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DC Comics Announces "Before Watchmen"->

Submitted by eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes "Currently DC Comics' site has a banner announcing a new series called "Before Watchmen." Unfortunately the blog pages for this new series appear to be experiencing high traffic and are unreachable. But a number of sites are breaking down these new endeavors that will be giving back stories to the seven characters and who will be creating each of those series. There's also speculation ranging from how much this must upset Alan Moore (egg frying on his forehead seems to be the popular guess) to the theory that this is simply for more move material. There's an abundance of information from interviews released today."
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Space

Stunning New Image of a Stellar Nursery->

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pigrabbitbear
pigrabbitbear writes "About 7,500 light-years from Earth, there’s a giant interstellar pocket that has produced a host of bright young stars. Thanks to massive deposits of gas and dust — the key star-making ingredients — the phenomenon known as NGC 3324 was a hotbed for starbirth several million years ago that produced several very hot-and-heavy stars that clearly stick out in a new image captured by the European Southern Observatory’s Wide Field Imager at the organization’s La Silla Observatory in Chile."
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Iphone

Petition: Workers shouldn't die for the iPhone 5->

Submitted by zacharye
zacharye writes "A new web-based petition singles out Apple and calls for the company to force its suppliers to reform the working conditions at their factories. Original device manufacturer Hon Hai and its subsidiary Foxconn are among the Eastern firms repeatedly accused of mistreating workers, and Apple has again been called upon to demand change as Foxconn’s biggest customer..."
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Steam proves we don't own the games we buy-> 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "A recent decision to ban a user account has reminded us all we don’t technically own the games bought through the service. If your account is banned, you can’t login and play your games. All that money you spent on tens, or even hundreds of titles doesn’t count for anything.

The example that proves this is the story of a Russian gamer who goes by the name of gimperial. He has a Steam account with over 250 games stored on it that he paid for legitimately, spending over $1,500 purchasing them. However, Steam decided to ban his account for a terms of service violation. The problem is, they wouldn’t tell him what rule had been broken, and Steam’s support service refused to respond to his tickets after initially confirming the ban."
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Comment: Re:I'd start by shooting the Captain.... (Score 3, Informative) 416

by gral (#38761778) Attached to: What To Do With a 1,000 Foot Wrecked Cruise Ship?
From what I have heard, the rest of the crew ended up being a couple of entertainers that stepped up rescue efforts and tried to calm everyone down for an orderly exit. The captain should not have left, that is a maritime (sp?) understood thing. His responses on the Coast Guard recording are cowardly, and you really have to wonder how he got the job as Captain. You can be sure that he will never have the chance again.

I understand that the media has a tendency to vilify and expand on certain things in a story. This particular one there are recordings and other things that the public evidence seems to mounting fast.

Comment: Re:Don't understand (Score 5, Informative) 372

by gral (#38655406) Attached to: Oracle's Latest Java Moves Draw Industry Ire
OpenJDK has been the default in Ubuntu for a little while now. I don't think most distributions used the main Oracle Java in their distro by default either. OpenJDK is still available, and included, it is just the oracle version that has been removed. OpenJDK is backed by other companies than just Oracle, and is licensed for distros. At least, this is my understanding of the landscape.

Comment: Re:Strange Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution (Score 1) 412

by gral (#38556834) Attached to: What Could Have Been In the Public Domain Today, But Isn't
Telling our representatives in Congress won't do anything, unless of course we can get some money together and pay them. We could gather money together for a lobby of the people. Then, pay Congress people by taking them out to lunch and discussing what we need. It seems to be the only way our "Elected" officials actually do anything these days.

To find a friend one must close one eye; to keep him -- two. -- Norman Douglas