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mblase writes:
The results from the 2000 and 2004 United States Presidential Election suggested that it can be difficult to predict the winner of the presidential election based on popular vote. In fact, it is possible that the popular vote and the electoral college vote can lead to significantly different results. This web site provides up-to-the-minute estimates for the probability that the two presidential candidates (Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ)) win the election, the expected number of Electoral College votes for each candidate, and the probability that each candidate will win 300 or more Electoral College votes. (Further mathematical analysis of the Electoral College is discussed in this now-classic article from Discover magazine.)
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submission
mblase writes:
An unspecified plaintiff is asking for unspecified damages from Apple in a lawsuit charging them with creating an illegal monopoly with their FairPlay DRM. Apple said that "the suit, filed in July, centers on Apple's use of a copy-protection system that prevents iTunes music and video from playing on rival devices. As well, songs bought elsewhere aren't easy to play on iPods." Apparently someone hasn't heard you can still rip music from CDs for listening on any MP3 player on the market.
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mblase writes:
So here's what Apple announced today: we get color iPod nanos, a tinier iPod shuffle, and an 80GB iPod as well; new iTunes 7 and iTunes Music/Media Store offers 640x480 TV shows and movies from Disney, as well as Palm-style games you can play on your 5th-gen iPod; and One More Thing(TM): an unofficially-named iTV which looks like a squashed Mac mini and can stream video wirelessly to your TV at "near-DVD quality" — target is Q1 2007 at a price of $299.
