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Submission + - Why Comcast will Vehemently Fight a DOJ Investigation (broadbandconvergent.com)

broadbandconvergent writes: "If your company becomes a huge dominate market player in both broadband and content delivery, scrutiny will come your way, like it or not. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has been so successful in building both a content and delivery system to such a mass audience; it’s beginning to look like former monopolies which grew unwanted investigations and break-ups in the 1980’s. Remember AT&T and the DOJ anti-trust decision to split the monopoly into smaller regional companies?"
Verizon

Submission + - Verizon Wireless Goes Ahead With "Bucket" Data Plans (usatoday.com)

CanHasDIY writes: Previously, it was reported that Verizon was considering eliminating their current data plan scheme, as well as the grandfathered unlimited plans, in favor of a new 'bucket' plan in which up to 10 devices would share a data allotment. Verizon officially acknowledged it today, called the "Share Everything" plan, which will go into effect as of June 28, 2012;
according to USA Today:

Under the new pricing plan, a smartphone customer opting for the cheapest data bucket, 1 gigabyte, will pay $90 before taxes and fees ($40 for phone access and $50 for 1 GB). Customers can add a basic phone, laptop and tablet to share data for $30, $20 and $10, respectively.

Those of us still grandfathered into the unlimted plan will be forced to either sign up for Share Everything, or one of the tiered pricing plans currently in effect.

Comment Re:Why is CP illegal? (Score 0, Troll) 714

Second, not to diminish your experience in any way, but what you're describing is a fairly well-understood psychological phenomenon. The problem with your argument is that the reaction you describe isn't limited to sexual abuse (or even actual abuse). A certain subset of the population reacts in this way because of bullying, physical abuse, serious financial losses, relationship breakups, and any number of other crises in their lives.

If someone lit your face on fire, don't worry. The damage and pain you feel is are well-understood physiological and neurological phenomena. People experience pain like this all the time, so your pain isn't all that special and you should really just buck the fuck up.

sexual abuse (or even actual abuse)

So Sexual abuse isn't actual abuse? Boy, better tell all those rape victims out there that they weren't assaulted.

Comment Re:Why is CP illegal? (Score 1) 714

From what we know, an ended life experiences no suffering past death. Child abuse potentially robs young people of mental well-being from the psychological trauma for the rest of their lives. You may consider continued existence to be above all else...but what of living the rest of your life condemned to post-traumatic misery? The numerous victims of such abuse that have committed suicide would - if they still walked this Earth - beg to differ.
Google

Judge Rules API's Can Not Be Copyrighted 365

Asmodae writes "Judge Alsup in the Oracle vs Google case has finally issued his ruling on the issue of whether or not APIs can be copyrighted. That ruling is resounding no. In some fairly clear language the judge says: 'So long as the specific code used to implement a method is different, anyone is free under the Copyright Act to write his or her own code to carry out exactly the same function or specification of any methods used in the Java API.'"
Portables

Ask Slashdot: How To Shop For a Laptop? 732

jakooistra writes "My sister recently asked me for a laptop recommendation. I said, 'Sure, what are techie brothers for,' and diligently started my search for her perfect laptop. Two days later, I feel like I've aged two years. Every laptop vendor seems to want to sell a dozen different, poorly-differentiated models, with no real way of finding out what is customizable without following each model to its own customization page. And there are so many vendors! How am I, as a consumer, supposed to find what I need? Is there a website, hiding somewhere I just can't find, that tracks all the multivariate versions and upgrade choices in an easily searchable database?"
Cellphones

Texter Not Responsible For Textee's Car Accident, Rules Judge 200

linuxwrangler writes "After mowing down a motorcycling couple while distracted by texting, Kyle Best received a slap on the wrist. The couple's attorney then sued Best's girlfriend, Shannon Colonna, for exchanging messages with him when he was driving. They argued that while she was not physically present, she was 'electronically present.' In good news for anyone who sends server-status, account-alerts or originates a call, text or email of any type that could be received by a mobile device, the judge dismissed the plantiff's claims against the woman."

Comment Re:fearmongering (Score 1) 266

I think you're both arguing different things.

Science lies in the realm of that which we can observe and measure. The things that are by definition unobservable and thus unprovable must be articles of faith; even if argued logically they must require an irrational link somewhere. As a man of science and faith, I find it a tragic mistake to conflate the two.

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