I'll bet just getting this posted on Slashdot, where it will be discussed by a large number of people, and then probably linked to on numerous blogs and message boards, might do the trick on it's own.
To all those saying he should email consumerist: Give/. some credit.
Agreed. I currently have one of the first intel macbooks. It's got two 2ghz processors and 2GB of RAM (unfortunately I can't put in more, or I would.)
I can browse the internet, watch movies, and type up papers just fine. Parallels takes up a huge chunk of processor power and ram, but if I close most of my other programs it runs fine. The battery will eventually go, but I just got my first battery replaced under applecare, so I've probably got another two years until it needs replaced again.
I'm happy with it, and I think it'll last me at least another two or three years, barring some sort of catastrophic parts failure, for a grand total of between four and five years use.
Agreed. While I verhemently don't want to see Palin elected, I'd be interested in comparing numbers with how much is spent on McCain's wardrobe (Or Obama's) before passing judgement. All those fancy suits and ties probably add up fast.
If the soundtrack featured "Hallowed Be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden, would the game be delayed? Would we be having this dicussion?
No.
If this was an attempt to negatively portray Islam, I'd agree with removing it - hate speech should not be being disseminated by any company with half a brain. But to remove content simply because of a vocal minority (especially one that is not usually even part of the target audience) is absurd!
How exactly are these searches done? I keep personal stuff in a small encrypted disk image on my Macbook. It's just like any other file except when you double click it, it asks for a password.
Is it really even likely the TSA would look through my files that closely? I'd think they'd just go into my movies and my pictures and do a cursory exam of the filenames to make sure there's nothing suspicious. I really doubt they'd take the time to randomly image my hard drive, and if they did that they wouldn't notice the encrypted volume until I was gone anyways.
I was required to read 1894 or Brave New World my senior year of high school, the same with everyone in the state of Pennsylvania the same age. I doubt this has changed in 3 years.
It sounds to me like it stores a primary key which corresponds to a database entry on you, rather than storing your personal information. If this is the case, I don't see the huge deal.
I'm being serious... something was not there, then suddenly appeared. Obviously it's a very unlikely possibility, one that may never be able to be disproved (and thus a theory to be taken with a grain of salt) but I have to admit that the first thought I had when they said the object "mysteriously appeared" was like in the preview I saw for The Day the Earth Stood Still... scientists spot an object assumed to be a meteor, but decide it will miss earth. Then they notice it's changing it's course...
Let's say I'm some random person. I've uploaded an anti-scientology video, using Tor. The video is taken down due to DCMA complaint. I respond with a fake name/address on the complaint and allege ownership. Wouldn't the video get reinstated, and scientology not have my name? (As long as a real world name/address combo was used, it'd be basically untracable.)
Hell, what's to stop anyone from doing this? From what I've read, the document you sign says you agree under penalty of perjury you are the work's OWNER, not that the name you are using is real.
You truly believe hearing something that you find offensive is harmful enough to warrant restraining free speech? Your ignorance astounds me. There is a HUGE difference between yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater and yelling "FUCK BUSH" in a crowded theater: one endangers lives, one only causes unpleasant sensations that cannot be independently measured.
It's called Sex Panther by Odeon. It's illegal in nine countries... Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good. They've done studies, you know. Sixty percent of the time, it works every time.
I take it a step further and use mailinator. All you do is enter a username, no password. (obviously you should take pains to make your email unique so no one else uses your inbox)
All you do is type in say, cowboyneal@mailinator.com on some service you suspect will spam you. Then you can get the validation url or whatever it is the site sends, and you're good to go.
What I wonder is if this is sponsored by the Russian government, or simply a bunch of nationalist hackers.
Somehow I think the Russians have more pressing military objectives than taking down the "personal website" of Gerogia's president. Wouldn't a military attack focus on logistical systems rather than propaganda targets?
I don't know about other states, but here in PA trespassing works like this:
If there is no sign, or there's some other reasonable thing that makes you think entry is ok (for example, the property in question is a business and has signs advertising goods or services), you may enter, and as long as you leave when asked, you are not trespassing. If you refuse to leave, you'll be arrested. The property owner can then ban you from their property. You'd be served with a letter giving the address, and property owner, and be formally told you are prohibited.
If a no trespassing sign is posted, entry is automatically trespassing, end of stort. The couple absolutely has the right to sue - Google is profiting (via ad revenue) from pictures obtained illegally.
I would have never watched a bootleg of this film. I wanted a quality Batman experience, not some fuzzy handcam crap. Will I download the bootleg so I can watch repeatedly without paying out the ass at the theater between now and the DVD release? Maybe. But anyone who skips the theater to see a bootleg of a movie of such quality as The Dark Knight is ultimately only hurting themselves.
I don't really think there's much quality difference, at least in undergrad. I go to University of Pittsburgh, and the only real difference I see in my friends up the street at CMU is that they have better facilities, a larger library, etc. If anything, a lot of my friends got stuck with crappy professors who cared about nothing but research and just droned from a book for 45 minutes twice a week in larger average class sizes.
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I'll bet just getting this posted on Slashdot, where it will be discussed by a large number of people, and then probably linked to on numerous blogs and message boards, might do the trick on it's own. To all those saying he should email consumerist: Give /. some credit.
