Comment Re:Did you actually read the article? (Score 1) 840
You are right - my apologies. Still, this article is incorrect in stating that the Pope "attacked the idea of transparency in the Internet age".
Comment Re:I'm not surprised (Score 1) 840
There's no such thing as the 'Holy Office'.
Also, source for your claim about those 'pontifical secrets'?
Comment Did anyone actually read the article? (Score 3, Insightful) 840
The Pope actually said, "This is the time for truth, transparency and credibility. Secrecy and discretion are not values that are in fashion at the moment. We must be in a condition of having nothing to hide." he did not "[attack] the idea of transparency in the Internet age". But, I mean it's the Pope, who cares what he actually *said*, right? /sarcasm
South Park's Episode 201 — the Expurgated Version 1224
Yesterday we mentioned the controversy facing Matt Stone and Trey Parker after last week's South Park (episode 200) depicted Muhammad, founder of Islam, concealed in a bear suit.
Today, penguinman1337 writes "Apparently, all is not well over at Comedy Central. The heavily censored version of episode 201 that aired last night has a lot of people angry, including the show's creators." From their note: "In the 14 years we've been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn't stand behind. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn't some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps."
Comment Re:Title is misleading (Score 1) 3
My point being, the title was not misleading.
Comment Re:Title is misleading (Score 1) 3
No, of course the researchers were not really banished - which is probably why the title has the word 'banished' in quotes. Most competent people will know that it will not be a court who banishes anyone - if the court did do anything like this we know that the applicable term and the term which would be used in the title would be 'injunction' or 'restraining order'.
Comment Re:Umm... no (Score 1) 178
Probably only some Chilean requests would have gone through that particular DNS server.
Comment Well, (Score 1) 433
There you go, Sean Penn.
Comment Ha (Score 1) 2
The headline looks like it could have come from The Onion.
Comment Re:To add some information to the void.. (Score 1) 509
Why would they wait a week to push an important security patch anyway?
Comment Torvalds (Score 1) 1
Does anyone give a shit about Linus Torvalds anymore? I mean, sure, he made a great contribution to computing - about a bazillion years ago. Why do we continue to pay him attention? His first language isn't even English, for goodness' sake.
Comment Re:The FBI is lying. (Score 1) 1127
That's what strict liability is in the UK - there is no mens rea requirement.
'In recognition of [a defendant not being at fault when harm occurs] there are many offences of a regulatory nature which lack a true mens rea element.'[1]
1. Simester, A.P. and Sullivan, G.R., (2007). Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine. Portland: Hart 3rd ed. p.165 IANAL
1. Simester, A.P. and Sullivan, G.R., (2007). Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine. Portland: Hart 3rd ed. p.165 IANAL
Comment Re:He's screwed NOW (Score 1) 1127
This is were the Internet shows its evil side.
There was no internet in 1692.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
No, this is where HUMANITY shows its evil side.
And don't forget McCarthyism (yes, I stole the idea for this post from 'The Crucible'.
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