In Denmark it’s legal to make backup copies of your DVDs, but illegal to break the DRM that prevents copying them. This annoyed a guy so much that he decided to turn himself in for ripping his own DVD collection
I’ve seen a lot of strong reaction to Jesus’s funny post on assclowns today. People screamed fanboy, and said calling them “assclowns” and the photoshopping clown noses on their faces was a bit much. But the main thing is, those quotes were in context. And I think it was astounding how wrong and overly confident these competitors were. You can’t dismiss anyone, let alone Apple. It was idiotic lip service and if they truly felt that way, they weren’t doing their jobs properly.
Power inverters aren’t exactly what we consider to be a “sexy” gadget. They’re generally ugly boxes that look duller than Kevin Rudd’s iPod music collection, yet are really something that no gadget fan should go without on long drives. The new 100W Auto Power Inverter from Targus is the first inverter I’ve seen that actually has some kind of function in its design, in that it’s shaped to fit into most cars’ cup holders.
You need to cut up some chunks of steel. Mechanical tools are prone to wearing out and lasers are just too expensive, so what do you use? Fast-cutting electromagnetic pulses, what else.
Studying Henry Gustav Molaison, more commonly known as Patient H.M., and his memory impairments has revolutionised our understanding of human memory organisation. Researchers will analyse his brain next, but first they’re slicing it up in a 50 hour long livestream.
