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Comment Not very open to discussing the issue (Score 1) 275

by tdmurphy on Friday December 03, 2010 @01:40PM (#34433412) Attached to: Google To Block Piracy-Related Terms From Autocomplete

I attempted to post some comments discussing censorship on the Google Policies blog post in a civilized manner, and I believe they removed two of my comments, ironically censoring me from discussing censorship. I even took screenshots of my posts and had friends online check to verify that they were in fact going up, and then getting were removed within a few minutes without any notice. After repeated attempts, my comments are sticking now and some discussion on the topic has started, so please, share your opinions with Google as well by posting over there.

World's Northernmost Town Gets Nightlights 144

Posted by samzenpus on Friday November 05, 2010 @12:20AM from the goodbye-darkness-my-old-friend dept.

Velcroman1 writes "On October 26, 2,000 Norwegians watched the sun set. The next time they'll see it rise? Sometime in February. Extended nighttime is an annual occurrence for the residents of Longyearbyen, Norway — Earth's northernmost town. Located at 78 degrees north latitude in the Arctic circle, Longyearbyen experiences a phenomenon called Polar Night, in which the town remains in perpetual darkness for four months each winter. To lighten up the seemingly endless night, Philips has started an experiment called 'Wake Up the Town.' And anyone who's complained about the brief daylight hours in winter will want to know how it works."

Orchestra To Turn Copyright-Free Classical Scores Into Copyright-Free Music 327

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 12, 2010 @10:53AM from the going-the-extra-stanza dept.

destinyland writes "An online music site has raised over $13,000 to hire a full orchestra to record royalty-free classical music. ('"Although the actual symphonies are long out of copyright, there is separate protection for every individual performance by an orchestra," notes one technology site.') MusOpen has reached their fundraising goal for both the orchestra and a recording facility, and will now record the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky. And because their fundraising deadline doesn't end until Tuesday, they've promised to add additional recordings for every additional $1,000 raised."

Mozilla Jetpack, an API For Standards-Based Add-Ons 42

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 21, 2009 @03:03PM from the now-hand-me-that-metric-screwdriver dept.

revealingheart writes "Mozilla Labs have released a prototype extension called Jetpack: An API for allowing you to write Firefox add-ons using existing web technologies to enhance the browser (e.g. HTML, CSS and Javascript), with the goal of allowing anyone who can build a Web site to participate in making the Web a better place to work, communicate and play. Example add-ons are included on the Jetpack website. While currently only a prototype, this could lead to a simpler and easier to develop add-on system, which all browsers could potentially implement."

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