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Military Personnel Weigh In On Being Taliban In Medal of Honor 171

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 20, 2010 @05:29PM from the identity-conflict dept.

SSDNINJA writes "This is a feature from gamrFeed that interviews nine US service members about playing as the Taliban in the upcoming Medal of Honor. One soldier states that games like MoH and Call of Duty are 'profiteering from war.' Another says, 'Honestly, I don't really see what the whole fuss is about. It's a game, and just like in Call of Duty, you don't really care about what side you're taking, just as long as you win. I don't think anyone cares if you're part of the Rangers or Spetznaz, as long as you win.' An excellent and interesting read."

Comment Ubuntu? (Score 1) 238

by littlem on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @07:37AM (#30580806) Attached to: Extinct Ibex Resurrected By Cloning

Isn't Extinct Ibex the next Ubuntu release?

Submission + - Privacy International Releases 2007 Report (privacyinternational.org)

Submitted by

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property

on Monday December 31, 2007 @02:59PM

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes: "Privacy International has released their report on privacy for 2007, which includes a color-coded world map that highlights the countries with the best privacy laws, the privacy-hostile countries being in black. While many of the overall rankings may come as no surprise, it does highlight some of the more obscure abuses. For example, Venezuela requires your fingerprints just to get a phone and South Korea requires a government registration number linked to your identity before you can post on message boards. Makes you wonder who is Number One?"

Comment Re:How carefully is the license written? (Score 1) 232

by littlem on Saturday September 15, 2007 @09:12AM (#20615401) Attached to: How to Stop Commerial Use of Copyleft Materials?

Either way, the story title is misleading (just for a change on Slashdot...): if it doesn't permit commercial use then it isn't a copyleft license in the recognized sense of the word.

Journal Journal: Call to mind your Blogging Manners 1

Journal by mattatwork on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @11:32AM

According to the NY Times, guidelines for blogging are being drawn up by Tim O'Reilly and Jimmy Wales (of Wikipedia fame). On the list are getting rid of anonymous blogs, citing sources for gossip blogging and removing libelous comments. During the Miss America '07 pageant

Bloggers Propose Code of Conduct 199

Posted by CowboyNeal on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @03:55AM from the manners-maketh-man dept.

akintayo writes "The New York Times reports that in response to the recent brouhaha, some technology bloggers have suggested raising the level of civility on tech blogs by implementing a code of conduct. Kathy Sierra, a technology blogger and friend of O'Reilly was subjected to threats and insults from readers and other bloggers. In partial response, O'Reilly and others have proposed a code of conduct which could include restrictions like the outlawing of anonymous accounts."

People Don't Hate to Make Desktop Apps, Do They? 233

Posted by CowboyNeal on Monday April 09, 2007 @10:32PM from the all-not-yet-lost dept.

Annie Peterson writes "Paul Graham has been making the argument that desktop development is dead — That's his premise for declaring Microsoft dead as well, and he claims that no one out there likes to develop for the desktop anymore. But that's not true, or is it? Desktop development is easier, faster, more productive, and infinitely more enjoyable — right? The question is, since web apps were originally built on desktop applications themselves, have the tables flipped? Or is it just wishful thinking?"

Feed Oops! Yahoo Japan erases 4.5 million e-mails (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Monday April 09, 2007 @02:13PM

Blog: Yahoo Japan accidentally erased nearly 4.5 million e-mails after the system incorrectly labeled them as spam messages, according...

Submission + - Is the Internet Ready to Break?

Submitted by DebNY on Monday April 09, 2007 @02:08PM

DebNY writes: The rapid rise of Web video and broadband net access "may overwhelm some of the Internet's backbones" in 2007, while "ISPs may struggle to keep pace with demand." So says a study from the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) group at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. But reports of the Internet's imminent demise are greatly exaggerated, says Ed Cone of CIO Insight. "An Internet that is broken or seriously impaired at its core would obviously be bad for business in all kinds of ways...but as in the case of the most notorious prognostication of impending disaster, made in 1995 by Ethernet co-inventor Robert Metcalfe, the doom seers seem likely to eat their words. In fact, the supply of available bandwidth, especially at the core of the net, looks healthier than the pessimists would have it — or even bother to support with hard numbers when pressed to defend their arguments."

Submission + - Google Website Optimizer

Submitted by

compuglot

on Monday April 09, 2007 @01:41PM

compuglot writes: "Google has released the third leg of the stool in its quest to dominate online marketing. Google Website Optimizer is a multivariate testing application that allows users to test elements and combinations of elements in a website or landing page. The goal is increased conversions, and of course AdWords market share."

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