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Comment Re:Casimir Force (Score 1) 136

by miquels on Friday March 06, 2009 @12:14PM (#27092277) Attached to: Scale Models Can "Compute" Casimir Forces

>could we harness this "force" and convert it into useable energy

Well, the Jovion corporation apparently has a method do do this- http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Jovion_Corporation_and_Zero_Point_Energy

Mike.

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In Finland, Nokia May Get Its Own Snooping Law 284

Posted by kdawson on Sunday February 01, 2009 @03:49PM from the expectation-of-privacy dept.

notany writes "Nokia may be too big a company for Finland (a country of 5 million people). It seems that Nokia's lobbyists can push an unconstitutional law through the legislature at will. After Nokia was caught red-handed, twice, snooping on its employees (first 2000-2001, second 2005), the company started a relentless lobbying and pressure campaign against politicians to push what the press has been calling 'Lex Nokia' or the 'snooping law.' This proposed law would allow employers to investigate the log data of employees' e-mails, legalizing the kind of snooping that Nokia had engaged in. Parliament's Constitutional Law Committee asked the opinions of eight legal experts, and all opined that the proposed law is unconstitutional. The committee ignored all the advice and declared the proposal constitutional." An anonymous reader adds a link to an AFP story reporting that Nokia has threatened to pull out of Finland unless the law passes.

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Comment Re:Not So Radical? (Score 2, Insightful) 193

by miquels on Friday December 05, 2008 @05:37AM (#26000543) Attached to: Clarifying the Next Step in Australia's Net-Censorship Scheme

It's not going to happen. The police tried to run this scheme, and the ISPs almost fell for it. Then the minister of justice noticed what was going on, investigated it, and concluded that it was against the law (!).

Bit of a shame though. The agreement between ISPs and the police was much better then any future law will be .. which unfortunately is still just as likely as anywhere else in the world.

It had very good checks and balances built in. For example, the agreement was in the form of a contract, and it would become invalid the moment any non-child-porn site showed up on the list.

Oh well. All in all I'm happy it didn't go through. But I'm wondering what they will come up with next.

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Little Hitler 5

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 21, 2008 @12:44PM from the from-the-baby-dictator-collection dept.

I know he's one of the worst dictators in history but just look how cute those cheeks are.

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