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Military Personnel Weigh In On Being Taliban In Medal of Honor 171

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 20 2010, @04:29PM
from the identity-conflict dept.

SSDNINJA writes "This is a feature from gamrFeed that interviews nine US service members about playing as the Taliban in the upcoming Medal of Honor. One soldier states that games like MoH and Call of Duty are 'profiteering from war.' Another says, 'Honestly, I don't really see what the whole fuss is about. It's a game, and just like in Call of Duty, you don't really care about what side you're taking, just as long as you win. I don't think anyone cares if you're part of the Rangers or Spetznaz, as long as you win.' An excellent and interesting read."

Comment: Ubuntu? (Score 1) 238

by littlem on Tuesday December 29 2009, @06:37AM (#30580806) Attached to: Extinct Ibex Resurrected By Cloning

Isn't Extinct Ibex the next Ubuntu release?

Microsoft Relaxes XP Activation Rules with SP3 4

Submitted by PixieDust on Monday December 31 2007, @02:09PM

PixieDust writes " Zdnet says Users who install Windows XP Service Pack 3 will not be required to enter Microsoft's product activation key before they use the operating system, according to a Microsoft white paper. "

Geek New Year's Resolutions-> 0

Submitted by

tiktok

on Monday December 31 2007, @02:00PM

tiktok writes "It's that time of year again when we must be resolute and establish our new goals for the coming year. For many of us that translates into better eating habits, more exercise, and quitting a vice or two. But if you're a geek, well maybe you have some other goals in mind."
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Privacy International Releases 2007 Report-> 0

Submitted by

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property

on Monday December 31 2007, @01:59PM

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Privacy International has released their report on privacy for 2007, which includes a color-coded world map that highlights the countries with the best privacy laws, the privacy-hostile countries being in black. While many of the overall rankings may come as no surprise, it does highlight some of the more obscure abuses. For example, Venezuela requires your fingerprints just to get a phone and South Korea requires a government registration number linked to your identity before you can post on message boards. Makes you wonder who is Number One?"
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Comment: Re:How carefully is the license written? (Score 1) 232

by littlem on Saturday September 15 2007, @08:12AM (#20615401) Attached to: How to Stop Commerial Use of Copyleft Materials?

Either way, the story title is misleading (just for a change on Slashdot...): if it doesn't permit commercial use then it isn't a copyleft license in the recognized sense of the word.

Journal: Call to mind your Blogging Manners 1

Journal by mattatwork on Wednesday April 11 2007, @10:32AM

According to the NY Times, guidelines for blogging are being drawn up by Tim O'Reilly and Jimmy Wales (of Wikipedia fame). On the list are getting rid of anonymous blogs, citing sources for gossip blogging and removing libelous comments. During the Miss America '07 pageant

What's Your Worst Boss Story?

Submitted by greysky on Wednesday April 11 2007, @08:54AM

greysky writes "While reading The Crazy Boss Hall of Fame today I started thinking about all the strange bosses I've worked for over the years. None of them compared with this guy:

Rickover grilled McGowan, a recent top graduate from Ole Miss, about how many dates he had a week. Five, McGowan guessed. "How long did the dates take?" Rickover asked. Three hours, he replied. That's 15 hours a week, Rickover barked. What a waste of time. Why don't you take three women out at once and spend only five hours a week on dates?
What's your worst boss horror story?"

Linux advice for Charity?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2007, @05:37AM

An anonymous reader writes "I am not a Linux Master. But I AM sufficiently gullible to believe everything the Masters say about its superiority, so when my brother (who runs a charity for Down's Syndrome young adults) asked about setting up a dozen little 'computer education' networks (six 'office' PCs and a file server) in each of the 12 homes he runs to give the attendees some computer skills, I suggested he think about Linux. Now he has asked me what he should use! Has anyone got any proposals for either design or software? He will be using donated old commercial hardware, so the desktops may all be different, and wants to provide an office/spreadsheet/DTP experience for low or no cost. The design needs to be simple, robust, and able to be supported by a charity worker with limited IT background."

crackdown on cyber-bullying of teachers urged

Submitted by mid-devonian on Tuesday April 10 2007, @04:30AM

mid-devonian writes "The UK government Education Secretary will today plead that video-sharing sites have a moral obligation to pull down offensive clips that humiliate teachers in-front of their class. Increasingly, the video capability of the modern cellphone is being used as an anonymous weapon in the age-old battleground between unruly pupils and their hapless teachers. One recent posting on YouTube showed a pupil run up behind a teacher at the blackboard and pull his trousers down as the class bursts out laughing."