Facebook's ban on breastfeeding pics is a denial of free expression.

Watching Married With Children makes you stupid. Watching Jeopardy makes you smart again.

Alright! The rest of my MWC DVDs just arrived. One hour to let them warm up and I'm off to Jeopardy Ln. Chicago.

Love concept of Amazon's MP3 store. Reality is I get a lot of pops and drop-outs in the music.

Finally at Jimi's after VM took forever to activate Arc. Bring on the saganaki!

VM USA's site sucks for changing phones.

Getting VM Arc at Radioshack. Saganaki after. Yay! Greek food rocks.

Warner Bros sucks for axing Wizard of Oz on DVD.

Chili cheese muffins on Rachel Ray? What the hell is she thinking?

Agh! It's Christmas Eve and my nose is still plugged up. This sucks!

How can people be confused about the DTV change with all these ads? How fucking simple can it be?

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Cops who shoot people's dogs should be shot.

Watching Dateline. Mortgage companies shouldn't be allowed to raise rates. People first, companies last!

LORD, please hear my prayer for a snow day tomorrow! Amen...

Rock on, John Walsh! Always in our thoughts.

Dammit! I wanted to see John Walsh's interview! Thought he was on ABC only to find he's on NBC. Set recorder to wrong network.

Online freedom > protecting children.

Happy birthay, Beethoven!

Can't wait for nasty warm rainy weather to turn back to winter throughout the day.

Walking at Spring Hill. Damn December rain!

Put up Christmas decs and did some shopping. Can't wait!

Bought nice bird feeder for Christmas.

Internet filtering = 21st century comstockery!

Richard Shelby fucking sucks! Alabama can fuck off! Fucking bastards!

I curse December rain! Snow for Christmas now!

I am now 31 years old. Someone shoot me!

I hope tomorrow's warmup doesn't melt all the snow.

Had nightmare about waking up two hours late for work. It felt real.

Thought: If Detroit sits on a salt mine, why can't Oakland County salt its damn roads?

Thank God all that damn Berkley road work's done!

Dinner a success. Had turkey, mashed taters, stuffing and yams. Have to call Sears about oven tomorrow.

Coil in oven burned. Lucky that turkey was already heated. No oven till fixed.

Watching Knight Rider until Thanksgiving dinner.

Watching Knight Rider on DVD all week long. KITT, Michael and loads of nostalgia.

Last day before Thanksgiving break. Thank God!

Truck still acting up. Will drop off at gas station.

Wolf's Head oil since 1879. Why would there have been motor oil since then? Cars not invented till 1890s.

Truck drank 3 cans of oil like Juda Ben Hur in the desert.

Oil low. Heading to Mobile for emergency fill.

Got new boots for $40. They're cool. Getting hummus for lunch.

New boots

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Big 3 don't deserve bailout. They joined NAFTA and outsourced jobs. Let them reap what they've sown.

Damn breaking news interrupting my Jeopardy!

Salesman disappeared on us.

Best Buy, always noisy and garish.

Getting winter clothes sucks. Laptop much more fun.

Shopping for winter clothes is a fucking drag.

HowardForums.com fails for being offline when I try to access it.

In the names of safety and decency, fun has been trampled from life.

Nothing like a vigorous 15 mile walk on a brisk November day.

Snow makes everyone on 696 crawl like snails.

It's snowing! This is a complete surprise!

Auto makers in $ mess because they outsourced. Let them reap what they sow.

When it says GM and Ford are burning cash, is that literal?

JJ Fatt's pizza and burger were great and filling. At Borders now, sitting in arm chair.

Does Obama's stimulus package mean $500 checks for people or bailouts for auto makers?

Ancient Greek statues and temples were painted in vivid colors. Wish I could see them as they really were.

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Will Obama save our nation, or lead us headlong into destruction?

Medical marijuana FTW!

I hope Obama will end the War on Drugs.

Will Obama withdraw troops?

Obama's pres. I hope he restores the civil liberties forfeited under Bush.

Finally done voting. I hope prop 1 passes. How libertarian.

Still waiting.

Waiting in long lines sucks.

Walking up to vote. A crisp autumn morning.

Bob Barr 4 president!

I hope MI residents vote Yes on Prop 1. Legal medical marijuana FTW!

Tomorrow we vote the Chimp out of office. Woot!

They say to invite people as friends and to groups, but ban users who invite too many. Where's the logic in these policies?

Why do sites like Upoc and Facebook ban people who actually use them as advertised?

Breeder sow has a boy in the womens bathroom.

Came inside. Too damn cold out.

At Borders having Java Kula on the balcony. Beautiful but chilly.

Which way to vote on MI prop 2. Just can't decide.

Premium fuel $2.69/gallon. Feels like forever.

ACTA will turn the Net into broadcast media like radio and TV. Death to copyright laws!

I'd love to be a walk on extra in a movie. Wonder if experience is required.

Woman next to me talking about being an associate producer! Perhaps a new movie's being made in MI?

Saw something never thought I'd see: a father making his kid pick his own coat off the floor. There are still good parents!

If Michigan's economy is so bad, where do they get money for this endless road construction?

BBC News Online Web cotent 'disturbing children' http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7679000/76791

There was an 8-10 year old boy in the womens bathroom! Boys don't belong in womens bathrooms!

I love that antique wheelchair! Reminds me of The Changeling.

Just finished gorgeous autumn nature walk.

Saw Duchess. Great movie, but so depressing.

Is every fucking street in Berkley, MI closed today?

Are congressmen allowed to bypass TSA checkpoints at airports?

Major temp climb today from 38 to 70 degrees.

Am at Borders. Damn alarm went off when I went in john eventhough I paid for books.

Let those greedy Wall St. bastards bail themselves out!

Finally feeling like Fall around here.

If we don't bail out the financial companies, will it haunt ordinary people?

Watching Michigan Matters. We're on our way to being a third world nation.

Tax payers shouldn't have to bail out these mega-corporations! Sink or swim, Fannie and Freddy!

All politicians are liars and hypocrites.

TGIF

White Castle burgers are good, but are small.

No sleep last night. Am in zombie state.

I can't believe the Wixom Taco Bell is gone! What the hell?!

Driving down the connecting road and get stuck behind an idiot doing 12 MPH.

Just back from Wing Lake walk. Nothing unusual. Just a good, brisk walk.

Heading out to the park. Cloudy and cool.

Finished at mall. Heading home.

Some idiot is playing a trumpet in the mall.

Eatting at Lakeshore Grill. Want to get ham lasagne.

Arrived at mall.

Driving to mall.

Sitting in car waiting for Mommy to come back.

Hair finished. Heading to mall.

Hair cut finished. Hair is now manageable shoulder length. Ran into a lady I know as well. Small world.

At barber shop, waiting to get hair cut.

Setting out to get my hair cut.

Hooray for pizza!

How does charging MI residents more for power save money? Bitches!

Some idiot was driving down a sidestreet backward!

Bones was depressing. Why did that poor dog have to die? Cesar was really cool.

DVD recorder arrived and is hooked up. Just need discs to record on.

Just saw a chopper land at Beaumont Hospital.

Having trouble sleeping through night. Waking up having to piss, then can't get back to sleep.

Fuck you Virgin Mobile! I win!

Why the hell is Virgin Mobile's network down? Can't send pictures or log on to email.

