Submission + - XKCD Gets Noticed By a Physics Professor (wired.com)
djl4570 writes: A physics professor nitpicks the paths followed by a hypothetical Cessna in this XKCD http://what-if.xkcd.com/30/
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 12 declined, 5 accepted (17 total, 29.41% accepted)
Submission + - Apple Whinging about Samsung Press Release (computerworld.com) 3
djl4570 writes: Samsung released to the press documents that had been excluded by Judge Lucy Koh. According to Samsung "The judge's exclusion of evidence on independent creation meant that even though Apple was allowed to inaccurately argue to the jury that the F700 was an iPhone copy, Samsung was not allowed to tell the full story...The excluded evidence would have established beyond doubt that Samsung did not copy the iPhone design," An article at another site described judge Lucy Koh as "Livid" The defendant released exculpatory evidence that had been suppressed by the judge. This after many stories in the tech press portray the case as Samsung versus Lucy Koh instead of Samsung versus Apple.
Submission + - Formation of an Ox Bow lake as seen by the Google Earth Time Machine (blogspot.fr) 1
djl4570 writes: An excellent study in the gradual change of geographic features as a river meander becomes an ox bow lake when the river current cuts through the meander. The same Google Earth feature can be used to view changes in urban and suburban geography. The historical data is a work in progress. The region I looked at only has images going back to 1993. Other regions will have a different mix and depth of data.
Submission + - Google Punishing Chrome for SIxty Days (washingtonpost.com)
djl4570 writes:
Google is pushing its own Chrome browser down in search rankings for 60 days following reports that the company was involved in an ad campaign that paid for links to bolster search traffic.
According to Sullivan, it appears that Google contracted its Web ads out to a firm called Essence Digital, which in turn asked a company called Unruly Media to implement the campaign.
I see this as an astute move on Google's part. Rather than circle the wagons they say oops and correct the problem. Google understands that such link pimping is a cancer that undermines the integrity of their search engine. That's why it isn't allowed and now Google is saying we don't support a double standard either.
Submission + - Righthaven Looses In Colorado (vegasinc.com) 1
djl4570 writes: "Federal Judge John Kane ruled that Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas lacked standing to file copyright infringement lawsuits in Colorado under its lawsuit contract with the Denver Post and abused the Copyright Act in doing so. Righthaven was ordered to reimburse the defendant his costs including reasonable attorneys fees."
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