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Comment Very misleading summary (Score 5, Insightful) 189

by xIcemanx on Friday December 11, 2009 @08:25AM (#30400262) Attached to: NYT's "Games To Avoid" an Ironic, Perfect Gamer Wish List

First, it's not the NYT. It's a blog of the NYT. Big difference.

Second, the NYT blog simply asks readers to discuss a list compiled by Common Sense Media of ten games not to buy your children.

So to ascribe the list to the New York Times itself is incredibly misleading.

Comment Re:AIMA (Score 1) 517

by xIcemanx on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @05:43PM (#26216439) Attached to: Your Favorite Tech / Eng. / CS Books?

Seconded. It has like 90%+ market share in AI classes for a reason.

Comment Re:So What? (Score 2, Insightful) 260

by xIcemanx on Monday November 17, 2008 @11:43PM (#25797079) Attached to: Digital Photos Give Away a Camera's Make and Model

So what if they can identify the make and model of camera. I own a D70. There are 300 billion d70 out there. Good luck on tracking a picture to my camera.

RTFA:

While many people own the same camera models, Pollitt believes that this technique can still be used forensically. He says that because digital cameras have a shelf life of only 18 months, this can help to narrow down when and where it was sold.

Just because it won't immediately narrow it down to a single suspect with perfect accuracy doesn't mean it won't be helpful in investigations.

Comment Re:So What? (Score 5, Interesting) 260

by xIcemanx on Monday November 17, 2008 @11:42PM (#25797061) Attached to: Digital Photos Give Away a Camera's Make and Model

So what if they can identify the make and model of camera. I own a D70. There are 300 billion d70 out there. Good luck on tracking a picture to my camera.

RTFA:

While many people own the same camera models, Pollitt believes that this technique can still be used forensically. He says that because digital cameras have a shelf life of only 18 months, this can help to narrow down when and where it was sold. Just because it won't immediately narrow it down to a single suspect with perfect accuracy doesn't mean it won't be helpful in investigations.

ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down 1189

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 31, 2006 @09:14AM from the surprised-it-lasted-this-long dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ThePirateBay.org, a longtime fixture of the BitTorrent community, is currently under investigation. Slyck.com is reporting their servers have been seized by the Swedish police." What's really interesting about them is the strange political power that they held in their homeland. There was much discussion even of a political party. This will be interesting to watch unfold.

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