Roger Ebert Pans Palin (2)
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Venerable film critic Roger Ebert waded into politics Thursday to review Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. The verdict? Thumbs Down. Palin is "the American Idol candidate," Ebert wrote in a Chicago Sun-Times op-ed. What defines an "American Idol" finalist? They're good-looking, work well on television, have a sunny personality, are fierce competitors, and so talented, why, they're darned near the real thing. There's a reason "American Idol" gets such high ratings. Ebert, however, says ...
McCain Releases Technology Platform (2)
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "John McCain has finally released a technology platform. Most of it is the same old stuff; lower corporate taxes, protect children from porn, and avoid Internet regulation unless 'necessary.' Alas, in his view, helping the RIAA's War on Sharing is necessary to stop the 'global epidemic' of piracy, while Net Neutrality is something he 'does not believe in.' Ars Technica has a review of McCain's platform." A brief ...
Crooks and Liars » And Banning Books Too? (3)
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Yes, according to the Republican that Sarah Palin beat to become mayor of Wasilla. [Former mayor] John Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. “She asked the library how she could go about banning books,” he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. “The librarian was aghast.” That woman, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn’t be reached for comment, but news reports from the ...
Fake following (61)
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This is a little bit genius. One of the new features of FriendFeed (a Twitter-like thingie) is "fake following". That means you can friend someone but you don't see their updates. That way, it appears that you're paying attention to them when you're really not. Just like everyone does all the time in real life to maintain their sanity. Rex calls it "most important feature in the history of social networks" and I'm inclined to ...
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gautamg said:
attention is the new currency. Preserve it.
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Matt said:
Interesting feature... I don't have any friends I'd want to fake follow, but it's good to know it's there. I haven't been using friendfeed as much recently, anyway.
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jschultz said:
ha!
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puthali said:
lol, didn't know friendfeed had tht...
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Josh Bancroft said:
LOL I hadn't seen this yet. :-)
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Carrie Jaeger said:
Hilarious!
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Herschell / Special*Dark said:
Now you can be as fake on social networks as you were in high school : p
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janequigley said:
This is fantastic. And much more honest...
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Yan said:
web 2.0 comes of age!
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HacKnight said:
I'm a fan of friendfeed. I'm sure if I used it more often and had any more than 0 friends I would enjoy this option.
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tosh said:
thats actually a pretty good idea
Ohio Voting Machines Lose Votes, Cannot Be Fixed Before Election Day [Your Vote Doesn't Matter Anyway] (7)
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The maker of the evil, wonky voting machines in Ohio that are going to be used for the election despite the fact they're broken has admitted that the machines do in fact lose votes (before, Premier, aka Diebold, said it was "user error"). It gets better! They can't be fixed before election day. Hey, it's not like anyone asked for your opinion anyway. Okay maybe they did, but that's beside the point, I think. [Columbus ...
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chbm said:
How *hard* is it to actually do a voting machine right. Banks figured out ATMs. C'mon people. Diebold bugs are too stupid to be believed as simple bugs.
Hacker Rips Off $12,000 in Calls Using Homeland "Security" Phone System [Phreaking] (23)
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Knowing that the government can keep us safe against evil dildos and penis pumpers, I don't really give much importance to the fact that a guy got into the U.S. Homeland Security Department phone system to make more than 400 calls to his buddies in friendly countries like Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. According to security consultant John Jackson, the hacking was very low-tech and old school, which probably would make Steve "Blue Box" Wozniak ...
As of October, FBI To Allow Warrantless Investigations (35)
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Attorney General Michael Mukasey has agreed to allow Congressional hearings, but not to delay, the implementation of new FBI regulations that would allow them to spy on American citizens who are not suspected of any crime. As an editorial in the New York Times points out, this is a power that has a history of abuse. In times past, it was used to wiretap Rev. Martin Luther King, ...
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nicerobot said:
Contact the FBI about suspicious behavior within the FBI. Tactic used by the KGB against the CIA back when.
