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Submission + - MPAA shuts down town's muni WiFi for 1 download (boingboing.net)

Submitted by nam37 on Thursday November 12, 2009 @12:20PM

nam37 writes: The MPAA has successfully shut down an entire town's municipal WiFi because a single user was found to be downloading a copyrighted movie. Rather than being embarrassed by this gross example of collective punishment (a practice outlawed in the Geneva conventions) against Coshocton, OH, the MPAA's spokeslizard took the opportunity to cry poor (even though the studios are bringing in record box-office and aftermarket receipts).

Comment Re:Webmin (Score 1) 3

by nam37 on Wednesday June 24, 2009 @08:54AM (#28451307) Attached to: Is there a GUI interface for a Linux mail server?

Yup... Webmin is probably as close as you're gonna get. Generally the GUIs for more Linux-based sever products don't light-up the world. The command-line is your friend. Alternately, you could try something like Scalix http://www.scalix.com/community/ .

Comment It's the name.... (Score 2, Interesting) 685

by nam37 on Monday June 22, 2009 @11:00AM (#28422429) Attached to: Blu-ray Adoption Soft, More Still Own HD DVD

I truly think a large part of the issue here is that "Blu-Ray" is a horrible HORRIBLE name. The name HD-DVD is alliterative and logical. HD-DVD "sounds" like the logical upgrade to the DVD, while "Blu-Ray" sounds like a Star Wars weapon.

Submission + - Mono framework brings C# to iPhone and Wii (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by nam37 on Friday January 09, 2009 @09:10AM

nam37 writes: Mono, an open source implementation of .NET runtime, is bringing Microsoft's development technologies to some unexpected places, including the iPhone, Android, and the Wii. Static compilation is the special sauce that makes it possible for Mono to run on the iPhone. Mono allows developers to use ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation, which converts .NET's common intermediate language (CIL) directly to native code at compile time. This means that the application doesn't have to use just-in-time (JIT) compilation to generate the native code at runtime.

Submission + - FCC asked to mandate 'e-mail address portability' 1

Submitted by nam37 on Thursday October 04, 2007 @12:00PM

nam37 writes: C|Net has an article up about the Federal Communications Commission being asked to create mandatory "e-mail address portability." The petition to the FCC (warning .PDF) based on the idea that because the U.S. Post Office offers to forward physical mail, and because FCC rules require telephone service providers to offer number portability, the same principle should be extended to e-mail accounts.

Submission + - Pentagon Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'

Submitted by nam37 on Monday June 11, 2007 @12:15PM

nam37 writes: CBS 5 has an interesting article about a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.

"The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soliders to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistably attractive to one another," Hammond said after reviwing the documents.

Submission + - BlackHat RFID hack demo pulled after legal threats

Submitted by

InfoWorldMike

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @02:23PM

InfoWorldMike writes: "Update to New Controversy over Black Hat Presentation: A planned demo on RFID security by a security researcher has been pulled from this week's Black Hat Federal security conference after security card maker HID claimed the talk violated the company's patent rights and threatened to take legal action against Chris Paget, the researcher, and IOActive, Paget's employer, if the talk went forward, InfoWorld reports. The company decided to cancel the talk after all-night negotiations with HID collapsed, said Josh Pennell, CEO of IOActive. In response, Black Hat organizers were forced to tear materials out of printed show proceedings and will instead present a discussion by a representative of the ACLU on the criticality of RFID security, said Jeff Moss, founder and director of Black Hat."

Submission + - Gore accused of energy hypocrisy

Submitted by ems2004 on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @01:53PM

ems2004 writes: Former US Vice-President Al Gore has been accused of hypocrisy for apparently guzzling energy while he lectures the world on climate change. A Tennessee-based free market think-tank said Mr Gore's home used more than 20 times the national average of gas and electricity.

Submission + - Gore's Home Energy Use Increases Since "Truth&

Submitted by MightyYar on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @01:27PM

MightyYar writes: Apparently Al Gore's home energy use has actually increased since he made "An Inconvenient Truth", according to The Tennessee Center for Policy Research. While this organization is certainly not apolitical and I am a bit skeptical about their claims, if true this would give Gore critics further ammunition — he would indeed appear to be an elitist hypocrite, willing to preach to us about how to live without following his own advice. For us geeks, the Drudge Report gives us the numbers.

Submission + - Candorville: Fox News' "Barack Obama" skit

Submitted by

Jim Balfry

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @12:43PM

Jim Balfry writes: "Fox News debuted "The Half-Hour News Hour," a conservative version of "The Daily Show," with a skit about Barack Obama that many believe was racist. Today's "Candorville" (a syndicated newspaper comic strip) poked fun at Fox's intentions, examining why the "racism" charge might be valid. Read the cartoon."

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