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Amazon Cut Ties With Affiliates In Yet Another State Over Taxes (3)
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The Consumerist (1079) permalink
The ongoing debate about whether or not to levy sales tax on online purchases got another talking point yesterday, as Amazon.com reacted to one such law in Colorado by completely dropping all of its affiliates in the state. The Colorado state legislature had enacted the law, which went into effect last week, as an attempt to earn sales tax from Colorado-based businesses using Amazon to connect with buyers around the world. Unlike other states, Colorado ...Comment View comments -
Popular Science Frees Its 137-Year Archives (30)
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DesScorp writes "Popular Science magazine has scanned every issue they've ever produced, and posted the archives at their website, at no charge. 'We've partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology's incredible potential to improve our lives. ...Shared by a77ila (124) ambience (21) Andrew (62) AutomaticPixel (18) Brian (17) Brian (34) Bryson (25) Buff (16) chouse (24) Dan (8) and 20 more »Comment View comments -
Ubisoft's New DRM Cracked In One Day (28)
onColonel Korn writes "Ubisoft's recent announcement that upcoming games would require a constant internet connection in order to play has been discussed at length on Slashdot ('The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work'). Many were of the opinion that this new, more demanding DRM would have effectiveness to match its inconvenience, at least financially justifying its use. Others assumed that it would be immediately cracked, as is usually the case, leaving the inconvenience for ...Shared by ambience (21) Andr (28) AndrewTerry (102) AutomaticPixel (18) BJ (10) Chrigi (39) Chris (5) Compuwizard123 (74) Damian (15) Damon (40) and 18 more »Explore read nine notes
- JulioHM said: Sem comentários...
- Lucas said: When will companies learn that we will pay for convenience and pirate or simply avoid the things that pass us off.
- vrillusions said: Yeah, no one saw this coming It's why I've started to play more games on ps3. Aside from 50" tv I don't have to worry about mucking up my computer with drm that just hurts legit users.
- fhqwhgads said: Are we REALLY surprised? I'm just happy I can unbreak my game.
- ambience said: This should not be a surprise to anyone.
- David said: Idiots. How many freaking times does this have to happen before they abandon these incredibly customer hostile solutions? NO LOCK EXISTS THAT WILL NOT/CANNOT BE PICKED!!! I wish I could engrave that on software executives' heads.
- Jardenberg said: Pratade med Planeto-Martin om det här igår, och han har verkligen en TON med insyn här. Det kanske jag kan berätta mer om en annan dag. Anyway, han säger att det inte är knäckt, utan att det bara ser ut som det. Visst går det att spela, men det är ett helt annat spel. Typ, det kommer inga motståndare. Uppenbarligen är signalerna om att det inte är "rätt" spel, alldleles för svagt utformade - om nu Martin har rätt (vilket jag verkligen ha skäl att tro). Det borde riskera att slå tillbaka ganska rejält. Jag tycker som bekant hemskt illa om DRM, däremot har jag inget problem med att man konstruerar ett spel så att det löpande behöver individuella "instruktioner" från en server online. Det är ju bara smart. Det är att arbeta med tekniken, istället för mot den - som man gör med traditionell DRM
- dj said: "Others assumed that it would be immediately cracked, as is usually the case, leaving the inconvenience for paying customers and resulting in a superior product for pirates."well put
- ORB said: this was bound 2 happen. simple bypass softwares can be used to do these things... actually they made it simpler for the warez scene people, they dont hav 2 decompile or hexedit or resouce hack things, they can just add instructions on how 2 use some bypass software
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Why A Salad Costs More Than A Big Mac (150)
onThis is why you're fat.Shared by Aaron Richard (16) Alan (18) Alex (15) Alex (199) ambience (21) Amy (13) Amy (62) anders (7) autodidactic (47) Ben (31) and 140 more »Explore read 14 notes
- Shawn said: Well, that isn't the only (or even primary) reason, but it certainly doesn't help.
- jeddings said: Misleading graph -- that orange bottom is way more than 73% of the volume. But good point nevertheless.
- Tjowens said: Why is this not part of our political conversation? It is so completely messed up!
- Wendy said: ay ay ay
- Evilmissmonkey said: urgh
- codemac said: Saw this yesterday. At first I thought it was a drawing of the american avg diet vs the Federal nutrition recommendations.
- Udi said: Upsetting.
- Simone said: Brilliant share, Emily!
- striatic said: damn.
- Glen said: Oooo, nice infographic!
- Josh said: I never understood why the feds didn't subsidize according to USDA nutrition guidelines.
