PS3 Hacker Raised All the Legal Funds Needed to Beat Sony in a Weekend Geohot, aka George Hotz, firmly believes that he has done nothing wrong. When he and the hacker group known as fail0verflow posted the PS3 rootkey online , allowing saavy consumers to install any operating system on the game console, he was not breaking any laws because he paid for Sony's hardware and doesn't have to follow their EULA. On his website Geohot claims that Sony is trying to use his case as a warning and has a team of five lawyers ready to rake him in court to send a message to other hackers. He also points out that other hackers have lost court battle not because they were wrong but because they lacked the money to mount a defense. When pressed with legal fees beyond his means, but a large amount of internet celebrity, Hotz's only recourse was to ask the masses to donate to his cause. Geohot may have underestimated the number of people who support his fight against Sony, as he received enough money for the first phase of defense in about 18 hours. Source: Geohot got sued
Atomic bond types discernible in single-molecule images 13 September 2012Last updated at 21:36 GMT By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News The bonds at centre appear shorter than those at the edges, as more electrons are present in them A pioneering team from IBM in Zurich has published single-molecule images so detailed that the type of atomic bonds between their atoms can be discerned. The same team took the first-ever single-molecule image in 2009 and more recently published images of a molecule shaped like the Olympic rings. The new work opens up the prospect of studying imperfections in the "wonder material" graphene or plotting where electrons go during chemical reactions. The images are published in Science. The team, which included French and Spanish collaborators, used a variant of a technique called atomic force microscopy, or AFM. AFM uses a tiny metal tip passed over a surface, whose even tinier deflections are measured as the tip is scanned to and fro over a sample.
Aliens have landed ... in the headlines By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Did UFOs interfere with nuclear missile systems in the 1960s? Has the U.N. appointed an ambassador to the aliens? The nuke-test angle was today's highlight, due to a much publicized news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. Several retired military men discussed their recollections of an incident that took place at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana in March 1967, relating to reported missile system malfunctions at two locations known as Echo Flight and Oscar Flight. You can hear the two men tell their stories in the video clip above, recorded by the NECN news network, or watch the full news conference here. Another retired U.S. military officer, Charles Halt, discussed the well-known 1980 Bentwaters incident. "I have no idea what we saw that night, but I do know it was under intelligent control," Britain's Mail Online quoted Halt as saying. Ambassador to the aliens? The task group, operating under the aegis of the U.N. Space.com
Flightradar24.com - Live Flight Tracker! For those who want to know: Reliable information on health, energy, media, war, elections, 9/11, more Celebrities Riding Invisible bikes Bananas and Monkeys Original source unknown. (But the story appears to have some basis in fact.) Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Now, put away the cold water. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted. Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. And that, my friends, is how company policies are made. Return to Jim Huggins' Humor Page
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5 Pokemon Episodes BANNED From America There are hundreds of episodes of the Pokemon cartoon, and although almost all of the episodes have made their way onto American televisions, a tiny few have been banned. These are the episodes that have been pulled from circulation, or that never even aired... The Legend of Dratini There’s no official reason why 4Kids Entertainment, the American distributor of Pokemon, banned this episode, but it probably has to do with several scenes where guns are pointed in people’s faces. For a show about a 10-year-old who travels around the wilderness fighting dragons, psychic poultry, and monsters with swords for arms, guns are just TOO VIOLENT. Holiday Hi-Jynx In this holiday episode about Team Rocket trying to get revenge on Santa Claus (seriously), Ash and friends encounter Jynx, a lost Pokemon that belongs to Santa. "Holiday Hi-Jynx" aired only once, and the controversy caused Nintendo to change Jynx’s skin color to purple. Much less racist. Battle of the Quaking Island! Beauty and the Beach
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Piracy trumps obscurity - proof of piracy boosting sales | Ideas for Promoting and Selling Art from the Lazarus Corporation Here’s a short illustrated story for you: Steve Lieber is a comic book artist. He drew Underground , a graphic novel (written by Jeff Parker, drawn by Steve, and colored by Ron Chan). The story follows Park Ranger Wesley Fischer as she tries to save Stillwater Cave – and then has to save herself. On Sunday (3 days ago, as of time of writing) a fan posted scans of every single page onto 4chan (EDIT: archive of the 4chan thread on Steve Lieber’s site ), a well-known discussion forum. Yup, all Steve’s work is now out there for free. He didn’t go mad. He didn’t call in the lawyers. Instead he went to the forum and joined in the discussion: Techdirt have a much-used phrase for this: “ Connect with Fans “. Yesterday Steve posted a blog post – Whole book for free; or learning from 4Chan – explaining what had been happening. What happened next? This has all happened in the past 3 days: a huge surge in sales thanks to “piracy”. Most Commented Posts Piracy trumps obscurity again The future for Publishers