As of October, FBI To Allow Warrantless Investigations (12)
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Attorney General Michael Mukasey has agreed to allow Congressional hearings, but not to delay, the implementation of new FBI regulations that would allow them to spy on American citizens who are not suspected of any crime. As an editorial in the New York Times points out, this is a power that has a history of abuse. In times past, it was used to wiretap Rev. Martin Luther King, ...
Sexual Gadgets Can Now Be Seized at US Borders Too [NSFW Gadgets] (14)
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First it was liquid bottles. Then laptops. And now they are seizing our penis extensors, penis pumpers, and other sexual gadgets. The FDA is saying that they represent a real risk and federal border agents have now a guideline to confiscate them at US territory entry points. The list would be hilarious if it weren't so surreal and stupid: • Mechanical stretching devices, which "employ weights or lines tied to other parts of the body ...
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Allen Thompson said:
Additional evidence (as if any was needed) that the terrorists have won. Nothing brings the STOOPID like security theater.
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Sean said:
Ummm...yea.
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straylight said:
Yeah. This is just sad. Sad, sad, SAD! I'm damn disgusted at the ever accelerating erosion of privacy.
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nathos said:
clearly, only America-hating terrorists use cock pumps
People On No-Fly List Can Sue In District Court (7)
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "According to a new ruling, those put on the No-Fly List can challenge their inclusion in federal court. Previously, they had to go directly to an appellate court, which would deprive them of any chance to subpoena documents or witnesses and make gathering evidence difficult or impossible. Knowing the government, they will get around this by creating a 'No-Sue' list and making it even harder to change your ...
Microsoft Applies For Patent On Private Browsing (2)
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PhilDEE writes "Microsoft is in the process of applying for two patents for a private browsing mode in their next version of Internet Explorer — a feature already present in Safari, among other browsers."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Christopher Granade said:
The whole patent system is starting to fail in my opinion. I know that MS just applied, but they aren't idiots. They wouldn't apply if they didn't think they'd get it.
Death Race: Filmed by Running Cameras Over [Death Race] (11)
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In an era when most stunt-driven blockbusters are really half cartoon, Death Race's director Paul W.S. Anderson insisted on keeping the action real. The shooting philosophy was something along the lines of, "why blow up a fake car when you can blow up a real one?" So the movie features of ton of real cars packed with real armor plating and real machine guns really crashing. And during an interview with io9, Anderson revealed how ...
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Dave said:
Okay I'll bite. J.?
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Aadom The Wygle said:
To quote the writer of this article, "I don't know about you, but I just got a lot more interested in the movie."
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Tom said:
I wonder what else you can cover in basket balls to make crash proof.
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dknowles said:
At least if I go see this movie, I know my money goes to good use.
Gymnastics Scores and Grade Inflation (3)
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The gymnastics scoring in this year’s Olympics has generated some controversy, as usual. Some of the controversy feel manufactured: NBC tried to create a hubbub over Nastia Liukin losing the uneven bars gold medal on the Nth tiebreaker; but top-level sporting events whose rules do not admit ties must sometimes decide contests by tiny margins. A more interesting discussion relates to a change in the scoring system, moving from the old 0.0 to 10.0 scale, ...
Microsoft Applies For Patent On Private Browsing (10)
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PhilDEE writes "Microsoft is in the process of applying for two patents for a private browsing mode in their next version of Internet Explorer — a feature already present in Safari, among other browsers."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Christopher Granade said:
The whole patent system is starting to fail in my opinion. I know that MS just applied, but they aren't idiots. They wouldn't apply if they didn't think they'd get it.
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WindPower said:
Il le steal et en plus ils le patent
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Stevo said:
Can I patent the internal combustion engine?
People On No-Fly List Can Sue In District Court (1)
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I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "According to a new ruling, those put on the No-Fly List can challenge their inclusion in federal court. Previously, they had to go directly to an appellate court, which would deprive them of any chance to subpoena documents or witnesses and make gathering evidence difficult or impossible. Knowing the government, they will get around this by creating a 'No-Sue' list and making it even harder to change your ...
