If you can’t see the flash, then head to YouTube to watch it. Reminds me why I missing watching the Simpsons on a regular basis. On a serious note: When you cast your vote on Election Day, make damn sure the machine is working right and calibrated, if you’re voting on a machine. Make sure [...]
YouTube – Critical Mass Bicyclist Assaulted by NYPD I have seen and heard a lot more about police doing infuriating and unlawful shit like this a lot since around 2005. It seems that it just happens more often. What the hell is wrong with police officers these days? You can’t just knock someone off their [...]
Slashdot | Video Surveillance Tech Detects Abnormal Activity Yup, I did. It was Little Brother. Haven’t read it yet? Go, read it, I’m not kidding.
An article over at “Works With U” has an interesting thing that I have run into a few times before: And here’s another ironic twist: Consumers may actually prefer to pay for Ubuntu — rather than get it for free. No joke: Many consumers don’t like free software. They fear it. My brother in law [...]
I was going to post this last night, but I wanted some time to think about what I’d just finished reading before I decided to write about it here. Yesterday, I read Little Brother. It was an awesome, amazing read. It is also the only book that I have ever read entirely on my computer [...]
Wonder why I hate airports? It’s because they’re full of total, utter shit. Airports are some of the most stupid and ignorant places a person can go. Very new technology? Not permitted, because it’s not understood. Why, even when it is, if the TSA breaks it, they can threaten to arrest you when you get [...]
You might want to check out this article which highlights some interesting things that the government is looking to do, and a way that you can (potentially) stop it from continuing. You may want to do some independent research on the issue, as well.
MIT student arrested for entering Boston airport with “fake bomb” – Boing Boing Can we please have people defending the country that know both how not to waste my money and have something resembling a human brain? One with an IQ that is greater than 30? Seriously.
Slashdot | TorrentSpy Must Preserve Data In RAM For MPAA First, man is condemned to using Windows, and now, our so insightful government thinks that RAM is a data storage medium under federal discovery rules or some bullshit like that? Does the government know anything about computers and how they work?
BitTorrent Admin Monitored by US Government, Forced to Dump Linux | TorrentFreak Okay, so… The government can hold people for years without charging them. Check. The government can violate the Constitution for any reason it feels is relevant to “national security”, and a jury will support it. Check. The government is not liable for the [...]