I can't believe gas is $4.15 a gallon! I thought the damn prices were down!

We both said 9:15. Someone can't tell time.

Who the hell is Medvedev to condemn us fighting Iran when he invaded Georgia?

Yet Another Obscenity Trial? We Should Be Ashamed | Sex and

Shocking but true: An American city, in the year 2008, asked a jury to declare that a movie of adults having sex is illegal.

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Golden retriever off leash barked at horses on the trail. Luckily nothing happened.

Sustainability fair a huge ripoff. No lectures, no demonstrations. Just a flea market of organic wares for sale.

Having Java Kula at Borders. On balcony. What a view!

Stopping for Hungry Howie's pizza, then book store.

Kwame's out of office. Good riddance.

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?topic=t&hl=en&source=news&ned=us&ei=eNq_SIDVN5

Am watching Kwame's removal hearing. Hope they throw the book at him.

Vogue’s Fashion Photos Spark Debate in India

The juxtaposition between poverty and growing wealth presents an unsavory dilemma for luxury goods makers jumping into India.

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Went to Coney for lunch. Had a chili dog.

Facebook is pissing me out by refusing my photo uploads!

Fellow Rewilder Goes To Jail! | Urban Scout: Rewilding Casca

Finisia, a fellow rewilder who lives in a post-apocalyptic, horse drawn cart, planting back the native plants in the traditional way has found herself in trouble. While planting, a ranger approached her and well, she ended up in jail!

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Is the End of Unlimited Internet Near?

Internet providers start planning for metered billing for Internet usage and monthly usage limits.

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Absolutely the stupidest salvo in the war on terror to date

Do you drive, take pictures, travel, use a cellphone or use a computer? Guess what that makes you...

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Comcast to Place a Cap on Internet Downloads

Beginning Oct. 1, Comcast will put a 250 gigabyte-a-month cap on residential users. The limit will not affect most users, at least not in the short-term, but is certain to create tension as some technologies gain traction.

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Police raid headquarters of RNC protesters

Police raided a rental hall used by a group organizing protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday.

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What do our dreams mean?

Research suggests claims that dreams are top heavy with sex and religion might be wrong, and that most, as many as eight out of ten, are about mundane everyday concerns and interests such as parents, friends, driving, shopping and sport.

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Don't do it for me, do it for this poor guy! [pic]

Struggling against the waves, this polar bear faces almost certain death after becoming lost at sea in the Arctic.

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Heading to McD's for Big Macs.

Fucking cyclists completely coopted the road at the park today! >:-(

Farm parking lot being redone. Parked in new lot.

It's nice to have a couple days off to lie around anf do nothing.

Woman Called Yoda Blocked From Facebook

A woman claims she was blocked from joining Facebook because she has the same name as a famous Star Wars character.

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There are two stray kittens in my work's parking lot; a calico and orange. They are under 10 weeks old.

I stopped at Barnes and Noble and bought a picture book of Greece.

Stopped at Barnes and Noble and bought a picture book of Greece.

When I post on Howard Forums from my phone, it names the phone duncanmacleod. That's perfect for me.

Evicted! One-horse town to be no-horse town

This one-horse town looks like it's set to become a no-horse town.The owner of a 32-year-old horse named Peter Rabbit wasn't able to buck a local ban on livestock within city limits. After widespread publicity of the ban that threatened to kick Peter Rabbit off the pasture where he was born...

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Home again home again jigeddy jog.

--ORIGINAL MSG: Reuters_TopNews: U.S. assessing possible military aid to Georgia http://r.reuters.com/gan24

At book store. Got books on Ancient Greece and history.

I'm deleting my Facebook account for refusing my mobile photo uploads!

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Now off to Big Boy. Tater cakes await.

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Truck died on the road. What rotten luck.

FDA Threatens To Raid Cherry Orchards

As Americans struggle to eat a healthier diet, the FDA has taken draconian steps to suppress information about foods that reduce disease risk.

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Couple Offered Sex with Child for Used Car

A sordid San Antonio couple is accused of trying to trying to trade sex with the woman's 5-year-old daughter for an apartment, a used car and child care for her 10-month old daughter.

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I hate people walking in the road. That's what a sidewalk is for.

Uncovering The Dark Side of P4P

P4P is touted as the new and improved P2P. The technology has the potential to lower bandwidth costs for ISPs and speed up downloads for P4P enabled filesharing clients. There is a dark site to this new technology though. The strong anti-piracy connections are fuel for conspiracy theorists, and Net Neutrality might be at stake.

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Why the hell were there two cop cars in my neighborhood?

--ORIGINAL MSG: Reuters_TopNews: Pakistan's Sharif pulls party out of coalition http://r.reuters.com/pus93

I can't wait for the Vancouver Games. Those will be so awesome.

The sun's up. I'm not.

Ugh I hate waking up at 6 AM.

Americans Reject Lowering Drinking Age by Large Margin

Bullshit MADD propaganda. Who exactly did they poll? People in the MADD office? Nationwide Insurance and MADD team up: http://www.injuryboard.com/national-news/college-presidents-urge-lowering-drinking-age-to-18.aspx?googleid=245964MADD has gone from a great grassroots org to a fascist prohibition promoting organization. http://www.getmadd.com/

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On Campus, Legal Drinking Age Is Flunking the Reality Test

Next week, when President C.D. 'Dan' Mote welcomes freshmen to the University of Maryland, he will inform them that the college police will enforce underage drinking laws 'with terrific ferocity.' And then he will turn around and, recognizing that most students do drink, tell the teenagers 'to ta...

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Throttle The Package: Europe’s Fight for Net Neutrality

Defend Net Neutrality! Don’t force ISPs to spy on their customers in the name of copyright enforcement!

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Music, movie lobbyists push to spy on your Net traffic

Recording industry and motion picture lobbyists are renewing their push to convince broadband providers to monitor customers and detect copyright infringements, claiming the concept is working abroad and should be adopted in the United States.

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Washington Post: Bob Barr, the Master of a Curious Universe

In this lengthy article on Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr discusses his plans as president. Barr states that he would not sign any bills appropriating money to the United Nations. He would advocate against a Department of Education as well. He'd fight illegal immigration. Most of all, he'd shrink government and taxes.

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Copyright Crusaders to Launch Cyber Campaign

Critics of the Government's proposed changes to the Copyright Act have launched a Cyber crusade to fight the Controversial Copyright Bill.

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Texas officials want 8 sect kids back in foster care

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - It's been more than two months since Texas child welfare authorities were ordered to return polygamist-sect children to their parents. Now, they want 8 of the youngsters put back in foster care.

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San Marcos Officer Paul Stephens Watches a Teacup Poodle Die

Please Digg as animal cruelty and police incompetence are issues near and dear to my heart.

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Pandora can't make money, may pull the plug

Pandora, one of the Internet's most popular streaming radio stations, may have to close its doors due to significant royalty payments owed to the music industry. One more last-ditch effort could save the day, but even Pandora's founder isn't optimistic.

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Cranks out of ice cream. What the hell?

Glad to see some parents limit their kids. A lady reprimanded her daughter for throwing a bottle on the floor.

No nachos grande so burger instead.

Going to see if there are nachos.

The Kids' Cottage prooves that places can be sustainable and still comfortable.

