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  1. So the visitors will use VPNs, Tor... on Go To Jail For Visiting a Web Site? Top Law Prof Talks Up the Idea (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    ...or some other track-covering technology. And therefore all users of such technology will be placed under suspicion, and so on and so on....

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  2. It's a trap on Companies Want To Insert Ads Into Unicode (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Nestle's just laying the foundation to claiming ownership of the water emoji, because they own all the water!

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  3. So you ask, have they tried making them tiny? on The Quest For the Ultimate Vacuum Tube (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    So you goggle "vacuum tube nanotechnology" and...

    http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-technology/how-vacuum-tube-technology-is-being-deployed-at-the-nanoscale/45695/

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  4. In Memorium on Sony To End Sales of Betamax Tapes Next Year · · Score: 1
  5. Obligatory Tom Waits reference on Analog Still Big In Japan (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I got the style but not the grace
    I got the clothes but not the face
    I got the bread but not the butter
    I got the window but not the shutter

    But I'm big In Japan
    I'm big in Japan
    Hey, but I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan

    I got the house but not the deed
    I got the horn but not the reed
    I got the cards but not the luck
    I got the wheel but not the truck

    But hey, I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan
    But hey, I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan

    I got the moon, I got the cheese
    I got the whole damn nation on their knees
    I got the rooster, I got the crow
    I got the ebb, I got the flow

    I got the powder but not the gun
    I got the dog but not the bun
    I got the clouds but not the sky
    I got the stripes but not the tie

    But hey, I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan

    Hey-ho, they love the way I do it
    Hey-ho, there's really nothing to it

    I got the moon, I got the cheese
    I got the whole damn nation on their knees
    I got the rooster, I got the crow
    I got the ebb, I got the flow

    I got the sizzle but not the steak
    I got the boat but not the lake
    I got the sheets but not the bed
    I got the jam but not the bread

    But hey, I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan
    Hey! I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan
    I'm big in Japan

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  6. The new head of marketing meets the CEO on How GoDaddy's Quest For Respect Led To an Improbable Partnership With MIT (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    ~ I would first like to suggest some changes to GoDaddy's branding.

    ~ Excellent! What would you suggest we change?

    ~ The name?

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  7. The Monkees said it best on Is Too Much Choice Stressing Us Out? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    We were talking with the Master regarding the nature of conceptual reality. Psychologically speaking, the human mind, or brain or whatever, is almost incapable of distinguishing between the real and the vividly imagined experience. Sound and film and music and radio. Even these manipulative experiences are received more or less directly and uninterpreted by the mind. They are cataloged and recorded and either acted upon directly, or stored in the memory, or both. Now this process, unless we pay it tremendous attention, begins to separate us from the reality of the now. Am I being clear? For we must allow the reality of the now to just happen, as it happens. Observe and act with clarity. For where there is clarity, there is no choice. And were there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should I speak, since I know nothing?

  8. We have the technology to fix this on NFL Commentators Still Calling Microsoft's Surface Tablets "iPads" · · Score: 1

    Use image recognition to flash "Microsoft Surface - the official tablet of the NFL" on the screen whenever one appears on camera.

    Use voice recognition to drop the word "iPad" from the audio feed whenever it's uttered. Whether they also want to deliver mild electric shocks to the commentator's headphones at the same time would be up to the NFL and the broadcasters.

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  9. Re:Am I the only person... on Why In-Flight Wi-Fi Is Still Slow and Expensive · · Score: 1

    You're in a CHAIR in the SKY.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFsOUbZ0Lr0

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  10. Sure, who's not against encryption? on Jeb Bush Comes Out Against Encryption · · Score: 1

    When comes out against all this nonsense with passwords and door locks, then he gets my vote!

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  11. We should make a new game on San Jose May Put License Plate Scanners On Garbage Trucks · · Score: 3, Funny

    When someone says something like "This is a public street. You're not expecting privacy on a public street." and means it, and if they're in some position of authority or influence, the game begins. Separate teams immediately start following this person around whenever they're in public and record everything they do for a solid week, and posts it on the internet. Zoom lenses, parabolic mics, the whole bit. Stream it live if possible. The team that captures the most activity wins! Fun fun fun!

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  12. As this is the FAA on Air Traffic Snafu: FAA System Runs Out of Memory · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm betting someone just got some of the punch cards mixed up.

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  13. No, not blocking! on FCC Fines Smart City $750K For Blocking Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    We were ahhh...ensuring quality control by filtering out potentially disruptive signals, Yeah, that's the ticket!

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  14. Do you really need a scale? on Airline Begins Weighing Passengers For 'Safety' · · Score: 1

    I should think a couple of cameras and right software should be able to make a reasonable estimate of a passenger's weight, which should be good enough if they're not planning to flag individuals.

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  15. Great, another filtering algorithm on Microsoft Creates an AI That Can Spot a Joke In a New Yorker Cartoon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right up there with resume filters, copyrighted content detectors, search engines, and the like, now people will be writing cartoons geared toward the filters. "Well, at least I'm not Donald Trump's cat sipping cheap red wine while waiting in line for the latest iPhone!"

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  16. Relevant GITS on Hacking a 'Smart' Sniper Rifle · · Score: 2
  17. Is it the start of the Diamond Age? on Intel and Micron Unveil 3D XPoint Memory, 1000x Speed and Endurance Over Flash · · Score: 1

    So is it actually nanomolecular, repositioning atoms to represent 1s and 0s like so many pegs in a pegboard?

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  18. Help me, Help me, oh no... on Pluto's Haze · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pluto haze all in our brains
    Latest readings don't seem the same
    An exciting time, you all agree
    For studyin' exometeorology

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  19. Rent-a-pilot? on Don't Bring Your Drone To New Zealand · · Score: 2

    Sounds like a possible money maker for certified pilots, to hire themselves out to tourists by the hour to provide drone tours, either over preset courses or something more freeform. 3D googles included, and you get to keep the footage!

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  20. Update: Russian Billionaire cancels agreement on Stephen Hawking and Russian Billionaire Start $100 Million Search For Aliens · · Score: 1

    "When I told him we'd be 'hunting for alien life', I should have been more specific.", said Hawking.

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  21. Got to LOVE The Drake! on Stephen Hawking and Russian Billionaire Start $100 Million Search For Aliens · · Score: 1
  22. I appreciate the name anyway. on Commodore PET Smartphone Comes Loaded With C64 and Amiga Emulators · · Score: 1

    The Commodore PET was my old high school's hardware. Toward my senior year we even had CBMs with external floppy and hard drives. Woo hoo!

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  23. Re:Abstracting on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1

    ~ Well, studies has shown that the origin of charge is from certain types of subatomic particles which have the property of electric charge. Electric charge gives rise to and interacts with the electromagnetic force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature. The movement of an electric charge becomes an electric current, which usually consists of...
    ~ Sir, I must ask you to stop. Please stand up and put your hands behind your back.
    ~ I'm sorry, were we talking too loud? I'm only helping my granddaughter with her homework...
    ~ Right, that's it! He's becoming aggressive! Release the dogs!

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  24. Re:Tax dollars at work. on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1

    Drachmas?

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  25. It works for UPS. on NYC Asks Google Maps For Fewer Left Turns · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Apparently it also reduces fuel consumption and saves time

    http://compass.ups.com/UPS-dri...

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