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Interesting Links for 25-02-2012
Feb. 25th, 2012 04:00 pm- This is Why I Oppose the MPAA : SOPA
A powerful story of what the big companies do to the little people to get their way.
- Happy News - Real News. Compelling Stories. Always Positive.
News that makes you smile.
- How Bots Seized Control of My Pricing Strategy
'with “Turing Test” we have a delightful futuristic absurdity: a computer program, pretending to be human, hawking a book about computers pretending to be human, while other computer programs pretend to have used copies of it.'
- A good description of the problem with the TV/film industry, compared to the ease of piracy
- Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End - NYTimes.com
'able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time.'
- Doctor who criticised NHS reforms is threatened with disciplinary action | Society | The Guardian
He was told "You are bound by the NHS code of conduct and as such it is inappropriate for individuals to raise their personal concerns about the proposed government reforms."
- This is the worst reproductive strategy in the animal kingdom
'Between navigational problems, botanical problems, and the occasions when horny male parrots try to have sex with animals that can kill them, this is the most hopelessly inefficient reproducer on Earth.'
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