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Re:Mark Zuckerberg addresses PRISM on Friday June 07, 2013 @06:04PM (#5842295)
Maybe they all share the same lawyer /s
Re:Mark Zuckerberg addresses PRISM on Friday June 07, 2013 @06:03PM (#5842286)
And Obama came out to defend the program without saying that the companies were not involved (he did not say they were involved either) His press conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iS6MO...
Re:How to Leak to the Press on Friday June 07, 2013 @11:08AM (#5839320)
Good link, thanks.
Re:How to Leak to the Press on Friday June 07, 2013 @11:01AM (#5839274)
Here is a good guide from Cryptome http://cryptome.org/cryptome-anon.htm
Re:How to Leak to the Press on Friday June 07, 2013 @10:59AM (#5839265)
There are plenty of old typewriters lying around. Although you would still have to take precautions like getting rid of it afterwards and make sure it does not make use of polymer tape ribbons (in which case you would have to destroy and discard that as well).
Re:Cypriot Bailout Sends Shivers Throughout the Euro Zone on Sunday March 17, 2013 @08:11PM (#5391686)
Take a look at this table http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/08/americas-f... to see how income is distributed in the US between the states. New Mexico has received over two-and-a-half times its 2009 GDP more in federal spending than it has sent in taxes over a twenty year period. The equivalent for Europe would be akin to Greece getting over $760 billion. Yeah, Europe has to work on its "union" aspect a bit.
Re:Firefox introduces PDF viewer on Thursday February 21, 2013 @09:44AM (#5257622)
This is really amazing, but I wish these two browsers would be pushing for a FOSS version of PDF instead.

I do not think openXPS is entirely FOSS but it is a good place to start looking for an alternative.

Here is an xps file on the web to see how your browser handles it: http://www.rosebudschooldist.com/images/Feb%20Cal%202013.xps

Re:Using SimCity to diagnose my home town's traffic problem on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @09:46AM (#5250658)
There is also Mobility (http://www.mobility-online.de/en/informations/generalinforma...). It was designed by a university and auto manufacturer so they put a bit more thought into their traffic algorithms. I feel it is a bit eurocentric because there are a lot of things they do in Europe which we do not do here as far as traffic management goes, but it is an interesting simulation/game to fool around with. Since the German federal government also played some role in its development, you will see more of a bureaucratic approach to the game.