Interesting Links for 03-05-2013

[andrewducker]

• What do philosophers believe?
  (tags: philosophy )
• Clearing up myths about the orphan works legislation
  (tags: uk copyright government )
• Intel's new processor looks pretty impressive
  (tags: computers intel )
• Publishers turning down women from writing hard SF.
  (tags: scifi writing women publishing )
• If you're an abusive ass on the internet then

Comments

[xenophanean]

"What do philosopher's believe?"

Shouldn't that be grocer's? :P

[andrewducker]

Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!

Well played sir.

[erindubitably]

I've been playing that damn candy game since I got to work... still haven't made it past the castle entrance. :-/

[xenophanean]

You need to use an item, or else the star will get you. I think you might be able to over-power it.

[erindubitably]

There's a star? Shit, I haven't even gotten that far...

[xenophanean]

Is there a little thing which teleports you back? If so, that's the star. If not, you should talk to the frog.

[lil_shepherd]

I am so tired of people telling me that "artists/photographers say we should be worried and therefore I am signing this petition."

*sigh*

On a personal level, I know damn well that non-watermarked photos are quite often grabbed without asking permission anyway. As it happens, all mine are open to use under creative commons, and sometimes people ask me and sometimes they don't... if it's going on Wikipedia, generally not.

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[tobyaw]

How could macaroni pies not make it onto the list?

[marrog]

I am, of course, a walking 31 year (well, 18 year) 'Pardon'. *smug grin*