Comment Re:Local impact = climate change? (Score 0) 384
By that logic, there is no such thing as climate change.
...and the student was enlightened.
Comment Re:Oldster? (Score 1) 387
... for a tree.
Submission + - GAO Sting Finds More Fake Military Parts From China (defensetech.org) 1
Nidi62 writes: The GAO, through a fictitious company, recently requisitioned parts from China in order to determine if the Chinese government was living up to its promises of battling counterfiet parts. The report from the GAO found that "
334 of 396 vendors who offered to sell parts to the fictitious company were from China" and that "
all 16 parts eventually purchased by the fake company came from 13 China-based vendors and all were determined by an independent testing laboratory to be counterfeit." The parts requested were supposedly for use in F-15s, MV-22 Ospreys, and nuclear submarines, and were asked to be new parts. It also says that over the past 3 years, over 1 million counterfeit parts have been found to have come from Chinese companies. This stands in sharp contrast to the Chinese government's promise to clamp down on the production of counterfeit parts in China
334 of 396 vendors who offered to sell parts to the fictitious company were from China" and that "
all 16 parts eventually purchased by the fake company came from 13 China-based vendors and all were determined by an independent testing laboratory to be counterfeit." The parts requested were supposedly for use in F-15s, MV-22 Ospreys, and nuclear submarines, and were asked to be new parts. It also says that over the past 3 years, over 1 million counterfeit parts have been found to have come from Chinese companies. This stands in sharp contrast to the Chinese government's promise to clamp down on the production of counterfeit parts in China
Submission + - Google dives into personal analytics with new Account Activity feature -- Engadg (engadget.com)
An anonymous reader writes: We recently saw Stephen Wolfram reveal what he called the personal analytics of his life (built from decades of meticulous data collection), and it looks Google is now making it easier for you to see your own personal activity and trends as well
Submission + - Apple To Refund iPad In More Countries? (ibtimes.com)
redletterdave writes: "After the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won a battle with Apple after alleging the Cupertino-based company was misleading customers about its third-generation iPad, authorities in other countries are now assessing the compatibility of the new iPad with local 4G LTE networks to see if their customers should deserve refunds too. The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) confirmed on Tuesday that it is investigating complaints of Apple's misleading "4G" claim, while Sweden and Denmark are also reportedly considering investigations, after agencies within both countries received "several complaints" from customers about 4G connectivity. Even though these countries carry broad LTE coverage, the new iPad isn't supported on any of those networks."
Submission + - GNOME 3.4 Released (gnome.org)
supersloshy writes: The popular GNOME desktop environment has just announced the release of version 3.4. User-facing updates include, among others, a new look for many GNOME applications, smooth scrolling support in GTK, integrated document search in GNOME Shell, a new dynamic background, improved accessibility configuration options, new high-contrast icons, and more documentation. Developer-facing improvements include the release of GTK+ 3.4 and updates to standard GNOME libraries as part of the latest GNOME Developer Platform. For more information, you can read the full release notes at this webpage.
Submission + - A First Person Account of DNSChanger Takedown Operation and Clean-Up Task (circleid.com)
penciling_in writes: Paul Vixie shares his personal account of the DNSChanger takedown operation working with FBI and a worldwide team. He also explains the delay issues in identifying and notifying victims which resulted in FBI asking the judge for an extension and were given four more months. 'On July 9 2012 the replacement DNS servers operated by ISC will be shut down and any victims who still depend on these servers will face new risks,' he warns. A half dozen national Internet security teams around the world have created special web sites that will display a warning message to potential victims of the DNS Changer infection. The full list of these "DNS Checking" web sites is published on the DCWG's web site.
Submission + - What book publishers should learn from Harry Potter (gigaom.com)
Volanin writes: The e-book versions of Harry Potter are being released through Pottermore, and Rowling has chosen to do a number of interesting things with them, including releasing them without DRM restrictions.
One of the encouraging things about the Pottermore launch is that the books will be available on virtually every platform simultaneously, including the Sony Reader, the Nook, the Kindle and Google’s e-book service.
Even Amazon has bowed to the power of the series and done what would previously have seemed unthinkable: it sends users who come to the titles on Amazon to Pottermore to finish the transaction.
One of the encouraging things about the Pottermore launch is that the books will be available on virtually every platform simultaneously, including the Sony Reader, the Nook, the Kindle and Google’s e-book service.
Even Amazon has bowed to the power of the series and done what would previously have seemed unthinkable: it sends users who come to the titles on Amazon to Pottermore to finish the transaction.
Comment Re:I expect no less (Score 1) 343
THIS
Comment Re:You know... (Score 1) 426
Since people are so envious of what others have...
The word you are looking for is "covet."
Gosh, if only there was a rule against it....
Well, I mean, it's a bad thing and all, but I'm sure there are worse things. In fact, if you made a list of bad things, say 10 of them, this would probably only be number 10.
Comment Re:Study shows (Score 0, Troll) 261
Gosh, it's a good thing that climate change studies are immune from this kind of thing! Otherwise there might be a bunch of people that are denigrating and insulting the skeptics for no reason!
Comment Re:Glad I don't have a smartphone (Score 1, Funny) 406
LEAVE BRITTANY ALONE!
Comment Re:"Anti-US" Hacker? (Score 2, Funny) 221
But hey, what do I know, I'm not a total fucking idiot...
[citation needed]
Comment Re:A kernal of sense in an insane mind (Score 1) 1090
What sucks about this is this guy has got a point, but that's lost because his actions are plain nuts and will drown out most mainstream discussion.
What sucks even worse is that if I said:
"What sucks about this is Timothy McVeigh has got a point, but that's lost because his actions are plain nuts and will drown out most mainstream discussion."
Personally, I'm not a big McVeigh fan and prefer to think of him as just a murdering monster and not even worry about whether he has a point. Dropping Lee into the same category would be fine with me too.
But to want to endorse the man's beliefs and merely castigating his actions while at the same time NOT having the same reaction to someone that isn't a left wing loon is just plain hypocrisy.
Comment Re:A kernal of sense in an insane mind (Score 1) 1090
No, I'm not a Marxist. I considered myself a mild socialist.
Socialism is just Marxism sold by the drink.
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