January 2012
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“…Further, accentuating all these difficulties and making them harder to bear is...”
– Virginia Woolf, “A Room of One’s Own” (via wisheye)
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Supreme Court Rules that a Warrant is Necessary... →
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday, January 23, 2012 that police must get a search warrant before they attach a GPS device to a suspect’s car. The decision, however, is also notable for the privacy issues it does not settle.
In separate opinions, the justices raised questions about how much privacy people can expect as they buy GPS-enabled smartphones and cars equipped with tracking...
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Iridium flare →
I learned something new today.
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Wing Cracks and Cars That Won't Stop →
Interesting.
For years I’ve been fielding emails from electronics engineers convinced that electromagnetic interference played a role in all those out-of-control Prius, RAV4s, Corollas.
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Please, no need to file a missing person report .... →
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One gray winter morning, Rene Descartes was sitting at a quiet cafe with his deep thoughts and an empty cup of coffee. Making the rounds, the Barista spotted the empty mug and stopped.
“Another coffee, Mr. Descartes?”
He answered, “I think not” — and he disappeared.
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Report: White House Pressured Scientists to... →
*sigh*
Back at the height of the massive Gulf oil spill in 2010, there was quite a bit of controversy about just how much crude was blasting out of the well. According to new documents that a watchdog group released on Monday, there was heated debate among the scientists who evaluated the flow rate as well.
Related: Did BP Oil Make Shrimp Lose Their Eyes?
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Firefighters Give Support Dog To Boy In Need -... →
Feel-good story of the week. :)
It was the craziest of coincidences. In 2007, Zach Winkle, then a 9-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy was denied a helicopter ride at a county fair because he could not walk, so Metro Air Support agreed to take him up in St. Louis’ police chopper. Then, while they were flying, there was a hold up, and when the chopper was sent to take a look, Zach spotted...
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Privacy is dead. Long live the 'net.
FAQ: Google’s new privacy policy - The Washington Post
What is Google doing?: In a nutshell, Google is taking information from almost all of your Google services — including Gmail, Picasa, YouTube and search — and integrating the data so that they can learn more about you. (Information from Google Books, Google Wallet and Google Chrome will not be integrated, partly for legal reasons.)
Why is...
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Apple Will Own Your Work With iBooks Author →
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coolcatteacher:
Beware, your work is not yours. Free is never free. You give Apple all syndication rights to the content you develop in iBooks Author.
The title’s a bit misleading. In layman’s terms: If you use iBooks Author, the book you create with iBooks Author can only be sold through the iBooks store. Apple doesn’t “own” the copyright to your...
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WatchSolar Storm Puts Beautiful Northern Lights on Display [VIDEO]
This one’s from Norway. Click the link above to see NASA’s video of the solar storm itself.
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WatchPowerful Solar Storm Sets Off Amazing Northern Lights Show | Space.com
This one’s from Sweden.
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Apple Will Own Your Work With iBooks Author →
world-shaker:
coolcatteacher:
Beware, your work is not yours. Free is never free. You give Apple all syndication rights to the content you develop in iBooks Author.
The title’s a bit misleading. In layman’s terms: If you use iBooks Author, the book you create with iBooks Author can only be sold through the iBooks store. Apple doesn’t “own” the copyright to your work, just the commercial...
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“I feel like there’s a red pill and a blue pill. And you can take the blue pill...”
– Tenured Professor Departs Stanford U., Hoping to Teach 500,000 Students at Online Start-Up
Sebastian Thrun, a professor of computer science at Stanford who taught an online artificial intelligence course to more than 160,000 students.
My favorite comment on this article:
Stanford should contract...
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Forget SOPA, Europe is about to ratify its bigger... →
Just as the SOPA and PIPA debate winds down in the US, the European Union is later this week set to work on ratifying a global intellectual property enforcement treat: the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
European countries, including Ireland, will later this week join the US, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emerates and Canada in...
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“Christians as Letters”
Sermon about...
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Delta IV Night Launch - CNN iReport →
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SOPA: Stop Grandstanding, Start Crafting An... →
I’m not here to defend SOPA or PIPA. If, as their critics maintain, the bills effectively give ISPs, search engines, and payment services carte blanche to cut off foreign websites that U.S. movie, music, and other content creators merely claim are profiting from their stolen goods, then the legislation is an abomination.
But due process still exists in this country, so I have trouble...
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AFP: Chinese 'Red Pad' tablet reserved for top... →
Seriously?
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In schools, self-esteem boosting is losing favor... →
This is good news, but lots of normal people — and real-life teachers! — could have told the eggheads exactly what was wrong.
For decades, the prevailing wisdom in education was that high self-esteem would lead to high achievement. The theory led to an avalanche of daily affirmations, awards ceremonies and attendance certificates — but few, if any, academic gains. ….A growing...
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Diabetes is sweet, y’all! →
Celebrity chef Paula Deen has been preaching the gospel of butter since I’ve heard of her. People (my mother) used to extol the virtues of Deen’s cuisine but I always said that wasn’t great cooking; anything tastes good with a half a pound of butter in it.
Now Paula Deen has Type 2 diabetes, a very serious, life-threatening disease. And butter isn’t the sole reason she has diabetes. There’s all...
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“Sitting down to lunch or talking over a cup of coffee provides a much richer,...”
– - Tim Nekritz
These kinds of things happen much more easily on a college campus. This is why I love working on one.
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