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Submission + - 10 Things to Know When Starting A Facebook Applica (experienceproject.com)

Submitted by
nsheth2001
nsheth2001 writes: "By releasing a development platform, Facebook's enabled developers to create some amazing applications riding off their social network. It's not too hard to get an application of your own up and running, but it's nice to have some help, as the documentation's not complete. Here are a few tips to help you get started!"
Software

Submission + - Disable init of a service under linux:

Submitted by Tribbin
Tribbin writes: .
Disable init of a service under linux:

- X front-end (services-admin)
- ncurses font-end (sysv-rc-conf)
- terminal front-end (update-rc.d)
- Uninstall the package
- chmod a-x /etc/init.d/
- Edit the initscript
- Any of the above will do
- Reinstall the distribution
- Let somebody else do it
- Other
- This poll has way too many options
Software

Submission + - Windows, OS X and Linux: Is There A 4th Platform?

Submitted by
OOPen
OOPen writes: "An article on OSWeekly.com talks about a fourth platform. Something other than OS X, Linux and Windows and why these three platforms don't allow a fourth contender to enter. "On the other side of this issue, it's easy to just say that Microsoft isn't in a hurry to make Apple's products work well with its operating system, but if you'll remember, Microsoft's own Zune was incompatible with Vista from the very start. If they can't even get their own stuff to work right out of the box, then how in the world are we supposed to expect them to get everything else working, too? In Microsoft's case, this negligence in terms of compatibility is evident of bigger problems within the company."
IBM

Submission + - IBM Data Tapes "Fell Off the Back of the Truck

Submitted by
Demongirl
Demongirl writes: "According to Information Week, a contractor for IBM managed to lose several data tapes as he was driving through New York State. Lost as in, they might have fallen out the window, he might have gotten in an accident and they fell out or somebody took them, whatever. You get the idea. The driver does not have a clue. (He doesn't remember getting in an accident??)

The tapes contain contain information on IBM employees — current workers, as well as former employees and retirees. The tapes hold employment data on them, including names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and beginning and end dates of employment.

The tapes were lost on February 23. IBM is only just now making the information widely known?

I dunno, maybe this is old news to you. But it's a surprise to InfoWeek certainly."
Quickies

Submission + - Photo. Experts Say 'Stop Deleting!'

Submitted by
Ant
Ant writes: "This ABC News story says that look through any old photo album and you'll find them: wonderfully terrible family photos./photographs — the crying baby, the poorly lighted shot, the out-of-focus family, the off-center portrait. But digital cameras are changing all that, and some say family photography is becoming a lost art... Seen on Blue's News."
Enlightenment

Submission + - Are you fat on the inside?

Submitted by eZtaR
eZtaR writes: Discovery Channel News have a story which states that recent studies show that fat surrounding internal organs might be even more dangerous than regular obesity, and even though you don't seem fat with the naked eye, you might have large amounts of fat surrounding your internal organs. I guess it's the only time when some's said "It's what the inside that counts" it's actually been true..
Privacy

Submission + - The Pirate Bay hacked

Submitted by Mxyzptlk
Mxyzptlk writes: From an article in Computer Sweden: A list of user names and encrypted passwords for all 1.6 million registered users on the site The Pirate Bay has been stolen by a group of swedish hackers.
HP

Submission + - HP Recruiting using Second Life

Submitted by virtualJobsGetPaidVirtualMoney
virtualJobsGetPaidVirtualMoney writes: A Computer Science student graduating with a bachelor's degree looking for a full-time position has been contacted by HP for an virtual interview.

Representatives from Hewlett Packard have released the following opportunity. HP will be interviewing in the virtual world for real-world jobs! This is a first for HP and encourage students to try it out, especially if they are already Second Life players.
Interviewing is already so subjective, would this method of interviewing truly yield a qualified candidate?
Biotech

Submission + - Why you can't get a date

Submitted by
mcgrew
mcgrew writes: "New Scientist is running a story totled A quirky look at our quirky species, about "'quirkology' — the use of scientific methods to study quirky human behaviour, or quirky methods to probe weightier topics."

Of the eight "quirkology" subjects presented, number seven, "Hot and spicy" caught my eye, as it directly affects most of us loveless slashdot nerds. The author did a study to find the best pickup lines, and "the secret of a good chat-up line is to encourage someone to talk about themselves in a quirky, fun way. So the best line from the top-rated man was 'If you were on Stars In Their Eyes, which celebrity would you be?' On a similar theme, the top-rated female asked 'If you were a pizza topping, what would you be?'".

But the interesting (to me) part was at the end. The world's worst pickup line?

"I have a PhD in computing.""
Lord of the Rings

Submission + - Lord of The Rings Online and the people who play.

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: Have you played Lord of The Rings Online yet? I'm loving every minute of it and found something really cool to go with playing the game. While there a several fan sites, this one is truly a fan site. lotrofaces.com (Link) is all about the players behind the avatars. You can see the pics of players both in game and out of game. It's a really cool concept, while it's been seen before in other games I think they hit it on the head for this one. Simple to use and WOW if the girls that are in the Pics are really the ones playing then some of these players are really hot!
Space

Submission + - New Mexico secedes, might declare Pluto Planet

Submitted by
pease1
pease1 writes: "Wired and others are reporting for New Mexico, the fight for Pluto is not over. Seven months after a conclave of scientists downgraded the distant heavenly body to a "dwarf planet," a state representative in New Mexico aims to give the snubbed world back some of its respect. State lawmakers will vote Tuesday on a bill that proposes "as Pluto passes overhead through New Mexico's excellent night skies, it be declared a planet." Actual wording of the resolution.

For many of us old timers and those who had the honor of meeting Clyde, this just causes a belly of laughs and is pure fun. Not to mention a bit of poking sticking in the eye."
Editorial

Submission + - Prehistoric Men Liked Big Behinds, Researchers Say

Submitted by
acgrissom
acgrissom writes: "Continuing with the trend of presumptuous historical reconstruction, Polish researchers claim that cave men from 15,000 years ago were much more interested in a developed posterior than in any other area of the body. This is based on the unearthing of several figurines which show developed posteriors, and which conspicuously lack heads.

http://www.express.co.uk/news_detail.html?sku=1356 "
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Stop breathing save the planet

Submitted by gingerbread-girl
gingerbread-girl writes: Scientists at the University of Bristol have cracked climate change. Less than a month into Richard Branson's five-year competition, academics will take their winning idea to Virgin Earth and walk away with a cool $25 million. The solution, published online by The Journal of Unlikely Science, is remarkably simple, requiring no technological wizardry or financial investment. It is quite simply, stop breathing; or at least breathe less... "If we merely cut out one breath in three, we could decrease the amount of CO2 entering the atmosphere each year by a staggering 0.63 gigatonnes. That's the same effect as saving 5 million acres of land (an area the size of Wales) from deforestation." http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk/science/strange-b ut-true/profs-probings/carbon_virgin_earth_climate _breathing

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