Chilling in the Kids' Cottage. This is so cool. Sustainable, yet very comfy. I want to live here!

Just found out Justine passed away in the fall. I'll miss her.

Heading home now.

Portapotty to the rescue.

Found a place to park my fat ass.

Saw mounted cops on pretty gray and chestnut horses. They were too far away for a shot.

At official Woodward Dream Cruise. Nice and cool.

Went wrong way down Benjamin to find truck.

Loads of beautiful old cars. Many Bel Aires.

Walking down Webster to Woodward.

Thank God this week's over and one off is coming.

Tried to take a nap, but never fully fell asleep.

Tgif! Also Dream Cruise tonight! Old cars rule.

Howard Forums had no right to deny my login!

Driving down Woodward. All these old cars are fucking sweet.

On Woodward. All these old cars are fucking sweet.

Groceries acquired. Heading home. Saw monarch butterfly!

Going to drug store for conditioner and deodorant.

Online student-teacher friendships can be tricky

"Just the very fact that I have MySpace makes them think, 'Well, maybe we can talk to this guy and open the lines of communication, said Turner, who teaches English at South Middle School in Joplin, Missouri. "I realized this is a major way of communication for them."

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I love downloading 10 MB worth of security shit on dialsuck.

Still haven't heard which gymnastics team took bronze, nor about the 15 minute wait for our gymnast. Some coverage!

I think the judges were part of an international conspiracy to keep the US Womens Gymnastics team from winning gold.

The judges made one of the US gymnasts wait 15 minutes before her balance beam routine. Why?

Note to self: staying up till midnight when you wake up at 6:40 AM is not a good idea.

US Womens Gymnastics team took silver behind China in team. Wonder who got bronze.

Site has exceeded maximum number of redirects... What the hell?

Children should be made to do things for themselves. Coddling cripples them.

Best Buy Vending Machines Coming to Airports

Yes, you heard it right. Best Buy will start installing gadget vending machines in airports as a part of a new program called "Best Buy Express."

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Twitter Limits Following to 2,000

In an attempt to stop spammers, Twitter users can now only add up to 2,000 followers before being limited and receiving this error message: "You are unable to follow more people."

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Twitter Limits Following to 2,000

In an attempt to stop spammers, Twitter users can now only add up to 2,000 followers before being limited and receiving this error message: "You are unable to follow more people."

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Knight Rider on Sept. 24. The month-long wait is killing me!

Almost no sleep last night due to a tick in my right eyelid. It kept spasming, making sleep elusive.

Ex-chairs: FCC must stop "Victorian" indecency crusade

Two former Federal Communications Commission Chairs have asked the Supreme Court to shut down what they call the FCC's "Victorian crusade" against broadcasters.

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BSOD Strikes Bird's Nest During Torch Lighting

At the exact moment Li Ning was rounding the lip of the Bird's Nest during the amazing torch-lighting climax of the opening ceremonies, someone snapped this photo of our good friend the BSOD nestled amongst the Nest's steel twigs. Perhaps an Opening Cermonies IT dude spit out his coffee on the machines in the server room when Li took to the sky?

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I think it's wrong for Amazon and eBay to force people to pay electronically. All legit payments should be accepted.

The guys in green are rangers who lived in the colonies but were loyal to Britain.

Yesterday a storm canceled Colonial. Today will be different.

Props to Michael Phelps. Enjoy that gold!

Traffic slow on I96 east bound. What the hell?

Storm brings day 1 of Colonial Kensington to an end.

Just bought a gothic dagger, flute and flint arrowhead necklace.

First US flag was called the Congress Flag and had the British red ensign instead of the stars.

Bought a tomahawk, wooden dinosaur and scissors.

We're here a bit early. We have an hour to kill.

Going to Colonial Kensington. Should be fun. Hope rain holds off.

On our way to Colonial Kensington. Hope rain holds off.

When I'm out walking, I don't take kindly to people slowing down or pulling up by me and talking to me.

I hate it when people pull up alongside me and start shouting shit at me.

I hate it when people pull up alongside me and start shouting shit at me.

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Major flaw with iPhones paralyzing users

Some are calling it the "White Apple Logo Screen of Death.” It's where the iPhone gets stuck in a loop and the only way to fix it is a factory restore, which takes several hours. The problem is really bad and I'm trying to spread the word that Apple needs to fix the problem now. Please Digg and give me a hand. Thanks.

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I can't believe the damn phone froze while I was typing!

I think it's wrong for Amazon to refuse to accept checks and money orders.

We're getting a deadbolt.

Inner lock on our side door loose. Locksmith coming.

Inner lock on our side door loose. Locksmith coming.

Appeals court: First Amendment protects forum trolls too

Anonymous trolls on the Internet are allowed to remain anonymous, a judge in a California appeals court ruled yesterday. Not only that, but they're allowed to exercise their First Amendment rights and speak their minds, no matter how scathing their comments may be.

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EFF: MySpace suicide charges a threat to free speech

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy and Technology, Public Citizen, and a group of 14 law professors have filed an amicus brief in the case against a mother who allegedly harassed a teenager on MySpace, driving the girl to suicide. The groups argue that, while the events were tragic, holding the mom criminally responsible could

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Judges: online comments by minors protected under Constitution

An Indiana Court of Appeals ruled this week in favor of a teenager who made vulgar comments on MySpace, saying that the state violated her right to free speech when they sentenced her to probation.

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EFF: MySpace suicide charges a threat to free speech

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy and Technology, Public Citizen, and a group of 14 law professors have filed an amicus brief in the case against a mother who allegedly harassed a teenager on MySpace, driving the girl to suicide. The groups argue that, while the events were tragic, holding the mom criminally responsible could

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Police Seize Guns Before A Crime Is Committed

Another law for your own good: Using a unique state law, police in Connecticut have disarmed dozens of gun owners based on suspicions that they might harm themselves or others. The state's gun seizure law is considered the first and only law in the country that allows the confiscation of a gun before the owner commits an act of violence.

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School was closed. Had to vote at district office. Long hot walk.

Going to vote for Detroit Zoo.

I hope Mr. Freeman will be OK. Let us pray for a full recovery.

MPAA: Don't limit our ability to close analog outputs

The Motion Picture Association of America took its crusade for selectable output control (SOC) to the next level on Thursday, responding to critics in the FCC's proceeding on the matter. The MPAA's July 31 filing takes particular exception to suggestions that the agency lift its prohibition on SOC on a two-year trial basis, ... read more

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Man Prowls NYC Streets looking for Cops Breaking the Law

He calls himself "Jimmy Justice," a self-styled "cop-arazzi," armed only with a video camera as he prowls the streets of New York looking for law enforcement officers who are breaking the law. His targets are illegally parked city government vehicles -- particularly cars of traffic cops blocking bus stops, sitting in "no parking" zones or double-pa

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Warning Sign: Metered Broadband Already a Hassle

We've talked before that metered access is a boneheaded idea that is bad for innovation, bad for Microsoft and Google, and ultimately bad for you. Until today, the idea seemed like an eventuality, not an immediate reality.

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Found a treasure trove of US history books in someone's garbage. Heavy.

What if Apple stopped issuing DRM keys?

It happened to Microsoft and Yahoo. Could it happen to Apple?The limitations of antipiracy software were dramatically illustrated last week when Yahoo Music announced the company would stop issuing authorization keys for the software that prevents its songs from being copied.

