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  1. Re:"Underweb" on Site Aims To Be the "Google" of the Underweb · · Score: 1

    slashdotted

  2. Re:Basic Human Rights on India OKs Censoring Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo · · Score: 1

    Well here is my gripe okay, the US has a few more years left in it before china takes the scene.

    How can one preach capitalism as the best way to live if their biggest outstanding debt is owed to a communist nation. I'm no commy but unless that changes inevitability will show its ugly face.

    Start listening to Ron Paul, he has what some may call pub politics but 1 maybe 2 more terms of the same shit that's already at play and the dollar which is already pretty shit will sink and that 14 trillion debt will so be 20 / 30 trillion, it may or may not start a war but it will turn the USA into the country everyone outsources too.

    Here is some perspective 8 per hr will get a good Indian developer. 3 years ago same quality was 30 per hour out of the US. Now I can obtain development labor out of the US for 20 at the same level. India is now asking for payment in our currency not caring about the USD anymore ... Soon I'll have to pay 8 my own currency too keep my team, that equates to nearly 10 us ph.

    Devaluing to USD any further and presto all of a sudden your having Japanese cars made in the states (started to already happen), call centers opening up in the states needing to speak Asian languages ... 5 - 10 years max.

  3. Re:Basic Human Rights on India OKs Censoring Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo · · Score: 1

    Are we talking the Vietnam war or Korean war? Oh that's right the Korean conflict ... Sorry ... Another war where the US failed it's mission.

    Don't give me the consolation prize speach either, US is supposed to be the worlds most powerful country remember?

  4. Re:Basic Human Rights on India OKs Censoring Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India

    Don't worry though bro, the indian outsourced call centres will eventually make it too US shores soon enough... All in the name of intervention.

  5. Re:Basic Human Rights on India OKs Censoring Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo · · Score: 1

    America intervened at Vietnam and look how that turned out.

    Startrek had it right and what the USA needs to do is replace their first amendment with the prime directive.

    And come on Americans wipe their ass on freedom of speech all the time, look at Ron Pauls campaign for GOP.

  6. Re:Basic Human Rights on India OKs Censoring Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo · · Score: 1

    I'm talking about intervention from another nation. You can't take the high road on one issue yet ignore the other - to do that is disingenuous.

    As for living the poor life, I speak from experience as well knowing that on the streets of india new borne babies die of starvation every single day.

  7. Re:Basic Human Rights on India OKs Censoring Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Wow how insightful, hypocritical child, it's a third world country where most of them are starving and your arking up over human rights when their Internet gets blocked? ... And you wonder why the rest of the world hates you so.

    My advice to other Americans on the same malfunctioning brainwave as this git, get some fuckin perspective before you end up living in 3rd world country yourselves.

  8. Re:Thump! on Carmakers Prepare For Augmented Reality Driving · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of cloud computing before it was called such. On demand computing was the term, now it's cloud ....

    Same thing here, I remember seeing this car dash 'augmented reality' on Beyond 2000 just a different name. Just goes to show how slow the car industry is at bringing out new features ...

  9. Re:Wow... on Paul Ceglia Fined $5,000 In Facebook Case · · Score: 1

    There were also references too Linus Tovalds in the film making Swordfish even awesomer. Sneakers was had ultimate awesomeness IMHO but puts Swordfish in at a close second, the Hally Berry topless scene solidifying its coolailty.

  10. Re:Blatant Abuse on Paul Ceglia Fined $5,000 In Facebook Case · · Score: 1

    Nonononono .... haven't you heard abuse of the legal system keeps everyone in the job. You can't punish those that provide meaningless busy work for public servants, lawyers and in criminal cases cops.

  11. Re:Wow... on Paul Ceglia Fined $5,000 In Facebook Case · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just think its because nobody really gives a shit.

    Everyone saw the Movie already, it goes for far too long and pins Mark Zuckker to be some sort of prodigal computer genius that can hack Harvard web servers using wget.

    I still think the scene from Swordfish (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfy5dFhw3ik ) was way awesomer than anything Social Networking had to offer.

  12. Re:Not vapourware! on Raspberry Pi Has Gone To Manufacturing · · Score: 3, Funny

    Err.... isn't the standard /. pun "yes but does it run linux?" now what? "yes but does it run windows?"

    For $25 and Linux focused I'm sure Android and Chrome will work just fine. As for OSX, are you talking about making a Hackintosh? please, Apple only supports its own handful of devices/vendors so much to infer your comment must be nothing more than a joke! If you said (f/o/n)BSD then perhaps you'd get my vote.

  13. Re:Poor analysis - its film not the camera itself on Kodak Failing, But Camera Phones Not To Blame · · Score: 1

    It's not as if the entire blacksmithing industry has totally disappeared either. Niche stuff will always have a place.

  14. Re:Poor analysis - its film not the camera itself on Kodak Failing, But Camera Phones Not To Blame · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Kodak going broke?? No kidding!

    I guess that's what happens when you refuse to change your horseshoe factories into tyre making factories after people invent cars.

  15. Re:Get over it on SOPA Makes Strange Bedfellows · · Score: 3

    You're an idiot. Sheep. Fool. Moron ... Damn there are plenty of words out there that describe people like you ... The best word would be naive.