- Mike said: Dear world, Why are you so broken? -Mike
- Rubenerd said: Would be interested to see how this compares to Australia and the EU (the latter where they spend half their budget on agriculture)
- Stewart said: Mismatch 101
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The Mobile Patent Mexican Standoff [Mobile] (18)
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Gizmodo (3245) permalink
Apple's patent theft accusations against HTC got a lot of press this week, as they should! But it's just the most recent case in a gun-slinging mobile landscape riddled with patent lawsuits. This'll end about as well as Reservoir Dogs. The NY Times breaks it down today with this handy chart of who's suing whom. Nokia has been particularly active, along with Kodak. The biggest target? Apple. Companies sue each other over intellectual property all ...Shared by Abo (14) Akusasik (46) ambience (21) BoH (25) Bud (69) Jc2k (6) jensemann (79) Jeremy (162) lzhang (11) Mike (187) and eight more »- Akusasik said: A few years ago my boss was telling me how all big manufacturers are sitting on a lot of patents that are organized into "strategic defense portfolios". So SonyEricson would have a bunch of patents they can sue LG with, and LG has a 100 patterns they can sue SonyEricson with. And these portfolios served as deterrents against big lawsuits. He compared it to Cold War standoff at the time, and the patents to nuclear deterrents. I guess there`s a nuclear war going on in the mobile world now. Cool. It will be curious to see what the post-apocalyptic mobile landscape looks like.
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You can’t make this stuff up, pt. 11,555 (15)
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The Israeli military had to cancel a planned operation after a soldier posted the details of the upcoming mission on Facebook. "The soldier also disclosed the name of the combat unit, the place of the operation and the time it will take place," Haaretz reports. The soldier actually wrote, "On Wednesday we clean up Qatanah [a village near Ramallah], and on Thursday, god willing, we come home." Can you imagine being this guy's platoon leader?Shared by ambience (21) Brandon (5) Christopher (9) Ed (17) Fuz (26) georgeadams (31) Gregory R (3) Jeremy (5) John Munro (41) keokilee (13) and five more »- Jeremy said: That is why the military is reluctant to allow social networks.
- Shahin said: The Israeli military had to cancel a planned operation after a soldier posted the details of the upcoming mission on Facebook. "The soldier also disclosed the name of the combat unit, the place of the operation and the time it will take place," Haaretz reports. The soldier actually wrote, "On Wednesday we clean up Qatanah [a village near Ramallah], and on Thursday, god willing, we come home." Can you imagine being this guy's platoon leader?
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Apple goes to war - Sues HTC for infringing 20 patents (36)
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Looks like Apple's going on the warpath, kids. Just a few months after Cupertino got into it with Nokia over phone patents, Apple's filed suit against HTC, alleging that the company is infringing 20 patents "related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware." Steve, you have something to say? "We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about ...Shared by aaditya bharadwaj (1) ambience (21) AmyVernon (441) Andrew (50) Ash (24) Ayman (29) Bene (26) BriskLad (75) Christopher Alan Fields (1) Crossbar (28) and 26 more »Explore read six notes- Stephen said: F*ck Apple
- DCFemella said: Woah
- Terrence said: awww snap! Go patents! They bring choice and innovation to consumers!
- rveguilla said: This is really a bad sign for Apple...
- ambience said: PATENT WAR 2010Seriously though, abuse of software patents combined with Apple's closed platform just make me hate this company all the more. The patents include ones concerning simple manipulation of objects on a touch screen and "Conserving Power By Reducing Voltage Supplied To An Instruction-Processing Portion Of A Processor."Software patents are total bullshit and prevent innovation in software by preventing a market segment that has a low barrier-to-entry and insanely fast turnover rates of software features from achieving its full potential. They kill creativity on the part of software writers and are genuinely bad for consumers that actually want options in the devices they own.Fuck Apple.
- taknom said: アンドロイド機だけじゃなくて、ウインドウズモバイル機も対象のようですね
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Another Village Unvanishes (16)
permalink(Underwater since the 80s, the Andean town of Potosi, Venezuela, has reemerged after a severe drought has reduced water levels in a reservoir feeding a hydroelectric dam. Normally, the church spire is used as a depth gauge, but now it's calling attention to some of the most challenging global issues, specifically, climate change, water scarcity, environmental justice and alternative energy. Photo via Reuters. See also The Village Unvanishes.)Shared by Alex (125) ambience (21) AmyVernon (441) armyofgnomes (115) behemothing (6) chrisbrogan (209) Darin (116) Dave (7) Erica (8) eroshik (18) and six more »
- AmyVernon said: Fascinating.
