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Comment Thanks for the excuse (Score 1) 671

by TranscendentalAnarch (#30367214) Attached to: Google CEO Says Privacy Worries Are For Wrongdoers
to stop using your services.

A while back I thought about moving all of my personal correspondence to my personal mail server. However, as Gmail and Google had yet to demonstrate a complete disregard for privacy, I decided to stick with them as the services are very convenient.

I guess it's time to go through with my initial plans.

I use Google for quite a few things but, I will be avoiding all Google products going forward. You've lost a patron today, Google, and I trust I'm not the only one.
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Startup Claims Google Copied Web-Annotation Product 167

Posted by timothy from the evil-or-coincidence dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Web annotation startup ReframeIt claim Google copied their web annotation product when releasing Google Sidewiki. At first glance, the products do look quite similar, and this eWeek article has some interesting evidence, including suspicious user registrations by Google employees and an attempt by Google to hire off ReframeIt's lead engineer."

Comment Re:the real solution (Score 1) 950

by TranscendentalAnarch (#29436597) Attached to: Heart Monitors In Middle School Gym Class?
Amen.

I played sports during high school but, during the off season, I was part of a regular PE class. The majority of the students would run the mandated 3 laps or some such and then either sit around talking the rest of class or ditch and go smoke weed.

Regular PE classes at my school were a waste of not just the student's time but, the school's resources. Had they taken the money wasted on herding kids around a track for a few hours and spent it on healthy replacements for greasy pizza, nacho cheese fries, and coca-cola, maybe I wouldn't have had to lose 40 pounds in the last 12 months.

Looking back, it's a microcosm of the United States' disease care system...

Eat high fat/high glycemic index/generally unhealthy foods during lunch and then work as much as you can off during PE an hour or so later because, if you don't, you'll get fat.

Versus...

Eat high fat/high glycemic index/generally unhealthy foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and then refill your prescription for your cholesterol/diabetes/high blood pressure because, if you don't take it, you'll die early.

But, I digress. I agree that the resources used for "physical education" in public schools would be much better suited elsewhere. As a musician, I would definitely support directing the funds to a music program. Look on the bright side: all the kids that ditched PE to get stoned would... probably still do it... but, I bet you they'd come back to listen to/play music. :P
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School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones 785

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the only-one-man-would-dare-give-me-the-raspberry dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The St. Ansgar, Iowa school system is considering buying cell-phone jamming equipment for up to $5000 if it is deemed legal. The use of the equipment would be suspended in the case of an emergency, but one has to wonder if they would be quick enough to shut it down should an emergency arise. 'A Federal Communications Commission notice issued in 2005 says the sale and use of transmitters that jam cellular or personal communications services is unlawful.'"

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