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The best defense is a good offense

Internet television host Revision3 was the victim of a denial of service attack this weekend. The source of the attack? None other than RIAA and MPAA-funded MediaDefender.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 12:05 PM on May 29, 2008 (27 comments)

The trials and musical triumphs of Mario

Some people like to make things difficult for Mario, but others like to make it easy (and musical!).
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 10:28 PM on May 7, 2008 (28 comments)

Another step into the metaverse

Building on the ideas of Microsoft's Photosynth, flickr's geotagging, and Google's Panoramio, Viewfinder aims to organize photographs spatially in 3D worlds such as Google Earth. See it in action.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 3:42 PM on April 9, 2008 (9 comments)

Water water everywhere, now with more drops to drink

Not content to rest on his laurels after creations like the portable kidney dialysis machine, the IBOT robotic wheelchair, the Segway, and the innovative cyborg replacement limbs, DEKA Research President Dean Kamen demonstrates his new vapor compression distiller on The Colbert Report.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 1:14 PM on March 21, 2008 (72 comments)

Some like it, some don't

Massachusetts lawmakers are debating a bill that would ban parents from spanking their children. Meanwhile, Corpun (previously)would like to remind you that it's not just for kids, but hey, we already knew that.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 8:54 PM on November 28, 2007 (158 comments)

Georgia AG insists the sentence was cruel but totally normal

Georgia's Supreme Court has agreed that Genarlow Wilson's 10-year prison sentence without the possibility of parole and accompanying lifetime sex offender status was cruel and unusual. Previously on MeFi.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 12:18 PM on October 26, 2007 (49 comments)

We know what's best for you.

An excellent example of the consequences of the Supreme Court's Gonzales v. Raich decision: today the United States House of Representatives voted down a bill which would have prohibited the DEA from targeting State-authorized medical marijuana dispensaries. Almost simultaneously, the DEA raided 10 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 12:53 AM on July 26, 2007 (68 comments)

*Achoo!* Excuse me, I'm allergic to irony.

"Venezuela and Cuba have both asked that Posada be extradited, but an immigration judge in September 2005 ruled he could not be sent to either country out of concern he might face torture there." Luis Posada is a free man today. A graduate of the notorious School of the Americas, he is wanted for various acts of terrorism in a number of Latin American countries.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 8:22 PM on May 8, 2007 (38 comments)

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Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 - January 30, 2007) (previously)
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 4:45 PM on January 31, 2007 (195 comments)

Thanks, lawyers!

It's over. YouTube is taking down Daily Show and Colbert Report clips.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 5:32 PM on October 27, 2006 (86 comments)

They come in peace.

I, for one, welcome our... Oh, the hell with it. Canadians want to start diplomatic relations with aliens.
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 3:22 PM on November 25, 2005 (26 comments)

These chickens are looking for a good home

Who will speak for the chickens?
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 1:40 PM on September 13, 2005 (34 comments)

Blame the farmers

Was agriculture a mistake? Guns, Germs, and Steel author Jared Diamond asks this question. Originally published in 1987, it's still completely relevant today. I personally feel that memes are the real culprit, and they are inevitable in any sizable social group with a common system of communication. Could agriculture be an ancient meme which has profoundly impacted the history of mankind?
posted to MetaFilter by mullingitover at 1:04 PM on June 27, 2005 (116 comments)