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Cry freedom! (Read 250999 times)
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Reply #1140 - Nov 11
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I agree wholeheartedly. Let's put together some whips and get to it!
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Reply #1141 - Nov 12
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What is all this requesting cash from the government crap. Now every company thinks they can get money from the gov. American Express? Give me a break, they hand out credit cards like candy and expect not to run out of money? Have they seen the statistics of credit card debt lately? wtf.
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Reply #1142 - Nov 20
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Netflix streaming takes a serious hit, Columbia Pictures not watchable on 360
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Netflix streaming takes a serious hit, Columbia Pictures not watchable on 360 screenshot
I fired up my 360 and installed the New Xbox Experience last night.. After making my avatar and fiddling with the menus, I sunk my teeth into the feature I was most looking forward to, Netflix streaming, and watched a couple episodes of a short-lived, Jay Mohr TV show.
This afternoon, I went back to watch some more, only to discover that the show was no longer listed in my Instant Watch Queue on the 360. A quick trip to the Netflix website revealed that, yes, it was still in my queue but, no, it was not available for Xbox.
Apparently, a lot of movies and TV shows have dropped off the face of the service over the last twenty-four hours. Joystiq did a little bit of matlocking and found the thing that they all have in common: Columbia Pictures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. What an amazing coincidence!
There is, at present, no way of knowing if a movie you want to watch is on the 360 blacklist until it's in your queue, where Netflix lists what videos cannot be watched on the console. So, if you were planning on curling up on the couch to watch The Freshman (as I had wanted to do later this evening), you're out of luck.
I think this is a fairly sophomoric move for Sony, but I also find it somewhat funny. We'll see how long this lasts, and whether or not Sony will stick to their guns.
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(...should have seen this coming!)
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Reply #1143 - Nov 20
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/20/africa/20nuke.php
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Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors.
The figures detailing Iran's progress were contained in a routine update on Wednesday from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has been conducting inspections of the country's main nuclear plant at Natanz. The report concluded that as of early this month, Iran had made 630 kilograms, or about 1,390 pounds, of low-enriched uranium.
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Several experts said that was enough for a bomb, but they cautioned that the milestone was mostly symbolic, because Iran would have to take additional steps. Not only would it have to breach its international agreements and kick out the inspectors, but it would also have to further purify the fuel and put it into a warhead design — a technical advance that Western experts are unsure Iran has yet achieved.
I'm sure alarmists will jump all over this one. Iran's enriched uranium is about 3-5% enrichment. you need 90% to make a bomb. But hey lets just go into panic mode.
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Reply #1144 - Nov 20
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Details, shemales!
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Reply #1145 - Nov 20
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shemales?!
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Reply #1146 - Nov 24
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http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/11/chinese-automakers-may-buy-gm-and-chrysler/
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Chinese carmakers SAIC and Dongfeng have plans to acquire GM and Chrysler, China’s 21st Century Business Herald reports today… The paper cites a senior official of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology– the state regulator of China’s auto industry– who dropped the hint that “the auto manufacturing giants in China, such as Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) and Dongfeng Motor Corporation, have the capability and intention to buy some assets of the two crisis-plagued American automakers.”
hope its not legit, considering no reporting on this in the US.
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Reply #1147 - Nov 24
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I highly doubt GM or Ford would get bought wholesale by SAIC or Dongfeng (heh, I said dong). Even Chrysler is somewhat iffy.
Now, purchasing some of their assets (namely factories) on Chinese soil I could definitely see. I read an article a couple months back saying those factories were the only profitable assets GM owned, and I'm sure Ford/Chrysler are much the same.
Without a doubt, this would be very, very bad for America. We don't have a whole lot of manufacturing capacity left, and manufacturing + capital = wealth. We don't want to lose that, and surely not to those filthy commies.
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Reply #1148 - Nov 24
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bob what was the thing you were telling me about at the lan where companies take out insurance on another companies' failure?
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Reply #1149 - Nov 24
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Credit Default Swaps
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A CDS covers not only the total failure of another company, but their inability to cover a loan (defaulting).
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Reply #1150 - Nov 28
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1089966/Minority-Report-style-CCT...
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CCTV cameras which can 'predict' if a crime is about to take place are being introduced on Britain's streets.
The cameras can alert operators to suspicious behaviour, such as loitering and unusually slow walking. Anyone spotted could then have to explain their behaviour to a police officer.
The move has been compared to the Tom Cruise science-fiction film Minority Report, in which people are arrested before they commit planned offences.
...wow.
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Reply #1151 - Nov 28
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Although that sounds like some really cool technology, it is definitely being used for the wrong reason. I could see this being useful for detecting traffic problems the require reengineering, or other handy and civically responsible things, but this is definitely a bad, bad idea.
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(...wonders how many false positives this system generates?)
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Reply #1152 - Nov 30
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/3530607/Lawyers-call-...
Taxes for all!!!
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Stephen Hockman QC is proposing a body similar to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to be the supreme legal authority on issues regarding the environment.
The first role of the new body would be to enforce international agreements on cutting greenhouse gas emissions set to be agreed next year.
But the court would also fine countries or companies that fail to protect endangered species or degrade the natural environment and enforce the "right to a healthy environment".
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Reply #1153 - Nov 30
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This just gives me a reason to pollute. I don't now, but if this would come about...oh man...watch your drinking water moose!
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Reply #1154 - Dec 1
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I thought that was meese?
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