Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 11:30 AM EST |
The corruption to which I am referring is the phenomenon of money in
politics.
Lawrence Lessig's Republic, Lost, details many of the
distortions that occur as a result of all the money sloshing around in the
political system: how elected representatives are being forced to spend an
ever-increasing amount of their time chasing donors for funds, for example, as
opposed to chasing citizens for votes. Former congressman and CIA director Leon
Panetta described it as "legalized bribery"; something which has just "become
part of the culture of how this place operates."
But of all the negative
impacts this phenomenon has had, it's the devastating impact it has on US
competitiveness that should be most concerning.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 12:57 PM EST |
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether brand-name drug
companies may pay money to generic drug rivals to keep their lower-priced
products off the market, a practice estimated to cost consumers and the
government billions of dollars each year.
The arrangements, known as
"pay-for-delay" or "reverse payments," have for more than a decade vexed
antitrust enforcers, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which have
been stung until recently by a series of court decisions allowing such
practices.
In a typical case, a generic rival challenges the patent of a
brand-name competitor, which then pays the rival a sum of money to drop its
challenge. Defenders of the practice call it a legitimate means to resolve
patent litigation.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 01:59 PM EST |
Mat Taibbi post about a lawsuit against Bank of America over their
Countrywide acquisition. I'm posting it because law firm Quinn Emmanuel
is
involved.
The parts of the deposition quoted are fascinating. I
strongly recommend
reading it, and comparing the responses to the responses we
usually see in
depositions.
Bank of America CEO
Brian Moynihan Apparently
Can't Remember Anything
Wayne http://madhatter.ca
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 02:24 PM EST |
Some who had higher resolution netbooks, would not have
gotten the kit to modify their netbooks to 1024x600 when
their screen was better than that already.
So, Pixel Qi on their site lists a new higher resolution
screen.
Sure would like to know what 1280x800 netbook (with HDMI
connector) that I could modify adding that screen (even for
the better battery life), and would be curious if someone
has tested any mods themselves yet where they added this
1280x800 screen, and maybe also added touchscreen too (with
a how-to video posted)?
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Authored by: JamesK on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 04:08 PM EST |
Since Apple is so busy protecting it's precious IP, perhaps Cisco could sue them
for using the name "iOS".
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The following program contains immature subject matter.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 04:43 PM EST |
Pick the odd man out, because
The Economist can't
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 04:59 PM EST |
Break the Curse of Harry Potter by
insisting on a CC grandfather clause in
funding deals,
says Joe Karaganis, injecting some lateral thinking to
Bloomberg
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 11:50 PM EST |
On November 16 a memo was put out by The Republican Study
Committee (a group of
conservative Congressmen) which
advocated copyright reform. There was stunned
amazement
here in Groklaw. Absolute wonderment as to what the world
was
coming to. Here is a report about the memo goes to arstechnica
Well
fear not for the future, the world is now back to
normal. goes to crooksandliars
The author of the memo was
fired.
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Authored by: hairbear on Sunday, December 09 2012 @ 08:09 AM EST |
Patrick Moore died about an hour ago at home.
He was a great inspiration to many amateur and professional astronomers as well
as being a wonderfull person.
It's sad that he's gone, although at 89 I think he had a good innings.
hairbear
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 09 2012 @ 01:19 PM EST |
http://www.web2carz.com/people/everyone-else/880/yohio-the-
cross-dressing-gender-bending-j-pop-sensation
"Yohio is a 16-year-old Swedish guitarist who looks more
feminine than Gwen Stefani, plays heavy metal guitar licks
over sugary pop tunes, and sings in Japanese."
Yeah, I was just waiting for that mix.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 09 2012 @ 04:33 PM EST |
One possibility why Apple could bring some production back home,
The Atlantic
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 09 2012 @ 08:09 PM EST |
Police warn Apple maps a potential killer ...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-10/apple-maps-strands-motorists-looking-for-m
ildura/4418400
If only Apple's legal team worked on their products ...[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: macrorodent on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 04:00 AM EST |
Not just a joke any more: Drivers have been stranded in scorching heat because
Apple Maps misplaced a town (which competing mapping services show in the
correct location).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/10/apple-map
s-life-threatening-australian-police
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 06:59 AM EST |
New trade mark application [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Gringo_ on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 12:38 PM EST |
For comprehensive testing with a variety of server
packages, see The Raspberry Pi Web Server
Speed Test. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Gringo_ on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 12:45 PM EST |
Microsoft Closes
Silverlight.net.
The fact
that the product-specific URL has been
decommissioned is most likely another
reflection of the
political shifts within Microsoft.
Now only the far
flung reaches of Microsoft, such as
Microsoft Research, still make use of
Silverlight for new
projects. The last major niche for Silverlight is as a
legacy application running on Windows Phone 8. You can run a
Silverlight app
but you can't develop it further and you
can't start a new Silverlight app.
Microsoft must be hoping
that all those Silverlight-delivered videos go the
same way
as Silverlight.net very soon.
So all these
people that learned Silverlight, all this
content that will eventually be left
stranded on the
internet, the Moonlight project... all for nothing in the
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 01:26 PM EST |
Th
e Register has a story that a new PC-console is in the works from STEAM and
suggest that it might be running linux. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: joef on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 03:19 PM EST |
Born December 10, 1815
LINK. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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