Comment Re:Problematic (Score 1) 263
I used a rifle stock mount for a camera at a baseball game and no-one in the stadium raised a fuss.
Comment It's not exactly a new idea. (Score 1) 263
Imagine getting a photo of a politician with this camera: http://www.novacon.com.br/odditycameras/mamiyapc.htm
Or going to a (US) National Park with one of these: http://fedka.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=610&osCsid=726706c7db885cd7ea53125689e0e62e
Comment Re:Dead musicians society (Score 1) 429
The MIT AI Lab gave all of their Lisp Machines (both in-house, LISPM, and Symbolics) names of dead rock stars - it's an ever-growing set.
Comment Re:Shannon-Hartley still in effect. (Score 1) 147
You get 56k out of it because of compression. Actual physical bandwidth is limited to about 34kbps of actual data transfer.
Submission + - No kidding, the upper-class is more likely to commit unethical behavior. (vice.com)
everydayelk writes: "Do you lie and cheat on a regular basis? Do you cut in front of pedestrians in traffic? Do you consider greed to be a virtuous quality? Do you think you’re totally awesome and worthy? Scientifically speaking, you are more likely to be upper-class, according to a just-out study in PNAS examining the relationship between socio-economic class and propensity to act unethically (and using those things as ethical markers). Seven studies, ranging from objective envrionmental observation to a dice pseudo-game to straight-up what would you do in this scenario? questions were performed, and every one of the studies found the same general result: being rich makes you kind of an asshole. Act surprised."
Comment Re:Lies (Score 1) 730
There are some specific things to which the owner claims that the "lone cypress" on 17 Mile Drive in Monterey California (in the Pebble Beach development) is their exclusive trademark and that no photographer may sell images of the tree. http://kwartlerlaw.com/Commentaries/LoneCypressgate.html
Submission + - The Demise of Kodak: Five Reasons (wsj.com)
pbahra writes: "Kodak’s declaration of bankruptcy earlier this month closed a glorious chapter in the history of photography. With the introduction of the first automatic snapshot camera more than 110 years ago, Kodak transformed photography from an alchemy-like activity dominated by professionals into a hugely popular one that became an integral part of people’s lives. Photography had been mostly confined to professionals who took formal portraits in studios. Kodak got photography out of studios and into family life. Understanding how it did this is vital to grasping the reasons for its failure. Thus, when digital technology arrived in the photographic industry, Kodak inhabited a world that was largely its own creation. There was no one more steeped in it than Kodak. This became obvious to me when I spent a day with Kodak’s top management in their Rochester headquarters in the U.S. about 11 years ago. But by the end of the day, I was convinced that this company was not going to be around much longer. Here are the top five reasons for Kodak’s demise:"
Comment just what I need (Score 5, Funny) 162
Just what I need - another plant to be allergic to.
Comment A Fifth of Beethoven (Score 1) 353
I was going to say that this sort of thing was going to lead to this generation's "A Fifth of Beethoven" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxS0gO_-TQk), but then I saw on the right that we've already had techno and dubstep versions of Beethoven made.
Comment Re:So... (Score 1) 353
When I first saw them, I thought "AWESOME!" Then, moments later, I imagined what their parents said when they were first told. "You're going to play what? Almost twenty years of lessons for this?"
Comment Re:Thank god we still have Radio Shack (Score 1) 491
Or those who are red-green colorblind.
Submission + - Dutch Supreme Court sees game objects as goods (newser.com)
thrill12 writes: The Dutch Supreme Court ruled on January 31st that the taking away of possessions in the game Runescape from a 13-year-old boy was in fact theft because the possessions could be seen as actual goods. The highest court explained this not by arguing it was software that was copied, but by stating that the game data were real goods that were acquired through "effort and time investment" and "the principal had the actual and exclusive dominion of the goods" — up until the moment the other guy took them away, that is.
Submission + - Why the Raspberry Pi won't ship in kit form (geek.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The guys at Broadcom have released an image containing the Raspberry Pi SoC and memory chip to help explain why the tiny PC won't ship in kit form. Clearly the chips are so small and the solder blobs required so tiny, 99% of the time you would mess up doing it by hand. Add to that the fact one chip as to sit on top of the other, and if you're a millimeter out your chips are fried.
Submission + - Google "Does No Evil"... (reuters.com)
alreaud writes: "Looking at Google's concept of "Do No Evil", one has to ask: "How does skipping the most popular question on YouTube to President Obama serve the concept of Do No Evil?" Monday, the POTUS had a Google+ hangout, and the most voted upon question on YouTube was:
"Mr. President, my name is Stephen Downing, and I'm a retired deputy chief of police from the Los Angeles Police Department. From my decades of law enforcement experience I have come to see our country's drug policies as a failure and a complete waste of criminal justice resources. According to the Gallup Poll, the number of Americans who support legalizing and regulating marijuana now outnumber those who support continuing prohibition. What do you say to this growing voter constituency that wants more changes to drug policy than you have delivered in your first term?""
Submission + - WikiLeaks to Ship Servers to Micronation of Sealan (foxnews.com) 1
Velcroman1 writes: Julian Assange’s investors are in the process of purchasing a boat to move Wikileaks servers offshore in an attempt to evade prosecution from U.S. law enforcement, FoxNews.com has learned. Multiple sources within the hacker community with knowledge of day-to-day Wikileaks activities say Assange's financial backers have been working behind the scenes on the logistics of moving the servers to international waters.
One possible location: the Principality of Sealand, a rusty, World War II-era, former anti-aircraft platform off the coast of England in the North Sea. Based on a 1968 British court ruling that the facility is outside the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom, Sealand's owner has declared the facility a sovereign state, or "micro-nation."
One possible location: the Principality of Sealand, a rusty, World War II-era, former anti-aircraft platform off the coast of England in the North Sea. Based on a 1968 British court ruling that the facility is outside the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom, Sealand's owner has declared the facility a sovereign state, or "micro-nation."
