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  1. What sad times are these when passing ruffians... on Google Blocks YouTube App On Windows Phone (Again) · · Score: 1

    Times have really changed when the Counsel for Litigation and Antitrust at Microsoft is complaining about monopoly abuses instead of defending their client against them.

  2. A Better Solution on Secession Petitions Flood White House Website · · Score: 1

    What the Seperatists [as I am now calling them] should do is:

    * Find a better country that fulfills all of their political, economic and social needs and desires. I'm sure for many of these fine folks there is something in the Middle East, Northern Africa or Eastern Europe that qualifies.

    * Pack their bags

    * Renounce their U.S. Citizenship.

    I see no cause that Americans should drag down these good folk with our democratic ways. Secession is utterly unnecessary.

  3. I'm weary of any standard coming out of Redmond on S+M Vs. SPDY: Microsoft and Google Battle Over HTTP 2.0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Lets take a little look at the history of Microsoft and clearly understand what we're getting into before we blindly adapt one of their standards.

  4. My SSH Utility on Getting the Most Out of SSH · · Score: 1

    Feel free to check out a little perl utility I wrote for creating aliases or shortcuts for remote ssh logins. If you have a lot of hosts to manage it can make your life easier:

    http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/L/LD/LDAVIS/remote-ssh-access-1.7

    Download the file, name it "remote-ssh-access". To read the perl documentation just use "perldoc remote-ssh-access"

  5. Forget a book of politics on Pirate Party Releases Book of Pirate Politics · · Score: 1

    I wish they'd release a new movie!

    (that was a joke)

  6. Misleading language in this story on Dutch ISP Files Police Complaint Against Spamhaus · · Score: 1

    This story really rubs me the wrong way. They make it sound like Spamhaus has their fingers on the Internet's routing tables and at any whim can block or unblock networks that they don't like. This is simply not the case.

    Spamhaus is no different from an op ed journalist or a food critic: All offer opinions about varying matters of public interest. Spamhaus, in this case, publishes an opinion in the form of a list of IP network ranges. In their opinion these networks can or may be responsible for transmitting spam or malware on the Internet.

    PEOPLE ARE FREE TO USE OR NOT USE THIS INFORMATION AT THEIR DISCRETION.

    But why is it that when the nutters at the Westboro Baptist church want to prance up and down the street and hold viotriolic hateful signs that all of a sudden we're so quick to point out that free speech is so vital for our society? Instead of bikeshedding over whether someone has a right to form an opinion about some Dutch ISP, how about instead we talk about how the spammers are themselves infringing on the propery rights of others by crapping on the internet? Lets stop pretending that the Internet is a public resource, it's a collection of private networks.

    In any case, I have been a Spamhaus subscriber for scoring mail on my network and I appreciate the work that they do. I'd hate to imagine what the spam fighting landscape might look like today without Steve Linford and Spamhaus' efforts.

  7. Wow, now I've seen it all. on Anonymous Claims Responsibility For WikiLeaks Attack · · Score: 1

    I expect any day now for Anonymous to launch a DDoS attack against itself.

  8. Re:Latte Defense on Netflix Deflects Rage Over Price Increase · · Score: 1

    Why are so many things justified with the already unjustifiable cost of a Latte? Just as two wrongs don't make a right, two prices that are too high, don't make the second any cheaper.

    At least they didn't compare it to the cost of a monster HDMI cable.

  9. None shall pass... on What Monty Python Teaches Us About Computing · · Score: 2

    by value.

  10. What sad times are these... on What Monty Python Teaches Us About Computing · · Score: 1

    when passing ruffians can say "Ni" at will to old ladies.

    There is a pestilence upon this land.

    Even those who arrange, design and sell software are at a considerable economic stress in this period of history.

  11. This man is struggling to survive, please help! on Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's currently a charitable food and clothing drive designed to assist our indigent struggling Republican Senator.

