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Man Sues Neighbor For Not Turning Off His Wi-Fi 428

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday January 12, 2010 @06:27PM from the have-you-never-wondered-why-I-drink-only-distilled-water-or-rain-water-and-only-pure-grain-alcohol dept.

Scyth3 writes "A man is suing his neighbor for not turning off his cell phone or wireless router. He claims it affects his 'electromagnetic allergies,' and has resorted to being homeless. So, why doesn't he check into a hotel? Because hotels typically have wireless internet for free. I wonder if a tinfoil hat would help his cause?"

Pirate Bay Day 3 — Defense Requests Dismissal 685

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 19, 2009 @12:16AM from the ninja-lawyers dept.

Hodejo1 writes "Yesterday was a big day for the Pirate Bay when half of the charges against them were dropped leaving only the lesser charges of assisting making copyrighted material available in place. TorrentFreak is following the English twitter feed of the trial in the wee hours of the night, documenting more missteps by the prosecution. 'The Pirate Bay trial is moving forward rapidly and again the day in court has ended early. On the third day the prosecution presented the amended charges. The defendants all called for acquittal while Carl Lundström's lawyer scored points with the already legendary "King Kong" defense.'"

Why Mirroring Is Not a Backup Solution 711

Posted by kdawson on Friday January 02, 2009 @01:25PM from the pointed-lesson dept.

Craig writes "Journalspace.com has fallen and can't get up. The post on their site describes how their entire database was overwritten through either some inconceivable OS or application bug, or more likely a malicious act. Regardless of how the data was lost, their undoing appears to have been that they treated drive mirroring as a backup and have now paid the ultimate price for not having point-in-time backups of the data that was their business." The site had been in business since 2002 and had an Alexa page rank of 106,881. Quantcast said they had 14,000 monthly visitors recently. No word on how many thousands of bloggers' entire output has evaporated.

Comment Re:Cops always think that way... (Score 1) 431

by MSIG on Friday February 29, 2008 @10:28PM (#22607540) Attached to: Teen Phone Phreak Targeted by the FBI

If you're talking about the event in Atlanta, you've missed a few details.
They had a warrant, it was just obtained with false information from information provided by an informant who was know to be not credible.

You've missed a few details as well - the cops arrested a small time dealer who claimed that he saw cocaine in the house that the grandmother lived. The cops got a warrant based on a supposed "confidential informant" (which was not true, it was just someone trying to get out of their own bust). They lied to get the warrant. When everything went bad they found a CI that they had used before and pressured him into lying and saying that he bought drugs from the woman and then the cops also planted drugs in the woman's home. The cops did not follow proper procedure, they didn't want to find a true CI, they just wanted to bust right in with no real proof. Good thing those cops are going to jail.

ESRB Our Last Defense Against Game Censorship? 246

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday June 06, 2006 @02:05PM from the don't-fail-us-now dept.

1up is running a piece looking at the ESRB, and its role in politics. They assert the organization may be gaming's last defense against politicians seeking to censor games to increase their own political capital. The article discusses the Hays Code governing movies, and the limits on speech the comic book industry placed on itself as the result of similar pressures. From the article: "Ultimately, the best way to prevent the demise of gaming is to make use of the democratic process. Despite what the Internet would like to believe, mere emails and forum posts don't have much clout. Rather, posted letters to representatives (written on actual paper) are the best way to let politicians know your opinion -- the beliefs that they've been elected to represent."

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