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Comment OTOH... (Score 1) 389

...the hacker guy tried to be funny but only made things worse for himself. There was no way he could get away with it. He should have tried something a bit more subtle, like installing some malware to collect data on the users for 'future reference'. He was foolish, they, in turn, did to him what was to be expected.

Comment Overreacting a bit, are we? (Score 4, Funny) 100

"By banning new public domain books from the Kindle, they are making an implicit decision as to which books people should read. You can argue that "you can get these texts anywhere," but by excluding high-quality Kindle books from the nascent Kindle marketplace, Amazon is implicitly deciding what is a valid part of our culture and what isn't. This trend does not bode well for the future of e-books."

Wow! Who died and made this book selling company the sole gatekeeper to all human knowledge?

Comment Just point them the right way, man (Score 1) 260

I'd plan my presentation to occupy at most 60% of the time I was given. Ask a couple of friends to attend and give honest feedback on your practice session(s). Your audience's attention span tends to be inversely proportional to its size. In your case, you'll be lucky if they even remember what you were talking about five minutes after you're done.

Most (even those who requested the presentation) will be expecting a yawning session. Surprise them with something short and compelling. Really, trust your audience to be able to fill in the gaps. Even idiots have moments of clarity. Point them to knowledge, don't try and force feed them it.

Comment Re:does CLR kill it? (Score 1) 431

How about you get everyone in the shower? That's presuming that you have female friends as well.

"As well"? So you are saying that you'd bring men to the shower with you provided there were a couple of girls to go along?

No, sir, thank you very much. No schlongs around me one way or the other.

Space

Submission + - NASA Scientists Levitate Mice (yahoo.com) 1

sterlingda writes: "Scientists working on behalf of NASA built a device to simulate variable levels of gravity. It consists of a superconducting magnet that generates a field powerful enough to levitate the water inside living animals. Experiments are being run to test how they respond to microgravity, both physically and psychologically."
Microsoft

Submission + - The Real-World State of Windows Use (infoworld.com)

snydeq writes: "Performance and metrics researcher Devil Mountain Software has released an array of real-world Windows use data as compiled by its exo.performance.network, a community-based monitoring tool that receives real-time data from about 10,000 PCs throughout the world. Tracking users specific configurations, as well as the applications they actually use, the tool provides insights into real-world Windows use, including browser share, multicore adoption, service pack adoption, and which anti-virus, productivity, and media software users are most prevalent among Windows users. Of note is the fact that, two years after Vista's release, not even 30 percent of PCs actually run it, that OpenOffice.org is making inroads into the Microsoft Office user base, and that, despite the rise of Firefox, Internet Explorer remains the standard option for inside-the-firewall apps."

Comment Re:That's what you get (Score 5, Funny) 124

Don't worry, organized (?) societies at other parts of the world are inconsistent as well.

I reckon the real issue is not depicting sex in itself, but rather depicting it as an entertaining and carefree activity. I doubt it that the whole Hot Coffee debacle would even exist if the Easter egg depicted instead the protagonist involved in worriedly procuring a condom, doing it under the sheets as to not expose himself and his partner (in a closed room), having erection and ejaculation problems and so forth.

It's not that you can't have sexual content; what you can't have is guilt free sexual content. Oh, no, mister.

Comment Re:Just because we can't kill lawyers... (Score 1) 749

I was wondering something similar. When does it come the time in which people will start getting killed for stating stuff like that?

Not that I am against free speech in itself, that's not it at all, I'm all for it. However, I'm also for free reaction.

I mean, if some random guy comes to me and says, "I'm gonna screw you," like he means it. I would like to reserve the right to punch him in the face at the very least.

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