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Thursday, 17 May 2012

RIAA claims LimeWire owes it more than all recorded music sold for

quote [ The music industry wants LimeWire to pay up to $75 trillion in damages after losing a copyright infringement claim. That's right . . . $75 trillion. Manhattan federal Judge Kimba Wood has labeled this request "absurd." ]
[by foobar@4:42amGMT] [+2 Old] [12 comments]


Wednesday, 16 May 2012

WELL IT WON'T BE LONG NOW...,

quote [ Mexico's archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment found at a southern Mexico ruin site. ]

Links are pros and cons on what may or may not happen.
Hope everyone enjoys the ride



[sci&tech] [by 0000000000@10:50pmGMT] [+3 Funny] [19 comments]

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$10 for a chance to go to space

quote [ A new startup company’s $10 space posters come with a chance to win a ride on a suborbital space vehicle. ]

Space! For a helluva lot less than hundreds of thousands of dollars :)

[sci&tech] [by keela@10:36pmGMT] [+2] [4 comments]


Kenyan Muslims condemn
Obama on gay marriage

quote [ Kenyan Muslim leaders from the coast region have condemned President Barack Obama's support of same sex marriages. "Simply because he has risen to be the President of a super power does not mean he can now start acting as God. He is nothing in the eyes of God and his plans will not succeed just like those who preceded him in such plans," said Council of Imams and Preachers Organising Secretary Sheikh Mohammed Khalifa. ]

[politics] [by Ankylosaur@7:26pmGMT] [+8 Funny] [21 comments]


Because all this worked out so well last time...

quote [ Republicans Pledge New Standoff on Debt Limit ]

Here we freakin go again. How many time are these ideologues going to run the country to the edge of the cliff hoping the brakes don't fail.

[politics] [by bbqkink@2:43amGMT] [+7 Informative] [61 comments]


Tuesday, 15 May 2012

A new way to think about creativity

The link is a single youtube video of a TED talk.
I wanted to share this with you.

Mainly though, without posting an "Ask SE", I hope to spark a conversation on the subject of creativity.
To that end, I would also like to link to this short story by Spider Robinson.
[by -_-@9:49pmGMT] [+8 Interesting] [46 comments]


the face of piracy

quote [ “Big Hy” — his handle among many loyal customers — would almost certainly be cast as Hollywood Enemy No. 1 but for a few details. He is actually Hyman Strachman, a 92-year-old, 5-foot-5 World War II veteran ... ]

I saw "Up" with my kids and this guy reminds me of Carl Fredricksen
[by half@1:22pmGMT] [+10 Interesting] [56 comments]

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