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by Hentai (#38309900) Attached to: Miyamoto Steps Down As Nintendo Game Design Head

'What I really want to do is be in the forefront of game development once again myself. Probably working on a smaller project with even younger developers. Or I might be interested in making something that I can make myself, by myself. Something really small.'"

Let's hope he at least has a sword and full heart containers, then.

GNU is Not Unix

Stallman convinces Cuba to switch to open source

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prostoalex
prostoalex writes "Big victory for Richard Stallman in North America, as Cuba decided to adopt open source software on the national level. Both Cuba and Venezuela are currently working on switching the entire government infrastructure to GNU/Linux operating system and applications, Associated Press reports from Havana: "Both governments say they are trying to wean state agencies from Microsoft's proprietary Windows to the open-source Linux operating system, which is developed by a global community of programmers who freely share their code." AP article doesn't mention the distro used for government workers, but says that the students are working on a Gentoo-based distro."
Education

Complete Your FAFSA Early, Even Before You File...

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Jeff Mictabor
Jeff Mictabor writes "Complete Your FAFSA Early, Even Before You File Your Taxes

Students can file their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before their parents file their 2006 taxes by estimating the amount they believe they’ll be claiming. According to NextStudent, the Phoenix-based premier education funding company, many people wait until after tax day to file their FAFSA because they do not realize they can complete the application earlier by using their estimated income. If you do not file the FAFSA as close as possible to Jan. 2, you may limit or risk losing the amount of federal financial aid you can receive because it is distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

File Your FAFSA Online

It is very simple to complete the FAFSA online. The whole process can be summarized in three simple steps: organize, file, follow-up.
  1. Organize: Begin the process by gathering all of the relevant paperwork. Other than your estimated tax information, you will need your driver’s license number and Social Security number, among other things. Check out thepre-application work sheet, available at www.fafsa.ed.gov/fafsaws78bw.pdf (Spanish version: www.fafsa.ed.gov/sfafsaws78bw.pdf). After you get all of the relevant information, you will need to apply for a personalized pin number to access your application, www.pin.ed.gov.
  1. File: Fill out the FAFSA onlineandget the application here, www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/complete013.jsp (Spanish version: www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/scomplete013.jsp).
  1. Follow-up: Three to five days after you file the application, you will receive a confirmation receipt. If not, check here www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/follow003.jsp for confirmation. Within another four weeks, you will receive a Student Aid Report (SAR). If you don’t, call: (800) 433-3243. If you find out that your income is significantly more or less than the amount you estimated, correct it by going here, www.fafsa.ed.gov/.


Federal Financial Aid

After federal financial aid is awarded, NextStudent makes it easy to actually obtain that financial aid in the form of Stafford student loans and PLUS loans.All NextStudent borrowers are assigned a personal Education Finance Advisor to walk them through the student loan process. Remember to file your FAFSA as close to Jan. 2 as possible, even if your state’s deadline is in July. Federal financial aid is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, and if you file early, you’ll increase your chances of getting an award.

NextStudent believes that getting an education is the best investment you can make, and it is dedicated to helping you pursue your education dreams by making college funding simple. Learn more about student loans and student loan consolidation at NextStudent.com."
United States

FCC wants to regulate violence on TV

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An anonymous reader writes "CNN is reporting that the FCC has released a report that claims Congress can expand the FCC's authority to regulate broadcast television. Currently, the FCC can regulate profanity and sexual content, but the new report calls for the power to regulate violence as well."
Businesses

"War on terror" forces firm to break EU la

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Turismo writes "European legislators aren't happy that the US has subpoenaed European financial information for four and half years from SWIFT, the Belgian group that allows banking systems to interoperate. Because it mirrored all European data to a US backup, SWIFT became the target of Treasury department subpoenas in the "War on terror." SWIFT has gotten in plenty of hot water back home, where the European Parliament just passed a resolution asking the company to stop hosting its data in the US. "The resolution makes it clear that SWIFT is not off the hook simply because the company was complying with US law. The decision to store European data in America was a "purely commercial decision" on the part of SWIFT; to better comply with its obligations toward European data, the company was advised to stop mirroring European data to the US or to move the mirror somewhere outside of US jurisdiction." Will other multinationals start doing the same thing?"

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