January 2012
Si me llamaran a una guerra – Criando Cuervos →
Digo todo esto porque parece que a los chavales de USA aún no se les ha pasado la tontería con 10 años de guerra en Iraq y Afganistán. Aun no se han dado cuenta de que van allí a morir para que tipos ricos sean aún más ricos. No comprenden que o abandonan esa actitud o les va a tocar ir a poner “orden” en Irán para salvar al mundo de un desastre nuclear y de paso asegurar objetivos...
Bill es generoso | Microsiervos (Curiosidades) →
Ya sabíamos que Bill es listo, sabio, amable y que tiene una casa alucinante… A la lista hay que añadir sin duda la generosidad, ya que el multimillonario cofundador de Microsoft ha donado ya casi la mitad de su fortuna, 28.000 millones de dólares a diversas organizaciones que se dedican a «hacer el bien» en todas partes del mundo. En The Inquisitr han calculado que gracias a sus donaciones para...
“En todas partes la gente confunde lo que lee en los periódicos con las noticias”
– No es lo mismo | Microsiervos (Frases, Citas)
Ciudadanos exigen de forma oficial una... →
Un grupo de ciudadanos en Estados Unidos ha decidido comenzar una campaña en Internet de petición a la Casa Blanca para que se investiguen los posibles sobornos de la MPAA en los políticos del país. La razón, las últimas palabras de Chris Dodd, CEO de la MPAA, la semana pasada. Dodd no dudó en amenazar a la administración Obama con dejar de “apoyar” al presidente en su carrera a la reelección...
Tech Zombies: 6 Technologies That Don't Know... →
After ten years we’re finally seeing dropping DVD sales. Considering movies can already be downloaded onto set-top boxes on a pay-per-view basis, and can be downloaded over the internet on a pay-nothing-per-view basis, it’s a wonder it took this long.
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Box sets of TV shows have inexplicably injected huge profits into DVD over the last few years. Even though the shows are...
Tech Zombies: 6 Technologies That Don't Know... →
Since you’ve probably never opened one, you may not realize that phone books are chock full of so many ads that they generated $13.9 billion last year. That sort of makes sense when you realize these ads are being force fed to every single household in America, like giant bricks of spam just appearing on your porch once a year. The only difference is you can click out of a pop up ad. Phone...
Schneier on Security: The TSA Proves its Own... →
Have you wondered what $1.2 billion in airport security gets you? The TSA has compiled its own “Top 10 Good Catches of 2011”:
10) Snakes, turtles, and birds were found at Miami (MIA) and Los Angeles (LAX). I’m just happy there weren’t any lions, tigers, and bears…
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3) Over 1,200 firearms were discovered at TSA checkpoints across the nation in 2011. Many guns are found...
DNS ‘Seizure’ Takes Out MegaUpload - Digg →
If SOPA goes through, it’ll be like a three ring circus, with Entertainment companies, government agencies and independent watchdogs all calling out to shut-down domains left, right and centre. They won’t need evidence, they won’t need to give any warning and they won’t give a damn about the consequences. Worse than that, this will affect the whole planet, not just the...
Why I pirate | ExtremeTech →
It is thanks to broken copyright law that almost every form of digital content is now locked down with DRM. Games that are buggy, a pain to open, and can only be installed on one computer; cloud-based movies that you never truly own; books and music that can be removed from a device or account at any time, without warning.
That is why I pirate: When I buy something, I want to own it. I don’t...
Teens Share Passwords As a Form of Intimacy -... →
The New York Times claims that the hot new trend among teenagers in love is to share passwords to their email and Facebook accounts, as the ultimate form of trust. According to Pew, 33% of teens surveyed say they do this. One expert says the pressure to share passwords is akin to the pressure to have sex. Forbes says don’t do it! ‘There is something pure and romantic about the idea of...
Why SOPA Is Dangerous | Digg Technology →
If the AG chooses to take action against a site (either against the operator, if they are subject to U.S. jurisdiction, or against the site itself if no one under U.S. jurisdiction can be found), then a subsequent court order would require the following:
Internet service providers will be required to block your access to the site (section 102(c)(2)(A)(i)) within five days.
Search engines...
English Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout - Wikimedia... →
Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read the statement from the Wikimedia Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States—the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT...
“Puedes ver que el Monopoly es un juego viejo porque hay un impuesto de lujo y...”
– Conceptos anticuados | Microsiervos (Frases, Citas)
Facebook To Share Private Data With Politico -... →
AllThingsDd is reporting that Facebook has agreed to share users’ private data with Politico. Quoting: ‘Most notably, the Facebook-Politico data set will include Facebook users’ private status messages and comments. Every post and comment — both public and private — by a U.S. user that mentions a presidential candidate’s name will be fed through a sentiment analysis...
Reggaeton lyrics : mi mesa cojea →
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Yeah.
The Pirate Bay dejará de ofrecer archivos .torrent →
En un mes, la página más famosa de la historia de los torrents dejará de ofrecer descargas de este tipo de archivos. Así lo han confirmado hace unas horas desde la página de TorrentFreak. La razón, The Pirate Bay pasará a proporcionar enlaces magnet para los visitantes. Desde hoy comienza una “migración” histórica, un cambio que podría catalogarse del fin de una era.
Y es que hoy ha sido el día...
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La guerra contra los ordenadores | Microsiervos... →
Los ordenadores han reemplazado a todo tipo de dispositivos en el mundo. No hay aviones, sólo ordenadores que vuelan. No hay coches, sólo ordenadores en los que nos sentamos. No hay audífonos, sólo ordenadores que ponemos en nuestros oídos. No hay impresoras en 3D, sólo ordenadores que manejan periféricos. No hay radios, sólo ordenadores con convertidores analógico a digital y digital a...