This is why, from 1996 to approximately 1999, Slashdot, with its feared cyberterror weapon "the Slashdotting", was widely considered the most powerful organization on earth.
Eh? How would he release the info? Unless the Secret Service is as dumb as he is, he was probably whisked off to the "interview" as soon as he got off the plane, and then arrested. He hasn't been unsupervised since he set foot in the US.
Is this the beginning of the end of SOPA? EA, Sony, Nintendo and others pulling support. Maybe the ESA itself will pull support if enough of its members do. I hear Microsoft and other ESA members are pressuring them to abandon SOPA...
Do you have any idea how many different subjects Congress has to deal with? Do you really expect the members of Congress, elected from the general public, to be experts in all of those areas? If YOU were elected to Congress, how many areas are YOU an expert in?
I can't speak for Congress, but I was an elected member of a city council in my lifetime.
I can honestly say that my real area of expertise is computers...everywhere else, I was decidedly weak in knowledge, at least compared to experts.
So when a bylaw crossed our desk that I didn't fully understand...I did my FUCKING JOB and worked my fucking balls off doing research to make goddamn sure I understood what the bylaw was proposing, and why I should vote for it (or, conversely, vote against it).
Seriously, it is their fucking JOB to figure out enough to know whether or not a law should be voted for or against, not what some asshole with a suitcase of money tells them to do. You don't have to be an expert to learn enough about a topic to make a sound decision.
Well, it is just about the same size as the first iPad. I got a Griffin folio-style case designed for the iPad 1 for $5 from Verizon. It's a perfect fit for the Touchpad.
Slashdot Mirror
Batman > Superman
This is why, from 1996 to approximately 1999, Slashdot, with its feared cyberterror weapon "the Slashdotting", was widely considered the most powerful organization on earth.
"RELEASE THE SLASHDOT!!"
>>...move asteroids into Earth orbit for mining. Imagine if we had a Fukushima/B.P. incident with one of those?
Ok, I'll bite.
If an asteroid suddenly started spewing huge amounts of crude oil into outer space, I think there would suddenly be funding for NASA.
If an asteroid released a small amount of radiation into outer space... nobody would notice.
If an asteroid the size of Kansas fell out of the sky because some contractor screwed up the orbital insertion, I think a lot of people would notice.
Ok, you win at the internet.
Gary Larson figured this out ages ago.
It's a pain in the ass when they come out of nowhere while you're mining.
They know their shit. Solid scientists.
So, this is what they mean by "lights-out datacenter".
This little guy might have benefited from some body armor.
Looks like he didn't need it. He lived another 17 years after completing his mission. Incredible story; I hadn't heard it before. Thanks for the link.
Why haven't these police officers been arrested?
Arrested by who? Their peers who do not want to be videotaped either?
By metacops, naturally.
But who metas the metacops?
The Obsidian Order.
Two words: Atomic Hobo.
Hobo With A Warhead
Eh? How would he release the info? Unless the Secret Service is as dumb as he is, he was probably whisked off to the "interview" as soon as he got off the plane, and then arrested. He hasn't been unsupervised since he set foot in the US.
Ummm, the USSR hasn't been in business for like, um, 20 years? You need to get out more.
Not if Putin has his way. He's gunning for a Soviet reUnion. 'This week he has unveiled a grand vision to create a “Eurasian Union” linking old Soviet neighbours, foreseeing a “powerful, supranational union, capable of becoming one of the poles of the modern world”.'
I wish I had mod points. Awesome.
Is this the beginning of the end of SOPA? EA, Sony, Nintendo and others pulling support. Maybe the ESA itself will pull support if enough of its members do. I hear Microsoft and other ESA members are pressuring them to abandon SOPA...
Do you have any idea how many different subjects Congress has to deal with? Do you really expect the members of Congress, elected from the general public, to be experts in all of those areas? If YOU were elected to Congress, how many areas are YOU an expert in?
I can't speak for Congress, but I was an elected member of a city council in my lifetime.
I can honestly say that my real area of expertise is computers...everywhere else, I was decidedly weak in knowledge, at least compared to experts.
So when a bylaw crossed our desk that I didn't fully understand...I did my FUCKING JOB and worked my fucking balls off doing research to make goddamn sure I understood what the bylaw was proposing, and why I should vote for it (or, conversely, vote against it).
Seriously, it is their fucking JOB to figure out enough to know whether or not a law should be voted for or against, not what some asshole with a suitcase of money tells them to do. You don't have to be an expert to learn enough about a topic to make a sound decision.
Slashdot needs to go to eleven. +11 Excellent
If anyone is surprised by this, they don't know Sony.
But then you are tied to Red Hat.
If you don't want to be tied to Red Hat, you won't buy Red Hat in the first place.
Therefore, the test of my new tinfoil hat design was a resounding success!
I too giggle at the humorous sound effects in nethack.
If I had mod points, I'd +1 this for the use of "Dan Brown" as a verb.
Well, it is just about the same size as the first iPad. I got a Griffin folio-style case designed for the iPad 1 for $5 from Verizon. It's a perfect fit for the Touchpad.
I don't care. I got a Touchpad for $99!
whee ;-)
For those of us on T-Mobile without a data plan, they just rolled out a new opt-out pay-as-you-go plan: $1.99/MB.
$2/MB? That's insane. If you accidentally stream one song from Google Music over 3G instead of wifi, there goes $10.
Yes, rant!