Comment Re:Possible attacker (Score 1) 870
I wonder when/if someone will bring criminal charges against this deepsh*t for his apparent cyber-terrorism acts?
Comment Re:Bullshit (Score 1) 446
omg! I though I won't live to the day to hear this insanity about speculators creating house bubble ;D It's so funny.... "I wish I could wet myself"... :D
I believe the only regulation needed is to keep morans off Slashdot
Comment Re:Even more useless... (Score 1) 457
Not particularly true, actually. Yes, 7.62 round can and in many cases will go through a body. However, the bullet delivers about 2KJ of energy at the impact point. Which momentarily creates so called hydrostatic shock... And you, perhaps, know the rest.
So, the moral of the story: 7.62x39 caliber is very bad one. And unlike 5.56mm it goes through any bushes, Kevlar body armor and all that crap :-)
Comment Screw Google and MS.... (Score 1) 373
get job at Yahoo!: plenty of opportunities and a way better pay than at scroodgi Google with its privacy hating CEO :(
Comment Re:The real reason (Score 1) 203
> it seems that the courts haven't ruled that in game money is "real"...
It sounds like the paper crap which accepted as a legal tender in most countries is any more real than these candy wrappers from S. Korea :-(
Comment Re:FUD (no way) (Score 1) 148
Convert to Java which part? LDAP server? :-D
Michael Crichton on Why Gene Patents Are Bad 367
BayaWeaver writes "Michael Crichton, author of The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park has made a strong case against gene patents in an op-ed for the New York Times. Striking an emotional chord, he begins with 'You, or someone you love, may die because of a gene patent that should never have been granted in the first place. Sound far-fetched? Unfortunately, it's only too real.' From there, he moves on to use logic, statistics, and his way with words to make his point. Arguing against the high costs of gene therapies thanks to related patents, he eventually offers hope that one day legislation will de-incentivize the hoarding of scientific knowledge. As he points out: 'When SARS was spreading across the globe, medical researchers hesitated to study it — because of patent concerns. There is no clearer indication that gene patents block innovation, inhibit research and put us all at risk.'"
Journal Journal: Spying corporates
It seems like NSA and AT&T case is getting more and more momentum. After the noble refusal to dismiss the case, more hearings are scheduled.
Wal-Mart Trying to Trademark the Smiley Face 317
Ellis D. Tripp writes to tell us BBC News is reporting that mega-retailer, Wal-Mart, is now fighting it out with a man who claims to have invented the 'smiley face' logo, and has been marketing it since the '70s. From the article: "Until now the smiley face had been considered in the public domain in the US, and therefore free for anyone to use. Wal-Mart spokesman John Simley told the Los Angeles Times that it had not moved to register the trademark until Mr Loufrani had threatened to do so."
Journal Journal: First US social networking community from your cell phone 143
A small startup VCEL (stands for Virtual Communication Expression & Lifestyle) had unveiled new social networking service for a cell phones.
All you need to do to keep in contact with you friends 24/7 is to create a profile with their website, download Java application for your cell phone (more than 20 models are supported already), and send an invitation to your buddies.
Here we go
All you need to do to keep in contact with you friends 24/7 is to create a profile with their website, download Java application for your cell phone (more than 20 models are supported already), and send an invitation to your buddies.
Here we go