    WON'T YOU PLEASE HELP!

    http://upt.org/misc/SeanDuffyCharity.jpg

  12. Re:Get a life on A Spamming Attorney Gets Sentenced To 40 Months · · Score: 1

    These anti-spam crusaders are getting annoying. Seriously, people have nothing better to do with their time. They fancy themselves nothing short of Nazi hunters. Get a spam filter or open a gmail account.

    I can't possibly imagine how anti-spammers are annoying anyone other than the dirtbag spammer themselves. And really... Nazis? Please. Your strawman argument amounts to less than even a good net trolling.

    Personally, I applaud Mr. Silverstein's actions. I'm glad there's someone out there with the guts to go after these thieving scumbags.

  13. Re:4th on Whitehat Hacker Moxie Marlinspike's Laptop, Cellphones Seized · · Score: 1

    At least the RIAA and MPAA are not grabbing my penis, fondling my beasts

    If I were you I'd leave your beasts at home in a cage. But in all seriousness, don't give these guys any ideas.

  14. A quote for the times: on TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old · · Score: 1

    "Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
    -- C. S. Lewis

  15. video and sound recordings? on Paper Airplane Touches Edge of Space, Glides Back · · Score: 1

    I've only been able to find photo stills on the link provided (goes to flickr). Has anyone else found the video or sound recordings provided at that link?

  16. merc on Top Reason for Facebook Unfriending Is Too Many Useless Posts · · Score: 1

    liked this.

  17. I like Thirsty Bear on Howard on Father of Java, James Gosling Unloads · · Score: 1

    Thirsty Bear is fairly close to my work -- now that I know James hangs out there I'm going there more often in hopes of catching a glipse of James and his shirt ;-)

  18. Unless... on Tech Sector Slow To Hire · · Score: 1

    You're Mark Hurd.

  19. More information on InNova Patent Licensing, LLC on Company Claims Patent On Spam Filtering, Sues World · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Not sure if they're actually located in Marshall, TX. I found this public record:

    INNOVA PATENT LICENSING, L.L.C.
    16055 SPACE CENTER BLVD STE 235
    HOUSTON, TX 77062-6212

    Taxpayer Number: 32042021249

    If anyone can get corporate officials' names and phone numbers that would be interesting.

  20. Now we need a new HTTP Status code on TSA Internally Blocking Websites With 'Controversial Opinions' · · Score: 1

    418 Controversial content

    The characteristics of the content have been determined to be too controversial.

  21. I hate software patents, but... on Microsoft To Pay $200M In Patent Dispute · · Score: 1

    Live by the sword, die by the sword (or, in Microsoft's case, get a bunch of small cuts due to holding the sword wrong).

  22. Like the idea, HATE the name on Is Diaspora the Future of Free Software Funding? · · Score: 1

    The name sounds like a disease you contract after not taking a bath for several months.

  23. Now if they could only arrest Canadian Pharmacy on Ukrainian Arrested In India For TJX Data Theft · · Score: 1

    According to ROKSO the folks who run the Canadian Pharmacy run out of the Ukraine. I'd have to say they are the most annoying bastards I've ever seen, at least as far as spammers go. I'm waiting for the day when they get their come upppance. I hope I live to see it.

  24. Mandatory data plan requirements... on Sprint's $199 HTC EVO 4G Gets Release Date of June 4 · · Score: 1

    should be investigated by Congress -- just my opinion, but to force customers to pay an extra surcharge per month to buy the product should be illegal but only if it can be proved that all of the wireless providers colluded to force the customer into this racket. I think the odds of this being the case are high since every provider is perpetuating this scam.

    Case in point: I already have a work provided wireless device that provides a data plan, I don't need to pay an extra monthly fee on my personal mobile phone for another data plan.

    All of the wireless providers are requiring compulsary data plans in order to activate a smartphone or PDA now. It's my opinion that this should be illegal, but then I guess if it was a real lawyer would've started a class action lawsuit by now. I definately believe it enriches a small few and is not in the interest of consumers.

  25. You don't delete C, you insensitive clod! on Exam Board Deletes C and PHP From CompSci A-Levels · · Score: 1

    You free(3) the heap space associated with C and let the garbage collector do the rest!