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CNN Responds To Giz's Pundit-Laptop Baseball-Watching Exposé [Anderson Cooper Loves Giz] (5)
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Update! After our shocking reveal of exactly what happens on CNN pundits' laptops while Anderson Cooper is blabbing about Sarah Palin (thanks again, Mark), the folks at the world's Most Trusted Name in News have responded. Unable to let such a scandal sit unanswered, on Friday night's 360 Cooper dialed up legal analyst and guilty baseball fan Jeffrey Toobin himself for an explanation. Busted! Gotta love Anderson's tone when mentioning his "friends at Gizmodo." We ...- Ryan said: Haha! That sucks for that guy.
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Artificial foreskin lets you keep your sensitivity AND the covenant of Abraham! (7)
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Circumcised? Need a foreskin? Have no fear, Viafin's synthetic turtleneck's got you covered: Being circumcised affects the natural operation, appearance and sensitivity of the penis. During recent years much medical research has been carried out in several countries into the function and purpose of the foreskin. There is now conclusive medical evidence that a circumcised penis with the glans exposed has less nerve receptors and is less effective than a naturally covered penis. Over the ...Shared by !&# (73) Cathy (29) Fatsleroy (38) robert steburg (32) Roger Åberg (19) Tcritic (5) Yada (120)- Yada said: ew
Contribute comment - [Asinine] Jewish man sues Frito-Lay for religious persecution. When will the suffering end? (1)
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Knob Fail (8)
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Facebook Finds Grass Greener In Ireland (4)
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theodp writes "Facebook announced it has chosen tax-haven Dublin for its international HQ, but not all are buying COO Sheryl Sandberg's line about local world-class talent being the motivation behind the move. The Irish Times recently reported that Irish subsidiaries owned by US multinationals are opting to convert to unlimited liability status, concealing the financial performance of their Irish operations from public view. They include Microsoft's incredibly profitable Irish subsidiaries Round Island One and Flat ...Contribute comment -
Cox enforces acceptable use policy, lies to its customers (1)
permalinkShortly after the EU has determined that cutting someone's Internet service requires a court order comes news the US ISP Cox has decided that the legal system is overrated. But Cox is willing to make the law take the blame for its policy, as it falsely states that the DMCA made them do it.Read More...Shared by Fatsleroy (38)
- Fatsleroy said: Fuck you Cox..
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Senators oppose DRM, ISP filtering in secret ACTA treaty (26)
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Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter, who head the Senate Judiciary Committee, don't like what they're hearing about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). A new letter to ACTA negotiators "strongly urges" them not to include DRM or ISP filtering in the agreement.Read More...Shared by Ahsan Navid Hussain (352) Arijit Das (406) cgsheldon (123) Christopher Gizzi (21) Cyril Doussin (33) Deborah Petersen (705) Erwin Tang Yew Hon (73) Ethan (7) Fatsleroy (38) guy (331) ionela (187) Jonathan Bailey (22) Keith Achorn (34) Kim (17) Mr. BabyMan (313) neal (320) Norman Hammer (39) Paul Edwards (43) Paul Fischer (58) raytibbitts (16) Samuel (55) Shawn Hill (112) Sun Tzu (553) Tal Siach (356) Tyson Williams (60) Zak M. (650)Contribute comment -
Norwegian standards body implodes over OOXML controversy (1)
onNorway's national standards body lost 13 key members last week. The technical committee members resigned in protest of procedural irregularities in the OOXML approval process.Read More...Shared by Fatsleroy (38)Contribute comment
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An Open Source Legal Breakthrough (24)
onjammag writes "Open source advocate Bruce Perens writes in Datamation about a major court victory for open source: 'An appeals court has erased most of the doubt around Open Source licensing, permanently, in a decision that was extremely favorable toward projects like GNU, Creative Commons, Wikipedia, and Linux.' The case, Jacobsen v. Katzer, revolved around free software coded by Bob Jacobsen that Katzer used in a proprietary application and then patented. When Katzer started sending ...Shared by aNTwNHs (30) baoilleach (4) brokekid (167) Fatsleroy (38) Geoff H (11) imog (6) Jeff (21) Josh Bancroft (15) krs (20) Lee (16) lishevita (19) Marcel (17) Mick (25) nathos (18) nikan (33) Odysseus F (24) Paul Winch (31) pmfa (19) ReducedHackers (21) Robert (12) Ron (23) ScorpFromHell (22) tosch (21) Zach (35)Contribute comment
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Mad Men With an Ad Man: Optimedia Edition (6)
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Every week on "Mad Men" Don Draper and Roger Sterling lead the men and women at the fictional advertising agency Sterling Cooper in creating and designing iconic 1960s ad campaigns in between their chain-smoking, heavy drinking, and round-the-clock womanizing. Looking for a little fact in the fiction of “Mad Men,” Wired.com is asking some of the real ad men (and women) in the industry to talk about the show’s realism and relevance in the world ...Contribute comment -
