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Submission + - Does Siri conspicuously fail to provide informat (tumblr.com)

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Zarkonnen

on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @03:44AM

Zarkonnen writes: "Amaditalks has a series of screenshots that show Siri failing to locate or even web search for sexual health clinics and emergency contraception. Accident, oversight or censorship — you decide."

Submission + - Which Fish: With fish stocks under pressure, which (guardian.co.uk)

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Zarkonnen

on Thursday July 21, 2011 @09:17AM

Zarkonnen writes: "Which Fish? is a simple website that lets you make quick decisions about buying sustainable fish.

You can look at it on a smartphone, and in some cases download it for when you don't have reception. If you're standing in the supermarket or sitting in the restaurant, you can consult it to quickly figure out which fish to choose.

The data for it is collated from a bunch of different sources, and the raw data is available for others to build on."

Submission + - Wolfram launches Computational Document Format (pcpro.co.uk)

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Barence

on Thursday July 21, 2011 @08:49AM

Barence writes: "Wolfram Research has launched its own document format, which it claims is "as everyday as a document, but as interactive as an app". The Computational Document Format (CDF) allows authors to embed interactive charts, diagrams and graphics into their documents, allowing readers to adjust variables to see how increasing a price affects profits, for example, or display different segments of a brain scan. Wolfram aims to make the format easy enough for non-programmers to use, based on the linguistic commands used in its search engine. "[Currently] anyone who can make an Excel macro should easily be able to make interactivity for CDF," said Conrad Wolfram. "Where I'd like to get is that anyone who can make an Excel chart can make interactivity in CDFs.""

Comment "Protection for Cows" (Score 1) 256

by Zarkonnen on Friday June 17, 2011 @02:45AM (#36471758) Attached to: Iowa Rejects Video Privacy Protection For Cows

This is hardly *protection* for the cows, now is it? It's protection for the people who mistreat them. Could we have a headline that doesn't try to editorialize an issue about citizen journalism and animal rights into one about privacy?

Submission + - html5media - HTML5 video for everyone (google.com)

Submitted by Zarkonnen on Monday March 01, 2010 @07:22AM

Zarkonnen writes: Open source project that consists of a single Javascript file that you include in the head of your page. Once this file has been included, you can use tags anywhere in your page, and they will work in all major browsers. Browsers which support HTML5 video will get a HTML5 video player. Browsers which don't will get a Flash video player instead. It uses h.264 (mp4) and also supports Theora on Firefox.

Submission + - Google Chrome 2 benchmarked, beats everyone (cnet.co.uk)

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CNETNate

on Friday May 22, 2009 @06:42AM

CNETNate writes: "Google's latest version of its Chrome browser has wiped the floor with all other browsers in terms of rendering speed, including itself. Benchmarks have shown it could be the fastest browser in the world by a significant margin, beating Safari 4 and the most recent build of Mozilla's Minefield, which previously held spots one and two on in the speed charts."

Submission + - German university checks students medical data (rootshell.ro)

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lupo

on Friday May 22, 2009 @04:00AM

lupo writes: "The German University of Kiel requires students to submit a full medical diagnosis (original article in German) when they aren't able to attend their end-term exams. In addition to this snooping, the final decision on validity of the excusatory medical statement is done by a layman, not a medical doctor."

Submission + - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Board Game 1

Submitted by wunderbread on Friday May 22, 2009 @02:14AM

wunderbread writes: http://www.jrbaldwin.com/boardgame A scientifically accurate and safe (accounting for drug interactions and dosage amounts) board game. Built inside a suitcase to be extra mobile, it includes activity cards, dosing cards and challenge cards. It was designed to be played over a whole, fun-filled weekend!

Comment Mathematics (Score 3, Interesting) 150

by Zarkonnen on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @09:22AM (#27569229) Attached to: Should Good Indie Games Be More Expensive?

What most of the commenters seem to be ignoring is the evidence that the author is doing perfectly well selling his game for $28.

