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The family of a college student who killed himself in front of an Internet audience say they're
horrified his life ended before virtual spectators and infuriated that viewers and Web site
operators didn't act sooner to save him.
There's been a serious dearth of Hello
Kitty-branded products these days, but the dry-spell is thankfully at an end, with the arrival
of the Hello Kitty C1. The crazy cat's apparently first-ever netbook is (as you can see in the
photo) quite a looker, and it's packing a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU with 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, a 945 GSE
Express chipset and a 120GB hard drive. The 10.1-inch netbook's also got two USB ports, a 1.3
megapixel webcam and WiFi. It's going to cost you 890 smackers to make this yours, but the
sassiness alone kind of makes it worth it, doesn't it?
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apparently first-ever netbook is (as you can see in the photo) quite a looker, and it's packing a
1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU with 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, a 945 GSE Express chipset and a 120GB hard drive.
The 10.1-inch netbook's also got two USB ports, a 1.3 megapixel webcam and WiFi. It's going to cost
you 890 smackers to make this yours, but the sassiness alone kind of makes it worth it, doesn't
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Oh mon dieu ! Ça y est, l’invasion va commencer. Jusqu’à
présent nous avions été épargnés, mais c’était
sans compter l’intervention de Sotec qui vient d’annoncer le lancement
d’une édition spéciale du netbook DC101…
À l’effigie du chat Hello Kitty. Le châssis est
gris, mais il ne passera certainement pas inaperçu puisque le chat Kawaii et son nom y ont
été inscrits afin de rappeler à tous qu’il s’agit d’un
modèle rare. Tellement rare d’ailleurs qu’il est vendu 890Â $ (au
Japon uniquement). Ça fait cher pour du «Â low cost » tout
de même !
Pour rappel, le DC101 est doté d’un écran à
rétro éclairage par LED d’une diagonale de 10.1 pouces offrant une
résolution de 1024 x 600 pixels. Il est propulsé par processeur Intel Atom N270
cadencé à 1,6 GHz, 1 Go de mémoire vive, un disque dur de 120 Go à
5400 tours/minute ainsi qu’une webcam 1.3 million de pixels. Et vous pourrez aussi compter
sur trois ports USB, un lecteur de cartes Memory Stick / MMC / SD, sans oublier le
contrôleur WiFi b/g.
h4Some watchers encouraged overdose/h4 pThe Florida teen whose a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/21/online_suicide/"lethal drug overdose/a was broadcast
live over the net earlier this week began blogging about his intended suicide 12 hours before..../p
Abraham Biggs Junior avait parlé de se suicider sur son blog. Mercredi, il est passé
à l’acte, se filmant grâce à sa webcam. Les internautes ont mis plusieurs
heures à donner l’alerte.
MIAMI (AP) -- A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live
webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another
messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted the Web site to
notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs' home - a scene also captured on the
Internet - it was too late....
so my school gives everyone macbooks and they have ichat unblocked but u cant video chat at all or
share screens. when u hit someones video camera it pops up that u sent them a request to video chat
but then the person will never recieve it. also on a side note i can video chat with non mac users.
my friend has a dell with a webcam i can vid chat with but i cant video chat with other macs. so is
there a way i can change the settings or something so that i can video chat with other mac users?
my school has ALOT of blocks so idk if its possible but i wasnt sure. im using 10.5.4. also i went
to video>connection doctor>capabilities and they all have a green check mark next to each
category
I tried it out and it was very impressed by the speed and accuracy of the motion tracking (he did
flicker a bit and have problems when my lights were to bright, so be prepared to work a bit to
make him happy). This is a Flash implementation of augmented reality created by Digital Pictures Interactive; all it takes
is your web browser, a webcam, and a printed marker symbol. Now, would it kill the little guy to
smile every once in a while?!
It seems to be based on the ARToolKit
developed by Dr. Hirokazu Kato of the University of Washington.
I enjoy Augmented Reality much more than Virtual Reality because 99% of the AR environment is the
real world in all of its infinitely detailed glory and I can accept a few lower fidelity objects
overlaid here and there. Even the highest quality VR worlds still feel much less than real in a
way that usually pulls me out of the experience.
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With his webcam trained on him, a Florida teenager died in his bed of a drug overdose while others
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Here's a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live
webcam stream before hundreds of people on Wednesday night, all while commenters on Justin.tv and
bodybuilding.com encouraged him, apparently thinking it was some kind of joke. He lay passed out on
his webcam for hours until he appeared to stop breathing, at which point the people watching
realized it was no joke.
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19-year-old male from Florida has committed suicide live on Justin.tv while being egged on by
forum posters. Does this show the problem inherent with lifecasting?
Lifecasting
Lifecasting has been with
us for a good few years now, with Steve Mann being the first recognized 24/7 lifecaster in 1994,
quickly followed by JenniCam in 1996.
Lifecasting now doesn’t necessarily mean you have to broadcast everything that happens in
your life, with more and more people choosing instead to post regular daily video updates or
important moments in their lives.