Agreed. I currently have one of the first intel macbooks. It's got two 2ghz processors and 2GB of RAM (unfortunately I can't put in more, or I would.) I can browse the internet, watch movies, and type up papers just fine. Parallels takes up a huge chunk of processor power and ram, but if I close most of my other programs it runs fine. The battery will eventually go, but I just got my first battery replaced under applecare, so I've probably got another two years until it needs replaced again. I'm happy with it, and I think it'll last me at least another two or three years, barring some sort of catastrophic parts failure, for a grand total of between four and five years use.
my macbook has ssh too
Agreed. While I verhemently don't want to see Palin elected, I'd be interested in comparing numbers with how much is spent on McCain's wardrobe (Or Obama's) before passing judgement. All those fancy suits and ties probably add up fast.
If the soundtrack featured "Hallowed Be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden, would the game be delayed? Would we be having this dicussion?
No.
If this was an attempt to negatively portray Islam, I'd agree with removing it - hate speech should not be being disseminated by any company with half a brain. But to remove content simply because of a vocal minority (especially one that is not usually even part of the target audience) is absurd!
How exactly are these searches done? I keep personal stuff in a small encrypted disk image on my Macbook. It's just like any other file except when you double click it, it asks for a password. Is it really even likely the TSA would look through my files that closely? I'd think they'd just go into my movies and my pictures and do a cursory exam of the filenames to make sure there's nothing suspicious. I really doubt they'd take the time to randomly image my hard drive, and if they did that they wouldn't notice the encrypted volume until I was gone anyways.
Wouldn't the FBI have subpoenaed the proxy host anyways, even if he hadn't confessed?
This is why you use multiple proxies (Tor is nice) and make sure some of them are in foreign countries.
I was required to read 1894 or Brave New World my senior year of high school, the same with everyone in the state of Pennsylvania the same age. I doubt this has changed in 3 years.
It sounds to me like it stores a primary key which corresponds to a database entry on you, rather than storing your personal information. If this is the case, I don't see the huge deal.
Have we ruled out aliens?
I'm being serious... something was not there, then suddenly appeared. Obviously it's a very unlikely possibility, one that may never be able to be disproved (and thus a theory to be taken with a grain of salt) but I have to admit that the first thought I had when they said the object "mysteriously appeared" was like in the preview I saw for The Day the Earth Stood Still... scientists spot an object assumed to be a meteor, but decide it will miss earth. Then they notice it's changing it's course...
OSX also does that little shrinking animation when you minimize a window. I wonder if the same flaw is in OSX?
Let's say I'm some random person. I've uploaded an anti-scientology video, using Tor. The video is taken down due to DCMA complaint. I respond with a fake name/address on the complaint and allege ownership. Wouldn't the video get reinstated, and scientology not have my name? (As long as a real world name/address combo was used, it'd be basically untracable.)
Hell, what's to stop anyone from doing this? From what I've read, the document you sign says you agree under penalty of perjury you are the work's OWNER, not that the name you are using is real.
You truly believe hearing something that you find offensive is harmful enough to warrant restraining free speech? Your ignorance astounds me. There is a HUGE difference between yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater and yelling "FUCK BUSH" in a crowded theater: one endangers lives, one only causes unpleasant sensations that cannot be independently measured.
It's called Sex Panther by Odeon. It's illegal in nine countries... Yep, it's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good. They've done studies, you know. Sixty percent of the time, it works every time.
Winos leave dark matter outside my apartment all the time!
We already approached this question in Victorian times (Women were campaigning for suffrage since 1845).
And we all knew the result: Emancipation for the black man in 1863, while women didn't have the right to vote until 1920.
History repeats itself, wait and see.
Is Comcast going to give me a way to monitor my usage? My cell phone company allows me to call a number and see how many minutes/texts I have left.
If anyone knows of such software (or maybe a firefox plugin) I'd be interested.
The future will be more futuristic than previously imagined.
To the RIAA's credit, they were trying to serve the _real_ CMU.
I take it a step further and use mailinator. All you do is enter a username, no password. (obviously you should take pains to make your email unique so no one else uses your inbox)
All you do is type in say, cowboyneal@mailinator.com on some service you suspect will spam you. Then you can get the validation url or whatever it is the site sends, and you're good to go.
Actually the line was "My voice is my passport." in Sneakers.
Turn in your robe and wizard hat. You have been dismissed from the geek squad.
What I wonder is if this is sponsored by the Russian government, or simply a bunch of nationalist hackers. Somehow I think the Russians have more pressing military objectives than taking down the "personal website" of Gerogia's president. Wouldn't a military attack focus on logistical systems rather than propaganda targets?
I don't know about other states, but here in PA trespassing works like this: If there is no sign, or there's some other reasonable thing that makes you think entry is ok (for example, the property in question is a business and has signs advertising goods or services), you may enter, and as long as you leave when asked, you are not trespassing. If you refuse to leave, you'll be arrested. The property owner can then ban you from their property. You'd be served with a letter giving the address, and property owner, and be formally told you are prohibited. If a no trespassing sign is posted, entry is automatically trespassing, end of stort. The couple absolutely has the right to sue - Google is profiting (via ad revenue) from pictures obtained illegally.
I would have never watched a bootleg of this film. I wanted a quality Batman experience, not some fuzzy handcam crap. Will I download the bootleg so I can watch repeatedly without paying out the ass at the theater between now and the DVD release? Maybe. But anyone who skips the theater to see a bootleg of a movie of such quality as The Dark Knight is ultimately only hurting themselves.
I don't really think there's much quality difference, at least in undergrad. I go to University of Pittsburgh, and the only real difference I see in my friends up the street at CMU is that they have better facilities, a larger library, etc. If anything, a lot of my friends got stuck with crappy professors who cared about nothing but research and just droned from a book for 45 minutes twice a week in larger average class sizes.
Oh, and they pay more too.