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Submission + - Ada Lovelace day

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on Friday October 07, 2011 @10:52AM

geekoid writes: "Today is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_lovelace> Ada Lovelace day. "The Right Honourable the Countess of Lovelace" was a mathematician, translator, and the first computer programmer. tragically she died from bloodletting. So, today is a good opportunity to remember women's accomplishments in technology."

Submission + - Steve Jobs is dead (businesswire.com)

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on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @08:03PM

geekoid writes: "Businesswire is reporting that Steve Jobs is dead. They have a statement from the board of directors If true, it's a sad day in the tech world."

Submission + - SEtI Allen Array shutdown (seti.org)

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on Friday April 29, 2011 @10:10AM

geekoid writes: "On April 15th, the Allen Telescope Array was shutdown. California's panic to 'save' money mean the the NSF funding for the operations of the Array has dried up. This is just one example of research and science getting slashed. Science is the very thing that gives us the tools we use, and drives the economy; but it's one of the first things to get cut. Why aren't we angered by this? Where is the 'Science, Research, and experimentation lobby?"

Submission + - Mandatory Health care fine by founding fathers (forbes.com)

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on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @02:50PM

geekoid writes: "Most people against mandatory health care say "The Founding Fathers" would not want it, and that it's against the intent of the constitution. Not only is the 'founding fathers' claim a logical fallacy trying to gain some sense of false authority and appeal to emotion, it is also wrong. As it turns out the founding fathers actually created a mandatory health care act, and it was signed by John Adams. I suspect John Adams knew more about the constitution and it's intent then pretty much any Pseudo republican Tea Party member."

Submission + - Wikileaks shows the US is doing a pretty good job. (npr.org)

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on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @12:22PM

geekoid writes: "Wikileaks release of secret cables shows the Obama administration has a realistic view of world events, and is handling them very well.
From the article: "One thing that is helpful is that it shows that the U.S. government is basically trying to put in place good policies, that it has a good idea of what's happening in Afghanistan and Pakistan and has a pretty good analysis of the situation of Russia,"

IT also shows the US is viewed fairly well in the Arab world. My favorite quote:
The silver lining really is that the U.S. doesn’t come across as a gunslinger, at least in the Middle East.
- Fariborz Ghadar, foreign policy analyst.
As an American, I'm pretty happy with the way things are actually being handled in the mid-east."

Submission + - Sony halts Walkman. (cnn.com)

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on Friday October 29, 2010 @02:27PM

geekoid writes: "After 30 years, Sony has pulled the plug on the Walkman. The Walkman was a portable cassette player. The first practical way to take the music you wan't where ever you go. Including shared tapes and copies of friends tapes. I had one and loved it. Even though they held less music then the Nomad, they weren't lame."

Submission + - A humorous view of the history of media piracy (cracked.com)

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on Friday May 07, 2010 @12:12PM

geekoid writes: "Everyone on slashdot is familiar with the media's attempt to thwart people from copying their content. Over at cracked they have a humorous article looking at the media corporations history of piracy FUD."

Submission + - Video Games designed to be addictive? 1

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on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @01:41PM

geekoid writes: "Microsoft games researcher intentionally designs games to be addictive:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html

The idea of game addiction has always been a solid foundation for a heated debate on Slashdot. When behavioral scientists are consulted to create the pattern of behaviors the game designers want, isn't that intentionally creating addictive behaviors? Should people be warned that a game has been designed to make them addicted?"

Submission + - Self powered mouse is corky (inhabitat.com)

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on Wednesday February 10, 2010 @06:43PM

geekoid writes: "A wireless mouse that harvest energy from it's movement. Now if only cell phones could be charged while we walk around with them in our pockets"

Submission + - Correlation and causation, and overview (sciencebasedmedicine.org)

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on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @03:11PM

geekoid writes: "So many people who post on Slashdot fall in to the causation is not correlation logical fallacy. I thought an article that discuss this logical fallacy, both it's use and abuse."

Submission + - Scientist can read your mind to see what you have (cnn.com)

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on Friday September 25, 2009 @06:38PM

geekoid writes: "Researchers translated recorded neural activity into pictures. While this test was limited to specific images, it helps pave the path to understanding and being able to see exactly what someone else has seen. While a way off, would this be a better way to get witness accounts of events?"

Submission + - Childsplay is up!

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on Friday November 02, 2007 @07:10PM

geekoid writes: " ChildsPlay has started."

Submission + - Person visited by the police of web comic

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on Friday May 04, 2007 @12:02PM

geekoid writes: "Boing Boing has posted a story anout a person who was fired about talking about a gun, and then visited by the police for making a web comic about it: Boing Boing Link The police called it a borderline "terroristic" threat. The comic in question is here : Comic"

Submission + - The speculation has ended!

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on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @06:56PM

geekoid writes: "Apple has announced there iPhone: http://www.apple.com/iphone/ I guess it's time to say I told you so... I told you so. It has a beautiful interface, but without buttuns I'm not sure how I will be able to dial without looking. Finally, the single device with all the functionality I want at a reasonable size. The price is a little steep, but that's what they said about the iPod."

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