Simple Scam Cheated Apple Out of More than $300K; How Gary Gygax Lost Control of Dungeons & Dragons

An Accidental Wikipedia Hoax | The Sims 2 Giveaway Contains SecuROM To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Simple Scam Cheated Apple Out of More than $300K How Gary Gygax Lost Control of Dungeons & Dragons An Accidental Wikipedia Hoax The Sims 2 Giveaway Contains SecuROM Is It Common to Run Mission-Critical Servers Without a Firewall? Hot Comment: "It will also likely cause the bombs to kill more people. A lack..." From the Vault: The Case Against Net Neutrality Watch It: Can Open Source Robot Bring Manufacturing to Desktops? Poll Booth: How long ago did you last assemble a computer? Sponsored Resource: The Risks of DIY Disaster Recovery Simple Scam Cheated Apple Out of More than $300K According to a Secret Service criminal complaint, Sharron Laverne Parrish Jr., 24,  allegedly tricked Apple Store employees in 16 states into accepting fake authorization codes to purchase $309,768 worth of Apple goods, reports the Business Insider. Sound Off>> How Gary Gygax Lost Control of Dungeons & Dragons With the fifth edition of D&D soon to come out at Gen Con this year, Jon Peterson, author of Playing at the World, has released a new piece to answer a historical question: how was it, back in 1985, that Gary Gygax was ousted from TSR and control of D&D was taken away from him? Sound Off>> An Accidental Wikipedia Hoax The Daily Dot's EJ Dickson reports how she discovered that a hoax factoid she added over five years ago as a stoned sophomore to a Wikipedia article had not just remained on Wikipedia all this time, but come to be cited by in "innumerable blog posts and book reports," as well as a book on Jews and Jesus. Sound Off>> The Sims 2 Giveaway Contains SecuROM EA is giving away copies of The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection, for free, but not disclosing that it includes the controversial SecuROM anti-piracy software. Five years ago following criticism for using SecuROM in Spore and other games, EA went back to simple serial code authentication for The Sims 3. Sound Off>> Is It Common to Run Mission-Critical Servers Without a Firewall? An anonymous reader who is helping a client with a new point-of-sale system said that during the setup, the vendor disabled the local firewall, and after a number of emails back and forth, the vendor eventually said, "that's just how they do it and the contract dictates that's how we need to run it." Is this common? Sound Off>> Re:This might actually kill more than the bombs "It will also likely cause the bombs to kill more people. A lack of power will cause people to leave their homes and try to find somewhere that has clean water or air conditioning, which means a higher density of people packed into a smaller area. This means higher death counts when Israeli missiles inevitably hit another civilian area, as they've been doing since the start of this war." --by Joe Gillian Read More>>   The Case Against Net Neutrality Four years ago, Lee Sharpe wrote a blog that tried to make the case that Net Neutrality may actually be bad for America. He wrote, "if the government stays out, each company will set its own policies. If you don't like the FCC's policies, you are stuck with them unless you leave the United States. If you don't like your internet service provider's policies, you can simply switch to another one. So which model sounds better to you?" Read More>> Can Open Source Robot Bring Manufacturing to Desktops? FirePick is developing a robotic machine that is capable of assembling electronic circuit boards and 3D printing. While there are several companies that can place and solder components on your printed circuit board, the process is far too expensive for small companies, let alone individual makers. That's where the FirePick Delta comes in. Timothy Lord got the details from creator Neil Jansen at OSCON. Watch the Video>>   How long ago did you last assemble a computer? Within the past year 1 - 2 years ago 2 - 3 years ago 3 - 4 years ago 4 - 6 years ago 6 - 8 years ago More than 8 years ago Uhh.. when did Quake 3 come out? Cast Your Vote>>    The Risks of DIY Disaster Recovery In the last five years, many companies considered in-house disaster recovery management. But without the proper resources in place, managing disaster recovery yourself can put a strain on your budget, your staff and your disaster preparedness. Learn about the critical components that make a disaster recovery strategy successful, and the key questions you need to ask before bringing disaster recovery in-house. Learn More>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.