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A day like this is what was called a halcyon day in classic literature.

Rudy's tongue feels like sandpaper.

Open letter to Customs and Border Protection

I'm going to be upfront and honest and ask what the hell business you people think you have snooping in people's laptops, MP3 players, cell phones etc. How can you even begint to justify invading the privacy of tax paying citizens this way?

What data we carry with us is our private business and none of yours! Do your job of protecting the borders, but leave my property the hell alone!

Mess with a wolf and you will be bitten!

Homeland Security: We Can Hold Laptops Indefinitely!!!

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has concocted a remarkable new policy: It reserves the right to seize for an indefinite period of time laptops taken across the border.A pair of DHS policies from last month say that Customs agents can routinely -- as a matter of course

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Which "Dark Knight" Character Are You?

Which ''Dark Knight'' Character Are You? You're Batman/Bruce Wayne You seem to have to all... on the surface that is-- the looks, the charm, the dough, and the superhuman powers. But you soon realize that all of that isn't what matters without love... which, as they say, conquers all. Sometimes, though, you can't have both... doing the right thing in your heart versus the thing that everyone will love you for aren't always the same. Something is going to have to give, unfortunately and that's likely a lesson you'll have to learn the hard way. Myspace Quizzes

What Type of Cell Phone Are You?

What Type of Cell Phone Are You? You're the Clamshell Flip Phone Just like the T-Mobile Sidekick or the Verizon Voyager, you're the fun-loving type who likes to flip around. You're always on the go and a fly by the seat of your pants type of person so you need a cell that can accommodate that. You love that the screen can do a 180, as your life tends to, as well. Personality-Emotion Quizzes

What Cell Phone Are You?

The BlackBerry!!!!!!



You are very organized and you are a leader. But when it comes to fights and disagreements you are the one to bow out and make peace!!!!!!

Are You a Cell Phone Addict?

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Functional Cell Phones - Cell Phone Personality Quiz - Mobiledia

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Functional Cell Phones

You're all about the substance than the flash. Chances are you've got a schedule to keep, and you don't need hassles in your way. Not one for overly risky ventures, you probably prefer the tried and true. There's something nice about predictability and knowing what you can count on and what to be prepared for.

To you, time should be spent with people and on doing the things you want to do, more than the way in which you do it. And you want a phone for talking to people you care about.

So whether you're on your way to work, picking up a friend for dinner, or making plans to save the world, you want reliability - a device that you can depend on to get the job done.

You don't need all the bells and whistles, and just want something that you can count on to work. A phone is a way to communicate with friends and family. If you wanted a camera, radio, or organizer with it, you probably would have already bought one. Concentrate on finding a device with an external antenna. And without all the gadgets and accessories, you can focus on what really matters, reception.

What part of "Our house burned" does Verizon not understand?

Couple's house burns to the ground. They ask Verizon to transfer their phone number to their temporary quarters during rebuild. No can do, says Verizon, but they can have the number FORWARDED as long as the request is made by the couple FROM a phone in the house … that … burned … to … the … ground. (Sigh.)

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Canada seeks industry, not consumer input on secret treaty

The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has been shrouded in more secrecy than seems healthy. As a major negotiating meeting wraps up today in Washington, news also emerged that Canada planned to give industry groups exclusive access to the text of the agreement and the negotiators, but it didn't bother to ask civil liberties groups.

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Wrong freeway exit puts me in Detroit instead of Oak Park.

Any government thug who thinks he's going to search my computer can go fuck himself!

What the hell right does CBP have to search people's computers when they enter the country?

Dropped phone. Phone seems OK.

Almost walked to work, but Mom showed up on time.

An Illustrated Guide to Every Stupid Cable You Need

We put up with too many cables. There are at least four different kinds of USB plugs, two kinds of FireWire and like a million different ways to connect something to TV or monitor. Modern gadget life can be kind of retarded in this way. Why not one kind of cable, or just a couple? I don't know. But until everyone gets on the same appendage-to-hole

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Lawyer Exposes RIAA’s Legal Bullying

For many people, justice is something that is bought and sold in the US, especially where filesharing is concerned. Few lawyers are willing to represent, and fewer still understand the technologies involved in cases. Ray Beckerman is one of the few that seem to, and he now has an article in the current edition of The Judges Journal, about the RIAA

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Every damn sidestreet closed for construction. What the hell?

I can't believe this! I ordered a specific statue and am sent wrong one!

Had weird dream that I forgot to go to work.

I'm getting a burger. It's been ages since I've had a Crank burger.

At farm for an hour. having Mt. Dew.

Great uncle Charles left home at 12 and lived alone. How cool!

Walking Spring Hill. Weird machine sound behind us.

How's your cell phone etiquette?

You could be worse
You know proper cell phone etiquette, but you don't always practice it. With just a little more effort, you can avoid the evil stares of strangers and save yourself the embarrassment of revealing private details on a quiet bus. Remember to use the environmental settings on your phone, excuse yourself from a conversation if it is necessary to make or take a phone call, and brush up on your cell phone etiquette here. And really, talking on your cell phone in the bathroom? That's just plain gross.

Saw Dark Knight. Truly awesome. Bale has improved his Batman tenfold.

Spying on the Text Generation

When it comes to watching over their tech-obsessed teenagers, parents are learning the dangers of too much information.

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10 Revolutionary Computers

Despite appearances, today's online world did not spring to life fully formed. Before they were made a major part of our lives, some pioneering computers either had to capture the public's imagination, establish what could be done by computers, or both. Here, we'll look at some computers that played, and sometimes continue to play, a major role.

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Never anticipate. Never assume. Never take for granted.

Car needs new brake shoes. I hope we can get to Batman tomorrow.

Mom's car blew an axle. So much for Batman tomorrow.

TGIF

SMS Addiction and Texting Addiction

Leave it to psychologists to label yet another behavior an “addiction” — short message service (SMS), also commonly known as text messaging (or just plain “texting”).

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Globalists Angle to Hijack Children with “Pre-K Education”

Two bills now in the House of Representatives provide further evidence the government wants to tell you how to raise your children. The Pre-K Act (HR 3289) and the Education Begins at Home Act (HR 2343) aim to micromanage families in the military and those that fall below the poverty line.

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I suck. I don't even know my own neighborhood. Lady asked where a street was and I didn't know.

Experts Attack Big Content's EU Copyright Power-Grab

Now that the EU plan to retroactively add 45 years of copyright protection to old sound recordings looks set to keep the work of the 50s and 60s locked up for another half century, resistance is solidifying.

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Estelle Getty dead.

T. Boone Pickens...

Computer Mouse R.I.P. In Five Years, Experts Say

Is the end of the venerable computer mouse at hand?

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I hate when things mysteriously malfunction.

How Public Opinion Has Been Made Irrelevant in America

One of the most striking aspects of our political discourse, particularly during election time, is how efficiently certain views that deviate from the elite consensus are banished from sight -- simply prohibited -- even when those views are held by the vast majority of citizens. This discrepancy is a potent commentary on how our democracy functions

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Court Considers Toddler vs. Universal Copyright Case

Pennsylvania mom Stephanie Lenz,whose case reached a critical stage Friday, finds herself at the heart of an epic copyright fight over Universal Music's attempt to force her to take down a YouTube video of her toddler learning to walk with the Prince song "Let's Go Crazy" blaring in the background.

