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Apple, expensive, feature limited but very, very, trendy once again has bitter medicine in store for its great herd of sheeple who are thinking differently all together.
“Technology that could block iPhones from recording videos of concerts is generating a mix of opinions within the Canadian music industry.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent earlier in June for technology that would allow an invisible infrared signal to disable the camera on an iPhone. The patent mentions that a transmitter for infrared signals could be “located in areas where capturing pictures and videos is prohibited (e.g., a concert or a classified facility)” and could generate “commands temporarily disabling recording functions.”
Well if it was not storing your location unsecured and unencrypted , now Apple has the possibility of determining when you can use the features on “your” phone.
“Recording is banned at many venues because it may result in copyright infringement and may make it more difficult for bands to control their image. But the convenience of having a small, subtle video recording device constantly close at hand in the form of a smartphone means that many concert-goers ignore such rules.”
So, apple fans, continue to think differently and use your status symbols technology within the acceptable bounds of what apple thinks to be appropriate.
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I have long filed the 300 under the category of movies that I like. I enjoyed the theme of the many versus the few and of course the super slow motion battle sequences that make killing look like its superawesome cool.
(http://youtu.be/VW4d3Kukcu8 – cut and paste into a another window for the fight scenes)
Superawesomeness aside though I did not think too much of the rest of the movie. It was spectacle, it was special effects and it was most certainly not about the wafer thin plot. Yet, the story itself was somehow familiar and possessed enough of that “different-sameosity” that made the 300 appealing.
The problem is that the familiar tropes and themes are culturally rooted in heteronormativty, ableism and racism. Not so good 300…
The cultural artifacts present in the film still reflect many of the normative standards of our society. When people talk of progress and equality one does need to look very hard to see how much work we still have left to do.
When you break down what it would actually mean to be a deity, or to have absolute power and control over another one can start to appreciate the ghastly way in which events and decisions can go wrong. Unchecked power can only lead to psychopathy, and that is precisely the power so many of the faithful want to ascribe to their particular godhead.
I do not, and will not submit to any celestial dictatorship that is so potentially cruel remorseless. Is the video far fetched? Or is the video a chilling commentary on the system the religious so desperately seem to need?
Upset about troop movements and diplomatic cables being exposed to the public? Accountability and public oversight is *such* a pain. Notice how much coverage Wikileaks has been receiving from the media as of late, close to zero-ish, by my accounting and it is not accidental. Reporting actual news and happenings is dangerous and requires dedication to qualities other than the corporate bottom line.
Do your part to help keep Wikileaks alive and well, as it is a source of what is actually happening in our world, as opposed to the carefully crafted image we are constantly bombarded with.
A big thanks to Moe for posting this video :) Visit her blog Whatever Works when you can, it is most worth your while.
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