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Dr. Peter Jensen Debuts Open Source Tricorder

Tricorders are devices used, among other things, to determine what ails a patient. Yeah, it is a pretty wild notion that one single device can do such a thing. There have even been applications previously on the market resembling a tricorder on your very own smart phone! Though once an organization by the name of CBS, found out it was not associated to Star Trek itself, it was discontinued on the Android market. There are still a couple of applications mimicking it for the iPhone and other such devices today, but they prove to not be as functional.

Could Romeyka (Ophitic) Greek Be Wonder Woman’s Dialect?

Probably not literally so, but this archaic Greek dialect, preserved in the folds and nooks of the rugged Black Sea side of Asia Minor, may be as close as any living person will get to hearing Themiscyran. After all, only a little over 100 kilometers west of Trabazon, the heart of the Romeyka-speaking area, is Aretias, the island formerly sacred to Ares, where Amazons were alleged to have worshipped; and another 200 kilometers along the coast is the river Thermodon (???????? or more recently, Terme), next to which the original Themiscyra was built.

Warner Bros., Seigel & Shuster Estate Duke It Out over Superman

Warner Bros. access to the iconic Superman comic book character is currently a matter of heated legal debate. Last Friday, Warner Bros., who wholly owns DC Comics, filed a brief before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals explaining why the estate of co-creator Jerry Siegel shouldn’t be allowed to execute a copyright termination notice on the studio’s rights to the iconic hero.

ECA Action Alert: Help Fight The ‘Video Game Health Labeling Act of 2012’

The Entertainment Consumer Association (ECA) has issued an action alert, a call to arms for gamers everywhere to let their elected officials know that The Video Game Health Labeling Act of 2012 wasn’t acceptable in 2009 and is not acceptable now. Rep. Joe Baca (D CA-43) has teamed up with Rep. Frank Wolf (R VA-10) to reintroduce a bill that is very familiar to gamers. If passed, the bill would require that ALL Video Games except those rated “Early Childhood” (EC) be labeled with a dramatic warning for parents:

“WARNING: Exposure to violent video games has been linked to aggressive behavior.”