Links for 01-12-2007
Google book search is not a monopoly, DSLR tips, Donna Haraway’s Cyborg Manifesto, the economics of life extension treatments …
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1 – Google Book Search Critics Ignore The Non-Exclusive Nature Of Scanning Contracts
“In short, Google is anything but a monopoly. There are already competing book-scanning efforts under way, and if Google’s project is a success we can expect more such efforts to be launched in the future.”
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2 – Master Your DSLR Camera, Part 2: Manual Mode and More
“Your camera is basically just a box with a hole in it and a light sensor inside. If the right amount of light gets through the hole to strike the sensor, you get a properly exposed picture.” Good solid tips, right here.
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3 – Warren Ellis’ Second Life Sketches: Back From The Dead
“This means that the place is not a shoot-’em-up, but that meaningful combat can issue from roleplay. I’m no good at DCS2 combat — I once got murdered in about ten seconds after urinating on a sleeping avatar in Toxian City.”
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4 – Facebook makes U-turn over controversial new ad system Beacon
“The social networking site, which has more than 55 million users worldwide, came in for heavy criticism after it launched a system that published details on Facebook of individuals’ activities on other websites.”
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5 – Donna Haraway – A Cyborg Manifesto
The seminal and highly influential essay. Well worth a read for sf heads and anyone interested in feminism and the future.
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6 – World faces cyber cold war
“About 120 countries are developing ways to use the internet as a weapon to target financial markets, government computer systems and utilities, Internet security company McAfee said in an annual report.” McAfee has no bias here, of course.
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7 – Who Owns the Fountain of Youth?
“… if sirtuin activators really do prevent cancer and heart disease and Alzheimer’s and nearly everything else that causes our bodies and minds to fail, how much will it cost?” An important question.
