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Submission + - Big Macs More Deadly than HIV from Unprotected Sex

Submitted by LeDopore on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:53PM

LeDopore writes: My blog has an article showing that, according to CDC data, eating a fast food meal is between 5 and 50 times more deadly to Americans than the risk of contracting HIV through unprotected sex with a randomly-chosen American.

Psychoanalyzing Resident Evil and Silent Hill 67

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:47PM from the that's-some-seriously-screwed-up-stuff-there dept.

The Game Career Guide site has up a piece doing a psychological examination of horror games. The uber-successful series Resident Evil and Silent Hill go under the microscope, giving readers a look at the psychological archetypes the games elicit, while also discussing the titles from a gameplay standpoint. It is the author's contention that the RE series is the 'standard' for the genre, while Silent Hill games shake up the gamer's viewpoint with 'avant-garde' elements. An interesting, and thoroughly academic look, at the modern face of gaming horror.

Submission + - Microsoft's Vista antivirus fails certification

Submitted by on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:46PM

An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft's much-hyped anti-virus solution, Live OneCare, as well as McAfee's VirusScan Enterprise, G DATA's AntiVirusKit 2007, and Norman's VirusControl all failed to pass a series of tests that are required to achieve the Virus Bulletin's VB100 certification, according to this report. "With the number of delays that we've seen in Vista's release, there's no excuse for security vendors not to have got their products right by now,' said John Hawes, technical consultant at Virus Bulletin.

Submission + - Salami Slicing comes of Age

Submitted by

Shimes

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:39PM

Shimes writes: "A UK Bank has come of age and we finally have a salami slice system worthy of geeks everywhere (or at least in the good ol' UK).

Lloyds TSB are proposing a new saving's account where every transaction is rounded upto the next pound, and the resultant pennies are dropped into a savings account — and its all legal. Richard Pryor eat your heart our!"

Submission + - Freedom of speach or lawyers reputation?

Submitted by

lenart

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:36PM

lenart writes: "A dutch litigator who devends the 'big fish' in Holland was accused by a journalist of the magazine Quote to play a dubious role in the criminal ciruit in Holland. After remarking that he found it strange that the litigator (Bram Moszkowicz) devended criminals who seemed to be on opposing sides in the criminal world (a.k.a. planned to kill eachother). The litigator proceded to do what they do best. Sue the guy. To smooth things over the journalist proceeded to close the forum on which readers were post comments about the subject. This however does not seem to be enough for our dear litigator as the trail went ahead as planned today. As it seems dutch people are allowed to voice their oppinion unless it is something bad about someone who has a lot of money and the right friends. In that case the law will shut us up. See here for the reaction of the journalist. (Sorry for the dutch, babelfish will clear up most)"

Submission + - Microsoft Locking-up Educators ...

Submitted by trendadue on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:26PM

trendadue writes: Published in the New York Times — Microsoft is letting the boom drop on a teacher that purchased Microsoft's OS, claiming that the software was not legally licensed:

"The case of the teacher, Aleksandr Ponosov, has drawn wide public attention in Russia, in part because the principal says he innocently purchased computers with the unauthorized Windows software already installed." (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/technology/06pi rate.html).

Maybe they should be using Linux and related open-source software — this would probably reduce the chances of getting hauled off to Siberia over a misunderstanding.

Gates Says Microsoft Will Support OpenID 73

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:23PM from the who-i-am dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In his RSA conference keynote today, Bill Gates announced that Microsoft will support the decentralized OpenID digital identity protocol, in addition to WS-* and CardSpace (transcribed notes, video). From its roots in LID, i-names, and Sxip, the first major deployment in LiveJournal, and now with support from Techorati, Magnolia, Symantec, a suspected mass-deployment by AOL, and a number of startups — using URLs as digital identities has caught hold."

Submission + - Measure anything with a camera and software

Submitted by

Kevin C. Tofel

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:19PM

Kevin C. Tofel writes: "Using a simple concept, iPhotoMEASURE software can measure any objects you can take a picture of. Include a printout of a 7.5- or 15-inch sqaure in the photo and the software can measure any distance or object in the pic to within 99.5% accuracy. Although geared towards contractors, there's any number of consumer usage scenarios as well. Enough to justify a $99 price tag? Jury's still out on that. http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/02/how _to_measure_.html"

Submission + - US RoHS

Submitted by

Renee Micheals

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:17PM

Renee Micheals writes: "In "U.S. RoHS: To be or not to be?" the case is made for a U.S. version of the EU's Restriction on Hazardous Substances directive. A version here would be very controversial, as it would force all US electronics makers and anyone who ships electronics to teh US to change the way they make electronics. See: http://www.edn.com/blog/570000257/post/120006812.h tml"

Submission + - CNN's Hate-Newscasts Against Atheists

Submitted by GenKreton on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:08PM

GenKreton writes: CNN has been airing "newscasts" that blatantly attack atheists. The panel interviewed includes no atheists. Some memorable quotes include: "they should just shut up," "They are on the attack. It's obnoxious and they do need to shut up..." and "I think they need to shut up about crying wolf all the time and saying that they're being imposed upon. A particular high point in their anti-atheist banter is hit with comments such as "They don't have a good — marketing. If they had hallmark cards, maybe they wouldn't feel so left out."

Submission + - Exoskeleton inventor broke, selling prototype

Submitted by

jimmyholk

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @07:05PM

jimmyholk writes: "Troy Hurtubise, the man whose quixotic quest for a suit of Grizzly-proof armour earned him a documentary (Project Grizzly), a parody in The Simpsons episode The Fat and the Furriest, and a spot in the heart of mad-inventor-lovers everywhere, has gone broke pursuing his latest dream of a full-body, combat-ready armoured exoskeleton. Facing eviction, he's put the Halo-inspired suit up for auction on e-bay: with the fine print warning that, although it's withstood being fired on by an elephant gun, the suit should not be used"for anyting other than a costume setting."Here's a news story which contains links to video of his suit and the ebay auction site with pictures."

Journal Journal: Ghost Article: Ogg Vorbis Gaining Industry Support 2

Journal by RobertB-DC on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @06:52PM

Ghosts of Slashdot: 02/06/2007
[Wow, it's been a ghost-free new year up until now. Kinda dead, you know. (groan) But here's one, though it may come back from the dead -- I suspect it got pushed from the front page in favor of the news of the DNS Root Server attack. The DNS story is also posted by "kdawson" who, oddly, doesn't

Submission + - Attorneys Fees To Be Awarded Against RIAA

Submitted by

NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @06:37PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "In an Oklahoma case, Capitol Records v. Debbie Foster, the Court has granted the defendant's motion for attorneys fees to be imposed against the RIAA, holding that Ms. Foster is to receive her "reasonable attorney's fees". Judge Lee R. West, in his 9-page decision(pdf), did not specify the amount to be awarded, held that the RIAA can have "discovery" on the reasonableness issue, and also ruled that Ms. Foster can also later supplement her application for additional fees. Her initial application was for approximately $55,000 in legal fees and disbursements. This is the case in which the ACLU, Public Citizen, EFF, the American Association of Law Libraries, and the ACLU Oklahoma Foundation, all filed an amicus brief on Ms. Foster's behalf, arguing to the judge that a substantial attorneys fee award was needed to discourage the RIAA's "driftnet" litigation strategy."

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