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Comment Re:WTF is RTMPE? (Score 1) 115

by Castlerock on Saturday May 23, 2009 @10:08PM (#28071227) Attached to: Clean-Room RTMPE Spec Created From rtmpdump

If you're going to post an article about some obscure bullshit nobody's ever heard of, you could at least give people some hint at WTF you're talking about. "RTMPE" doesn't even show up on Wikipedia. God forbid you elaborate your terse, two sentence summary.

ok, who gave this anonymous douchebag a +5 insightful when they didn't even have the common sense to use the google.

good grief.

Submission + - The Case for Working With Your Hands 1

Submitted by

theodp

on Saturday May 23, 2009 @11:20AM

theodp writes: "At a time when the question of what a good job looks like is wide open, the NY Times says it's time to take a fresh look at the trades. High-school shop-class programs were dismantled in the '90s as educators prepared students to become 'knowledge workers' in a pure information economy. Was this was a huge mistake? A gifted young person who chooses to become a mechanic instead of accumulating academic credentials is now viewed as eccentric, if not self-destructive, complains Matthew Crawford, who took his U. of C. PhD and opened a motorcycle repair shop. Princeton economist Alan Blinder argues that the crucial distinction in the emerging labor market is not between those with more or less education, but between those whose services can be delivered over a wire and those who must do their work in person or on site. The latter will find their livelihoods more secure against outsourcing to distant countries. As Blinder puts it, 'You can't hammer a nail over the Internet' (never say never). Guess we all should have paid more attention to Nicholas Negroponte's landmark-in-retrospect Being Digital (ironically, no Kindle version)."

Comment Re:Repeat after me (Score 1) 204

by Castlerock on Friday May 22, 2009 @01:54PM (#28056761) Attached to: Calif. Petitions Supreme Court On Violent Video Game Bill

So what should the government do to take care of this 'catastrophe'? Nothing. That's right boys and girls, it's in fact the job of the people to raise their children. Parents need to go out and take the initiative to buy their kids games that are non-violent that keep their kids preoccupied and away from violent video games. You may say, "how do I manage to find one?" It's called online reviews and talking to game store employees. Now you've run out of excuses. Go out and raise your kids. If you can manage that.

yeah, no shit man. we have douchbags wanting to change gun laws and laws regarding video games because today's parents are too lazy to be parents. :rolleyes:

ok...i can somewhat see the laws regarding violent video games, but only because i'm not too lazy to go out and rent my kid a game if i don't mind him playing it.

Submission + - FCC's Warrantless Household Searches Alarm Experts

Submitted by

mikesd81

on Thursday May 21, 2009 @08:57PM

mikesd81 writes: "Wired.com reports that you may not know it, but if you have a wireless router, a cordless phone, remote car-door opener, baby monitor or cellphone in your house, the FCC claims the right to enter your home without a warrant at any time of the day or night in order to inspect it. FCC spokesman David Fiske says "Anything using RF energy — we have the right to inspect it to make sure it is not causing interference." The FCC claims it derives its warrantless search power from the Communications Act of 1934, though the constitutionality of the claim has gone untested in the courts. "It is a major stretch beyond case law to assert that authority with respect to a private home, which is at the heart of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure," says Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer Lee Tien. "When it is a private home and when you are talking about an over-powered Wi-Fi antenna — the idea they could just go in is honestly quite bizarre.""

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