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Meg Whitman Campaign Shows How Not To Use Twitter 147

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @07:36PM from the type-slower dept.

tsamsoniw writes "California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's campaign team attempted to share with her Twitter followers an endorsement from a police association. Unfortunately, the campaign press secretary entered an incorrect or incomplete Bit.ly URL in the Tweet, which took clickers to a YouTube video featuring a bespectacled, long-haired Japanese man in a tutu and leggings rocking out on a bass guitar. And for whatever reason, the Tweet, which went out on the 18th, has remained active through today."

Batteries Smaller Than a Grain of Salt 68

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @03:30PM from the packs-a-punch dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Lithium-ion batteries have become ubiquitous in today's consumer electronics — powering our laptops, phones, and iPods. Research funded by DARPA is pushing the limits of this technology and trying to create some of the tiniest batteries on Earth, the largest of which would be no bigger than a grain of sand. These tiny energy storage devices could one day be used to power the electronics and mechanical components of tiny micro- to nano-scale devices."

Comment Re:41? (Score 1) 569

by dasherk on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @01:20AM (#29728765) Attached to: BSA Says 41% of Software On Personal Computers Is Pirated

the song that the other guy took from you? it was your property. regardless of whether you can play it, or benefit from it or not, its yours. he had no right to take it. and this is what angers the RIAA, and others. whether it hurts them or not, is not the point. again... their actions make me sick, but i wont condone pirating no matter how disgusting the copyright owners might be.

Comment Re:differance is that i have a gun and bat (Score 1) 569

by dasherk on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @01:15AM (#29728725) Attached to: BSA Says 41% of Software On Personal Computers Is Pirated

your using something that cost time and effort, to create a work, that you are enjoying. don't dilute yourself by thinking that just because you aren't profiting from a given work, that you are not stealing and cheapening the hard work of someone else. don't get me wrong, i hate the RIAA and all else who act like them. but we shouldn't stoop to their levels and steal, steal-alike.

Comment Re:41? (Score 1) 569

by dasherk on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @01:10AM (#29728707) Attached to: BSA Says 41% of Software On Personal Computers Is Pirated

Your spare room is not "abundant." You only have one of them, and it can only hold a finite number of people.

MP3 files are abundant. Once they exist, there can be an infinite number of them at zero additional cost.

You are kidding yourself if you insist that this fact does not change the moral landscape.

true, and i wish that made it ok. the fact is, the talent and production (to make that mp3) came at a high cost, and the money to produce it - (depending on the recording company), is not abundant. just because you can make limitless copies of something, doesn't negate the value of the original work.

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