Comment: Re:Compared to whom? (Score 2) 356
1&1 is a terrible host - I write a moderately popular WordPress plugin, and the only host-specific bug reports I get are for 1&1 - even shitty GoDaddy hosting is better.
Comment: Re:Charity Navigator (Score 1) 570
Oh, cool! You have a copy of shit_that_never_happened.txt, too!
Comment: "Shows promise"? "Accurate results"? (Score 1) 402
It reminds me of DragonDictate, in that there is no connection between what I say and what it thinks I said. Google Voice Search does a better job of imitating Siri than Iris does.
Comment: News at 11 (Score 5, Insightful) 350
Executive of company that produces games for one platform says that another platform is old hat, and will die out.
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
The Political Leanings of Black Hats?
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sv_libertarian writes "A friend and I were discussing the political bent of black hat hackers. Now, disregarding government sponsored hackers, I can find no study or information that suggests most black hats are driven by a particular political ideology. I would think that if anything, the dominant political belief among black hats would be a form of anarchism, and my friend believes a dominant political view would draw from the radical left. Or do the black hats really give a damn about politics?"
Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort to Undermine Bill Gates
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theodp writes "You know what they say — it takes money to avoid paying money. TechFlash reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos have contributed $100,000 each to an effort to defeat an income tax on individuals in Washington state making more than $200,000. The backers of Initiative 1098, which is set for the November ballot, include Bill Gates (Sr.), who has emerged as one of the most vocal proponents of the income tax. Under the proposal, which has drawn the ire of the Bezos and Ballmer-backed Defeat 1098, no tax would be due on the first $200K of income, 5% tax would be owed on income between $200K and $500K, and everything above $500K would be subject to a 9% tax (cutoffs are doubled for joint returns)."
Australian Internet Filter, filtered->
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Pento writes "In the lead up to the Australian Federal Election, there was a significant movement to vote Stephen Conroy, the man responsible for the Australian Internet Filter, in last place.
The results have been released, and it looks like there was a quite a backlash against Senator Conroy, with ~8% of Below the Line voters putting him last or second last. (In the Australian Senate voting system, this is a significant proportion)."
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The results have been released, and it looks like there was a quite a backlash against Senator Conroy, with ~8% of Below the Line voters putting him last or second last. (In the Australian Senate voting system, this is a significant proportion)."
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Comment: Re:Hmm... (Score 2, Informative) 258
If you don't want your preferences going to Labor, vote below the line.
Greens are currently on course to hold the balance of power in the senate. They've said many times that they're for the NBN, but they will block any attempt to implement the net filter.
Founder of MySQL Delays Acquisition of Sun (again)->
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An anonymous reader writes "With the European Commission likely to green light Oracle's acquisition of Sun, Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has released a statement (translation) saying that they have received a petition asking them to investigate the acquisition, particularly in relation to MySQL."
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Comment: International version (Score 1) 542
Q. I don't live in the U.S. Can I buy a nook?
No. At this time, nook is not for sale outside the U.S.
Well, that sucks. It's not going to kill the Kindle if 95% of the world's population can't use it.