Panelists discuss ways to care for the nation’s paranoid schizophrenics, such as hiding cameras in their homes or audio transmitters in their ears.
“Everyone around you wants to get you … ” help that is! Priceless.
On Techdirt:
Greg Beck writes in to let us know that the law firm that was recently challenged for claiming that it was a copyright violation to post its cease-and-desist letter also has some other interesting ideas about copyright, including banning people from looking at the firm’s source code.
In other news, publishers use copyright claim to say you can’t read the book you just bought.
Jest aside, that actually did happen with one of the older books in the Harry Potter series. Some copies were sold before release date, and somehow they got a court injunction saying that the people in possession of those copies couldn’t read them (not just talking about it or leaking plots, but EVEN FROM READING). I can honestly say that I am glad that I never contributed a single dime to that whole series.
When are these money-grubbing trolls going to learn that you can’t use copyright claims to restrict fair use? And, of course, everyone knows that EULA-style contracts are even more “barely” legal than 18-year-old strippers and probably won’t stand to a court challenge in the U.S.
On About.com:
Many people do not want to get a flu shot because they are concerned they may get the flu from the flu shot. Is there any truth to this concern? Find out if it is possible to get the flu from the flu shot.
Call me crazy, but the side effects of the vaccine, such as, “Runny nose, Sore throat, Headache, Cough, Nausea and vomiting (in children), Fever (in children), Muscle aches,” sounds awfully similar to symptoms of the flu. And not only that, you might even be contagious afterwards, according to the article, “Because the nasal flu vaccine is a weakened live virus, people in close contact with people who have severely weakened immune systems should not get the nasal flu vaccine.”
So, what do they mean by, “Well, the short answer is, no, there is no truth to it. It is NOT possible to get the flu from the flu shot”? Is this one of the cases where it really depends on what the definition of “is” is, or maybe “possible” is?