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March 14th Officially Becomes National Pi Day 321

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday March 14, 2009 @10:23AM from the pi-in-the-sky-legislation dept.

whitefox writes "The scoop from CNet is that 'The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution introduced two days earlier that designates March 14, 2009 (3/14, get it?) as National Pi Day. It urges schools to take the opportunity to teach their students about Pi and "engage them about the study of mathematics."' The resolution is available online. I doubt it'll ever become a national holiday, but the Pi string in the article is pretty cool in a nerdy sort of way."

Attempt To "Digitalize" Beatles Goes Sour 434

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 08, 2009 @09:19PM from the when-you're-64-and-probably-not-even-then dept.

An anonymous reader points to this article at exclaim.ca, which begins "Just when Beatles fans thought the band were finally going digital, the Norwegian national broadcaster has been forced to call off the deal. Broadcasting company NRK has had to remove a series of 212 podcasts, each of which featured a different Beatles song and would have effectively allowed fans to legally download the entire Fab Four catalogue for free."

Blurring the Line Between Laptops and Desktops 176

Posted by timothy on Monday June 19, 2006 @05:07PM from the large-smallness dept.

bart_scriv writes "BusinessWeek looks at the latest offerings in ultra-portable PCs, offering up some specs and pictures. Some of the highlinghts: removeable 19-20 inch LCD dispays, dual NVIDIA cards and customizable exteriors. On the downside, some of these machines weigh almost 20 pounds and all of them sport a pretty high price tag — they probably won't be replacing desktops or laptops anytime soon."

Comment Re:hyperbole (Score 1) 529

by mk2mk2 on Tuesday August 10, 2004 @10:14AM (#9928929) Attached to: XP SP2 Torrent Shows Legal P2P's Promise

Note that under this act, Bram Moolenar would've been guilty for the publication of the BitTorrent protocol, which by his own admission was intended to aid in copyright infringement (of Phish concert tapes, which are illegal to share, even though the band has no intention of ever enforcing).

Actually Phish has given permission for fans to trade concert recordings, so long as no money changes hands and there is no advertising involved.

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