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Comment Re:More decent gameplay, less multiplayer (Score 1) 362

by pstevensza on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @07:26AM (#33042406) Attached to: Too Much Multiplayer In Today's Games?

Agreed. When I pick up my controller, I want to be entertained through story and interaction, no matter how lame making friends with an NPC may seem to a lot of gamers. Therefore, the vast majority of my collection involves single player RPG's. I enjoy games that play like an interactive movie with a well written plot. Gaming time is fairy tale time to me. I don't want to be online getting sworn at by some semiliterate frat boy wanna-be who'd scuttle away and hide if asked to repeat his previous statement in person. Each to their own however. I just hope that developers keep on churning out story rich RPG's for gamers like me, and massive multiplayer experiences for those who enjoy that more. Choice, like diversity, is after all the spice of life.

How a Key Enzyme Repairs Sun-Damaged DNA 97

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @03:58AM from the one-proton-and-one-electron dept.

BraveHeart writes "Researchers have long known that mammals, including humans, lack a key enzyme — one possessed by most of the animal kingdom and even plants — that reverses severe sun damage. For the first time, researchers have witnessed how this enzyme works at the atomic level to repair sun-damaged DNA. 'Normal sunscreen lotions convert UV light to heat, or reflect it away from our skin. A sunscreen containing photolyase could potentially heal some of the damage from UV rays that get through.'"

Facing 16 Years In Prison For Videotaping Police 878

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @02:26AM from the we-are-watching-you dept.

krou sends this snip from the Maine Civil Liberties Union: "The ACLU of Maryland is defending Anthony Graber, who faces as much as sixteen years in prison if found guilty of violating state wiretap laws because he recorded video of an officer drawing a gun during a traffic stop. ... Once [the Maryland State Police] learned of the video on YouTube, Graber's parents' house was raided, searched, and four of his computers were confiscated. Graber was arrested, booked, and jailed. Their actions are a calculated method of intimidation. Another person has since been similarly charged under the same statute. The wiretap law being used to charge Anthony Graber is intended to protect private communication between two parties. According to David Rocah, the ACLU attorney handling Mr. Graber's case, 'To charge Graber with violating the law, you would have to conclude that a police officer on a public road, wearing a badge and a uniform, performing his official duty, pulling someone over, somehow has a right to privacy when it comes to the conversation he has with the motorist.'" Here are a factsheet (PDF) on the case from the ACLU of Maryland, and the video at issue.

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