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Daniel LeBlanc writes
"Just in time for the Christmas Season, I drew an NES 8-Bit styled mural on the side of my high school. The mural consists of Yoshi pulling a sled with a Santa Mario and an Elf Toad."
Here are both the video of the
mural coming together a
full photo gallery of the mural.
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An anonymous reader writes:
For the first time in the U.S., a company is being taken to court for a GPL violation. The Software Freedom Law Center has sued Monsoon Multimedia over alleged GPL violations in the Hava, a place- and time-shifting TV recorder similar to the SlingBox. Interestingly, Monsoon Multimedia is run by a highly experienced international lawyer named Graham Radstone. According to his corporate biography, Radstone has an MA in Law from the University of Cambridge, England, and held the top legal spot at an unnamed "$1 billion private multinational company." He also reportedly held top management positions with Philip Morris, Pfizer, and DHL. Sounds like the makings of a good old legal donnybrook ahead.
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Shining Celebi writes:
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero ruled in favor of the ACLU and struck down a portion of the revised USA PATRIOT Act this morning, forcing investigators to go through the courts to obtain approval before ordering ISPs to give up information on customers, instead of just sending them a National Security Letter. In the words of Judge Marrero, this use of National Security Letters "offends the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and separation of powers."
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craig1709 writes:
The Government has responded to the petition to open up iPlayer access for those on other operating systems. While the wording is confusing, near as I can tell, they say they will make the iPlayer available to users of those operating systems. "The BBC Trust made it a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that the iPlayer is available to users of a range of operating systems, and has given a commitment that it will ensure that the BBC meets this demand as soon as possible. They will measure the BBC's progress on this every six months and publish the findings."
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jafo writes:
Last Sunday was the day Netflix was supposed to be sending out the "you have one month to win a million dollars" e-mail. I haven't seen that, but the Netflix Prize Leaderboard is not looking good for someone getting a million dollars. However, there are lots of teams that have far surpassed the requirement for the "progress prize". BellKor is currently the leader with an 8.26% improvement over Netflix's own engine. One contender that I've been watching, Simon Funk has slipped down to 29th, but he's been interesting because he's already revealed the algorithms he's used. It'll be interesting to if there's a burst of activity in the last month, or if revelations made after October 2 help get things motivated to move forward again.
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at_slashdot writes:
Linus Torvalds response to Microsoft patent allegations: "It's just FUD"
http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05 /15/1455258
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An anonymous reader writes:
Scientists at a small startup called Walker Reading Technologies in Minnesota have determined that the human brain is not wired properly to read block text. They have found that our eyes view text as if they're peering through a straw. Not only does your brain see the text on the line you're reading, but it's also uploading superfluous information from the two lines above and the two lines below. This causes your brain to engage in a tug of war as it fights to filter and ignore the noise. The result is slower reading speeds and decreased comprehension. The company has developed a product that automatically re-formats text in a way that your brain can more easily comprehend. This article in VentureBeat — http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/10/live-ink-offers- better-way-to-read-text-online/#more-10459 — explains.
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thexdane writes:
well after doing some daily reading i was looking at the birthdays and i realized everyone's favorite internet Cmdr and personality is celebrating his 31st birthday today. same day as some punk who like to do it his way
i'm sure i'm not the first and won't be the last but from everyone here Happy Birthday Taco