I hate Southern drawls and, it would seem, so do speech recognition and natural language
processing programs.
“SHREVEPORT, La. – Southern drawls have thwarted voice recognition equipment
used by the Shreveport Police Department to route non-emergency calls.”
Lindows: Microsoft settlement site stays
By David Becker
“Linux seller Lindows.com said Tuesday that it will continue to help Californians process legal claims against Microsoft, despite a challenge by the software giant. “
I’m happy to see Microsoft taken down a notch, but I’m afraid these days there are worse organizations that deserve attention, such as the RIAA and the Department of Homeland Security.
Child-proof medicine bottles are more complicated than this. First the Sony magic marker solution and now this. I can handle copy protection like this. BMI’s protection on the other hand…
Shift key breaks CD copy locks
By John Borland
“A Princeton University student has published instructions for disabling the new anticopying measures being tested on CDs by BMG–and they’re as simple as holding down a computer’s Shift key.”
No, I don’t really mean anyone should trust the RIAA. I’m referring to an anti-trust suit being brought against the buggers.
Small Webcasters sue RIAA
By John Borland
“A group of small Webcasters on Wednesday filed an antitrust suit against the Recording Industry Association of America, alleging that the trade association tried to push independent music stations offline.”
The Webcaster Alliance has been threatening to sue the RIAA for months, after Congress ratified royalty rates for Internet radio stations that many small operators said will drive them out of business. The existing rates were negotiated between a small, unrepresentative group of Webcasters and the RIAA and are aimed at eliminating competition, the alliance members said.
How many more studies do we need before people respect life in the womb?
New hi-tech scans show babies smiling and crying before birth
James Meikle
"Images published for the first time yesterday seem to suggest that unborn babies can smile, blink and cry weeks before they leave the womb. "