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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, February 10 2013 @ 11:33 PM EST |
The Australian parliament is getting interested in aspects of 'flexible' pricing
... see
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-11/microsoft-apple-summonsed-to-front-parliam
entary-committee/4512236
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Authored by: SilverWave on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 03:12 AM EST |
Wonders of Life
Probably the best, most accessible explanation to Life
the
universe and evolution, I have yet seen.
3. Endless Forms Most
Beautiful
2. Expanding Universe
1. What Is Life?
The universe is almost entirely
devoid of life. Earth, the
planet we call home, seems to defy the laws of
physics. It
is teeming with life in all colours, shapes and sizes. No-
one
knows for sure how many different species are alive
right now, our best guess
is close to 8.7 million. In this
film, Professor Brian Cox asks how, from a
lifeless cosmos
ruled by the laws of physics and chemistry, it is possible
that a planet can produce so much wonderful, varied biology.
It's an
epic journey through time that begins with Brian
undertaking a species count in
the cloud forests of
Madagascar. Here, creatures exist that are unique to this
isolated Indian Ocean island.
He searches for clues to how species
have become so diverse
by considering the chemistry of a lion, tracing their
molecular connection to the heavens with a visit to the
Southern African Large
Telescope. Witnessing the ancient
formation of stars Brian follows carbon,
life's most
precious ingredient, as it is captured by the living world.
From
plants to insects, through grazing herds, all the way
up to Africa's big cats,
Brian follows carbon as it passes
through the food chain.
This leads
him to the one carbon rich molecule that controls
it all: DNA, the blue print
for all living things. On the
ancient Karoo plains Brian discovers how once DNA
arrived it
was inevitably changed. He shows that the universe itself
plays an
important part in shaping this molecule.
Finally he returns to
Madagascar to search for its most
famous inhabitants: lemurs. There are over 90
different
species across the country, but perhaps one of the most
bizarre is
known locally as the aye-aye. Being nocturnal and
living in some of the
densest, most mountainous terrain
makes them incredibly difficult to find. Yet
Brian is
determined to find one because they hold one of the best
demonstrations of how DNA is shaped by the environment. For
Brian the aye-aye
holds the key to understanding why we find
ourselves on such a rich, varied and
complex living world.
--- RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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- What Is Life? Probably the best, most accessible explanation to Life the universe and evolution, - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 07:11 AM EST
- What Is Life? Probably the best, most accessible explanation to Life the universe and evolution, - Authored by: JamesK on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 08:08 AM EST
- What Is Life? Probably the best, most accessible explanation to Life the universe and evolution, - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 08:11 AM EST
- What Is Life? Probably the best, most accessible explanation to Life the universe and evolution, - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 08:28 AM EST
- The emergence of life might be an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics - Authored by: SilverWave on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 04:43 PM EST
- "Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK only" - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 09:26 AM EST
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Authored by: vadim on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 06:50 AM EST |
Folks, i've just got an idea on how to turn CFAA and DMCA on
their heads to promote access to the information instead of
restrict it. Something like GPL use copyright law to turn it on
it head and grant more liberty.
Suppose somebody let's call him P makes copies of DVDs for
backup purposes
and then publishes a web page with links to these movies.
The links are password protected with WEAK password.
The potential downloaders will be breaking the law breaking
the password and downloading the movies form this site,
however they can be confident that P will not sue them.
So a potential download have to break/guess the password to
download a movie.
However to accuse P of copyright violation the accuser will
have to break the CFAA and DMCA laws too, and this action
will invalidate the evidence against P.
What do you think?
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- CFAA and DMCA - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 08:34 AM EST
- CFAA and DMCA - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 08:43 AM EST
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Authored by: tiger99 on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 07:41 AM EST |
BBC Having been in
Australia about 18 months ago, I can confirm that they are being ripped off very
badly. So is the UK, and probably various other countries too. I think that
these nasty businesses price their trashware (in the case of M$ at least) as
high as the mugs will pay. Their obscene profit margins tend to confirm
that. I hope that other governments are going to start looking into this. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: ukjaybrat on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 08:06 AM EST |
Your every day story about
android security
updates
Laws have been passed that make it illegal to unlock our
phones. All this does is put money in the carriers pockets
because we are
forced to upgrade our contracts and buy a new
phone when our current model is
no longer supported.
