Mr.Fork - Slashdot User

EA wants to know my Political and Religious Views-> 2

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on Monday January 09, @02:03AM

Mr.Fork writes "Every once in a while I take a look ay my Facebook app security settings to see what information is being collected. Mostly, it's the usual info — who my friends are, a little info about me, but it's all within the norms. Then I take a look at Origin and SCRABBEL — both owned by Electronic Arts. Last info grab they took my religious AND political views — both not mentioned in their privacy policy (I checked). So what do I do? I plan to file a privacy complaint via the regular government channels, but really EA? You need my fracking Religious AND Political views? Wow. Just wow. So I took a picture and tweeted it to them. Of course they haven't responded now that they got their hand caught in the cookie private info jar."
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Why did Steve Jobs choose not to effectively treat-> 0

Submitted by Mr.Fork on Tuesday October 18 2011, @02:43PM

Mr.Fork writes "Ramzi Amri, a medical student who did 1.5 years of research on the type of tumor that affected Steve Jobs, writes: "I hesitated a long time before addressing this topic, but now that someone asked me to, I'll just do it. To avoid any risks of bias, let me start by stating that all the details on Jobs' specific case are based on secondary sources, albeit from reliable sources in the media. I write this on a personal title, I do not pretend to know anything about the case on a personal level and I never participated in the care of Mr. Jobs. I base all my cancer figures on sources from biomedical research known to me.""
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Studio makes Canadian kids camp drop Tolkien name-> 0

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on Tuesday April 12 2011, @12:29PM

Mr.Fork writes "A small Canadian Community Association was recently forced to rename the camp after entertainment giant Warner Bros. — the studio responsible for the film trilogy — decided it didn't like the use of the trademarked name and sent the Bragg Creek Community Association a Cease and Desist letter. The camp, formally known as Rivendell, decided to change their name to "Camp in the Creek" to avoid any issues. Isn't it amazingly smart for a big giant media company to legal-troll a campsite for children, destroy their image and free advertising all in one swoop? What a wizard of a move!"
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Piracy is a Market Failure - Not a Legal One-> 1

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on Monday April 04 2011, @12:56PM

Mr.Fork writes "Michael Geist, Canada's copyright law guru and law prof at the University of Ottawa, posted an interesting observation about the copyright issue of piracy. Canada's International Development Research Centre, came to a conclusion that "piracy is chiefly a product of a market failure, not a legal one" after a multi-year study of six relevant economies."
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13 Unlucky Reasons Why Zaptunes is Bollocks-> 0

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on Wednesday September 01 2010, @01:29PM

Mr.Fork writes "From Torrentfreak:
"For those keen to avoid raping and pillaging music from the nearest torrent site, a one-stop shop where unlimited DRM-free music can be bought for next to nothing must be a great attraction. Zaptunes, a new site advertising just that, has been making headlines this week. Trouble is, everything about it is a scam.""
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Confessions of a SysAdmin-> 1

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on Friday April 23 2010, @12:16PM

Mr.Fork writes "Scott Merrill from Crunchgear has a confession. He really really hates computers, in particular, WINDOWS-based computers. He writes: I hate computers. No, really, I hate them. I love the communications they facilitate, I love the conveniences they provide to my life, and I love the escapism they sometimes afford; but I actually hate the computers themselves.

Does his editorial speak to all of us in similiar IT related fields? Do we all silently hate the complexities and idiocentricities computers have like error messages and stupid designs that make no sense to the common user that make our tech professions miserable? IS Scott's onto something...?"
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Exoskeleton Turns Humans Into Terminators-> 0

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on Monday November 26 2007, @01:55PM

Mr.Fork writes "Nifty new exoskeleton being developed is not only being made to assist in militar operations, but is also being designed to operate on its own. With customizable outer shells, it won't be long until we see them as Starship Troopers or before we start welcoming our new EXOSKELETON OVERLORDS. Neat vidoe at LiveLeak.com."
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To LCD or Plasma, that is the question! 0

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on Monday October 01 2007, @12:28PM

Mr.Fork writes "I've sent the reviews, I've read reports, but there are pros and cons for each. Seeing how us nerds are generally technophiles as well, I'd like to know which is superior. I'm about to purchase a new hi-def TV soon — or should I say, I'm being forced into purchasing one of these behemoths with the change to digital being forced down the tubes (pun intended). Or is there something elose that is up and coming that we could hold out for like OLed screens? What to do as a slashdotter?"