Comment Re:What MTV uses censorships? (Score 1) 395
"Turner House of Pancakes" Love it. Phrasejacked.
That is all.
That is all.
Submission + - Nikko introduces R2-D2 entertainment droid
mikael writes: The register is reporting that a Japanese company Nikko is producing an integrated projector, DVD player, iPod connection, and media card reader, all combined into the shape of an R2-D2 robot.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/07/25/r2-d2_mult imedia/
http://www.youtube.com/v/N1h6onXX0dM
No mention if they are going to provide a C3PIO unit to serve cold drinks and popcorn.
Submission + - Google exec bashes neckties
MsManhattan writes: The necktie 'constricts circulation to the brain' and 'acts as decorative camouflage for the business suit, designed to shield the middle-aged male physique, with its shrinking shoulders and protruding paunch, from feeling sufficiently self-conscious to hit the gym,' wrote Google's global privacy counsel in a letter to the Financial Times. The exec, Peter Fleischer, was responding to an article in the paper's fashion section that advocated the tie as appropriate business attire. Fleischer suggested that the T-shirt is actually a better option in business, explaining: 'Wouldn't you like to know whether your business partners are fit? Why should you trust a man in business if he abuses his own body?' Casual attire, he added, could also lead to increased creativity.
Submission + - For next April 1? (pinktentacle.com)
conlaw writes: Amazing the things one serendipitously finds online. It may be too late for next April 1 but, OTH, some politicians are now urging that we build more nuclear plants to reduce the amounts of fossil fuels burned.
Submission + - What are the 10 best desktop wallpapers ever?
Preacher Klaxon writes: CNet.co.uk is asking readers to name the ten best desktop backgrounds of all time. To get things started though they've taken a look at some default wallpaper images, including the Macintosh System 1.1, Amiga Workbench 1.0, Windows 3.0, irix 5.0, QNX Neutrino and Ubuntu default desktop backgrounds. I'm not a huge fan of any default background image and tend to change it as soon as I install a new OS but I can't make my mind up about which ten wallpapers I would rate the highest. So what are the 10 best wallpapers of all time?
Microsoft Wanted To Drop Mac Office To Hurt Apple 479
Overly Critical Guy writes to mention that more documents in the Iowa antitrust case have come out. This time, it's revealed that Microsoft considered dumping the Mac Office Suite entirely in a move to harm Apple. "The email complains at poor sales of Office, which it attributes to a lack of focus on making such sales among reps at that time. It describes dumping development of the product as: 'The strongest bargaining point we have, as doing so will do a great deal of harm to Apple immediately.' The document also confirms that Microsoft at the time saw Office for the Mac as a chance to test new features in the product before they appeared in Windows, 'because it is so much less critical to our business than Windows.'"
Submission + - Anti-DRM Petition Response From Downing Street
An anonymous reader writes: Downing Street have released a statement in response to a petition on their website.
It states that all products with DRM should be labelled on how the product can be used or not used.
It also references the Gowers Report [PDF warning] published December 2006 and the recommendations proposed in the report.
It states that all products with DRM should be labelled on how the product can be used or not used.
It is clear though that the needs and rights of consumers must also be carefully safeguarded. It is reasonable for consumers to be informed what is actually being offered for sale, for example, and how and where the purchaser will be able to use the product, and any restrictions applied.
It also references the Gowers Report [PDF warning] published December 2006 and the recommendations proposed in the report.
Recommendations include introducing a limited private copying exception by 2008 for format shifting for works published after the date that the law comes into effect. There should be no accompanying levies for consumers. Also making it easier for users to file notice of complaints procedures relating to Digital Rights Management tools by providing an accessible web interface on the Patent Office website by 2008 and that DTI should investigate the possibility of providing consumer guidance on DRM systems through a labelling convention without imposing unnecessary regulatory burdens
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Submission + - BBC Debunks Itself
Pixelpump writes: "The BBC has proven itself to be a shill for the status quo with the release of it's documentary "9/11: The Conspiracy Files." The documentary builds strawman after strawman and then valiantly knocks them down, all the while leaving the real questions unanswered and unexplored.
http://www.factivism.com/content/view/77/33/"
Submission + - How I Hacked Your LinkSys Router
An anonymous reader writes: In a world where we all shop at the same stores and buy the same wireless equipment it is very easy to unintentionally hijack someone's wireless connection.
http://www.shandyking.com/2007/02/18/hijack-hacked -linksys-wireless-router/
Submission + - Google developing AI
chonny69 writes: "Developers at search engine giant Google "are really trying to build artificial intelligence and to do it on a large scale," Google co-founder Larry Page said at the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science conference Saturday. "It's not as far off as people think," he said.
Page also said that in the programming language of humans the brain's algorithms weren't all that complicated and could be approximated, eventually, with a lot of computational power."
