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Submission + - Tricks with your mind and a dummy's body (komonews.com)

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on Wednesday December 03, 2008 @01:48AM

Bomarc writes: "KOMO is reporting about a study from Stockholm's renowned Karolinska Institute. The story by the AP is using cameras setup to watch "you", from the perspective of a dummy. The system is set up so that as you perform activities with the dummy, you feel sensation. They start out with shaking hands with yourself. They have found out that most people (70-80%) tend to freak out the when the dummy is stabbed with a knife ("experience the illusion very strongly"). The entire article covers the perspective of both the study, and what the writer feels during the experience. Though this study was with short duration subjects, interest is raised with longer duration studies. "The questions is what happens if you did it much longer? If you were in there for days and weeks. Would it be like something out of Total Recall?" (Spence). I was intrigued with the possibility of VR in game simulation."

Submission + - Washington State: Is Blogging lobbying? (komonews.com)

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on Monday November 24, 2008 @12:56PM

Bomarc writes: "Washington State is asking — is blogging lobbying? As KOMO's website is reporting, if blogging is lobbying, then those who are doing the blogging are required to file public reports detailing their finances. This is another instance where 21st century and 1970s political reforms are clashing. Though media is excluded, this could have a chilling impact on private blogs (and websites)."

Submission + - Fed judge ruled part of law terrorism vage (nwsource.com)

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on Friday November 07, 2008 @05:55PM

Bomarc writes: "The Seattle PI is reporting a story by the AP where a Portland, Oregon Federal Judge has ruled against terrorism law: unconstitutionally vague.

He ruled a law prohibiting material support for terrorists is unconstitutional because it is too vague. The judge also ruled the law on the provision of "material support" to any group given the designation was unconstitutionally vague."

Submission + - Georgia men claim hairy, frozen corpse is Bigfoot (komonews.com)

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on Friday August 15, 2008 @06:48PM

Bomarc writes: "Two men claim to have shot Bigfoot, and placed him in a freezer. The announcement describes the creature as a 7-foot-7 male, weighing 550 pounds with 16-inch human-like feet and reddish hair. Three different tales so far offered three different tales so far about how they came to find the creature:
In one, the animal was shot by a former felon, and the men followed it into the woods. In a second version, they found a "family of Bigfoot" in North Georgia mountains. In the third, the two were hiking and stumbled upon the corpse with open wounds.
One interesting note is that this is being picked up by the mainstream media.
However — this rates up there with — Wow, we've found a new and wonderful creature. Let's kill it!"

Submission + - Paper posts names of those it says bought degrees (spokesmanreview.com)

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on Tuesday July 29, 2008 @02:25PM

Bomarc writes: "The Spokesman Review has published the names of nearly 10,000 people that have alleged to have purchased bogus college degrees from a Spokane diploma mill. The U.S. Department of Justice had refused to release to the public.
The list is available on Spokesman-Review's Web site. The newspaper did not say how it obtained the list.
A preliminary analysis by the newspaper, based on e-mail addresses, showed 135 individuals with ties to the military, 39 with links to educational institutions, and 17 employed by government agencies. But the numbers could be much higher if buyers used their personal e-mail accounts"

Submission + - Japanese Company Unveils Solar-Powered Bra (reuters.com)

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on Monday June 30, 2008 @03:32PM

Bomarc writes: "One company is really trying to empower women — with a new "Solar-Powered Bra". The aritcle has several models showing the new invention. And to no ones surprise, Fox is also — well, covering the story. It is environmentally friendly, and includes a belt that goes around the stomach. Its creator admits that "people usually cannot go outside without wearing clothes over it" and says it should not be washed or worn in the rain to avoid damage.
Imagine the uses: IPod, GPS and other low powered portable devices...."

Submission + - Stolen laptop phones home. (komotv.com)

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on Thursday October 04, 2007 @12:45PM

Bomarc writes: "KOMO TV reports that a laptop stolen from Mike Pierson's car. Unknown to the thieves, he had LoJack for Laptops software installed. The Computrace was able to track the IP (and other information) from the thieves, which resulted in their arrest. More details in the story at KOMO TV's website."

