Comment I thought living in Iran couldn't get any worse... (Score 1) 176
But now they're stuck using Bing?
Comment Re:I guess all those natives were right (Score 1) 98
It goes far, far beyond even what you're thinking: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2187801/Were-watching-The-camera-recognise-Facebook-picture-time-walk-shop.html
Facebook is putting their own cameras in public with built in facial recognition software. They will track everywhere you go, what you do while you're there, what you buy, what you eat, what you look at and don't buy. Every single thing you do will be logged in their databases, and then sold to... well... pretty much everyone. How much do you want to bet their biggest customer will be the federal government?
It appears that Orwell was off by about 30 years when he wrote 1984.
The article explicitly says that Facebook did not develop the system and that it is simply an app that uses Facebook's APIs. There's no need for you to mislead people by saying that Facebook is installing their own cameras.
Comment Re:Brandnames (Score 5, Funny) 141
Detergent as currency? This takes money laundering to a whole new level.
Submission + - Americans Favor Moratorium On New Nuclear Reactors
An anonymous reader writes: While a drop in public support for nuclear power would be expected after an incident like the Fukushima reactor crisis, the nuclear disaster in Japan has triggered a much stronger response among Americans. When Japan — the nation that President Obama held up as an example of safe nuclear power being used on a large-scale basis — is unable to effectively control its considerable downside, Americans are understandably leery about the same technology being used even more extensively in this nation. And safety concerns about the existing nuclear plants also deserve serious attention.
Comment Thumbs up to Barnes and Noble (Score 5, Interesting) 193
For not suing everybody like Sony is.
Comment Re:As usual, SF predicted this... (Score 1) 154
Not to mention The Simpsons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Shot_Mr._Burns%3F#Part_one
And South Park:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153481/blocking-out-the-sun
Comment Is there a princess inside their castle? (Score 1) 209
Or just another stupid Bowser?
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