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Submission + - NY State Senator wants iPod crosswalk ban

Submitted by llamapalooza on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @04:15PM

llamapalooza writes: According to W-CBS TV, New York State Senator Carl Kruger has proposed banning the use of iPods and other portable players in "big cities" across New York State. He says that when people listening to iPods are crossing the street, they tend to ignore traffic, creating a hazard to not only the listener, but to drivers around them. Kruger claims that several people have been hurt or killed while crossing a crossing a street listen to music. Will this set a precedent for other states to begin regulating the use of headphones in cities, or will it simply die in the State Senate?

Submission + - Beer Goggles Explained!

Submitted by e4g4 on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @04:02PM

e4g4 writes: Researchers at Manchester University have apparently discovered the formula behind the well known "Beer Goggle" effect. The research, commissioned by Bausch and Lomb PureVision, has determined that the quantity of alcohol consumed isn't the only variable that contributes to the "Beer Goggle factor", smokiness of the room and a person's visual acuity also come into play. (Yeah, the article's a little over a year old, but Science + Beer == Fun).

Journal Journal: RIAA to Pay Debbie Foster's Attorneys Fees

Journal by NewYorkCountryLawyer on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @06:38PM

In an Oklahoma case, Capitol Records v. Debbie Foster, the Court has granted the defendant's motion for attorneys fees to be imposed against the RIAA, holding that Ms. Foster is to receive her "reasonable attorney's fees". Judge Lee R. West, in his

Submission + - Attorneys Fees To Be Awarded Against RIAA

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NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @06:37PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "In an Oklahoma case, Capitol Records v. Debbie Foster, the Court has granted the defendant's motion for attorneys fees to be imposed against the RIAA, holding that Ms. Foster is to receive her "reasonable attorney's fees". Judge Lee R. West, in his 9-page decision(pdf), did not specify the amount to be awarded, held that the RIAA can have "discovery" on the reasonableness issue, and also ruled that Ms. Foster can also later supplement her application for additional fees. Her initial application was for approximately $55,000 in legal fees and disbursements. This is the case in which the ACLU, Public Citizen, EFF, the American Association of Law Libraries, and the ACLU Oklahoma Foundation, all filed an amicus brief on Ms. Foster's behalf, arguing to the judge that a substantial attorneys fee award was needed to discourage the RIAA's "driftnet" litigation strategy."

Submission + - Man Gets Second Chance at Space

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @06:23PM

An anonymous reader writes: Brian Emmett, who gave up a free space ride from Oracle because he could not afford the taxes, was offered another free ride by the Benson Space Company. Benson's upstart has an agreement with his previous company, SpaceDev, to utilize its Dream Chaser orbital spacecraft. The Dream Chaser is a revival of NASA's HL-20 prototype, which itself is based upon the successful Soviet BOR-4 lifting body. SpaceDev had previously provided the hybrid rocket engines for Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne and intends on using similar technology in the Dream Chaser.

Feed Oldest Paper Ditches Newsprint (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @05:12PM

First distributed by courier in 1645, Sweden's Post-och Inrikes Tidningar makes the leap to online-only publication. In Furthermore.

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