Comment Re:24,000 Accounts? (Score 1) 36
The article notes that they have 4 million users just in Japan, oddly enough. That's about 3% of Japan's population.
The article notes that they have 4 million users just in Japan, oddly enough. That's about 3% of Japan's population.
I agree trolling a federal judge is not a good idea, but that doesn't really excuse the judge inventing a sentence outside the federal sentencing guidelines based on a flimsy justification. Damages still have to be computed in a legitimate manner, and the judge is still restricted by the sentencing guidelines, even if they hate the defendant.
No, it isn't really related to that at all. Public-facing web servers, unlike houses, are not by default considered private. The public is expected to and routinely does enter. They are private property, but private property regularly offered to public use. If you require a physical space analogy, sort of like a plaza owned by a corporation, in front of its HQ, which has no fences around it and is regularly accessed by the public.
He was also convicted of conspiracy to distribute those addresses for criminal purposes based on the fact that he... sold them to Russian fraudsters? No: disclosed them to a journalist. I guess the criminal purpose was embarrassing AT&T?
If you don't have high standards for your 2x4s (and if you're buying what your local home-improvement store sells, you probably don't), it's more like 15-20 years for some fast-growing pine lumber.
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The nontoxic part doesn't really make sense even taking adaptation into account. There are plenty of natural toxins that are toxic to us and other organisms. Nature sometimes "invents" them specifically for their toxicity, as in the case of reptile venom or mycotoxins.
And as for natural vs. unnatural chemistry: chemical-weapons programs use "unnatural" chemistry, while biological-weapons programs use "natural" chemistry. But does that distinction mean anthrax is the earth-friendly "green" alternative to mustard gas?
Indeed, eyewitness misidentification plays a role in a large number of erroneous convictions.
Newspapers seem to seem the term in a somewhat mixed way. My guess is that they are quite aware of both the narrower and wider meanings, and sort of bounce between them as convenient.
it's full of talking heads speculating on every possible thing
My favorite bit of talking-head speculation, which managed to veer from the merely inane to the entirely idiotic, was when the CNN anchors were dramatically playing up that they could not yet confirm whether there were passengers aboard the plane. Because Asiana just randomly flies empty plans ICN-SFO for fun.
My favorite part of the reporting this evening was when CNN had text on-screen quoting the words of a caller who said the plane had lost both wings. In the background behind the text was helicopter footage of the plane, with both wings quite clearly still attached...
Wouldn't even have had to print the plane; just print the passengers at the destination.
If you're interested in this kind of thing, there are a few videos of tests of similar vehicles from the 1990s, in both the U.S. and Japan. But they never got funding to produce production versions.
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The DC-X still holds the record for the highest flight by a VTOVL rocket, though Space-X plans to challenge that record in a future test.
I don't think most people block ads, unless you restrict "people" to tech-savvy people.
On the other hand, most of the people who don't block ads will also not install this browser addon.
Does the military actually use videogames for desensitization? I can't find anything about that. From what I can tell their desensitization approach is much more about meatspace practice to make certain actions feel rote and normal.
The only mention I can find of the military seriously using videogames is more along the lines of educational games, e.g. simulation games to train Arabic learners how to interact in social situations.
It's probably easy to learn, but if you want to maximize input speed, this guy sort of has the right idea, that consolidating common inputs into single units is the way to go to speed up entry. However stenographers have already come up with much more complete stenotype systems, used mainly by court reporters. The downside is that it's a bit esoteric to learn, moreso than Dvorak.
BLISS is ignorance.
