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Comment Re:Racism? an obvious reminder (Score 1) 3709

by shrubya (#25662847) Attached to: Barack Obama Wins US Presidency

Gays have the exact same marriage rights as everyone else. They can still marry someone of the opposite sex.

50 years ago, most US states had laws against interracial marriage. Your exact argument was made then: no one is being discriminated against, because everyone has the same right to marry someone ... of their own ethnicity.

50 years from now, opposition to gay marriage will look just as bigoted as our forebears' views look today. You know this is true.
The Military

Submission + - F-35 Fighter to use speech recognition 1

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Gary
Gary writes: "The U.S. Air Force revealed that the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, which will be out in 2008, will be the first U.S. fighter to respond to voice commands. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate has been deliberating on the idea for some time, and has even tried out different systems from a variety of companies. The system hooks on to the plane's onboard computer. It will be used to give commands for both communication and navigation. The requested data will then come up in the pilot's helmet display."

Feed Science Daily: Images Of Gases Escaping From Jupiter's Moon Io Produced (sciencedaily.com)

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The first clear evidence of how gases from Jupiter's tiny moon's volcanoes can lead to the largest visible gas cloud in the solar system has been announced. Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has a moon named Io that is just 100 km larger in radius than Earth's Moon. According to new research, there are over 100 active volcanic sites on Io making it the most active place for volcanic activity known anywhere.

Feed Engadget: OCZ intros 1800MHz DDR3 RAM modules (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Desktops

OCZ is upping the DDR3 RAM ante yet again, besting its own recently introduced modules with its new 1800MHz PC3-14400 modules. Apparently the first modules of their kind to go into production, these will be available in both single 1GB modules and 2x1GB dual channel kits, with 'em boasting a peak bandwidth of 14400MB (or 14.4GB) per second and latencies "comparable to the fastest offerings of DDR or DDR2." Otherwise, you'll get OCZ's proprietary platinum-mirrored XTC (Xtreme Thermal Convection) heatspreader to keep the modules cool, along with a lifetime warranty for a little extra insurance.

[Via The Inquirer]

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Software

Do "Illegal" Codecs Actually Scare Linux Users? 510

Posted by kdawson from the hardened-criminals-listening-to-music dept.
jammag writes "In this article, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes points out why he keeps giving money to Microsoft and Apple despite the clear advantages of Linux: the scary legalese dialogs you have to click through to install codecs for common multimedia formats. Quoting: 'Despite strong points that go far beyond price, Linux falls short when it comes to legally supporting file formats such as MP3, WMA/WMV and DVDs.' He talks about using Ubuntu and booting up Totem Movie Player, only to be confronted with a burst of legalese about what a hardened criminal he'll be if he uses Totem without a license. This problem is 'a deal breaker' for him."
Networking

Submission + - Pirate Bay Accused of Distributing Harry Potter (slyck.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: "There's been one notable exception to the takedown frenzy occurring on the multitude of BitTorrent sites", Slyck.com writes. "That exception of course is the notable BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay. As a result of its renegade response, an overwhelming portion of the "blame" has been directed at The Pirate Bay, especially from the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.) In a press release issued today, the IFPI directly blamed The Pirate Bay not only for indexing the torrent, but for facilitating its distribution."
Power

Submission + - Eating beef 'is less green than driving' (telegraph.co.uk) 5

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hhlost
hhlost writes: "'Japanese scientists used a range of data to calculate the environmental impact of a single purchase of beef.' They concluded that '2.2lb of beef is responsible for greenhouse gas emissions which have the same effect as the carbon dioxide released by an ordinary car travelling at 50 miles per hour for 155 miles, a journey lasting three hours. The amount of energy consumed would light a 100-watt bulb for 20 days.'"

Feed Science Daily: Scientists A Step Closer To Understanding How Anaesthetics Work In The Brain (sciencedaily.com)

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An important clue to how anaesthetics work on the human body has been provided by the discovery of a molecular feature common to both the human brain and the great pond snail nervous system, scientists now say. Researchers hope that the discovery of what makes a particular protein in the brain sensitive to anaesthetics could lead to the development of new anaesthetics with fewer side effects.
Upgrades

Submission + - Gigabyte N680SLI-DQ6 - A Mother Of A Motherboard (hothardware.com)

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MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "Motherboards manufacturers seem to get more exotic in their designs, with each new chipset release. HotHardware has an evaluation posted looking at the Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6; a product that seemingly out does every other current desktop motherboard in a number of key areas. The GA-N680SLI-DQ6 features four Gigabit LAN controllers, 10 SATA ports, a 12-phase power array, 100% solid-state capacitors, and a unique wrap-around, passive, cooling apparatus that cools both the top and underside of the chipset and CPU socket area. And because the board is based on NVIDIA's nForce 680i SLI chipset, it also has three full-length PCI Express x16 slots for multi-GPU support. It's a good overclocker and performed well throughout the benchmarks."
Announcements

Submission + - Ginormous is officially a word (fresnobee.com)

Submitted by oatec
oatec writes: It's no longer slang, along with a list of 100 other words being added to Merriam-Webster. Can you hear a news anchor using "Ginormous" in a sentence and not being laughed off the set?
Databases

Submission + - Linux HR Management Systems

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dgcrawford
dgcrawford writes: "A growing, 100-person company I work for is looking to integrate a Human Resources Management System into their Linux computer base. Does anyone have experience with any products that fit this need? Does it interface well with payroll, applicant tracking, maybe even finance and stock or other non-monetary compensation? I realize most of you would look at this from an IT point of view, but how did the system work across fields? And how important/useful did you find this interoperability?"

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