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  1. Re:And now... on DDoS From 4chan Hits MPAA and Anti-Piracy Website · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they tried a trick to turn some of the ddos traffic back onto itself?

  2. Open sourcing it all is a great PiratesBook on Facebook Competitor Diaspora Revealed · · Score: 1

    We should all help participate and support any open source initiative. I can't wait to see it working. The name is inspiring as an image of a great number of people migrating over in rebellion - but doesn't mean much alone, defined apart from FB, stand on its own merit, which would be better. So relies on FB popularity for meaning. Plus it sounds vaguely religious or biblical. RebelBook, PiratesBook, CorsarBook, PeaceWar perhaps.

  3. Real Life Death Games are not virtual, but inspire on 72% of US Adults Support Violent-Game Ban For Minors · · Score: 1

    Why do you need a law?

    So that only the gov't is allowed to distribute weapons, train killers, and give them orders to kill. Its called terrorism agression and violence, when THEM, EVIL PEOPLE do it, but becomes peace-keeping, heroism, self-sacrifice, when WE, GOOD PEOPLE do it. Better known as police, crime fighting, army, and war -- or terrorism, criminals etc when it is THEM..

    Sad to say, I do find some link between shooting in games and in real life. To verify, hang out in a games-cafe full of counter-strike kids, and look at police records for what happens in these places. Take the shooting games out, the fighting at the places stop. People have violence. The gov't sponsors violence. Corporations pay for enforcing their exploits through the use of violence, and enforce the law of their property rights by violence. Since the gov't sponsors violence, it's become very legal and fun and enjoyed by all. And a game.

  4. Nice idea but we need mass organized rebellion on UK ISPs To Pay 25% of Copyright Enforcement Costs · · Score: 1

    I'll be more than happy to bittorrent the equivalent value with my broadband connection.

    Rebellion, insurgency, or copyright civil disobedience challenges, we need organization to challenge laws and force change. Individually and stealthily we will never gain news headlines and legislators attention, except for these more-repressive laws. I already have a related suit so just saying "I piss on the law" is not funny anymore. The law will just piss on you if caught, end of story. The bottom line is there is a movement towards repressing all kinds of things via legal excuses. Games, downloading, internet use, open debate, anonymous whistleblowing, kids using the internet. I have a cybercafe, might have to pay 10,000 for defamation, to a lady who got an email sent from here Allowed people to use computers without getting ID, name, phone, etc. Local law says anyone accessing the internet had to be recorded and identified. Result - now I demand ID to use any computer. And kids can't use them at all. I no longer piss on the law, I actually enforce it, hating myself all the way. Why, because individual rebellion isn't rebellion, it's just being an outlaw. Group rebellion is rebellion. Gather 100 or 10,000 and openly copy trade DVD's full of MP3 in a public square, that's rebellion. Mount a public-download WIFI-bluetooth hotspot in a public square, with posters on the sidewalk.

  5. That's terrible on LucasFilm Sues Jedi Mind Over 'Jedi' · · Score: 4, Funny

    An idea thousands of years old, of wisdom and courage, co-opted and copyrighted by some 70's film as theirs.

  6. Re:terminated under duress on Searching For Backdoors From Rogue IT Staff · · Score: 1

    if you are an employee who is happy with your job, does that make you, gruntled?

    A grunt.

  7. Re:terminated under duress on Searching For Backdoors From Rogue IT Staff · · Score: 1

    So the solution, clearly, is never to hire anyone who in the future might cause you to have to resort to disciplinary action.

    Yep. Nobody said it was easy, but the alternative is worse.

  8. Re:Three words on Searching For Backdoors From Rogue IT Staff · · Score: 1

    The correct answer is "trust but verify,", aka "internal controls." You don't let one of your accountants sign your checks, so don't let your admins do anything without cognizance and review from another admin. Then it takes two people conspiring to screw you over, and if they both know it's better for them to catch the other screwing you over, you win.

