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Submission + - Decolonizing Outer Space (csmonitor.com)

Submitted by dptalia
dptalia writes: Dinesh D'Souza posits an interesting theory: that Obama is trying to decolonize outer space. He believe that President Obama sees outerspace as the last U.S. colony and as such it must be dismantled. The future? Lots of shared projects like the international space station....

Submission + - Trolling Comes to Newspapers (wired.com)

Submitted by dptalia
dptalia writes: First there were patent trolls. Then Copyright Group started copyright trolling. Now a new start up company is trolling for unlicensed news stories posted to blogs and websites. The company has already filed 80 lawsuits and are threatening sites with $150,000/offense penalties if they don't settle.

Submission + - eBook Sales Outpace Hardbacks (wsj.com)

Submitted by dptalia
dptalia writes: Amazon announced that for every 100 hardback books they sell, 180 eBooks are sold. In addition they've seen sales for Kindles triple since they lowered the price. But traditionalists shouldn't panic yet — paperbacks are still the king.

Submission + - Increasing Solar Efficiency to 66% 3

Submitted by dptalia
dptalia writes: Scientists at the University of Texas have discovered a way to up solar cell's efficiency to about 66%. Using quantum dot technology the scientists can capture the sun's energy that is transmitted as heat, which could dramatically change solar technology.

Submission + - Record Companies to Colapse in a Few Months? (chron.com)

Submitted by dptalia
dptalia writes: According to Radiohead frontman Thom York, the major record companies are poised to collapse in only a few months. He recommends that all new artists avoid signing with a record company. No explanation for WHY he thinks this is going to happen. Thoughts?

Submission + - Prosecuting DDOS attacls 1

Submitted by dptalia
dptalia writes: We all have heard of major DDOS attacks taking down countries, companies, and organizations. But how many of them are ever prosecuted? And how many prosecutions are even successful?

I've done some research and it appears the answer is very few (Well duh!). And those that are successfully prosecuted tend to have teenagers as the instigators. Does this mean DDOS is a fairly safe crime to conduct? Are the repercussions nonexistent?

Does anyone have some knowledge an insight into this that I don't have? How would you go about prosecuting a DDOS attacker? As this becomes tool in the political toolbox of countries and organizations this becomes more important. So I need your help. What's your experience with getting the responsible parties to justice?

Submission + - FTC wants to tax electronics support the news (nypost.com)

Submitted by dptalia
dptalia writes: The FTC is concerned about the death of the "news." Specifically newspapers. Rather than look to how old media models can be adapted to the internet, they instead suggest taxing consumer electronics to support a huge newspaper bailout. Additionally, they suggest making facts "proprietary" and allowing news organizations to copyright them.

Comment Re:Wow, that makes so much sense! (Score 1) 310

by dptalia (#32147936) Attached to: Can We Legislate Past the H.264 Debate?
The honest truth is NOTHING is efficient. And NOTHING is really interested in anything other than collecting as much power as possible/maintaining the status quo.

I'm merely saying that expecting a solution from the government is silly. So is expecting one from industry.

However, if over time this truly becomes enough of a problem, the market will end up coming up with a solution. Right now - we're so below critical mass that expecting anything to crystallize out of the chaos is unreasonable.

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