Comment Pentax SR shake reduction (Score 1) 204
Microsoft looks to have come up with a Rube Goldberg version of Pentax' elegant "Shake Reduction" SR system that's been in their DSLR bodies for years.
http://photography.suite101.com/article.cfm/pentax_dslr_shake_reduction
Comment Cheaper than the Kindle, and OPEN. (Score 3, Interesting) 158
Cheaper than the Kindle, and OPEN. Meet those two criteria and they'll sell by the boat-load.
Comment Very close to being junk science. (Score 1) 587
"If a meta-analysis is conducted by an individual or organization with a bias or predetermined desired outcome, it should be treated as highly suspect or having a high likelihood of being "junk science". From an integrity perspective, researchers with a bias should avoid meta-analysis and use a less abuse-prone (or independent) form of research."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-analysis#Dangers_of_Agenda_Driven_Bias
Comment Re:Need to cut police spending (Score 1) 301
"He was in/near my house" is not a reasonable answer to "Why the hell did you shoot that guy?".
If he was IN my house, uninvited, it IS a reasonable excuse to "shoot that guy." Period. I can logically assume he is not there to do me any favors, else he would knocked.
Give me one good instance where an uninvited, unknown person, in the middle of the night, should be allowed in a person's house without legal recourse???
In the U.S., property ownership still trumps criminals' "rights," as it should.
Comment Re:Tyrants... (Score 2, Insightful) 301
They probably ARE keeping a file, but not for the reason you hope. Mostly because citizens who understand the Constitution, and remember that Thomas Jefferson once said, "the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants," are a stumbling block to wider and wider police powers. That that makes them a threat.
Comment Re:Okay, but on one condition (Score 1) 301
Pay for storage AND maintenance of said storage. The ISPs shouldn't be forced to spend a dime on this, even if it does pass.
Comment Police-only encrypted portals??? (Score 3, Insightful) 301
Police-only encrypted portals?
Hmmmm... sounds like a challenge.
Comment Re:Wait a minute... (Score 1) 430
If KDE isn't stable on your machine, then you still have crappy hardware. Or are you just editorializing?
Comment Re:Sad news (Score 1) 920
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Comment Re:!do no evil (Score 1) 191
At least the focus IS set to the search field. It always irked me that wikipedia requires an extra mouse-click before it's usable. Lame.
Comment Bing on an Apple product? (Score 2, Funny) 325
So. Android it is, then. That was an easy decision.
The 9 Most Tested Lab Animals 235
An anonymous reader writes "Discover Magazine has this odd photo gallery in which they explain why certain animals are used in scientific research. Why are high-tech contact lenses always tried out in rabbits? Why do we study monogamy in prairie voles? Etc. They say of the 9 animals: 'Taken (or stitched) together, they form a kind of laboratory doppelganger for humans.'"
Mexico Wants Payment For Aztec Images 325
innocent_white_lamb writes "Starbucks brought out a line of cups with prehistoric Aztec images on them. Now the government of Mexico wants them to pay for the use of the images. Does the copyright on an image last hundreds of years?"
FCC Wants More Time To Craft Broadband Plan 140
adeelarshad82 writes "Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission Chairman, has sent out a letter to Congress requesting more time for the commission to deliver its national broadband plan. According to the stimulus bill passed in early 2009, the FCC was to come up with a plan to provide all citizens with access to broadband services and deliver it to the committee by February 17, 2010. Even though an outline of the plan was released last month, FCC is requesting till March 17, 2010 to finalize the plan."
