Interesting Links for 3-5-2011

[andrewducker]

• Amazon places orders for tablets. Looks to be e-ink based again.
  (tags: amazon tablet technology)
• America enters the postmodern age - truth is now what you make it.
  (tags: postmodernism usa obama headdesk)
• Upload all file types to any Google Account - Google finally launching the GDrive?
  (tags: google backup files)
• Bidding for Dark Knight Returns Art Hits $100,000
  (tags: batman art comics FrankMiller)
• Demand for fairer benefits tests as two people who were declared fit to work die awaiting appeals
  (tags: welfare health uk)
• Psychologists show how precarious masculinity is, and how men will resort to violence to defend it.
  (tags: masculinity psychology violence)
• 75% of Lib Dem manifesto becoming government policy, versus 60% of Conservative policy.
  (tags: uk government libdem conservatives coalition)
• Antihydrogen Trapped For 1000 Seconds - a four orders of magnitude increase!
  (tags: science physics antihydrogen antimatter)
• US Broadcasters still trying to work out how to do on-demand TV.
  (tags: tv media usa broadcasting vod)

Comments

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

re On Demand Viewing:

"“Our business model is that we don’t do stupid deals,” he said. “We don’t want to snub our nose at consumer trends, but we don’t need to lead them there. We have the luxury of waiting for markets to gain critical mass.” "

hahaha. HAHAHA. Enjoy your shows being pirated by people of whom a proportion would have actually watched it in an approved way, then.

[andrewducker]

That was pretty much my feeling :->