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-Never trust a tech who tattoes his IP address to his arm, especially if it's DHCP. -Wha? Not postmarked?? IT'S YOU- YOU'VE BEEN SENDING THEM! IT'S LIKE FIGHT CLUB! You're YOU! "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." --George W. Bush --Do you know how my mind works? It's like a laser!

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  IT: What Happens When You Reply To ALL of Your Spam 2008-07-01 17:54

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 01, @05:54PM
from the i'm-sure-it-really-helps dept.
bednarz writes "For Tracy Mooney, a married mother of three in Naperville, Ill., the decision to abandon cyber-sense and invite e-mail spam into her life for a month by participating in a McAfee experiment was a bit of a lark. The idea of the Spammed Persistently All Month (S.P.A.M.) experiment — which fittingly started on April Fool's Day — was to have 50 volunteers from around the world answer every spam message and pop-up ad they got. Mooney was game, especially since McAfee was giving a free PC to all participants. She told her story to Network World."
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 [+] story, it, spam, security, slashdotted, humor, antivirus

  ZFS in Snow Leopard's advanced features[->] 2008-06-23 11:39 mr100percent

Submitted by mr100percent on Monday June 23, @11:39AM
mr100percent writes "MacNN is reporting on the features ZFS will contribute to the next version of OS X, Snow Leopard. Details on the new OS are sparse, but ZFS is going to be a big feature, especially touted for OS X Server."
http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/23/zfs.in.snow.leopard/
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 [+] submission, apple, macosx
Bookmark by mr100percent on Monday June 23, @11:33AM
http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/23/zfs.in.snow.leopard/
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  Vodafone to carry iPhone in ten countries[->] 2008-05-06 07:25 mr100percent

Submitted by mr100percent on Tuesday May 06, @07:25AM
mr100percent writes "Electronista reports that Vodaphone will carry the iPhone in 10 countries later this year. The telecoms firm will offer the handset to Europeans in the Czech Republic, Italy, and Portugal; Greece, India, and Turkey will be covered by Vodafone in Asia, while Australia, Egypt, New Zealand, and South Africa will also be served by the company. Vodafone doesn't say when it will offer the iPhone other than later this year and avoids other details, including pricing."
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05/06/vodafone.iphone.10.nations/
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 [+] submission, apple, announcement
Bookmark by mr100percent on Tuesday May 06, @07:23AM
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/05/06/vodafone.iphone.10.nations/
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  Your Rights Online: ACLU Warns of Next Pass At Telecom Immunity 2008-05-05 19:23

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 05, @07:23PM
from the try-try-again dept.
The ACLU has reportedly uncovered another pass at telecom immunity and is urging concerned citizens to speak out against what they call a "dangerous backroom deal." "But now, word comes that House leadership may be working hand-in-hand with Senator Jay Rockefeller, the Democratic Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who has spearheaded efforts to give immunity to law-breaking phone companies that provided mountains of customer data to the government without warrants. As discussions continue, it's critical that House leadership avoid buckling to pressure from the White House or Senator Rockefeller at all costs. House leadership — and every representative — need to draw a line in the sand, by rejecting any compromise that would undo the achievement we fought so hard for in February."
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 [+] story, yro, communications, aclu, wiretap, politics, slashkos

  Games: D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax Has Passed Away 2008-03-04 14:22

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 04, @02:22PM
from the tip-of-the-hat-roll-of-the-dice dept.
Mearlus writes "In the recent past co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons Gary Gygax has worked with Troll Lord Games, a small tabletop RPG publisher. Their forums have up a post noting that Mr. Gygax has apparently passed away. Gygax was known, along with Dave Arneson, as the Father of Roleplaying." Saddened reactions from well-known designers have already begun to appear online. Consider this is an in-memoriam Ask Slashdot question: How has D&D (and tabletop roleplaying) touched/improved your life? Update: 03/04 23:16 GMT by Z : With more time, official announcements have had time to appear. Many sites are featuring posts on Gygax's impact on gaming, including touching entries on Salon and CNet.
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 [+] story, games, rpg, dnd, gygax, obituary, failedsavingthrow

