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Comment Re:Unexpected benefits (Score 1) 343

We've had this as a policy in Sweden for quite some time now. The Swedish police posts all traffic surveillance on their home page in the hope that people will act more responsibly if they know they have an increased risk of getting cought. Don't know how well it works but on Wikipedias list of road fatalities per 100k inhabitants/ year we're on second place globally.

Links:
http://www.polisen.se/Aktuellt/Trafikovervakning/Trafikovervakning-hela-landet/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

Comment Re:Home Survivelance (Score 1) 106

No need to export the video feed to them as I just want the 3d video stream for myself and perhaps a few selected friends.
Would be cool to insert avatars from several people there though. A 3d video version of the old MOO concept, or a local second life with a live video background to use a more modern analogy.
Bandwidth will be an issue however.

Comment Re:Can I pick two options? (Score 1) 469

Check out cryptome.org. More toned down and to the point and less attention whoring. I've always had more respect for these guys than the WikiLeaks crowd. Then again, WikiLeaks are getting all this attention thanks to the drama antics I despise. Perhaps it's needed in todays media landscape.

Comment Re:moron. (Score 1) 870

Secondly, to be clear about what it is we are referring to: Definition of DIPLOMACY 1: the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations 2: skill in handling affairs without arousing hostility : tact

I thought it was defined as: DIPLOMACY, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Submission + - Breakthrough portends cure for the common cold (independent.co.uk) 1

breadboy21 writes: Scientists have been able to show for the first time that the body's immune defences can destroy the common cold virus after it has actually invaded the inner sanctum of a human cell, a feat that was believed until now to be impossible.

The discovery opens the door to the development of a new class of antiviral drugs that work by enhancing this natural virus-killing machinery of the cell. Scientists believe the first clinical trials of new drugs based on the findings could begin within two to five years.

Idle

Submission + - Big Brother Barbie (forbes.com)

nonprofiteer writes: Mattel's holiday creation is Video Girl Barbie, which comes with a hidden camera installed in Barbie's torso. The lens is disguised as a necklace. The Barbie can hold up to 30 minutes of video, and then can be hooked up to a computer for uploading. Experts are worried about pedophiles taking advantage of posted Barbie footage. I'm worried about the havoc that little girls with hidden cameras are going to wreak.
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Submission + - How Technology Gets the News Out of North Korea (itworld.com)

itwbennett writes: Kim Dong-cheol is a North Korean with 'a double life', writes the IDG News Service's Martyn Williams in a story on ITworld. 'In addition to his job as a driver for a company, Kim also works as a clandestine reporter for AsiaPress, a Japanese news agency that's taken advantage of the digital electronics revolution to get reports from inside North Korea,' says Williams. 'When we started training journalists in 2003 or 2004, getting cameras into North Korea was a real problem,' said Jiro Ishimaru, chief editor of the news agency, at a Tokyo news conference on Monday. 'Nowadays, within North Korea you are able to have your pick of Sony, Panasonic or Samsung cameras.' And the images they're capturing are 'often startling and documents a side of the country the government doesn't want the world to see,' says Williams.

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