Journal Journal: That Zeitgeist/Venus Project stuff is bouncing around again.
Trailer created by a friend of mine sums them up well: "Scientific Kramerism" http://youtu.be/2DjAgh6gGrI
Submission + - Google wins Gmail brand in Germany (computerworld.com)
Shoe Puppet writes: After years of legal disputes, the Gmail trademark has now been transferred to Google.
Previously it had to provide the service under the "Google Mail" brand in Germany. The same was true for the United Kingdom until 2010.
Previously it had to provide the service under the "Google Mail" brand in Germany. The same was true for the United Kingdom until 2010.
Comment Can't make heads nor tails (Score 1) 120
I can't make heads nor tails of these big purchases any more. Valuing things like this looked easy in college. Maybe I am getting ancient.
Submission + - Magician suing for copyright over magic trick (arstechnica.com) 1
Fluffeh writes: "Teller, the silent half of the well-known magic duo Penn and Teller, has sued a rival magician for copying one of his most famous illusions. The case promises to test the boundaries of copyright law as it applies to magic tricks. A Dutch magician with the stage name Gerard Bakardy (real name: Gerard Dogge) saw Teller perform the trick in Las Vegas and developed his own version — then started selling a kit — including a fake rose, instructions, and a DVD — for about $3,000. Teller had Bakardy's video removed with a DMCA takedown notice, then called Bakardy to demand that the magician stop using his routine. Teller offered to buy Bakardy out, but they were unable to agree on a price. So Teller sued Bakardy last week in a Nevada federal court."
Submission + - Seinfeld Connection to Secret Service Prostitute Affair (youtube.com)
Suki I writes: "From the biggest Seinfeld nut that I know (full disclosure: I *like* Seinfeld): New video from the Secret Service prostitution affair. "Exclusive HD Video: Colombian Prostitute In US Secret Service Scandal EXPOSED! for Android" Includes Patty shouting "Now I wan't my money mister and I ain't leavin' 'till I get it!""
Journal Journal: Seinfeld Connection to Secret Service Colombian Prostitute Affair
From the biggest Seinfeld nut that I know of: Secret Service Colombian Prostitute Connection Video (Android friendly version)
Submission + - Banned From Kickstarter For Being Cyberstalked (rachelmarone.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Rachel Marone has been a victim of cyberstalking for 10 years. In 2011, she had a project on Kickstarter shut down because of the high volume of spam posted in the comment section of the project. Recently, Marone's manager spoke to Kickstarter again to see how she could avoid having a new project banned if the cyberstalker showed up again. They replied, 'If there is any chance that Rachel will receive spam from a stalker on her project, she should not create one. We simply cannot allow a project to become a forum for rampant spam, as her past project became. If this happens again, we will need to discard the project and permanently suspend Rachel’s account.' On her website, Marone sums up the situation thus: 'I am being told that I cannot crowdfund because I am a stalking victim. Daniella Jaeger is sending out the message that if you are being stalked you are unwelcome on Kickstarter. With so many women being stalking targets this does not seem reasonable to me.'
Submission + - Voyager and the Coming Great Hiatus in Deep Space (txchnologist.com)
MatthewVD writes: "Some time in the next decade, the Voyager probes will run out of juice and finally go silent after almost a half century of exploration. John Rennie writes that the lack of any meaningful effort to follow up with a mission to interstellar space shows the "fragile, inconsistent state of space exploration." It's particularly frustrating since the Voyagers have tantalized astronomers with a glimpse into about how the sun's magnetic field protects us from (or exposes us to) cosmic rays. Have we gone as far as we’re willing to go in space?"
Comment I thought Snow Crash at first (Score 1) 52
First thought this was like Snow Crash, but I RTFA and it is "not quite". Still great tech!
Journal Journal: Mises Blog shutting down
The Mises blog is shutting down after almost a decade of stellar economic thought and comment. All is not lost, there will be an archive.
Comment Re:Assassination? (Score 2) 3
I smell assassination!
That is what I added to the story on my other blog
Comment Re:Awesome (Score 2) 3
Yeah, that moronic law student who testified she's spending more than $80 a month on birth control must never have time to study. I think the health department should be looking at these kids for the sake of public health: that much sex with that many partners has GOT to be public health risk!
Also, isn't this why the libs support Planned Parenthood? Don't they provide birth control for FREE??? No, wait, they support PP because they don't want ethnic children born, they want them aborted... my bad.
My big question to the people saying that it should be supplied "free" is: If it is free why do you have to need a law to supply it?
The answer if course, they want it to be "free" as in stealing from others.
Journal Journal: Andrew Breitbart, the noted Internet publisher and author, has died 3
Andrew Breitbart, Publisher and Author, Dead - ABC News "Andrew Breitbart, the noted Internet publisher and author, has died, according to a source at Big Journalism. He was 43.
A statement posted on his website said that Breitbart died "unexpectedly from natural causes" this morning.
Journal Journal: For Law School Students: Obama Chewables 3
For the law school students not mature enough to take care of their own birth control: Obama Chewables. Just the thing for Georgetown law students who don't get enough free stuff from their parents.
Comment Re:could you find a worse picture? (Score 1) 2
that picture was supposed to show a street sign that said "old cray graveyard" I presume? it was so awful i wont even call it photoshopped because it is an insult to good software, it looks more like it was ms-paint'ed.
It was sent to me and I did the inset in MS Paint. It is smaller on the blog than if you click on it and look at it in regular size.
