While browsing YouTube videos about Jailbreaking iPhones, I stumbled upon this video. Skip to where ideemac has iTunes open at 1:20 and you’ll see that he took the extra precaution to block out his iPhone name, capacity, software version, serial number, and IMEI. Apparently he wasn’t aware that you can turn off video annotations and reveal all of his details.Better luck next time!
I suppose we all know that stealing domain names is illegal, but do you know how many people have been convicted of such a crime? Zero. Not a single person has ever been convicted of stealing a domain name.
I discovered this today because I read a story that one man has now been arrested over this very charge - but whether there will be enough evidence for the court to find him guilty; Who knows?
Apparently there’s a whole bunch of (heavily paraphrased) reasons why this has never happened before:
The victim of the crime would need to know the technical and legal intricacies of the domain name system.
They would also need a law enforcement professional who understands the case.
Often, the rightful owners can’t afford the legal fees necessary to handle a case like this.
Most domains have little-to-no aftermarket value, making it difficult to prove its value in court.
Domain names are globally traded assets. Jurisdiction across international borders makes it difficult to gather evidence and prosecute.
Domain names aren’t considered property:
The IRS treats domains as a form of intellectual property.
The Eastern District of Virginia (home to the Verisign registry) holds domains to be the subject of a license and thus not property.
Well. That’s some fascinating stuff. I certainly feel a lot better knowing this. How about you?
Part one of a series of ventrilo throwbacks. A collection of memorable moments captured forever in poor digital recordings. These are almost entirely inside jokes, but may have some insightful value to others.
I have uncovered some B-sides from Lily Allen’s most recent album It’s Not Me, It’s You. Well, they’re not B-sides of the album as such, but B-sides of the various singles accompanying it.
Anyway, I figure a lot of people will not have heard these, so in a similar fashion to what I did for Kate Nash’s B-sides, click away for some free music.
I’ve been playing WoW a lot recently — so much so that I’ve neglected ALL other games.
So my apologies go out to: Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, Prince of Persia, GTA4 (PC version), Call of Duty: World at War and Left 4 Dead. I am sorry for not playing you yet - you are on my to-do list.
Anyway, back on to WoW — It really is a lot of fun. Among other things, I have just bought my TTM and I’m now saving for a CWH and a sweet hog.
So thank you WoW for such a great year. I hope the next one is just as fun. I leave you with this picture of my one minute at the top, when I achieved Realm First! Grand Master Angler
In other news — After hours and hours of patching the beta, I present to you a lovely screenshot of a death knight elf. See how the shadow is cast over her face? That’s something special right there.
I can also reveal that as a death knight, all races (except undead) can choose to either have a regular or undead appearance, which make for some interesting race hybrids.
At this time of year, I like to look back and remember our patriots that stood up against those filthy traitors in the late 18th century.
In July 1780, Benedict Arnold obtained command of West Point, New York. His scheme to surrender the base to us, the British, was detected when American forces captured British Major John Andr carrying papers that revealed Arnold’s plan.
Benedict Arnold avoided capture by sailing home via the Hudson River on the British gunship, Vulture.
Arnold received a commission as a Brigadier General in the British Army, a huge annual pension of £360 and a lump sum of £6,000.
So I was listening to some of Kate’s B-sides. I had to hunt them down because I am such a huge fan of hers. There’s some pretty good stuff that she’s done that really should have made it to her album.
Here’s something new and exciting (for British people only) which I have developed. The FilmFour Movie Database. It combines the nature of TV listings with the data from IMDB to create a powerful search tool.
It is currently hosted on my home machine, so it will be offline at night.
You can try it out now at ff.flamescape.com or READ ON for more details.
Now, I like trains. I really do like trains - more than a normal person should be allowed to like them - but thankfully, not as much as those freaks in museums. I just want you to realise that this non-review is not skewed by my train-liking amount.
This game is boring. Mega boring.
I suppose that is a bit unfair, as this non-game was designed to simulate what some people do for a living. As a game concept though, it has failed.
There are two goals you can aim for with this game:
Do it right. Pick up passengers and drop them off.
Derail. Crash or roll it.
The game is almost playable just for the ability to derail — if only those very short moments of glee weren’t woven together with loading times akin to Postal 2 (back in the day).
If all of this hasn’t put you off already, here is one final very good reason not to install this game:
Hello friends.
Now, I like trains. I really do like trains - more than a normal person should be allowed to like them - but thankfully, not as much as those freaks in museums. I just want you to realise that this non-review is not skewed by my train-liking amount.
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