A somewhat related article about genes and patents.
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Weill Cornell Medical College
News
March 25, 2013
You Don't "Own" Your Own Genes
Researchers Raise Alarm about Loss of Individual "Genomic Liberty" Due to Gene Patents That May Impact the Era of Personalized Medicine http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/wcmc/wcmc_2013/03_25_13b.shtml
Yup, unfortunately standard practice in this case means standard practice for the industry in the US. I don't know about all US carriers but I know the two biggest ones, AT&T and Verizon, force you to have a data plan with a smartphone even if you don't use data at all or only use data via WiFi.
While the conduct of the police is deplorable in this situation what I find even worse is the baloney the Prosecution tried to get the jury to swallow.
"A real journalist, he [the prosecutor] explained, was supposed to follow police orders without a second thought. A real journalist would never back talk to police. A real journalist would never question a direct police order as to why he was not allowed to stand on a public sidewalk."
Thankfully the defense was able to shred that argument to shreds. What the prosecution was describing is what you see in dictatorships and other such countries, not what is supposed to be a free democracy.
Quote: "Adelman said GoDaddy would be willing to resume its support of SOPA if there were a "consensus" among "internet leadership," but wouldn't tell me what such a consensus would even resemble."
Bethesda/Zenimax apparently disagrees. Mojang has offered to give up the trademark request and even change the name to "Scrolls: some subtitle" but Bethesda doesn't want them using the word "Scrolls" at all and are continuing with the suit.
Bethesda doesn't want them to use the word "Scrolls" at all, TM or No TM.
Markus "Notch" Persson has Tweeted (http://twitter.com/#!/notch) and posted in his blog (http://notch.tumblr.com/post/10990169550/a-short-response) that Bethesda doesn't want them to use the word "Scrolls" at all.
They've offered to give up the trademark request and even change the name to "Scrolls: " but Bethesday/Zenimax has refused to give up the suit.
There are two issues here that he mentions in his full blog posts.
1) Comcast did NOT make it very clear that the limit includes uploads as well as downloads.
2) Comcast did not answer his question about what his bandwidth was being used on when he asked after the first time it happened. They didn't even tell him it includes uploads and downloads.
It wasn't until after the second time it happened and he SPECIFICALLY ASKED if it included uploads that they told him it did. He later tried to find the information about the data caps and had a very difficult time doing so.
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Washington State Allows Third Parties To Brand Youthful Offenders For Life At The Low, Low Price Of Only 69¢ A Record
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130419/15503622772/washington-state-allows-third-parties- to-brand-youthful-offenders-life-low-low-price-only-69-record.shtml
On the post: National Institute For Mental Health Abandons DSM Just As American Psychiatric Association Prepares Massive Update
A couple of good articles from The Verge; first one goes into some detail on DSM criticisms.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/19/4243060/dsm-5-bible-of-psychiatry-mental-health-revisio ns-spark-boycott
The Verge - 2013-05-03 - Federal institute for mental health abandons controversial 'bible' of psychiatry
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/3/4296626/nimh-abandons-controversial-bible-of-psychiatry
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Thanks for the story update Gary,
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/56733-skyhor se-start-offer-night-shade-authors-new-terms.html
And here's an update from Phil Foglio,
http://girlgeniusadventures.com/2013/04/08/the-power-of-positive-screaming/
On the post: DailyDirt: Genetic Discoveries And The Internet
A somewhat related article about genes and patents.
Weill Cornell Medical College
News
March 25, 2013
You Don't "Own" Your Own Genes
Researchers Raise Alarm about Loss of Individual "Genomic Liberty" Due to Gene Patents That May Impact the Era of Personalized Medicine
http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/wcmc/wcmc_2013/03_25_13b.shtml
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun (RPS) Source Article
Maxis Insider Tells RPS: SimCity Servers Not Necessary
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/12/simcity-server-not-necessary/
Thanks
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GEMA is really sickening.
On the post: AT&T Can Foist Its Data Plans On You, Whether You Use It Or Not
Re: Standard Practice
On the post: Photography Advocate/Journalist Acquitted After Arrest Over Filming Police; Intends To Sue Back
From Miller's blog, Photography Is Not A Crime (PINAC), at http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2012/11/08/not-guilty/
"A real journalist, he [the prosecutor] explained, was supposed to follow police orders without a second thought. A real journalist would never back talk to police. A real journalist would never question a direct police order as to why he was not allowed to stand on a public sidewalk."
Thankfully the defense was able to shred that argument to shreds. What the prosecution was describing is what you see in dictatorships and other such countries, not what is supposed to be a free democracy.
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On the post: Dear Google: People Like You Because You're Not A Walled Garden; Please Don't Put Up Garden Walls
Re: Reddit does this too
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Re: lame phone
On the post: Breaking: GoDaddy Drops SOPA Support
Don't stop boycotting GoDaddy just yet. The Techdirt Article may need an update.
http://gizmodo.com/5870920/brave-godaddy-ceo-says-hes-neither-for-nor-against-sopa
Quote: "Adelman said GoDaddy would be willing to resume its support of SOPA if there were a "consensus" among "internet leadership," but wouldn't tell me what such a consensus would even resemble."
On the post: Free Justin Bieber: Do We Really Want Congress To Make Bieber A Felon?
Re: sounds like good leverage for a record label...
On the post: Mojang's Trademark Application Rejected: Too Many 'Scrolls' For The USPTO
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On the post: Mojang's Trademark Application Rejected: Too Many 'Scrolls' For The USPTO
Re: Bethesda doesn't want them to use the word "Scrolls" at all, TM or No TM.
On the post: Mojang's Trademark Application Rejected: Too Many 'Scrolls' For The USPTO
Bethesda doesn't want them to use the word "Scrolls" at all, TM or No TM.
They've offered to give up the trademark request and even change the name to "Scrolls: " but Bethesday/Zenimax has refused to give up the suit.
On the post: Writer Explains How Copyright Has Prevented Her From Ever Seeing TV Shows She Wrote
Re: Re: Re: This story bubbles over with BS
On the post: Guy Kicked Off Comcast For Using Too Many Cloud Services
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On the post: Guy Kicked Off Comcast For Using Too Many Cloud Services
Re: Can't agree on this one
1) Comcast did NOT make it very clear that the limit includes uploads as well as downloads.
2) Comcast did not answer his question about what his bandwidth was being used on when he asked after the first time it happened. They didn't even tell him it includes uploads and downloads.
It wasn't until after the second time it happened and he SPECIFICALLY ASKED if it included uploads that they told him it did. He later tried to find the information about the data caps and had a very difficult time doing so.
On the post: Guy Kicked Off Comcast For Using Too Many Cloud Services
Here is His Original Blog Article from Monday and Followup from Yesterday
(http://www.ozymandias.com/the-day-comcast%E2%80%99s-data-cap-policy-killed-my-internet-for-1- year)
-- Ozymandias.com - Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - Follow up: The Day After Comcast’s Data Cap Policy Killed my Internet
(http://www.ozymandias.com/follow-up-the-day-after-comcast%E2%80%99s-data-cap-policy-kille d-my-internet)