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Comment Re:Received one this morning. (Score 1) 180

by jtull89 on Monday April 04, 2011 @03:19PM (#35711892) Attached to: Epsilon Breach Affects JPMorgan Chase, Capital One

Sadly I got one from Best Buy AND Chase. It's bad enough that these guys know that I shop at Best Buy, but to know where I have one of my bank accounts? That's just frickin' creepy!

Comment Re:Terrorists aren't stupid. (Score 1) 285

by jtull89 on Saturday May 02, 2009 @11:41PM (#27803199) Attached to: Al-Qaeda Used Basic Codes, Calling Cards, Hotmail

To expect anything better than "fewer casualties" is an instance of the perfect solution fallacy, from what I can tell.

Obama Calls For Nuke-Free World 705

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday April 05, 2009 @11:44AM from the i'll-give-up-mine-if-you-give-up-yours dept.

jamie points out news that President Obama has put out a call for a world free of nuclear weapons at a speech in Prague today. He acknowledged that it was a long-term goal, perhaps not something that can be accomplished in his lifetime, but promised to encourage the US Senate to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban treaty. According to the BBC, he also stated his desire to "negotiate a new treaty to end the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons," and to hold a global summit within the next year to work out agreements for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. Obama said, "As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act. We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it." His speech came less than a day after North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket.

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" Released 386

Posted by kdawson on Sunday February 15, 2009 @06:28AM from the waiting's-over dept.

Alexander "Tolimar" Reichle-Schmehl writes "The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed Lenny) after 22 months of constant development. With 12 supported computer architectures, more than 23,000 packages built from over 12,000 source packages and 63 languages for the new graphical installer, this release sets new records, once again. Software available in 5.0 includes Linux 2.6.26, KDE 3.5.10, Gnome 2.22.2, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel 3.0.6, Apache 2.2.9, Xen 3.2.1 and GCC 4.3.2. Other notable features are X autoconfiguring itself, full read-write support for NTFS, Java programs in the main repository and a single Blu-Ray disc installation media. You can get the ISOs via bittorrent. The Debian Project also wishes to announce that this release is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident. As a valuable member of the Debian Project, he will be sorely missed."

Comment Re:Unless they are older than 65... (Score 1) 609

by jtull89 on Saturday May 17, 2008 @06:30PM (#23448354) Attached to: 85% of Chinese Citizens Like Internet Censorship

Well you know what? I'll bet that there aren't stormtroopers knocking on American doors if you use "ammonium nitrate" or other such key words on communications networks. Case in point? You were able to post an entire rant against the US government and its allies without it being blocked and without getting yourself taken away to Guantanamo Bay and being electrocuted by a cattle prod. Funny you should make all these complaints when we're talking about China, a nation that actually punishes dissent. Oh, and while I'm at it, I might as well point out out that you shouldn't have put the phrase "democratically elected" in quotation marks the way you did. Quotation marks don't make you sound more sophisticated.

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