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What is planned obsolescence?

At first it might sound ludicrous: Why would companies work together to keep innovations away from the marketplace? Subscribe | http://bit.ly/stdwytk-sub The Rabbit Hole | http://bit.ly/stdwytk-home Audio Podcast | http://bit.ly/stdwytk-audio-itunes Follow us | http://bit.ly/stdwytk-twitter Like us | http://bit.ly/stdwytk-fb Here are the facts. Join Ben and Matt to learn the Stuff They Don't Want You To Know about everything from ancient history to UFOs, government secrets, and the future of civilization. Here's where it gets crazy. New videos every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Visit our Mothership: http://bit.ly/stdwytk-hsw-home Feed your brain: http://bit.ly/stdwytk-brainstuff-home Our big brothers: http://bit.ly/stdwytk-sysk-home Blow your mind: http://bit.ly/stdwytk-stbym-home History class: http://bit.ly/stdwytk-symhc-home Your mom: http://bit.ly/stdwytk-smnty-home #News

NBC's Lisa Myers: Obama is using "$140,000 weapons to take out $20,000 trucks"

Lisa Myers on Morning Joe said that her reporting shows the airstrikes by the US and its allies on ISIS are having little effect. The strikes are more for show - these are pinprick strikes. One analyst said were are using $140,000 weapons to take out $20,000 trucks. "THIS VIDEO IS FAIR USE UNDER U.S. COPYRIGHT LAW BECAUSE IT IS (1) NON-COMMERCIAL, (2) TRANSFORMATIVE IN NATURE, (3) USES NO MORE OF THE ORIGINAL WORK THAN NECESSARY FOR THE VIDEO'S PURPOSE, AND (4) DOES NOT COMPETE WITH THE ORIGINAL WORK AND COULD HAVE NO NEGATIVE AFFECT ON ITS MARKET." #News

Dying 29-year-old woman says she will take lethal dose

Peter Richardson, Director of the film "How to Die in Oregon," talks to CNN's Brooke Baldwin about patients who set dates to take their own lives. #News

Adobe eBook reader app caught spying on users

Adobe eBook reader app caught spying on users http://bit.ly/1y9iXms "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." § 107.Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include...

Man With Ebola-Like Symptoms Claims Contact With 'Patient Zero' In Texas

Local officials said in a statement a patient in Frisco, Texas, walked into an urgent care facility on Wednesday exhibiting some signs and symptoms of Ebola and told health-care workers he had had contact with "patient zero" in Dallas, referring to Thomas Eric Duncan, who died Wednesday of the virus. A Dallas official told Mashable the man is not one of the 48 individuals currently part of the Ebola contact tracing. Frisco Fire Chief Mark Piland said in a briefing on Wednesday that the man had spent some time inside Duncan's apartment and had come into contact with members of his family while there. He stressed, however, that officials "are treating this as a low-risk event" but acting on the side of caution. http://on.mash.to/1ri8dto http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ #News

Remains Of The First U.S. Ebola Patient Will Be Cremated

Texas officials have said that a Dallas Ebola victim will be cremated, following his death on Wednesday. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, they will be following detailed instructions from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) on the handling of the remains of Thomas Eric Duncan. The detailed guidelines recommend including enclosing the body in two bags and disinfecting the bags, after which the body can be transported without the need for protective gear. Duncan, the first man to be diagnosed with the deadly virus while in the United States, passed away on Wednesday morning. http://on.mash.to/1ri8bBD http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ #News

Judge Napolitano: Twitter Suing The Feds Over Patriot Act

Air Date: October 8th, 2014 This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. #News