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Comment No Federal Shield Law for Journalists (Score 0) 244

by redfire111 on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @02:08PM (#30048730) Attached to: Justice Dept. Asked For Broad Swath of IndyMedia's Visitor Records

Since this is being tried in Federal Courts there is no shield law to protect journalists from turning over their records. Only individual states have shield laws.

Submission + - Firefox Most Vulnerable Browser, Safari Close (net-security.org) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @09:32AM

An anonymous reader writes: Cenzic released its report revealing the most prominent types of Web application vulnerabilities for the first half of 2009. The report identified over 3,100 total vulnerabilities, which is a 10 percent increase in Web application vulnerabilities compared to the second half of 2008. Among Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox had the largest percentage of Web vulnerabilities, followed by Apple Safari, whose browser showed a vast increase in exploits, due to vulnerabilities reported in the Safari iPhone browser.

Submission + - Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming Users (consumerist.com)

Submitted by

jamie

on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @07:48AM

jamie writes: "Mark Pincus, CEO of the company that brought us Mafia Wars, says: 'I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this Zwinky toolbar which was like, I don't know, I downloaded it once and couldn't get rid of it.'"

Comment Smell is powerful... but (Score 0) 250

by redfire111 on Monday October 26, 2009 @09:21PM (#29879859) Attached to: Clean Smells Promote Ethical Behavior

When I can't motivate to go to the pool to swim I open a bottle of chlorine and get a wiff of it (not like face in the bottle or anyting), it always reminds me how much I like swimming and how good it will feel if I get my stuff together and go. I think it is it a different thing to encourage a certain kind of behavior that you already want to do than discouraging stealing or slacking off at work.

Comment poor kid (Score 0, Offtopic) 129

by redfire111 on Thursday October 22, 2009 @06:02AM (#29833225) Attached to: AU Classification Board To Censor Mobile Apps

Donald McDonald?

Comment Re:It will start with only 6 people... (Score 1) 356

by redfire111 on Thursday October 22, 2009 @05:56AM (#29833201) Attached to: Volunteers Wanted For Simulated 520-Day Mars Trip

I don't think any of us wants to know what happens when a bunch of psycho overachieving astronaut chicks get together in a confined space for over a year. Can anyone say gratuitous diaper wearing?

Comment Ethical even with consent of subjects? (Score 1) 356

by redfire111 on Thursday October 22, 2009 @05:50AM (#29833169) Attached to: Volunteers Wanted For Simulated 520-Day Mars Trip

Can anyone say "Stanford Prison Experiment"?

Submission + - Darker, edgier Mickey Mouse in new video game? (gameinformer.com)

Submitted by dominique_cimafranca on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @10:57PM

dominique_cimafranca writes: Disney has confirmed a new Mickey Mouse video game from Epic; and as you might gather from the picture, it looks to be a much darker rendition of the character. Details are sparse as of now, but the magazine has put out a teaser landing page

Monty Python 40 Years Old Today! 298

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 05, 2009 @10:35AM from the nobody-expects-the-spanish-inquisition dept.

cheros was one of several readers to note that today, Oct 5, in 1969 was the very first airing of Monty Python. Although not every sketch has aged particularly well, you'd be hard pressed to find a more influential and funny show. Heck, look at the Icon we use here to indicate humorous stories! Who among us can't claim to have viewed the Holy Grail at least somewhere in the double digits.

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