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Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 250

by slashdotnickname on Friday February 29, 2008 @09:40PM (#22607286) Attached to: Family Guy Spins off Cleveland

Seriously pal, quit masturbating every night and move out of your parent's basement already. Your paranoid-driven angst is almost painful to read.

Family Guy was never originally good with the ratings. Fox's schedule shuffling was an attempt to keep it alive (not purposely kill it like you think) by finding an audience that could compete share-wise with their other programming. Re-airing on Adult Swim saved it because it allowed it to gradually build a fan base at a pace that bigger networks (which compete with other bigger networks) can't afford. I too, originally, didn't like it but now I'm a huge fan and I'm glad it came back.

As far as why Cleveland, why not? Who are you to say what the writers feel they have more potential with? Are you a successful animation creator?

This reminds me of the time I fucked your fat mother (insert family guyish non-sequitur here).

Fraud in Internet Dating Prompting Regulation 371

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday June 07, 2006 @01:53AM from the you-mean-i-shouldn't-believe-everything-i-read dept.

anaesthetica writes "According to the Washington Post, an increasing tide of fraud in internet dating is prompting lawyers and lawmakers to examine possible regulations and consumer protections. Wire fraud scamming, plane ticket ripoffs, fraud perpetrated to fund trysts, fake "date bait" messages -- these are just a few of the issues the courts are beginning to deal with. Dating websites were immunized from lawsuits over false statements by the recent Communications Decency Act. Other attempts to regulate internet dating, such as the 2005 'mail-order bride' legislation, are already being challenged in court, but an increasing number of states are sponsoring their own legislation."

Pepper Pad, an Open Alternative to MS Origami 188

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday May 07, 2006 @01:34AM from the fun-toys dept.

SilentBob4 writes to tell us that MadPenguin has a look at an open alternative to Microsoft's Origami, the Pepper Pad. From the article: "The Pepper Pad, like Origami, is a mid-point form factor PC that is bigger and more powerful than a PDA, but smaller and less optimized for traditional desktop PC tasks than a notebook computer or a desktop PC. The Pepper Pad is a good buy for people who would like to have a light-weight, dirt-simple, point-and-click open source device for watching videos, listening to music, reading e-books, and doing simple web surfing with a view screen that is actually easy to read. If you want do more than that, you are really better off getting a small Linux notebook, unless you are willing to get under the hood (which you can do with the Pepper Pad!) and start compiling for yourself."

When Free Speech and Foreign IP Law Collide 217

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday April 18, 2006 @03:21AM from the don't-get-caught-in-the-middle dept.

segphault writes "Ars Technica has an interesting look at a recent intellectual property case where foreign copyright law conflicts with American freedom of speech rights. In this particular case, Sarl Louis Feraud International v. Viewfinder Inc., American enforcement of the French court's judgement on the basis of comity could establish a dangerous legal precedent that could lead to extensive censorship of the Internet. The article includes analysis of a relevant friend of the court brief filed by the EFF."

Swedish Study Finds Cell Phone Cancer Risk 282

Posted by Zonk on Sunday April 02, 2006 @03:40AM from the i-call-my-tumor-tummy dept.

dtjohnson writes "A new Swedish study has found that heavy users of cell phones had a 240 percent increase in brain tumors on the side of their head that the phone was used on. The study defined 'heavy' use as more than 2,000 total hours, or approximately one hour of use per workday for 10 years. An earlier British study was previously discussed here that didn't find an increased risk, although that study covered fewer subjects and only followed one type of brain tumor for a shorter period of time. Or course, the biggest epidemiological study of all is the one we are all participating in whenever we use our cell phone. The results from that study won't be available for a while."

Interview With the Father of Java 107

Posted by Zonk on Friday March 31, 2006 @07:41PM from the hot-brewed-programming-language dept.

Eh-Wire writes "The Globe & Mail interviews James Gosling after a keynote talk to Sun developers in his home town of Calgary. His thoughts and comments regarding the 'dead end' oil industry, disconnected Telco strategist, and unleashing 'creative weirdoes' makes for an interesting read." From the article: "Java is evolving. It's sort of embedded in the social experiment that is the Internet. There's been tremendous adoption of Java for building large-scale enterprise apps. It's worked tremendously well there. There's been all kinds of growth lately in cellphones and more and more embedded systems. It's all about making the environment around us more intelligent."

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