Topics - Renegade [ switch to compact view ]

Pages: prev • 1 ... 156 157 158 159 160 [161] 162 163 164 165 166 ... 201 • next
801
Living Room / Softlayer Caves on Wikileaks Mirror
« on: December 23, 2010, 02:37 AM »
I know I'm not the only one that has servers with Softlayer.

mouser, is DC still at Softlayer after the migration?

Anyways, app103 posted this:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/weakest-links-host-buckles-when-upstream-provider

Again, thanks to app103 for the quick info!

If anyone wants to email Softlayer, feel free to cannibalize the email that I sent:

Email to Softlayer
Hello,

I am a long-time customer of The Planet/Softlayer and have 2 servers with you.

It has come to my attention that you have forced a Wikileaks mirror to close:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/weakest-links-host-buckles-when-upstream-provider

This is extremely disconcerting that you would bow to pressure to censor free-speech when nothing illegal has taken place. I believe that “innocent until proven guilty” should be familiar to you. Further, no charges have even been laid. The authorities don’t even know what charges to lay, probably because it’s not illegal in the first place.

The Planet/Softlayer has been a very good host for me, and I have appreciated the good service. This is the first time for me to be disappointed, and I am very deeply disappointed that you would bow to political pressure to silence free-speech.

Please, I urge you to reconsider and allow freedom of speech at the The Planet/Softlayer data centers.

Further, I would like to host a Wikileaks mirror on my servers there at The Planet/Softlayer. I would appreciate it if you would please get back to me with an affirmative answer.

Thank you for your time and attention to this sensitive issue.

Kind regards,

Ryan Smyth
http://renegademinds.com/



802
Living Room / Apple, Champion of Censorship
« on: December 22, 2010, 05:05 PM »
Sigh... These goons never cease to provide me with lots of material to rant about...

http://kewlaid.net/2010/12/22/apple-champion-of-censorship-yet-again/

Apple has come out as a champion of censorship and hero to fascists everywhere yet again as it pulls an independently produced Wikileaks application from its app store.

In a dazzling display of brilliant courage and fortitude, Apple stood up to rebel scum and free-thinkers everywhere, bravely pulling Igor Barinov’s “Wikileaks App” and thwarting villains and terrorists worldwide, letting you sleep easier at night knowing that the iPhone platform is yet again protected from the forces of darkness.

...


803
Living Room / DC Cool Sites List
« on: December 21, 2010, 10:28 AM »
I was just thinking that it would be cool if we could compile a list of sites (or things on the Internet) that are cool, educational, or simply "must sees". (No porn please.)

I think a few categories would be useful:

  • Entertainment
  • Educational
  • Useful
  • Political/Environmental/Social/Other

I'd probably rate sites only with a "MUST SEE" rating for exceptional sites.


Hopefully every few posts someone can collate them into 1 list for easy reference.

I'll start with a few I think are really good/great.

Educational
The Code Project
http://www.codeproject.com/

Educational *** MUST SEE
Wikipedia
http://www.wikipedia.com/

Entertainment
I Can Has Cheezburger
http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Entertainment
The Oatmeal
http://theoatmeal.com/

Entertainment
xkcd
http://xkcd.com/

Educational
Wikileaks
http://www.wikileaks.org/

Educational
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Educational/Entertainment
George Carlin
http://tinyurl.com/27kwdp4

(He's simply too smart and too funny for anyone to miss.)

Educational/Entertainment
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
http://www.venganza.org/

(If you don't love pirates, you're going to Hell.)

Educational/Political/Social
Food Inc.
http://www.foodincmovie.com/




Anyways, that's a short list of a few sites and things that I would recommend to people.

I've obviously missed a lot there, but hopefully some people can help fill in some blanks with more top notch sites.



804
Living Room / Scorecard Research Survey (NSFW) - Ed. Wordpress hacked?
« on: December 20, 2010, 11:16 PM »
<rant>

THOSE FUCKING DOUCHES!

I just ranted about my crappy Mac DVD drive, and then these douches (Scorecard Research) drop a survey on the site (http://kewlaid.net). It's hosted at Wordpress, so I'm pretty pissed with them as well.

Enraged that they'd put their crap on a site that I pay for, I had to use their contact form:

You dropped a survey into my site at http://kewlaid.net.

What the fuck makes you think that it's fucking ok to put your shit on MY FUCKING SITE THAT I FUCKING PAY FOR~!

I expect a fucking response.

Seriously. Isn't this criminal?

This is what they fucking did:

ScorecardResearchSurvey.png

Pissed. Very pissed.

</rant>

EDIT: Changed subject

805
Living Room / Flickr API Niceness
« on: December 20, 2010, 09:53 PM »
Well, I need to upload photos en masse, and Facebook just isn't working right, so I've decided to go with Flickr.

Now I check the API Key page, and see this (source):

First, we need to know whether or not your app is commercial.
Choose Non-Commercial if:

    * Your app doesn't make money.
    * Your app makes money, but you're a family-run, small, or independent business.
    * You're developing a product which is not currently commercial, but might be in the future.
    * You're building a personal website or blog where you are only using your own images.

APPLY FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL KEY
or
Choose Commercial if:

    * You or your agency works for a major brand.

AND one of the following:

    * You want to make a profit.
    * You charge a fee for your product or services.
    * You will bring Flickr content into your product and intend to sell those services.

APPLY FOR A COMMERCIAL KEY

At first I saw the button text, and kind of groaned, but read further.

Non-commercial includes:

* Your app makes money, but you're a family-run, small, or independent business.

Which really makes things a lot easier for a small guy like me. Lord knows that big business licenses can be overwhelming...

Anyways, just wanted to post that as it was something I thought was very nice of them.

Pages: prev • 1 ... 156 157 158 159 160 [161] 162 163 164 165 166 ... 201 • next
Go to full version