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Stacking Order of Multiple Backgrounds
Multiple background images is a cool feature of CSS3. The syntax is easy, you just comma separate them. I find it’s easiest/best to use the background shorthand property so you can declare the position and repeating and whatnot and keep them all grouped together. What isn’t obvious while looking at the syntax is which image is on top in the vertical stacking order when those images overlap. The spec is clear in this regard and browser implimentations follow. The… Continue reading
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Hulk Hogan Says Calling People ‘Brother’ And Your Muscles ‘Guns’ Violates His Publicity Rights
Another day, another silly publicity rights claim. Apparently Hulk Hogan is suing a car dealership in St. Louis for violating his publicity rights. From the THREsq post on this:
Hogan is suing Southland Imports and Suntrup Automotive Group over a co… Continue reading
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PayPal reinstates Bradley Manning support group account
Company lifts restrictions on the account group trying to raise funds for the defense of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is accused of providing classified documents to WikiLeaks. Originally posted at News – Politics and Law
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P2P Shakedown Lawyers Apparently Still Sending Subpoenas To Get Info On Defendants Who Had Cases Dismissed
About a month ago, we pointed out an effort by an anonymous concerned citizen who has been tracking the massive increase in these P2P file sharing shakedown lawsuits, that are all about sending “pre-settlement” letters and getting people to pay up, rat… Continue reading
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Sony’s Neverending War Against The Freedom To Tinker And Innovate
We recently compared Sony’s lawsuit against GeoHot for adding functionality (that Sony had removed) to PS3s, to Sony’s attack on Aibo hackers a decade ago. With somewhat perfect timing, Philip Torrone has now put together a full list of Sony’s ongoing… Continue reading
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‘Consumer’ Group Wants Netflix To Tax Customers To Give To Telcos?
This one’s a bit bizarre. We were just talking about the ridiculous boondoggle called the Universal Service Fund, which is one of those “taxes” on your phone bill that’s supposed to go towards having the big telcos supply service to rural areas. Of c… Continue reading
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Google search to reward high-quality sites
Changes to the company’s algorithms push Web sites with useful, thoughtful information higher in the search results and push down low-quality sites and content farms. Originally posted at News – Digital Media
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Craigslist A ‘Cesspool Of Crime’? Or Are Bad Reporters A Cesspool Of Repeating Dubious Research?
Slashdot points us to an article at the “International Business Times,” that reports on a study from the AIM Group which claims that Craigslist is ‘a cesspool of crime.’ Interesting claim. What seems to be totally missing from the IBTimes report is t… Continue reading
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How ‘Reasonable Andy’ Stopped NPR’s Lawyers From Threatening Fan, And Actually Connected With Him
The actual story behind this is a few years old, but it was just retold in a recent video by a social media person at NPR, about how the broadcaster got control over their Facebook fan page that had been set up by a fan:
Basically, this guy — Geoff… Continue reading
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Just Because A Judge Signs A Warrant, Doesn’t Make It Legal…
One of the regular “defenses” we’ve seen in the comments for why Homeland Security’s seizures of various domains — including ones that have substantial protected speech — are “legal” is because a magistrate judge signed off on the affidavit filed by … Continue reading
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