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Submission + - Pay or else, News Site Threatens (techdirt.com) 5

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WED Fan

on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @02:01PM

WED Fan writes: "An Up State NY news blog says users who read beyond a single page of an article must pay up or they will be tracked down:
A subscription is required at North Country Gazette. We allow only one free read per visitor. We are currently gathering IPs and computer info on persistent intruders who refuse to buy subscription and are engaging in a theft of services. We have engaged an attorney who will be doing a bulk subpoena demand on each ISP involved, particularly Verizon Droids, Frontier and Road Runner, and will then pursue individual legal actions.

They don't have a pay wall. If you go beyond page 1, you owe them.

So, is this like going into a grocery store and eating the food and the manager hauling you up to the check out to pay for what you ate? Or, is it like picking up a discarded paper on the ferry and the guy at the news stand demanding that you pay him?"

Submission + - Private Funds For Time Travel (nwsource.com)

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WED Fan

on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @09:47AM

WED Fan writes: "A University of Washington researcher who couldn't find funds the old fashioned way, from the Government, has raised funds from private parties to continue with his back in time studies.

He is studying the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox. Basically, using spooky action, he wants to be able to use entangled pairs to send messages, not only through space, but also in time.

As the evidence for this has accumulated, several fairly contorted and unsatisfying efforts have been aimed at solving the puzzle. Cramer has proposed an explanation that doesn't violate the speed of light but does kind of mess with the traditional concept of time.

Question: How do you know where to find and "listen" to the right entangled particle to receive a message from the future? Or, in that vast amount of noise, if you don't know someone is sending a message, how do you know its there?"

Submission + - EU Moving to Ban Online "Hate" Speech

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on Wednesday April 25, 2007 @02:03PM

WED Fan writes: "Several members of the EU parliment are moving to ban online hate speech.

Calls on providers in somewhat vague language to make provisions against "hate pages" part of their standard terms and conditions

ISP's will be required to police the pages deemed as "hateful". Someone should remind them that freedom of speech must cover even the most unpopular of ideas, lest the slippery slope silences or makes criminal anyone with a dissenting opinion."

Submission + - Paul Allen Flips!

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WED Fan

on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @10:58AM

WED Fan writes: "Paul Allen has a new hardware venture, smaller than a laptop, larger than a blackberry. According to the Seattle P-I, the vision is to replace the laptop for most everyday use, such as office applications, email, and web surfing.

"Really, FlipStart gives you everything that your laptop does," said Robin Budd, senior director with FlipStart Labs, a Seattle-based subsidiary of Allen's Vulcan Inc. "We're not promoting the idea that you would do CAD design on it, but for Office applications and most of what people do with their laptops, it's great."

But at a $2000 price tag, this could be a little bit out of the range of many users. The product will launch on the FlipStart in the not to distant future."

Submission + - Biofuel Production Will Cause Water Shortages

Submitted by on Sunday August 20, 2006 @11:03PM

WED Fan writes: From the Nothing-Is-Without-Impact Dept.: Scientists meeting in Stockholm are reporting that increased food and biofuel production will place higher demand upon irrigation and water resources. There will always be an impact, no matter the fuel, whether its politics, weather, war, or other influences, as long as we are demanding it, its going to cost and cause problems. When the next dust bowl hits, do we want to be reliant upon CROPS?

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