Comment Re:The Jews trying to get RMS at bargain prices? (Score 0) 609
Nice thread title. Racist much?
Comment Re:That's not real reform (Score 1) 362
I think it's a good idea
Submission + - Court Says WoW Users Don't Own Their Game Discs (eff.org)
slcdb writes: On Tuesday December 14th, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that World of Warcraft users do not own their copies of the game discs, in effect robbing them of rights they would otherwise have under US copyright law. Because Blizzard's EULA for World of Warcraft is typical of EULAs used by other companies in the software industry, this decision likely affects virtually all other software sold over the counter. If you think you actually own the copies of software that you purchase at a store or online, think again.
Julian Assange's Online Dating Profile Leaked 334
Ponca City writes "The Telegraph reports that an online dating profile created by Julian Assange in 2006 has been unearthed from OKCupid disclosing that the WikiLeaks editor sought 'spirited, erotic' women 'from countries that have sustained political turmoil.' Writing under the pseudonym of British science fiction author Harry Harrison, Assange described himself as a 'passionate, and often pig headed activist intellectual.' Assange said he was seeking a 'siren for [a] love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy' adding that he was 'directing a consuming, dangerous human rights project which is, as you might expect, male dominated' and added enigmatically: 'I am DANGER, ACHTUNG.' Among Assange's listed interests were the 'structure of reality' and 'chopping up human brains' – although he added the caveat '(neuroscience background)' lest the latter put off potential admirers. 'I like women from countries that have sustained political turmoil,' Assange wrote. 'Western culture seems to forge women that are valueless and inane. OK. Not only women!'"
Submission + - Uncertainty sets limits on quantum nonlocality
An anonymous reader writes: Research in today's issue of the journal Science, helps explain why quantum theory is as weird as it is, but not weirder. Ex-hacker Stephanie Wehner, and physicist Jonathan Oppenheim show that the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle sets limits on Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance'. Wired reports that the discovery was made by "thinking of things in the way a hacker might” to uncover a fundamental link between the two defining properties of quantum physics. Oppenheim describes how uncertainty and nonlocality are like coding problems, enabling us to make a quantitative link between two of the cornerstones of quantum theory.
Comment Re:panicking pornographers (Score 1) 374
Maybe they can go to Congress (as one group of wankers to another) and beg for a bailout?
Comment Re:Justifying piracy. (Score 1) 374
Is it groupthink to agree with the obvious?
Comment Re:download does NOT equal loss of sale (Score 1) 374
... and prolongs unicorn marriages..
/fap?
Comment Re:Good. (Score 1) 374
Of course you have a lot of crap too, but thats why we have ratings systems.
Dude, just filter out that kind of stuff.
(What? It's the apocalypse and the puns are out in force. Live with it
Comment Re:Havent seen it. Let me go Download it... (Score 1) 374
*sputter* new keyboard. you. owe. me... (and paper towels?)
Comment Re:No, it means you don't understand irony. (Score 1) 547
What made you so mad at Christians in general? You are a true odd ball. Do you hate everything in this world that you are unable to achieve? I've known people like that, and you reek of it.
This blog entry is actually a good starting point, if you're sincere about wanting to know why people "hate" Christians. (Some ads on the page may be NSFW.)
*sigh* Thanks a lot for burning 2 hours of my time (supposed to be writing at the moment)
Comment Re:Next step? (Score 1) 391
Agreed.
Notepad++ works for all my technical needs (coding or general writing).
For creative writing, I use this single exe file (357kB) free tool called Q10 (eminently portable so I use it from my usb stick). Superb writing program - opens full screen, soft font, no formatting possible and you can customize background and font colors (but that's it). All keyboard driven (no mouse functions and the mouse cursor disappears entirely) - a command list appears with F1 (intuitive - open close, save). Oh, best thing - you can choose to hear a typewritten sound when you type :). Wrote a lot of neat stuff on this thing - I can see the difference in the way I write.
Notepad++ works for all my technical needs (coding or general writing).
For creative writing, I use this single exe file (357kB) free tool called Q10 (eminently portable so I use it from my usb stick). Superb writing program - opens full screen, soft font, no formatting possible and you can customize background and font colors (but that's it). All keyboard driven (no mouse functions and the mouse cursor disappears entirely) - a command list appears with F1 (intuitive - open close, save). Oh, best thing - you can choose to hear a typewritten sound when you type
Comment Re:I was banned from Free Republic (Score 1) 245
Thanks for the info :). Weird stuff...
Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee 2058
Dthief writes "From MSNBC: 'Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground last week because the homeowner hadn't paid a $75 fee. Gene Cranick of Obion County and his family lost all of their possessions in the Sept. 29 fire, along with three dogs and a cat. "They could have been saved if they had put water on it, but they didn't do it," Cranick told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. The fire started when the Cranicks' grandson was burning trash near the family home. As it grew out of control, the Cranicks called 911, but the fire department from the nearby city of South Fulton would not respond.'"
Comment Re:I was banned from Free Republic (Score 1) 245
There is the pink page of death and other nasty bits that I think
What's the pink page of death? o.O (I'd really like to know)
Also, there is a fine line between groupthink and consensus. That line is defined by objective correctness (when it exists, else the line becomes vanishingly thin). I don't doubt that groupthink does exist even here, but I do trust that you're not making the common mistake of thinking the two are identical. For what it's worth (based on what I remember of your posting history), I don't think you are.
Just needed to be said because there are far too many idiots on the intertubes (again, not referring to you) with persecution complexes the size of Montana who immediately cry "groupthink" (and break out their copy of Sparknotes: 1984) when their pet lunacies are summarily dismissed by rational people.
As for being banned from Freeperville, isn't that the final test of a rational human being? Like being cast out from intellectual purgatory and sent back to earth.
