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It's better than Kernelang. You could get frowny faces from HR with comments like "Can you start the server Kernelang, Gus?" Yeah. That was bad. I'll go back to lurking.

You mean a jury of people too stupid to figure out how to get out of jury duty? The common man cares about Kim Kardassian, and what celeb is with who. Or sports..

It I wasn't authorized, why did the webserver comply? The fact the webserver willingly gave the information I requested to me (did not 403 or 531), so I must be authorized.

Tptacek is pretty much a nutjob. He was going on and on against 1st sale doctrine about reimportation, how is it evil and such. He also despises republicans completely, given this …

This link works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

Then justify the distinction of Trespass: up to 30 days in jail and/or 100$ fine !!!COMPUTER!!! trespass: Years and years in jail, hundreds of thousands of dollars fine, Federal fe…

YouTube does automated dispute handling. They aren't even DMCA complaints. So they have no real burden. Hosting with The Pirate Bay would seem like an option. They seem to have 'st…

When people while about getting 'removed from friends list' like Google, YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo, MSN networks... If it is free, they can do this anytime they like. Your proper an…

It's yet another sudoku game. No matter how good it is, or looks, you compete with the multitude of free sudoku games out there. Try something more vertical niche, and hunker down.…

This argument goes towards the DMCA, as well as what is considered under the CFAA.. "Intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to obtain: ....Information from any pr…

Companies really hate it when you use globalization to bolster your side. Whether that be buying DVDs, software, books, watches, or any type of good or service, the big buys will t…

Yeah. Tell me about how that death star is going to go again? That's why these petitions are an utter joke.

I wonder how many subscribers and advertising clients threatened (or did) pull their funding of The Atlantic? The the time I saw it hit front page here, to now hasn't been that lon…

"So by your judgement, all these folks could be sacked and nothing of value would be lost?" I would argue that value would be gained by sacking these people (and organizations). Mo…

I "break into" computer systems all the time. Since I do not follow the EULA/license agreement for each website, and I send a handshake requesting files over a webserver, I am in v…

You're right Kliment. I was too harsh, only due to my anger. It's also a sore point to me and quite a few of my friends. I'm sorry, cmsmith.

You mean all the work the grad students do when they write the content.... And all the work other grad students do when they typeset it? Sure. Apologist.

A mail server and website combination is cheap to build. Your only cost is bandwidth. The only real cost is bandwidth. That's when you have the schools host these cheap servers. "i…

And trite sayings don't mean they are correct, either. The social contract in the constitution was to grant people with limited exclusivity for works they created. Patents have rou…

I'm bisexual.. So the opposite is bisexual? I'm fine with that. Can I have my upvote?

The guy's "transformative conversation" is akin to staying up late and going to forums and 'correcting' them. Why? Because somebody is wrong on the Internet! Just substitute intern…

An open problem that Google has admitted with their car automation project is a certain problem endemic to the northern part of this country: Snow and Ice. Admittedly, ice is rathe…

"The car can also communicate with other vehicles" This topic is interesting in quite a few aspects. Firstly, it's something I thought of long ago, but due to implementation detail…

Too bad Mosh cannot work with X display redirects. That one would have been rather handy.