  IT: Government Mistakenly Declares Deaths of Citizens 2008-03-02 10:42

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 02, @10:42AM
from the totally-nonsensationalist-headline dept.
superbrose writes "According to MSNBC, thousands of U.S. citizens have wrongfully been declared dead, due to an average of 35 data input errors per day by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Many other agencies rely on the data provided by the SSA, such as the IRS. People who have been wrongfully declared dead face many problems, such as rejection of tax returns, cancellation of health insurance, and closure of bank accounts. The article states, 'Input of an erroneous death entry can lead to benefit termination and result in financial hardship for a beneficiary.' Apparently it is far easier to declare a person's death than it is to correct the mistake. It continues, 'Social Security says an erroneous death record can be removed only when it is presented with proof that the original record was entered in error. The original error must be documented, and the deletion must be approved by a supervisor after "pertinent facts supporting reinstatement" are available in the system.'"
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 [+] story, it, government, !deadyet, hesdeadjim, stillalive

  iTunes surpasses RealPlayer, more unique users[->] 2008-02-01 01:17 mr100percent

Submitted by mr100percent on Friday February 01 2008, @01:17AM
mr100percent writes "iPodNN is reporting that Apple's iTunes software surpassed RealPlayer in unique users for the first time in April of 2007, according to WebSiteOptimization.com, and was the only contender among the four major streaming media players to show a positive growth rate over the past year."
http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/08/01/31/itunes.passes.realplayer/
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 [+] submission, apple, software
Bookmark by mr100percent on Friday February 01 2008, @01:15AM
http://www.ipodnn.com/articles/08/01/31/itunes.passes.realplayer/
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  MTV Takes on P2P by Making South Park Free 2007-12-01 11:29

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday December 01 2007, @11:29AM
from the oh-my-god-they-killed-viacom dept.
thefickler writes "MTV Networks, the biggest division of Viacom Inc., has announced plans to make every South Park episode available online for free as part of a plan to make the show available to a larger audience." This is apparently largely because of the success of a similar project where they put every episode of The Daily Show on-line a few months back. This action didn't hurt ratings, and it may have actually helped them.

  Darwin 9.0 Code Released[->] 2007-11-06 15:00 mr100percent

Submitted by mr100percent on Tuesday November 06 2007, @03:00PM
mr100percent writes "MacNN reports that Apple has released the source code to Darwin 9.0, the backbone of OS X 10.5 Leopard. x86 and PPC versions are available. According to Apple's developer mailing list, some key drivers are missing however."
http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/06/darwin.v90.code.released/
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  Darwin 9.0 Code Released[->] 2007-11-06 14:55

Bookmark by mr100percent on Tuesday November 06 2007, @02:55PM
http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/06/darwin.v90.code.released/
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  Google Search Vulnerability[->] 2007-11-06 14:47 Someone Somewhere

Submitted by Someone Somewhere on Tuesday November 06 2007, @02:47PM
Someone Somewhere writes "According to a blog post made by Finjan Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC), the main page of Google search was recently vulnerable to a disgraceful cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It took Google few hours to fix the vulnerability. The post also includes a demonstration video to record the shame."
http://www.finjan.com/MCRCblog.aspx?EntryId=1756
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 [+] submission, it, security

  Twentieth Century Fox Confirm 'X-Files 2' 2007-11-06 14:43 Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 06 2007, @02:43PM
An anonymous reader writes "After years of speculation, the Studio officially announced that production of the long-awaited X-Files sequel will commence December 10th, with a release date set for July 25, 2008. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are signed to reprise their roles as Mulder and Scully. The story is to be a standalone rather than a continuation of the long-running Mytharc of Alien conspiracies. [URL:http://www.variety.com/VR1117975124.html]"
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