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Submission + - UK and Obmama to Rate Web like MPAA (nytimes.com)

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on Monday December 29, 2008 @03:32AM

TheSync writes: "The NYT reports that "A British cabinet minister says the government is considering a plan to work with President-elect Barack Obama on a new ratings system for Internet Web sites..to protect children from inappropriate material...similar to the one employed by the Motion Picture Association of America". Creepy!"

Submission + - No Free Broadband 100 Years Ago (Pneumatic Tubes) (divisionoflabour.com)

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TheSync

on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @01:41PM

TheSync writes: "Division of Labor blogs on a report written 100 years ago by a commission appointed by the Postmaster General that came to the conclusion "That it is not feasible and desirable at the present time for the Government to purchase, to install, or to operate pneumatic tubes." The original NYT article is here. If only we had gotten the free government Intertubes in 1908!"

Submission + - Satellite Images Cast Doubt on Surge Results (newscientist.com)

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on Saturday September 20, 2008 @05:29AM

TheSync writes: "NewScientist reports that Satellite images cast doubt on success of military "surge" in Iraq. By looking at the amount of light produced in various areas of Baghdad, the effects of ethnic cleansing of Sunnis could be tracked, showing that violence began to drop due to ethnic cleansing before the surge."

Submission + - Large Hadron Collider Rap (youtube.com)

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on Tuesday July 29, 2008 @08:44PM

TheSync writes: "Want to get the 411 on the CERN Large Hadron Collider in Rap form? Just watch the video which breaks it all down, for example: "The LHCb sees where the antimatter's gone, ALICE looks at the collisions of lead ions, CMS and ATLAS are two of a kind, they're looking for whatever new particles they can find.""

Submission + - Consumer 3D Television Moving Forward (hollywoodreporter.com)

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on Monday July 21, 2008 @01:34PM

TheSync writes: "The Hollywood Reporter claims that SMPTE (the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) will "establish an industry task force to define the parameters of a mastering standard for 3D content distributed via broadcast, cable, satellite, packaged media and the Internet, and played-out on televisions, computer screens and other tethered displays." Already Japanese Nippon BS viewers with Hyundai 3D LCD sets can watch an hour of 3D programming daily. Even your existing DLP TV set might be 3D capable today with the addition of LCD shutter glasses."

Submission + - 3D TV Now on the Air in Japan (usatoday.com)

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on Thursday June 19, 2008 @02:01PM

TheSync writes: "USA Today reports that Japanese channel BS11 is now showing 3D content for the 46" Hyundai stereoscopic LCD monitor. This monitor requires the use of passive polarized glasses rather than the active LCD "shutter glasses" that gamers use. How come Japan always gets the cool stuff first?"

Submission + - Mr. Sulu to get Marriage License today

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mpeg2tom

on Monday June 16, 2008 @05:13PM

mpeg2tom writes: "Reuters reports that this afternoon "Star Trek's Mr. Sulu — actor George Takei — says he and husband-to-be Brad Altman aim to be one of the first to get a [marriage] license in the Los Angeles-area gay center of West Hollywood." ABC reports that Walter "Chekov" Koenig will be the best man and Nichelle "Uhura" Nichols will be the matron of honor at the wedding. More info on his upcoming nuptial here."

Submission + - Female Hacker Arrested at Airport for Wearable Art (boingboing.net) 1

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on Friday September 21, 2007 @12:16PM

TheSync writes: "BoingBoing has a report that a female MIT student hacker has been arrested at Logan Airport for having a "fake bomb" that was actually just wearable tech art. This definitely gives a new meaning to "banned in Boston". Ignignokt and Err were unavailable for comment."

Submission + - India outsource IT to USA (hindustantimes.com)

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on Thursday August 09, 2007 @08:39PM

TheSync writes: "The Hindustan Times reports that Indian software company Wipro plans to open several software development facilities in the United States. One will be open in Atlanta within the next three months, and if that works out, Wipro is considering Raleigh, NC, Austin, TX, and Richmond, VA. To address the high costs of US employees, Wipro will hire people with associate degrees and train them."

Submission + - Flash Picnic Mob uses Simulated Annealing

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on Sunday July 22, 2007 @11:19AM

TheSync writes: "PicnicMob.org plans to put together flash mob picnics of around 1,000 people in parks in major cities. But the catch is that each participant is asked 30 questions on the web site, and then simulated annealing is used to calculate the best place for everyone to sit in the park so that people with the same interests sit closest to each other."

Submission + - Dorks and the Brain Wave Chick

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on Thursday December 21, 2006 @02:39PM

TheSync writes: "The Washington Post has an article about Dorkbot DC, the Washington, DC chapter of the Dorkbot technological arts organization. It describes Paras Kaul, aka The Brainwave Chick who uses brainwaves to make multimedia art and to play video games."

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