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811.
Rupert Murdoch on the coming "Golden Age of Freedom" (Audio)(abc.net.au)
4 points by someperson 18y ago|2 comments
812.
by someperson 18y ago
Rupert Murdoch gave a lecture where he thinks media is headed - It's actually quite interesting. It's the 3rd lecture is part of this years (6-Part) Boyer Lecture series. It's basically Rupert Murdoch's view on where the world and humanity
813.
by someperson 18y ago
Horrible quality video - borderline unwatchable (basically a slideshow of photos with audio), I guess the live stream was acting up, it's a shame.
814.
by someperson 18y ago
Telstra's privatization has done much more harm to Australia's internet than good (Just look at the cost of Internet in Australia VS what it COULD be). Privatizing Telstra, which owns the infrastructure (and resells it to competitors), and
815.
by someperson 18y ago
Remember when the users of news.ycombinator rewrote editorialized headlines?
816.
by someperson 18y ago
Didn't expect the article to be as interesting as it was. Good read. I guess it was because I haven't heard of those examples before.
817.
by someperson 18y ago
Once again - better link: http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=ef6494a5-7079...
818.
by someperson 18y ago
Better link: http://www.forbes.com/2008/11/05/thiel-gop-weakness-oped-cx_...
819.
The Net’s Master Data-miner(vanityfair.com)
2 points by someperson 18y ago|0 comments
820.
by someperson 18y ago
Great podcast, I love All in the Mind. I recommend anyone at all interested in neurology and artificial intelligence to subscribe to the feed ( http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/mind.xml ). btw, the 25th October episode was awesome:
821.
Magnetic shield for spacefarers (news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by someperson 18y ago|0 comments
822.
by someperson 18y ago
Blog spam? Why not just link straight through to http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081029/160349... It has better technical details there too.
823.
by someperson 18y ago
and http://www.nocleanfeed.com
824.
by someperson 18y ago
What's scary is most of the people I know haven't even heard of this and what it will mean for freedom of information. There doesn't seem to be any reports on mainstream television at all about this AFAIK
825.
"Buckypaper": Revolutionary Paper 10 Times Lighter, 500 Times Stronger Than Steel (VIDEO)(huffingtonpost.com)
1 points by someperson 18y ago|1 comments
826.
by someperson 18y ago
"To his surprise, the coded messages were being stored on Tom Online computers. When he examined the machines over the Internet, he discovered that they had been misconfigured and that the computer directories were readable with a simple We
827.
Google's Tenth Birthday(google.com.au)
1 points by someperson 18y ago|0 comments
828.
by someperson 18y ago
It will be interesting to see how Google will celebrate it's anniversary in 2 days time. I guess it would have been a much better time to launch chrome from a marketing standpoint (wouldn't have made much difference though). But i guess the
829.
by someperson 18y ago
the Wii has a protective coat over the white plastic (not to the extend of a DS though) that hopefully will protect it.
830.
by someperson 18y ago
Is it just me or are all the guidelines listed just plain common sense?
831.
by someperson 18y ago
"He is one turker, however, who is plotting how to move up the food chain. Currently, Cranston and a friend are working to launch a Web-based business altering photographs, called Image Den, using, naturally, Mechanical Turkers to treat the
832.
Jurassic Park comes true(dailymail.co.uk)
1 points by someperson 18y ago|0 comments
833.
by someperson 18y ago
I understand your argument - news.ycombinator, and all crowd sources / aggregated news sites don't up-mod independent thinking by definition. But from another users POV, even your posts can be seen as trolling and flame bait; you voice your
834.
by someperson 18y ago
Does anyone else find it hard to read the text against the (yuck) background texture?
835.
The Woman Who Can Remember Everything(telegraph.co.uk)
12 points by someperson 18y ago|8 comments
836.
by someperson 19y ago
Sorry to say, but thats why most of your comments are down-modded into hell...