Great White Eats Shark Repellent Device

Sometimes the stories just write themselves, such is the case with the Shark Shield device. This device which attaches onto surf boards, uses electrical waves to give sharks uncomfortable muscle contractions. Unfortunately a 12 foot Great White shark thought it made a tasty snack, and ate the testing device. Luckily it was attached to a buoy and not a surfers board.

The bad part for the designers is that it's speculated that the device designed to repel sharks, actually attracts them. The designers said that the device works fine, as long you're not surfing, paddling, or moving.

Bad design for a shark repellent.

[The Australian via Gizmodo]

MPAA's "University Toolkit" Violates Copyright Laws

You just can pay for this kind of humor.

You might have heard about the MPAA's "University Toolkit" which is essentially spyware (rootkit). Well they forced schools to install this on their servers to monitor if students are violating copyright laws by pirating movies. Well the Toolkit is based off of GPL-licensed Xubuntu version of Linux, which requires any code written with it to have its source code licensed under the GPL. Well the MPAA felt that they didn't need to license the code, and refused to do so.

So in a strange twist the Ubuntu developer send the MPAA's ISPs a DMCA notice, ordering them to take it down for Copyright violations!

That's right, the MPAA is violating copyright laws!

The Ubuntu developer should sue for $10,000 per violation, and offer them a settlement of $3000. Isn't that the way we do things now MPAA?

[Slashdot via Gizmodo]

Fastest Windows Vista Notebook: Macbook Pro

There is something just kinda wrong about this, but apparently the fastest Windows Vista notebook is on a Macbook Pro. Yeah I know, it made me throw up a little in my mouth to when I heard about it. But the guys at PC World tested it, and the WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 88 beats the Gateway's E-265M by one point.

So if you're looking to run Vista super fast and smooth, buy a Macbook Pro?
Man I can't even say it with a straight face!

[PC World via Gizmodo]