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ErikInterlude writes:
I recently heard about "Science Cafes", which apparently are cafes or pubs where organizers bring in a scientist to present a slide show or give a speech about his or her field of expertise. The Wired article that discusses the idea mentions that these cafes are being successful in the US, but this article is the only mention I've found in mainstream media. Has anyone been to one of these things and if so, how worthwhile was it?
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grassy_knoll writes:
The Florida Bar is proposing Jack Thompson submit to psychological testing and accept a 91-day suspension of his law license as part of a Florida Supreme Court mandated mediation.
From TFA, Thompson speaks:
"Mediation failed today because there was no mediation whatsoever... [Florida Bar official] Ms. Tuma not only did not move off her [suspension] demand one iota, not one smidgeon, but she instead upped her demand by requiring that Thompson undergo a battery of psychological tests as part of the fabulous deal The Bar offered him...
Ms. Tuma [sic] last demand going into the mediation was a 91-day suspension, and she opened and ended with that and a shrink's couch. This is bad faith...
This "mediation" was a charade... Finally, [Thompson] requests a status conference herein as soon as possible so that we can... shut this Star Chamber down. Thompson is not the one who needs a psych evaluation. "
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mattnyc99 writes:
In a behind-the-scenes look at how CGI animators at Industrial Light & Magic bent to the will of Michael Bay, it appears the geeks behind Transformers have re-written the rules for digital effects. They may not be your favorite, but could the transformations from car to robot in this movie represent the most impressive display of CG power yet on the big screen?
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hydra69 writes:
Serapis.net published its monthly hacking report,
The monthly report contains conclusions, trends and statisics based on data collected at the Web Defacements Portal www.serapis.net.
This report shows most of the attacks this month originated from Turkey and the most famous site that have been hacked was usbank.com, in addition many web sites of china .gov have been hacked this month by the same hacker ...click to read more..
http://calima.serapis.net/blogs/index.php?/archive s/44-June-2007-Web-Defacements-Report.html
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ErikInterlude writes:
The Mac v. PC commercials were fun when they first came out, but for me they've gotten a little old now that the novelty has worn off. I actually forgot them until I came across this little presentation posted on Youtube. It's a Mac v. PC commercial in the style of South Park. The voices could use a little work, but I got a chuckle out of it. I figured the Slashdot community would as well.
