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Apparently true...-IainB (July 27, 2013, 02:36 AM)
@Renegade: The Detroit street view thing was silly-funny, but you know, there's probably more than a grain of truth in there somewhere...
Nice-looking leafy suburb, Belvidere St in Detroit.-IainB (July 27, 2013, 04:29 AM)
Truly, idiocy has no bounds.
Best way to make something popular is to try outlawing it.
That's why some movies fight to get an R rather than a PG rating. The lure of getting to see something "inappropriate" is a powerful incentive for the 14-25 year old market segment.-40hz (July 26, 2013, 11:06 PM)
While there are often disputes over what age rating films should be awarded, New Zealand’s censors have just gone a step further by banning a horror film from any kind of public distribution. The censors say that Maniac, a serial killer flick starring Elijah Wood, is potentially “injurious to the public good” and cannot be shown in theaters or released on DVD. Maniac’s distributor says that the banning is an “invitation to piracy” and the signs are that’s exactly what’s happening.
maniacOne of the most obvious signs of censorship in entertainment is the ratings system. The US has the MPAA, the UK has the British Board of Film Censors and New Zealand has The Office of Film and Literature Classification. They all have an influence over who can see what and are often dragged into controversy as a result. For the Kiwi censors, yesterday was one of those days.
Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who could force a bank ATM to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, has died in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office said Jack died in the city on Thursday. It gave no details. He was believed to be in his mid-30s.
Jack was due to appear at the Black Hat hacking convention in Las Vegas next week, demonstrating techniques for remotely attacking implanted heart devices. He said he could kill a man from 30 feet away.
^No...the Russians wouldn't just hand him over. But they said nothing about not selling him back.-40hz (July 26, 2013, 01:42 PM)
...And ^that^ was today's watersports report!-Stoic Joker (July 26, 2013, 11:54 AM)
the problem isn't really the pictures themselves...it's the intent behind them.-Stoic Joker (July 26, 2013, 11:29 AM)
A disturbing trend is unfolding where some entity is attempting to frame prominent anti-establishment activists and alternative media organizations with child pornography.
These activists are being sent emails with malicious attachments containing images of child porn in a seeming attempt to discredit them or set them up for arrest.
Two weeks ago Luke Rudkowski of WeAreChange.org was sent an email from a @tormail domain with attachments containing child porn.
only a .22 LR single shot... Not sure that'll do the trick...-Renegade (July 26, 2013, 03:57 AM)
One lawyer at a time... Henry The Sixth, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2, 71–78...-x16wda (July 26, 2013, 05:40 AM)
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
pffft, they're probably printing scads of lawyers as we speak-Target (July 26, 2013, 02:02 AM)
and there's no way the patent trolls would be camping on these-Target (July 26, 2013, 01:28 AM)
Well, the firing pin is a 1" nail, but close enough. Laser Sintering 3D Printing Patents Expiring in 2014
Next year, one of the most promising 3D printing technologies will be blown wide open and accessible to hobbyists.
The popular narrative around 3D printers is that, at some point in the near future, a desktop printer in every home will revolutionize manufacturing as we know it. 3D printers are already revolutionary products--most of them are still just a little too pricey, and more importantly, just a little too hard to use, to see that mass adoption. But prices are falling dramatically quickly, and there's a good chance 2014 will see some of the biggest 3D printing shakeups yet. Some major 3D printing patents are set to expire.
Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form.
The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in surveillance techniques that has not previously been disclosed.
If the government is able to determine a person's password, which is typically stored in encrypted form, the credential could be used to log in to an account to peruse confidential correspondence or even impersonate the user. Obtaining it also would aid in deciphering encrypted devices in situations where passwords are reused.
Another article I just read states this was a good thing because it was so close of a vote. Their thinking is once the word gets out who voted against it, they will get voted out on the next election, bringing in more politicians that won't support it (or claim to anyway) and eventually getting all this invasion of the U.S. Constitution crap repealed.-Tinman57 (July 25, 2013, 08:17 PM)
