Comment Re:Google.ir (Score 1, Insightful) 246
I think there are a lot of Americans wanting to overthrow an idiotic and oppressive regime with secret prisons and officially condoned torture. They won't have to go very far to do it.
Comment Commerce/Cybercrime integration (Score 1) 266
What? We don't keep criminals out of the internet. We make them CEOs, pay them huge salaries and bonuses, and put them in charge of the companies running our communications infrastructure.
Vik
Comment Re:Who's advanced? (Score 1) 235
Oh no, we chopped his bollocks off too.
Comment They know all the accounting tricks (Score 2) 178
They've managed to fiddle the figures to show virtually no taxable profit, so fiddling them to show zero carbon emissions should be a piece of well-iced cake.
Vik
Submission + - NZ Politician accused of hiding Kimdotcom's donations (nzherald.co.nz)
vik writes: "Kim Dotcom well remembers splitting an NZ$50,000 payment into two to help MP John Banks hide the money under the limit for anonymous donations. John Banks claims amnesia, and this is not the first bout of donation-induced memory loss he has suffered from. If convicted, he will lose his seat in NZ's Parliament. But NZ has recently been very flexible in changing its laws to suit big business, so the outcome is far from certain. Meanwhile, negotiations are beginning to free up the legitimate data trapped on Megaupload's site by the authorities."
Submission + - NZ Politicians accused of hiding Kimdotcom's donations (nzherald.co.nz)
vik writes: "Kimdotcom well remembers splitting an NZ$50,000 payment into two to help MP John Banks hide the money under the limit for anonymous donations. John Banks claims amnesia, and this is not the first bout of donation-induced memory loss he has suffered from. If convicted, he will lose his seat in NZ's Parliament. But NZ has recently been very flexible in changing its laws to suit big business, so the outcome is far from certain."
Submission + - Judge Say Kim Dotcom May Never Be Tried, Let Alone Extradited (nzherald.co.nz)
vik writes: "As Megaupload's Kim Dotcom's megafarce trial continues, the New Zealand Herald reports that his alleged offence not only falls below the threshold for extradition, but also the warrant may not be properly served. "My understanding as to why they haven't done that is because they can't. We don't believe Megaupload can be served in a criminal matter because it is not located within the jurisdiction of the United States," says Megaupload's lawyer Ira Rothken.
Not surprisingly, Kim Dotcom has a few choice words to say about having his business trashed this way, with 220 jobs lost, and millions left without access to their legitimate data."
Not surprisingly, Kim Dotcom has a few choice words to say about having his business trashed this way, with 220 jobs lost, and millions left without access to their legitimate data."
Submission + - Kimdotcom seizures illegal (nzherald.co.nz)
vik writes: "So Kimdotcom's goods were seized with a warrant that has been declared invalid by the court. Looks like Kiwis aren't very good at following instructions from the USA, eh?"
Comment Re:doh. (Score 2) 382
And strangely enough, who share the same planet with YOU.
Don't be silly. The experts in the field have found the problem. You're one of the people who denies the problem, and so are not actually in a position to even bother to understand what the problem is.
You too should be worried. Because something bigger than you feel comfortable thinking about may well be about to happen. I have given up trying to change people's minds, and I'm now putting my effort into being able to survive the consequences of the actions of people who think like you. Whatever the possibilities, I think mine is the more prudent course of action.
Comment Would you settle for assistance? (Score 1) 137
While it might not make these things, it can make the jigs or tools to do so if you really want to. My guess is you don't really want to that much
Comment So print one without DRM (Score 1) 137
The nice thing about 3D printing technology is that you can now build 3D printers with it. See reprap.org
Comment Re:Replicator (TM)? (Score 1) 137
Fortunately, you can print a self-replicator with it.
Comment Re:If They Confiscate Your Cupcake? (Score 1) 143
I've had medical shears taken from me by Australian customs (who are even worse arseholes than the TSA) despite the fact that they are (a) not sharp, and (b) classified as exempt medical equipment.
Basically, if they don't like the look of it, it doesn't go on the plane. You have no "rights" in this respect.
Comment Avtobaza - Russian drone hacking toolkit (Score 1) 612
I'm amazed that so few Slashdotters are aware of the Avtobaza ELINT jam/control system that the Iranians now have. It was designed to do just this to drones, and it apparently works quite well.
Comment Maybe in the US its ok (Score 2) 118
but this kind of behaviour is not OK in New Zealand. What if someone from NZ snuck over and trademarked "Honour" (or "Honor" on your side of the pond)?
Frankly, I'm fed up with corporations behaving like this then bleating that they are only doing it to secure their profits which justifies anything as you know. Time they got taken down a peg or two.