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Damn you to Hell Yahoo! You have no right to be offline when I need you!

A castrated goat is called a wether. Who knew?

Harnessing The Power of Breast Motion to Recharge Your Cell

the possibility of a bra that harnesses the bounce of breasts to generate electricity to power your mp3 player or cell phone.

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SMS to Replace Sheep Herding?

An unusual experiment is currently being executed in Húsavík in the remote Strandir region in the West Fjords. GPS equipment with a GSM transmitter has been placed in a collar around the neck of 13 ewes, which sends daily SMS messages with their locations. The Iceland Review reports.

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I think I'm passive-aggressive.

Facebook Sues German Knock-off StudiVZ. Who is next?

Facebook on Friday filed a copyright lawsuit against StudiVZ, the largest German social network and has accused it of running a “knock-off” of the social networking website. Who is next?

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BSA: pirated software taking cops off the street, costs jobs

The Business Software Alliance has had IDG conduct another piracy survey, this one focused on eight US states. The report attempts to shock everyone from their piratical ways by calculating the losses in unusual units: police officers taken off the street.

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Kid wearing a helmet to ride a Power Wheel. Pathetic!

5 Places the U.S. Gov't won't let Google Show You

So much for indexing all the world's information:

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Pizza tonight. Oh boy!

New tab switching added for Firefox 3.1

Press Ctrl + Tab (or Shift + Ctrl + Tab) and you are presented with tab thumbnails and titles with the most recently visited ones first so you can more easily determine which tab you want to go, have the one you most probably want to go closer, and as a result get to it faster. Hold Ctrl pressed and keep pressing Tab to see the thumbnails ..

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Waiting in this heat sucks!

Rackham must stay public, court rules | Freep.com | Detroit

Detroit’s Rackham Golf Course in Huntington Woods must be kept publicly owned even if the city sells it, the Michigan Court of Appeals said in an opinion issued this morning.

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Too fucking hot. Like a damn oven.

Going to be a fucking scorcher today. Already in the 70s.

Concentric, fucking burn in Hell for denying me access to the Net!

Bought books on hauntings and mythological monsters.

Back on the road. Fun times.

Opinion: How Microsoft Can Turn The Negative Vista PR Tide

Things have been awfully tough for Microsoft over the past year. Aside from all of its woes with Yahoo and Jerry Yang, the company has faced a PR nightmare on the Vista front.

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Watching fireflies. They blink too fast to photo.

Why the hell can't I send photos to the Upoc groups?

NY attorney general gets more ISPs to block alt.* newsgroups

New York's Attorney General has turned his initial efforts against online sharing of child porn into a campaign, complete with its own website and a form letter to send to ISPs. The site's announcement coincides with AOL and AT&T reaching an agreement to block newsgroups where such porn appears.

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NY attorney general gets more ISPs to block alt.* newsgroups

New York's Attorney General has turned his initial efforts against online sharing of child porn into a campaign, complete with its own website and a form letter to send to ISPs. The site's announcement coincides with AOL and AT&T reaching an agreement to block newsgroups where such porn appears.

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As Bush Signs the Spy Bill, ACLU Files a Federal Lawsuit

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Thursday over a controversial wiretapping law, challenging the constitutionality of the expanded spy powers Congress granted to the president on Wednesday. The federal lawsuit was filed with the court just hours after Bush signed the bill into law.

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Damn road construction!

Visit over. Saw all the animals, especially the binties.

Went through gallery. Saw butterflies and birds.

At the zoo.

Tiger Stadium walls are coming down

"It looks like one more big swing from a wrecking ball is all it will take for the left field bleachers on the upper deck to pass into history."

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Breaking the law: one-third of US residents rip DVDs

A third of consumers have made copies of DVDs in the last six months, according to new survey results from the US and UK. This number is up from a year ago, but a majority of these users say they only copy their own DVDs for personal use.

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Watching diving on WCSN. Great athletes.

Watching Springer. Trash TV at its best.

Viacom May Soon Have Your YouTube Password

A judge ordered YouTube to hand over the log-on names and the Internet addresses of its users to media giant Viacom. The matter is stirring up major privacy concerns.

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Copyright law to slap fines on illegal downloading

Canadian government to downloaders: "We're not for friend, buddy!"

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Against School, by John Taylor Gatto

I taught for thirty years in some of the worst schools in Manhattan, and in some of the best, and during that time I became an expert in boredom. Boredom was everywhere in my world, and if you asked the kids, as I often did, why they felt so bored, they always gave the same answers: They said the work was stupid, that it made no sense...

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Firefox Users Most Secure on Internet, Study Reveals

Mozilla Firefox fans might rest a little easier these days after a study released Tuesday revealed that its users are most secure on the Internet.

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Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears

By Kenneth Li and Eric Auchard NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) sparked an outcry on Thursday...

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How Ironic.. The Pirate Bay Sues Anti Piracy Agencies

The Pirate Bay, the world's largest bit-torrent tracker allegedly claims damages against anti-piracy agencies. i mean, how weird can things get?

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Fireworks were great. Saw strange orange light in the sky just now.

Saw mounted cops ride by. Fireworks are loud.

At Clawson for fireworks.

Hayride done. Now getting hotdogs.

Now on hayride.

On hayride.

Waiting to take hayride.

Walking around Wing Lake at Kensington.

On way out to park for 4th. Beautiful sunny day in 70s.

Are You Ready to Subscribe to Microsoft Office?

It is one of these products and service you may not look forward to, but knew it was coming: A subscription model to Microsoft Office. Microsoft envisions that more and more users will not own a copy of Microsoft Office in the future anymore, but rent it and provide the company with recurring revenue stream every year, instead a onetime fee.

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I hate waking up this damn early. Sleepy, yet can't sleep.

Solid State Drives Don't Extend Battery Life - Shorten's It

Solid state drives (SSDs) are the inevitable future of mobile computing, but a new experiment by Tom's Hardware is extremely disappointing. It ends up that the touted power savings of SSDs over their moving-parts-laden cousins are nonexistent. In fact, SSDs are sucking more power than conventional hard drives. How is this possible?

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40% of surfers don't bother with browser security updates

A new collaborative study between Google, IBM, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology suggests that users are slower to move between product updates than they should be—especially those using Internet Explorer. The researchers believe that browsers could learn from the food industry, of all things.

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The pinnacle of stupidity

My sounds

You can record and save voice memos and all received attached sound files to My
sounds.

To listen to saved sounds or recorded voice memos:

1. Select Menu > My stuff > My sounds.
2. Select Saved sounds or Voice memos and press the OK button.
3. Scroll through the lists to listen to the saved sounds.
4. Highlight Record New, Erase, Lock, Rename, Details, or Erase All and press
OK.

Note: If there are no saved sounds or recorded voice memos, the folders
cannot be accessed and steps 3-5 do not apply.


You can't record sounds in the My Sounds folder unless there are already sounds in the folder? So how the hell do you get sounds in the folder if you can't record them?

Kyocera, you fail!

Am I Dumb Test - Intelligence Test - How Smart Are You?

