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by Andrew McCaskey
Slashdot Review Podcast
278 e-Puck Open Source Robots in Demo
e-Puck Simulator
Let’s watch this one
Vista Ready
Mossberg says wait
Ten price points
Many drag feet XP broken
But devil you know
XP SP3May just get killed
2009
Abandonware
update within months of the early 2009 cutoff date for mainstream support for the XP
XP admins unhappy
Day job just get off W2000
MS position – auto update removes need for SP
Vista coupon upgrade thru 3/15
Benjamen rule again
Tech nology summary
Ars Technica
Wholesale and retail
Chain of custody procedural weaknesses
“Google bombing†campaign intended to game the search engine’s ranking algorithms.
By flooding the Web with references to the candidates and repeatedly cross-linking to specific articles and sites on the Web, it is possible to take advantage of Google’s formula and force those articles to the top of the list of search results.
Example of GB
Google for “Peter King,†the Republican congressman from Long Island, would bring up a link to a Newsday article headlined “King Endorses Ethnic Profiling.â€
articles to be used “had to come from news sources that would be widely trusted in the given district,â€
My View
Entertaining but can’t believe has any real effect.
You Tube “MACACCA†moment Mr Alan in VA or asleep in meeting for the contest in Montana is far more damaging
As Boss Tweed 130 years ago
I don’t care so much what the papers say about me. My constituents can’t read, but, damn it, they can see pictures!”
Election edition
Techpodcast Roundtable
Saturday 1:30 PM Pacific
MotionBox.com
Pamela – the Skype Add-In
TalkShoe.com
Google Co-op Time Permitting
As always, listener open line
E-Puck Robot
Hacked Gadgets Blog
Alan Parekh SDR Listener
Open Source Robot -OSX, Linux, XP
EUropean RObotics research Network
Simulator download
accurate physics simulation (including inertia, friction, etc.).
DMCA – Odd Twist
Mark Cuban – Only an idiot ?
Google Deep pockets
YouTube is in much better legal shape than anyone seems to want to accept.
Obscure section of DMCA originally put into the law by telco industry. If a user puts the content up, the carrier is not liable – only has to make reasonable efforts to take it down.
DMCA 2
YouTube loves it – air cover
the content industry actually likes §512 more than anyone will admit. exposure and control. owners have an option. They can leave it posted there, if they want people to see it, and build buzz. But they can also snap their fingers and bring it all down.
DMCA 3
much of the copyrighted material on YouTube is in a legal category that is new to our age. It’s not “fair use,” the famous right to use works despite technical infringement, for reasons of public policy.
I nstead, it’s in the growing category of “tolerated use”—use that is technically illegal, but tolerated by the owner because he wants the publicity.
If that sounds as weird as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” you’re getting the idea.
HD Format Wars
Free Puppy Strategy
Take one home you’ll like it
MS – Universal- King Hong on HDDVD
Blu-Ray Talledega Nights first 500k – Sony
HD-DVD Toshiba pumping Xmas with certificate for 3 HD DVD four months starting Nov 1
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