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Do A Total Background Check On Yourself (34)
onNow you can know what Big Brother knows about you and get access to the same dirt everyone from your boss, landlord, insurance agent, to your favorite casino has on you. Here is a comprehenisve list of websites and phone numbers for most of the "specialty" consumer reports, like your employment, rental, and check writing history. Be sure to check them out and correct any errors, before a crisis hits. Employment History Reports The Work ...Shared by Aaron (48) AJ Batac (52) ambience (21) Brandon (79) Caly (29) Chris (666) Chuck (48) Courtney (94) Daniel (277) Gary (8) and 24 more »Comment View comments
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Quake 3 ported to Android, shows off Droid's graphical prowess (video) (13)
onYou should by now be well aware that there's no shortage of games one can play on one's beloved Droid, but just for the FPS old schoolers out there, how's about a nice Quake 3 port to pass the time with? Yup, the game that defined the term multiplayer before World of Warcraft came around has been enabled on the Android OS, finally finding another mobile home after residing on Nokia handsets for so long. ...Shared by ambience (21) Bri (0) Eric (11) mlabowicz (31) Montana (3) nick (1) noneck (6) Renan (0) sean (8) SilverStag (28) and three more »
- sean said: it is useless, for you can not control it by mobile keyboard.
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Open letter to Google: free On2 VP8 , and use it on YouTube! (35)
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CommentsShared by Aaron Russo (7) ambience (21) Badam (138) Bilal Akhtar (0) Brandon (4) Brian (231) Cam (47) Christian (8) Clickfire (132) Colin (30) and 25 more »- Rick said: Well said.
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NPR News Android App Now Streams Local Stations Live [Updates] (20)
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Android: NPR News' Android app has quickly upgraded its nice but not quite necessary app to something far more useful: a portal for streaming nearly an NPR station's content live to your phone, including your local favorites.Fire up the application, choose the Stations menu item, and you're asked if you want to find your stations based on location, or enter a ZIP code or city name to find one. Assuming your local station is one ...Shared by ambience (21) Chris (11) Colleen (11) ecmendenhall (13) FirstAidKit (23) FlukyRobot (20) Harrison Powers (4) Jefferson (9) Jeremiah (25) mattfinlayson (5) and 10 more »Explore read four notes- ambience said: Hell yes. Now I can finally listen to my South Florida NPR station for Morning Edition and other shows while WABE continues playing classical music.
- FirstAidKit said: #envy
- ubernerd83 said: For my fellow Android users.
- Niranjan said: I love this app. It is really polished and well designed and sets a good example for other apps on Android.
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Angry Norwegians in scuba gear chase after Google Street View car (72)
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News story, auto-translated to English in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. More on Google Maps. (thanks, BB reader Kjetil Rydland in Norway!)Shared by a (80) Abilash (3) Adam (54) Adam (4) Al (6) Ali (8) ambience (21) Andrew (15) Art (4) Asgeir (15) and 62 more »Explore read five notesComment View comments -
Chatroulette (37)
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I spent about 30 minutes on Friday night on Chatroulette (very NSFW). You push the start button and you're instantly in a video chat with some random person. During my session, the average "chat" lasted about 5 seconds and I observed several people drinking malt liquor, two girls making out, many many guys who disconnected as soon as they saw I wasn't female, several girls who disconnected after seeing my face (but not before I ...Shared by ack (3) ahsan (0) ambience (21) Andrew (13) barrym (30) Ben (11) bruno (38) C (226) Chris (20) Chris (25) and 27 more »Explore read nine notes- Richard said: Omegle with video.
- Jake said: Glad this didn't exist when I was in college.
- Derek said: I didn't have the guts to try it, did you?
- Josh said: This is so trippy.
- Scott said: "In short, Chatroulette is pretty much the best site going on the internet right now."
- Udi said: This is wild, fascinating idea.
- dare said: extreme speed dating (NSFW)
- Coolbox said: lol
- Andrew said: Someone else showed me this site the other day, and I tweeted about it http://bit.ly/9dAmD3. It's a dangerous game indeed, but can also be entertaining...especially if you put just your cat in front of the camera.
