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+ - Unreleased 1963 Beatles tracks on sale on iTune: Copyright fraud->

Submitted by Taco Cowboy
Taco Cowboy writes "Back in 1963 the Beatles did some performances on BBC and other places and the songs were recorded but were never officially released. 50 years later, just before their copyrights are about to expire, Universal packaged them, 59 tracks in all, and put them on sale on iTune for $40 per downloadable pack.

The reason ? Copyright Fraud

By release the 59 tracks on iTune, the songs will be protected under copyright laws for yet another 20 more years."
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+ - Harvard Bomber Hoax Perpetrator Caught through Tor->

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes "The FBI has caught the student who called in a bomb threat on December 16. The student used a temporary anonymous email account routed through Tor but the FBI were able to trace it because it originated in the Harvard wireless network. He could face as long as five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine if convicted."
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Comment: Re:Would you mind give all of us a fucking break ? (Score 1) 2

The cited article says exactly what you wrote - that the name of the picture is "Nuclear Explosion on Earth from Space." What purpose did you intend for your post to have? Also, why did you post AC? Only logged in users can post on these pre-publication articles.

Comment: Re:Obama forgot he works for the Americans ! (Score 4, Interesting) 211

Not like those corporation give a rat's ass about the constitution or citizen liberties.

Hell, their "stalker economy" business model is partially responsible for enabling the NSA. We can expect them to do everything they can to minimize their exposure on this problem, even if it makes things worse for us regular citizens. It is just serendipity that our interests and their interests are kind of sort of aligned for the moment like they were aligned on SOPA but you don't hear a peep from them about the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) treaty negotiations.

Comment: Healthcare IT's Achilles' Heel: The Cloud (Score 3, Insightful) 71

by Jah-Wren Ryel (#45720595) Attached to: Healthcare IT's Achilles' Heel: Sensors

In theory, sensors attached to our bodies (and appliances such as the fridge) will send a stream of health-related data -- everything from calorie and footstep counts to blood pressure and sleep activity -- to the cloud

No fucking way. My sensors will send my data to my computer in my house where no one else has access to it. Any automated analysis will be done on my computer where I control who can see the results. Any other design is nothing more than putting the band-wagon ahead of patients' interests.

+ - Image of Europe Getting Nuked Used in Promotion for China's Moon Rover-> 2

Submitted by jjp9999
jjp9999 writes "In a promotional exhibit for China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover, an image in the background showed a nuclear explosion over Europe. The image they used was public stock photo titled "Nuclear Explosion on Earth from Space." How it got picked up for the exhibit remains a mystery. The exhibit was shown in November at the China International Industry Fair 2013 in Shanghai ahead of China's recent lunar landing."
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+ - Nest Learning Thermostat And The Peril Of Automated Software Updates

Submitted by rjmarvin
rjmarvin writes "The Nest Learning Thermostat is a very clever, albeit expensive device. Hook it up to your furnace or air conditioner, and not only does it learn what temperatures you like, but it also connects to your home or office WiFi network. That lets you monitor and control it remotely from a browser or mobile device. If you have multiple Nest devices, they will talk to each other. What the Nest definitely can do, however, is fail http://sdt.bz/67490 if the company pushes out a buggy software update, which happened in late November. The Nest 4.0 firmware http://support.nest.com/article/What-s-new-in-the-Nest-Thermostat-s-4-0-software-update apparently caused some number of Nest devices to go offline, leaving folks without heating or cooling."

Comment: Re:Maybe this corn can be used for food again? (Score 3, Interesting) 273

by dpilot (#45718077) Attached to: Lawmakers Out To Kill the Corn-Based Ethanol Mandate

Blasted flip-flopper!

(Sarcasm alert)

In "Earth" David Brin tried to come up with 3 culturally neutral definitions for sanity. One was the ability to be satiated - to say you have enough of something, and stop. Another was the ability to evaluate how things are going, and change your plans and actions based upon events and results. I forget the third. I once went back and located it again, trying to remember it. I forgot it, again.

Comment: Re:Old skool history of copy protection (Score 1) 266

by Jah-Wren Ryel (#45716589) Attached to: DRM Has Always Been a Horrible Idea

I'm not sure where you're from, but I can speak for the US. We tend to be a fairly individualistic nation (still) and the idea of something being part of the culture as you mentioned is a real hard sell here.

Woooosh!

Ever read the US constitution?

Does, "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times" ring a bell?

What do you think happens after a "limited time?"

Comment: Re:Perhaps not (Score 1) 593

by Jah-Wren Ryel (#45716521) Attached to: UK Men Arrested For Anti-Semitic Tweets After Football Game

No, your point was that limiting free speech created the nazis.

How nice of you to redefine my point for me. Clearly the event that happened 80 years ago was the creation of the nazi party -- what they actually did after their power was entrenched is not something even worth referring to. Gas chambers, holocaust, world war II, etc not even worth the effort to write about.

"It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's the things we know that ain't so." -- Artemus Ward aka Charles Farrar Brown

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