Comment: Try "Invent With Python" (Score 2) 525
Try Invent With Python: http://inventwithpython.com/
Comment: ${NONSENSEWORD} ${VERSION} Data Integration (Score 2, Informative) 103
"A book about the open source ${ACRONYM} tool ${DICTIONARYWORD} (${NONSESNEWORD} Data Integration) is finally available. ${NONSESNEWORD} ${VERSION} Data Integration: Beginner's Guide by ${AUTHORNAME} is for everybody who is new to ${DICTIONARYWORD}. In a nutshell, this book will give you all the information that you need to get started with ${DICTIONARYWORD} quickly and efficiently, even if you have never used it before.The books offers loads of illustrations and easy-to-follow examples. The code can be downloaded from the publisher website and ${DICTIONARYWORD} is available for free from the SourceForge website. In sum, the book is the best way to get to know the power of the open source ${ACRONYM} tool ${DICTIONARYWORD}, which is part of the ${NONSESNEWORD} ${DIFFERENTACRONYM} suite.
Printing Replacement Body Parts 101
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kdawson
from the portrait-mode dept.
from the portrait-mode dept.
Deep Penguin sends in a piece that appeared in The Economist a couple of weeks back about a developing technology to "print" body parts for transplant. "A US and an Australian company have developed the $200,000 machine, which works by depositing stem cells and a 'sugar-based hydrogel' scaffolding material. (The stem cells are harvested from a transplant patient's own fat and bone marrow, to avoid rejection down the line.) The companies are Organovo, from San Diego, specializing in regenerative medicine, and Invetech, an engineering and automation firm in Melbourne, Australia. The initial targets are skin, muscle, and 'short stretches of blood vessels,' which they hope to have available for human implantation within five years. Down the line, they expect the technology could even print directly into the body, bypassing the in-vitro portion of the current process."
Comment: iPhone apps for dogs? (Score 1) 1
I can barely afford an iPhone. You expect me to buy another one for each of my dogs?
Comment: walking past the newsstand (Score 1) 237
Each morning I walk my dog, and I go past the newsstands on the corner. I always slow down and peer into them and read the headlines. I never buy one.
Obama DOJ Sides With RIAA Again In Tenenbaum 528
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timothy
from the could-make-a-jaded-man-more-jaded dept.
from the could-make-a-jaded-man-more-jaded dept.
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Despite having had some time to get their act together, Obama's Department of Justice has filed yet another brief defending the RIAA's outlandish statutory damages theory — that someone who downloaded an mp3 with a 99-cent retail value, causing a maximum possible damages of 35 cents, is liable for from $750 to $150,000 for each such file downloaded, in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum. The 25- page brief (PDF) continues the DOJ's practice of (a) ignoring the case law which holds that the Supreme Court's due process jurisprudence is applicable to statutory damages, (b) ignoring the law review articles to like effect, (c) ignoring the actual holding of the 1919 case they rely upon, (d) ignoring the fact that the RIAA failed to prove 'distribution' as defined by the Copyright Act, and (e) ignoring the actual wording and reasoning of the Supreme Court in its leading Gore and Campbell decisions. Jon Newton of p2pnet.net attributes the Justice Department's 'oversights' to the 'eye-popping number of people [in its employ] who worked for, and/or are directly connected with, Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music's RIAA.'"
US Blocking Costa Rican Sugar Trade To Force IP Laws 441
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ScuttleMonkey
from the if-you-can't-beat-em-squeeze-harder dept.
from the if-you-can't-beat-em-squeeze-harder dept.
For the last couple of days news has been trickling in about how the US is trying to ram IP laws down Costa Rica's throat by blocking their access to the US sugar market. Techdirt has a good summary of the various commentaries and a related scoop in the Bahamas where the US is also applying IP pressure. "The first is in Costa Rica, which is included in the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Yet like with other free trade agreements that the US has agreed to elsewhere, this one includes draconian intellectual property law requirements. I still cannot understand why intellectual monopoly protectionism — the exact opposite of 'free trade' — gets included in free trade agreements. At least in Costa Rica, a lot of people started protesting these rules, pointing out that it would be harmful for the economy, for education and for healthcare. So the Costa Rican government has not moved forward with such laws. How has the US responded? It's blocking access to the US market of Costa Rican sugar until Costa Rica approves new copyright laws."
INTERPOL Granted Diplomatic Immunity In the US 450
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ScuttleMonkey
from the subcontracting-the-dirty-work dept.
from the subcontracting-the-dirty-work dept.
ShakaUVM writes "A couple of weeks ago without any fanfare or notice in the media, President Obama granted INTERPOL full diplomatic immunity while conducting investigations on American soil. While INTERPOL has been allowed to operate in the US in the past, under an executive order by President Reagan, they've had to follow the same rules as the FBI, CIA, etc., while on American soil. This means, among other things, the new executive order makes INTERPOL immune to Freedom of Information Act requests and that INTERPOL agents cannot be punished for most any crimes they may commit. Hopefully the worst we'll see from this is INTERPOL agents ignoring their speeding tickets." Update: 01/05 02:57 GMT by KD : Reader davecb pointed out an ABC News blog that comes to pretty much the opposite conclusion as to the import of the executive order.
Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking 802
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kdawson
from the to-name-but-a-few dept.
from the to-name-but-a-few dept.
eldavojohn writes "A formal complaint was filed in California (caged PDF) last week by John Lindstein naming David Miscavige and the Church of Scientology International as defendants. Lindstein claims that for sixteen years (from age 8) he was forced to work as a slave at Gold Base, a secret CoS site run by Golden Era Productions with 'razor wire, security guard patrols, surveillance posts, and three roll calls each day.' The pay was $50 a week. The allegations include 'Violations of wage and hour laws as well as unfair/illegal business practices actionable under California B&P 17200 Et. Seq.' and a complaint under the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, which abolished slavery. Members of the group Anonymous praised the summons."
Comment: fun times, fun times (Score 1, Funny) 830
Oh, all you haters just don't want to admit how much fun it would be to throw a party that damn nerdy.