Someone should start a petition for a law that
would force
carriers to continue support for at least 2 years (length of
most
contracts) of any device it sells. That way a customer
will always have the
latest security updates on their phone
as long as they are under
contract.
It does not seem fair that carriers can bully us into
staying under their umbrella with the 'unlock law' and not
supply security
updates at the same time. It leaves users
with no possible action to prevent
their prone devices from
malware attacks.
ok ok... you and i both know
that most of the malware
stories are pure FUD. But most people don't, and this
proposition would at least help ease people's fears by
eliminating stories
like the one I have included up top. It
would also hopefully form a better
relationship between
Google and carriers (much akin to sitting two troubled
kids
at a table together and telling them to play nice).
Anybody else
have any
suggestions, or even agree with my proposal?--- IANAL [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- US only? - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 09:38 AM EST
- Yes - US only - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 01:04 PM EST
- No, not US only - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 02:18 PM EST
- No, not US only - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 10:16 PM EST
- No, not US only - Authored by: ukjaybrat on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 09:20 AM EST
- No, not US only - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 02:12 PM EST
- Two issues - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 02:53 PM EST
- No, not US only - Authored by: ukjaybrat on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 11:11 AM EST
- But..? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 04:57 PM EST
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Authored by: JamesK on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 08:20 AM EST |
A team of American and European researchers have
confirmed that the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction — the event that wiped out
roughly 75% of the planet’s species, including almost every dinosaur — was
caused by an asteroid impact in Mexico 66 million years ago. --- The
following program contains immature subject matter.
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- Finally confirmed: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 08:35 AM EST
- A big unanswered question - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 09:40 AM EST
- A big unanswered question - Authored by: cricketjeff on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 10:33 AM EST
- A big unanswered question - Authored by: JamesK on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 10:47 AM EST
- But - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 11:44 AM EST
- But - a possible answer - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 01:07 PM EST
- But - Authored by: Wol on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 01:56 PM EST
- But - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 07:21 AM EST
- Amphibian survival - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 08:49 AM EST
- But - Authored by: Wol on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 03:10 PM EST
- But - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, February 13 2013 @ 06:19 PM EST
- Finally confirmed: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs - Authored by: UncleVom on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 10:21 AM EST
- Famous last words? - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 11:46 AM EST
- Dinosaur extinction confirmed - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 12:16 PM EST
- And it's our turn Friday - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 12:23 PM EST
- The real reason dinosaurs became extinct. - Authored by: albert on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 05:33 PM EST
- But they are still around, sort of - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 05:22 AM EST
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 08:51 AM EST |
Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe Systems have been summoned by lawmakers
to explain why consumers pay more for IT products Down Under than in other
countries.
The Australian Parliament's House Committee on Infrastructure and
Communications said Monday that it wants the companies to appear before the
committee as part of an ongoing probe regarding disparity between prices charged
in Australia and in overseas markets.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 10:03 AM EST |
Slashdot and the Beeb are reporting network problems with IOS6.1 Apple are refusing to
comment which is starting to cause raised eyebrows. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Standard response - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 11:49 AM EST
- Standard response - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 11:53 AM EST
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 11:50 AM EST |
linky.
Yet another lawsuit. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 05:59 PM EST |
"The US Department of Energy today said it would spend $20 million on the
development of advanced cybersecurity tools to help protect the nation's
vulnerable energy supply."
"The DOE technologies developed under
this program should be interoperable, scalable, cost-effective advanced tools
that do not impede critical energy delivery functions, that are innovative and
can easily be commercialized or made available through open source for no
cost." link[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 09:08 PM EST |
Replace
the...
Waynehttp://madhatter.ca
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 09:10 PM EST |
Workflow
Waynehttp://madhatter.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 09:15 PM EST |
L
owering the Bar
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- Who would want the job? - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 12:04 AM EST
- Yes - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 05:27 AM EST
- Yes - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 12 2013 @ 02:53 PM EST
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 11 2013 @ 11:22 PM EST |
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130208/14380521924.shtml [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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