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Comment: oh the hypocrisy (Score 3, Insightful) 126

by ChipMonk (#40074965) Attached to: Judge Orders Verizon Subscriber Identities Sealed
Someone was (accused of) making a bunch of copies of something, without permission.

The accuser's lackey hands over information, before the Court decides if it's appropriate to enter it into evidence. The Court decides it isn't (yet) appropriate, and orders all copies of the evidence destroyed.

IOW, the accuser is now accused of making a bunch of copies of something, without permission. They just got a taste of their own medicine, at the hands of an unhappy judge.

Comment: Re:MIT Eh? (Score 1) 811

by ChipMonk (#40070003) Attached to: From MIT Inventor To Tea Party Leader
One doesn't defend stupid beliefs with firearms. One defends, with firearms if necessary, the right to hold those stupid beliefs.

To paraphrase Jefferson, does it twist your arm or pick your pocket if your neighbor's beliefs are (in your view) stupid? Your neighbor probably thinks the same of your beliefs. So what? It's that little thing called the First Amendment, guaranteeing freedom of conscience and dissent. If you have a problem with that, then I suggest you work to rescind it. Just remember, once you take away your neighbor's freedoms, you've also lost those same freedoms for yourself.

Comment: Re:New features (Score 2) 437

by ChipMonk (#39973613) Attached to: Objective-C Comes of Age
Sadly, given the fact that Oracle has sued Google over nine lines of standard library code for the Java language (developed by Sun, bought out by Oracle), it wouldn't shock me at all to hear that Apple has sued over Objective-C.

I know, the parent comment is funny, but the best humor has a grain of truth. In this case, it's a grain of sand in a shoe.

Comment: good thing Intel also does fab for ARM (Score 0) 226

by ChipMonk (#39866159) Attached to: Why Intel Leads the World In Semiconductor Manufacturing
ARM-based CPU's are out-selling x86 by a fairly hefty margin, thanks to the mobile/embedded market, while the desktop x86 kingdom has been nearly saturated for, well, forever as these things go. And until Intel gets a clue and makes a chipset that renders on-screen for less than 5 times the mA-h required by a comparable ARM, it's going to stay that way.

Based on that, it's only good business sense that Intel brings in ARM business for their fabs.

Comment: Re:Nicely expandable. (Score 3, Informative) 194

I've followed the news about RPi development and manufacturing, and I've seen NOTHING saying the Model A was scrapped. The Model B was developed and manufactured first, because it's easier to take things out than to wedge them in. The Model A's supplied memory was doubled, as they found it was cheaper to omit components between models, than to use different components between the models.
Hardware

vandal-catching hardware suggestions needed 5

Submitted by smellsofbikes
smellsofbikes writes "I have a friend who has a vandal problem: someone is routinely and repeatedly damaging her car. Over the last year, someone has scratched the paint and windows, dented every body panel, deflated and slashed tires, bent and stolen window wipers. She parks in a garage that is locked, so only other apartment residents have access. The garage is well-lighted, but has only one electrical outlet, near her car, and no easy way to attach stuff to walls. She thinks she knows who is doing it, and her apartment manager agrees and is willing to back her up, but without some evidence, nobody can do much. It only happens once every couple of weeks, so hiring a kid to sleep in the car is probably not viable. The garage is too far from her apartment to set up a wireless video camera. I'm looking for suggestions to help her out, that could include building hardware for this project. Thoughts?"
Science

Scientists Connect Brain Freeze to Migraines->

Submitted by kodiaktau
kodiaktau writes "Scientists have recently concluded a study that ties brain freezes to migraines. During the study researchers monitored blood flow to the brain and noticed that the anterior cerebral artery dilation occurred to bring more blood flow to the brain, maintaining temperature in the temperature sensitive organ. When the blood is trying clear the brain it is restricted causing a pressure imbalance in the brain and thus temporary pain.

Researchers are now looking to see if similar issues occur in migraine sufferers and looking toward pharmaceuticals that might reduce or stop the dilation of the blood vessels to prevent or curb migraines.

Interesting infographic on migraines"

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Hidden Ways Sites, Games Kill Your Phone's Battery->

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itwbennett
itwbennett writes "You know that streaming music over 3G draws a lot of smartphone energy. But inefficient CSS, image file choices, and geo-locating advertisements are hogging your battery in less overt ways, according to recent studies from Stanford and Purdue and Microsoft. Here's your shocking stat for the day: 70% of the energy suck from Angry Birds is related to advertising (the ads themselves, location tracking for the ads, adn connection demands for ads)."
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