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truxs··on Data broker is selling location data of people who visit abortion clinics
John Oliver actually bought information from data broker to see if they could identify members of congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqn3gR1WTcA
truxs··on Death by GPS
There is a tunnel on the Champs-Elysées known for destroying trucks (but the limit is 2m40) http://www.2m40.com/?cat=1
truxs··on [dead]
Could be an historical reason, back in 98 lucasfilm was struggling to broadcast the phantom menace trailer online and apple decided to help.

http://www.slashfilm.com/movie-trailers-debut-applecom/

truxs··on FPV Mini Quadcopter Racing Videos
According to this video (in french) they're flying at about 50 Km/H http://youtu.be/ZwL0t5kPf6E
truxs··on The Two Teenagers Who Run the Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics
So basically to start a successful account all you need to do is find a popular subreddit and upload most upvoted post on Twitter
truxs··on Uber car attacked by Paris cab drivers on strike
But http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/ (acquired by Amazon in 2011) offer free shipping worldwide
truxs··on The demise of the DSLR
DSLR were always designed for a niche market.

The huge drop in prices allowed plenty of people to get one even if they needed a point and shoot, just because they could look more 'professional' (aka those only using automatic mode).

But there are just too many cases where DSLR are superior because of its manual mode (shutter speed, adaptability, wide-angle, ...)

truxs··on Ask HN: Which computer/laptop do you use?
Macbook Air 13" (2012). Powerful enough for webdev and easy to transport.
truxs··on French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into deleting a Wikipedia Article
In that case, the main source for the article was a video made by a french local channel with the approval of the military http://www.tl7.fr/la-base-militaire-de-chalmazel-1981.html
truxs··on We are currently taking a DDoS attack and are working to mitigate
Here you go http://www.sicherheitstacho.eu/ http://map.honeynet.org/
truxs··on 'National Geographic' Shares Rare Photos on Tumblr
Direct link: http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/
truxs··on Private keys committed to Github repositories
I would say it's shared responsability. Yes commiting private data is stupid, and the other hand, just testing the new sesarch by trying to search for rsa key could Have Avoided this.

Anyway, as usual the main problem exist between the chair and the keyboard.

truxs··on Firefox OS Developer Preview Devices Announced
On the other hand it's a dev preview, not something designed to be used by high end customers.
truxs··on Unmanned drone buzzes French police car
Since it's been shot atLeweb 2012 it's probably more of a demonstration than a stealth flight like they did in NY http://youtu.be/M9cSxEqKQ78

Regarding the law it's a bit more complicated, owning one isn't a problem (Parrot is selling his stuff without troubles), but as for using it, you need to: - have a direct visual on it - no flight above 50 meters

as for a fly by video: - Must be at least 15 Km between uav and closest airfield - only allowed above unpopulated zone - no flight above 50 meters

http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=?cid...

truxs··on [dead]
Here is the interview and the whole story about this so called 'hacking'

http://www.pcinpact.com/news/74060-exclusif-pcinpact-intervi...

English translation http://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&j...

truxs··on Samsung flew bloggers to Berlin, then threatened to leave them there
This ain't new for Samsung, they did the same during the olympics.

Officially they were invited to live the games from the inside but in the end they worked as Samsung publicist for free.

http://int13.net/france/blog/i-won-a-contest-to-go-to-the-lo...

truxs··on I'm an American and I want to watch the Olympics. What do I do?
Did anybody tried francetvsport.fr ?

It seems to work from the webproxy i used but i'm not sure my ip was properly hidden.

Anyway, for once french television is not behind, they broadcast all the sports live on their website without any commentary.

truxs··on A Hole in Mars
Well, they previously talked about water on mars http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050401.html
truxs··on Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital Eye Glass
I think they were not afraid of terrorism or cops but rather journalist.

This past few years several documentaries showed how bad hygien can be in some french restaurant (fast-food or not) wich in the worst case led to the death of customers. http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/quick-d-avignon-benjam...

One of this documentary was involving macdonald but was only broadcast on the internet once it was leaked cause the channel didn't want to lose one of the biggest advertiser. http://www.slate.fr/story/19421/mcdo-kfc-le-reportage-censur...

So i would bet they were afraid of bad publicity ... Oh the sweet taste of irony

truxs··on The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent A Box Office Record
Exactly, when you look at the list of biggest sales you realize that the list is pretty much the same for pirated movies.
truxs··on Apple gives in, two year warranty for Europe
I think the title is quite misleading, apple did not "gives in" they just force to apply the laws
truxs··on French ‘Three Strikes’ Law Slashes Piracy, But Fails to Boost Sales
The biggest problem in France is the lake of legal offers for anything but music, and this won't change soon for several reasons:

-2€ for an episode of house, SD, for 48 hours, up to 5€ for a movie for 48 hours but still they are complaining about the situation and would like to change the prices up to 8€/SDmovie for 48h http://www.journaldugeek.com/2012/03/28/vod-des-fims-plus-ch...

-Legally you need to wait 3 years after the theater release to put a movie on vod. Why it won't change ? Because canal+ a private channel who broadcast movies only 10 month after their release is also the main financial contributor of french productions. http://www.numerama.com/magazine/22024-l-effort-minimal-de-c...