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Posted on January 15th, 2011 at 20:48 by John Sinteur in category: News

Is there any of my readers who’s fluent enough, and interested in helping me out with translating a simple iPhone app into Japanese?

Please mail me!


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  1. Mr. N on January 16th, 2011 at 16:51:

    No jap, but if you need help with italian, I’m in.

  2. John Sinteur on January 17th, 2011 at 15:32:

    I appreciate that a lot, but right now Japanese is all I need…

Pharmacist Denies Anti-Bleeding Medication Because Woman Might Have Had an Abortion

Posted on January 15th, 2011 at 19:53 by John Sinteur in category: Pastafarian News

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A pharmacist at a Nampa, Idaho, Walgreens refused to dispense medication that stops uterine bleeding because she suspected the woman may have had an abortion. The pharmacist invoked the state’s new so-called conscience clause that allows pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for emergency contraceptives and abortifacient drugs, among other things, if they have a personal problem with it.

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Essentially, the pharmacist was saying that, while her conscience was just dandy with letting a woman bleed out, it would have a problem saving her life if it was even a possibility that the blood loss was connected to an abortion.


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  1. Mudak on January 15th, 2011 at 20:41:

    Maybe he should go back to the one hour photo area that he was transferred from.

  2. itspast on January 16th, 2011 at 13:34:

    Death by conscience.

  3. JJ on January 17th, 2011 at 10:32:

    I’m against abortion in general, but I have a real problem with this… Talk about a sick sense of “moral high ground.”

Happy Birthday, Wikipedia

Posted on January 15th, 2011 at 17:57 by John Sinteur in category: News

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Today the free encyclopedia anyone can edit celebrates its tenth anniversary. Events and online activities have been organized to commemorate the day.


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  1. Mudak on January 15th, 2011 at 18:12:

    Maybe it’s me, but it would seem more fitting if all of the articles said it was a different number of years since its founding…

  2. Mr. N on January 16th, 2011 at 16:52:

    Yes, it’s you :-)

  3. Jim on January 17th, 2011 at 13:48:

    @Mudak: don’t they?

So Much For Standards, Google Says WebM Plugins Coming Soon For Safari And IE9

Posted on January 15th, 2011 at 8:51 by John Sinteur in category: Apple, Free Software, Google, Microsoft

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We’ve already done a full breakdown of Google’s clarification of their H.264 pullout today. But buried in their post is another interesting nugget worth highlighting by itself: WebM plugins are coming shortly for Safari and IE9.

Yes, plugins.

This is both humorous and terrifying on a few levels. First and formost, the point of all of this H.264/WebM stuff is so that the web can shift to an HTML5 video standard going forward. Of course, since neither IE nor Safari will support Google’s, Mozilla’s, and Opera’s preferred codec for that standard, we’re right back to plugin land! Why don’t we just call WebM, Flash 2.0?


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  1. Mr. N on January 15th, 2011 at 12:28:

    Or, probably, IE and Safari will move their sorry ass and include a built-in codec.
    Because, right now, they are minority out there.

  2. Karl on January 17th, 2011 at 20:29:

    In what way is IE a minority?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

    IE: 57.08%
    Chrome: 9.98%

  3. Karl on January 17th, 2011 at 20:31:

    Well, I grabbed the wrong row.. but no matter how you look at it, IE still dominates the browser market.

Judge Delays Ruling on PlayStation Hack

Posted on January 15th, 2011 at 8:47 by John Sinteur in category: ¿ʞɔnɟ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ

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Sony’s attorney, James Gilliland Jr., argued the case could proceed in San Francisco because Hotz posted the hack on Twitter and YouTube, which are based in California. And Gilliland said Hotz received donations for the hack through PayPal, also based in California — an allegation Hotz’ attorney denied.

But if using Twitter or Facebook is enough to bring a case to San Francisco, “the entire universe would be subject to my jurisdiction,” the judge told the Sony attorney about his argument.


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  1. Jan-Mark on January 15th, 2011 at 15:59:

    This judge was clearly just protecting his own interest here.

  2. Jim on January 17th, 2011 at 13:59:

    @Jan-Mark: Not ‘just’ protecting his own interest here. The court was protecting the interest of the court and others making use if it, as well as that of the defendant. If this kind of jurisdiction were to be accepted too easily, the court may get swamped with cases, more than that court can handle. That may hurt a lot of people seeking justice there. And the legal system is not meant to annoy people by being able to sue someone far away from his/her home, dragging this person accross the country. There is a good reason the judge is seriously looking into his jurisdiction in this case (or any other for that matter).