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Submission + - Comcast - Good Guys (torrentfreak.com)

Submitted by nbacon on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @01:49PM

nbacon writes: Comcast decides to stop handing over customers to the shakedown "litigators".

http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-protests-shake-down-of-alleged-bittorrent-pirates-120612/

Comment Re: How do you fit him into the American school (Score 0) 659

by nbacon on Monday October 10, 2011 @02:23PM (#37667218) Attached to: How Do You Educate a Prodigy?

A rather appropriate statement.

Comment Re:And does this mean... (Score 0) 220

by nbacon on Friday February 25, 2011 @12:24PM (#35312946) Attached to: Google's Fight Against 'Low-Quality' Sites Continues

FYI - ExpertsExchange: Scroll down for the replies instead of clicking or joining.

Comment Re:Encryption? (Score 0) 202

by nbacon on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @11:48AM (#34848856) Attached to: Wireless GeForce Graphics Card Announced

At a guess - the spelling was intentional....

Comment Re:Simple solution (Score 0) 282

by nbacon on Friday October 15, 2010 @11:08AM (#33908340) Attached to: Putting the Squeeze On Broadband Copper Robbers

Repeat offenders would be better served by something more permanent than incarceration.

Comment Re:Drive By Wire not really the problem (Score 0) 913

by nbacon on Monday February 01, 2010 @10:50AM (#30981020) Attached to: Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics

I have one of the recalled Toyota vehicles (2010 Highlander). You can bet your ass that I practiced shifting to neutral while accelerating on the highway and in town as soon as I heard about the recall. Shifting to neutral is possible at 75 and flooring it. Also possible to shift to neutral when flooring it from a dead stop at a stop light. The accelerator assembly is a rather bulky box under the pedal. Definitely a mechanical & electronic interface. I am unconvinced as to the issue being resolved, but in the case of unintended acceleration I think I should be able to bring the vehicle to a stop.

Comment Why Bother? (Score 0) 932

by nbacon on Friday November 13, 2009 @11:20AM (#30087060) Attached to: Easing the Job of Family Tech Support?

It would be fairly simple to create a partition with an OS image that you could kick off on a schedule. Resetting the system back to known good in less than an hour.

Comment Re:And the big deal is??? (Score 1) 541

by nbacon on Monday October 12, 2009 @09:31AM (#29717885) Attached to: For Some Medical Workers, a Flu Shot Or Possible Job Loss

The PBS link points to a study that is totally unrelated to your statement. The article in the link states that there is a positive affect on your well being if those around you have had the vaccination (and you haven't).

Open Textbooks Win Over Publishers In CA 216

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 13, 2009 @12:18PM from the now-put-them-in-a-wiki dept.

Unequivocal writes "Recently California's Governor announced a free digital textbook competition. The results of that competition were announced today. Many traditional publishers submitted textbooks in this digital textbook competition in CA as well as open publishers. An upstart nonprofit organization named CK-12 contributed a number of textbooks (all free and open source material). 'Of the 16 free digital textbooks for high school math and science reviewed, ten meet at least 90 percent of California's standards. Four meet 100 percent of standards.' Three of those recognized as 100% aligned to California standards were from CK-12 and one from H. Jerome Keisler. None of the publisher's submissions were so recognized. CK-12 has a very small staff, so this is a great proof of the power of open textbooks and open educational resources."

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