Justin.tv
In 2007, Justin Kan founded
Justin.tv, which started out with just him and a cap mounted Webcam but has since expanded to
other 24/7 broadcasters. It eventually became an open network allowing anyone and everyone to
broadcast their own TV channel.
Other sites offering similar services have since cropped up, with
UStream,
Stickam, and
Mogulus being amongst the most popular and well-known of them.
Live Suicide
But lifecasting may have just hit a huge bump in the road due to a Florida teenager killing
himself live on Justin.tv, all while being urged on by viewers and fellow commenters to the body
building forum he was an active member of.
The man, now identified as Abraham K
Biggs Jr, posted on the forum of BodyBuilding.com stating he was going to commit suicide on
Justin.tv. He posted a suicide note and a link to the live Webcast.
The poster is egged on to do it, and takes an overdose of pills live on Justin.tv. He then falls
asleep on the bed, still in full view of the camera, but because his breathing is still visible,
few people are worried.
The man’s personal details are then posted along with a plea to call the police.
Eventually, some of the forum members do call the cops, and 25 minutes later, they break in to
the guy’s home and cover the camera up.
Deathcasting
According to Blorge,
the medical examiner’s office in Broward County has now confirmed Biggs’ death.
Meanwhile, the 60 page forum thread has been deleted, as has the link to Biggs’ Webcam.
Justin.TV’s CEO Michael Seibel issued a statement has issued a statement, reading:
We regret that this has occurred and respect the privacy of the broadcaster and his family during
this time. We have policies in place to discourage the distribution of distressing content and
our community monitors the site accordingly. This content was flagged by our community, reviewed,
and removed according to our Terms of Service.
Who’s To Blame?
This clearly isn’t the fault of Justin.tv, but when the very nature of life includes death,
was this always bound to happen, and could it become a serious problem in this Internet age?
Live video means that incidents such as this could increase, and there’s very little anyone
watching can do, especially without having knowledge of the broadcasters personal details.
The Price Of Technology
I send my best to Biggs’ family, and hope that this incident doesn’t trigger
copycats. As for live streaming sites such as Justin.tv, I really don’t see what they can
do to prevent stuff like this from happening.
What’s important to remember is that the technology didn’t cause the death of this
young man, and he would have likely committed suicide if live streaming video didn’t exist.
It’s just very unfortunate that suicide can now be broadcast live to people on the
Internet.
Remember the MySpace suicide in 2007? http://a.abcnews.com/TheLaw/Story?id=3946124&page=1
Quote: Prosecutors said they would not file charges against the people who used the Internet to
send bullying messages to a 13-year-old Minnesota girl shortly before she killed herself. Now, news
is breaking of a Justin.tv, live video suicide. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Min...6306126&page=1
Quote: A Florida teenager who used a webcam to live-stream his suicide Wednesday was reportedly
encouraged by other people on the Web site, authorities told ABCNews.com. Quote: "People were
egging him on and saying things like 'go ahead and do it, faggot,' said Wendy Crane, an
investigator at the Broward County Medical Examiner's office.
Abraham Biggs, 19, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., had been blogging on an online body-building message
board and had linked to his page on Justin.tv, a live video streaming Web site, where the camera
rolled as he overdosed on prescription pills, according to Crane.
Biggs, who had reportedly been discussing his suicide on the forums, also posted a suicide note on
a body-building forum, which has since been taken down, in which he wrote, "I hate myself and I
hate living." Just awful. Overdose of prescription medication.
Quote: "The bloggers said that Biggs had threatened to kill himself before and had faked it, so at
first they didn't believe him," said Crane. "Gradually, as you read the blog further into the day
the bloggers start commenting on how Biggs isn't moving."
Crane said comments on the thread included an exchange about whether the image of Biggs' motionless
body was a still photograph or a video, and eventually resulted in one of the site's visitors
calling the police, who tracked down the teen through his computer IP address. Not ONLY is this
terrible for his family, I wonder how services like Justin.tv can respond to these types of
challenges, so as to make sure these types of incidents are discouraged and help is sent by
community members that are clearly watching things unfold in realtime. Next time, it could be a gun
suicide, or worst, a murder. I'm not sure how you deal with realtime issues like these. Youtube has
been looking at realtime broadcasts for webcams, from what I've heard. In an era of wardrobe
malfunctions and mental disease, I'm not sure how you approach the quickly evolving idea of the
"filter".
"Justin.tv staff would like to take a moment to recognize and reflect upon the tragedy that
occurred within our community today," wrote Seibel. "We respect the privacy of the broadcaster and
his family during this challenging time." ~ CB
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DRAME - Le jeune homme de 19 ans, originaire de Floride, avait laissé des messages
expliquant son passage à l'acte. Il a fait une overdose de médicaments devant 1.500
internautes...
Sur internet, les ados sont confrontés à des images violentes et choquantes. Conseil
n°1 aux parents stressés: «s'intéresser et savoir ce que c'est
qu'msn ou un tchat» selon Véronique Fima de l'ONG Action innocence.
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forum posters. Does this show the problem inherent with lifecasting?
