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Comment Re:BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA (Score 1) 387

Banks gouge the poor more than their better off customers, and payday loans at 300% often end up cheaper than bank overdraft and late payment fees.

I think you're blending issues here. Your statement assumes that a large portion of people are poor because they cannot effectively manage their money. That's a separate issue based upon (lack of) education and self control. Are these related to being poor? There might be A relationship, but it's not a direct cause and effect.

For those who are poor because of unfortunate life circumstances and who have the proper education and self control are much more likely to live within their (smaller) means may well be able avoid overdraft and late fees by simply not spending more than they have available. For these folks, the bank option would be far better for them.

Submission + - Global warming? No, actually we're cooling, claim scientists (telegraph.co.uk) 1

bricko writes: Global warming? No, actually we're cooling, claim scientists
A cold Arctic summer has led to a record increase in the ice cap, leading experts to predict a period of global cooling.

  There has been a 60 per cent increase in the amount of ocean covered with ice compared to this time last year, they equivalent of almost a million square miles.

In a rebound from 2012's record low an unbroken ice sheet more than half the size of Europe already stretches from the Canadian islands to Russia's northern shores, days before the annual re-freeze is even set to begin.

The Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific has remained blocked by pack-ice all year, forcing some ships to change their routes.

A leaked report to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seen by the Mail on Sunday, has led some scientists to claim that the world is heading for a period of cooling that will not end until the middle of this century.

Emulation (Games)

Submission + - Dolphin emulates New Super Mario Bros. Wii at 1080 (kingofgng.com)

KingofGnG writes: An impressive confirmation of Dolphin Wii emulator capabilities comes from a YouTube video, which shows off (in a single shot) what the recently added video clips viewing in Full HD on YouTube is really worth of while it demonstrates the growing Dolphin compatibility with the latest games published for the Nintendo console.
XBox (Games)

Modded Xbox Bans Prompt EFF Warning About Terms of Service 254

Last month we discussed news that Microsoft had banned hundreds of thousands of Xbox users for using modified consoles. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has now pointed to this round of bans as a prime example of the power given to providers of online services through 'Terms of Service' and other usage agreements. "No matter how much we rely on them to get on with our everyday lives, access to online services — like email, social networking sites, and (wait for it) online gaming — can never be guaranteed. ... he who writes the TOS makes the rules, and when it comes to enforcing them, the service provider often behaves as though it is also the judge, jury and executioner. ... While the mass ban provides a useful illustration of their danger, these terms can be found in nearly all TOS agreements for all kinds of services. There have been virtually no legal challenges to these kinds of arbitrary termination clauses, but we imagine this will be a growth area for lawyers."

Comment Re:Sure, but (Score 2, Insightful) 222

It's getting quite old to blame the world's problems on human nature not fitting into some Utopian dreams of what humanity should be, despite our overwhelming natural tendencies to the contrary. Stop spending your time complaining and come up with a solution to that compliments human nature and thus doesn't require causing people to resist and resent the movement. I'm all for discourse, but don't end your otherwise very insightful post blaming all the world's problems on "greedy human nature" and instead work towards a solution that utilizes that nature. That same human nature will help push people ever forward if there's an open incentive for them. Lets work towards developing worthy incentives to motivate all of those greedy instead.
Transportation

Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? 776

prostoalex writes to tell us The Daily Mail has an interesting look at current research in the field of running and injuries related to running. Most of the evidence pointed at a lack of any need for running shoes. Some of the more interesting points: the more expensive the running shoes, the greater the probability of getting an injury; some of the planet's best and most intense runners run barefoot; Stanford running team, having access to the top-notch modern shoes sent in for free by manufacturers, after a few rounds of trial and error still chose to train with no shoes at all."
Earth

Antarctic Ice Is Growing, Not Melting Away, At Davis Station 633

schwit1 writes "A report from The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research says that Antarctic ice is growing, not melting away. Ice core drilling in the fast ice off Australia's Davis Station in East Antarctica by the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-Operative Research Centre shows that last year, the ice had a maximum thickness of 1.89m, its densest in 10 years. The average thickness of the ice at Davis since the 1950s is 1.67m. A paper to be published soon by the British Antarctic Survey in the journal Geophysical Research Letters is expected to confirm that over the past 30 years, the area of sea ice around the continent has expanded."
The Courts

Judge Deals Blow to RIAA 229

jcgam69 writes "A federal judge in New Mexico has put the brakes on the RIAA's lawsuit train, at least in the US District Court for New Mexico. The case in question is part of the RIAA's campaign against file-sharing on college campuses and names "Does 1-16," who allegedly engaged in copyright infringement using the University of New Mexico's network. In a ruling issued last month but disclosed today by file-sharing attorney Ray Beckerman, Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia denied the RIAA's motion to engage in discovery. This means that the RIAA will not be able to easily get subpoenas to obtain identifying information from the University."
Communications

Expectation of Privacy Extended to Email 161

An anonymous reader writes "In a 6th circuit court decision [PDF] today 4th amendment expectation of privacy rights were extended to email. 'The ruling by the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio upholds a lower court ruling that placed a temporary injunction on e-mail searches in a fraud investigation against Steven Warshak, who runs a supplements company best known for a male enhancement product called Enzyte. Warshak hawks Enzyte using "Smiling Bob" ads that have gained some notoriety.'"
Music

Even Century Old Records Had Restrictive Licensing 277

natch writes "While rummaging through some old records at an antique store I found some turn-of-the-century Victor Record Company pressings. The label on the back laid out the terms of use, something similar to an EULA. In today's modern world of RIAA lawsuits and DRM, it's interesting to note that similar tactics have been in use by record companies for over a century, restricting your right to use what you purchased. The label clearly states that unless the record was sold for at least one dollar, there is no license to use it."

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