January 2011
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Wondermark » Archive » True Stuff: Socrates vs.... →
For once, I find myself at odds with Socrates’ views…
Renewed Push to Give Obama an Internet "Kill... →
soupsoup:
via @pbump
A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a “national cyberemergency,” and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year.Internet companies should not be alarmed by the legislation, first introduced last summer by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), a Senate aide said last...
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radiofreeskaro:
A preview of the upcoming Character Options Doctor Who building sets (thanks, @modernboy1974): http://is.gd/xq70me #doctorwho
Does anyone else think ‘Playmobil’ when they see this?
Soup: LEARN TO INTERNET, JEFF PEARLMAN →
jukeboxgraduate:
Apparently, Jeff Pearlman’s feelings were hurt by comments left on his blog that were — OH MY GOODNESS - insulting. He is also, apparently, the only person on the internet who clicks on random links (or as Leo put it, the only person left on the internet since 2005 to…
The Companies Who Support Censoring The Internet →
soupsoup:
via TechDirt
The companies try to present a united front that censoring the internet is a good thing. It includes the usual suspects of Viacom and NBC Universal on the content side and Louis Vuitton and Tiffany on the counterfeiting side, but there are a few other interesting names: such as Monster Cable (never met an IP law it didn’t want to abuse, apparently), the NBA, MLB and NFL...
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F.C.C. Approves Comcast-NBC Deal →
shortformblog:
The combination of Comcast’s cable systems and NBC Universal’s channels will create a media powerhouse, and it will represent the first time that a cable system owner will control a broadcast network.
We’re all going to die.
This is yet another reason I refuse to own a TV. I’ll stick to Netflix and a VPN, thanks.
“The Founding Fathers would have hated your guts…they were everything you...”
– Bill Maher on the Tea Party (via balltillifall)
QFE
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YouTube - Dominick The Italian Christmas Donkey... →
Since I have this song stuck in my head, I thought I’d help you by getting it stuck in your head. You’re welcome.
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Soup: Cellphone ban on planes is not to protect... →
ryanbrown:
FINALLY:
From reading the comments, it seems a lot of people believe that the cellphone ban during takeoff and landing is safety related, and mandated by the FAA. It’s not. The FCC had the ban implemented because as planes fly along, full of hundreds of passengers,…
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News Corp likely to shut down MySpace by June... →
shortformblog:
News Corp. will most likely shutter MySpace by June “unless we see a remarkable turnaround in the next few months,” Alan Gould, an analyst with Evercore Partners, said in a research note to clients today before the restructuring was announced.
Fox Interactive Media, which includes MySpace, may lose $225 million this fiscal year, up from an estimated $180 million last year, Gould...
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The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : My talk with a... →
As someone who shares a house with a news nut, I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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Her [Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords] father wept...
brooklynmutt:
@benpolitico - NYPost
And Fox News refuses to run Palin’s Hit List Map. Coincidence? I think not.
ShortFormBlog: After reciting Constitution aloud,... →
shortformblog:
first After reciting the Constitution on the floor of the House, Republicans got to work attempting to repeal health care reform.
but Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), however, missed the official swearing in ceremony (a violation of the Constitution).
so That means he’s not technically a…
“Nerdiness is, at its core, a manifestation of clever silliness. Nerds and their...”
– Ferdinand Bardamu (via soupsoup)
Although, some of us have both cleverness AND intelligence—neither of which can be said of most people on Wall Street, let alone the general population (at least, not where I’m from).