Am-I-Dumb.com - Intelligence Test

Mainland principal cuts off salutatorian's graduation speech

LINWOOD - For the second time in recent years, the final lesson learned by graduating students at Mainland Regional High School was that for high schoolers, freedom of speech doesn't fully apply.

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California to Legalize Weed for Everyone

With enough signatures, Californians could be voting to legalize marijuana in the upcoming November election. They need 694,354 signatures by September, 5, 2008. It's totally do-able. Its been over a decade since Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, was passed with over 5 million votes in favor.

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Don't Want To Be A US Citizen? Be Prepared to Owe Big Bucks!

Congress just passed a new law that will stop your capital -- or at least a good portion of it -- at the border, should you decide not to be a U.S. citizen anymore. Is it, perhaps, in preparation for the possibility that Americans might rebel at the debt and taxes incurred by their government by leaving for lower-tax locales?

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Keyguard stays on even when I hold it down and press OK.

Got groups working. Did I spell well?

FBI's Next-Gen ID Databank to Scan Eyes, Raise Eyebrows

Lockheed Martin is building a massive digital warehouse of criminal information, set to bring facial recognition and eye scans to local law enforcement within 10 years. The FBI may use biometric technology to bolster mug shots, fingerprints and DNA to catch crooks—but privacy advocates say there's reason for law-abiding citizens to worry.

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Libertarian Bob Barr's Issue: Privacy

Speaking in Portland, OR, on Sunday, Presidential nominee Bob Barr spoke on the importance of privacy, and the respect of privacy by the government.

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California's New Cellular Phone Laws Go Into Effect 7/01/08

In California, 2 new laws go into effect on 7/01/08 governing the use of Cellular phones while operating a motor vehicle. The first law prohibits all drivers from using a handheld wireless phone while driving without a hands-free device. Any driver under the age of 18 cannot use a Cellular phone while driving. Continued on AC.

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Flock

Am testing Flock 1.2 and must say I find it quite useful for social networking and blogging. Hopefully someone will release extensions to give Firefox this functionality, or I might consider switching. :-D

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Supreme Court's Handgun Ruling Spreads

A powerful gun lobby group in the United States has filed legal challenges to handgun bans in San Francisco and Chicago.

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Nvidia says no to free drivers, I say no to Nvidia

So in short, the deal is, you get the card, but the only way to use it is to rent a driver to which you have an incomplete access, thereby making your fruitful use of the card consistently dependent on Nvidia and, quite obviously, therefore limiting the control you as a supposed owner of the card really have over it

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SAF Files Lawsuit Challenging Chicago's Handgun Ban - F

-Following Thursday's 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual civil right to keep and bear arms,

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Court: A constitutional right to a gun

The Supreme Court strikes down the Washington, D.C. handgun ban.

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Judge upholds $107,834 in attorneys' fees award against RIAA

The book is about to be closed on Atlantic v. Andersen, as the judge has awarded the exonerated P2P defendant over $100,000 in attorneys' fees. Her malicious prosecutio lawsuit against the RIAA is still pending.

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U.S. School District to Begin Microchipping Students

A Rhode Island school district has announced a pilot program to monitor student movements by means of radio frequency identification (RFID) chips implanted in their schoolbags.The Middletown School District, in partnership with MAP Information Technology Corp., has launched a pilot program to implant RFID chips into the schoolbags of 80 children.

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Court rejects case on fast track for border fence

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea by environmental groups to rein in the Bush administration's power to waive laws and regulations to speed construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has used authority given to him by Congress in 2005 to ignore environmental and other laws...

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ISPs experimenting with new P2P control methods

Peer-to-peer traffic management was a hot topic at this year's NXTcomm convention in Las Vegas, as keynote speakers and telecom industry panelists highlighted new methods for handling P2P traffic crunches.

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49% Say Government Should Regulate Internet

Nearly half of Americans (49%) believe that the federal government should regulate the Internet the same way it does radio and television, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national survey.

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Dems Agree to Expand Domestic Spying, Grant Telecoms Amnesty

Breaking months of acrimonious deadlock, House and Senate leaders from both parties have agreed to a bill that gives nation's spy agencies the power to turn a wide swath of domestic communication companies into intelligence gathering operations, and that puts an end to court challenges to telecoms.

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DailyTech - House Passes Telecom Immunity Bill, Expands Domestic Spying Powers

DailyTech - House Passes Telecom Immunity Bill, Expands Domestic Spying Powers

MPAA Says No Proof Needed in Copyright Infringement Lawsuits

The Motion Picture Association of America said Friday intellectual property holders should have the right to collect damages, perhaps as much as $150,000 per copyright violation, without having to prove infringement. "Mandating such proof could thus have the effect of depriving copyright owners of a practical remedy against copyright infringment"

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ISPs and the music industry: Beginning of the end.

could an ISP deal with music companies destroy the Internet? Oh yes. It may seem like a slippery slope, but the argument has proof. Get ready for a return to AOL.

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Canadian DMCA: Made in America

Michael Geist points out an article from the Victoria Times Colonist regarding Bill C-61.

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State worker's child porn charges dropped; virus blamed

Prosecutors have dropped child pornography charges against a state employee after an investigation determined that his work laptop was poorly configured and riddled with malicious software. The case shows how easy it is for someone to be charged with illegal computer activity that they may know nothing about, said the defendant's counsel.

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Police, troops keep residents from flooded Iowa homes

Thousands of people didn't know Monday when they would be able to return to their flooded eastern Iowa homes.

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Don’t forget to be part of Firefox’s Download Day!

"Mark your calendar, wrap a ribbon around your finger or write a little sticky yellow note. Download Day will start on June 17, 2008."As received in my Inbox.

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Oklahoma declares Sovereignty! MUST READ!

"A Joint Resolution claiming sovereignty under theTenth Amendment to the Constitution of the UnitedStates over certain powers; serving notice to thefederal government to cease and desist certainmandates..."

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Internet Addiction To Be Added to Manual of Mental Disorders

First, we all had mild Asperger's. Now, Internet addiction disorder? Give a geek a break. In the March issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, Jerald Block proposed that Web abuse be added to his field's bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

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Vinyl shower Curtains Release 100 Toxic chemicals,Study Find

That smell given off by new vinyl shower curtains isn't just annoying - it might also be hazardous to your health, says a study issued yesterday by Canadian and U.S. environmental groups.

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Does Google Hate America?

The search giant rankles the right by declining to commemorate certain holidays.

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Canada Proposes Draconian Anti-Piracy Law

Canada, one of the shining lights in the copyright and intellectual property world, has a shadow approaching that may dim that for all. The name of that shadow? Bill c-61, which was formally introduced by Industry minister Jim Prentice an hour or two ago. One of the ‘highlights’ is the abolition of court’s flexibility in statutory damages, fixing i

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Firefox Download Day 2008

A Field Guide to Firefox 3: A Full Inventory of the Goodness

Deb, long time mozillian, gives a hefty outline of all the juicy new goodness in Firefox 3 in preparation for the final release next Tuesday.

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Young Employees Quit Jobs due to Blocking Facebook

What would make you quit your job? Lack of insurance or other benefits? A lengthy and expensive commute? Limited advancement opportunities? No Facebook access?