  16. Re:Nope.. on Symantec Looks Into Claims of Stolen Source Code · · Score: 2

    I'm working with an iPad here!! it's hard enough to type comments alone rather than having to check my grammar as well!

  17. Re:Nope.. on Symantec Looks Into Claims of Stolen Source Code · · Score: 1

    Update says 4 or 5 years ago, which one is it!? Don't you people timestamp your version trees?

    Besides other than virus updates I'd suspect not a hell of a lot of the core would of changed, shrugging it off "oh it was old code who cares" inst fooling me ... j00r b4s3 belongs too ...someone I guess ... heh :)

  18. Re:Free software wouldn't have helped on Why Richard Stallman Was Right All Along · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article is flawed because the author listens to conspiracy theory bullshit and fails to do proper research on the NDAA.

    http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1867pcs/pdf/BILLS-112s1867pcs.pdf

    Section 1032 page 362. The bit about it not applying to US citizens.

  19. Re:The actual damages... on Actual Damages For 1 Download = Cost of a 1 License · · Score: 1

    Copyright is the rights of copying intellectual property, simple when you break it down.

    I believe that if I downloaded a piece of software worth $100 then the owner really is only entitled to sue me for $100. If I distribute illegal software and deprive the copyright holder 10 sales he/she should only be able to sue for $1000.

    Take this shit to Judge Judy put in small claims category and fuck these money grubbing control freaks that impose ridiculas fines and penalties. Punish, who for what? Last time I checked Microsoft is still a big fuckin software company and Harry Potter made $1.3b at the box office.

    Name one brand or company that went broke at the hands of piracy I dare you!

  20. Re:How about... on What Microsoft Should and Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720 · · Score: 1

    I'm a 360 gamer, not really the best gamer but I like my occasional game of COD. I've played it on the PS and thought nothing different from the two.

    One thing I can't for the life of me is understand the infatuation with mobile games android or iwhatever. There are 1000s of games all of which could be categorized under a dozen or so different types, astroid wannabe, tetris wannabe, mahjong wannabe, card games, angry birds / angry birds wannabe, board games.

    PC gaming is becoming rarer though you get slight graphical and performance advantages it hardly holds a mainstream market anymore.

    I say Sony and Microsoft keep doing what they are doing and that is keep holding the high standard they have against each other by offering low cost solutions that anyone can afford and stay ahead of the curve while doing it, other than the nit picking I hear from the occasional non-gamer about overheating or bad DVD drives which really means fuck all since both consoles are mature enough to be fairly stable out of the box.

    My only gripe is the separation of networks PSN and XBox Live, how wicked would it be if they were linked in someway.

  21. Re:"Selective" Memory on New Study Finds People Remember More Than They Think · · Score: 1

    Being a martial arts teacher, this is the basis to our training. Repetitive training of movement is retraining the autonomic nervous system, stimulus (aggressive postures from an opponent) triggers an instinctive response (defense).

    The concept behind this is that the delay made by conscious thinking becomes a problem / liability to your capability to defend yourself, your unconscious self circumvents the delay, sort of like UDMA between your HDD and RAM, if you have to pass the data via the CPU it causes a delay ....

    The trick is to rely on prereferral vision, seeing movement via prereferral vision triggers the autonomic movement and therefore faster then thinking 'block, block, parry, counter'
       

  22. Re:"Selective" Memory on New Study Finds People Remember More Than They Think · · Score: 2

    I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact we remember more than we think ... Isn't memories a form of thinking ... Therefore you can't remember more than you think because thinking is the act of recalling the memory you've thought of?

  23. Re:Garbage on Google Pulls the Plug On BlackBerry Gmail App · · Score: 1

    Nor Zimbra or ME for that matter! BB all in all is a pain in the ass for most collaboration apps that isn't MS. Collaborative email products give BB about the same amount support that grandma's tits get wearing tube top without a bra ...

  24. Re:There's no good guys here on Australia's Biggest Airline Grounds Its Entire Fleet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One word ..... Ansett

    The same board of directors that ran Ansett sit on the board of Qantas. Read between the lines, cutting cost / slicing up and selling chunks of the business is an attempt for those very same directors to pocket a little extra cash!

    Since when did running a business mean you can ruin lives destroy a proud Australian brand? Those parasites sitting on the board are SELLING assets and pocketing commissions in the process, look at what's happening to the frequent flyer program it's going to Jet Star, WTF?

    I understand the union strike, it's well placed and frankly if you're a worker whose proud to wear the Qantas uniform and go to work each day then suddenly have his livelihood destroyed and self pride, I'd be there backing you up!

    Did you see the eyes on the CEO when he made the announcement, that asswipe is truly butt hurt and so he should be. He didn't expect the unions to bitch slap him for six!

     

  25. Re:Sensationalist Bullshit on WoW To Add Avenue For Real-Money Gold Buying · · Score: 1

    Obviously blizzard is establishing some of stimulus package for Orgrimmer. Those lazy ass trolls keep up with the protesting out the front of the AH there's gonna be trouble!