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Question: "Am I free to go or am I being detained?"

Answer: "Duh constitution don't apply at checkpoints."

The cops are desperate to bust this young man. They are surprised to discover that they are being videoed.

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Logitech unveiled a gaming case for the iPhone 5, iPhone 5S and fifth-generation iPod Touch running iOS 7 that will add external controls for compatible games, the company announced Wednesday.

The Logitech PowerShell Controller and Battery offers players a case with a directional pad, four face buttons and two shoulder buttons. The case slips over the iPhone or iPod, but still offers access to the camera, power button and headphone jack.

The case can also charge the iOS device since it contains a 1,500 milliamp-hour battery, which Logitech representatives said was good for about one full charge Read more...

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Samsung and Apple have been back in court the last several days in a case meant to determine how much Samsung should pay for violating some of Apple's patents.

As Samsung and Apple closed their arguments yesterday, Samsung's lawyers called for a mistrial based on the remarks by one of Apple's lawyers, Bloomberg reports. 

In his closing arguments, the Apple lawyer told a personal story about how he watched TV on American-made devices when he was a kid, and how because American manufacturers didn't protect their patents, the products died. 

"We all know what happened," the Apple lawyer said.

Samsung's lawyer pounced on the comment and demanded that judge Lucy Koh, who is overseeing the trial, throw the case out based on those remarks that were "appealing to race."

The Apple lawyer disagreed and argued that Samsung has tried to use the race issue to get the case thrown out in previous legal spats between the two companies.

Koh declined to throw out the case but did remind the jury that they “must not be influenced by any personal likes or dislikes, opinions, prejudices, or sympathy.”

The jury is now deliberating and will decide how much Samsung owes Apple.

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“That’s a mighty intelligent steak.” — Engelberg Munoz

“Ah… the human trashcan technique… very effective!”

Yesterday morning, the sun unleashed a powerful X1 solar flare. The latest in a string of recent outbursts, the eruption is among the most violent we've seen all year (X-flares being the most powerful classification of solar eruption there is.)

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The Xbox One release date is almost here, and according to the critics, it’s a magnificent beast when it works right.

Microsoft has quite a bit of bad PR to make up for after everything they’ve said since the big reveal in May. Though the console supposedly shares many of the same limitations as its rival, the Xbox One strives to be everything to everyone. This review roundup for Xbox One states that the console was made not to simply share space in your entertainment system, but to be the center of it all.

Gizmodo‘s Xbox One review states that the console is certainly ambitious, and it’s a marvel of technology when it works. The Kinect is a fantastic new way to control basically everything, the controller has been perfected to an amazing degree, and even the console’s user interface shows no lag whatsoever.

The Xbox One release date promises to be a great success if you don’t mind a few hiccups. Specifically, the Internet Explorer and SkyDrive apps tend to lock up and crash quite often, hampering the experience right off the bat. Snapping apps together brings up another glitch when you try to separate them.

On the bright side, the color scheme can be customized to identify exactly who is logged in. You can’t simply take charge if someone else is logged in as the primary user. The likelihood of someone else coming along and stopping your download to play some music using the native app is null (and the USB music support is unfortunately absent for now).

Kotaku agrees that the Xbox One release date “shoots to thrill” as long as it’s set up the way Microsoft intended.

The console is meant to be set up a certain way, and if you deviate from their suggestions, it seems to penalize you for it. If you have a PlayStation 4 hooked up and you’re playing it, and you suddenly want to do something with the Xbox One, the voice command could actually turn the TV off. This is because when the console turns on, it figuratively flips the on and off switch for everything you set it up to interact with.

ICYMI, our review of the Xbox One: magical, when it works… http://t.co/vbue1LBTej

— WIRED (@WIRED) November 20, 2013

According to ABC News, the Xbox One is Microsoft’s bid to be the only console in your living room. Microsoft wants you to connect everything through the console and make it your universal voice-activated remote. Setup is quick, but it may be easier just to grab the controller and do what you want that way. Xbox One was meant to take on the future, but despite all of the ambition that went into its design, the shortcomings might sour your experience.

Perhaps after the Xbox One release date has passed, Microsoft will release a patch to compensate for the console’s glitches. It’s a great console, but it seems to be trying just a bit too hard.

Xbox One Release Date Almost Here, The Critics Weigh In is a post from: The Inquisitr News

It appears that, finally, the prominence of cat videos on the internet are being rivaled by another internet phenomenon: Russian dashcams. Dashcams are cameras placed on the dashboard of a car, and are very popular in Russia as insurance and anti-corruption measures. Their intention is to protect their drivers from, say, psychopaths on the road, or cops soliciting a bribe, or from insurance companies who aren’t willing to pay out in the case of a crash.

An unintended side-effect has been the creation of an entire sub-genre of videos of bizarre things caught on dashcam — such as the recent Chelyabinsk meteor, or the time a guy got his cell phone smashed after he caused an accident (be warned: if you decide to Google search dashcam vids, many of them are essentially gruesome snuff videos). The Russians have even created their own lingo based on the videos. My personal favorite is the honorific “Anus of Concrete,” which refers to someone who stays insanely calm under pressure.

