Danish IT firm gives workers free Net porn

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Prosecutors, citing child porn
investigation, try to halt free speech
suit by Internet firm

Prosecutors, citing child porn
investigation, try to halt free speech
suit by Internet firm 07/11/2004 06:20 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Jul 11 2004 9:39PM GMT

Danish firm set for US Bluetooth venture

Danish firm set for US Bluetooth venture 08/19/2004 09:41 AM
Copenhagen Post Aug 19 2004 1:40PM GMT

Norwegian Hotel Workers Want Porn Banned
(AP)

Norwegian Hotel Workers Want Porn Banned
(AP) 07/26/2004 05:45 PM
AP - Claiming some hotel workers are being urged by guests to do more than turn down the bedcovers, a Norwegian union wants X-rated pay-per-view programming turned off for good.

Norway Hotel Workers Complain About Porn
(AP)

Norway Hotel Workers Complain About Porn
(AP) 07/26/2004 02:29 PM
AP - Claiming some hotel workers are being urged by guests to do more than turn down the bedcovers, a Norwegian union wants X-rated pay-per-view programming turned off for good.

U.S. office workers surf for porn --
poll (Reuters)

U.S. office workers surf for porn --
poll (Reuters) 02/10/2004 06:38 PM
Reuters - America's office-cubicle dwellers may be burning up the keyboards, but it's not necessarily a paycheque they're chasing.

Eight Russian Firm Workers Released in
Iraq

Eight Russian Firm Workers Released in
Iraq 04/25/2004 06:57 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 25 2004 10:44AM GMT

Firm tries to soothe workers over Indian
merger

Firm tries to soothe workers over Indian
merger 12/25/2003 11:20 PM
CNET Asia Dec 25 2003 10:35PM ET

Firm tries to sooth workers over Indian
merger

Firm tries to sooth workers over Indian
merger 12/24/2003 07:40 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 24 2003 6:38AM ET

Chinese firm lures high-tech workers
home

Chinese firm lures high-tech workers
home 11/16/2003 07:21 PM
Sydney Morning Herald Nov 16 2003 6:16PM ET

Jordanian Firm Pulls Workers to Comply
With Iraq Militants

Jordanian Firm Pulls Workers to Comply
With Iraq Militants 07/27/2004 01:12 PM
A Jordanian company working for the U.S. military is complying with demands of kidnappers threatening to kill two employees.

Credit card firm at center of child porn
ring

Credit card firm at center of child porn
ring 01/16/2004 10:57 AM

IT company gives workers free beer -
wins award

IT company gives workers free beer -
wins award 08/05/2004 02:31 PM
A US software company that gives its workers free beer on Friday afternoons has been named the "Best Small Company to Work for in America".

Analytical Graphics, Inc (AGI) also gives workers access to a free laundry service, free meals - breakfast, lunch and dinner - all week and access to free snacks, confectionary and drinks. And if there are concerns that all this free nosh might pile on the pounds, there's also a gym. Which is free.

In fact, AGI spends around $1m a year on freebies and perks for staff, according to the Detroit Free Press. As a result, workers are more productive, motivated and enjoy coming to work - while the company saves buckets loads of dosh in recruitment and training.

The Philadelphia, PA, company, which provides geospatial analysis and visualisation software to the aerospace and defence industries, topped the list of the "Best Small Company to Work for in America" award among the "Best Small Companies" category.

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IT company that gives workers free beer
wins award

IT company that gives workers free beer
wins award 08/04/2004 11:46 AM
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wins award | The Register

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"Free porn pictures"

"Free porn pictures" 03/26/2005 09:40 PM

Solving and creating captchas with free
porn

Solving and creating captchas with free
porn 01/27/2004 08:37 PM
Someone told me about an ingenious way that spammers were cracking "captchas" -- the distorted graphic words that a human being has to key into a box before Yahoo and Hotmail and similar services will give them a free email account. The idea is to require a human being and so prevent spammers from automatically generating millions of free email accounts.

The ingenious crack is to offer a free porn site which requires that you key in the solution to a captcha -- which has been inlined from Yahoo or Hotmail -- before you can gain access. Free porn sites attract lots of users around the clock, and the spammers were able to generate captcha solutions fast enough to create as many throw-away email accounts as they wanted.

Now, chances are that they didn't need to do this, since optical character recognition has been shown to be readily tweakable to decode captchas without human intervention -- that which a computer can generate, a computer can often solve.

My cow-orker Seth Schoen points out that human-generated captchas are much harder to solve: say, picking out a photo of an animal, at a funny angle, in a cage, and challenging attackers to correctly identify it. People can do so readily, machines probably can't.

