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Comment: overkill (Score 0) 56

by AxemRed (#40130443) Attached to: New Cyberbullying Evidence Rules May Go Too Far
I worry that they're going a little too far in trying to deal with "cyber" bullying. IMO, bullying online is mostly the same as it is in person. It doesn't always involve violence or threats of violence. It's usually just verbal harassment which is, by definition, repetitive. My main concern is that they're going to end up passing a law that treats a one-time thing, like an argument or a heat-of-the-moment insult, as the same thing as bullying.
Earth

Earths Warming Trend, Plants are flowering 8.5 times faster than normal->

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horselight writes "Reuters reports that plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, research in the United States showed on Wednesday, which could have devastating knock-on effects for food chains and ecosystems.
" ... Global warming is having a significant impact on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some breeding, migration and feeding patterns, scientists say....""

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Censorship

Is Facebook Blocking 'Irrelevant Or Inappropriate' Comments? 4

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An anonymous reader writes "Technical evangelist Robert Scoble today wanted to respond to a Facebook post by Carnegie Mellon student Max Woolf about PandoDaily but Facebook blocked him from posting his comment. The social networking giant’s algorithms detecting the comment as negative and gave the following error: "This comment seems irrelevant or inappropriate and can’t be posted. To avoid having your comments blocked, please make sure they contribute to the post in a positive way""
Education

High School Principal Forced to Quit After Posing as Student on Facebook->

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longacre writes ""Suzy Harriston wanted to be friends on Facebook. The profile said she was from Clayton [Missouri] and had more than 300 friends, many of them from Clayton High School. No one seemed to question who Harriston was. That is, until the night of April 5, when a 2011 grad and former Clayton quarterback posted a public accusation. "Whoever is friends with Suzy Harriston on Facebook needs to drop them. It is the Clayton Principal," wrote Chase Haslett." Suzy Harriston quickly disappeared from Facebook, and Louise Losos, the principal, subsequently took a leave of absence, and then resigned."
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Google News Sci Tech: 'Supermoon': Large Full Moon Tonight - ABC News->

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'Supermoon': Large Full Moon Tonight
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Tonight, if the full moon, rising in the East, strikes you as unusually large, you'll be right. It will loom larger than usual. Though it's hardly a scientific term, it will be what's known as a "supermoon." If the weather is clear where you are, ...
The Supermoon Is Coming! Do Not Panic!OPB News
'Super' Super Moon to Make an Appearance SaturdayPatch.com
Look! Up in the sky! It's Supermoon! Due SaturdayThe Associated Press
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Desktops (Apple)

Microsoft: Macs 'Not Safe From Malware, Attacks Will Increase' 1

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An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft researchers have analyzed a new piece of Mac malware that uses a multi-stage attack similar to typical Windows malware infection routines. In a post titled 'An interesting case of Mac OSX malware' the Microsoft Malware Protection Center closed with this statement: 'In conclusion, we can see that Mac OSX is not safe from malware. Statistically speaking, as this operating system gains in consumer usage, attacks on the platform will increase. Exploiting Mac OSX is not much different from other operating systems. Even though Mac OSX has introduced many mitigation technologies to reduce risk, your protection against security vulnerabilities has a direct correllation with updating installed applications.'"

Comment: remember this when you complain about your bill (Score 1) 438

by AxemRed (#38970395) Attached to: The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers
All of these subsidies may cost the carriers some money, but they are costing you money as well. The carriers pay for smart phone subsidies with the price of their plans. Rather than laugh at the carriers' misfortune, you should consider this article to be an insight into why your bill is so high. People love Apple for the iPhone and hate the carriers for their ridiculous fees which is exactly how Apple planned it when they required the carriers to subsidize $450 of the iPhone 4S in order to sell it.

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