Yearly Archives: 2013

Poll shows majority of Americans don't understand the most basic fundamentals… 1

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Poll shows majority of Americans don't understand the most basic fundamentals of freedom and democracy

Poll shows majority of Americans fine with NSA phone record tracking
Although the National Security Agency’s broad tracking of Verizon telephone records has drawn a lot of criticism, a new poll shows that a majority of American adults actually think the NSA’s progra…

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As automakers struggle to reduce vehicle weight, Corning Gorilla Glass could hel… 3

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As automakers struggle to reduce vehicle weight, Corning Gorilla Glass could help

At the same time customers are demanding more features in new cars and regulators are mandating better crash protection for occupants, engineers are trying to save weight and hence fuel. Corning thinks it may be able to help with its tough gorilla glass by allowing windows to get thinner. 

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Imagine living in East Germany or North Korea where every move is being watched,… 2

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Imagine living in East Germany or North Korea where every move is being watched, that's what we're moving toward

Even if the data monitoring that the NSA is doing today is relatively benign (and we don't yet know that to be true and shouldn't assume it), there is no promise that it will stay that way tomorrow. The half of Americans that appear to be OK with what is happening should consider what it would be like if these tools were used for more blatant suppresion.

The Lives of Others
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

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I don't really care that Apple copies good features from other systems, it's… 2

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I don't really care that Apple copies good features from other systems, it's their hypocrisy that irritates me

Apple shamelessly steals concepts and ideas from Windows Phone, +Android and Web OS but persists in sending their lawyers after just about everyone else in the industry.

Apple please just acknowledge that everyone borrows ideas and drop the patent suits. 

Much iOS 7 design inspiration came from others but Apple elegantly puts it all together
Summary: Watching the iOS 7 debut I couldn’t help but notice design cues from Android, HTC, Microsoft and even Palm. In some ways these have caught up to Apple in terms of design, but Apple is best at putting the pieces together.

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Did you know the +Ford Motor Company Mustang has nearly 3,000 film and TV credi…

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Did you know the +Ford Motor Company Mustang has nearly 3,000 film and TV credits?

There is even a unique MustangImdb site created by an Icelandic fan of the original pony car, Stefan Thorarensen, who also happens to the founder of the Icelandic Mustang Club?  http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=38148

Mustang in the Movies
The Mustang Movie database. The Ford Mustang has been a popular prop in over 2000 movies and TV shows. This database will try to catalog them all.

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Transparency and knowledge of what your government is doing is absolutely essential…

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Transparency and knowledge of what your government is doing is absolutely essential to a functioning democracy

When the government surreptisiously spies on its own people they have no freedom

Pentagon Papers whistleblower says NSA leak is most important in US history
Edward Snowden’s decision to release top secret documents from the National Security Agency (NSA) has drawn praise from Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst responsible for leaking the…


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Rent-to-own is almost always a bad idea 4

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Unless it's absolutely essential, you're almost always better off putting the payments into a box for a months and then just buying whatever you need for cash instead of lining the pockets of some scoundrel.

Broke-Ass Americans Are Getting Screwed On Rental Tires
In an economy where unemployment is rampant and household incomes have plummeted, businesses designed to further screw cash-strapped Americans out of what little money they do have happen to be booming. Among them are rental wheel and tire companies, which are doing great right now, thanks for asking!

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