Except, of course, that getting people to pick out pix of animals at funny angles doesn't scale. Unless, of course, you offered them free porn to do so ("Want free porn? Identify the animal in this cage!").

Which suggests a curious future, where commodity pornography, in great quantities, is used to incent human actors to generate and solve Turing tests like captchas in similarily great quantities.

Web porn law violates free speech: U.S.
court

Web porn law violates free speech: U.S.
court 06/29/2004 07:10 PM
CTV.ca Jun 29 2004 11:11PM GMT

Supreme court rules web porn is free
speech

Supreme court rules web porn is free
speech 06/29/2004 12:00 PM
Today, America's highest court ruled that a law intended to punish child pornographers is an unconstitutional restriction for online free speech.

The high court divided 5-to-4 over a law passed in 1998, signed by then-President Clinton and now backed by the Bush administration. The majority said a lower court was correct to block the law from taking effect because it likely violates the First Amendment. The American Civil Liberties Union and other critics of the law said that it would restrict far too much material that adults may legally see and buy, the court said. "Today's ruling from the court demonstrates that there are many less restrictive ways to protect children without sacrificing communication intended for adults," said ACLU associate litigation director Ann Beeson in a statement. Beeson argued the case before the court in 2001 and again last March.

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Court Says Web Porn Law Blocks Free
Speech (Reuters)

Court Says Web Porn Law Blocks Free
Speech (Reuters) 04/09/2004 09:18 PM
Reuters - Just as the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to review the Child Online Protection Act, a Virginia court has declared unconstitutional a state law that aims to block sexually explicit material on the Internet.

Free speech advocates question raid on
Internet firm

Free speech advocates question raid on
Internet firm 04/17/2004 04:41 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Apr 17 2004 7:42PM GMT

Web Design Firm to Provide Services Free
of Charge to Nonprofits in Michigan

Web Design Firm to Provide Services Free
of Charge to Nonprofits in Michigan 06/21/2004 02:32 AM
Michigan IT Solutions, a Michigan-based web development firm, will provide web design services to the first 300 Michigan nonprofits to register free of charge, through the ‘Helping Me IT’ partnership. The company will select nonprofits based on their operating budgets and total employee count. The first organization selected will be announced on July 5, 2004. [PRWEB Jun 21, 2004]

China Sets An E-Porn Free Deadline Not
only has China's government cracked down
on Internet and electronic por

China Sets An E-Porn Free Deadline Not
only has China's government cracked down
on Internet and electronic por 08/21/2004 11:11 AM
AVN Online Aug 21 2004 2:07PM GMT

Court Ruling on Internet Porn Favors
Free SpeechOriginally published
Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Court Ruling on Internet Porn Favors
Free SpeechOriginally published
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 07/01/2004 05:25 AM
Magicvalley.com - Thu Jul 1, 08:43 am GMT

Firm Offers Free Classes and Gifts as
Part Of Email Marketing Week
Celebration, June 21-25

Firm Offers Free Classes and Gifts as
Part Of Email Marketing Week
Celebration, June 21-25 06/18/2004 08:19 AM
Jane Tabachnick eMarketing, an e-strategy and email marketing firm is hosting a celebration of eMail Marketing Week, June 21-25, ‘virtually’ at its website http://www.JaneTabachnick.com; they are offering free classes, contests and gifts related to email marketing. The event is part of a growing trend of companies tying into ‘fringe holidays’ for promotional value, as outlined in their own manual, Plain Jane’s Promotional Planner. [PRWEB Jun 18, 2004]

Search Engine Marketing Firm iProspect
Offers Free Bidding Imputation Tool to
Boost Pay Per Click Advertising Results

Search Engine Marketing Firm iProspect
Offers Free Bidding Imputation Tool to
Boost Pay Per Click Advertising Results 04/19/2005 04:00 AM
Online bidding imputation tool allows search engine marketing professionals to predict PPC advertising performance. [PRWEB Apr 19, 2005]

Danish Royalty

Danish Royalty 01/26/2004 10:20 AM
Ye olde text puzzle.Some Nordic prince who really likes his mum.(via coolios)

The Comprehensive Danish Dictionary
1.4.37

The Comprehensive Danish Dictionary
1.4.37 04/12/2004 03:37 PM
A word list for spell checking of Danish texts.

Cory's DRM talk in Danish

Cory's DRM talk in Danish 08/12/2004 11:58 PM
Kim Pedersen has translated my Microsoft DRM talk into Danish. Link

The Comprehensive Danish Dictionary
1.4.46

The Comprehensive Danish Dictionary
1.4.46 01/06/2005 09:17 AM
A word list for spell checking of Danish texts.

