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Does Showing A Horrific Video Serve a Legitimate Purpose?
On Friday February 06 2015, @03:35PM
Erik Wemple writes at the Washington Post that Fox News recently took the...
Amnesia
On Friday February 06 2015, @06:45PM
He awoke wondering where he was... on a medic. Why was... oh, hell, why was he...
The Man Who Invented the Science Fiction Paperback
On Friday February 06 2015, @09:50PM
Clay Latimer writes at IBD that Ian Ballantine, called by many the father of...
Scientists Explain How Brian Williams' Memory May Have Faile
On Saturday February 07 2015, @02:48PM
Brittny Mejia writes at the LA Times that while some are accusing Brian...
The Classic Thinkpad Keyboard
On Saturday February 07 2015, @09:55PM
For the past yearish, I've bumped into the multitude of thinkpads we have...
SubStrings and aqu4bot's improvements from it
On Sunday February 08 2015, @11:55AM
As of late I've spent some time making improvements to my tiny C string library...
SN, Specify timezone please..
On Sunday February 08 2015, @01:58PM
When specifying timestamps like "Your points expire at 2015-02-09 12:34.". Also...
Google Earth Pro Now Available Free
On Sunday February 08 2015, @06:15PM
Google has long offered a Pro version of Google Earth for $399 per year that...
George Orwell's "1984" Telescreens are here...
On Monday February 09 2015, @01:04PM
The BBC has said that Samsung has issued a warning to it customers over their...
How Many Laws Did Apple Break?
On Monday February 09 2015, @03:58PM
Jean-Louis Gassée writes at Monday note that Apple’s most recent quarterly...
The Prickly Partnership Between Uber and Google
On Monday February 09 2015, @04:16PM
Google, with billions of dollars in the bank and house-by-house maps of most of...
Doctors Warn Against 'Measle Parties'
On Tuesday February 10 2015, @03:46PM
The Chicago Sun Times reports that in a disturbing California Bay Area trend,...
Slashdot Is Down, Just As I Said It Would Be
On Tuesday February 10 2015, @07:25PM
I wrote all that beautiful code for slashdot, and they let it slide by hiring a...
The Dark Web Still Thrives After Silk Road
On Tuesday February 10 2015, @07:39PM
Russell Berman writes at The Atlantic that the government may have won its case...
Is Microsoft Sirius?
On Wednesday February 11 2015, @01:50PM
I had to laugh when I ran across this article.
"Cortana's UI now expresses 18...
The Mathematical Case for Buying a Powerball Ticket
On Wednesday February 11 2015, @07:21PM
Neil Irwin writes at the NYT that financially literate people like to complain...
Peak Google: Its Time at the Top May Be Nearing Its End
On Thursday February 12 2015, @05:36PM
Farhad Manjoo writes at the NYT that at first glance Google looks plenty...
Wireless Carriers Must Now Unlock Your Phone
On Friday February 13 2015, @03:48PM
Andrew Moore-Crispin reports that beginning this week, as result of an...
Smoking Is Even Deadlier Than Previously Thought
On Friday February 13 2015, @05:07PM
"Who still smokes?" as Denise Grady reports at the NYT that however bad you...
Ginsburg was drunk at SOTU
On Friday February 13 2015, @06:22PM
What one would think would be an embarassing photo of Supreme Court Justice...
Obama Meets with Tech Executives Amid Mistrust and Tensions
On Friday February 13 2015, @07:22PM
The NYT reports that President Obama is meeting today with the nation’s top...
US Government Questionnaire: Is Your Child a Terrorist?
On Saturday February 14 2015, @01:51AM
Are you, your family, or your community at risk of turning to violent...
What Do You Call a Doubter of Climate Change?
On Sunday February 15 2015, @03:32PM
Justin Gillis reports at the NYT that in the long-running political battles...
Managers Bunk Down at US Refineries Amid Safety Concerns
On Sunday February 15 2015, @05:36PM
Reuters reports that managers at US oil refineries are going to the mats,...
"Governments' Authority"
On Monday February 16 2015, @04:12AM
Rights? Freedoms? Law? Justice? Voltaire once stated, "if you wish to converse...
"Authority's Limits"
On Monday February 16 2015, @04:18AM
Having stated the definition of authority, I build on that with the below text,...
Cellphone Start-Ups Handle Calls With Wi-Fi
On Monday February 16 2015, @04:00PM
Brian Chen writes in the NYT that two companies, Republic Wireless and...
An Accidental Book
On Monday February 16 2015, @06:47PM
I've read books accidentally, meaning to read a single chapter and winding up...
mini-slashcode-wannabe project
On Monday February 16 2015, @09:37PM
been mucking around with a little website thing intended to be sort of similar...
My new distro: Night Linux
On Monday February 16 2015, @11:10PM
I've started work (and nearing completion) on a new Linux distro for i586 and...
Fine day for friends.
So-so day for you.
