Comment Re:DOOMED I say... DOOMED! (Score 3, Informative) 677
Volume and relative anonymity.
Comment Re:Wrong (Score 1) 677
What phone/browser? Some browsers (blackberry , opera) use a proxy for image size reduction. Android (and afaik WinMo) connect directly and therefor cannot access it.
Comment Re:I Sympathise with the Cat (Score 1) 174
Or the guy(cat?) could have been browsing /b/ for a few days.
That's sure to load your browser cache with CP thumbnails...
Submission + - The Rise of the Digital Nomad
krou writes: The WaPo has an interesting look at the rise of the digital nomad, workers who have shunned the idea of working in an office, or working from home. Instead, they've taken the next logical step in the evolution of teleworking, and work wherever there is a Wi-Fi connection, using tools such as Facebook, Skype, and Twitter, to gain both primitive ("If I'm working at home by myself, I am really hating life. I need people.") and practical ("there is no hope for the road system around here") benefits from this "nomadic" lifestyle. The need for contact with other people has driven some nomads to start working with others in public places and at strangers' homes. Other benefits from nomadic working include changing the scenery, and starting the work day long "after many of their colleagues out at the cubicle farm have spent hours preparing for and getting to their workstations". Coffee shop owners love the trend, and so do some employers, one of whom (an AOL manager), says: "It's a win-win" because the employee in question "is happy doing what he loves and from a business perspective, we gain valuable industry knowledge, contacts and insights." There's even a website for the digital nomad in you.
Comment Re:Motorcycle vs Helicopter (Score 1) 790
Eating median at 120mph is what the crotch rocket fuckers deserve.
I seriously hope you die in a fiery collision with a gas truck.
Submission + - "Viacom hit me for infringing my own copyright (blogspot.com) 2
Chris Knight writes: "Long story short: I ran for school board where I live this past fall and created some TV commercials including this one with a "Star Wars" theme. A few months ago VH1 grabbed the commercial from YouTube and featured it in a segment of its show "Web Junk 2.0". Neither VH1 or its parent company Viacom told me they were doing this or asked my permission to use it, but I didn't mind it if they did. It was great to see the commercial was being enjoyed by a far wider audience than I'd expected. I was honored that they chose to use it and thought that Aries Spears's commentary about it was pretty hilarious, so I posted a clip of VH1's segment on YouTube so that I could put it on my blog. This morning I got an e-mail from YouTube saying that the video has been pulled because Viacom is claiming that I'm violating its copyright. Viacom used my video without permission on their commercial television show, and now says that I am infringing on THEIR copyright for showing the clip of the work that Viacom made in violation of my own copyright! Talk about chutzpah! Needless to say, I would like to fight this: not for any kind of monetary compensation, but just for the right to employ my own self-created material per Fair Use."
