Net Neutrality Is 'Marxist,' Says Koch-Backed Group; Experiment Tests Whether the Universe Is a 2-D Hologram

Did Google's Self-Driving Car Hit a Bump? | Comcast Denies Its Data Caps Are Actually 'Data Caps' To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Experiment Tests Whether the Universe Is a 2-D Hologram Did Google's Self-Driving Car Hit a Bump? Net Neutrality Is 'Marxist,' Says Koch-Backed Group Comcast Denies Its Data Caps Are Actually 'Data Caps' Uber Reportedly Has a Playbook for Sabotaging Lyft Hot Comment: "True, but the gap of 'standard knowledge' isn't as bad as..." From the Vault: Hawking Picks Physics Over God for Big Bang Watch It: Grumpy Programmer's Advice for Young Computer Workers Poll Booth: Should police have cameras recording their work at all times? Sponsored Resource: The Truth About Cloud Security   Experiment Tests Whether the Universe Is a 2-D Hologram Four years ago, Fermilab proposed testing the theory that the universe could be a hologram, and the experiment is finally going online. Researchers operating with cutting-edge technology out of a trailer in rural Illinois, say the set of experiements they launched this week will help them determine whether or not we are living in a two-dimensional holographic universe, Jason Koebler reports. Sound Off>> Did Google's Self-Driving Car Hit a Bump? Google's vision of the car of the future drives itself, doesn't have a gas or brake pedal, and no steering wheel. But that last one might be an issue. California's DMV, which published safety guidelines aimed at manufacturers of self-driving vehicles in May, told the company it needs to add all those things back to their traditional locations so that occupants can take "immediate physical control" of the vehicle if necessary. Sound Off>> Net Neutrality Is 'Marxist,' Says Koch-Backed Group A conservative group with strong ties to the Koch brothers has been bombarding inboxes with emails filled with disinformation and fearmongering in an attempt to start a "grassroots" campaign to kill net neutrality -- at one point suggesting that "Marxists" think that preserving net neutrality is a good idea. The group also suggests that reclassifying the Internet as a public utility is the "first step in the fight to destroy American capitalism altogether." Sound Off>> Comcast Denies Its Data Caps Are Actually 'Data Caps' Ars Technica reports, "For the past couple of years, Comcast has been trying to convince journalists and the general public that it doesn't impose any 'data caps' on its Internet service. ... That's despite the fact that Comcast in some cities enforces limits on the amount of data customers can use and issues financial penalties for using more than the allotment." Sound Off>> Uber Reportedly Has a Playbook for Sabotaging Lyft The folks over at The Verge claim that "Uber is arming teams of independent contractors with burner phones and credit cards as part of its sophisticated effort to undermine Lyft and other competitors." Interviews and documents show Uber reps ordering and canceling Lyft rides by the thousands, following a playbook with advice designed to prevent Lyft from flagging their accounts. Sound Off>>   Re: Truly the best scams "True, but the gap of "standard knowledge" isn't as bad as it used to be. At least it's getting better. If any message has gotten through, it's been not to give out information to an unknown phone caller. I'm sure it must work sometimes or they wouldn't be doing it, but since email spam has been largely eliminated from most end-user experiences, it seems going back to the phone scams is a bit..." --by AudioEfex Read More>>   Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang Four years ago, The Guardian reported that in his then-new book, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine being, was inevitable due to the law of gravity. "Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist," Hawking wrote. Read More>>   Grumpy Programmer's Advice for Young Computer Workers Bob Pendleton, who is over 60 years old and has been programming since he was in his teens, shares his career experiences with younger programmers so they can avoid making his mistakes and possibly avoid becoming as grumpy as he is. Watch the Video>>   Should police have cameras recording their work at all times? It's not needed It should be at the officers' discretion It should depend on an officer's training/history It should be incentivized but not required It should happen whenever a city/state has funding It should happen everywhere, regardless of cost It's not feasible from a data storage/IT standpoint The cameras are likely to "accidentally" break anyway Cast Your Vote>>   The Truth About Cloud Security Security is the number one issue holding business leaders back from the cloud. But does the reality match the perception? 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