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Comment no, just...no (Score 2, Funny) 1582

by Slashboo on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @10:46AM (#27417057) Attached to: Slashdot Launches User Achievements

Oh no...is this a joke, because although I thought it was at first, the FAQs appear to state otherwise. Please, turn this off. Don't let this happen. The last thing /. needs is a bunch of achievement whores desperately spamming for their +5 funny.

Comment Re:Screw mini-black holes. (Score 1) 672

by Slashboo on Friday January 23, 2009 @06:51PM (#26582465) Attached to: Black Holes From the LHC Could Last For Minutes

Psh, I won't be worried until we discover solarbonite.

Comment Best disease /and/ best method of infection? (Score 1) 511

by Slashboo on Monday December 15, 2008 @10:30AM (#26119561) Attached to: If I must catch a disease, I'd rather catch it via ...

Zombie!

Should We Clone a Neanderthal? 990

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 25, 2008 @01:46AM from the they-are-among-us dept.

SpaceAdmiral writes "Forget cloning a woolly mammoth — should scientists clone a Neanderthal? Such a feat should be possible soon, although it raises a number of bioethics concerns, including where to draw the line between humans and other animals."

Nation-Wide Internet Censorship Proposed For Australia 424

Posted by timothy on Friday October 17, 2008 @05:51AM from the unarmed-populace dept.

sparky1240 writes "While Americans are currently fighting the net-neutrality wars, spare a thought for the poor Australians — The Australian government wants to implement a nation-wide 'filtering' scheme to keep everyone safe from the nasties on the internet, with no way of opting out: 'Under the government's $125.8 million Plan for Cyber-Safety, users can switch between two blacklists which block content inappropriate for children, and a separate list which blocks illegal material. ... According to preliminary trials, the best Internet content filters would incorrectly block about 10,000 Web pages from one million."

Submission + - The Pirate Bay Files Suit Against Big Media 1

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Join the Pirate Party

on Friday September 21, 2007 @05:29PM

Join the Pirate Party writes: "Having found the necessary proof via the leaked MediaDefenders documents, the Pirate Bay is filing suit against the big record and movie labels operating in Sweden who have allegedly been paying professional hackers, saboteurs and DDoSers to destroy their trackers. They also claim to have filed a police report."

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