Comment: Re:Oh come on Bill (Score 2) 294
And I'm sorry I have MOD points; but, wont give them to you today. I felt saying, "Thank you," directly to you was more important to me today. You brought a smile, a tear, and some humanity to
Thank you.
Comment: Re:multiply (Score 1) 308
or,
50 states? 1 GW each? Stupid summary. Now I'll never know!
Comment: Re:LinkedIn is Creepier than Facebook (Score 1) 164
Very creepy, and really, in a couple of cases violating HIPPA[sic] regulations through their disclosure of who-knows-whom.
I assume you mean HIPAA? How is LinkedIn bound by being HIPAA compliant?
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/srsummary.html
The only privacy agreement they are under is the one you (and millions of others) signed up for AND agreed to.
I truly hope you are not shocked to hear this; but, they sell your information by data mining the heck out of it and categorizing you (and millions of others) into nice little packages of "Would probably buy" product X. Advertisers stumble over themselves attempting to get your eyeballs (and millions of others) into looking at their advert so you (and millions of others) have a chance to buy their product or service(s).
Do you use Google? Their whole business model is to sell profiles to advertisers. Bing, Yahoo!, AskJeeves, and SLASHDOT, too.
I do feel your pain, though.
Comment: Re:tax dodgers (Score 1) 526
I live in the US. I have a friend who is a New Zealander. I occasionally refer to him as "The Australian." He replies, "Shut up, Mexican!"
Comment: Re:Ponder for a split moment (Score 1) 622
No, No, NO! We're WAY smarter than that. We've got them *thinking* we're going to use RC. What we're *really* doing is Control-Line flying.
Here's video of the test pilots IN ACTION!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfF-CHzT408&feature=player_detailpage#t=52s
HAHAHA! They'll never see it coming!
Pilots rule.
Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat 812
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by
Soulskill
from the keeping-'murica-safe dept.
from the keeping-'murica-safe dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, lives near Seattle and bought a boat there. He ordered it from a company based near him, but across the border in Canada. Yesterday, the company tried to deliver it to him, and it had to clear customs. An agent for the Department of Homeland Security asked him to sign a form. The form contained information about the boat, including its cost. The price was correct, but it was in U.S. dollars rather than Canadian dollars. Since the form contained legal warnings about making sure everything on it is true and accurate, Arrington suggested to the agent that they correct the error. She responded by seizing the boat. 'As in, demanded that we get off the boat, demanded the keys and took physical control of it. What struck me the most about the situation is how excited she got about seizing the boat. Like she was just itching for something like this to happen. This was a very happy day for her. ... A person with a gun and a government badge asked me to swear in writing that a lie was true today. And when I didn't do what she wanted she simply took my boat and asked me to leave.'"
Comment: Linux is slow? (Score 4, Interesting) 64
The system is probably running Linux. It takes a while to become ready after the power switch is turned on, which is typical of Linux. A smaller RTOS would likely come up much faster. The fact that the device requires networking, and streaming of sound and video also lends itself to a Linux system. Linux already includes much of the software to make everything work. The size of the RAM and Flash suggest a lean, but very workable Linux based system.
Emphasis mine. Really? I've found my Linux installs to be very fast booting - certainly faster than Windows machines. Also, according to your pics there is an 80MHz crystal on there - any modern day OS you threw on that loaded from some external storage cluster would take a while to load. However, I didn't see any SD Card, SSDs or other external media device with which to hold a larger OS which means it's all embedded in one of those IC chips you couldn't find any information on.
Having said that, there are version of Linux which can fit on a single floppy drive - about 1.2Megabytes - and in this case the OS has been burned into one of the ICs. Point here is that it may not even be Linux.
Comment: WTF with the title (Score 4, Insightful) 154
Seriously? "US Refuses To Sign ITU Treaty Over Internet Provisions" is the title of this piece?
From what I could tell, even TFSummary mentions multiple countries refuse to sign. But, "OMG! Teh Un1t3d 5t4t3s refusors to p3n h4x moar documents! Roooaarrr!!1"
A more sensationalist title I've not seen on
How about a more neutral tone for story summaries? Maybe, I don't know:
Multiple countries fail to agree on ITU Treaty
Multiple countries disagree on ITU Treaty content
Differences still exist between countries involved in ITU Treaty
ITU Treaty content to undergo more revisions
sheesh.
Comment: Re:Killing me softly with Slashvertisments (Score 1) 73
Dear god this must be a slow news day - I have never seen such a blatant slashvertisment in all the time I have wasted here.
Obligatory you must be new here.
Don't forget to introduce him to this!
1) Have slow news day
2) Post slashvertisement
3) {{eyeballs}}
4) PROFIT!!
p.s: Did I screw up? Opps, I forgot to use '????' on step 3. Now our secrets out! My bad!
Comment: Re:Would Neil want this? (Score 2) 71
Also he was in the Navy so I think it would made him a little proud.
Not knowing the man; but, hearing just how humble he was, I'd think he'd be even more humble after this. Proud? No.
Just my 2 cents.
Comment: Re:Does it come in a one handed version? (Score 1) 205
"Does it come in a one handed version?"
Wait. What? Gah!!!
Comment: Re:Ob (Score 2) 224
Only four stars, including Barnard's Star, are within six light-years of the Sun, and only 11 are within 10 light-years.
What do you expect? This end of the Western spiral arm is somewhat unfashionable.
What do I expect?
What do I *expect*!?
I *expect* a freaking restaurant!!
Comment: Re:The what? (Score 1) 328
apt-get? LUXURY! Us Slackware users use tar -zxf &&
Command length != penis length
whoa! Whoa! WHOA!
What font size are we talking here?
Comment: Re:If only they knew how to even use a hammer (Score 1) 62
Certainly the collection of the data should have never happened. However, instead of punishing the ISP, Anonymous is punishing the people who's data was copied from the ISP by publishing it to 'teh interwebs'. The ISP isn't going to be held accountable if someone (AKA: a criminal) uses this information to steal identities.
Here's the crux. Let's say that the stolen data isn't used by a criminal organisation for 5, 10 or more years. Enough of it will still be valid for identity thieves to use 10 years from now. Companies usually only pay for about 2 years of identity protection after a data breach like this. (Which is another problem, I agree!) That being said... Good job, Anonymous! You effectively made more than a few victims to your childish antics which will negatively effect these peoples lives for years to come.
So. Who did Anonymous victimize again? The ISP or ump-teen thousand innocent people?
I'll end this by discussion by filling in the typical idealistic response now. "But,...but,...those people shouldn't allow their data to be retained and shouldn't be doing business with that ISP."
As if they had a choice. By the ISP, by the government, or by Anonymous.
Comment: Re:Adverse reactions? (Score 1) 575
His lessons are too slow. It's like getting a lesson from Grandpa Simpson. He only teaches one tiny basic concept per video and it takes him at least five minutes to get there and another five repeating, and repeating, and repeating. I can't watch more than half a video before I can't take it anymore.
Not all students can learn as quickly and easily as most
Indeed. In fact
Well, *yeah*! We *knew* that, Genius!