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Bill Watterson, creator of beloved 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip looks back with no regrets | Living - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com (66)
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Readers became friends with your characters, so understandably, they grieved -- and are still grieving -- when the strip ended. What would you like to tell them? This isn't as hard to understand as people try to make it. By the end of 10 years, I'd said pretty much everything I had come there to say. It's always better to leave the party early. If I had rolled along with the strip's popularity and repeated ...Shared by Aaron (46) Alex (125) ambience (21) bokane (41) Brian (124) Bryce Montgomery (10) Cam (88) Chandoo (34) chriscoyier (2) Creeva (6) and 56 more »Explore read 11 notes- DigDoug said: First interview in 20 years! Thank you twitter.
- Don said: It's been 15 years since "Calvin and Hobbes". I'm old.
- Dre said: I always thought he was quirky for not releasing licensing rights for Calvin & Hobbes.
- JT said: haha i love his answer to "How soon after the U.S. Postal Service issues the Calvin stamp will you send a letter with one on the envelope?"
- Ryan said: First interview with Bill Watterson since 1989.
- Jake said: Short but sweet interview. I think he's totally right. I just wish he had done something public & new since he quit C&H.
- Dan said: really. REALLY. have to read this.
- Jake said: the best comic of all time
- Josh said: new interview with Watterson! This guy talks about as much as Salinger
- Simone said: Yay.
- Kevin said: Wow. Any of you remember that interview that came out 5ish years ago where the reporter thought he had found Bill Watterson but wasn't sure?
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The Problem with the Apple iPad [Rants] (73)
onYesterday, Steve Jobs worked his charm, attempting to wow the world with the Apple iPad, a new, super-slim computer he touted as the missing link between iPhones and laptops. It's an undeniably beautiful device, but it also represents some serious problems. Note: This subjective post gets rather long winded, so if you don't have time for every hem and haw, skip straight to the meat of the problem. The Good At first glance, the iPad ...Shared by Aaron (0) Allen (8) ambience (21) Aram Zucker-Scharff (53) Asif (7) Brad (35) burndive (0) Cade (23) Canoman (3) Cissiboy (33) and 63 more »Explore read nine notes
- burndive said: I for one can't wait for the me-too devices to start coming out. I'm betting they'll be running Android OS, and have all the hardware amenities that the iPad doesn't.
- Nate said: this article makes a good point. my main complaint with the ipad to this point has been the lack of multitasking. it not being widescreen is annoying, and i dont know why they did it but hey its acceptable. i DO like the battery life. i just think this seems like something art students and old people will like.imho there has been a line between the highly restricted cellphones, and the open computers. the ipad is pushing it too far... now it could just be an example of losing sight of the distinction between the products.. but seeing apple's track record they love to say "here it is, its what you want, we know."but then again, i'm biased, and generally hate most things apple.
- Elyse said: This is pretty lengthy but I think it's really on point.
- ydant said: this.I actually like the thing and could see having one. It could replace the netbook for sure. BUT the complaints are all valid. Especially the locked down bit.Oh and the lack of Chinese input (rumored) makes it a lot less useful in our house.
- Rick said: I love netbooks, but other than that, I basically think this captures the major problem with the iPad. Other than the fact that it can't notify of you of an incoming chat while you're browsing the web, or allow you to listen to your music while you type a document, of course.
- RuskiTyoma said: Well said.
- henryhill said: 少有看到Adam Pash喷的这么爽的，原来lifehacker除了转载和读者调查以外还有这么一个专栏...这个比其他一般的iPad技术评测写的深刻多了>昨晚刚刚回顾了一下Apple著名的1984广告，但现在却很不幸的看到他有成长为老大哥的趋势...
- Derick said: Quote from article:Apple's saying to consumers: "Trade in choice for a guarantee that this will work exactly as we designed it to, and you'll never be upset with a computer again."They have been saying this to consumers for the last 8-10 years. Why would this be a problem now when it's proven wildly successful in the past?
- Sherif said: poor guy is getting thrashed for having a reasonable opinion, and providing solid reasons not to buy it.much better than the other ranters
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January 28, 2010 (147)
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (updated daily) (159) permalink
Kelly's coming home tomorrrrrrowwww!Shared by A (5) Aaman (0) Aaron Mayer (21) Adam (70) Ade (11) adrian (23) Ahmed (14) alan (8) Alex (4) alistair (16) and 137 more »Explore read eight notes- Skrud said: Yes, this is exactly what it was like.
- Twi said: Yep.
- Jay said: Re-share, and /agreement.
- Reid said: Can't decide if this is horribly depressing or hilariously true. Maybe a little from column A, a little from column B.Thanks, Chris.
- Atomic_Garden said: Maior verdade no funcionalismo público.
- haems said: so true.
- Mat said: verídico 100%
- Metaphox said: this is a f**king brilliant summary of my f**king f**ked up life
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