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+ - No hands or voice activated texting not safer->

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes "Recent study in the Washington Post verifies that using hands free or voice activated texting is no safer then texting with your hands while you are driving a car. Using a hand-held device to tap out a text message while driving has been banned in many states and provinces with the expectation that using hands free is safer."
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+ - Moore's Law implies life existed before Earth formed->

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes "Interesting article in the Digital Journal saying that the current complexity of life on Earth and Moore's Law imply that life had to begin before the Earth was formed. Based on the premise that genetic complexity of living systems double every 376 million years the initiation of life is pushed back to almost 10 billion years ago. Geologists believe the age of the Earth is about 4.5 billion years. This means that life is older than the Earth by 5.5 billion years."
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Comment: Re:just use virtual machines (Score 4, Insightful) 464

by Meshach (#42889089) Attached to: Retail Copies of Office 2013 Are Tied To a Single Computer Forever

install to virtual machine, then make copies of that virtual machine. problem solved.

I do not think that this "solution" will work for a typical user. VM machines are not simple to setup and use for the masses as they are for /. users.

As a matter of fact I do not think this will impact the majority of users at all. Most people buy their software with their computer system and are not adverse to having to buy a new version when they get a new machine.

Comment: Re:I Live In the United States (Score 1) 381

by Meshach (#42208261) Attached to: When I see gov't CCTV cameras, I think:

What 'Merica do you live in?!?!?

There are CCTVs on each-and-every goverment building, school, police car, and any intersection with traffic lights.

Not to mention the individual people and businesses that use CCTVs.

And the worst part about those CCTVs is that every one of them is somehow attached to TripWire, aka Big Brother.

mastershake82.... I really like your username but you need to get out from underneath the rock that you live under and stand up for your rights.

AC, meet sarcasm. Sarcasm meet AC. I am sure you will become great friends once you get to know each other!

Google

+ - Google found guilty of libel for listing results->

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes "Google has been found guilty for refusing to take down a libelous search result in an Australian court. Music promoter Milorad Trkulja sued Google for refusing to take down links to website articles promoting libelous claims Trkulja was connected to organized crime in Melbourne. Google has told Trkulja to contact the sites on which the offensive materials were posted, as those webmasters controlled the content but the supreme court found Google was responsible for removing the damaging links the moment Trkulja asked it to remove the content. As a result of the jury's decision in the case, Google will have to pay $200,000 in damages to Trkulja."
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Comment: Re:Can we get rid of long sigs as well? (Score 2) 248

by Meshach (#42082397) Attached to: Companies Getting Rid of Reply-all

Can we also get rid of excessively long sigs, embedded graphics, comic sans and outlook stationary too? Or at least made them more difficult to automate.

Amen. I bet if you added the bandwidth spent transmitting large sigs/wallpapers/stationary and showed it to most CFOs they would agree.

Handhelds

+ - Rise in allergies to cell phones->

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes "Report out of New York claiming that as people use electronic devices more and more persons with nickel allergies are reacting to their phones. Apparently about one-third of BlackBerry devices and 90 percent of flip phones contained nickel, and more than half of flip phones containing cobalt (the most common irritants). Conversely none of the iPhones or Androids studied tested positive for either metal. For those allergic to metals, symptoms range from dry-itchy patches on the face or ears to redness, blistering, lesions, and sometimes oozing."
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Data Storage

+ - Death of cassette tape is greatly exaggerated-> 1

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Meshach writes "Interesting article from Toronto about how although they have been virtually abandoned for music cassette tapes are being actively used an an inexpensive storage medium. Companies looking to archive large amounts of data are always looking for a cheaper solution and cassette tapes are the newest fad. Apparently when access time is not a priority they are perfect and they require zero energy use when not in use."
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Microsoft

+ - Microsoft increasing role in the retail stores->

Submitted by Meshach
Meshach writes "Article in the Wall Street Journal about how Microsoft is entering the retail market for computers. With Windows 8 being released Microsoft is dictating more and more to big-box retailers how their systems should be marketed to consumers. Also The number of Microsoft stores selling directly to consumers is doubling."
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