Dyscultured

Episode 215 – Boot From Cloud

(direct link to mp3)

Preamble

• Yeah, apparently dogs can drive cars now…

Cana-duh

• Copyright trolls come to Canada: Teksavvy’s update, Geist’s two cents, TorrentFreak’s coverage and a list of infringed titles via pastebin.

Copyfight

• Cloudy-cloud-cloud with a chance of blank media tax.

Going Mobile

• From the obvious department: Canadians none too happy about telecom douchebaggery. Exhibit A here; Exhibit B here.

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• Apple to insource future production of some Macs — and they’re not alone.

Freedom!

• What a shitstorm looks like in the wonderful world of GNU/Linux.

Thanks For The Memory

• Sony ceases production of its last audio cassette-related products.

Pew-Pew

• Tweets with links to become slightly shorter — everybody panic!
• O RLY? We like Google Fiber, says Netflix.
• Another use for Tor: commanding botnets.
• The difference between rapping about killing people and actually doing it.

Shout-outs

• We made a 2012 best/worst list — w00t!

Music

• Dedicated to Voltage Pictures, here’s SON OF BAZERK and No Self Control with their free download, On The Verge Of An Ass Whippin’.

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