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Comment Re:I Live In the United States (Score 1) 381

by Meshach (#42208261) Attached to: When I see gov't CCTV cameras, I think:

What 'Merica do you live in?!?!?

There are CCTVs on each-and-every goverment building, school, police car, and any intersection with traffic lights.

Not to mention the individual people and businesses that use CCTVs.

And the worst part about those CCTVs is that every one of them is somehow attached to TripWire, aka Big Brother.

mastershake82.... I really like your username but you need to get out from underneath the rock that you live under and stand up for your rights.

AC, meet sarcasm. Sarcasm meet AC. I am sure you will become great friends once you get to know each other!
Google

Submission + - Google found guilty of libel for listing results (techradar.com)

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes: Google has been found guilty for refusing to take down a libelous search result in an Australian court. Music promoter Milorad Trkulja sued Google for refusing to take down links to website articles promoting libelous claims Trkulja was connected to organized crime in Melbourne. Google has told Trkulja to contact the sites on which the offensive materials were posted, as those webmasters controlled the content but the supreme court found Google was responsible for removing the damaging links the moment Trkulja asked it to remove the content. As a result of the jury's decision in the case, Google will have to pay $200,000 in damages to Trkulja.
Handhelds

Submission + - Rise in allergies to cell phones (nydailynews.com)

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes: Report out of New York claiming that as people use electronic devices more and more persons with nickel allergies are reacting to their phones. Apparently about one-third of BlackBerry devices and 90 percent of flip phones contained nickel, and more than half of flip phones containing cobalt (the most common irritants). Conversely none of the iPhones or Androids studied tested positive for either metal. For those allergic to metals, symptoms range from dry-itchy patches on the face or ears to redness, blistering, lesions, and sometimes oozing.
Data Storage

Submission + - Death of cassette tape is greatly exaggerated (torontosun.com) 1

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes: Interesting article from Toronto about how although they have been virtually abandoned for music cassette tapes are being actively used an an inexpensive storage medium. Companies looking to archive large amounts of data are always looking for a cheaper solution and cassette tapes are the newest fad. Apparently when access time is not a priority they are perfect and they require zero energy use when not in use.
Science

Submission + - Scientists link deep wells to deadly Spainish quake Read more: http://www.ctvne (ctvnews.ca) 2

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes: Research has suggested that human activity triggered an earthquake in Span that killed nine and injured over three hundred. Drilling deeper and deeper wells to water crops over the past 50 years were identified as the culprit by scientist who examined satellite images of the area. It was noted that even without the strain caused by water extraction, a quake would likely have occurred at some point in the area but the extra stress of pumping vast amounts of water from a nearby aquifer may have been enough to trigger a quake at that particular time and place.

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