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user9756on Aussie wunderkind gets $US250k for technology that could revolutionise web

Have anyone here tried the application/service?

user9756on Iran to Replace "The Internet" with "Halal Intranet"

So if I find a video of someone being executed in the US, that gives the world enough basis for justifying the "liberation" of the USA?

Why don't you btw demand the liberation of the US? Or perhaps you think the US is "spreading and expanding its joyful way of life throughout the world"?

Millions of dead civilians would disagree.

user9756on Iran to Replace "The Internet" with "Halal Intranet"

The problem with Iran is not its government, people, religion or culture. It's the fact that Iran is independent from the US and the West in general (but also from the East; "neither West or East").

For those who are curios about Iran, events occurring there, and its relationship with the US (from a "non-mainstream"/"non-demonising" perspective), I can recommend:

- http://www.raceforiran.com/

- http://www.iranaffairs.com/iran_affairs/

- http://mideastreality.blogspot.com/

- http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/

- http://www.bibijon.org/iranimage/

Those who have questions regarding the 2009 elections:

- http://brillwebsite.com/writings/iran2009election.html (he is also a frequent visitor to the "race for Iran" blog)

user9756on Senator Joe Lieberman asks Google for a terrorist flagging button on Blogger

... Shouldn't the terrorist then have a "terrorize" button, so that when they see a site they don't like they could "terrorize" it?

user9756on Where can I meet smart people if I've graduated from college?

Your question is a bit perplexing.

- Smart people implies that there are stupid people.

- Your difficulty of finding smart people implies that they are few and rare (in your vicinity).

Conclusion: You'd should perhaps ask yourself which category you truly belong to. Or maybe you truly were the only smart person from your collage...

When I was in collage I met a lot of smart people, they were good at different things.

Protip: What do you mean with "smart"? Good at mathematics? Programming? Social skills? Ambitious? Often when people want to hang around "smart" people they confuse them with "rich people with lots of connections". And those people ain't necessary smart yo' they be dumb as a door knob. Privileged however.

user9756on Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet

Eh, guys. I may be off here but isn't the problem that the US use of drones is killing civilians ("collateral damage"). And that is what is currently making people living there very sad and angry.

user9756on US government dictates Swedish copyright laws

I wonder if there is a country on this planet independent from US policy? I wonder how such a state would be portrayed by the "free" media...

user9756on Show HN: Anonymous, web-based bookmarking

I don't use Google or Delicious for my bookmark but I liked your implementation as it doesn't require me to sign up.

user9756on Programmers vs. Zombies

:) I like how you outlined the discussion.

Now, there are many different Zombie scenarios, but I can understand why you see Zombies corresponding to a fear of loss of technology. Although I always took the fascination with Zombies as:

(besides being the "post-apocalyptic scenario" where you have to figure out how to survive)

- a fear of losing individuality/being slave to society, or the sort.

- people feeling others in society are some sort of "monster" or "animals" consuming each other,

- which makes people feel frustrated, creating a schism between wanting to see it all destroyed (especially if you're a "forever alone"), but at the same time seeing those that reflect what you are/were and your friends and loved ones, becoming something else; join them or psychically "kill" them ("disconnecting" the bond).

And the end product (hitherto): stories about it (or a proletarian revolution?).

Regarding "Also note whose skills become fearfully useless in the Zombie apocalypse - the programmer."

Dude. If the dead starts walking and your worries are finding a job then maybe your problems lies elsewhere.

... Code. Need to code...

user9756on Should I Change My Password?

Well that's embarrassing. Yes, you're quite right, I read everything except that box and I the bottom text (which was just outside of my scroll view).

The only defense I can offer is that the name, introduction and the feedback text (which should at least check for "@") is kind off or misleading.

Anyway, my fault, I apologize to the web site creator.

user9756on Should I Change My Password?

Am I the only one that feels uncomfortable with these kind of sites?

Anyway, I tried "abc124" and received: "It looks like your passwords may be safe. No instances of compromise are recorded in this database. However, it's good practice to change your critical passwords regularly and ensure they are not re-used across multiple sites."

user9756on Facebook shoots first, ignores questions later; account lock-out attack works

Yeah, you know, beyond earth.

user9756on .XXX goes live

http://thenextweb.com/asia/2011/03/24/india-to-block-xxx-top...

user9756on Ask HN: Rate my weekend project.

Your site claimed 11 minutes of my life...

It was worth it ;)

user9756on Introducing visual search

Really nice. I think it will be very practical with touch screen devices.

I'm not sure "visual search" is an appropriate term though, I was expecting "image search" or something. This seems more like "tag-label-in-search-box search". (perhaps just me)

(btw, make the http://labels.io/mediademo clickable?)

user9756on Scott Adam's Controversial Deleted Post on Men's Rights

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Fair_use_under_United_...

I'm not a lawyer, but it seems the use could constitute educational, in a journalistic sense. Also as the work was deleted it would be hard to argue any lost economical value.

user9756on Scott Adam's Controversial Deleted Post on Men's Rights

I'd say this could fall under fair use... :)

user9756on #GoogleIsntOpen

First you need to define "open". Open in what way? Open source code? Open API? Open as in sharing your personal data? Open as in telling you about how it's sharing your personal data? Open as in data portability? Open as being honest about its business plan? Open to ideas? Open to being open? etc.

edit: generally speaking, so that I don't seem like a complete douche and give you some form of answer rather than answering you with a bunch of questions, Google "feels" more open than say, Apple or Microsoft, but that can be because of good PR.

user9756on Stackoverflow has a remarkable 'offline for maintenance' page

Thanks for the explanation.

user9756on Stackoverflow has a remarkable 'offline for maintenance' page

I don't get it. What is remarkable? Why are there six pictures of the same error message in different color schemes?

I'm not trolling. I don't understand this...

EDIT: removed erroneous rhetorical question

user9756on Firefox 4 is here

win7, I tried update (using the menu) with no luck, but the install process was easy (installed it in my old ff folder and it upgraded everything) and all my settings were kept.

Some of my plug-ins are no longer compatible though...

user9756on Nuclear Experts Explain Worst-Case Scenario at Fukushima Power Plant

Your comment broke my sarcasm detector.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami#Generation_mechanisms

"The principal generation mechanism (or cause) of a tsunami is the displacement of a substantial volume of water or perturbation of the sea. This displacement of water is usually attributed to either earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, or more rarely by meteorites and nuclear tests."

Like the previous gentleman stated. Better advisers?

EDIT: spelling

user9756on Nuclear Experts Explain Worst-Case Scenario at Fukushima Power Plant

Everything?

user9756on Show HN: My First Attempt at Web Development - Would Love Feedback

The link you used to direct to your site showed:

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Unknown MySQL server host 'criticrania.db.6354580.hostedresource.com' (2) in /home/content/80/6354580/html/criticrania.com/functions.php on line 2 Unknown MySQL server host 'criticrania.db.6354580.hostedresource.com' (2)

From the root (http://www.criticrania.com/), it seems however to work fine.

Wait, I'm getting what seems to be random error messages.

E.g., /movies.php, showed an error on a visit, but was OK when revisited after a while. Another time, the root gave an error, when reloaded it worked fine.

Retried /homepage.php, it works fine now.

You better look into that.