Appeal court revives Oracle-Google copyright battle (via AFP) An appeals court has breathed new life into Oracle's big-money lawsuit against Google by ruling that software commands can be copyrighted just like classic books. The case stems from 2012 trial, in which Oracle claimed Google owed them billions in damages… 'Japan makes Bitcoin-linked drug arrest' (via AFP) A suspected drug importer who allegedly used Bitcoin to pay his Mexican suppliers has been arrested in Japan, police said Friday, in reportedly the country's first case of its kind. Police forces in Tokyo and the southwestern city of Fukuoka teamed… Sony to shutter Reader Store as eBook sales go the way of Vaio laptops (via The Inquirer) SONY ANNOUNCED on Wednesday that it plans to shut down its eBook Reader Store, just months after it closed its loss-making Vaio PC unit. Sony has been having a rough time of it lately. Just three months after it revealed plans to shut down its Vaio… So, now there's a chronic condition for making cups of coffee? Yeah, we here in the real world call it having to wake the hell up every morning. Just to make sure cutesy morning blogs and smartass blogs like mine have crap to write about, there had to be a nickname slapped on it. In this instance, the object of my disdain is called "barista wrist." There is also a "barista elbow." Of course. This is not to say i have a problem with repetitive strain injuries, or doubt their existence. I've been writing for 22 years now. To say sometimes my hands hurt after an all-day typing festival is an understatement. But pouring coffee? Come on. Come the fuck on. Sit down, get your mind right, and then come right the fuck on. This is where I have a problem with repetitive strain injuries, because if your brittle ass can't handle pouring coffee for a living, then maybe you should have sprung for better than a philosophy degree. A certified hand specialist told the New York Post they have seen "all kinds of barista injuries," which tend to be chronic in nature. Oh, what the fuck? What the hell kind of certified hand specialist did the Post speak to, a fluffer? Seriously, I bet I could call ten "certified hand specialists" and total up zero barista injuries not stemming from getting burned with hotter than absolute fuck coffee. "The motions involved in making and serving coffee are far more dangerous than the average person knows," the Post also writes, one of the more ludicrous things I have ever seen coming from a newspaper. Sure, you are dealing with hot liquid, and maybe even spoons, and are there even numbers available for the number of people who accidentally blind themselves with powdered creamer? I've been drinking coffee longer than I have been writing, and have I burned myself with coffee? Sure, two or three times. Am I putting my life in peril by making and/or serving coffee? No, not unless I'm doing it in the middle of a raging gun battle or a lightning storm. Neither of which I have done lately. In the final wind-up, what I would really like to know is what the hell the name for the repetitive strain injury is for drinking too much coffee. And whether or not you can get a medical card for it, cause that would be a great bit of information to pass on. You know, should you ever get the weirdest Trivial Pursuit card ever one night. British hate preacher managed London strip club (via AFP) British hate preacher Abu Hamza told his US terror trial Wednesday how he once jointly managed a London strip club in his quest to live a Western, movie-style life. Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, 56, better known in Britain as Abu Hamza al-Masri, has pleaded… Boko Haram attack in Nigeria town kills hundreds (via AFP) An attack by Boko Haram Islamists in a northeastern Nigerian town on the Cameroon border has killed hundreds of people, a local senator and witnesses said Wednesday. Senator Ahmed Zanna added that the town of Gamboru Ngala had been left unguarded because… US stocks dragged lower by weakness at Twitter, AIG (via AFP) US stocks retreated Tuesday as a sell-off in Twitter revived worries about the tech sector and disappointing earnings from insurer AIG hit financial stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 129.53 points (0.78 percent) to 16,401.02. The broad-based… Pop icon Prince blasts music bosses 'always at beach' (via AFP) US pop icon Prince fueled his long-running feud with music industry bosses Monday, slamming them for being "always at the beach," while hard-working artists make fortunes for them. The 55-year-old, who only weeks ago agreed a new deal with Warner Bros… Target's Chairman and CEO Out in Wake of Breach (via AP Video) Target's massive data breach has now cost the company's CEO his job. Gregg Steinhafel has resigned nearly five months after the retailer disclosed millions of customers information had been compromised. (May 5) California Chrome wins Kentucky Derby (via AFP) California Chrome swept to victory in the 140th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, powering away in the closing stretch to win the first leg of US flat racing's Triple Crown. Jockey Victor Espinoza took the pre-race favorite past Uncle Sigh and Chitu at the… |
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