Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 27th Nov 2010 10:46 UTC
The US is really ramping up its war on intellectual property infringement, a war which I'm sure will be just as successful, cheap and supported by the people as the wars on drugs and terrorism. The US has started seizing the domain names of various websites through ICANN - not because owners of these sites were convicted of anything, but merely because complaints have been filed against them. Anyone want to take a guess how long it will be before the US government blocks WikiLeaks? Update: The blocks function outside of the US too. In other words, the US is forcing its views upon the rest of the world once again.
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Member since:2005-07-06
You have an absolutely amazing amount of hatred.
And I like how you defend your Bible claim by saying its just Genesis they take literally. Semantics, my friend.
Anyways, I'm not responding anymore since it's pointless and you will have a come back to anything I say, no matter what it is.
Remember the adage about arguing on the internet... 
Member since:2005-07-06
You have an absolutely amazing amount of hatred.
Why is it hatred - I'm merely pointing out the obvious be it in an undiplomatic way.
And I like how you defend your Bible claim by saying its just Genesis they take literally. Semantics, my friend.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/feb/16/20040216-113955-206...
With such idiocy I bet Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo are turning in their graves as 'joe six pack' takes a book of narratives as a true historical account to the present day.
Anyways, I'm not responding anymore since it's pointless and you will have a come back to anything I say, no matter what it is.
Remember the adage about arguing on the internet...
Remember the adage about arguing on the internet...
The adage is only true if you think you're going to change anything - in my case this is an outlet for frustration and anger and nothing to do with wanting to change the world. We as a species are royally screwed so one might as well sit back, enjoy a cup of coffee and watch the world drive off a cliff.
Member since:2010-01-05
Again, when an election of a president all hinges on whether he believes in God and whether God created the earth in 7 days you know your country should be getting picked up on the short bus for the special kids along with Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Thanks for providing me and my colleagues with a damn good laugh at the end of a tedious Monday.
Member since:2010-04-21
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/25/13 0:45 UTC
"So in summary... Google has pulled the plug on support on a protocol they've helped popularize, after years of promising interoperability, for reasons that are dubious at best, and in a way that leaves people who don't jump to the new Hangouts app unable to talk to their contacts without any feedback that their IMs aren't getting through... And they've done that with no warning to anyone. I imagine there's a bunch of people out there wondering where some of their buddies have gone, or why their messages aren't getting responses, because this isn't documented anywhere." Google really messed this up. Such a dick move.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 23:59 UTC
The Tizen Greek Community has some screenshots of a very recent build of Tizen running on a Samsung GT-i8800. It looks wholly unremarkable.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 22:33 UTC
Joint statement to The Next Web from Microsoft and Google: "Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to enable compliance with YouTube's API terms of service, including enabling ads, in the coming weeks. Microsoft will replace the existing YouTube app in Windows Phone Store with the previous version during this time." Good to know these children stopped acting like little pricks. Can we have full Google support in Windows 8 now, please?
Linked by Howard Fosdick on 05/24/13 21:41 UTC
Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr, the microblogging and social networking website, for $1.1 billion USD. Tumblr offers little revenue but lots of eyeballs if Yahoo can monetarize them. Now Yahoo is bidding for Hulu, the streaming video service. After years of ineffective responses while Google, Facebook, and others took large chunks of the online advertising market, Yahoo is fighting back. Can Yahoo reignite the momentum it had at the turn of the century? What do you think?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 14:44 UTC
"Sources have described iOS 7 as 'black, white, and flat all over'. This refers to the dropping of heavy textures and the addition of several new black and white user interface elements." I couldn't be happier.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 23:22 UTC
"Ilja van Sprundel, a security researcher with IOActive, has discovered a large number of issues in the way various X client libraries handle the responses they receive from servers, and has worked with X.Org's security team to analyze, confirm, and fix these issues."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 22:04 UTC
"Google is facing a new antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition, people familiar with the matter said." Sucks to be Google today, apparently.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 22:01 UTC
"In the midst of the major press blitz surrounding its annual I/O Conference, Google dropped some unfortunate news about its instant messaging plans. In several places around the web, the company is replacing the existing 'Talk' platform with a new one called 'Hangouts' that sharply diminishes support for the open messaging protocol known as XMPP (or sometimes informally Jabber), and also removes the option to disable the archiving of all chat communications. These changes represent a switch from open protocols to proprietary ones, and a clear step backward for many users." That's why I always say: only suckers trust companies.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/23/13 17:52 UTC
"The wave of departures is a sign of internal struggle, but amidst all the bad news, there is a glimmer of hope. According to an anonymous HTC executive cited by WSJ, the crucial HTC One is selling 'pretty good so far'. The executive revealed that HTC sold about five million One units since launch, a performance that is deemed encouraging. However, sales have been limited by the persisting supply issues that still plague the production of the HTC One." Finally some good news for HTC. Five million units amidst supply constraints is very impressive.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/22/13 22:23 UTC
"Sony gave the PS4 50% more raw shader performance, plain and simple (768 SPs @ 800MHz vs. 1152 SPs & 800MHz). Unlike last generation, you don't need to be some sort of Jedi to extract the PS4's potential here. The Xbox One and PS4 architectures are quite similar, Sony just has more hardware under the hood. Weâll have to wait and see how this hardware delta gets exposed in games over time, but the gap is definitely there. The funny thing about game consoles is that itâs usually the lowest common denominator that determines the bulk of the experience across all platforms. On the plus side, the Xbox One should enjoy better power/thermal characteristics compared to the PlayStation 4. Even compared to the Xbox 360 we should see improvement in many use cases thanks to modern power management techniques." AnandTech does its usual in-depth thing.More News »
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2005-07-06
She is an example of a bigger problem - American's voting in fucking morons whose only policies are orientated around the three G's. I switch onto US politics and I see morons after morons being paraded and voted in by the unwashed masses - not because they have a coherent policy when it comes to tax reform, reducing government bloat or improving economic performance but questions relating to stupid shit that are non-issues in most first world countries.
Mate, you guys are still having debates about shit we stopped caring about 40 years ago. Abortion - I've been following elections since I was 12/13 and I did not see a single election being fought on one sides position on abortions over another. Fast forward to when civil unions were passed - again, the following election the election wasn't fought on whether civil unions were good or bad - the question was on economic management, lower taxes, social welfare reforms and making the public health care system more efficient.
Sorry, we might have some morons here but the parties must be doing a pretty damn good job keeping them away from the camera's, towing the party line and the party leadership focused on the big picture rather than shit that has flowed under the bridge 40 years ago!
No, it was Genesis not the bible - how about reading peoples posts FULLY before you make a idiot of yourself. Again, when an election of a president all hinges on whether he believes in God and whether God created the earth in 7 days you know your country should be getting picked up on the short bus for the special kids along with Saudi Arabia and Iran.