May 21, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: One of the great things about mosses is that they can regenerate from tiny pieces of themselves. You can easily propagate many. (Read More)

May 20, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: Welcome to the unofficial website for the autonomous mutant festival, an annual FREE non-commercial gathering for the healthy evolution of life culture, encouraging individual and group autonomy, celebrating independent art and culture, exploring diy technologies and encouraging a harmonious relationship with the earth. (Read More)

May 11, 2009

Submitted by Davidjacobs from Twitter: @1938media facebook and corporate america in general is always doing shit like that. Makes u wonder if there are any humans at the controls. (Read More)

May 10, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: Software companies could be held responsible for the security and efficacy of their products, if a new European Commission consumer protection proposal becomes law. Commissioners Viviane Reding and Meglena Kuneva have proposed that EU consumer protections for physical products be extended to software. The suggested change (Read More)

May 05, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: Tuesday's hearing is expected to focus on a bill introduced in March by Rep. Mary Bono Mack, a California Republican. The catch: while it appears intended to target only P2P applications, the measure sweeps in Web browsers, FTP applications, instant messaging utilities, and other common programs too. Still, the argument tha (Read More)

May 04, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: The internet as we know it is at risk because of proposed new EU rules going through end of April. Under the proposed new rules, broadband providers will be legally able to limit the number of websites you can look at, and to tell you whether or not you are allowed to use particular services. It will be dressed up as ‘new c (Read More)

Apr 29, 2009

The Daily Galaxy: News from Planet Earth & Beyond About 95% of the human genome has once been designated as "junk" DNA. While much of this sequence may be an evolutionary artifact that serves no present-day purpose, some junk DNA may function in ways that are not currently understood. The conservation of some junk DNA over many millions of years of evolution may imply an e (Read More)

Apr 25, 2009

Mashable! There are few things in this world that cannot be easily replaced, repaired, or regained. Our health and the health of the ones we love falls into this category. The best thing we can do to protect our health, above medication or rest, is prevention.This week, news broke of a new and fatal swine flu on the Mexico-U.S. bor (Read More)

Apr 28, 2009

Linux Today Three-dimensional data storage has been a dream since the early 1960s, but GE (NYSE: GE) thinks it's the company to finally make the technology realize its promise.GE Global Research, GE's technology development arm, announced yesterday that it has developed a holographic storage material that can support 500 gigabytes of d (Read More)

Apr 23, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: Facebook has deliberately changed the rules around its much-hyped "user vote" to ensure that it won't have to follow decisions made. The company originally said that if 25 per cent of users voted in favour of a change in its terms and conditions it would consider that binding. But that percentage has now gone up to 30 per c (Read More)

Apr 17, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: The first thing that struck me is that the words “public interest” do not appear anywhere in the bill. Both the existing Expropriations Act and the original mandate of the EUB explicitly required that projects be weighed against the public interest. Bill 19, however, has no such requirement. Instead, Bill 19 simply requires (Read More)

Apr 17, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: VIDEOA technique may double the number of lungs available for transplant.Lung transplant offers hope of a longer life for patients with end-stage respiratory diseases such as emphysema and cystic fibrosis, with some surviving for years following surgery. But due to chronic shortages of viable organs for transplant, only abo (Read More)

Apr 16, 2009

Submitted by Ghosttie from Google Reader: By Angela Gunn, BetanewsDownload Trillian Astra beta from Fileforum now.What next, Duke Nukem Forever? All right, that may be a cheap shot -- we've only been waiting three years for the release of Trillian Astra, the update of the IM software that once owned the multi-service chat realm. The software moved from alpha to bet (Read More)

Apr 16, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: A JAZZ musician has revealed the “terrifying” moment armed police raided his house carrying automatic weapons as part of a major anti-terror operation.Victor Frederick, 63, was arrested and strip-searched just yards from his home, just moments after his partner Andrea Heath and their daughter had infra-red sights trained at (Read More)

Apr 09, 2009

Submitted by Thelongcount: Although the DARPA solicitation carefully specifies that this is intended for "overseas urban building interior awareness," it's not hard to imagine the technology being adapted to drive-by inspections by your local building department. Time to legalize that "granny" unit. (Read More)

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