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Frank Zappa explains the decline of the music industry AIDS research done by 17-year-olds: Day 2 at AAAS 2012 Invisible Space Helmet, you know, for kids! Canada's spy-bill minister has no idea what is in his own law Old-school projectionist's hack for signaling reel-changes Target's creepy data-mining program predicts your future shopping changes, disguises this fact from you Frank Zappa explains the decline of the music industry
By Cory Doctorow on Feb 19, 2012 12:53 pm Here's Frank Zappa explaining what went wrong with the music industry -- it all went sour when the clueless, cigar-chomping old guys hired hippies who "understood music" to do the picking. Frank Zappa explains the decline of the music business (Thanks, amanicdroid!)
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By Maggie Koerth-Baker on Feb 19, 2012 12:35 pm It's that time again. Maggie is back at the largest science convention in the Western Hemisphere for four days of wall-to-wall awesomeness. Each day, she'll tell you about some of the cool things she learned watching scientists from all over the world talk about their work. Check the bottom of each post to find links ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 19, 2012 12:00 pm Hey, look, it's the Johnny Space Commander Mask! "Why Billy, Look! I've Already Bought You One! Let Me Put It On!"
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 19, 2012 11:00 am Vic Toews, the Canadian Public Safety minister who introduced a sweeping domestic spy bill (a bill whose name keeps changing and is likely to end up being called the "Utterly necessary and minimally invasive bill to catch terrorists who are, at this very moment, trying to murder your children, yes you, Bill of 2012") tells ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 19, 2012 10:22 am AaronRaff sez, "My grandpa worked up in the booth as a movie projectionist for over 25 years in Queens, NY. In this video he explains how projectionists would rig up a bell to ring when reels were reaching their end so the projectionist could prepare for a reel change. He said these mechanisms were responsible ...
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By Cory Doctorow on Feb 19, 2012 09:17 am In the New York Times, Charles Duhigg takes a creepy look at how Target mines its customer data to predict major life-changes, like pregnancy, so that they can send coupons that guide customers into thinking of Target as the go-to place for all their prenatal and child-rearing needs. The researcher quoted (who was later silenced ...
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