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And, in response to Rep. Mike Rogers' accusation that CISPA opponents are just "14 year-old tweeter(s) in the basement", we thought we'd also challenge Rep. Rogers to get on live national television and debate a 14 year-old in a basement on CISPA. The search for the 14 year-old begins. Are you or do you know a 14 year-old who could totally school a congressman on this issue? Please forward this email to them!-Tinman57 (April 19, 2013, 07:30 PM)
This part is epic!-TaoPhoenix (April 20, 2013, 12:38 AM)
...(I don't see how she sleeps at night).-kyrathaba (April 19, 2013, 12:54 PM)
Jokes aside, for certain people of which I think I am one, Caffeine/etc doesn't produce a caricature "wired-hyper" effect, not in the first X cups. Instead it brings us back to "normal-ish" functioning so that yes, unless you take it after X pm at night, you can sleep just fine. It has to do with that certain brain centers just aren't firing at all, so the caffeine just fixes stuff, without the comedic jokes about being hyper.-TaoPhoenix (April 19, 2013, 01:06 PM)
It's harder than he makes it look, practice would probably make a difference. Strength is also a factor.
It took me a while but I had to see for myself.-AndyM (April 20, 2013, 11:27 AM)
I mean the entire article is a fake. It's satire. It's not a real article. It's something from The Onion or a similar satire "news" site. Notice how it's an image, and not even a link to a real text and photo article?
No date, no links, even the URL in the "article" gives a 404 error. It's a fake.
But it is pretty humorous.
-Deozaan (April 19, 2013, 04:33 PM)
I couldn't get yebol to come up. Mamma is still there, though...-kyrathaba (April 19, 2013, 08:25 AM)
Java 8 release delayed until next year
The new version of standard Java was due this September, but the need for more work on security issues and Project Lambda have pushed the release date back to the first quarter of 2014.
SmartDeblur restores blurred images, indulges CSI fantasies
Cellphone cameras make amateur photographers out of all of us. We can relate to making blurred photos, which we normally then delete and forget about. But sometimes those blurry photos contain important information that we must retrieve. In these instances, it might be worth firing up the free SmartDeblur to see if it can work its magic on the picture. Note: The "Download Now" button on the Product Information page takes you to the vendor's site, where you can download the latest version of the software.
It's just remarkable how many video converters, cutters, etc., are out there. The space is flooded, yet people continue to create more of them, and even try to sell them.-CWuestefeld (April 19, 2013, 12:04 PM)
It’s time to get pissed. The U.S. law that would turn Google, Facebook, and Twitter into legally immune government spies just passed the House.
We expected CISPA to pass; that's why this spring, we’re going to organize the largest online privacy protest in history to make sure CISPA is gone for good.
And, in response to Rep. Mike Rogers' accusation that CISPA opponents are just "14 year-old tweeter(s) in the basement", we thought we'd also challenge Rep. Rogers to get on live national television and debate a 14 year-old in a basement on CISPA. The search for the 14 year-old begins. Are you or do you know a 14 year-old who could totally school a congressman on this issue? Please forward this email to them!
This bill affects everyone -- not just U.S. citizens. Anyone with a Facebook account could now have their data shipped directly to the U.S. government. That's why Internet users overwhelmingly oppose this bill. Over 1.5 million people signed petitions against it. But Congress didn’t listen.
Does this remind you of something? Yep, this is the exact position we were in with SOPA last year. Then the Internet rose up and we made history with the SOPA strike.
Join the largest online privacy protest in history to make sure CISPA goes the same route as SOPA and doesn’t become the law that breaks the 4th Amendment. Are you in?
CISPA threatens our most basic rights. Privacy is important not just for our security but for our rights to freedom of expression. The giant tech companies that stood with Internet users against SOPA are not going to help us this time (but some of the large sites like Mozilla, Imgur, and Reddit are all against CISPA and we love them).
Only a massive grassroots outcry will stop this bill. We’re starting to build the tools. But we need your help.
Hmm, I thought that I posted a link to CISPA passing the US House, but now I can't find it.-TaoPhoenix (April 18, 2013, 07:49 PM)
No offense to anyone, I am hardly an expert at anything myself.
