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Ha, what I heard is that the Chinese are the only ones who get caught.

It's an easy library to get into. I was able to play around with basic OpenGL, and the program was cross-platform without needing any #ifdef statements. What's amazing to me is how…

I think the method of compromise doesn't depend on this specific customer; it could happen to any customer of OVH.

The DMCA provisions for circumventing an access control measure. Cell phone unlocking had an exemption before, but are restricted again.

Perhaps enjoying the use of it, and having everyone and their dog on it, are mutually exclusive? Some kind of extra variable in Metcalfe's law :P

Paypal would do very well buying and selling Bitcoins. Buying bitcoins with Paypal is a very common request, which most sellers won't do because Paypal makes it very easy to rip of…

Also, Dropbox is user friendly. I can recommend it to my family members, and they have a referral program to encourage me to do it. What does BitTorrent Sync do that rsync cannot? …

Imagine my surprise, getting out of college and trying to use this at my job, when the compiler told me it was invalid! It wasn't obscure to me, but apparently was to the Sun Studi…

calling a[5] isn't obscure, but 5[a] sure is!

Provo, Utah has about 100k population. There are about 250 US cities with at least 100k people. If Google doubles the number of cities they serve every year, and starts with the sm…

Great :) My house is kind of dirty, have any advice on how to find a good cleaner outside of the NYC area?

The buyer is not driving them out of business, Ebay is. Why does Ebay need to react so harshly? They should care more about the hardship they inflict on their sellers, and not blin…

There was a similar website, where customers posted a bounty for the cheapest travel itinerary meeting certain conditions, and anyone could submit a plan meeting those conditions, …

I recall needing to insert the proper toll into the payphone before dialing a number. He's added some instructions to work around that old limitation, so you can dial the number fi…

It seems that vandalizing the poll goes against the wishes of the site owner, and might be a felony under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

btc-e seems to be another big one. http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/ will show prices in the major exchanges, if it's online. I had to use the Google cache.

A list is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 One that avoids the fixed currency limit is PPcoin: https://github.com/ppcoin/ppcoin/wiki/FAQ

I saw this link on Reddit, pretty cool that he shows how a few small fixes could have averted a huge financial loss. This was a game I played as a small child, and was able to figu…

This law seems analogous to allowing arbitrary code execution; a public website can write it's own law for anyone visiting the site, and hit them with a felony.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the "No Fly List" doesn't come from a court, does it? That's why it's important that any kind of restriction or punishment be reviewed by and sentenced…

You get problems when the employees cannot interpret the rules correctly, though. For example, proof of residency can be utility bill from the last 60 days, OR a DC property tax bi…

Maybe CCTV came up with the idea on their own, to sell a story. I wonder what the process for getting government approval is like for them? Is there a government office that takes …

I guess Red Flag Linux didn't work out.

A great example of how fixing security weaknesses is more important than trying to outlaw their exploitation.

Include 10 years free storage and charge £5,100? :)