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Comment They haven't actually dropped support (Score 1) 180

GoDaddy "renouncing" its support is nothing short of a lie. They may have announced that they don't support the bill anymore, but they will just continue to support the bill in a more-discreet manner. Assuming for even a moment that just because they say that they've dropped their support means that they've actually dropped support is naive.

Comment Great Function for a Great Price (Score 1) 569

If you're looking for a good DSLR that won't run you up into the $600+ range, I would suggest going with the Olympus EPL-1 DLSR. It's small, modeled after the old Rangefinger cameras, and has a very forgiving Auto feature as well as foregoing the traditional physical viewfinder for an easy-to-use digital one. The on-board filters and effects are expansive, as is the layout, which is easy to navigate and operate. All in all, this is a great camera that I myself purchased when I was first getting into photography. I'm relatively sure that you can find a nice one either in new or refurb condition on Newegg or any other technology retail website for a maximum of $350.

Comment From My Own Experience... (Score 1) 698

... hearing aides are pretty damn expensive, and they were 6 years ago, too. I had to start wearing hearing aides in the 6th grade, due to some medical issues affecting my hearing, and they cost around $3,500. The audiologists predicted at that time that I would need to get a new pair around the time I turn 19, and that's not far off as I'm a senior in high school now. I'm really afraid of the price tag when I do have to get new ones.
Censorship

Submission + - Microsoft Helped Tunisian Regime Spy On Citizens (zdnet.co.uk) 1

An anonymous reader writes: A document courtesy of the recent Cablegate leak reveals that Microsoft provided training to the Tunisian Ministries of Justice and the Interior in exchange for exemption from the country's open software policy. These Ministries would soon put the training to use by phishing for the social networking credentials of bloggers, reporters, political activists and protesters. Microsoft's assistance resulted in the sale of 12,000 software licenses to the Tunisian government.

Submission + - Lenovo to offer $200 budget tablet (engadget.com)

khellendros1984 writes: Amazon's not the only big-name company planning on a budget-level tablet release; Lenovo recently announced their Ideapad A1 tablet as competition. It includes a 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, along with other features more commonly seen on higher-priced tablets, such as dual cameras, bluetooth, GPS, wifi, and a MicroSD slot. Is this the start of the Android tablet price avalanche?
Graphics

Submission + - Fascinating 1972 film uses 3D graphics (nerdplusart.com)

AlejoHausner writes: "In 1972, Ed Catmull, then at the University of Utah, put together a film showcasing many of the 3D computer graphics techniques he and others had developed while working as students in Ivan Sutherland's lab. That film has been digitized and is available on http://nerdplusart.com/first-3d-rendered-film-from-1972-and-my-visit-to-pixar . All kinds of modern techniques like gouraud shading, deformed meshes, and z-buffering are shown in the film. There is a segment showing Catmull digitizing a plaster model of his hand. Catmull later founded Pixar, but at the time the Utah lab pioneered many of the graphics techniques we take for granted today."

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