Comment Paul Kelly said it better in far fewer words (Score 1) 67
"I can order sandwiches in seven different languages
But every fucking city looks the same"
Comment Sand eh? (Score 2) 213
Someone should ask the judge if he'd be happy to have a trillion grains of sand dropped on him.
Assuming spherical sand grains 1mm across with a density of 2,2g/cm^2, I make that over 1,100 tonnes of sand.
Comment Eh? What? Huh? (Score 2) 32
I only came here to snark about the incomprehensible summary, but I see everyone else has beaten me to it.
Take a Picture: Snapchat Settles With FTC Over "Dissapearing" Claims 51
The New York Times is one of many outlets reporting that Snapchat has agreed to settle with the FTC about the gap between promises made about the company's "disappearing" communications system and reality. "The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday said Snapchat had agreed to settle charges that the company was deceiving users about the ephemeral nature of the photos and video messages sent through its service. The messages were significantly less private than the company had said, the commission said. In marketing the service, Snapchat has said that its messages “disappear forever.” But in its complaint, the commission said the messages, often called snaps, can be saved in several ways. The commission said that users can save a message by using a third-party app, for example, or employ simple workarounds that allow users to take a screenshot of messages without detection." Besides the monetary side of the settlement (details of which are promised soon on the FTC's site), the company has agreed to operate for the next 20 years with special supervision of a new privacy program; it seems a little optimistic as a timeframe for any social-media related business. Here are the FTC's charges (PDF).
Comment Re:And? (Score 0) 50
Added after I put the boot in. At least someone's paying fucking attention.
Comment And? (Score -1) 50
Christ, Slashdot, could this post have been any lazier? How about mentioning what it is? Why we should be interested? That's not just good journalism, it's actually likely to generate page views too. FFS.
Comment Re:Not secure enough (Score 2) 358
I'd have got away with it if it wasn't for you pesky kids.
Comment Re:New Miranda Warning (Score 1) 358
I think you mean:
Lbh unir gur evtug gb erznva fvyrag. Lbh unir gur evtug gb erznva rapelcgrq. Nalguvat lbh fnl, qb, be qrpelcg pna naq jvyy or uryq ntnvafg lbh va n pbheg bs ynj. Lbh unir gur evtug gb fcrnx gb na nggbearl. Vs lbh pnaabg nssbeq na nggbearl, bar jvyy or nccbvagrq sbe lbh. Qb lbh haqrefgnaq gurfr evtugf nf gurl unir orra ernq gb lbh?
Comment Re:Crazy? (Score 1) 231
None of that stops him from being crazy.
The reluctance to classify Anders Breivik as mentally ill comes from the problem we'd then have differentiating people like him from, say, regular soldiers.
For me, it's simple: if you are prepared to kill voluntarily for an ideology, you're mentally ill.
Comment Re:Too much over analysis and hype (Score 2) 390
Because that worked so well to stop unauthorised sharing of music files.
Facebook Postings Lead To Arrest for Heresy In the West Bank 496
forand writes "Using screen shots of a customer's Facebook profile, owners of a West Bank internet cafe helped Palestinian intelligence forces capture a man accused of heresy." According to sources quoted in the story, residents of both Gaza and the West Bank face ongoing scrutiny of their online activities; in Gaza, "Internet cafe owners are forced to monitor customers' online activity and alert intelligence officials if they see anything critical of the militant group or that violates Hamas' stern interpretation of Islam."
Net Users In Belarus May Soon Have To Register 89
Cwix writes "A new law proposed in Belarus would require all net users and online publications to register with the state: 'Belarus' authoritarian leader is promising to toughen regulation of the Internet and its users in an apparent effort to exert control over the last fully free medium in the former Soviet state. He told journalists that a new Internet bill, proposed Tuesday, would require the registration and identification of all online publications and of each Web user, including visitors to Internet cafes. Web service providers would have to report this information to police, courts, and special services.'"
Comment Re:Good for Rio (good for Chicago) (Score 1) 1040
"I sincerely hope we get to see the Olympics hosted on every continent."
Antarctica might be tricky.
Comment Re:Dogism (Score 1) 497
Dogs are domesticated wolves so this isn't in the least bit surprising.
Technologies To Watch Fail In 2009 108
An anonymous reader writes "Microblogs, targeted advertising, social news, online video, streaming music, and enterprise social networking are among the technologies that will probably fail in 2009, according to a new report from Internet Evolution. The report cites revenue figures, failed or non-existent business models, and an overabundance of 'me-too' start-ups, combined with the current recession, as reasons the aforementioned technologies might not survive the year. 'Whereas the past couple of years have been defined by overcrowding and overfunding in the Web 2.0 space, and an onslaught of startups with no purpose or plan to make money, this recessionary year is likely to see more due diligence on the part of VCs, allowing strong companies and technologies to emerge from the smoldering pile of dead ones.'"
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