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901.
by ajays 16y ago
It is shameful on EveryDNS's part to do this. Blaming the DDoS on WikiLeaks is like blaming the rape victim for the crime. WikiLeaks did not "interfere with another Member's use and enjoyment of the Service". They were the victims, not the
902.
by ajays 16y ago
Where was Senator Lieberman when Dick Cheney leaked Valerie Plame's name to the press? This guy is such a two-faced liar and a hypocrite.
903.
by ajays 16y ago
FTA: "But the result — being able to automate what used to be a monotonous task — is totally worth it." Some of the best hackers and coders I've met were the laziest folks around; but they'd spend hours working to automate a 1-minute monoto
904.
by ajays 16y ago
ALL the more reason why Assange should stop prancing around like a f *ing queen and just release the entire trove in one big torrent. By dishing out the documents slowly (their own FAQ claims they'll release the docs over a period of mon
905.
by ajays 16y ago
"Microsoft, who have lately been making some laudable efforts to embrace the hacker community." .... of course they are! They're wayyy behind Apple and Google, and want to play catchup. If that means "embracing" the hacker community, so be
906.
by ajays 16y ago
Instead of just whining at WikiLeaks, the USG should have claimed that included in the cables were a large number of fakes, so that if they were ever leaked, they'd be able to track down the person who leaked it. When the leaks happens, poi
907.
by ajays 16y ago
FTA: "[Whistle-blowing] can be ethically questionable but ultimately moral..." and "Someone I spoke to . . . called Julian Assange . . . an “information terrorist”. I thought the terms were overwrought, but the more I think about it, the mo
908.
by ajays 16y ago
Why do New Yorkers keep electing this chump? Someone with such a lack of understanding of the basic tenets of our Constitution should not be elected.
909.
by ajays 16y ago
I just looked at their page, and both the "contact us" and "home" links don't have "nofollow" in them.
910.
by ajays 16y ago
FTA: "Having worked inside the U.S. intelligence community, ..." Drew knows perfectly well that if he even touches this data with a 10-foot pole, he'll be persona non grata in the intelligence community. So my cynical view is that his decis
911.
by ajays 16y ago
I haven't been able to look at this set, but one of the intriguing topics is that the Saudis are urging the US to attack Iran. This piece of information makes an attack on Iran (and the subsequent bloodshed and mayhem) less likely, once the
912.
by ajays 16y ago
I wish Wikileaks would just dump the contents, and leave the analysis to the rest of the world. By doing selective "analysis" and redaction, they're basically doing exactly what they claim to be fighting. Either release all the information,
913.
by ajays 16y ago
No, you have it backwards. They're talking about Gitmo detainees who they'd like to release; but can't due to problems in their home countries. For example: there are (were?) a dozen Chinese Uighur muslims who were languishing in Gitmo, hav
914.
by ajays 16y ago
Where do you get the data? I've found that access to (inexpensive) sources of data to be a problem. For backtesting, I'd love to get historical data; even a sample would do. A long time ago, Island used to make their data available. Then th
915.
by ajays 16y ago
Time to stock up on popcorn. This is going to be good. When I think of the Internet, I see it as a worldwide communication medium that equalizes (or tries to) the distribution of knowledge. These leaks will be the Internet living up to thi
916.
by ajays 16y ago
Growing up in the 70s and 80s, I remember reading about airliners being blown up: Air India Flight 182, Pan Am 103, etc. etc. Red Brigade, PFLP, IRA, etc. etc. So many planes were hijacked, blown up, or even shot down (Korean Air by the Sov
917.
by ajays 16y ago
So if the Nazis had instead used the Holy Cross as their symbol, everyone (in the west) would be OK with banning it from churches and all forms of public display?
918.
by ajays 16y ago
Personally, I think this bit was the key: The Serbs had spies outside the Italian airbase most of the bombers operated from. When the bombers took off, the information on what aircraft they, and how many, quickly made it to Zoltan and the o
919.
by ajays 16y ago
I pity even more the computer-savvy relatives/friends/neighbors of the aforementioned uninformed consumers..... // praying that no-one I know buys one!
920.
by ajays 16y ago
The solution, of course, is to have open-book, open-notes tests. Let the students bring any notes, books, etc.; anything but a communication device. The questions need to be novel and challenging enough so that the students who understand t
921.
by ajays 16y ago
Somehow, "I don't watch any of them" seems to contradict your earlier statement: "As for specific bias at Al Jazeera, the main thing that jumped out at me when I watched it is simple racism." I have watched Al Jazeera very occasionally. As
922.
by ajays 16y ago
You do realize that American media is quite biased too? I'm not even talking about Fox News; even the so-called "mainstream" media is quite biased. Case in point: whenever it's a cute Caucasian woman who's missing, every news networks cover
923.
by ajays 16y ago
It is equally likely that they were being forced to be biased in BBC, but chose not and left? You do realize that many of the Al Jazeera people are Brits?
924.
by ajays 16y ago
One man's "propaganda" is another man's "truth". The author writes, "While few American readers object to getting their news from the BBC, partially funded by the British Foreign Office, many find the Qatari-funded satellite network Al Jaze
925.
by ajays 16y ago
Exactly. When your domain is restricted (characters or small ints), then why use a hashtable? Use an array. If initializing an array is a concern, use a smartarray.
926.
by ajays 16y ago
I have been in a similar situation, where one interview's curveball ended up being asked in a subsequent interview. I went through the same emotions as the author (including resisting the urge to grin from ear to ear). But like an idiot, I
927.
by ajays 16y ago
India is a large country. This happens in a tiny part of Northeast India. The title is sensationalist. It reminds me of the cicadas that come out once every couple of decades in the US. You don't hear "US is attacked by cicadas" when that
928.
by ajays 16y ago
"I feel scared about that, everything you said(later will come audio and video) in a very specific context and frame, like 10 years ago, could be used against you by other people." It seems you don't have a girlfriend... ;-) Having dispatc
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by ajays 16y ago
To me this sounds a lot like Google Wave.
930.
by ajays 16y ago
"100,000 times faster than today's" ... hard drives. Not RAM. Or Flash. Plus, I'm very skeptical of claims that contain weasel-words like "may" and "could" and "possibly".

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