Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 01:08 AM EST |
A new academic study confirms that front groups with longstanding
ties to the tobacco industry and the billionaire Koch brothers planned the
formation of the Tea Party movement more than a decade before it exploded onto
the U.S. political scene.
Far from a genuine grassroots uprising, this
astroturf effort was curated by wealthy industrialists years in advance. Many of
the anti-science operatives who defended cigarettes are currently deploying
their tobacco-inspired playbook internationally to evade accountability for the
fossil fuel industry's role in driving climate disruption.
The study, funded
by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health, traces the
roots of the Tea Party's anti-tax movement back to the early 1980s when tobacco
companies began to invest in third party groups to fight excise taxes on
cigarettes, as well as health studies finding a link between cancer and
secondhand cigarette smoke.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 06:23 AM EST |
Practi
cal Way
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 06:27 AM EST |
Chubby Checker suing over 'The Chubby
Checker'
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 09:22 AM EST |
In a press conference in Sydney today, Adobe chief executive
Shantanu Narayen refused to answer questions about how the company can justify
charging Australians up to $1,400 more for its traditional software than US
residents, instead pushing his view that Adobe's Creative Cloud software, which
is broadly harmonised with US pricing, is the future for
customers.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 01:32 PM EST |
Anyone can bypass your iPhone's passcode to make calls, send out emails and
messages, scroll through your call history and view (and even edit) your
contacts.
Anyone can bypass your iPhone's
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 03:36 PM EST |
An interesting article in the MIT Technology Review discusses how the U.S.
government's demand for zero day exploits is making the Web more dangerous for
everybody. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 04:39 PM EST |
http://generat
edcontent.org/post/43036827576/hey-o-lets-go
So the news we
were all dreading came to pass. Opera will drop Presto, in favour of WebKit.
Four becomes Three. Only one browser engine remains where the dominant
contributions come from an independent vendor who don’t have a vested interest
in a large native ecosystem. What does this mean for Opera, and the Web at
large?
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Authored by: llanitedave on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 11:11 PM EST |
Python Software Foundation seeking help in Europe
Seems like a new
kind of troll. A UK company wants to trademark the name "Python" for its own
software and services.
I don't know UK law, but I don't see how a sane judge
could possibly agree to this. --- Of course we need to communicate -- that
goes without saying! [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, February 15 2013 @ 04:53 AM EST |
The
Metrics System
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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, February 15 2013 @ 04:59 AM EST |
APP
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