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Submission + - Emulated PC enables Linux desktop in your browser! (ox.ac.uk) 1

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Ianopolous
Ianopolous writes: "Classic DOOM and DSL Linux Desktop inside your Java-enabled browser! The latest JPC, the fast 100% java x86 PC emulator, is now available online at http://www-jpc.physics.ox.ac.uk with online demos and downloads. JPC is open source and is the most secure way of running x86 software ever — 2 layers (applet sandbox, JPC sandbox) of independently validated security make it the world's most secure means of isolating x86 software. Visit the website to try out some classic games and play around with Linux all within your web browser — refresh = reboot!"
Privacy

Emigrating To a Freer Country? 1359

Posted by Soulskill from the all-my-recommendations-require-time-machines dept.
puroresu writes "I currently reside in the UK. In recent years I've seen privacy, free expression and civil liberties steadily eroded, and I can't see anything changing for the better any time soon. With people being banned from the UK for expressing (admittedly reprehensible) opinions, the continuing efforts to implement mandatory ID cards and the prospect of a Conservative government in the near future, I'm seriously considering emigrating to a less restrictive country. Which countries would you recommend in terms of freedom and privacy? Distance is not an issue, though a reasonable level of stability and provision of public services would be a bonus."

Comment Hulu.com outside USA? (Score 1) 192

by stm2 (#27387665) Attached to: ABC/Disney Considering Hulu

Can see anything in Hulu because I am blocked by the site since I am not in the US.
I have a virtual server located in the UD, may I use that slice to see Hulu? Not using VNC or remote visualization, but using it as a proxy. Any tip on how to do it?
Privacy

Submission + - Secure backup solutions for the average Joe?

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stm2
stm2 writes: "In recent days, solutions, pitfalls (and here) and security considerations on backups for coorps and data centers has been discussed. My uncle is a Windows user who needs to sync and daily backup files between his home and office computers. Requirements are: Transparent as possible, encryption before submitting data to an external sever, cheap (free is a plus, but not a requirement). His important data is about 300Mb, but he wants to back up on what is new and not everything again each day. I'd like to read recommendations of both software and services. Please don't answer "Use S3" or similar, since he is no a programmer nor a very technical user."
Earth

Alaskans Prepare For Volcanic Eruption 293

Posted by kdawson from the anchorage-is-downwind dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Mount Redoubt, or Redoubt Volcano, is an active stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range of Alaska. The once quiet volcano has begun to roar once again. Its last eruption was in 1989 and geologists suggest that the next one is upon us. Alaskans who lived through the earlier eruption are stocking up on breathing masks and goggles. Starting on Friday, January 23 2009, the level of seismic activity increased markedly, and on Sunday AVO raised the Aviation Color Code to ORANGE and the Volcano Alert Level to WATCH. On the basis of all available monitoring data AVO regards that an eruption similar to or smaller than the one that occurred in 1989-90 is the most probable outcome. We expect such an eruption to occur within days to weeks." From the AP article: "Alaska's volcanoes are not like Hawaii's. 'Most of them don't put out the red river of lava,' said the observatory's John Power. Instead, they typically explode and shoot ash 30,000 to 50,000 feet high — more than nine miles — into the jet stream. 'It's a very abrasive kind of rock fragment,' Power said. The particulate has jagged edges and has been used as an industrial abrasive. 'They use this to polish all kinds of metals,' he said." The server for the Alaska Volcano Observatory appears to be overloaded and is unresponsive.
Programming

Submission + - Survey of how scientists use computers (bioinformatica.info)

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stm2
stm2 writes: "I got an email from Greg Wilson (Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto), most known because he is the author of Where's the Real Bottleneck in Scientific Computing? (warning, PDF link). He is asking to spread the word of a survey to "find out how scientists actually use computers in their day-to-day work" for the University of Toronto, Simula Research Laboratory, and the National Research Council of Canada.
What a better place than Slashdot to post his request? Scientific Computing Survey."
Portables

Designing The Ultimate Netbook 354

Posted by Soulskill from the unique-blend-of-herbs-and-spices dept.
Harden writes "TrustedReviews has an interesting take on what the 'Ultimate Netbook' ought to be. From the article: 'How to solve a problem like the netbook? To my mind, despite nearly every manufacturer taking a stab at the thing, none has yet quite distilled my idea of what the Ultimate Netbook would be. This is partly because, until recently, not everyone had a clear understanding of what a netbook was meant to do, but also because manufacturers have all been far too busy jostling for market share to put a lot of thought into the finer details.' What would your Ultimate Netbook include?"
Programming

Submission + - An insight analysis of MS Office formats (joelonsoftware.com)

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stm2
stm2 writes: "Joel on Software has published Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) where he analyzes the just launched Microsoft Office binary file format. At first glance, "a normal programmer would conclude that Office's binary file formats:

  • are deliberately obfuscated
  • are the product of a demented Borg mind
  • were created by insanely bad programmers
  • and are impossible to read or create correctly.
" But the article goes on debunking this concepts and gives us (programmers who has to deal with these filles) some workarounds."

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