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Opportunity is now start to use on a frequent basis the Deep Sleep mode where the rover is basically shut all the way down to conserve power. Spirit has not had to be put in that mode as all of it's on-board components continue to work as they are supposed to. With the malfunctioning switch keeping a heater on at
I have been watching the commentary grow over the proposed Pirate Act which is getting a lot of press over the past week and a lot of people are very worried that the government is going to start wholesale prosecutions of people who share music / software on the Internet. I need more information before I can really come to
A Single mom who makes 21,000 a year who doesn't even know how to use a computer is being financially raped by the RIAA. Her teenage daughter seems to have shared some music and mom not any wiser is now faced with hiring a lawyer after she could not come up the the $4000.00 extortion money the RIAA said she
I had to smile today. Sitting on my shelf of memorabilia is a 65 meg RLL Hard-drive that I payed $465.00 for back in the mid 80's. I was the top dog on the block and all of my buddies and I marveled at how we would every fill it up. Little did I know that in 1993 I would
I get pissed every-time I walk into Blockbuster they may have the latest movies but their rentals are the highest in town and I always try and support the independents as a result. I can honestly say though that I do not rent $24.99 worth of Video's a month which is what the service is going to cost. You only
From the Pro-Music.org press release: "The music industry's campaign to promote legitimate online music services has stepped up a gear with the publication of a new directory of digital music services on the one-year old website." [www.pro-music.org] [DesignTechnica]
I am skeptical hackers came up with $50,000 to challenge hackers to take down the Tech Ed conference Network. Who would front that kind of money in the first place? [Lockergnome] [Terrorism.com]
Seems file sharing in the US has dropped a little while their are increases in Europe. I am sure that third world traffic numbers have increased as the majority of the third world cannot afford software prices. [Smart Mobs]
At least for one person the Sirius Music Stations being carried on DishTV is a big hit. Another reason to drop my cable connection. I am one of the last hold-outs still using a Analog box I am sure that my cable company will force my hand at some point but who has time for TV these days anyway. [Doc
I was surprised today to read a post from Ev Williams founder of Blogger who must have had a Lobotomy when his company was purchased by Google. His continued disregard to support RSS on his site is apparent. He has the audacity to tell a person who sent him flowers over his comments on RSS recently to go and use
Seems the Japanese are not the only ones that like to take pictures of womens underwear by using a digital camera to take a picture upskirt. The pervert was really smart he left the flash on. Like who isn't going to see a flash. Imagine the horror if your the victim. I hope they throw away the key. [Gizmodo]
Seems some MT users are not liking what they see in Wordpress. I am a firm believer in sitting back and watching the fallout. When some mainstream bloggers tell me they do not like what the see I realize that many that have left will probably be back in force in short order. [a small victory]
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