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Free DARPA Software Lets Gamers Hunt Submarines 213

Posted by Unknown Lamer from the why-pay-researchers dept.
coondoggie writes "If you have ever wanted to go torpedo-to-torpedo with a submariner, now is your chance. The crowdsource-minded folks at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency rolled out an online game that lets players try to catch elusive, quiet enemy submarines. According to DARPA the Sonalysts Combat Simulations Dangerous Waters software was written to simulate actual evasion techniques used by submarines, challenging each player to track them successfully."
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Apache Resigns From the JCP Executive Committee 136

Posted by timothy from the I'll-resign-my-commission dept.
iammichael writes "The Apache Software Foundation has resigned its seat on the Java SE/EE Executive Committee due to a long dispute over the licensing restrictions placed on the TCK (test kit validating third-party Java implementations are compatible with the specification)."

Comment Re:Ubuntu is about Ubuntu, not about Free Software (Score 1) 655

by bmsleight (#33093718) Attached to: Tribalism Is the Enemy Within, Says Shuttleworth

The Mozilla Foundation is doing this reasonably well,

The Mozilla Foundation has Google paying for it, Debian has Shuttleworth paying for it.

its main foundering point was that they often carried libertarianism to the point of absurdity

But Ubuntu has a much more pragmatic approach. I struggling to understand why you do not like Ubuntu. (Hence the reason for the two quotes). Debian is too fundamentalist, but Shuttleworth has too much influence over Ubuntu as her is paying for it. Where as Mozillia Foundation, is fairly pragmatic - yet Google pays for it. Do it follow that Google has too much influence over Mozilla ?

With respect, I see you above post as lost of thing that are wrong with others development models, without a clear vision on what is the "Best" solution.

Comment Re:The rest of the world media has bills to pay (Score 2, Informative) 489

by bmsleight (#33048976) Attached to: Interview With the Man Behind WikiLeaks

Think about it, if journalists asked real questions, guys like Bush and Blair would have been as embarrased as when they meet a private citizen who manages to corner them. Brits might remember Blair being totally unable to counter woman questioning him on public health care. Brown the same. What NO report mentioned is that not a SINGLE ONE OF THE PRESS CORE asked those questions. If you are reporter and you haven't had a poltician cry, then suck. And this is the same around the world.

Sorry this is incorrect. The BBC in particular programs like the Newsnight ask the tough questions. Have a look at one famous example (Paxman Vs. Howard). The Politicians do not get an easy ride in the UK.

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