But really, why is their and there, your and you're so difficult?-rgdot (April 18, 2013, 01:54 PM)
tinman57 -
BlackBoxSearch.com is a maker of optical fiber test equipment. BlackBoxSearch.org and BlackBoxSearch.net go to an employment site. Do you have a URL for the BlackBoxSearch service?-KRSMAV (April 17, 2013, 08:12 AM)
It looks like a pretty awesome website. I'm sending out links to it in my "istuff" newsletter.....-Tinman57 (April 16, 2013, 08:33 PM)
(Faux Rabid Madman)
"Not good enough! Sign up yourself! Now!"
But yes, thank you! Yes, the retro design has come up a few times. But have at it! Post a couple of story comments!-TaoPhoenix (April 16, 2013, 08:34 PM)
CISPA sponsor Rep. Mike Rogers said something on camera that he will probably regret for a long time.
Rep. Mike Rogers admits that CISPA helps rich tech CEOs, then calls opponents of CISPA "14 year olds in their basements." And it's on video.
...Of course it helps to have a link where you can send your letter in opposition:
[url]http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/CISPA_IBM-Tinman57 (April 16, 2013, 07:02 PM)
It does indeed! (That's why I it right at the start of the post and not as an embedded link in the copied email.)-IainB (April 16, 2013, 07:43 PM)
I presume this ArsTechnica news item is true (one can't be too sure, given some of their aparently mediocre journalism): Obama threatens CISPA veto, sponsor calls opponents basement-dwelling 14-year-olds
If it is true, then:
- (a) It looks like the Obama administration are wanting to block this CISPA legislation that could threaten to erode citizens' statutory rights - whereas the same administration is at the same time apparently intent on shoving through other legislation that would ... threaten to reduce citizens' statutory rights!?
Is this some kind of "good cop, bad cop" play?- (b) Some people (not me you understand) might say that a senator who would malign in such a vitriolic and despising way any opponents to his proposed legislation to erode citizens' statutory rights would seem to be acting unprofessionally and against the interests of citizens, and that may indicate that he has a vested interest in the proposals getting pushed through - but I couldn't possibly comment.
-IainB (April 16, 2013, 07:39 PM)
Email from Sam Adler-Bell <[email protected]>:
Go to https://act.demandpr...rg/letter/CISPA_IBM/ to support the protest.
(Most of the email is copied below sans embedded hyperlinks/images.)16 April 2013 10:55
...It's on.
In anticipation of a full House vote in the House on Wednesday, industry giant IBM has sent nearly 200 senior execs to Washington to lobby in support of CISPA.
And their intentions couldn't be more clear. CISPA would empower them to share your private data with the military without a warrant -- and they wouldn't hesitate to do so.
Chris Padilla, IBM's VP of governmental affairs told TheHill.com that IBM and other corporations "should be able to work directly and share information directly" with the National Security Agency "because that's where the expertise is."
We have to stop this bill from becoming law and eviscerating our hard-won civil liberties and privacy rights. Click here to urge your reps to oppose CISPA on Wednesday.
Despite an outpouring of opposition from the ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and over 100,000 Demand Progress members, the House Intelligence committee has voted to approve CISPA--a cyber-security bill that would give companies unprecedented power to share your private information with the government, including the intelligence agencies like the NSA, without a warrant.
Now the bill moves to the House for a full vote on Wednesday. We need to reiterate our opposition to this dangerous legislation loud and clear.
Click here to tell your representatives to protect online privacy and oppose CISPA on Wednesday.
Our collective efforts stopped CISPA from becoming law last year, and we can do it again. But we must be vigilant and keep putting our representatives on notice.
Now, as before, we cannot sacrifice our hard-won liberties and privacy rights in the pursuit of a misguided and over-broad conception of "security."
Click here to urge your representatives in Congress to oppose CISPA on Wednesday.
Thanks,
-Demand Progress-IainB (April 15, 2013, 10:41 PM)
I use Defraggler myself. Really great program that's small and remarkably fast.
Agree with you it's a great program. I like that, after the main Defrag runs, it gives you a list of stubborn files that are still somewhat fragrmented. Check those files you wish (or all of them with a single click to "Select All") and Defraggler will do its best to defrag these (usually quite large) files. It'll fail on some, but succeed on most.-kyrathaba (April 13, 2013, 06:20 PM)
hi mouser and all,
well, pity that the project is sort of "suspended" for now.
my question then to all the "calendar searchers" out there is:
does anybody know of a "simple and basic" calendar program which, as mouser initially stated, offers click-and-enter-text AND (this being the function i definitely need) click-and-change-backgroundcolor [multiple color choice!] for any day of the grid?
thanks and cheers
chrisk-chrisk (April 13, 2013, 10:35 AM)