Submission + - Indictment highlights file-sharing risks (komotv.com)

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on Thursday September 06, 2007 @04:10PM

Bomarc writes: "From KOMO TV website, an article about how Gregory Thomas Kopiloff used Limewire, Soulseek and other "peer-to-peer" file-sharing programs to troll other computers for financial information, which he used to open credit cards for an online shopping spree, according to a four-count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court on Thursday.

The news article isn't big on details, but it does outline the risks with "peer-to-peer" file-sharing programs. Carried by the By Associated Press"

Submission + - Missile launcher brought in for gun-shoe exchange (komotv.com)

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on Monday August 20, 2007 @04:36PM

Bomarc writes: "KOMO TV is reporting that a man brought in a missile launcher during a 'no questions asked' gun exchange. He reported that it was in a shed that he tore down a week earlier. The police collected about 250 more guns during the program, which exchanged guns for shoes or $50 gift certificates."

Submission + - Space shuttle was sabotaged!! (komotv.com) 1

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on Thursday July 26, 2007 @05:31PM

Bomarc writes: " KOMO TV reports that 'CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space program worker deliberately damaged a computer that is supposed to fly aboard shuttle Endeavour in less than two weeks, an act of sabotage that was caught before the equipment was loaded onto the spaceship, NASA said Thursday.'"

Submission + - Want to help scientists organize galaxies? (galaxyzoo.org)

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on Wednesday July 11, 2007 @03:45PM

Bomarc writes: "On KOMO TV's website a reference was found to the story — Scientists need help sorting through an unusual digital photo album: pictures of about 1 million galaxies.

Galaxy Zoo is the URL needing your help!"

Submission + - HD DVD fights back with new features (komotv.com)

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on Tuesday July 03, 2007 @11:20AM

Bomarc writes: "KOMO has an article by the AP about HD DVD; more about the wars and how HD DVD is fiting back. One key part of the article is: The HD DVD version of "300" will allow users to re-edit the movie, selecting and ordering the scenes as they see fit, and upload their edit to a server hosted by the studio, Warner Bros. The edit will be accessible to other users, who can download it to their players and see the movie in its new form.

Ability do download it to others??? What is the world coming to will? The MPAA allow this?"

Submission + - It Costs $220 to Make an iPhone (businessweek.com)

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on Monday July 02, 2007 @12:46PM

Bomarc writes: " BuinessWeek says that "An analysis from teardown firm Portelligent estimates that the new smartphone costs Apple a mere $220 to make" and "Portelligent estimates that the cost of the materials used in the iPhone add up to about $200 for the 4-gigabyte version, which sells for $499 and about $220 for the 8-gigabyte version, which sells for $599""

Submission + - UW cooperates with music industry in suing student (komotv.com) 1

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on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @12:57PM

Bomarc writes: "From the article: The University of Washington says it will cooperate with the music industry as it tracks down and sues students accused of illegally downloading audio files.

A university official, Eric Godfrey, informed students by e-mail that it will use its computers to identify students and notify them of their settlement options.

The university will forward notices from the Recording Industry Association of America telling them they have about 20 days to settle before going to court.

Settlements range from $3,000 to $5,000."

Submission + - New computer users: What to do when they need help

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on Thursday June 07, 2007 @03:45PM

Bomarc writes: "A relative of mine recently wanted to purchase a computer. She asked me for advice, so I recommended a "Dell"; business system, with some 'extras' for her to get going. I had her purchase the system with 'Vista'. Dell was selected as they tout their award winning support.

Well, I've had two calls, and I'm now concerned. The first was that the mouse didn't move. (Reboot the system, cleared the problem). When the system was booting, the Google tool bar faulted on boot up. (To much spam-ware on the system from Dell?). So I had her remove it. That reveled another problem, which I skimmed over, and came back to haunt me.

So here is the problem — Brand new system — with a brand new user, trying to get to their Gmail account, and you are talking on the phone.
Directions: Start I.E. Type in the "Address bar"....
...Where is the address bar?

Microsoft failed to label the address bar. The default web page is "MSN". You can't say "next to the blue arrow"; as there isn't one. You can't say "at the top", as they both are. And with such things as search box on the top of the screen, they have two of them.
MS has also changed the GUI layout just enough that I can't use the same commands from "XP" to "Vista"; and most of the changes are annoying enough to make a 30 second 'sure I'll help' to a 60 minute system reconfiguration. Suggestions, ideas? Which L-CD should I download — & burn for her for a Dell system?"

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