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Not so long ago, hopping onto the internet required more than just opening a browser. In the dial up days you'd have to wait for your modem to screech and squawk as it connected. Looking back through years of nostalgia, those sounds were strangely satisfying and often times melodic, which explains why someone has created a tiny electronic keyboard that lets you turn a dialup modem's sounds into your own symphony.

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NES Remix is a new game collection from Nintendo for the Wii U that takes 16 classic Nintendo games -- from Super Mario Bros. to The Legend of Zelda -- and picks specific pieces of them for remixing. For instance, an Excitebike level is shown as if ...

Remember all of those awesome Christmas commercials? You know, before TiVo and Netflix when you still watched commercials? M&Ms, Apple, Coca-Cola — they pulled out all the stops for the big holiday spend. You laughed, you cried, you opened your wallet…

It never occurred to me that other countries were also susceptible to this Yuletide consumerism until I was living abroad. In the UK, they call it “Battle of Christmas Ads” (so far, it seems John Lewis has won with their “bear and the hare” viral commercial). Millions of dollars are spent by brands in order to get a cut of the billions of dollars spent by shoppers during the holiday season.

Here’s where some of that goes:

Argentina

Australia

Brazil

Canada

China

Colombia

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

The Netherlands

Portugal

Russia

Singapore

Spain

UK

USA

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Michelle Jenneke, the ultra hot Australian dancing hurdler, is having a cute/fail moment.

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And dog, too. I imagine the dialog thusly:

Crawfish: Stay back! I am big, scary, and dangerous!
Cat: Oh, hai! Do u has a flavor?
Dog: Zzzz.

Via Reddit.

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Is your sex life against the law? Better make sure. We've painstakingly compiled a map of all the most biarre and unnecessary laws regulating what you do, with whom, and where. Check out our complete map of all the weirdest laws regulating sex in America below.

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Well, since BMW revealed what the i8's key fob will look like, it got me thinking, what in your opinion is the best key fob?

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Lady celebrates too soon her giant Jenga achievement

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Write a comment about this hilarious gif in the comments below, and the funniest comment will be featured on next week’s “Comment Gold of the Week!”

 

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The diagnosis of ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, continues to soar. In 1990, 600,000 children were taking medication for the disorder. The number is now more than 3 million. The increased numbers are blamed on awareness and marketing campaigns led by pharmaceutical companies.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classifies ADHD as a neurobehavioral disorder, which is most often diagnosed in children. The symptoms may include difficulty paying attention, lack of impulse control, and hyperactivity.

Although the symptoms certainly apply to many children, those with ADHD experience more severe and long-term problems. The inability to concentrate may eventually affect schoolwork and interpersonal relationships.

The CDC identifies three types of ADHD. Predominantly Inattentive Presentation is characterized by an inability to complete tasks and adhere to routine. Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Presentation includes a specific emphasis on impulsive behavior and inability to rest. Combined Presentation indicates the presence of inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive symptoms.

The cause of the disorder is unknown. However, some theories include brain injury. low birth weight, and environmental exposures. Children diagnosed with ADHD are often treated with stimulant medications, which are composed of Amphetamines.

Although several studies indicate the medications help children concentrate in school, some argue that the long-term side effects are not worth it. Children who take Amphetamines have shown improved concentration and better test scores. However, the medication can cause loss of appetite, insomnia, irritability, and psychotic episodes.

As reported by NBC News, critics blame pharmaceutical companies for promoting medication as a miracle cure:

“The rise of A.D.H.D. diagnoses and prescriptions for stimulants over the years coincided with a remarkably successful two-decade campaign by pharmaceutical companies to publicize the syndrome and promote the pills to doctors, educators and parents.”

According to the CDC, the percentage of children diagnosed with ADHD increases by 5 percent every year. The average age of diagnosis is 7, with boys receiving the diagnosis more often than girls. More than 6 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD are taking medication for the disorder.

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Thanks to the magic of YouTube, some of the people lucky enough to receive one of the 300 beta Steam Machines have been able to share their impressions of the system. The OS looks like exactly like Steam's Big Picture Mode, with the option to switch over to a Linux desktop. Most of the videos report the controller being very lightweight, but this is probably due to it being a prototype that was made on a 3D printer.

There are videos available of people playing Metro Last Light, Portal, and Team Fortress 2. The graphics look really good, and one thing I noticed that was interesting is that the graphics settings have been simplified in Metro to one slider for overall quality.

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Back in January, Sony released the 'Bob Dylan Copyright Collection Volume'. As its name shamelessly proclaims, that was purely to take advantage of an EU law to extend the copyright term on recordings from 50 to 70 years there. Copyright is supposed to offer an incentive to create new works, so extending it after they are written is clearly nonsensical. Similarly, the idea that musicians will suddenly be inspired to write more new songs because of the extra 20 years of protection that only kicks in 50 years from when the song is recorded is just silly.

Needless to say, Bob Dylan is not the only artist with tracks hidden away in the vaults of recording companies. Here's another rather high-profile example:

On Tuesday Apple [Records] will release the downloads of Beatles recordings which have long been bootlegged but never been made legally available. They include outtakes, demos and live BBC radio performances. A spokeswoman for Apple would only confirm that the 59 tracks are being released. As to the company's motivation: "No comment." Is it because of the copyright laws? "No comment."

One reason for that, says Beatles blogger Roger Stormo, is that the record company does not really want to release the material in the first place -- its hand is being forced. "The only reason why they are doing this is to retain the copyright of this material," he said.

As that makes clear, this previously unreleased material is not coming out because Apple Records is keen to serve avid Beatles fans around the world; it's not even to provide legal versions of tracks that have been bootlegged for years. It's simply so as to be able to assert control over some recordings of the Beatles's music for another 20 years.

Even though the Guardian article quoted above fails to comment on the fact, this is pretty outrageous. When the Beatles recorded the tracks, they made an implicit deal with the public. In return for a government-backed monopoly lasting 50 years, they would allow their music to enter the public domain at the end of that time. And yet, what has happened? Instead of being able to enjoy and use the tracks as part of the public domain, Europeans have been cheated, and told they must wait another 20 years, simply because the recording industry employed good lobbyists.

What's particularly galling is that the tracks weren't even available beforehand, and so presumably weren't earning any money for Apple Records; in other words, releasing them into the public domain would have resulted in no loss of revenue whatsoever. And yet the recording industry's obsession with control meant that Apple Records decided to punish the Beatles' fans anyway by extending the copyright on material it didn't want released.

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