Journal Journal: Senate Democrats: Stupid, or Dishonest? 1
Led by Dick Durbin, the Senate Democrats want to cut funding to the VP's office until Cheney complies with an executive order that, by definition, cannot possibly apply to Cheney.
Feed Science Daily: 'Less Is More' Online: Fewer Choices May Lead To Better Recognition Of Material (sciencedaily.com)
Researchers have found that less is more when it comes to online content. In a study that examined responses to pictures viewed online, the researchers found that people were able to pay more attention to pictures selected from a small array of choices than from a large array of choices. These findings may have implications for Internet search engines, advertising and news sites.
Feed New York Times: World Business Briefing: Switzerland: Chip Maker to Close 3 Plants (nytimes.com)
The Swiss chip maker STMicroelectronics said it would close manufacturing plants in Texas, Arizona and Morocco, cutting 4,000 jobs. The company employs more than 50,000 people, its Web site says. The factories in Carrollton, Tex.; Phoenix; and Ain Sebaa, Morocco, are being phased out over two to three years.
Submission + - Identity: "Google" Sousveillance vs. REAL
IConrad01 writes: "http://www.functionalisminaction.com/2007/05/ident ity-google-sousveillance-vs-real.html
Op/Ed piece by a technophile libertarian (yours truly), attempting to document how society is already bypassing government-focused approaches to securing our nation (the US, that is), with a little help from Google."
Bookmark Identity: "Google" Sousveillance vs. REAL ID (functionalisminaction.com)
Feed Children Can Perform Approximate Math Without Arithmetic Instruction (sciencedaily.com)
In a new study children who had not yet received arithmetic instruction, but had mastered verbal counting, were able to perform symbolic addition and subtraction, provided that only approximate accuracy was required.
Feed Strange alien world made of 'hot ice' and steam (pheedo.com)
The smallest planet known to pass in front of its host star has been found - it may be made of exotic hot ice and shrouded in steam
Feed FoxTorrent, a Firefox BitTorrent client (newsforge.com)
BitTorrent clients are all over the place these days. One of the newcomers, FoxTorrent, is a fully functional cross-platform Firefox BitTorrent client created by Red Swoosh, a company that is now part of Akamai. What FoxTorrent lacks in features it makes up for in simplicity.
Feed Molten core may explain Mercury's magnetic field (pheedo.com)
The Sun-scorched planet likely has a partly molten core, resolving the mystery of where the planet's weak magnetic field originates
Submission + - Is the U.S. military overpriced and outdated?
Anonymous Coward writes: "The U.S. spends over half a trillion dollars a year on its military, yet its losing to a bunch of rag tag terrorists with almost no budget who hate each other as much as they hate the U.S. http://www.thefuturewatch.com/UseforMilitary.html"
Submission + - Nanotechnology on the catwalk
Roland Piquepaille writes: "This event didn't take place in Paris or Milano, but at Cornell University during their Cornell Design League fashion show on April 21. It's now official: "nanotechnology has entered the fashion world." Fashion designers and fiber scientists have unified their efforts at Cornell to show a two-toned gold dress and a metallic denim jacket made of cotton fabrics coated with nanoparticles. And these garments can prevent colds and flu, destroy noxious gases and never need washing. When will we see these garments at our department store? The researchers don't say, but read more about the technology used and pictures of the real models — and the nanofibers used."
Submission + - Caves on Mars: New Targets in the Search for Life
ookabooka writes: Yahoo has a story about seven possible caves that could harbor life. These caves would offer protection from solar radiation, dust storms, and other elements of the harsh surface environment. They could also be used for future manned missions as a place to "set up camp".
Wii, DS Dominate February Hardware Sales 149
Gamasutra has the NPD numbers for last month, which shows a continuation of Nintendo's sales dominance. Overall the new consoles have again meant that industry sales were up, some 28% over last year's same-month figures. Hardware sales were up some 98%, with much of that performance attributable to the DS and Wii. Here's the breakdown: "Turning to hardware, the DS headed overall hardware sell-through with an impressive 485,000 units, followed by Nintendo's Wii, which sold 335,000 units despite continued issues with shortages. The Xbox 360 sold through a reasonable, if not spectacular 228,000 copies, and the PlayStation 3 slumped to a disappointing 127,000 units, despite no apparent shortages. Elsewhere, the PlayStation 2 moved a still impressive 295,000 at its relatively cheap current price, and the PlayStation Portable sold 176,000, markedly behind the DS. Finally, the various varieties of the Game Boy Advance sold a not unreasonable 136,000 units."
Submission + - Comedian Sinbad falsely reported dead by Wikipedia
reset_button writes: Comedian and actor Sinbad, had been falsely reported dead of a heart attack on his Wikipedia page. More information can be found here.
Submission + - Wireless connection to your Windows Server 2003?
blh42 writes: I just browsed the newly released service pack 2 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 when I read a disturbing fact. The release notes at Cert describes the following security enhancements:
* The ability to simplify the creation and maintenance of the Internet Protocol security (IPsec) policy
* Group Policy support for non-broadcasting networks and Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) settings to allow Windows wireless client configuration
* Windows wireless client support for WPA2 with the following features:
— Non-broadcast network profiles are now marked with a flag to improve the security of the Windows wireless client.
— Windows will not automatically connect to a peer-to-peer network, even if it has been automatically saved in the preferred network list.
Now, I'm wondering how many that would actually consider setting up a server room that only supports wireless networks? Why would anyone even consider using the wireless client on a Windows Server 2003?
* The ability to simplify the creation and maintenance of the Internet Protocol security (IPsec) policy
* Group Policy support for non-broadcasting networks and Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) settings to allow Windows wireless client configuration
* Windows wireless client support for WPA2 with the following features:
— Non-broadcast network profiles are now marked with a flag to improve the security of the Windows wireless client.
— Windows will not automatically connect to a peer-to-peer network, even if it has been automatically saved in the preferred network list.
Now, I'm wondering how many that would actually consider setting up a server room that only supports wireless networks? Why would anyone even consider using the wireless client on a Windows Server 2003?
