like XUL + Javascript). Client side support for SOAP based web services to date has been patchy and the Adobe recommended solution has been to use the rather pricey Flex Data Services. This consists of a Java EE application which allows a Flex client to instantiate remote objects via the AMF3 (PDF) protocol. Adobe are now providing most of this functionality in BlazeDS, an open source offering based on their existing code."
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Rogers ISP Web Messages Anger Google
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Jumphard writes "Toronto based ISP, Rogers, potentially overstepped the boundaries [TheStar.com] of what an ISP can and cannot do. They recently tested out new "technology" that inserts Rogers messages into HTML pages served from other websites to inform users of their monthly bandwidth usage. This has changed the look and feel of Google Inc.'s webpage for Rogers subscribers, and Google hasn't taken the offense lightly. Google and other critics say it is the start of a slippery slope of ISPs botching net-neutrality and controlling the web as they see fit.
Is this a simple case of a harmless new feature being taken the wrong way, or is Rogers on it's way to becoming the new People's Republic of China?"
Firefox/Flock VoIP extension
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filosnet
filosnet writes "A new version of the popular Firefox VOIP extension has just been released. Now it can be used with any VoIP service and it works on MacOSX and Linux too.
More here "
Baby tax needed to save planet, claims expert->
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TrebleJunkie
TrebleJunkie writes "A West Australian medical expert wants families to pay a $5000-plus "baby levy" at birth and an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child."
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Canadian DMCA Introduction Delayed->
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An anonymous reader writes "Follow up: "The word this afternoon is that Industry Minister Jim Prentice will not introduce the Canadian DMCA tomorrow.""
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Symantec Screwup Is 'Worse Than Any Virus'->
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An anonymous reader writes "Symantec posted an update to their antivirus product that has disabled Internet access for thousands of users.
More proof that no antivirus software in infallible...
Here's the PC Mag article."
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