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Comment Re:Works for me (Score 1) 227

by puster2 on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @04:27PM (#30586064) Attached to: Canadian Censorship Takes Down 4500 Sites

Why would a German ISP respond (briefly) to a request from "some guy" in a government job in another country, and then enable them again, within a matter of hours?

Well I can say that (as a German) a demand from "some guy" would not just be met. If the claim is legal and backed by the appropriate institutions then I would believe it happens.

But then the question remains: Why would they shut down an entire IP-segment so that 4500 other pages are affected?

Best Man Rigs Newlyweds' Bed To Tweet During Sex 272

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 17, 2009 @09:40PM from the nice-feed dept.

When an UK man was asked to be the best man at a friend's wedding he agreed that he would not pull any pranks before or during the ceremony. Now the groom wishes he had extended the agreement to after the blessed occasion as well. The best man snuck into the newlyweds' house while they were away on their honeymoon and placed a pressure-sensitive device under their mattress. The device now automatically tweets when the couple have sex. The updates include the length of activity and how vigorous the act was on a scale of 1-10.

iPhone As a PC Game Controller 54

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @12:10PM from the this-joystick-is-flat dept.

TechCrunch has an article about a startup called iMo, which aims to enable control of any PC game using an iPhone or iPod Touch. The idea is to reduce the need for gaming peripherals while you're on the move, and make motion-control available to more players. Quoting: "The system also features onscreen controls for the iPhone and iPod Touch, as not every PC game will benefit from using things like the accelerometer, obviously. This all works via both Bluetooth and WiFi connections between your device and your computer. The plan is to offer iMo in the App Store for $0.99; the first version should be available new in the App Store. And long-term, the company hopes to make it available on other mobile platforms as well, including Android. And ultimately, they'd love to include support for gaming consoles as well, like the aforementioned Wii, the PS3, and the Xbox 360."

Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email 364

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 31, 2009 @12:49PM from the don't-type-angry dept.

tomachi writes "An accountant in NZ has been awarded $17,000 NZD for unfair dismissal after her boss fired her without warning for using uppercase letters in a single email to co-workers. The email, which advises her team how to fill out staff claim forms, specifies a time and date highlighted in bold red, and a sentence written in capitals and highlighted in bold blue. It reads: 'To ensure your staff claim is processed and paid, please do follow the below checklist.' Her boss deemed the capital letters too confrontational for her co-workers to read after they woke up from naptime."

Burglar Nabbed By Backup Program 98

Posted by samzenpus on Friday May 29, 2009 @12:21AM from the stupid-is-as-stupid-does dept.

Bruce Perens writes "A Berkeley, California, burglar engineered his own arrest, and that of his girlfriend, when he stole a laptop and used it as his personal computer. He didn't realize that the laptop had an automatic backup program, and that the photos he took were being copied to his victim's backup repository. Berkeley police recognized him, and his location, from the photos."

Balcony Warning 3

Posted by samzenpus on Friday February 06, 2009 @02:14PM from the thanks-for-the-tip dept.

This seems to be a common design flaw in balconies.

Comment Re:since a bus usually runs near-empty... (Score 1) 897

by puster2 on Saturday December 27, 2008 @06:09AM (#26240577) Attached to: Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails?

It's terribly wrong to run the numbers with an assumption that busses (and trains) are anywhere near full. Typically they are almost empty, especially outside of the predictable urban routes.

In order to make busses (and trains) efficient, so you can run the numbers against them, you would have to provide an efficient network to make it to where the public would actually use it.

In Germany, where I live, there is a sufficient network of busses, trams and trains which is not only limited to one city, but the systems are intertwined over bigger areas. The area here for example is a triangle of about 60 miles side-length, where the transportation companies work together to offer decent transportation.

If a system is built well enough to allow people to easily and without big hassle then it could as well eliminate the need for cars for certain people.

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