So we all knew that Channel Nine was going to be broadcasting the State of Origin in 3D this year, but the ACMA has just announced officially that it has granted a special license to Channel Nine and SBS to conduct a scientific trial of 3D broadcasts for two months, starting May 19. More »
From the OpenSolaris forums, by way of Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, comes word this morning that Apple’s decision to remove ZFS support from Snow Leopard was based on licensing issues. More »
Which sounds like a better way to make the roads safer: rescind drivers licenses from people who are very old and have failing vision, or create a fancy system with lasers to allow them to keep driving. If you answered the latter, you’re in the same camp as General Motors. They’re hard at work on a fancy new windshield that uses lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to make it easier for your decrepit old granddad to see just where the hell he’s going.
The guys at Tasty Booze may think whoever owns this guy is a gigantic douche, but we know better. This guy is a gigantic Gizmodo fan. You can’t fit “Gigantic Gizmodo Fan” on a licence plate, so he shortened it to “BIG GIZ”. Here’s to you, Giz fan—you Pontiac driver you. [TastyBooze - Thanks Blakeley!]
What happens to your intellectual property if you die in some kind of nasty accident? Worried, perhaps, that your life’s work would be stifled by 70 years of copyright protection, meant to benefit only your ungrateful dependents? Why not donate it all to the public domain? Affix this (legally binding?) sticker on your driver’s license, in the place generally reserved for organ donor information, and you’re good to go. After all, who needs your kidney when the world could freely enjoy your crappy poetry instead? [ni9e via Make]
