posted on 07.04.09 Naked 'Terminator' arrested at casino | RecordCourier.com
A man who ran naked through the Stateline casino core was subdued by a Taser on Tuesday before a group of “startled” children in the Harrah’s Lake Tahoe casino arcade. Sean Stanley Smith, 19, was jailed on charges of indecent exposure and resisting a peace officer. He reportedly told officers he had ingested marijuana and LSD, and was running naked because he thought he was “the Terminator.” A deputy patrolling the casino core at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday was waved down by a motorist who said there was a naked man running in front of the Marriott across the Nevada/California state line.The deputy, traveling west on Highway 50 in front of Harrah’s, saw the naked suspect running in front of the Pony Express statue. The suspect ignored the officer’s command to stop and ran inside the casino. The deputy grabbed his Taser and entered the casino with South Lake Tahoe police officers who had been searching for the suspect. Smith reportedly ran into the arcade, startling the children who were playing video games. The deputy deployed his Taser with a “touch stun” which failed to subdue the suspect. The second time, Smith went to the ground and was handcuffed. Harrah’s security provided bedsheets to cover Smith and he was taken to security in a wheelchair. He reportedly told officers he had ingested marijuana and LSD. Paramedics took Smith the Barton Memorial Hospital for treatment. He was issued a hospital gown and taken to Douglas County Jail.

posted on 07.02.09 Gizmodo - Apple Pulls iPhone App That Allowed for Child Pornography Uploads

Apple has pulled BeautyMeter—the iPhone/iPod touch app that allowed users to upload naked pictures of themselves for others to rate—after a 15-yo girl published a picture showing her bare breasts and pubic hair.

Charlie Sorrel at Wired argues correctly that Apple will be damned with 17+ apps no matter what:

The problems for Apple are clear. By setting itself up as a guardian of the store, Apple can’t win. Any time a controversial application is approved, or non-allowed elements are snuck into an application post-approval, Apple is blamed. If these apps are pulled ahead of time, Apple is called out as an evil censor.

However, that doesn’t mean Apple should ban the 17+ app sex-related category to avoid conflicts. There are plenty of adult-oriented applications that won’t allow for this kind of dynamic content. But then again, the fact is that any application that allows you to upload pictures and share them could be used to do exactly the same. So where should Apple stop, then? Should they ban any app that can be used to publish pictures or videos? Shouldn’t the developers—and the users—be responsible about this and not Apple?

*So, what do you think?