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Comment: With Steve Jobs dead, who will call for no-DRM? (Score 2) 355

by Hobart (#38209796) Attached to: How Publishers Are Cutting Their Own Throats With eBook DRM

Go give the 2007 open letter "Thoughts on Music" a read.

I somehow doubt Jeff Bezos will publish a similar article.

DRM-free MP3 sales from Amazon only happened as a "fight back" against the "evil single source for music" that was iTunes at the time.

If we-the-public have got to rely on some similar benevolent dictator demanding DRM-free choices, is it gonna be Barnes and Noble's Leonard Riggio? I'm not holding my breath. :-/

Programming

2011 Forth Day this Saturday->

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An anonymous reader writes "In an update to his blog, Forth programming language inventor and CPU designer Chuck Moore noted he will be demonstrating the new GreenArrays Forth Chips he designed at this year's annual Forth Day event, of the Silicon Valley Forth Interest Group. These low-power chips, with 144 cores addressing ~40k RAM, are programmed using the ArrayForth variant of ColorForth. They recently became available in small quantities for hobbyists."
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Science

Circumcision lessens fun between (Danish) sheets->

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An anonymous reader writes "According to a study in the Journal of Epidemiology, circumcised men and their partners are having less fun and are more often having sexual difficulties than non-circumcised men. The study did correct for Jewish and Moslim men, showing the results remained stable. Caveat: the study was executed in Denmark. Extrapolate to your own region of the globe at your own risk."
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Comment: What a wonderful project! (Score 4, Informative) 112

by Hobart (#38067576) Attached to: Raspberry Pi PCB Layout Revealed

...and yet, just like the OpenMoko FreeRunner (giant opaque SMedia Glamo blob meant 2d VESA grade graphics only) and the OLPC XO-1 (giant opaque Marvell blob meant the whole WiFi subsystem and "mesh-while asleep" was all a black box and driver couldn't be troubleshot) , all the software is "open" yet obfuscated

The entire Raspberry Pi depends on a gigantic proprietary blob from Broadcom.

Hmm. Google search came up with this deviantart for "Raspberry Blob", maybe this can be the project's mascot. Hooray for undocumented blobs, we don't need source code, maybe we'll get Windows CE for it someday!

Technology

Tesla Model S Sees the Light of Day->

Submitted by oik
oik writes "Tesla are now showing off their sedan models:

"Set to compete with BMW's profitable five series, the Tesla S is an attempt to build a luxury car with a sports car feel. With a compact electric motor, no transmission and a lithium-ion battery spread flat under the floor, the company claims the car has twice the storage room as the BMW five series, with substantial trunk space at both ends. It can also seat seven, if two optional rear-facing seats are installed in the back that can only be used by small children."

Could this be Tesla's first step to becoming an viable contender in the consumer market? If only I could think of a suitable car analogy for this..."
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