Comment: Quickly! (Score 2, Funny) 184
Fetch me my tinfoil hat!
Comment: Re:The Law of Unintended Consequences (Score 1) 1364
This is what happens when you have to explain to people the difference between "freedom of speech" and "responsibility for what you say"
Comment: Re:Don't forget about Cybersecurity Act of 2009, t (Score 1) 239
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you.
Comment: Surprised this one wasn't first (Score 5, Funny) 326
And Al Gore could not be reached for comment.
Sveasoft Domain Dissappears
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mache writes "After an absence of forum postings by sole owner and head developer James Ewing since early September, the Sveasoft domain now points to a GoDaddy.com parking notification — http://www.sveasoft.com/ . While subscribers were increasingly concerned about Ewing's absence, this new development increases the gravity of the situation and concern for the future of the Talisman firmware release. Sveasoft develops Wi-Fi router firmware for selected Linux-based routers including ones from ASUS, Belkin, Buffalo Technology, Linksys, and Netgear. For more information about Sveasoft visit the wiki at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveasoft."
Eee Keyboard Details Released->
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ScuttleMonkey writes "Details on the new Eee keyboard previously held secret during the FCC filing, have now been made available. You can now take a look at the innards and a full spec sheet detailing exactly what is being promised. "Beneath the 5-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touch panel (with stylus) we'll be getting Windows XP Home running on an Intel Atom N270, 945GSE / ICH7-M chipset with Broadcom AV-VD905 video decoder, 1GB of DDR2 memory, either 16GB or 32GB of flash storage, 4-hour battery, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, gigabit Ethernet, HDMI and VGA outputs, integrated stereo speakers and mic, 3x USB, headphone and mic jacks, and external WiFi / UWB antenna. The Eee Keyboard's on-board Ultra-Wideband (UWB) throws 720p content to your TV within a 5-meter range (10-meters for non-video transmissions) via a UWB receiver packing 2x USB ports, another mini-USB port, audio out, and HDMI.""
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Microsoft 'Invents' Game-Over Software Licensing
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theodp writes "Microsoft's Open Value Subscription offering didn't get the warmest reception from Slashdot fans. Nor did the follow-up announcement of Albany, a planned MS-Office Subscription Service. Now comes word from the USPTO that Microsoft feels it deserves a patent for its 'invention' of 'Time-Based Licensing', which aims to make the traditional pay-once perpetual license model a thing of the past. Hey, if your customers were waiting nine years between OS upgrades, you'd try touting a three-year lease with a balloon buy-out payment, too!"
Comment: Re:Why P2P (Score 0, Troll) 235
Did someone forget to inform this senator that we (the US) no longer own the internets?
Comment: Bursting Dams (Score 0, Offtopic) 40
Now with the oppressive soviet porn filter removed, I believe we'll see dams bursting in record numbers. Though if it's green, you should probably see a doctor.
In soviet china, dam bursts you!
Comment: Re:Bait cars? (Score 1) 194
There's a reality TV show on Speed about a task force that puts out bait cars and then follows around the drivers of said bait cars until they get enough people tailing them to take them down. They track actual stolen cars as well, but there's never a mention of needing a new warrant each time the car is used. I believe the car is registered with all relevant jurisdictions' authorities, but aside from that, police observing a crime in a setting in which there is no expectation of privacy (e.g. in plain sight) arrest the perp for that crime.