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Submission + - Gaming History and the People Who Made It (thomasaknight.com)

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Synchis

on Monday November 28, 2011 @11:35AM

Synchis writes: "It's not very often that the world changes in a significant way. Often change is rejected, feared, and denied. That's just part of human nature. But some people throughout history defied this nature — innovators in an established industry, and pioneers of entirely new ones. Steve Jobs was one such visionary, whose contributions to the computing and entertainment industry were nothing short of monumental. Others have shared his place at this prestigious level of human accomplishment, though not all of them have been celebrated as widely as Jobs has.

So here is a list of six people who changed the gaming world. A celebration, if you will, of human accomplishment:"

Submission + - Ken Starks: The Unsung Hero (thomasaknight.com)

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Synchis

on Friday November 11, 2011 @12:26PM

Synchis writes: "Fantasy author Thomas A. Knight weighs in on one of Open Source's most modest heroes: 'Ken Starks is, by all standards, a normal guy. He lives in the Austin, Texas area, worked hard his entire life, raised a family, and has lived a mostly good life. Around 2005, Ken was pressure washing a building 38 feet in the air, when the lift failed. He came crashing to the ground, fracturing his spine at the neck. Thus ended one career, and began a new one.'"

Submission + - The Time Weaver - Where FOSS meets Fantasy (blogspot.com)

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Synchis

on Monday November 07, 2011 @10:01AM

Synchis writes: "Ken Starks of the Helios Project has a blog post up today about an author, Thomas A. Knight, who has pledged a generous percentage of every book sale to The Helios Initiative. Thomas has not only written a great book for Fantasy fans, he managed to do it using only FOSS tools to get it done."

Submission + - Burger King Selling Windows 7 Whopper (slashfood.com)

Submitted by Synchis on Friday October 23, 2009 @02:19PM

Synchis writes: Forget Godzilla. Beginning Thursday, Burger King fans in Japan can get a mega-sized Whopper.

Microsoft is teaming up with Burger King to release the Windows 7 Whopper, our sister site Engadget reports. The burger features lucky-number-seven stacked beef patties and stands 5-inches tall.

Submission + - Japan customs will require fingerprints. (immi-moj.go.jp)

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Synchis

on Thursday September 13, 2007 @03:41PM

Synchis writes: "This link came to me in a company email and describes the changes going on in Japan to "Combat Terrorists". Tourists and travelers going to Japan will have to submit to being finger-printed and possibly photographed at customs. Some exemptions are made, but really, is this seriously necessary? Should normal people have to subject themselves to being treated like a common criminal for the sake of public safety? Will this really make a difference?"

Submission + - Mpeg2 Editing in Ubuntu Linux

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Synchis

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @02:24PM

Synchis writes: "I've just switched from Windows to Ubuntu Linux (hooray!), but one of my hobbies is video editing. Is there a frame-level mpeg2 video editing package for linux that is reasonably fast and easy to use? Also, I would love to know what is the best package for authoring DVD's in linux. If I could get these last 2 applications, I would forever be rid of Windows. :)"

Submission + - Keith Henson: Out on Bail

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Xetheriel Angelknight

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @12:02PM

Xetheriel Angelknight writes: "In follow-up to yesterdays news that Keith Henson had been arrested, He has now been released on bail. I was a former colleague of Keith's, and still a good friend of his. While he lived in Canada, I was witness to an incident with a private investigator that was hired by the Scientologists to follow him. Here is the official story on the Free Keith Henson blog. Here is more coverage of the story and details of the bail posting. If required, I'm available for interview on Keith's behalf, as I am in direct contact with him. I know Keith wants to get as much positive publicity on this issue as he can."

Submission + - Google Vulnerability makes for easy phishing

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Xetheriel Angelknight

on Friday September 15, 2006 @11:38AM

Xetheriel Angelknight writes: "Found this interesting tidbit over on News Forge. From the article: "You might want to be very careful before entering your username and password on any "new" services from Google. Developer Eric Farraro has uncovered a potential hole in Google's Public Search Service that allows a malicious (or mischievous) person to put up a fake Google sign-in page to collect usernames and passwords for real Google services." I guess even google can't be perfect all the time..."

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