Mackerel economics in prison (7)
onToday's Wall Street Journal has a fascinating article about "macks," tins of mackerel that are commonly used for bartering in prison. Macks took over around 2004 when smoking bans in federal prison knocked out the previous currency: packs of cigarettes. From the WSJ: Unlike... more expensive delicacies, former prisoners say, the mack is a good stand-in for the greenback because each can (or pouch) costs about $1 and few -- other than weight-lifters craving protein ...Shared by [mRg] (13) brokekid (167) Chris Miller (19) Clint Ecker (90) Derek (18) Fatsleroy (38) Matthew (20)Contribute comment
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Fake Rumors of Steve Jobs Heart Attack Circulate (4)
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Last night, an individual started spreading fake rumors of Steve Jobs suffering from a heart attack. The story was posted to CNN's iReport "unedited" and "unfiltered" citizen journalism site and subsequently submitted to Digg.com. The...Contribute comment -
Leading Psychiatrist Failed to Report Drug Income (2)
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A series of disclosures on consulting arrangements may force changes in doctors’ relationships with drug makers.Shared by cgsheldon (123) Fatsleroy (38)Contribute comment -
Marriott Fail (36)
onSubmitted by A. BellShared by Abhinav (17) Alex (95) ancameme (4) Andrew Taylor (37) Bill (8) Brian (9) brianh431 (18) Carl (8) cassio (6) Catherine (19) Clay (28) ekaye (6) Emily (5) Fatsleroy (38) Gabe (15) heimar (19) James (22) Louis Liem (42) Loyolny (13) mikebee (19) Mikey (37) Patrick (9) Pedro Pinheiro (18) Rahul Das (7) Ramkumar R. Aiyengar (22) Rick Klau (35) Rob (22) Roy (15) Sam (35) Sheryl (20) Stingray (66) Tristan (10) WindPower (59) Yada (120) ydant (28) zoltan (27)Contribute comment
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Sony goes after Kindle with new, touchscreen eBook reader (1)
onSony gears up to take on the Kindle with a new Reader model that's got a touch-sensitive screen, a gesture-driven interface, and a UI that's somewhere between a Reader and an iPhone. We played with the new device at Sony's event and think it has some real potential—with a couple of caveats.Read More...Shared by Fatsleroy (38)Contribute comment
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You've got to be believed... (6)
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This week I received Bert Decker's revised edition of his best-selling You've got to be believed to be heard. I haven't finished the book yet but I have seen enough to recommend it (take a look inside the book here). In chapter one, Bert (who's one of the most gracious and charismatic guys you'll ever meet) talks about the idea of Old Communicators vs. New Communicators. "Old Communicators fail," says Bert. "New Communicators succeed." Here's ...- Thomas Stromberg said: A bit over the top, but excellent nonetheless.
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2008 Ig Nobels honor best, weirdest scientific research (1)
onResearch into fertile strippers, cola contraceptives, and dignified plants were highlighted as the Ig Nobel awards honored some of the best, and weirdest, research in eight scientific fields.Read More...Shared by Fatsleroy (38)Contribute comment
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Comfort Dollars (20)
onHere's a great example of what we could easily call a "local currency" - that doesn't involve any of the bloody, anti-corporate revolution that detractors of this idea seem to think will attend any such effort. A great, tiny organic cafe in my town, Comfort, decided to expand to a second, larger location last year. The owner, John Halko, has been renovating the new space for a year, and - thanks to the credit crisis ...Shared by Aaron (20) Alan Cheslow (49) Andrew (29) brizbane (17) Fatsleroy (38) Frank (13) Jake Spurlock (17) Jason (38) John (20) Larry (20) Michel Bauwens (102) Miles E (6) Nathan (33) Ryan S (39) Sam (25) seanness (22) Shamir (1) Sparky (18) sven (18) tomwsmf (26)Contribute comment
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Allstate testing video games to identify safe, older drivers (1)
onAllstate has begun testing a series of video games which, if successful, will be used as an aid for mature drivers and a way to reduce insurance rates. Read More...Shared by Fatsleroy (38)Contribute comment
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Judge Suppresses Report On Voting Systems (6)
onIrvu writes "A New Jersey Superior Court Judge has prohibited the release of an analysis conducted on the Sequoia AVC Advantage voting system. This report arose out of a lawsuit challenging on constitutional grounds the use of these systems. The study was conducted by Andrew Appel on behalf of the plaintiffs, after the judge in the case ordered the company to permit it. That same judge has now withheld it indefinitely from the public record ...Shared by brokekid (167) Fatsleroy (38) Glenn Batuyong (42) Jimmy (20) Pablo (3) Robert Accettura (24)
- Glenn Batuyong said: ...The study was conducted by Andrew Appel on behalf of the plaintiffs, after the judge in the case ordered the company to permit it. That same judge has now withheld it indefinitely from the public record on a verbal order...
- Jimmy said: wow. this doesn't SCREAM corrupt...
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