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This week we talk about Douche-bags, The Olympics, Apple at it again with censorship, and much much more

JPuent – short rant regarding Customer service with a (semi) happy outcome

SM – SCII Beta, how sweet it is…

(I still hate you…    J/K)

Corrections

• Hothead, not Telltale, did PA Adventures (TY @PhysicistLisa)
• The movie was Grindhouse that we were talking about that was shot like a ’70′s B-flick and was a double header
  • (Kristin owns it and sent MMS pics after the show! What a goofball!)

Deals of the Week

• What’s good at Entertainment Earth ?? (iKDR)

  • The Venture Bros. The Monarch & Dean Venture Action Figures

  • Serenity Malcolm Reynolds Browncoat Replica (@GeekGirlDiva who works at EE, got price down from $359 to $319 AND if you use EETWEET12 at check out, you get free Super Saver – FedEx Smartpost shipping)

• for $25 bucks your kid can play grown up… with an iPhone Chalkboard

  • pretty cool little chalkboard that is handpainted to look like an iPhone

Geek Speak

• RCR Wireless is a news source for the wireless communications industry and publishes regular rants regarding the industry
• Mr. Douche-bag (aka Dan Meyer) recently attended the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain and came to a discovery:
  • “All of the awesome inventions in the history of the world were created by people that were so intent on inventing awesome things that they never worried about going outside, or meeting a mate or even showering”
  • He goes on to state that “nerds [should stay] in their place under the jocks in the traditional hierarchy”
  • and “while still residing in their parent’s basements planning their next panty raid, [nerds] are being feted by their one-time torturers as saviors of the wireless industry and set to move into the big house on campus
• I hereby virtual bitch-slap you, Mr.Dan “Douche-bag” Meyer. You have NO business being in the tech industry. My wish for you is to be the parent of a super genius nerd, who refuses to leave your babsement, or share any of his earnigs with you. </end of rant>
  (SM) for the record, he went back and edited the post and softened it a little bit, but the sentiment is still there. Nerds, stay in your basement and don’t have a life.

• In just the hockey venue alone, 25 kilometers of fiber optic cable, 80 kilometers of Cat 5 Ethernet cable, 1,500 Ethernet drops.
• 20 or so different Venues, redundant loops in each locale
• They literally fibered each of the mountains so that photographers could take a pic, and upload a shot before the skier got to the bottom
• Ours is a connected world. how has the way you’ve viewed the olympics changed? <-i still think curling is ridonkulous iKDR
• (SM) Summer Olympics Experience

• An Italian judge held three Google executives criminally responsible for an online video of an autistic teenager being bullied
• Internet giant may be forced to police their content in Italy, and even beyond.
• video had been viewed 5,500 times over the 2 months it was online, when it climbed to the top of Google Italy’s “most entertaining” video list and had more than 80 comments, including users urging its removal.
• Google argued that it was unaware of the offensive material and acted swiftly to remove it after being notified by authorities, taking the video down within two hours.
• Google called the decision “astonishing,” saying it “attacks the very principles of freedom on which the Internet is built.”
• “If company employees like me can be held criminally liable for any video on a hosting platform when they had absolutely nothing to do with the video in question, then our liability is unlimited,” he said in a statement.

Tech,Gaming, and Geek News

• Sony disabling Multiplayer for used games (SM)
  • PSP’s SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3. will now need a 1-time code to unlock multiplayer
  • Those buying it used can go get it for a fee $30
  • Becoming a trend, how do new games distinguish themselves with value-add
  • EA offering DLC for new Mass Effect 2 and Bad Company 2
  • Absolutely rediculous… one more reason I’m glad I own a 360!(JP)
• FTC Gives Google Rights to buy and trade energy (JP)
  • Google wants the capability to get the best deal for themselves and their NOC’s
  • Network Operating Centers consume HUGE amounts of electricity. Just imagine a room full of Racks stacked to the ceiling filled w/ 1″ tall server, each needing their own power.
  • Google now has the right to trade on the open market, they don’t have to necessarily only do it for their own uses, they “could” become an actual energy company if they so choose
    • (which is why i refer the them as “the internet overlords” iKDR)

• Custom Nintendo Wii Proton Pack (iKDR)
  • Wii-Proton Pack to be used in conjunction with the Nintentdo Wii version of the Ghostbusters Video game
  • The cyclotron features
    • four blue LEDs allowing you to know which player is selected or active
    • Blue Power Cell actually shows you how much power the pack has
    • Wand has an area for Wii-mote and Nunchuck & makes all the iconic Ghostbusters SFX
    • (JP) Wonder what happens if you cross the streams??? <—-hahahahaha!!! iKDR this is why i ? you guys
    • Requested by Jason from Toledo via Facebook

• Action Comic No. 1 Sells for $1 MM (JP)
  • This is the first appearance ever for Superman (iconic cover with him throwing a car against a rock)
  • Published in April 1938
  • Although 100 of these still exist, only 2 of them are “8″ qualities (very good)
  • Has now officially taken the record away from the second highest sale (also a #1: sold for $317,200 (£205,000) in 2009. Quality of 6)
  • Anonymous US buyer

• Twitter News: (SM)
  • Dalai Lama Joins Twitter – This has been vetted and kudos for picking up technology to spread his words of peace
  • Conan O’Brien Officially Joins Twitter first tweet “Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me. “

• iPad might breathe life into digital comics (iKDR)
  • although this isn’t a big enough reason to buy one, the Kindle and iPhone definitely cant compete with comics on the iPad
  • Newsarama reported that Comixology will have an iPad version of its popular iPhone comics app.
  • Comixology offers titles like The Walking Dead, Fantastic Fours and others
  • But how to fanboys & girls feel about digital comics?
  • (SM)I love digital comics personally, and would totally buy them but there hasn’t been a portable device good enough (too much other entertainment on my computer)

• Did human DNA hitch a ride to Mars? (iKDR “aliens” as per requested by @katiedoyle)
  • Some researchers speculate that life on Mars — if there is any — may be composed of “island species” that were carried away from Earth on interplanetary meteorites (rafts).
  • project called the Search for Extraterrestrial Genomes (SETG)
  • 2×2 centimeter microfluidic chip is part of the SETG instrument. Tiny tubes feed in chemicals and ultraviolet light illuminates fluorescent dyes that help identify and analyze DNA.

• Lego Mindstorm Robot Solves Rubicks Cube

• Clueless Woman Calls Tech Show When Her Stolen Wi-Fi Disappears [VIDEO] (iKDR)

• Florida Teens arrested for breaking into cars… after one of them pocket dialed 911 (JP)
  • So they ratted themselves out… Cops overheard them discussing their heists after one of them pocket dialed 911

• Zombie Stormtroopers
• USB + Regular Power Faceplate Plug

• Retired Superheroes cartoons (via NerdSalad.com)

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