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"Creative Commons" is a way of sharing creations with other people without having to ask the original creator. Unlike "copyright", creative commons has four different licenses called "CC licenses" which each have their own rules. The four types of CC Licenses are: Attribution (which means you can use the creation, as long as you credit the creator), share alike (you can use the creation In another creation, as Long as you have the same licenses), No Derivatives (you can use the creation, but you are not allowed to do any changes to it), and non commercial ( you cannot make money off of the creation). Usually the licenses are combined. Like for example, sometimes you might see attribution and and no derivatives together. This means that you can use the creation as long as you credit the original creator, and you cannot change the creation in any way.

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Real Steel: movie review

The other day a couple of friends and I went to go see a movie
called Real Steel. The movie is about an "old school" boxer named
Charlie Kenton (played by Hugh Jackman) that lives in the year 2020
and becomes a robot boxing operator. During his quest to become the
greatest Robo boxing operator, he finds out that his ex-wife has
recently died, and Charlie is left with the decision to either take
custody of his 11 year old son Max, or let him stay with his aunt
Debra. So Charlie makes the decision of asking aunt Debras rich
husband for money, in exchange for the whole summer with Max. During
the summer Max stumbles upon a robot fighter, that he later names
"atom", and trains him to become the best robo boxer in the world,
with the help of his dad. Over the summer Max and Charlie bond as
father and son, and Charlie also falls in love with an old friend.

I thought this movie was really good. The action sequences were
not to short, but didn't drag on, and the bonding moments were really
heart warming. And the moments where they reminisce about the days of
Charlie Kentons boxing days was just amazing. I could have gone
without the romantic parts, but that's just me. I can't really think
of reasons why this movie would need improvements, so overall great
movie, and I hope to maybe see a prequel that explains when Charlie
was a boxer, or a sequel that continues the main story. I give this
movie a 5 out 5 and I recommend this movie to all sci fi and robot
fighting fans because the robots are deadly and it maybe an upgrade to
their league.

"Sony Offers Subscription Plan For Uncharted 3 DLC"

The article that I read is about the Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception "hunters club", as named by Sony. The hunters club is A DLC (Downloadable Content) package by Sony that allows players to use the four extra map packs on multiplayer mode, and 3 packs of online avatar costumes. This DLC package costs $25.00, which is a pretty good deal considering that if you bought the DLC separately you would have to pay $45.00. The release date for Uncharted: Drakes Deception is on November 1 , 2011.
I have a PS3 at home,and I have tried both of the other two parts of the series. From what I played, I found the story mode really interesting and the multiplayer mode alright, but not as good than the other reigning multilayer games like the CoD series or the Gears of War series for the X-Box. Although the Uncharted series' multiplayer part doesn't compare to the other games out there, I would buy it because the adventure aspect of it makes the storyline really interesting and deep. For the gamers that enjoy great action-adventure games, I think you should really consider buying this game, or at least rent it.

"Euroleague to the fore amid NBA lockout"

As most of the NBA sports fans know, the NBA season is cut short by two weeks because the players and the league owners have not been able to resolve a labor issue. This article that I read is about some NBA players are planning on playing in the Euro league until the lockout ends. An example that is given is Sasha Vujacic, a guard from the New Jersey Nets, will be playing for the Turkish team. The Euro league season this year started on October 17, so from what I know some NBA players will be playing basketball in the Euro league from October 17 to around November 14. All Euro league viewers and fans should be looking forward to a great start of the Euro league basketball season with their new temporary additions.
As a basketball fan myself, I am not to happy about the lockout. I have only been watching basketball games on TV for two years, so I feel like this season will be the same awesome and exciting sort of emotional season, but it sucks that NBA fans all around the world have to wait an additional two weeks before it starts up again. One big player change announcement is that i heard of was Kobe Bryant playing for Italy. When I first read that story I was really shocked. Overall I respect the select players for playing in the Euro league and I am looking forward to watching a good, but really short, season of NBA basketball.

Picture by Aaron Frutman

"Nintendo Bundles Redesigned Wii With Mario"

The news is that on October 23, 2011 Nintendo Of America will introduce a new model of Wii when a new bundle comes to stores. The current Wii bundle comes with the latest model and Mario Kart: Wii, for $150. As we all know, and if you don't, unlike the older version of Wii, the latest version of Wii is not backwards compatible with any gamecube accessories or games. So if you are the kind of person that really enjoys gamecube games, or likes to use their controllers then you should hold on to your older Wii. So if your a Nntendo fan look forward to the new Wii design and the new games coming in October.

I think that Nintendo is not making the right choice of removing the Wii's backwards compatibility function because, I'm sure that a lot of people use that function and they really like to play their older games on the system. Nintendo has a lot of major competitors like Sony's Playstation systems and Microsofts X-Boxs. From what I know, the PS3 is able to use games from it's very first system, the PS1. This is why the PlayStation systems are so popular. They give the consumers the ability to play the older games from their childhood. To be fair, nowadays some of those older games are forgotten because of the newer releases or remakes of them. My guess is that Nintendo is thinking that way.