Comment: Re:Makes sense (Score 1) 1123
Most religions make claims about the reality we live in, claims that can be proved or disproved.
Mitt Romney silent about atheism->
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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.""
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RIAA steers clear of colleges that resist 4
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NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that 22 institutions have been targeted in the RIAA's new round of attacks. I notice that the RIAA continues to steer clear of Harvard. Could it be because of this or this? And I notice it isn't serving any more subpoenas on the University of Oregon... could it be because of this or this? And I don't see any more subpoenas to College of William & Mary or George Washington University or University of South Florida of University of New Mexico. Could that have to do with this or this or this or this?
There seems to be a pattern here. The RIAA is staying away from places where it might have a fight on their hands."
Huckabee Advocated Quarantine for AIDS Patients->
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Mike Kuykendall
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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Photoshopping Gets Harder to Detect
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from the covering-your-paths dept.
from the covering-your-paths dept.
Frosty Piss writes "We all know by now that you can't trust magazine covers and advertisements for skin-care products. The power of Photoshop is startling when you see it in action, and realize how much the representations of reality we see all around us are distorted and "improved" according to whatever the current standards of blemish-free beauty are. While we learn how to detect the tell-tale smudges, spots of flat color, inconsistencies in lighting, and pixelated artifacts left behind by digital manipulation, Dr. Ariel Shamir has developed a technique called Seam Carving that will make detection of Photoshopping much more difficult in the near future. As shown in this video, it's astonishing and almost disturbing how easy and fast it is to distort distances or remove objects entirely with this new tool."