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N.Y. attorney general forces ISPs to curb Usenet access

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that Verizon Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint would "shut down major sources of online child pornography."What Cuomo didn't say is that his agreement with broadband providers means that they will broadly curb customers' access to Usenet--the venerable pre-Web

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Cigarettes whisked out of sight

By Jonathan Spicer TORONTO (Reuters) - You can browse the latest porn magazines at Canadian shops, but tough new laws mean that cigarette packages are simply too suggestive. Shop owners in Ontario, Quebec and a few other provinces must now hide...

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How They Rebuilt Stonehenge

For decades the official Stonehenge guidebooks have been full of fascinating facts and figures and theories surrounding the world's greatest prehistoric monument. What the glossy brochures do not mention, however, is the systematic rebuilding of the 4,000 year old stone circle throughout the 20th Century.

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Web-based malware on legit sites soars

Study found 68 percent of all internet-based malware was now being hosted on legitimate sites."The compromise techniques being used now allow hackers to quickly 'colonise' thousands of legitimate sites, from big brand-name sites, to smaller but equally legitimate sites,"

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UK ISP bows to record industry, to send P2P warning letters

British ISP Virgin Media has come to an agreement with the BPI, which represents the record industry, to warm filesharers on its network about the dangers of copyright infringement.

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Airports Install See-Through Body Scanners

Body-scanning machines that show images of people underneath their clothing are being installed in 10 of the nation's busiest airports in one of the biggest public uses of security devices that reveal intimate body parts.

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Boy Dies Of Dry Drowning After Leaving Pool And Walking Home

Something everyone should read.

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Time Warner to test metered internet access

Nothing like going back to the days of pay by the hour dial-up from AOL.

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A Quarter of US PCs Is Infected With Malware

An worrying recent study into online crime says that increased activity by cyber criminals has left an estimated one-in-four US computers infected with malware.

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Texas Judge Signs Order Returning Polygamists Kids

Lawyers representing polygamist sect parents will submit a revised order to release hundreds of children from state custody to a Texas judge Monday, according to a newspaper report.

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Parents say teacher went too far answering sex-ed questions

The Jordan School District is investigating allegations that a seventh- and eighth-grade health teacher violated the sex education statute by responding to questions from students about topics beyond the core curriculum, including homosexual sex, oral sex and masturbation. They are working with a lawmaker to seek criminal penalties.

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FLDS raid appears to have backfired - Los Angeles Times

As polygamist families from the Yearning for Zion Ranch await the return of their children, officials in Texas face the fallout after trying to crack down.

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Free Open Source Counterparts of Windows Software

I will be giving information on my personal favorites (which would generally mean BETTER) open source replacements. There are however other choices as well, so drop a line or two if our choices differ!

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If you got this email 11 years ago, Researchers want to know

Researchers at Cornell University want you to check your 1997 emails. They've been tracking an email chain letter about US National Public Radio that was first sent sometime that year, by asking volunteers to send them old copies of the message.they're also tracing an email petition about the most recent Iraq war,first sent in 2003

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BitTorrent Tracker Insider Infiltrates Anti-Piracy Lobby

Anti-piracy oufits have gained access to private BitTorrent trackers before, but the opposite has never happened, until now. Over the past few weeks, Unnar Geir, spokesperson of “The Viking Bay”, successfully infiltrated the Icelandic equivalent of the MPAA (SMÁÍS), and gathered some valuable information that the tracker can use in its defense.

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New MP3 Revolutionizes Way You Listen to Music

A new file format that offers separate volume controls for each musical instrument, such as guitar, drum, base and voice, is being considered as a new Internet standard.The new .MT9 file format, which a commercial title of “Music 2.0″, was selected as a candidate for consideration at a regular meeting of Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG).

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Proposed Treaty Turns Internet Into a Virtual Police State

Leaked documents are one of the banes of modern western politics. They reveal exercises and actions being proposed that are generally objectionable to the public. Such a leak occurred with the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which seeks to turn the internet into a virtual police state.

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Texas officials plan to ask court block ruling in sect case

SAN ANGELO%2C Texas %28AP%29 - Texas child welfare authorities are planning to appeal a ruling that found they had no right to seize more than 440 children from a polygamist sect%27s ranch.

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Top 10 Firefox 3 Features

The newest version of our favorite open source web browser, Mozilla Firefox 3, offers dozens of new features and fixes, but only a handful will make the most dramatic difference in your everyday browsing. It's time to spotlight the biggest improvements that will make "Gran Paradiso" the browser to beat.

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Appeals Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy Case

A Texas state court of appeals ruled Thursday that the state had no right to seize more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch in Eldorado.

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Militarized Police Celebrate Killing Americans

A former US Army tank driver asserts that two figures depicted on the side of an APC SWAT tank that was recently used to protect cops from the deadly threat of women and children during the raid of a West Texas polygamist retreat actually represents the amount of people killed by police.

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Polygamist ‘girls’ surprise investigators

As the first round of individual hearings for mothers from the Yearning For Zion ranch continue in San Angelo, perhaps the most interesting fact to emerge is that many women from the polygamist sect look much younger than their actual age.

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Texas CPS returns to sect ranch; rebuffed at gate

ELDORADO, Texas — Child Protective Services workers returned to the west Texas ranch of a polygamist sect Wednesday in search of children they believe might have arrived since more than 460 others were seized in a raid last month.

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Firefox 3 On Track To Be Speediest Browser

Now that Mozilla's locked down Firefox 3's final feature set with Friday's push of release candidate 1, it's official: while Firefox 3 boasts some great new features like a smart address bar and better bookmarks manager

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Far-Flung Placement of Children in Texas Raid Is Criticized

Hearings have exposed the clanking machinery of the Texas child welfare apparatus, which has spent millions of dollars to handle an enormous case.

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Rum and Monkey: The Election Test

Which Presidential Candidate Are You?
Rung from Rum and Monkey's very own liberty bell.

Firefox 3 RC1 Now Available

I was actually expecting to still see beta 5 when I went to the developers page, but was happily surprised.

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MySpace Suicide Case Leads To Tougher Laws

After the troubling suicide committed by a Missouri teenager due to an Internet related incident, state lawmakers voted and gave final approval yesterday to a bill which will deal with cyber-harassment.

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Top 10 Social Networking Annoyances

It's great to keep in touch with your friends and colleagues, but does the price have to be spam, zombie bites, and friend invitations from people you've never heard of?

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Taking Your Laptop into the US? Be Sure to Hide Your Data

Last month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you're entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, or keep it for several days. So how do you protect yourself? By hiding your data.

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Watch Out! They Will Be Watching What You Do On The Web

Charter Communications, the fourth-largest cable system in the United States, has started telling its high-speed Internet customers that it is going to keep track of every site they visit on the Web.

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NBC-Vista copy-protection snafu reminds us why DRM stinks

A number of Windows Vista Media Center users noticed this week that a copy-protection flag from NBC was preventing them from recording a couple of shows shows. Although the incident appears to be an isolated accident, it serves as a reminder that content owners want to use DRM to control every aspect of our media consumption.

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The future of the Firefox address bar

I had an interesting discussion today about Firefox with Mozilla's Mike Schroepfer and Mike Beltzner. One of the things we drilled into a bit was the address bar in Firefox 3

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Dad jailed after daughter fails to get diploma

Man is sentenced to 6 months in jail for failing to encourage his 19-year-old daughter to get her GED. Man: 0, Nanny State: 1

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Big Content fighting campus P2P by lobbying for state laws

The entertainment industry has so far failed to convince Washington to impose P2P technology mandates on higher education, so it's taking the fight directly to the states. Colleges and universities are fighting back.