    That works to an extent. You are not needing to trust anyone, it may become an environment where nobody trusts anyone. Plus it will double or triple labor costs. I prefer finding good people, creating a good environment, and assuming I can trust people. Just keeping a good nose for bad apples that eventually appear.

  9. Three other words on Searching For Backdoors From Rogue IT Staff · · Score: 1

    But really, the best thing to do is to treat your IT staff properly in the first place.

    The golden rule. It got that name with good reason.

  10. Cars are dangerous, period on Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    I find so many problems with private cars I think they should be outlawed. Risks is one of them. http://www.the-eggman.com/writings/death_stats.html

  11. Can it play fire truck sirens? on Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Actually these external speakers might make it to the mainstream. You can talk to pedestrians, the guy in the car in front, play siren sounds, music.

  12. Re:Formulas? on Lexmark Sues 24 Companies Over Toner-Cartridge Patents · · Score: 1

    All kinds of insane stuff can be patented, and it's time open source starts patenting lots of stuff too, because this nonsense isn't going away too soon.

  13. Re:Location on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1

    The codebook is tattooed on her palm.

    That's why she can't rub palms with any big powers, they might get excited and blow off some missiles.

  14. Re:Location on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1

    The broadcast is not the bit of interest. It's the thing recieving it that's interesting.

    Yeah, interesting security transmission method in plain sight.

  15. Google map it on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 3, Informative
  16. Re:Location on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 1

    When is the movie launch date?

  17. Re:Location on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Shouldn't it be possible to triangulate the position based on signal strength from multiple points, and just locate the tower, break in and see what the hardware attached to the transmitter does?

    Geesus effing sheist. Yep, that's it. By the way, the hardware attached to the transmitter may not do anything at all, just accept and retransmit codes to the receiving stations.

  18. Re:Obvious on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 4, Funny

    It runs windows and has is giving a warning that the antivirus needs updating.

  19. Re:Why does Ubuntu come with no games? on Windows 95 Turns 15 · · Score: 1

    I do think some people asked me to install "windo" basically because they wanted to run games and a drawing program like Paint. Didn't come preinstalled. By this time the entire neighborhood had been there trying to install their games on the preloaded Mandriva system, and they had called me specifically to install windows - no other option would do.

  20. Horn? That's for killing old ladies. on Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what the horn is for?

    That's to lean on with full might at the last minute while applying screeching brakes attempting to kill the pedestrian of regular heart attack, while claiming full innocence. Lawyerly weaponry. Especially if you upgraded to those trucklike horns that make the entire neighborhood know you just killed a another lady with the heart attack braking technique.

  21. Re:Only Priuses? on Toyota Adds External Speakers To Warn Pedestrians · · Score: 4, Funny

    And do they go VROOM VROOM? That sound that legacy engines used to make, sort of like a SteamPunk car sound effect? I wonder if you can install a tailpipe and make real smoke, and get a radiator full of hot water and stuff. These electric engines are just so boring, they make no noises with water steam smoke etc like cars used to.

  22. Re:Lawsuits or not, it's sort-of Linux and Java on Samsung Galaxy Tablet Coming In September · · Score: 1

    As you can tell, it is very limited.

    That's ok, but does it run on Linux?

  23. Data privacy for all, or none on RIAA President Says Copyright Law "Isn't Working" · · Score: 1

    We need to link data privacy with financial privacy. And make these things law, either allowed for all, or for none. I don't see why is it that a company can gather your browsing data and sell it, but the banks can't gather the financial data of politicians or executives and sell it. So if a government branch or company can buy my info, we can buy info on an executive, or representative, too.

  24. Re:Lawsuits or not, it's sort-of Linux and Java on Samsung Galaxy Tablet Coming In September · · Score: 1

    Of course they are. All stores. The Salvation Army, the ice-cream cart, will all sell android phones too. With Linux and Java programming manuals. That's exactly what was meant, as anyone can tell.

  25. It's sort-of Linux and Java on Samsung Galaxy Tablet Coming In September · · Score: 1

    Well I was just wondering whether these should be considered a Linux system, or just a phone? Either way, it isn't wintel, so that's nice.