Having played (and paid for) one of them, given it took me dozens of (entertaining) hours to complete, I don't have much of a problem with that price.

I think what the post really boiled down to was:

Expect high ($30 - $60) prices for big commercial titles because they cost millions. Huge development costs divided by lots of customers result in high prices.

Expect low prices ($1 - $10) for indie games in popular genres (puzzle, etc) because there is lots of competition. Low development costs divided by lots of customers result in low prices.

But expect highish ($10 - $30) prices for indie games in niche genres, because there are simply fewer potential customers. Low(ish) development costs divided by few customers must result in highish prices, or you lose money.

Yes, there are free flash games, but point me at a free flash game in the same genre and of the depth of the author's games?

Should Good Indie Games Be More Expensive? 150

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @06:47AM from the i-wonder-what-the-internet-will-say dept.

spidweb writes "Indie gaming blog The Bottom Feeder has an article on why independent games should be more expensive. The enforced low prices on XBox Live, Amazon, and iTunes might feel good now, but they'll kill off the variety and depth gamers are hoping indie developers can provide. From the article: 'Every year, life is getting more and more expensive. Insurance. Rent. Food. And, at the same time, games are getting cheaper and cheaper, sometimes as cheap as a dollar, as we engage in a full speed race to the bottom. This is not going to help developers stay in business. This is not how a healthy industry is maintained.'"

Submission + - Gates foundation deathly side-effects (latimes.com) 3

Submitted by HuguesT on Tuesday December 18, 2007 @06:45AM

HuguesT writes: An long and detailed article from the L.A. Times points out severe, unintended side effects of the health policies of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. This foundation has given away almost 2 billions US$ to the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria worldwide. Thanks in no small measure to this effort, the death toll from AIDS in most of Africa are finally levelling off. However, the money from the foundation is earmarked to the fight against these three diseases, to the detriment of global health. Sick people can also be hungry and not able to ingest healing drugs. Doctors in these countries prefer to be well paid working against AIDS than poorly working against all the other health problems, which creates a brain drain. Numerous children also suffer from diarrhea or asphyxia due to lack of basic care. The paradox is that countries where the foundation has invested most have seen their mortality rate increase, whereas it has improved in countries where the foundation was least involved.

Submission + - Product Of The Year Goes To "Nothing At All (thesietch.org)

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farnishk

on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @07:13AM

farnishk writes: "In a bizarre but brilliant move, a source close to the green news and products web site Treehugger.com has revealed that it is to award its coveted Product Of The Year to "Nothing At All". Accused by some people of selling out after its acquisition by Discovery Communications this year, the popular web site has decided to show what it really thinks of eco products by putting its stamp of approval not on a specific product, but on the idea of buying nothing at all."

Submission + - 66%: if USA ignored 9/11, things would be better (pollsb.com)

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Anonymous Coward

on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @12:39PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Recent poll shows a surprising amount of people believe the world would be in a better place today if the US just ignored 9/11: http://www.pollsb.com/polls/view/4441/if-the-usa-had-completely-ignored-the-9-11-attack-just-shrugged-and-rebuilt-the-building-it-would-have-been-better-than-the-real-course-of-history"

Submission + - Mitt Romney silent about atheism (tpmelectioncentral.com)

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A-Rex

on Saturday December 08, 2007 @01:08PM

A-Rex writes: "Mitt Romney talks about his own religion, and has mentioned a lot of religions, but have nothing (positive) to say about atheists. His only mention of non-believers came in a speech in which he addressed his own faith: "It is as if they're intent on establishing a new religion in America — the religion of secularism. They're wrong.""

Submission + - Huckabee Advocated Quarantine for AIDS Patients (blogspot.com)

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Mike Kuykendall

on Saturday December 08, 2007 @12:19PM

Mike Kuykendall writes: "Former Arkansas governor and GOP presidential hopeful advocated quarantining AIDS patients, amongst other draconian measures, in 1992. Is this the guy we need running the country?"

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