Ads pulled over radio hosts’ transgender remarks
With traditional mediums of information dissemination (like FM/AM radio), advertisers essentially determined what content a program aired, so saying something that an advertiser finds objectionable could result in a loss of revenue for the program.
“This is incredible and potentially game changing. It’s stuff like this that makes you realize that we live in the future, and it’s awesome.”
stem cells from the eye cultured into contact lenses. Patients which were once blind in some fashion, experienced renewed vision within a day. One step closer to curing blindness, and it happens to be a really cheap (well, maybe not the actual lenses), quick procedure.
Perhaps Quantum computing will one day be the backbone of cloud computing
Spooky Action Up Close - Quantum Effects In Diamonds.
It’s an old article, but worth a read. Diamonds may end up being the basis for computers and networks in the future, thanks to EPR entanglement.
I highly recommend taking a gander at the related articles as well, particularly this one.
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Tags: diamonds, entanglement, quantum computing, teleportation
This is another reason why mainstream media is a terrible source for news. This is not news, this is a bunch of morons talking about their opinions regarding an irrelevant subject.
The Genivi Alliance is making progress on the development of a middleware platform for In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems (GPS, iPOD connectivity, bluetooth recivers, satellite tv/radio setups, etc…).
It’s based on Wind River Linux, and the Intel Atom processor, and the middleware stack is due out this summer.
Torrent Freak has a summary of the events of day one of The Pirate Bay trial. This trial could have world-wide repercussions for file-sharing, so please, pay attention.
Mozilla is developing a firefox extension designed to make web services like email, google maps, wikipedia, flickr, and Answers interoperable. I strongly recommend this add-on for anyone who considers themselves heavy web users.
“It’s very simple, the authorities have no way of controlling criminals, so they control the law-abiding, because we’re an easy target.”
I found this documentary originally on the Campaign for Liberty website, and I wanted find some statistics on British crime rates.
From 2001, 4 years into the ban:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1440764.stm
From 2003:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2656875.stm
From 2008:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jan/25/politics.ukguns
From 2008, the report referenced in the above link:
http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/statistics/statistics074.htm
From 2007, Home Office crime report:
http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/statistics/statistics066.htm
From 2005, Home Office crime report(PDF):
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hosb1105.pdf
so, with that, some highlights:
So, it’s pretty much undeniable that banning guns does not reduces crime, not even gun crime, at least in the UK.
H.R. 231, if passed, would require all video games rated T and above to be afixed with a warning label to inform parents about a causal link between violence in video games and violence in the real world. Another piece of legislation, for New York State, seeks to prohibit the sale of video games, all video games, to everyone under the age of 18, as if they were a drug.
Send a letter to your congressman now!
Send a letter to the NY Consumer Affairs & Protection Committee
These laws are written by uninformed people, and are both violations of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Not only that, but the regulation involved in these bills will deminish the role of the parent, and undermine the ESRB. Why should government policy override parental discretion?
Judge Doug Henderson ruled two years ago that any Intoxilyzer 5000 tests were not admissable evidence in trial. Prosecutors unsucessfully appealed the ruling, and are faced with a decision to trial without the evidence, or reduce the DUI charges.
3 years ago, the Defense attorneys, representing 7 defendants, challenged the machines used in the breathalyzer tests, and wanted the manufacturer to release the Source code for study. That manufacturer is Kentucky based CMI Inc., and they refused to show the source code to the State of Florida, calling it a trade secret.
The Judges presiding over the case determined that the refusal to release the source code of the Intoxilyzer 5000, constituted a violation of due process, and so the evidence was removed from the trial.
CMI faces over $2 Million in fines because of their refusal to release the source code.
From Mark Lipinski, who represents the seven defendants:
““What this really means is that outside corporations cannot sell equipment to the state of Florida and expect to hide the workings of their machine by saying they are trade secret,” he added. “It means the state has to give full disclosure concerning important and critical aspects of the case.”
a minor victory for open-source software.
