Comment Re:It's amazing how few you get . . . (Score 1) 228
The purchase of a vehicle is a business relationship.
Comment Could the submission be any more bitchy? (Score 1) 32
Putting responsible in quotes, complaining that other companies aren't doing the same thing, and complaining that they're only doing it Africa.
Next submission "Cure for AIDS discovered" - "Well, its not like they cured cancer, and I'm sure the drugs will cost a lot."
Go die in a fire, you're holding the rest of us back.
Analysis of 250,000 Hacker Conversations 111
Orome1 writes "Imperva released a report (PDF) analyzing the content and activities of an online hacker forum with nearly 220,000 registered members, although many are dormant. The forum is used by hackers for training, communications, collaboration, recruitment, commerce and even social interaction. Commercially, this forum serves as a marketplace for selling of stolen data and attack software. The chat rooms are filled with technical subjects ranging from advice on attack planning to solicitations for help with specific campaigns."
Comment Re:Eating your own dog food. (Score 1) 204
Except this isn't how business works at all. Went more like this:
CEO: "To fulfill our fiduciary duty to our stockholders, we need to increase our profitability in all sectors including advertising ventures"
VP: "We can make more money by selling more user information to advertisers"
CEO: "Don't bore me with the details. Make it so."
Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global 944
Hugh Pickens writes "Tens of thousands of people around the world took to the streets Saturday to reiterate their anger at the global financial system, corporate greed and government cutbacks, with rallies held in more than 900 cities in Europe, Africa and Asia. 'United in one voice, we will let politicians, and the financial elites they serve, know it is up to us, the people, to decide our future,' said organizers of the global demonstration. The demonstrations by the disaffected coincided with the Group of 20 meeting in Paris, where finance ministers and central bankers from major economies were holding talks on the debt and deficit crises afflicting many Western countries. Crowds around the world were largely peaceful, but the demonstration in Rome turned violent as clashes in the Italian capital left dozens injured, including several police officers. In London, WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange made a dramatic appearance, bursting through the police lines just after 2:30pm, accompanied by scores of supporters. He climbed the cathedral steps near St. Paul's to condemn 'greed' and 'corruption,' and attacked the City of London, accusing its financiers of money laundering and tax avoidance."
Comment Re:Immoral Dilemma (Score 2) 348
Who says that all porn stars are coerced? Who says that even MOST porn stars are coerced?
A female friend I have has done a number of porn videos. She makes really good money and she absolutely loves her work, and her agent makes sure she's never in an uncomfortable position (har har) and she always has the right to walk away from any shoot, which she has done. She has no misconceptions about what she is doing and is not ashamed by it whatsoever. If you asked me to name my strongest willed friend, she'd probably be it. Nobody is going to coerce her in to doing anything.
Porn can be legitimate work. In fact, it usually is.
Comment Re:Letter of Marque and Reprisal (Score 1) 269
Yes
Comment Bitcoins, Obviously (Score 2, Interesting) 165
Bitcoins could then have the credibility they deserve! [Citation needed]
Comment Re:Dear "Anonymous": I'd like to ask U a question (Score 1) 117
This is completely different than filtering malware sites and the like. You would do well to read up on the problem in Turkey before posting.
The Turkish government has lately been censoring the crap out of any journalist who speaks poorly of it. This blanket censorship has widely been seen as the next step of censoring the masses.
This might help educate you a bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Turkey
Comment Re:Doesn't look as big as the sun itself to me (Score 1) 202
Your answer lies in the name of the event: "AIA 171 (2011-06-07 05:30:00 - 2011-06-07 08:29:48 UTC)"
According to that, we're looking at about 3 hours of footage. Given that the explosion doesn't happen until about a third of the way through, you can guestimate that the whole thing took about 2 hours to happen and settle back down.
Comment Re:Celebrating 15 years. (Score 1) 336
The geekiest part is which order you listed those things in.
Gotta have priorities after all.
PBS Web Sites and Databases Hacked 387
wiredmikey writes "Late Sunday night, hackers gained access to several areas of PBS Web servers and were able publish a fake news story on a PBS news blog. The group also published PBS internal user login information that they were able to siphon out of PBS databases. The fake story was about rapper Tupac Shakur, who died in 1996 after being shot in Las Vegas, being been found alive and well in a small resort in New Zealand. A group going by the name of 'LulzSec' claimed responsibility for the hack, saying the attack was a protest against a PBS Frontline broadcast last week about WikiLeaks."
Does Quantum Theory Explain Consciousness? 729
astroengine writes "Quantum theory is often seen as the root cause of unrelated, mysterious phenomena. Take consciousness for example. British physicist Roger Penrose recently argued 'that we will need to invoke 'new physics and exotic biological structures': rewriting quantum theory to make sense of consciousness.' But why do this, especially as there is no apparent causal link between quantum mechanics and the conscious mind? There appears to be a very basic logical fallacy here that even the most prominent physicists seem to be making."
Computer De-Evolution: Awesome Features We've Lost 662
jfruhlinger writes "If you listened to tech marketing departments, you'd believe that advances in computers have been a nonstop march upwards. But is that really true? What about all the great features early hackers had in the '70s and '80s that are now hard to find or lost forever, like clicky keyboards and customizable screen height? This article looks at much beloved features that lost the evolutionary war."
Comment Re:Dissension always points to government invovlem (Score 1) 301
Paranoia much? This crap happens all the time in anon, always has, always will. Just butthurt script kiddies, not government involvement.
