Comment Re:pah, such blatant mistakes... (Score 1) 179
The mistakes clearly illustrate that it was written using Emacs!
Games Workshop Sues Warhammer Online Fansite 182
chalkyj writes "WarhammerAlliance.com (run for the last five years as one of the leading fansites for the MMORPG Warhammer Online) is being sued by Games Workshop for the use of the 'Warhammer' name, 'cybersquatting' and 'unfair competition.' This lawsuit is yet another in Games Workshop's disturbing pattern of suing their fans and hobbyists, this time going after a legitimate fansite for their MMORPG franchise. The full complaint (PDF) has been posted online."
3rd Grader Accused of Hacking Schools' Computer System 344
Gud writes "According to The Washington Post a 9-year-old was able to hack into his county's school computer network and change such things as passwords, course work, and enrollment info. From the article: 'Police say a 9-year-old McLean boy hacked into the Blackboard Learning System used by the county school system to change teachers' and staff members' passwords, change or delete course content, and change course enrollment. One of the victims was Fairfax Superintendent Jack D. Dale, according to an affidavit filed by a Fairfax detective in Fairfax Circuit Court this week. But police and school officials decided no harm, no foul. The boy did not intend to do any serious damage, and didn't, so the police withdrew and are allowing the school district to handle the half-grown hacker.'"
Comment Re:UNfortunately (Score 1) 171
(For you amateur politicians: The retraction of the Bucket Shop laws was added onto a spending bill in 2000. Bill Clinton signed it, because it was a couple of lines in a thousand-page bill, but it was the banking industry's paid-for congresscriminals who stuck it there. Moral: Never allow the GOP to hold power in congress again. When they abuse parliamentary tactics, it costs us $700 billion off the top, and millions of jobs.)
I think this is what you meant to say:
Moral: Never allow the Democrats to hold the presidency again. When they do they don't read what they are signing!
Comment Re:How? Could we. turn. down. Such! an offer? (Score 1) 294
I am khan! From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee but please friend me at MyOuterSpace
Seriously, I'm rather lonely.
No really, I've only one friend and that's my mortal enemy Kirk!
Seriously, I'm rather lonely.
No really, I've only one friend and that's my mortal enemy Kirk!
Tiny ARM-Based Sensor System Makes Battery Replacement Obsolete 96
An anonymous reader writes "University of Michigan researchers have crammed an ARM Cortex microcontroller, a thin-film battery, and a solar cell into a package that is only 9 cubic millimeters in volume. The system is able to run perpetually by periodically recharging the on-board battery with a solar cell (neglecting physical wear-out of the system)."
Comment Re:Journalism (Score 1) 684
I believe he was talking about Counter Strike. It started out as a mod to Half-Life but ended up being released as a complete game in it's own right.
Comment Problem Solved! (Score 5, Funny) 351
Turns out it was just affecting a bunch of old people who kept forgetting to turn their monitors on.
Comment Re:It does not matter (Score 1) 324
You know why? Because for most folks, perception *is* reality. Once Microsoft succeeds in "planting" the notion that netbooks based on Linux are somewhat inferior, only the geeks will buy them.
Apart from geeks and maybe a few of their family members who else do you think is buying the Linux machines? No one that I know wants anything to do with Linux no matter how much I explain its virtues. I get the standard reply of does it run office? Well open office is better because and that's when they usually cut me off.
So yes MS is planting the notion that the Linux boxes are inferrior but frankly no one is listening. The geeks already know it's FUD and it seems hardly anyone else wants Linux anyway.
Comment Re:Reading between the lines (Score 1) 788
Maybe the document was written in "Austrian" and he didn't want to admit he didn't under stand it.
Comment Re:America, for one, welcomes... (Score 1) 734
At least he then called an election in 1992 which he went on to win.
Comment Re:All this sounds nice, but there's another side. (Score 1) 1224
But this still doesn't explain why you would need to go faster than 80mph. From your example a speed of 75mph would be fine to merge in with the traffic.
