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Submission + - Put your money where your mouth is... (thestreet.com)

Submitted by

happyslayer

on Thursday July 26, 2007 @05:02PM

happyslayer writes: "The Street.com has a user-submitted article describing one investor's view on what comprises a "geek portfolio": Stocks that a geek would buy, based on beliefs, image, reputation, etc.

After giving some views on the term "geek," the article states

With that in mind, I've created a "geek portfolio," with the stocks of companies that cater to and assist all sorts of geeks in their pursuits.

Since "vote with your $$$" is a common refrain in Slashdot comments, let's see what everyone thinks..."

Submission + - UK military awaits Skynet launch

Submitted by Charles Puffer on Friday March 09, 2007 @04:32PM

Charles Puffer writes: Like they can't wait for Judgment Day. The UK Military awaits Skynet launch set for 1925 local time on an Ariane rocket. The system will provide secure high bandwidth military communications. In about a week Skynet 5A will in it's orbit, with Skynet 5B going up later in the year, and 5C in 2008. Since the revolution should be televised the Indian TV satellite Insat 4B, is the second payload.

Submission + - Distributed Proofreaders Completes 10,000 eBooks

Submitted by Jagged on Friday March 09, 2007 @03:46PM

Jagged writes: Distributed Proofreaders today commemorated their digital transcription of 10,000 written works. Distributed Proofreaders, a wholly volunteer organization, was established in 2000 for the purpose of producing quality transcriptions of machine-readable texts from public domain sources. The resulting texts are published on Project Gutenberg.

Submission + - Congressman: colleges are nests of piracy

Submitted by Prescott on Friday March 09, 2007 @01:42PM

Prescott writes: Hollywood's congressman, Rep. Howard Berman of California, has announced that his subcomittee will be accelerating its hearings on piracy at American colleges. More troubling, he is getting ready to go after what he is calling the 'hypocrisy' of American colleges and Universities. 'Unfortunately, many schools have turned a blind eye to piracy,' Berman said. 'I don't doubt that there are legitimate issues that universities must grapple with, including privacy and cost concerns. However, when a university such as Purdue tells the AP that it rarely even notifies students accused by the RIAA because it is too much trouble to track down alleged offenders — such inaction is unacceptable.'

Submission + - RIAA going after Colleges

Submitted by

Pojut

on Friday March 09, 2007 @01:25PM

Pojut writes: "The Washington Post has an article on the RIAA increasing the number of letters out to colleges and college students around the country demanding that action be taken against the student's that have contributed nearly 1.3 billion downloads a year. In addition, they are asking (once again) that schools block access to services which allow such downloads. In many cases cases, there are threats of litigation.

From the article:

"At schools that don't institute or enforce such policies, some students might be getting mail from the trade group. Last week, the RIAA sent 400 letters to students at 13 colleges warning them that they will either have to pay up for illegally downloading music or face a lawsuit."

URL:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2007/03/08/AR2007030801895.html"

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