Comment Beta fix (Score -1, Offtopic) 664
Just go to http://soylentnews.org/
Submission + - Dawn Sends Signal, Now Orbiting Asteroid Vesta (discovery.com)
astroengine writes: "Mission managers of NASA's Dawn asteroid probe had a long Saturday, waiting for news from the asteroid belt. Eventually they got the news they were hoping for: Dawn had entered Vesta orbit. This is the first time in history that an object in the asteroid belt has been orbited by an artificial satellite.
It's taken four years for the ion thruster-propelled spacecraft to reach the asteroid and there was some uncertainty as to whether the probe had been captured by the asteroid's gravity at all. But after a long period of waiting, mission managers received the signal after Dawn was able to orientate its antenna toward Earth."
It's taken four years for the ion thruster-propelled spacecraft to reach the asteroid and there was some uncertainty as to whether the probe had been captured by the asteroid's gravity at all. But after a long period of waiting, mission managers received the signal after Dawn was able to orientate its antenna toward Earth."
Submission + - Facebook bans Google+ Ads (cnet.com) 1
Barbara, not Barbie writes: "Not content with making it hard for people to export their Facebook contacts to Google+, Facebook has now banned all ads from an ap developer who ran an ad saying "Add Michael to Google+"
For those keeping score, that's another Facebook-, and Google+."
For those keeping score, that's another Facebook-, and Google+."
Submission + - The Queen sets a code-breaking challenge (i-programmer.info)
mikejuk writes: Queen Elizabeth II has made her first ever visit to Bletchley Park, the home of the UK's World War II code-breaking efforts and now a museum. To mark the occasion The Queen has issued a code cracking challenge of her own "The Agent X Code Book Challenge" aimed at getting children interested in cryptography. Perhaps a royal programming or general technology challenge is next....
Submission + - Researcher Trolls MMO, Ethical violations (cityofheroes.com)
Chas writes: Approximately two years ago, a story popped up on Slashdot about a researcher, David Meyers (aka Twixt) who had supposedly spent time "studying" players in the City of Heroes MMO. At the time, there was a lot of media attention about the subject. After a short time, it dropped and nothing more was heard on it until now.
Apparently one of the players who was upset did more than simply rant on a board. The player, who had some of their own training in sociology contacted both NCSoft and Loyola University to notify them about the ethical violations of experimenting on people (especially minors) without their permission.
Since then the Mr. Meyers has scrubbed almost all reference to his paper from his CV, and a book deal was quietly killed.
Apparently one of the players who was upset did more than simply rant on a board. The player, who had some of their own training in sociology contacted both NCSoft and Loyola University to notify them about the ethical violations of experimenting on people (especially minors) without their permission.
Since then the Mr. Meyers has scrubbed almost all reference to his paper from his CV, and a book deal was quietly killed.
Submission + - Public comment period required for body scanners (epic.org)
OverTheGeicoE writes: The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals has finally issued a ruling on EPIC v. DHS, a lawsuit seeking suspension of the use of body scanners for primary screening pending an independent review that would include a public comment period. According to the summary, the court "grant[s] the petition for review" but "due to the obvious need for the TSA to continue its airport security operations without interruption, we remand the rule to the TSA but do not vacate it".
IANAL, but it sounds like TSA is required to open up their policy for public comment, but they can continue to use the scanners in the meantime and most likely afterward. This doesn't sound like much of a victory for EPIC or the US public.
IANAL, but it sounds like TSA is required to open up their policy for public comment, but they can continue to use the scanners in the meantime and most likely afterward. This doesn't sound like much of a victory for EPIC or the US public.
Comment Re:"password" (Score 1) 194
Who modded that Troll?
Comment Why this is modded funny? (Score 1) 173
North Korea government murders so many peoples every day that this just isn't funny.
Such situation can be actually true, and an someone innocent, that has already miserable life will suffer even more now
Comment Re:Costs.. (Score 1) 230
But that exactly what I wanted to say.
US spends so much money on useless things that even that completely useless agency budget in 2 years covers costs
of 10 years of very useful Apollo program.
Heck if we could cut these completely useless budgets, we probably had a space colony on mars by now
Comment Costs.. (Score 1) 230
When we talk about space, we always compare the Iraq war to costs of building good
spaceships, like Apollo for instance.
Heck, here a one year budget is almost exactly half of total cost of Apollo program in modern money.
80 Billion vs 170 Billion.
Comment Re:This makes me worried... (Score 1) 203
Freetype did work around that problem, and quite well.
Instead of using the bytecode, they used generic algorithm for hinting.
They say it gives same quality.
Besides, writing code for each character, doesn't seem to be that easy for font designers
Comment Re:"Nutshell" (Score 1) 181
You do realize that you now sit right next to something that operates at 400-700 THz??
Comment Can't they already understand... (Score 1) 768
Nuke it from orbit already!
Comment Re:I'm not worried about those hacks (Score 1) 360
Just imagine this:
But officer, my speedometer shows I didn't break the speed limit...
Comment Re:I can see the headlines... (Score 1) 340
In soviet russia pirates sue you!
Sorry can't resist