Danish Spammer Fined $68,000

Danish Spammer Fined $68,000 01/22/2004 03:09 AM
Over in Denmark, they're trying to get in on the action of suing spammers, and have won a case against a spammer, fining him approximately $68,000. The company wasn't a regular spamming outfit, but a telecom company that was accused of sending out 15,000 spam messages. Imagine what sort of fine your typical "millions of emails a day" spammer would get. This is the second such judgment against a Danish spammer. Last year, a much smaller spammer (153 emails) received a $2,200 fine. Hopefully, this means, they're building up to target bigger spammers.

Tiny Danish Elves?

Tiny Danish Elves? 11/12/2003 04:31 PM
While not specific to Star Wars, this Flash video called "The Making of a Brick" is well worth a look (for those who wonder what exactly goes down in a typical LEGO factory) - check it out.

where skin porn and food porn collide

where skin porn and food porn collide 03/23/2005 10:09 AM

It's fun to use google and see what it returns when searching for 'sticky buns' as, well, the imagination is a poor substitute for reality. When food and skin porn collide it gets fairly ugly pretty quickly. Sticky buns are likely the source of inspiration for the Finnish bostonkakku which are served like a pie rather than the individual buns. One of the guys at work quipped that it is served this way because you can feed 20 instead of 8 people.

I figured that since I was making dallaspulla that I'd make the inspiration for texaspulla and bostonkakku so that my test subjects would know just what they had been missing all these years. :) The dough is a snap to make even without a mixer and is much easier to work with than the pulla dough. The only drawback is the time spent waiting for the dough to rise. With a four-day weekend approaching where absolutely nothing will be open and we'll likely have crappy weather given that it's a holiday, what could be better than making a pan of sticky buns and eating them instead of chocolate eggs? These are, by far, the best cinnamon rolls I've ever made and my test subjects consumed them in a shark chum feeding frenzy. Two guys even asked me for the recipe.

Sticky Buns, a.k.a. caramel rolls or cinnamon rolls

Makes: 12 sticky buns
Time: ~30 minutes prep, 3 hours for dough rising
Source: Cook's Illustrated

This recipe has four components: the dough that is shaped into buns, the filling that creates the swirl in the shaped buns, the caramel glaze that bakes in the bottom of the baking dish along with the buns, and the pecan topping that garnishes the buns once baked. Although the ingredient list may look long, note that many ingredients are repeated. Leftover sticky buns can be wrapped in foil or plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to 3 days, but they should be warmed through before serving. They reheat quickly in a microwave oven (for 2 buns, about 2 minutes at 50 percent power works well); they can also be put into a 325F/175C-degree oven for about 8 minutes.

Dough

• 3 large eggs at room temperature
• 3/4 cup buttermilk (2 dl piima) at room temperature
• 1/4 cup (.5 dl) granulated sugar 
• 1 1/4 teaspoons table salt 
• 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast  (1 packet sunnuntai dry yeast)
• 4 1/4 cups (10,5 dl) unbleached all-purpose flour, plus additional for dusting work surface
• 6 tablespoons (85g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled until warm

1. In bowl of standing mixer, whisk eggs; add buttermilk and whisk to combine.
2. Whisk in sugar, salt, and yeast.
3. Add about 2 cups (5 dl) flour and butter; stir with wooden spoon or rubber spatula until evenly moistened and combined.
4. Add all but about 1/4 cup (1/2 dl) remaining flour and knead with dough hook at low speed 5 minutes.
5. Check consistency of dough (dough should feel soft and moist but should not be wet and sticky; add more flour, if necessary); knead at low speed 5 minutes longer (dough should clear sides of bowl but stick to bottom).
6. Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface; knead by hand about 1 minute to ensure that dough is uniform (dough should not stick to work surface during hand kneading; if it does stick, knead in additional flour 1 tablespoon at a time).
7. Lightly spray large bowl or plastic container with nonstick cooking spray. Transfer dough to bowl, spray dough lightly with cooking spray, then cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap.
8. Set in warm, draftfree spot until doubled in volume, 2 to 2 1/2 hours.

Caramel Glaze

• 6 tablespoons or 85g unsalted butter 
• 3/4 cup (1,75 dl) light brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons corn syrup, light or dark
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream 
• 1 pinch table salt 

1. Meanwhile, combine all ingredients for glaze in small saucepan.
2. Cook over medium heat, whisking occasionally, until butter is melted and mixture is thoroughly combined.
3. Pour mixture into nonstick metal 13- by 9-inch (33cm x 23cm) baking dish.
4. Using rubber spatula, spread mixture to cover surface of baking dish.
5. Set baking dish aside.

