What I’m Reading: Tuesday

Another example of religion only serving to divide us:

Muslim ads on county buses drive Jewish group to protest

Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones in the UK

Say goodbye to privacy (then again, this example comes courtesy of the nanny state, so we shouldn’t be so surprised).

Gordon Brown brings Britain to the edge of bankruptcy

Is the UK the next Iceland?

Biggest banks ranked by percent loss in market value:

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Best performers (down roughly half): Santander (Spain), JPMorgan (US), HSBC (UK/HK). Worst performers (down 90%+): Barclays, Citigroup, Royal Bank of Scotland.

Strange effects from cellphone cameras (not photoshopped):

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Los sensores CMOS baratos, como el del iPhone, no exponen el escena de una vez, sino que la escanean de izquierda a derecha. Si fotografías algo que se mueve muy rápido (como las hélices de un avión) puede resultar en imágenes extrañas en las que cada columna del sensor representa un momento en el tiempo distinto a los demás.

(Cheap CMOS censors like those found in the iPhone don’t take a single exposure, and instead scan a scene from left to right. If you photograph something moving quickly (like an airplane’s propeller) it could result in a strange image, in which each column of the CMOS censor displays a capture moments apart from its neighbors).

Curioso efecto óptico en cámaras sencillas – Microsiervos

The internet has changed the way we consume news. Nicholas Sarkozy wants to go against progress and bail out French newspaper publishers. It’s true that there is inherent value in having a strong, independent press, but there is no evidence that suggests that we’re losing that robust impartiality. In fact, only the method of news consumption is changing. Minus two points for Sarkozy.

Sarkozy quiere salvar a la prensa francesa – El Blog Salmon

Chinese Translation Cuts Out Parts of Obama Inauguration Speech

The Chinese translation of the speech, credited to the Web site of the official China Daily newspaper, was missing the word “communism” in the first sentence. The paragraph with the sentence on dissent had been removed entirely.

Anarchy anyone?:

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