Comment I'm an average citizen and I support this plan! (Score 1) 307
After all, US law enforcement has never found a way to illegally abuse newly-granted surveillance powers.
Comment Quagmire envy (Score 1) 151
Looks like China isn't cool with the USA cornering the market on endless, unwinnable wars.
FCC Wants Net Neutrality Suits Stopped 108
adeelarshad82 writes "The FCC moved to dismiss the net neutrality challenges filed by MetroPCS and Verizon, claiming they were 'filed prematurely.' Verizon and MetroPCS have both sued the FCC, arguing that the commission did not have the authority to hand down its December net neutrality rules. The FCC maintains that it does indeed have the right to regulate broadband, thanks to provisions in the Communications Act."
Feed Science Daily: Unleashed Computer Power (sciencedaily.com)
Supercomputing-like performance could be available for countless scientific applications through an approach that exploits the power of reconfigurable computing using field-programmable gate array. In a recent demonstration researchers tripled the speed of a popular biomolecular simulation package using standard programming languages on a system offered by SRC Computers.
Feed Science Daily: Computer Scientists Shed Light On Internet Scams (sciencedaily.com)
Computer scientists have found striking differences between the infrastructure used to distribute spam and the infrastructure used to host the online scams advertised in these unwanted email messages. This discovery should aid in the fight to reduce spam volume and shut down illegal online businesses and malware sites. 94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual Web servers.
Feed Science Daily: Satellite Tracking Will Help Answer Questions About Penguin Travels (sciencedaily.com)
Scientists plan to attach satellite tracking devices to the backs of six penguins then trace their movements using satellites and the Internet. The idea is to plug a critical gap in the knowledge of the Magellanics' annual life cycle, their movements on the journey from their winter feeding grounds back to their breeding colonies along the southern Argentina coast and the Islas Malvinas, or Falkland Islands.
Comment Re:Alternative? (Score 1) 379
PokerStars recommends that U.S. players use ePassporte for all their money transfer needs, as they are not accepting any transfers to or from NETeller or CentralCoin. I assume other poker sites are giving similar advice.
plus, there's always paper checks.
For the last year or so, I've been a professional online low-stakes poker player, and thanks to this asinine crusade launched by the Department of Justice, I'm soon to be out of a job. It simply blows me away that the horse-racing lobby was successful in exempting online horse tracks from the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, attached to the Port Security Bill of 2006 at the last possible moment), while games of skill like poker, operated by enormous legitimate corporations, are snatched from my fingers as though I was a child playing with matches.
This whole thing smacks of everything that is wrong with the US legal system. Although I can still play online and withdraw money, the casual players that were my bread and butter are either going to stop playing, or more likely, never start. The chilling effect will be what kills online poker.
plus, there's always paper checks.
For the last year or so, I've been a professional online low-stakes poker player, and thanks to this asinine crusade launched by the Department of Justice, I'm soon to be out of a job. It simply blows me away that the horse-racing lobby was successful in exempting online horse tracks from the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, attached to the Port Security Bill of 2006 at the last possible moment), while games of skill like poker, operated by enormous legitimate corporations, are snatched from my fingers as though I was a child playing with matches.
This whole thing smacks of everything that is wrong with the US legal system. Although I can still play online and withdraw money, the casual players that were my bread and butter are either going to stop playing, or more likely, never start. The chilling effect will be what kills online poker.
Journal Journal: Feburary 16th, 2005
Feburary 16th, 2005 (13:08)
It's snowing outside. The snow is not as heavy as earlier this morning, but it still continues. A thin layer of snow has already accumulated on the ground, and the rice fields, resting from the previous year's excertion, rests silently beneath the feathery white duvet.
Journal Journal: Feburary 15th, 2005
Feburary 15th, 2005 (4:33pm)
It seems like fate always somehow catches up with you.
The forgotten speed ticket I have gotten from a million years ago (actually, about 10 monthes prior, to be precise) has finally entered its final stages of development. Kumagaya police contacted me in the past few days about getting me over there to decide on the actual amount of punishment.
Journal Journal: Feburary 14th, 2005
Feburary 14th, 2005 (9:56am)
Lots of things had happened. Obviously lots of things tend to happen with the welcoming of a new year. Today is my first day back in Japan after a relatively long assignment in the US, which was followed closely by a trip in China for Chinese New Years.
The most interesting of recent happenings was that I got my results from the Japanese Language testing board. I was Goukaku with 300 points out of 400 (actually not such great score at all).
Comment Still... I think america wins on this one (Score 1) 776
Thise Europeans know how to do big engineering projects.
look up "Spruce Goose," buddy. It is and remains to be the largest aircraft ever built (american, btw), and it was built in the 40s! wingspan is just shy of 100 metres, and most of the entire thing is built with _WOOD_. It's a true wonder that if actually FLEW. Hughes is a maniac and a genius.
p.s. the said aircraft takes off / lands on water, so there was the tiny detail of transporting it (in parts) from the hanger to the bay where it was final assembled. If you want to marvel at engineering miracles, at least marvel at ones worht marveling at.
Journal Journal: December 26, 2004
December 26th, 2004 (7:47pm)
I'm sitting on a little stool in my kitchenette, waiting for some cold pasta to heat up in the microwave.
Journal Journal: December 17, 2004
December 17th, 2004 (9:47am Pacific Time)
I have been in the US for about 10 days now, but it actually feels a lot longer. I think the concept of time for people is generally associated with the amount of different things one experienced rather than the actual amount of time passed. Isn't this why adults always feel that their life slips by their fingers at a tremendous speed compared to childhood? I suppose that for a child, everything is new. I cannot imagie how horribly would a life
Journal Journal: December 3rd, 2004 1
December 3rd, 2004 (4:35pm)
This is the last day I will work here until middle of Feburary next year. I cleaned up my cubicle and even took the time to wipe tea stains off the table surface, all the while feeling irony dripping from every pore of my body: why is it human nature to clean something when it's _not_ going to be used?
Journal Journal: November 30th, 2004
November 30th, 2004 (4:16pm)
In a few days I will embark on a very long business trip to the US to support one of our larger (erm, largest) customers. I will be there from the beginning of December all the way till the beginning of Feburary, living out of a suitcase and eating things that are probably not the healthiest for me.
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