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Comment Re:Free competitors are equal or better than Digsb (Score 1) 259

by ween14 on Friday August 14, 2009 @12:26PM (#29067055) Attached to: Digsby IM Client Quietly Installs Badware

It's is a shame that Digsby went down this route and will result in me installing one of the suggestions above.

Digsby had a lot of potential with their integration with Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites. I have noticed that many of my friends are no longer using IM clients as much as they used to because they simply post everything to Twitter or Facebook.

Digsby was a single application that allowed me to keep tabs on all of these streams, but now I will have to find alternative (probably open source) solutions.

Comment Re:I call FUD (Score 1) 836

by ween14 on Thursday June 18, 2009 @10:01PM (#28384379) Attached to: Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts

And how does that make it any better then of it was on the job application. Would it be reasonable for the city to ask for a copy of the keys to your house so they can search it? That would be similar to the concept of allowing them access to your "private" web accounts. What I do in public is perfectly fine for them to examine, but what I do in private is not.

WHO Investigates Claims That Swine Flu Resulted From Human Error 249

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday May 13, 2009 @10:55AM from the bacon-is-innocent dept.

Tom DBA writes "Bloomberg reports on claims that the swine flu could have been accidentally made in a lab, which are now being investigated by the World Health Organization. Quoting: 'Adrian Gibbs, 75, who collaborated on research that led to the development of Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu drug, said in an interview today that he intends to publish a report suggesting the new strain may have accidentally evolved in eggs scientists use to grow viruses and drugmakers use to make vaccines. Gibbs said that he came to his conclusion as part of an effort to trace the virus's origins by analyzing its genetic blueprint. ... Gibbs and two colleagues analyzed the publicly available sequences of hundreds of amino acids coded by each of the flu virus's eight genes. ... [The CDC's Nancy Cox says] since researchers don't have samples of swine flu viruses from South America and Africa, where the new strain may have evolved, those regions can't be ruled out as natural sources for the new flu.'" Time has a related story evaluating the World Health Organization's response to H1N1.

Comment Re:Hmmm (Score 1) 343

by ween14 on Monday July 28, 2008 @09:38PM (#24378725) Attached to: FCC Commissioner Urges, Don't Regulate the Internet

They have not had an official vote on the matter yet. From the Ars Technica article:

The Wall Street Journal reports tonight that commissioners Copps, Adelstein, and Martin have decided against the cable giant, paving the way for an official vote when the order is publicly voted on next Friday.

Submission + - Flying Humans (nytimes.com)

Submitted by mlimber on Tuesday December 11, 2007 @12:28PM

mlimber writes: The NYTimes is running a story about flying humans who jump from planes or other high locations wearing a wing suits akin to flying squirrels. Their efforts have potential military and X-treme sports applications. They have some good pictures and a video at the site, and here's an excerpt:

Modern suit design features tightly woven nylon sewn between the legs and between the arms and torso, creating wings that fill with air and create lift, allowing for forward motion and aerial maneuvers while slowing descent. As the suits, which cost about $1,000, have become more sophisticated, so have the pilots. The best fliers, and there are not many, can trace the horizontal contours of cliffs, ridges and mountainsides.
YouTube also has some video along these lines, one with a flier "skimming six feet above skiers in the Swiss Alps."

IBM Asks Court To Declare Linux Non-Infringing 133

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @06:56PM from the decisive dept.

A Cyclic Graph writes "We finally have a redacted version of IBM's Reply Memorandum in Support of Summary Judgment on Counterclaim 10 in SCO v. IBM. In short, IBM is asking the Court to declare that Linux doesn't infringe upon any of SCO's purported intellectual property. This document is the last word on that matter until the Court either declares there to be no doubt that Linux is free of infringement, or decides that that issue has to be decided by the jury. In their brief, IBM points out that SCO puts forth a convoluted set of non-answers referencing each other to disguise it's inability to answer IBM. Their set of cross-references is so complex that Groklaw readers graphed the claims to make what little sense of them they could."

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