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Driver kills dog, sues owner

Asshole.

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Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship

The battle over voting rights will expand this week as lawmakers in Missouri are expected to support a proposed constitutional amendment to enable election officials to require proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote.

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Preserving Old Movies, At 40 Degrees

While Scarlett O'Hara stayed cool at home, Dorothy Gale took a year out to go skipping down a digital yellow brick road in a Hollywood film lab.

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IFPI Advises Kids to Use LimeWire and Kazaa

Together with the charity Childnet, IFPI recently launched a campaign to educate kids, teachers and parents about the dangers of filesharing. Ironically, the legal alternatives they suggest direct the kids to LimeWire, Kazaa and sites that sell hardcore adult movies.

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One of the most blood-boiling cases of police abuse.

No-knock raid, shot 5 times, no drugs found, pulled out of intensive care for long questioning, charged for assault, put in jail, refused painkillers and antibiotics, wounds became infected, had a bail of $250,000. In order to pay the bail, he sold his car. And had to walk 2 miles on crutches to a court hearing with an infected leg.

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House overwhelmingly passes controversial PRO-IP Act

The House of Representatives has passed the Pro-IP Act, which aims to impose stricter penalties for copyright infringement. It would also create a new copyright czar in the executive branch.

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Hackers Bombarded Epilepsy Forum With Images to Hurt Users

Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims. But hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images. The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some site visitors who viewed the images.

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Three States Subjected To Martial Law Sweeps

Federal law enforcement agencies co-opted sheriffs offices as well state and local police forces in three states last weekend for a vast round up operation that one sheriffs deputy has described as martial law training.

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Locking down laptops from the TSA

Thanks to the wisdom of Homeland Security and the TSA, travellers may now be asked to allow screeners access to your laptops when you fly. While this is pretty shitty for obvious reasons, CNET is offering some advice on how to stop the pigs from finding all your homemade tentacle anime.

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6 Excellent Firefox Extensions Made To Save You Time

If you are a die-hard Firefox user then I am sure you are always on the look-out for tips and tweaks to get more out of Firefox in less time and hence be more productive.

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The Identity Button - Firefox 3's New Security UI

Deb Richardson from Mozilla has written up her latest introduction to Firefox 3's upcoming new features, this time describing the "Site Identity" button. Is this the death of the padlock?

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Government wiretaps—the ones we know about—up 20% for 2007

Data released this week on 2007 wiretaps shows that nearly all intercepts are for "portable devices" and 80 percent of all taps target drug criminals. Secret FISA warrants are also up, and no one knows what's happening with warrantless surveillance at the NSA.

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Employee confession opens up suit against GeekSquad

As a high-profile lawsuit against Best Buy's Geek Squad technical support service gets ready for court, a new employee confession has come through detailing one of the company's more questionable policies.

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The Internet as a Walled Garden?

Now it seems the only question is whether the government will be able to turn the net into a controllable, monitorable and trackable pre-internet AOL-type service or whether the chaotic net will live on as just another frontier for the military-industrial complex to start an arm's race and rake in billions of government dollars.

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MPAA Silently Drops Case Against BitTorrent Site

In 2005, DVDr-core was the first BitTorrent site that was targeted by the MPAA outside the US. A classic story: Man runs site, man gets sued over site, nothing more is ever heard. Whilst in most cases, this means that the defendant bowed to pressure, paid an out of court settlement, and promised not to do it again, that is not the case here.

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Bill would penalize companies for aiding Internet censorship

The Global Online Freedom Act aims to hold US-based companies liable for aiding Internet censorship in countries such as China, and for turning over personally-identifiable information except for "legitimate foreign law enforcement purposes." The catch: the president has the discretion to waive the law's requirements in the name of national securit

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Are gadgets killing the internet?

Tethered appliances' are stifling the innovation that led to the rise of the world wide web, argues academic and author Jonathan Zittrain

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Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software

It may be the year 2008, but a whole lot of sucktacular software still rears its ugly head on PC's everywhere, even when better-behaved options are freely available. Whether it's molasses-slow bloatware, shameless adware, anemic default apps, or "trial period expired!" nagware, it's time to replace stinky Win software with its superior alternatives

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Life underground

The mind of a child kept captive in a sunless cellar.

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Man Admits to Daughter Abuse

A 73-year-old Austrian man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children. Yikes.

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Is Ubuntu usable enough for a non-tech-savvy girlfriend yet?

The author asks his girlfriend to perform simple tasks using a fresh Ubuntu installation. It's surprising how some of the simple things we assume to be easy are actually hard for someone who's never used Linux. Interesting insight into how ready Linux is for the desktop.

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Hackers Now Target Firefox and Safari

Many people are switching from Internet Explorer to alternative browsers such as Firefox and Safari. Though that might make them feel more secure, the shift has also opened new doors for bad guys.Case in point: We have no IE bugs to report this month, but both Firefox and Safari have been hit hard.

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The Adult Crime Game Kids Love

Get ready: There's a new Grand Theft Auto game about to roll out this week, and we're probably in for a burst of discussion about violent video play.

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Homemade 'Bum Bot' Has Water Cannon, Shoots Vagrants

The regulars hardly glance outside. They've seen bar owner Rufus Terrill's invention on patrol before — its bright red lights and even brighter spotlight blazing, infrared video camera filming and water cannon at the ready in the spinning turret on top.

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Helicopter Moms vs. Free Range Kids

When Lenore Skenazy, a columnist for the New York Sun, wrote about letting her son take the subway alone to get back to her Manhattan home from a department store on the Upper East Side, she didn't expect to get hit with a tsunami of criticism from readers.

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STUDY: Chicken among closest living relatives of T-Rex...WTF

Protein retrieved from a 68-millon-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bone closely resembles the main protein in chicken and ostrich bones and is only distantly related to lizard protein, strengthening the popular idea that birds, and not reptiles, are the closest living descendants of dinosaurs.

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How to survive the switch to Digital TV

Did my TV screen just shrink? That's the question a lot of people will be asking after installing one of the converter boxes that will keep their older TV sets tuned in to over-the-air broadcasts after February 17, when most stations will switch from analog to digital transmission.

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Agents Free to Search Your Computer and Keep it Forever

Border Agents may keep your computer forever, search through it, copy it, do anything they want, even if they have absolutely no reason to think you did anything wrong. I wonder what happens if you use PGP? a trip to a certain military base is Cuba?

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Net neutrality battle returns to the U.S. Senate

The saga of Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent file-sharing traffic--and intense interest from the Federal Communications Commission, including a hearing at Stanford University last week--has appended the topic onto at least some politicians' to-do list.

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Crackdown on cell phones on public transit ignites debate

The crackdown in the southern city of Graz has triggered a noisy debate between advocates of free speech and people who say they're simply fed up with having to listen to annoying ring tones and intrusive cell phone chatter.

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New Facebook Feature: Import Your Digg Stories!

"...So why does this matter? Once you enable this feature the stories you digg will not only post to your mini-feed, but also syndicate to your friends through the main Facebook news feed. This helps further our mission of spreading the news you care about, to the people you care about."

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