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Submission + - Alexander Graham Bell recordings recovered after 1 (csmonitor.com)

Submitted by DSS11Q13 on Thursday December 15, 2011 @12:57AM

DSS11Q13 writes: Housed in the Smithsonian Institute for more than a century, new technology which uses light and a 3D camera has allowed scientists to recover Alexander Graham Bell's recordings from the 1880s which were thought to be unplayable. The recordings feature recitations of Shakespeare and "Mary Had a Little Lamb," among others.

Submission + - George Takei brokers Star Peace (stuff.co.nz) 4

Submitted by Master Moose on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @10:13PM

Master Moose writes: George Takei has called for Star Wars and Star Trek fans to unite against the mutual threat to all science fiction: Twilight.

"Gone is any sense of heroism, camaraderie, or epic battle. In its place, we have vampires that sparkle, and moan, and go to high school".

"Now I am not above mixing in a little sex appeal to spice up the fantasy," he added, his words accompanied by the appearance of images of a topless young Mr Sulu and Robert Pattinson, the star of Twilight.

"But sci-fi fans be warned. There are no great stories, characters or profound life lessons to be had in Twilight. No, in Twilight, the only message that rings through loud and clear is 'Does my boyfriend like me?'"

Comment Re:The problem isn't the medium. (Score 1) 601

by gregg on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @10:25AM (#38201740) Attached to: Europe's Largest IT Company To Ban Internal Email

So people are receiving lots of emails, of which 90% are useless, and this guy decides the solution is to switch from emails to 'chat-type' services. So now you've got lots of chat messages, of which 90% are useless. Problem solved?

This is just another example of Sturgeon's Law in action.

Submission + - Anne McCaffrey has died (google.com)

Submitted by

JSC

on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @11:48PM

JSC writes: "Anne McCaffrey died Monday at her home after suffering a stroke. She will be missed by Dragons and their Riders the world over."

Submission + - NASA video game lets you build and run complex spa (networkworld.com)

Submitted by gregg on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @11:49AM

gregg writes: Developed by the Information Technology Office at NASA's Ames Research Center NetworKing lets players build fast and efficient communication networks by first setting up command stations around the world and then linking them to orbiting satellites and space telescopes. Resources are earned throughout the game as players continue to acquire more clients.

NetworKing is available to the public for play on the NASA 3D Resources website. Players can access the game using an Internet browser. It can be downloaded and run on both a PC and Macintosh operating system.

Submission + - NASA makes famous sound bites available for use as (digitaltrends.com)

Submitted by gregg on Friday September 23, 2011 @04:15PM

gregg writes: Digital Trends has a story about NASA using famous sound bites as ringtones.

From the article:
NASA has been going through its audio archives and come up with a selection of what it’s calling “historic and interesting sounds” that can be used as ringtones or computer notification noises.

“NASA has been making historic sounds for over 50 years,” NASA App project manager Jerry Colen said in a press release. “Now we’re making some of these memorable sounds easy to find and use.”

Comment Sales Point: Pink Floyd (Score 2) 330

by gregg on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @12:54PM (#37317348) Attached to: BMW Working On Laser Headlamps

The only car where the Pink Floyd music library is included as a feature; complete with laser light show.

Submission + - Hubble Movies Provide View of Supersonic Jets (hubblesite.org)

Submitted by gregg on Thursday September 01, 2011 @02:50PM

gregg writes: A team of scientists has collected enough high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope images over a 14-year period to stitch together time-lapse movies of powerful jets ejected from three young stars.

Submission + - Monty Python members reunite for Graham Chapman fi (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by gregg on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @03:37PM

gregg writes: Monty Python members have reunited to voice a 3D animated film based on the memoirs of the late Graham Chapman.

A Liar's Autobiography will feature recordings that Chapman, who died in 1989 aged 48, made of his 1980 book.

Submission + - How Printed Circuits Boards are Made (base2.us)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @02:51PM

An anonymous reader writes: Ever wanted to see how printed circuit boards are made in mass at professional production house? Well here you go. The folks over at Base2 Electronics recently got to tour Advanced Circuits, a PCB production house. They took some rather incredibly pictures and explained the process along the way.

Submission + - Patient Records Go To The Cloud (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by smitty777 on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @02:06PM

smitty777 writes: The Telegraph is reporting on an effort by the NHS to put a London hospital's patient records in the cloud. One of the more interesting aspects of this is the suggestion that patients would have control over who has acess to their medical data. This was a topic of much discussion on this very topic in a recent Slashdot article.
Additional benefits include increasing the number and types of devices that could access the information, including web pages and mobile devices. Many have understandable security concerns, which are even more relevant considering the recent issues with Dropbox cloud storage. There is a bit more on both issues in this article.

Submission + - Microsoft reveals HTML5 and sandbox bugs in Chrome (networkworld.com) 1

Submitted by

jbrodkin

on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @05:33PM

jbrodkin writes: "Microsoft has apparently stopped complaining about Google researchers disclosing security holes in Windows and Internet Explorer. Instead, Microsoft is turning the tables on Google by searching for bugs in Google products, starting a new program encouraging employees to report bugs in non-Microsoft software. Microsoft today revealed two bugs in Chrome, albeit after giving Google several months to fix them. According to Microsoft, an HTML5 implementation error in Chrome could have led to "information leakage," and a problem with Chrome's vaunted sandboxing security feature could allow remote code execution."

Submission + - The demotion of Dilbert continues, no comic relief (yahoo.com) 2

Submitted by

Dexterous

on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @05:29PM

Dexterous writes: "There appears to be a growing epidemic of cranky creative types taking to the Internet to defend themselves from amateur critics.

Some are shameless in their self-promotion; others operate under the veil of anonymity.

Until they get busted, that is. This is what happened to Dilbert creator Scott Adams last week, in a public humiliation storyline that would suit a certain workplace drone comic strip character of his own creation. Adams was revealed to have been using an online pseudonym to bash message board users who did not have nice things to say about him."

Submission + - Vegan Promoter Uses Photos of Meat and Dairy Items (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Bayoudegradeable on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @05:28PM

Bayoudegradeable writes: It seems that Photoshop skills that not-so-cleverly hide the bones of a rack of ribs are not enough to change meat into acceptable vegan dishes. The NYTimes reports that readers of VegNews are horrified to learn that images used to portray vegetarian images are none other than meat and dairy images manipulated to hide their animal origins. One commenter noted, 'vegan food must turn out so unappetizing that even the leading vegan magazine will not show legitimate photos of it.'

Submission + - Elizabeth Sladen, of Doctor Who fame, has died. (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by ehrichweiss on Tuesday April 19, 2011 @05:15PM

ehrichweiss writes: Doctor Who star Elisabeth Sladen, who was also in spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, has died aged 63.

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