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by nacturation on Wednesday May 21, @05:03AM (#23487940)
Attached to: UK Teen Cited For Calling Scientology a "Cult"
The difference is this: a cult is an unpopular religion whereas religion is a popular cult.
 
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  Hardware: Toshiba Execs Declare HD DVD Not Dead Yet 2008-01-07 01:04

Posted by Zonk on Monday January 07 2008, @01:04AM
from the they're-doing-science-and-they're-still-alive dept.
Lucas123 writes "HD DVD proponent Toshiba remains defiant that its format will not succumb to the mounting tsunami of support for Blu-ray Discs. Akio Ozaka, head of Toshiba America Consumer Products, said at CES today that he was surprised by Warner's decision." It should also be noted that the HD DVD group has cancelled many of their meetings at CES.
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 [+] story, hardware, media, movies, bluray, games,

  Geek and Gadgets Set Cross-US Speed Record 2007-10-17 02:13

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday October 17 2007, @02:13AM
from the breaker-breaker-need-a-bear-check dept.
Brikus writes "And you thought your car had gadgets. In this story from Wired magazine, we hear about Alex Roy and his quest to break the record time for a cross-USA road trip. One of the biggest roadblocks to breaking the record: highway patrol officers, about 31,000 along the way. So Roy decked out his E39 BMW M5 with a thermal camera, radar/laser detectors, GPS devices, police scanners, and other high-tech gadgets and toys."
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  Your Rights Online: Trent Reznor Says "Steal My Music" 2007-09-17 17:07

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 17 2007, @05:07PM
from the unlikely-defense-against-the-mafiaa dept.
THX-1138 writes "A few months ago, Trent Reznor (frontman of the band Nine Inch Nails), was in Australia doing an interview when he commented on the outrageous prices of CDs there. Apparently now his label, Universal Media Group is angry at him for having said that. During a concert last night, he told fans, '...Has anyone seen the price come down? Okay, well, you know what that means — STEAL IT. Steal away. Steal and steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealin'. Because one way or another these mother****ers will get it through their head that they're ripping people off and that's not right.'"
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 [+] story, yro, music, humor, mafiaa, riaa, haha

  Users Trash Wal-Mart On Its Facebook Site 2007-08-26 16:33

Posted by kdawson on Sunday August 26 2007, @04:33PM
from the why-are-they-even-here dept.
hhavensteincw writes "Only two weeks after Wal-Mart launched its latest foray into Web 2.0 land, Facebook users have hijacked a page aimed at selling back-to-school supplies to college kids to instead post rants about the company's labor practices. Of the 100-plus comments, none relates to dorm decorating as Wal-Mart had originally envisioned."
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 [+] story, business, haha, internet, walmart, alwayslowwages

  IT: Coping Strategies for Women in IT 2007-08-06 13:31

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 06 2007, @01:31PM
from the grow-a-pair-oh-wait dept.
Ian Lamont writes "Female workers are losing ground in the IT profession, reports Computerworld, citing statistics which show a sharp drop in the number of female CS grads since the 1980s, and a decline in the percentage of women in the IT profession since 2001. According to the article, causes include pervasive stereotypes and the locker-room atmosphere found in some IT shops — attitudes which some readers may recognize from the comments in a Slashdot thread last week. The IT professionals interviewed in the Computerworld article discuss a variety of strategies for coping. They range from trying to 'out-boy the boys' to watching what you say, as one Sun Microsystems executive describes:'It's not unusual to be the only woman at a meeting, she says, and because of that, there's often a tendency to remain silent unless you think you have something really remarkable to say. "As one member of a small group, you feel you have no right to be mediocre ... You're not just representing yourself; you're representing [females] with a capital F.'"
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 [+] story, it, education, misandry, sexism, iseetheirpoint

  Your Rights Online: Bill Bans NSA Eavesdropping 2007-05-11 16:05

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 11 2007, @04:05PM
from the stay-out-of-my-head dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The US house of representatives today passed a bill outlawing illegal domestic wiretapping by the government. Now government agencies are only allowed to access your private communications under terms of FISA. 'As the Senate Report noted, FISA "was designed . . . to curb the practice by which the Executive Branch may conduct warrantless electronic surveillance on its own unilateral determination that national security justifies it." The Bill ends plans by the Bush Administration that would give the NSA the freedom to pry into the lives of ordinary Americans. The ACLU noted that, despite many recent hearings about 'modernization' and 'technology neutrality,' the administration has not publicly provided Congress with a single example of how current FISA standards have either prevented the intelligence community from using new technologies, or proven unworkable for the agents tasked with following them.'"
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 [+] story, yro, privacy, politics, wishfulthinking, bush, oxymoron

  Your Rights Online: Protests Move From the Streets To YouTube 2007-03-27 05:33

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 27 2007, @05:33AM
from the getting-word-out-of-the-Phillipines dept.
weighn writes "One factor driving the move of political statements to YouTube, and away from old-style street protest, is that on the Internet the chances of being personally associated with a protest are lower. Mounting your political message online is also safer in countries where taking part in a protest can result in your death or injury at the hands of your country's army. We've seen how street protests and online polls alike are being shunted aside and ignored. What is the future for the common person who yearns to be heard?"
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 [+] story, yro, media, internet, youtube, slacktivism, powertothepeople

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