Submission Summary: 0 pending, 61 declined, 6 accepted (67 total, 8.96% accepted)
Submission + - Bitcoins not money
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: A brief editorial by Steve Forbes, one of our moneymeisters, on why
bitcoins are not money.
Hint: For those who are too lazy to read the opinion,. bitcoins are too volatile to be money.
bitcoins are not money.
Hint: For those who are too lazy to read the opinion,. bitcoins are too volatile to be money.
Submission + - FAA GRounds Aerial Photography with drones. (cbslocal.com) 1
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: A couple of photographers had a great idea, mount a camera on a drone and take aerial pictures for clients. They were doing fairly8 well until the FAA stepped in. and shut them down.
Submission + - Reminder: Sign the Carmen Ortiz/SAaron Swartz petition. 2
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: Just a reminder for those pushing for the removal of Carment Ortiz. Sign the petition and get your friends to sign it too.
I believe the pettion was put up after the limit was raised to 100,000 and as of now it only has 50,600 and has recently been going up but very very slowly.
I believe the pettion was put up after the limit was raised to 100,000 and as of now it only has 50,600 and has recently been going up but very very slowly.
Submission + - Petition to remove Carmen Ortiz --Aaron Swartz's prosecutor reaches limit. (huffingtonpost.com)
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: A White House petition to remove Carmen Ortiz, the prosecutor of Aaron Swartz, has reached the necessary limit to require a reply from the White House.
Submission + - USPTO asks for input on software patents. (groklaw.net)
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: It seems that the patent office is reviewing it's policy on software patents and is asking for .feedback .
Nothing would please me more then to see the USPTO inundated with thousands of posts describing ways that software patents hurt the industry, but folks I ask for a bit of restraint in replying. When they get bombarded with posts saying things like "software patents sux" not only do they blow off that post, they also blow off other more legitimate posts. So please only submit if you do a clear, cogent, well thought out post. Thanks.
Nothing would please me more then to see the USPTO inundated with thousands of posts describing ways that software patents hurt the industry, but folks I ask for a bit of restraint in replying. When they get bombarded with posts saying things like "software patents sux" not only do they blow off that post, they also blow off other more legitimate posts. So please only submit if you do a clear, cogent, well thought out post. Thanks.
Submission + - Prof apologizes for threats to global warming skeptics. (uni-graz.at)
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: A while ago Prof. Richard Parncutt placed a page on his website calling for the death penalty for global warming skeptics. In a fit of remorse, or because someone called him on the rug, Parncutt replaced that page with one that apologizes for the original article.
Submission + - Global warming increasing the Earth chancfe of being hit by an asteroid. (ecoenquirer.com)
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: As if wild hurrincanes, rampant tsunamis and no North Pole are not bed enough threats to our lives. We now discover that global warming may also increase the risk of the Earth being hit by a cataclysmic asteroid.
Submission + - The real cost of outsourcing. (asymco.com)
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: For the last two decades, we have been hearing that ousourcing is good. That we want the "high tech, high paying" jobs. Nevermind that implies that people must constantly retrain as jobs go overseas: computer programmers become genertic engineers become wall street banker become... and that as people get older that retraining gets harder.
Well now we are seeing the cost of outsourcing, not just to individuals but also the economy as Samsung gains more and ground to Samsung in the mobile wars. So now we see the cost of outsourcing, to the American company that has led innovation in the last ten years.
Well now we are seeing the cost of outsourcing, not just to individuals but also the economy as Samsung gains more and ground to Samsung in the mobile wars. So now we see the cost of outsourcing, to the American company that has led innovation in the last ten years.
Submission + - Are Surface product placements going over the top. (strangebeaver.com)
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: Seems that Microsoft is doing a series of product placements. Recently
The cheesiest of there is on the Show Elementary. This placement ( as all the placements ) can be found on youtube, and shows Holmes attaching the Surface keyboard, puling out the kicjstand, starting a browser and searching on Bing.
So is this a successful product placement or is it so overthetop it fails?
The cheesiest of there is on the Show Elementary. This placement ( as all the placements ) can be found on youtube, and shows Holmes attaching the Surface keyboard, puling out the kicjstand, starting a browser and searching on Bing.
So is this a successful product placement or is it so overthetop it fails?
Submission + - Cheesy Surface placement in Elementary (youtube.com)
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: So did anyone else catch the cheesy product placement of a Surface tablet in last weeks episode of Elementary, At the end Holmes even does a Bing search.
Success or fail?
Success or fail?
Submission + - Ebay censors Glenn Beck (usnews.com) 1
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: Ebay has decided to censor Glenn Beck by pulling a piece of his art called "Obama Pee Pee". A take off of Andres Serrano's award winning work Piss Christ .
Submission + - US pastent Office head Honcho says "Give it a rest" (arstechnica.com)
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: David Kappos tells patent opponents to "give it a rest" He further goes on to say that the present smartphone patent litigation is the way the patent system is supposed to work.
Mr Kappos, if this is the way that the patent system is supposed to work, then speaking for those who would eliminate patents altogether: the prosecution rests.
Mr Kappos, if this is the way that the patent system is supposed to work, then speaking for those who would eliminate patents altogether: the prosecution rests.
Submission + - Microsfot sued for bloatware. (phys.org)
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: A guy is suing MS because he claims hje was shortchanged on his 32G Surface.
Turns out that 16G is OS and applications so you only get 16G of storage.
Turns out that 16G is OS and applications so you only get 16G of storage.
Submission + - Queen Chooses Qalaxy Note 10,1 over Ipad (bbc.co.uk) 2
MouseTheLuckyDog writes: In choosing a tablet for Her Royal Collection Queen Elisabeth choose the Galaxy Note 10.1 over the iPad.
In a personal note let me add "Take that you iSheep," and "Nyah Nyah Nyah".
In a personal note let me add "Take that you iSheep," and "Nyah Nyah Nyah".
