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Submission + - Second Confirmed Death in Japan involving Pokemon Go (japantimes.co.jp)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 26, 2016 @07:48AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Japan Times reports another death. This time a 20 year old woman has died after being hit by a car while riding her bicycle. The man driving the car claimed he was distracted changing the battery because it was nearly flat from playing Pokemon Go. Police have already charged him with negligence resulting in injury. The penalty for causing death is a maximum 7 years jail. The Japanese National Police agency said there have been 79 bicycle and car accidents linked to the game. Another death was reported yesterday

Comment Re:Shes real? (Score 1) 82

by BringMyShuttle on Sunday May 08, 2016 @08:58AM (#52070115) Attached to: Siri Voice Actress Doesn't Use Siri

Agent Smith. This one is onto us. You know what to do.

Comment Simpletons! (Score 1) 222

by BringMyShuttle on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @05:32AM (#51806025) Attached to: Global Majority Backs a Ban On 'Dark Net,' Poll Says

The survey might as well have asked them if the government should ban cancer.

So much dumb these days.

Submission + - Draconian Aussie Science Censorship Law Begins Next Month (theconversation.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @10:28PM

An anonymous reader writes: The Conversation reports from next month Australian scientist and engineers face 10 years imprisonment for communicating without a government permit on biotech, robotics or manufacturing. Geoffrey Roberston QC says the laws are "sloppily drafted" and threatens research with "no sensible connection to military technology". But the government is barreling ahead, despite warnings from Defence Report it will kill Australia's High-tech economy. The law is opposed by Civil Liberties Australia where scientists are petitioning against it.

Comment Re:Then why go? (Score 1) 414

by BringMyShuttle on Thursday December 17, 2015 @03:07AM (#51135395) Attached to: Mars Colonies and Class Warfare

Change of scenery?

Comment Re:Is this peak class envy? (Score 2) 414

by BringMyShuttle on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @08:07AM (#51128453) Attached to: Mars Colonies and Class Warfare

> Mankind is on the verge of its greatest accomplishment, to be executed by the bravest and most hardworking of us.

Thanks, but it's just a web site with a bit of scripting. Though, yeah, I am quite proud of it! It'll be finished next Thursday. I appreciate your support!

Comment Then why go? (Score 1, Insightful) 414

by BringMyShuttle on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @02:58AM (#51127813) Attached to: Mars Colonies and Class Warfare

You can live in my basement and have all those things except the gravity. Add some more concrete and you can do it even if there is WWIII. Space radiation will the picking holes in Musk's DNA while you'll be safe and sound living out your dream... in my basement.

Comment Wade Hoyt is the best PR spokesman EVER! (Score 3, Interesting) 347

by BringMyShuttle on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @02:15AM (#51119701) Attached to: Texas Plumber Sues Car Dealer After His Truck Ends Up In Videos of Syria's Front Lines

LMAO Non paywalled link: Wade Hoyt, Toyota's spokesman in New York, who put the best corporate spin on the situation this week. "It is not our proudest product placement," he said. "But it shows that the Taliban are looking for the same qualities as any truck buyer: durability and reliability." http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11... http://www.bloombergview.com/a... Top Gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Comment THUNDERBIRDS ARE... (Score 1) 96

by BringMyShuttle on Thursday December 03, 2015 @08:51AM (#51048389) Attached to: Airbus Patent Shows Modular, Removable Aircraft Cabins

...PRIOR ART!

Comment In unrelated news... (Score 1) 105

by BringMyShuttle on Friday November 27, 2015 @12:10AM (#51011113) Attached to: NASA Concludes That Comets, Not Alien Megastructures Orbit KIC 8462852

... two Men In Black were seen leaving the Oval Office! https://www.youtube.com/watch?... https://www.youtube.com/watch?... PS ;-)

Comment Whoa! (Score 4, Funny) 84

by BringMyShuttle on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @01:54AM (#50999487) Attached to: The Tamagochi Singularity Made Real: Infinite Tamagochi Living On the Internet

Please don't tell me there's another prophecy about another chosen one who will rise to bring balance to ( ) the force ( ) the matrix ( ) the tamamatrix (pick one)

Comment Not really open source (Score 0, Troll) 103

by BringMyShuttle on Saturday October 31, 2015 @12:45AM (#50836977) Attached to: Atom 1.1 Is Out, With Lots of Graphic Improvements

GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner specifies, only "Atom core" code will be closed source, while "all the existing MIT-licensed repos under the Atom org will remain so forever." The reasons are purely commercial, as he notes: "Atom won't be closed source, but it won't be open source either. It will be somewhere in-between, making it easy for us to charge for Atom while still making the source available under a restrictive license so you can see how everything works."

Keep your wallets handy, peeps.

Comment Well I didn't vote for it (Score 1) 278

by BringMyShuttle on Monday October 05, 2015 @11:35AM (#50661729) Attached to: Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Is Reached

I hope now the bureaucrats and big companies have passed it they will now show it to politicans and peasants affected by it? Democracy my butt.

Comment His Twitter handle is ''Crafty Deano''. Figures! (Score 1) 229

by BringMyShuttle on Friday September 25, 2015 @01:01AM (#50594581) Attached to: iOS Ad Blocker "Crystal" Will Let Companies Pay To Show You Ads

True. And not only did Dean Murphy's app net $75,000 from customers who thought they were paying for an ad-free experience, but the extra cash to allow ads is being paid to him by Adblock Plus themselves! http://www.theverge.com/2015/9...

iTunes says nothing about letting certain ads through: "Crystal is a content blocker for iPhone & iPad designed to make the mobile web a great experience. It blocks Adverts, User Tracking and improves speed, data use and battery life of your device as a result." Deceptive advertising!

His Twitter handle is ''Crafty Deano''. Figures! https://twitter.com/CraftyDean...^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Comment Adblock plus does the same thing (Score 1) 229

by BringMyShuttle on Thursday September 24, 2015 @07:44PM (#50593277) Attached to: iOS Ad Blocker "Crystal" Will Let Companies Pay To Show You Ads

AdBlock Plus: Extortion or Smart Business? | John C. Dvorak | http://www.pcmag.com/article2/...
Adblock Plus demands cash from websites to whitelist ads | http://www.digitaltrends.com/w...

Is that extortion? the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

A German court says it isn't. http://blog.pagefair.com/2015/...

Still stinks, but. People use adblockers to block ads. Not to only see ads where the advertiser greases the palm of some third party promising to block ads.

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