Cinnamon-Sugar Filling

• 3/4 cup (1,75 dl) light brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 1 pinch table salt 
• 1 tablespoon or 15g unsalted butter, melted
• Raisins (optional)

1. Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and salt in small bowl.
2. Mix with a fork until thoroughly combined, using fingers to break up sugar lumps.
3. Set aside.

To assemble and bake buns:

1. Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface.
2. Gently shape dough into rough rectangle with long side nearest you.
3. Lightly flour dough and roll to 16-inch x 12-inch (40cm x 30cm) rectangle.
4. Brush dough with 1 tablespoon melted butter, leaving 1/2-inch border along top edge; with butter remaining on brush, brush sides of baking dish.
5. Sprinkle filling mixture over dough, leaving 3/4-inch border along top edge; smooth filling in even layer with your hand, then gently press mixture into dough to adhere. Add rasins if you desire.
6. Beginning with long edge nearest you, roll dough into taut cylinder.
7. Firmly pinch seam to seal and roll cylinder seam-side down.
8. Very gently stretch to cylinder of even diameter and 18-inch (45 cm) length; push ends in to create even thickness.
9. Using a serrated knife and gentle sawing motion, slice cylinder in half, then slice each half in half again to create evenly sized quarters.
10. Slice each quarter evenly into thirds, yielding 12 ~1.5 inch (3,75 cm) buns (end pieces may be slightly smaller).
11. Arrange buns cut-side down in prepared baking dish.
12. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and set in warm, draft-free spot until puffy and pressed against one another, about 1 hour.
13. Meanwhile, adjust oven rack to lowest position, place pizza stone (if using) on rack, and heat oven to 350F/175C degrees.
14. Place baking pan on pizza stone; bake until golden brown and center of dough registers about 180F/82C degrees on instant-read thermometer, 25 to 30 minutes.
15. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes; invert onto rimmed baking sheet, large rectangular platter, or cutting board.
16. With rubber spatula, scrape any glaze remaining in baking pan onto buns; let cool while making pecan topping.

Pecan Topping

• 3 tablespoons or 50g unsalted butter 
• 1/4 cup (.5 dl) light brown sugar, packed
• 3 tablespoons corn syrup, light or dark
• 1 pinch table salt 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract  or vanilla sugar
• 3/4 cup (1,75 dl) pecans or walnuts, toasted in a skillet over medium heat until fragrant and browned, about 5 minutes, then cooled and coarsely chopped

1. Combine butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt in small saucepan and bring to simmer over medium heat, whisking occasionally to thoroughly combine.
2. Off heat, stir in vanilla and pecans until pecans are evenly coated.
3. Using soup spoon, pour heaping tablespoon of nuts and topping over center of each sticky bun.
4. Continue to cool until sticky buns are warm, 15 to 20 minutes.
5. Pull apart or use knife to cut apart sticky buns; serve.

Missing Danish man 'dead in Iraq'

Missing Danish man 'dead in Iraq' 04/21/2004 08:58 AM
Iraqi police find the body of a man who disappeared in Iraq last week, Denmark's foreign ministry says.

Danish defence minister resigns

Danish defence minister resigns 04/23/2004 11:11 PM
The defence minister resigns amid criticism of government reports of alleged weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Ballmer has seen the future, and
it’s Danish

Ballmer has seen the future, and
it’s Danish 07/13/2004 03:55 PM
Toronto Microsoft gees up the channel

Don't Throw Flowers at Danish Wedding
(AP)

Don't Throw Flowers at Danish Wedding
(AP) 05/11/2004 07:56 AM
AP - Throw your wishes and cheers at the royal couple as they ride through Copenhagen after Friday's wedding but don't hurl any flowers, police said Tuesday.

Orange flogs Danish ops to TeliaSonera

Orange flogs Danish ops to TeliaSonera 07/08/2004 07:04 AM
Sound the retreat!

Danish government goes open source

Danish government goes open source 09/24/2004 09:16 AM
ZDNet Sep 24 2004 1:19PM GMT

Danish Sailor Charged With Manslaughter
(AP)

Danish Sailor Charged With Manslaughter
(AP) 08/19/2004 10:45 PM
AP - A member of Denmark's sailing team was charged with manslaughter after he struck and killed a British pedestrian while speeding in his car on the way to see his country's handball team play. The sailor, Niklas Holm, hit the man, identified as Errol Strachan, on a suburban Athens street Sunday night, police said.
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