MAPHIAA processa menininha de 12 anos. geez…
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é, slashdot!

ah, desculpa de eu estar mostrando quotes da slashdot, mas não dá pra resistir.
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por ser um fórum de discussão relativamente democrático, (na real meritocrático, mas vá lá…), sempre que alguém joga um assunto na roda, os membros tentam dissecá-lo com as ferramentas (dados, pontos de vista, paradigmas, inside information, experiência própria…) disponíveis. ou seja, é o espaço perfeito para seleção artificial de memes.
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sente essa, por exemplo:
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Why VoIP Makes Telecom Regulations Irrelevant: “Little startups figure out ways to make money off the new technology, because they’re not so entrenched. Massive megacorps trying to adapt to new technology are like covered wagons trying to chase a bee. As much as they’d like to catch that bee, they just can’t maneuver fast enough. So rather than let somebody else eat their honey, they pass a law requiring that the entire prairie be filled with bug spray. ‘Bees can sting!’ they say, ignoring the fact that bees make edible products.
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Eventually, they get the covered wagon heading in the right direction, they roll on up to the bee carcass now lying in the road, and then ‘relent’, ‘embracing the new technology’. I.e., through legislation they’ve succeeded in making technology no longer a moving target, and now they want their piece of the action.
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I don’t think it’s surprising that many of these technologies are proving somewhat resistant to legislative bug spray. People are still swapping music and movies, people are still using Internet telephony and listening to Internet radio. Evolution will naturally start to produce tech that can’t be hurt by legislative bug spray.”
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eu não tô aqui na terra pra reinventar a roda… o jogo é colar nas fontes de informação mais reliable e stand in the shoulder of giants.

slashdotters discutindo a política da MAPHIAA de processar seu customer base, e um deles vem com uma idéia bastante interessante:
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“The public reaction to the lawsuits needs to be loud and clear: Boycott.
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I think maybe a targetted boycott campaign against not the RIAA blanket company, but a particular member (chosen randomly) would wake them all up. Put some direct pressure on one pillar, somethign that will hurt, and maybe they’ll start to get the message.
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A month-long focused boycott of a single RIAA member company– recording division only– Internet-wide. Think of the media attention that would get! Then the next month, a new company…
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Just a thought. Anyone wanna pick up the ball?“
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então, ao invés de perder tempo em flashmobs inúteis, pq não usar a agora phammouzah™ tecnologia para algo mais político?

matéria na slashdot sobre as placas toynbee.
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abaixo os links de matérias que extraí de lá (ainda não li, tá cedo, pombas!)
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* Geocache
* CityBeat
* e Placas Toynbee, claro
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depois comento da nossa aparição no fantástico por causa disso…

discussão de como vc organiza seus e-mails na slashdot:
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“Magic prioritization:
Step 1: Reply to the email ASAP with a question. Emails are (at best) only half thought out to begin with, so this is typically necessary anyway. It is best if it is something the person will have to look up or follow up on, rather than something they will know right away.
Step 2: Delete the email.
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If it takes the person two weeks to get back to you, you know that it is not important AND you just bought yourself two weeks.
If your phone rings 30 seconds after sending the email, it is urgent.
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Everything else falls in the middle somewhere, but you get the idea. In my case, probably close to 5% of these never get a response (or get a quick reply that they will look into it, but no final answer), or having been forced to think about their request, they send a response that they need to work on the details of the request before I begin working on it. “

Brazilian Government Continues Push For Free Software. é brasil na slashdot, phynnah™!!!

yahoo testando nova ferramenta de blogs, betatesting na coréia.
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ah, concorrência!
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se botarem um sisteminha de blogroll embutido - como a parte de “amigos/favoritos” do fotolog - vão estar milhas a frente dos awkward templates do blogger…
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update: lendo os comentários da slashdot sobre o assunto acima, cara, como os programadores detonam os blogs… escrotizam ou pq é algo simples de se fazer, ou pq é para attention-whores. eles simplesmente não pegaram que a onda não é mass media, é escrever e ler apenas dos que lhe são íntimos.
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seria o mesmo que imaginar que todos os que se vestem todo dia para sair estão buscando o estrelato em hollywood. não, idiota, é uma extensão da sua identidade!!!! ou como disse um slashdotter:
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“Having the resources or knowledge to maintain a blog does not make what you have to write in the blog any more worth reading than what the Yahoo-ites have to say. Sadly, many of the technically-savvy have failed to realize this.
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The truth of the matter is, if what you say is worth reading on a regular, or even daily basis, someone will step in and provide you with the resources to maintain your blog, thereby freeing you up to focus on your writing. These resource-providers are called publishers. Whether or not the blog-writer has a publisher is a good litmus test for whether I will devote any of my time reading what he writes.”