Beating the Four-Square Shakedown When Buying a Car
Maybe not beating, but at least not falling for it. The Consumerist hosted a fantastic expose on how dealers use a four square piece of paper to rip people off right in front of their eyes. I have actually seen this before and don't remember what the result was, but I'm pretty sure we walked away thinking we had "won" when .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Car Sales, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksCongress to Tackle E-Voting Overhaul
So they're finally going to try and do something about the e-voting disaster.
HR 811 features several requirements that will warm the hearts of geek activists. It bans the use of computerized voting machines that lack a voter-verified paper trail. It mandates that the paper records be the authoritative source in any recounts, and requires prominent notices .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Digital Freedom Campaign to Educate True Copyright Laws – Suck it RIAA!
Apparently, there's a new anti-RIAA force called the Digital Freedom Campaign.
With the DFU initiative, Digital Freedom wants to paint a bigger picture of copyright law for students, one that is not forthcoming from the movie and music industries. "The Digital Freedom University .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]RIAA Foiled in Laptop Seizure
In more good news, the RIAA has been thwarted in their attempts to seize a computer belonging to a relative of one of their lawsuit victims.
Tags: Bully Lawsuits, Legal Overreach, RIAAChange CCTV to Webcams for Government Accountability
In the UK, which is fast becoming a police state, they already have a large network of closed-circuit TVs (CCTV). Privacy groups are arguing that the CCTV must be converted to public webcams so people can see what the government is watching.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Big Brother, UKCorn Bio-fuel Not Our Future Says DoE
"The United States' Department of Energy is stating that corn based fuel is not the future
In related news, Fidel Castro is blasting the production of corn fuel as a blatant waste of food that would otherwise feed 3 billion people who will die of hunger.
Why .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Bio Fuel, Corn Fuel, Dept of EnergyTeens Using Myspace to Break Up
Boyd writes: "By breaking up through MySpace comments, the heartbreaker is attempting to assert their view for everyone else to see so that they cannot be accused of saying something else in private." Makes sense to me. Less emotionally involved, less likely to say or .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Families, Kids, MySpaceDigital TV Coming, Current TVs Will Need Converter
Did you know that the government is discontinuing broadcast television? At least the way we know it. That means that for any TV you own that you want to be able to receive television over the air (with your rabbit ears or whatever), you will need a digital converter.
"If we don't get this transition .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Google Says ‘Take a Swim!’
Lest we forget that computers sometimes make errors too, here's an article about Google maps including a direction for swimming the Atlantic Ocean to get to your destination. The guys at Google have a great sense of humor.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Google, Google Maps, PlayfulTechnobullies – The Tables Have Turned
It now seems that the ones with the most tech smarts are the most effective bullies in schools these days.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Cyberbullying, Families, Kids, Police, Schools