Out of Iraq? Don’t Bet On It (1)
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June 30th was a day for Iraqis to celebrate, as U.S. troops finally withdrew from their major cities. After more than six years of foreign soldiers kicking in doors, paying off murderers, and soaking villages with white phosphorous, the Iraqis finally gained control of their land (and their problems). This is part of Obama’s new “grand strategy” to “pull out” from Iraq by December 31, 2011, and until then U.S. forces will remain as night ...
Why Sarah Palin Is Stepping Down (2)
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Alaskan governor and former vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin got in one last newscycle before the Fourth of July holiday weekend with a brief press conference from her home in Wasilla. Answering no questions afterwards, Palin announced the largely anticipated move of refusing to run for re-election as Governor. The real surprise came with subsequent reports that she would be resigning entirely in a few weeks, leaving the governor’s mansion just over halfway through her first ...
The Honduran coup d'etat (50)
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Earlier this year, the unpopular president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, introduced a referendum as a first step toward drafting a new constitution. Opposition to the referendum was strong, with the Honduran Congress, Supreme Court and military all declaring it illegal. Zelaya fired the head of the military for not providing support for the referendum - but was thwarted by the Supreme Court, who deemed the firing illegal, and reinstated General Romeo Velasquez to his post. ...
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Kenzo said:
Greate... as usual
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Mike Mol said:
This has been a weird story. In the United States, if a President tried to organize a referendum to bypass the normal mechanism for a constitutional amendment removing the term limit, then fired his chief of military for not supporting him, then there certainly would have been an impeachment process. I'm not up on the particulars of the Honduran constitution, but it seems like Zelaya was skirting the realm of what's legal, ethical or even in good taste; Term limits are put in place as a means of avoiding dictatorship and excessive rule.What's really weird is that nobody in diplomatic position the international community seems to be arguing anywhere along those lines. It scares me, but I think even GWB would have hesitated to call it a coup.
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Anyulled said:
Imágenes del conflicto en Honduras
iPhone Vulnerability Yields Root Access Via SMS (31)
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snydeq writes "Pwn2Own winner Charlie Miller has revealed an SMS vulnerability that could provide hackers with root access to the iPhone. Malicious code sent by SMS to run on the phone could include commands to monitor location using GPS, turn on the phone's microphone to eavesdrop on conversations, or make the phone join a DDoS attack or botnet, Miller said. Miller did not provide detailed description of the SMS vulnerability, citing an agreement with Apple, ...
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Allen Thompson said:
Well, crap. Don't pwn me, bro.
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Grayson said:
seems like I'm hearing his name every other week now. This one sounds like a pretty big one...
HIV/AIDS Vaccine To Begin Phase I Human Trials (19)
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An anonymous reader writes "An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed in Ontario has applied for Phase 1 human trials. Safety and immunogenicity studies of the vaccine, dubbed SAV001-H, have already been completed on animals. Phase 1 human trials will check the safety of the vaccine on HIV positive volunteers. Phase 2 will then test immunogenicity."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
The Infamous 2009 LimeWire Pizza Fiasco (91)
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July 1, 2009 - the day the music wars started in earnest. Last night the guys from Dovecote Records, a small music label based in New York, were hanging out at their local bar. Employees from file sharing startup LimeWire showed up to have a party. There was confusion over the ownership of some pizza, and a riot almost ensued. From the Dovecote Blog: Woman: “Who the FUCK are you? And why are you eating ...
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Kristian Salonen said:
This is so hilarious :'D
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Alon said:
Record labels vs. File sharing.
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deeped said:
Sign Of The Times'
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Spencer Shepard said:
I have not used Limewire in ages, but turnabout is fair play. Also, there are bars in Cleveland and Chicago that will serve free pizza during happy hour, so I feel sorry for NYC.
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Toy said:
Wowwwww!!!!!
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giginger said:
Awesome.
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Fernando said:
v weird if true
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Andrea said:
laugh
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JonTheGeek said:
This is too hilarious. Doesn't seem like it could possibly really happen.
13-year-old Trades iPod For a Walkman For a Week (31)
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BBC Magazine convinced 13-year-old Scott Campbell to trade in his iPod for a Walkman for a week and see what he thought. Scott thinks the iPod wins when it comes to sound quality, color, weight, and shuffle feature. The Walkman however offers two headphone sockets making it much easier to listen to music with a friend. My favorite part of the review is, "It took me three days to figure out that there was another ...
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Scott Buffington said:
Classic, I remember my Walkman. My favorite part of this experiment is the mistaking the metal switch for a music genre choice. I had a lot of cassettes way before I had a lot of CD's.
Apple to Adopt Micro-USB Connectors for iPhone Charging in Europe (10)
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Reuters reports that ten top mobile phone manufacturers, including Apple, have agreed to adopt the Micro-USB connector standard for smartphone chargers in the European Union. The shift, planned to begin next year, will allow smartphones from the com...
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Brian said:
Yay. How about "US" Apple?
Slashdot : Social Networks As Gaming Platforms (10)
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Gamasutra is running a few articles about this year's Social Gaming Summit, a conference dedicated to how the increasingly popular social media market is influencing the design of games and how they are played. It's a unique market, in which relatively unknown games can attract millions of players over mere weeks, and where the players themselves often become the distributors. When discussing platform support and compatibility, Sebastian de Halleux, COO of developer Playfish, said, "For ...
WhoCallsMe? Identifies Unknown Callers [Phones] (59)
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Thanks to nearly ubiquitous caller ID, it's not difficult to see the what number called but the source of the call is a little murkier. WhoCallsMe? helps solve the mystery of the unknown caller. WhoCallsMe? is a user-driven database of phone numbers. People in the same boat as you, receiving phone calls from annoying warranty scammers and their ilk, have taken the time to post the numbers and comments to the database. The site doesn't ...
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Chris said:
It would be nice to integrate this on the fly into cell phones.
Requests to the Right Ear Are More Successful Than to the Left (24)
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Research done in a loud Italian discotheque suggests that if you really want something, you should make the request directly into someone's right ear, not their left.
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polaroid blog said:
a cosa servono le discoteche
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Amy O said:
Pauline, please look to your right.. now let me whisper in to your right ear "can I get an iphone 3gs?"
Why Obama's Geeky New CIO Wants to Put All Gov't Info Online (32)
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The Obama administration's most radical idea may also be its geekiest: Make nearly every hidden government spreadsheet and buried statistic available online, all in one place. For anyone to see. Are you searching for a Food and Drug Administration report that used to be obtainable only through the Freedom of Information Act? Just a mouseclick away. Need National Institutes of Health studies and school testing scores? Click. Census data, nonclassified Defense Department specs, obscure Securities ...
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Loudmouthman said:
Wow did the clue penny finally get spent at the Whitehouse. Did the sensible shaker finally overflow onto the heads of a few Govt thinkers. What an incredibly sensible concept. Release the data and let people create ways that it is useful to them. Crowdsource your tax return people !
Barrel ‘monster’ gets student arrested (102)
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When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the student said he saw it as a form of art.
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Greg said:
And this is why we hate Raleigh and the Raleigh Police. If the company who owns them doesn't care and wants him to put it back up, what is the point of prosecution?
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