Comment Missing option (Score 3) 219
CowboyNeal Calendar
Comment 'Getting it right' (Score 1) 1
It's very important that all Internet stakeholders work together on this. Getting it right is worth the wait. Go Daddy will suporrt it when and if the Internet community supports it.
The problem with this logic is that you will never 'get it right'. If it can be seen or heard, it can be copied. And it will be copied. And you will NEVER pass a law that will change this fact without breaking the internet.
Even if you are staunchly against piracy, there's just no changing the facts, I'm sorry to say. Piracy is a business problem, and should be treated as such. Meaning, how are you going to get people to pay for your content if they can get it for free? If you can't, then you're finished. Period. End of discussion. You're never going to sue or bribe your way out of this situation.
Comment Re:Has he done anything after that? (Score 1) 249
Too bad I can't mod anymore.
Comment Re:BSOD - Visual Alert (Score 1) 83
Also, be careful not to make you throw a chair to the face
Oracle Asks Apache To Rethink Java Committee Exit 266
CWmike writes "Oracle has asked the Apache Software Foundation to reconsider its decision to quit the Java SE/EE Executive Committee, and is also acknowledging the ASF's importance to Java's future. In a message released late Thursday, an Oracle executive made conciliatory gestures to Apache. At least for now, the ASF doesn't seem eager to rejoin the committee. 'Give us a reason why the ASF should reconsider other than "please,"' ASF president Jim Jagielski said in a Twitter post on Thursday. The Java Community Process is 'dead,' Jagielski said in a blog post, also on Thursday. 'All that remains is a zombie, walking the streets of the Java ecosystem, looking for brains.'"
Google Quashes 13 Chrome Bugs, Adds PDF Viewer 177
CWmike writes "Google on Thursday patched 13 vulnerabilities in Chrome 8 (stable), and debuted Google's built-in PDF viewer, an alternative to the bug-plagued Adobe Reader plug-in, and included support for the still-not-launched Chrome Web Store. The 13 flaws fixed in Chrome 8.0.552.215 are in a variety of components, including the browser's history, its video indexing and the display of SVG (scalable vector graphics) animations. Next up: Adobe and Google have collaborated to put the Flash Player plug-in inside a sandbox within the dev build of Chrome, an effort by the two companies to better protect users from attacks."
Sophos Free A-V For Mac May Kill Time Machine Backups 133
kdawson writes "Herewith the tale of the instantaneous loss of 19 months of Time Machine backup data, with the possible involvement of a fresh install of Sophos's new
free Mac A-V package. Sophos support has been contacted but has not responded as of this writing."
Comment Re:Volt is not a measurement of power (Score -1, Offtopic) 188
My Cock is THE measurement of power (TM)
Girls Bugged Teachers' Staff Room 227
A pair of enterprising Swedish schoolgirls ended up in court after they were caught bugging their teachers break room. The duo hoped they would hear discussions about upcoming tests and school work, allowing them to get better grades. It worked until one of them decided to brag about it on Facebook, and the authorities were called in. The girls were charged with trespassing and fined 2,000 kronor ($270) each in Stockholm District Court.
Officials Use Google Earth To Find Unlicensed Pools
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Officials in Riverhead, New York are using Google Earth to root out the owners of unlicensed pools. So far they've found 250 illegal pools and collected $75,000 in fines and fees. Of course not everyone thinks that a city should be spending time looking at aerial pictures of backyards. from the article: "Lillie Coney, associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC, said Google Earth was promoted as an aid to curious travelers but has become a tool for cash-hungry local governments. 'The technology is going so far ahead of what people think is possible, and there is too little discussion about community norms,' she said."
Comment Re:First symbol: (Score 1) 195
Failed (dickhead
Comment Hell No ! (Score 3, Funny) 233
Even if I like a software to be free as in freedom, I respect a software developer to do whatever with his software
Nintendo To Take On Piracy In 3-D 249
crimeandpunishment writes "Nintendo says when its new handheld game device with 3-D technology comes out, it will have beefed-up anti-piracy measures. For obvious reasons, the company is keeping tight-lipped on the specifics. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata says they're not only concerned about software piracy, but also a growing tolerance for it. He said, 'We fear a kind of thinking is become widespread that paying for software is meaningless.'"
Comment I can verify it's true (Score 1) 257
I had an accident and the zone of my brain which is responsible for the communication between the two hemispheres of the brain (corpus callosum) was damaged during a important head injury. Now it's difficult to take notes while listening to a speaker for example because I need to concentrate on two tasks.
So both hemispheres need to work actively but what is more important is the communication between them
Ubuntu Desktop In the Cloud 83
jimjimovich writes "One new feature in Ubuntu 10.04 that caught my attention is the Desktop in the Cloud project. Ubuntu already has great EC2 support, and it's getting even better. Now you can launch Ubuntu Desktop instances on EC2 and connect to them with an NX client."
