For years the RIAA has defended the use of DRM, much to the dislike of millions of honest customers who actually paid for their music. Now, in a shocking turnaround, the outfit seems to have come to the realization that DRM does more harm than good and has officially declared its death. added by: atomiclegion 6 responses
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MacGyver may have been corny at times, but the show was and still is ground breaking television, way more significant than it gets credit for. added by: JaminDime 3 responses
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MacGyver and Its Cultural Significance
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For many, traveling to the moon forever changed the way they saw the Earth. By Robert Poole July 19, 2009 'We came all this way to the moon, and yet the most significant thing we're seeing is our own home planet …” Forty years after the first moonwalk, NASA has chosen to lead its anniversary coverage with Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders' comment about the Earth. That fact alone shows how much the focus has changed since the first Space Age, when it seemed that everyone on Earth was looking outward into space.
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For the Apollo astronauts, a small world
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No matter how amazing graphics are now a days we always like to revert back to our roots every know and then. How do most of us play all those classic NES or SNES games we loved from our youth? An emulator on our computers of course.
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Take retro game emulation to the extreme
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station used a pair of robot arms to install a pallet of equipment on Sunday, but when break-time came they may have found long lines at the bathrooms. With a record 13 people aboard the station, the main toilet broke down, sending astronauts scrambling to the use backup commodes on the Russian side of the station and aboard the visiting U.S.
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Toilet breaks down on crowded International Space Station
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“Discover Magazine reports that although medical simulations have been around for a long time, medical schools like Imperial College London are starting to use virtual hospitals in Second Life so students can learn their way around an O.R. before they enter the real thing. The students can also test their knowledge in the Virtual Respiratory Ward by interviewing patient avatars, ordering tests, diagnosing problems, and recommending treatment.
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Soon we may get the first ever glimpse of the dark side of the sun. Well, no, there’s no actual dark side of a luminous ball of burning gas, but there is an effective dark side, as in, the side of the sun we can’t see at any given time
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First view of the dark side of the Sun
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WASHINGTON — The Senate has agreed to expand the definition of hate crimes to those committed because of a victim’s sexual orientation and gender identity as part of a Pentagon policy measure that is becoming a magnet for tough social issues. Senators added the anti-bias provisions to the bill Thursday night after voting 63 to 28 to shut off debate on the proposal by Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont and chairman of the Judiciary Committee
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Good to see it is being led by the US and China… however, what will it mean if both these countries continue to spew oil and coal emissions out at about the same pace as now? We need to wean off coal and oil and become much more aggressive into bringing affordable accessible solar into people's homes, businesses, etc.
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Solar power generation to double by 2010
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