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Submission + - Lots of chinese site "maintain down"

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "One days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, several high profile Chinese internet sites have been closed, comment disabled or register disabled. These include verycd.com(the largest emule share site), xiaonei.com(the largest sns in china), fanfou.com(twitter-like site), yyets.com(subtitle site)... The full list of closed site is recorded at https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rcz-FpRKSsvyQUnLL1UMjcg by anonymous. Some of this sites are forced to be "maintain down", others are voluntary. Most site will reopen on June 6, 2009 as its claimed."
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Flying Spaghetti Monster visits UK

Submitted by RikTheVeggie
RikTheVeggie writes: The BBC is reporting a crop circle (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8080315.stm) which surely can have only come from the FSM himself. All hail his noodly appendage!
Software

Submission + - First beta of Opera 10 is out in the wilderness (opera.com)

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Miladinoski
Miladinoski writes: "Opera Software ASA today released the newest beta of their tenth version of the Opera browser. In addition to their already known features that made it famous like mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, voice navigated browser, mail and RSS included into the browser, speed dial and so forth, it now includes a Turbo mode which unclogs your connection to get faster internet, a new interface, a tabbed browsing update, customisable speed dial but continues to follow the web standards by getting 100/100 and pixel-perfect scores on the Acid3 test.

You can grab the beta available for every modern OS platform here."
Power

Submission + - Laser treatment to make light bulbs more efficient

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jsiren
jsiren writes: "According to the University of Rochester, scientists have beamed a small area on the tungsten filament of a light bulb with femtosecond laser pulses. As a result, the beamed area started glowing much brighter, whilst the bulb's energy consumption remained constant. The change is attributed to an array of nano- and micro-scale structures created by the laser on the surface of the filament. The researchers say that this process could make a 60-watt bulb as bright as a 100-watt one."
Google

Submission + - Google maps + marijuana = synergy..wait what? (dispensaryfinder.com)

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Some stoner
Some stoner writes: "Google maps has gone green.... Medical marijuana patients are finding legal marijuana providers in their neighbor through sites like DispensaryFinder.com The site itself is a place that medical marijuana patients can log onto, read strain reviews, search for dispensaries, and enroll in a savings and reward program."
Government

Submission + - Open Government Brainstorm Defies Wisdom of Crowds

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theodp
theodp writes: "In May, the White House launched what it called an 'unprecedented online process for public engagement in policymaking'. Brainstorming was conducted in an effort to identify ways to 'strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness by making government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative.' So what were some of the top vote-getters? Currently near the top of the list are Legalize Marijuana And Solve Many Tax Issues / Prison Issues (#2) and Remove Marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (#3). For those who remember Obama's earlier Online Town Hall, it's deja vu all over again."
Space

Submission + - 'Space headaches' - new astronaut health complaint (cosmosmagazine.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Astronauts who have no history of bad headaches can be prone to disabling attacks while in space, a phenomenon that suggests a new medical condition, say neurologists.

Contrary to prevailing theories, headaches in space are not caused by motion sickness, they said. Instead, the problem could lie in an increase in blood flow to the head, causing painful pressure on the brain.
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - Sotomayor's position on copyright damages (wired.com) 1

Submitted by Too Lazy to Login
Too Lazy to Login writes: Wired reports that Sonia Sotomayor will likely affirm high (read: RIAA excessive) damages in cases where copyright claims are in issue. Good thing I'm not a betting man, because I'd have guessed the exact opposite.
The Courts

Submission + - Court Asked to Strike All MediaSentry Evidence (blogspot.com)

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NewYorkCountryLawyer
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "In Capitol v. Thomas, the RIAA's Minnesota case scheduled for trial on June 15th, the defendant's new attorneys have filed a motion to suppress all of the evidence procured by MediaSentry, on the ground that it was obtained in violation of state and federal criminal statutes. The defendant's brief (PDF) accuses MediaSentry of violations of the Minnesota Private Detectives Act, the federal Pen Register and Trap and Trace Devices Act, and the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986. Ms. Thomas-Rasset recently retained new attorneys. The motion is scheduled to be argued on June 10th."

Comment I don't think that holds up (Score 2, Insightful) 255

by viyh (#28166735) Attached to: Can "Page's Law" Be Broken?
"Page's Law" seems to be a tongue in cheek joke since it's sited primarily by the Google folks themselves. It definitely isn't true across the board. It's purely a matter of a) what the software application is and b) how the project is managed/developed. If the application is something like a web browser where web standards are constantly being changed and updated so the software must follow in suit, I could see where "Page's Law" might be true. But if the product is well managed and code isn't constantly grandfathered in (i.e., the developers know when to start from scratch) then it wouldn't necessarily be a problem.

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