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sfcrazy writes:
The Gnome project has dropped a bomb today by announcing a project for Gnome 3 Shell extensions. The project is in alpha stage and brings the much needed extensions to the Gnome 3 Shell.
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donniebaseball23 writes:
Video game consoles today are facing increasing pressure from other platforms, like smartphones, tablets and browser or social gaming on the PC. On top of that, they've become prohibitively expensive to manufacture. Can the dedicated console really survive? Richard Garriott, veteran designer behind Ultima, says no. "I think we might get one more generation, might, but I think fundamentally they're doomed," he told IndustryGamers. "I think fundamentally the power that you can carry with you in a portable is really swamping what we've thought of as a console."
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schwit1 writes:
Julian P. Heicklen, a 79-year-old retired chemistry professor, has often stood on a plaza outside the United States Courthouse in Manhattan, holding a "Jury Info" sign and handing out brochures that advocate jury nullification, the controversial view that if jurors disagree with a law, they may ignore their oaths to follow it and may acquit a defendant who violated it.
Then, last year, federal prosecutors had Mr. Heicklen indicted, charging that his activity violated the law against jury tampering. Lawyers assisting him have sought dismissal of the case on First Amendment grounds.
Ok. So the ballot box has been corrupted by corporations, unions and other special interest groups, and now the feds want to do away with jury nullification and the soap box. That leaves the ammo box.
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Pierre Bezukhov writes:
A species of paper wasp has a special talent for recognizing faces of its own kind, shows a new study.
Scientists have long known that the wasp Polistes fuscatus can distinguish individuals in its colony by recognizing facial markings. In the new study, researchers found that the wasps learn to identify images of P. fuscatus faces faster and more accurately than other types of images.
This is the first time that scientists have discovered this humanlike ability in an insect.
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tripleevenfall writes:
The days of watching movies on the cheap via the Web may soon be over. Time Warner Cable and U.S. pay-TV companies are on the verge of instituting new fees on Web-access customers who use the most data. Cable's best option is to find ways to profit from the online shift, said Moffett. If the companies were to lose all of their video customers, the revenue decline would be more than offset by a lower programming fees and set-top box spending.
"In the end, it will be the best thing that ever happened to the cable industry," Moffett said.
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bs0d3 writes:
The Federal Council of Switzerland today, released their recommendation on filesharing. Current Swiss privacy laws do not allow anti-p2p companies log the ip addresses of filesharers. The federal council has announced today in its statement, that currently no additional steps are being undertaken as there seems to be no need for it. Some of the key elements are that according to the findings of the Federal Council, filesharers will spend the money saved from filesharing on other entertainment products and events... instead of buying music, they go to concerts or cinema; but the amount of disposable income they spend remains constant.
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sciencehabit writes:
If you've ever tried the experiment, you know you can't walk through a wall. But subatomic particles can pull off similar feats through a weird process called quantum tunneling. Now, a team of physicists says that it might just be possible to observe such tunneling with a larger, humanmade object, though others say the proposal faces major challenges.
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swazal writes:
AtlanticWire has a post about Apple's Siri software that appears to show bias against certain moral choices such as abortion. Instead of showing abortion clinics, Siri displays pro-life clinic options. Have you had similar experiences with Siri or other agents?
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Damien1972 writes:
A 0.12 degree C rise in temperature will spur giant King Crabs to invade the Antarctic continental shelf, causing havoc for its unique ecosystem, reports a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Temperatures are currently rising 0.01-0.02 per year, meaning it could be less than a decade before the crabs chow down on the soft-bodied invertebrates that currently rule the shelf. “It's much more reminiscent of the Paleozoic era before all those shell-crushing crabs and bony fish and bottom-feeding sharks and rays evolved," said marine biologist Richard Aronson. “The bottom communities in Antarctica are anachronisms. They're a window to the past. They're going to get modernized when these crabs show up.”
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ryzvonusef writes:
Instructables Member *Dimovi* utilised a spare LCD monitor and converted it into a “privacy” monitor.
He took apart the monitor’s plastic frame, cutting out the polarised film with a utility knife and removed the film adhesive from the glass panel before reassembling the monitor, which now shines a bright white regardless of what is actually being displayed on the screen.
He then removed the lenses from a pair of theatre 3D glasses, and replaced it with the polarised film he had just removed from the monitor.
Now, he is the only one who can see what he is doing on his computer.