Take this video of a man crashing his car into a river. His conversation with the passenger is translated thus:

“Oh, we float!”

“Where we go?”

“I don’t know, maybe to the shore.”

“Don’t steer the wheel, it is useless.”

Congratulations, sir. You have an Anus of Concrete.

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Starless Nebula NGC6188 in Narrowband by Fred Vanderhaven

NGC 6188 is an emission nebula located about 4,000 light years away in the constellation Ara. The bright open cluster NGC 6193, visible to the naked eye, is responsible for a region of reflection nebulosity within NGC 6188.

The PlayStation 4 costs $381 for Sony to build, $18 under its retail price of $399. The figure comes from a hardware teardown by research firm IHS that included the bill of materials, which amounts to $372, as well as per-unit cost of assembly in the assessment. The teardown notes that the system's processor and memory account for about half of the cost of the entire console at $188, and that the PS4's 500 GB hard drive is $1 cheaper than the 120 GB one found in the PS3, thanks to the "major decline in HDD costs during the past four years."

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House said in August that the system "will not generate anything like the losses we did for the PlayStation 3," which amounted to $3.5 billion in 2007 and 2008, after the PS3 launched in November 2006 for $599. IHS' teardown of the PS3 at the time found that the system cost Sony $805, and the company still lost roughly $40 per system as of December 2009.

The PS4 is off to a good start, as Sony sold one million units in the console's first day at retail. Sony addressed a few issues with launch systems, estimating that the number of problematic PS4 consoles is less than one percent of those shipped.

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Our review of Super Mario 3D World couldn't help but mention Luigi's "adorable cat butt." So, obviously, it's a five-star game from us.

• Eurogamer (100/100): "It's beautiful as well as busy, too. While Nintendo came to HD textures late, it's benefited more than most - probably because it has rendering interests that go beyond rust and gunmetal."
• IGN (96/100): "Super Mario 3D World is marvelous, and its constant variety and fantastic light-hearted co-op play proves that Nintendo still knows exactly how to tweak their Mario formula in fun ways."
• Game Informer (93/100): "While 3D World shines in single-player, the fun multiplies with others. This merges clever and flexible 3D maps with New Super Mario Bros.' wild four-player gameplay. Everyone fights over their favorite characters not just for looks, but also for their unique traits."
• Edge (90/100): "This is Mario like you've never seen him before, and unlike so many of his next-gen rivals, he nips along at an effortless 60fps. If the true measure of new hardware's worth is how stark the difference is between it and what came before, then this is the most next-gen game that 2013 has yet produced."
• The Escapist (80/100): "Super Mario 3D World is a very good Mario game that suffers only in that the unrealized potential for it to have been a great game, period, keeps peeking in between the cracks."

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More games to come next week for those who donate over the average

The third iteration of the Humble Mobile Bundle is now available and accepting donations for a group of six Android-only games. As is the case each time, the donation model lets you pay what you want for the games below, with some of the proceeds going to developers and the rest going to a pair of great charities.

• EPOCH
• rymdkapsel
• SpellTower
• Swordigo (new to Android)

In addition to the above four games, if you donate over the average (currently just $4.58) you'll also receive two more games. You'll also have access to any additional games that are added to the Mobile Bundle 3 next week, as is often the case.

• Ridiculous Fishing (new to Android)
• Kingdom Rush

Head to the source link below and donate what you feel is appropriate to receive four or six great Android games.

Source: Humble Bundle

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A silly — but not entirely worthless — addendum to Ed’s post this morning about the dismal new ABC/WaPo for O. Beyond the dumb topline number showing Romney “winning” 49/45 (331 electoral votes!!!) lies some ominous news for The One: He’s losing his base. * Obama won women in 2012 by 11 points, according to […]

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Doom was an immensely popular and genre-defining game back when it was released in 1993. It paved the way for many titles that followed and is still seen as one of the purest forms of first-person shooter gameplay. But things have clearly changed since then and it raises the question; what would the original Doom be like if it were made today? 

Well, one person has given us the answer by creating a video series showing what Doom would be like if it took advantage of many tropes and cliches that 'modern' FPS games employ. Watch as our hero has to take cover from enemy combatants as his health recharges, and look how skillful he is at breaching rooms and taking out enemies with precision using iron-sight aiming. But be careful! This incarnation of Doom has replaced the dark and gloomy horror atmosphere with inaccessible DLC specific areas. Ooohhh, so scary!

But in all seriousness, this video series does an exceptional job of showing the disparity between the generations when it comes to game design. The only thing scary about it is seeing how accurate it is when it comes to modern shooter titles.

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Shut the front door.  This compilation video of the cutest animal moments of 2013 is enough to make you believe in miracles.  Or just, believe that animals are better than humans…

 

 

 

THEY ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN HUMANS.

 

This bear playing a brass instrument proves that Disney movies are real.

 

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Which matchmaking couple pulls at your heartstrings more, the soaring eagles of romance or the douche-love fest that is a bromance?

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