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Submission + - BT to block piracy sites after court ruling (bbc.co.uk)

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scumfuker
scumfuker writes: "A High Court judge has ruled that BT must block access to a website which provides links to pirated movies.

Newzbin 2 is a members-only site which organises and lists a large amount of the illegally copied material found on Usenet discussion forums.

The landmark case is the first time that a British internet service provider has been ordered to block access to such a site."

Comment In case I'm not the only one. (Score 1) 99

by scumfuker (#35971202) Attached to: Google Docs' OCR Quality Tested
Wikipedia says:

Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping system in an office, or to publish the text on a website. OCR makes it possible to edit the text, search for a word or phrase, store it more compactly, display or print a copy free of scanning artifacts, and apply techniques such as machine translation, text-to-speech and text mining to it. OCR is a field of research in pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and computer vision.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition

Comment Is it just me? (Score 3, Interesting) 177

by scumfuker (#35971194) Attached to: Wikileaks Says Public Forced Canadian DMCA Delay
Does it seem with the wording of the cable that Canada is expected to fall into line with whatever the US would like?
There also seems to be a minor tone of irritation when 'the public' and 'Michael Geist' is mentioned.

Damn you pesky citizens of a sovereign nation, getting in the way of our plans for your country...


Seeing it explicitly laid out like that is just, well, disturbing.
Space

Submission + - See the "supermoon" tonight. (telegraph.co.uk)

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scumfuker
scumfuker writes: "This weekend a new word rises over the horizon of the English language. The full Moon tonight has been designated a “supermoon” as it will be the nearest approach of the Moon to Earth for the past 18 years, bringing it some 30,000 miles closer than usual. If we have clear skies, this lunar event will be weighted with a special sense of expectation – perhaps, for some people, even dread."

Comment Please please... (Score 1) 2254

by scumfuker (#35015998) Attached to: Slashdot Launches Re-Design
I recently discovered the option on the last redesign that disabled all the rubbish. I LIKED having a functional "Back" button on my browser. If I quickly want to take a look at an article from two days ago, I would much rather click it and hit back, rather than opening up a new tab for it behind all the other tabs I opened for interesting articles. It is also nicer than clicking "Back" and then needing to skip the main page back two days because it bloody resets on me. What did the back button ever do to you? What did individual links for each day's posts and pages ever do to you? Why the hell does it need to default to the front page of slashdot.org everytime I click back? Now it's worse, because I have to scroll down and wait for this fucking Ajax shit to load after I click a button... Argh.
Crime

Geologists Might Be Charged For Not Predicting Quake 375

Posted by timothy from the google-will-no-doubt-be-found-at-fault dept.
mmmscience writes "In 2009, a series of small earthquakes shook the region of L'Aquila, Italy. Seismologists investigated the tremors, but concluded that there was no direct indication of a big quake on the horizon. Less than a month later, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed more than 300 people. Now, the chief prosecutor of L'Aquila is looking to charge the scientists with gross negligent manslaughter for not predicting the quake."

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