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Submission + - The RIAA is trying to kill internet radio

Submitted by

sgeirk

on Friday March 02, 2007 @10:34PM

sgeirk writes: "The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB),announced the new Soundexchange royalty rates, which could spell the end for many independent webcasters, not to mention the simulcast signals for many commercial and non-commercial radio stations. In a nutshell, rates are going to double between now and 2010. Even webcasters who stream through services like Live365 may be in jeopardy, as such firms' business models never envisioned a royalty rate this high. For more information on this story go here."

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Making Animated Fluids Look More Realistic 124

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 31, 2007 @02:23PM from the smoke-and-mirrors dept.

brunascle writes "Technology Review has an article about recent advances in animated fluid dynamics made by Mathieu Desbrun, a computer science professor at Caltech. 'He and his team are developing an entirely new approach to fluid motion, based on new mathematics called discrete differential geometry, that use equations designed specifically to be solved by computers rather than people.' Desbrun explains that the currently in-use equations for animating fluid dynamics were not developed with computers in mind, and were simply reworkings of older equations. He claims that his new equations use about the same amount of computer resources, but with much better results. The article includes a 5 minute (flash) video demonstrating various results using his equations, ending with 2 fascinating and vivid displays: the first of a snowglobe, and the second of a cloud of smoke filling a volume in the shape of a bunny."

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UN Official Says UN Not Taking Over Internet 104

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday January 13, 2007 @12:05PM from the our-hands-are-clean dept.

kaufmanmoore writes "Hamadoun Toure, the new head of the UN's International Telecommunications Union says that he does not plan to take over governance of the internet and leave it up to groups like ICANN. In his statement he says that the ITU will instead focus on bridging the digital divide, internet security and standardize broadband communications. When asked about Chinese censorship Toure said that issue is beyond the mandate of the ITU."

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Adult Film Industry Moving To HD DVD 527

Posted by kdawson on Thursday January 11, 2007 @05:11PM from the BetaMax-deja-vu dept.

profet writes "One of the heavyweights in the war between BlueRay and HD DVD has chosen its format. Various members of the adult film industry have decided on HD-DVD. The article says the reasons seem to be based primarily on cost of manufacturing. History has shown that the porn industry can be a driving factor for technology, as it was in deciding for the VHS format over BetaMax." Heise reports that US BlueRay press plants are refusing the adult industry's business (in German).

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History To Repeat Itself With PS3? 390

Posted by Zonk on Friday November 10, 2006 @05:06PM from the kutaragi-hopes-so dept.

Dr. Eggman writes to mention a 1up article looking at the way things were when the PS2 launched vs. next week's PlayStation 3 launch. The question: can history repeat itself? From the article: "PS2: Released one year after the lower priced Dreamcast, lauded for its great games, ease of development, and superior online service. PS3: Releasing one year after the lower priced Xbox 360, lauded for its great games, ease of development, and superior online service. PS2: Competition from Nintendo: A smaller, cheaper 'family friendly' console with a 'focus on gameplay.' PS3: Competition from Nintendo: A smaller, cheaper 'family friendly' console with a 'focus on gameplay.'" The article also looks at how things have changed for Sony since the last time around.

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Computer Date Glitch May Limit Next Shuttle Launch 354

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday November 06, 2006 @11:28PM from the 1999-called-they-want-their-date-bugs-back dept.

n3hat writes "Reuters reports that the next Space Shuttle mission may have to be deferred if it gets too close to the New Year because the onboard computers do not handle the changing of the date in the same way as the ground computers. From the article: '"The shuttle computers were never envisioned to fly through a year-end changeover," space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale told a briefing. The problem, according to Hale, is that the shuttle's computers do not reset to day one, as ground-based systems that support shuttle navigation do. Instead, after December 31, the 365th day of the year, shuttle computers figure January 1 is just day 366."

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Journal Journal: Humor 7

Journal by Dr Reducto on Tuesday June 24, 2003 @10:38PM

Some slashdot humor that I am pretty sure is original(thought of it during work). Feel free to add your own via comments.

-He's a few nodes short of a beowulf cluster.

Q: Why did Natalie Portman cross the road?
A: To get to the grits on the other side

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