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Submission + - Getty Images is stealing Creative Commons pictures. (flickr.com)

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epSos-de
epSos-de writes: "Getty Images caused controversy for its aggressive pursuit of copyright enforcement on behalf of its photographers.

In reality Getty Images is stealing rights from photographers and publishers. Almost all of the pictures of epSos.de on Flickr were published under the Creative Commons license. Getty Images is licensing pictures from epSos.de through the Flickr account. After licensing the images they change the copyright from free to use to all rights reserved. It is a digital type of theft of free pictures.

The stolen picture is here:
www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/5394616925/

The screen-shot of the digital theft is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/8138893914/

They will probably try to sue people for using the free picture that was published under the creative commons license first."

Comment Just curious... (Score 2) 36

by eexaa (#41601349) Attached to: Water-Prospecting Lunar Rover Prototype Built

Somewhere I read that there's little chance to find any good source of water on a planet (or other rock-ball type) without a magnetic field, because that is the only thing that prevents massive hydrogen/water molecules loss from upper parts of the atmosphere caused by solar winds. Therefore, Earth has water, other planets have only uninteresting amounts of it.

Maybe there are (ice) deposits from the time the planets (moon) had the magnetic field? Can anyone clarify?

Comment Desktop is needed now (Score 3, Insightful) 625

by eexaa (#41600663) Attached to: Will the Desktop PC Live Forever?

...and will be for quite some time, because we don't have any more convenient platform to do actual work.

I mean, did anyone try to do programming, system administration and/or serious graphics or writing on iPad and alikes?

And it's not about screen size, it's basically ONLY about having input devices that don't make your wrists rot away if you use them more than 2 hours daily.

PS. do you count traditional notebooks (15" and bigger screens) as desktop computers? (I do.)

Comment Re:Utility (Score 1) 419

by eexaa (#41566873) Attached to: The Coming Internet Video Crash

Not an utility.

The technology used for streaming neflix&co. is brutally ineffective, instead of some reasonable multicast solution they just throw terabytes to ISPs networks and somehow expect everyone to prepare to handle that. It costs several hundred times more money to prepare infrastructure for this, than to build the streaming datacenter.

I run an ISP and I seriously don't care to invest only for this single reason, that TV-content providers can make money. Data caps are so far the most reasonable solution to show those people what the rest of the network thinks of them.

At least until they show up with some reasonable&effective new tech.

Submission + - Sept 14 is red letter day: Black Mesa Half-Life rewrite to be released! (blackmesasource.com)

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macklin01
macklin01 writes: "Sep. 14 is red letter day: after 8 years of development, the third-party "Black Mesa" rewrite of Half-Life is finally going to be released. This re-writes the original Half-Life with the HalfLife2 Source engine, along with significant improvements to the graphics and soundtrack. While you're waiting, you can look at recent screenshots (and a few videos here and there, such as here) and download the soundtrack (and donate!) to whet your appetite. So go on: they're waiting for you in the test chamber, Gordon!"
Piracy

Submission + - Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Cambodia (timeslive.co.za)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A co-founder of top Swedish filesharing site The Pirate Bay, who is on an international wanted list, has been arrested in the Cambodian capital at Stockholm’s request.
Wireless Networking

Submission + - The Danger In Exempting Wireless From Net Neutrality (northmobilepost.com)

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nmpost
nmpost writes: "Nearly two years ago, the FCC outlined its rules for net neutrality. Notably absent were rules for wireless networks. There are several legitimate reasons that the same rules applied to wired networks can not apply to wireless networks. However, the same danger lies in leaving wireless networks unguarded against the whims of its administrators. As we move more and more towards a wireless dominated internet, those dangers will become more pronounced. We are going to need a massive investment in infrastructure in this country regardless of net neutrality rules. Demand for wireless is going to continue to grow for many years to come, and providers are not going to be able to let up. Data caps and throttling are understandable now as demand is far outpacing infrastructure growth. Eventually, demand will slow, and these practices will have to be addressed. This is where allowing internet providers to regulate themselves becomes an issue. Self regulation usually does not end well for the consumer. Imagine allowing power plants and oil refineries to determine what chemicals they could pour into the air. Would they have the population’s best interest at heart when making that determination? In the future when the infrastructure can match the demand, what will stop internet providers from picking winners and losers over their wireless networks? As conglomerates like Comcast gobble up content providers like NBC, a conflict of interest begins to emerge. There would be nothing from stopping one of the big wireless providers like AT&T or Verizon from scooping up a content provider and prioritizing its data speed over the network."
The Military

Submission + - US Army to Train Rats to Save Soldiers' Lives

Submitted by
Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "The Department of Defense currently relies on dogs as the animal of choice for explosives detection but training dogs is expensive and takes a long time. Now the US Army is sponsoring a project to develop and test a rugged, automated and low-cost system for training rats to detect improvised explosive devices and mines. “The automated system we’re developing is designed to inexpensively train rats to detect buried explosives to solve an immediate Army need for safer and lower-cost mine removal,” says senior research engineer William Gressick. Trained rats would also create new opportunities to detect anything from mines to humans buried in earthquake rubble because rats can search smaller spaces than a dog can, and are easier to transport. Rats have already been trained by the National Police in Colombia to detect seven different kinds of explosives including ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, gunpowder and TNT but the Rugged Automated Training System (Rats) research sponsored by the US. Army Research Laboratory, plans to produce systems for worldwide use since mines are widespread throughout much of Africa, Asia, and Central America and demining operations are expected to continue for decades to restore mined land to civilian use. “Beyond this application, the system will facilitate the use of rats in other search tasks such as homeland security and search-and-rescue operations" adds Gressick. "In the long-term, the system is likely to benefit both official and humanitarian organizations.”"

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