MetaFilter posts by mullingitover

The best defense is a good offense

mullingitover — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:05:12 -0800

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.

The trials and musical triumphs of Mario

mullingitover — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:28:26 -0800

Some people like to make things difficult for Mario, but others like to make it easy (and musical!).

Another step into the metaverse

mullingitover — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:42:05 -0800

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.

Water water everywhere, now with more drops to drink

mullingitover — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:14:41 -0800

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.

Some like it, some don't

mullingitover — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:54:09 -0800

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.

Georgia AG insists the sentence was cruel but totally normal

mullingitover — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:18:33 -0800

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.

We know what's best for you.

mullingitover — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:53:36 -0800

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.

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

mullingitover — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:22:56 -0800

"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.

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mullingitover — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:45:48 -0800

Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 - January 30, 2007) (previously)

Thanks, lawyers!

mullingitover — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:32:15 -0800

It's over. YouTube is taking down Daily Show and Colbert Report clips.