Feed news.com: XH-150 demonstrates new hybrid technology, gets 150mpg (news.com)
AFS Trinity Power Corporation showed off its plug-in hybrid SUV, the XH-150, at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.
Submission + - Net Neutrality Summit
Castar writes: BoingBoing has a post about an upcoming summit in San Francisco about the issue of Net Neutrality. The EFF and speakers on both sides of the issue are gathering to debate and spread awareness of Network Neutrality, which is an increasingly important topic. The FCC, of course, might have the final word.
Submission + - Deleted Intro to Star Wars movie (inoob.net) 2
zero792 writes: "Deleted intro for A New Hope, in the Star Wars trilogy. Gives some more background on the story.
Explains Luke's background with Biggs."
Submission + - Frind Works 10 Hour Week, Makes $10 Million a Year
Reservoir Hill writes: "The New York Times reports that Markus Frind built the Plenty of Fish Web site in 2003 as nothing more than an exercise to help teach himself a new programming language, ASP.NET. The site first became popular among English-speaking Canadians. Popularity among online daters in many United States cities followed more recently, and with minimal spending on advertising the site. According to data from comScore Media Metrix for November 2007, Plenty of Fish had 1.4 million unique visitors in the United States. In December, Mr. Frind said, the site served up 1.2 billion page views, and page views have soared 20 percent since Dec. 26."
Submission + - Coming Soon: Cyborg Farmers (robots.net)
palegray.net writes: "Robots.net covers an article about robotic exoskeletons for Japanese farmers. These exoskeletons would provide increased strength and support for manual labor intensive tasks. The full article can be found here: New Robot Suit to Assist Japanese Farmers. From the article:
... a university team lead by Professor Shigeki Toyama formally announced the development of a robot suit they hope will dramatically ease the burden on agricultural field workers as well as other manual labor intensive jobs.
"
Journal Journal: A revelation of sorts...
I have read a few articles lately that got me thinking. Some of the articles dealt with things such as: a fourth dimension soon to be revealed; humans having a predisposition to believe in the supernatural; string theory (and the possibility of 11 dimensions or more). These articles lead me to a book called Flatland (written in 1885, available on Google Books).
Submission + - New research into orgone energy (foxnews.com)
scooter.higher writes: Three Panel Soul references an article about harnessing the power of orgasmic energy.
"Physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich, best known for his claims of a cosmic life force associated with sexual orgasm, died in federal prison, and the government burned tons of his books and other publications and destroyed his equipment.
But half a century later, a small number of scientists and other believers are working to advance the European-born psychiatrist's work on what he called 'orgone energy' — a theory largely forgotten in the scientific mainstream."
Scientists and doctors from the U.S. and Europe gathered this summer for a conference that explored the prospects of seeking FDA approval for clinical trials of orgone accumulator blankets to treat burn victims.
"Physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich, best known for his claims of a cosmic life force associated with sexual orgasm, died in federal prison, and the government burned tons of his books and other publications and destroyed his equipment.
But half a century later, a small number of scientists and other believers are working to advance the European-born psychiatrist's work on what he called 'orgone energy' — a theory largely forgotten in the scientific mainstream."
Scientists and doctors from the U.S. and Europe gathered this summer for a conference that explored the prospects of seeking FDA approval for clinical trials of orgone accumulator blankets to treat burn victims.
Submission + - Rough iPhone 1.1.1 jailbreak developed (macnn.com)
scooter.higher writes: iPhone/iTouch Dev members, who have been working steadily for weeks, say they have discovered a way to "jailbreak" iPhone 1.1.1 (i.e., to enable file-level access to the OS on the device). The developers are quick to note however that the jailbreak is nowhere near ready for official release, rendering many applications inoperable until they are recompiled and disabling the iTunes Store without "major hacking."
How the Pentagon Got Its Shape 473
Pcol writes "The Washington Post is running a story on the design process for the Pentagon building and why it ended up with its unusual shape. In July 1941 with World War II looming, a small group of army officers met to consider a secret plan to provide a permanent home for War Department headquarters containing 4 million square feet of office space and housing 40,000 people. The building that Brig. Gen. Brehon Burke Somervell, head of the Army's Construction Division, wanted to build was too large to fit within the confines of Washington DC and would have to be located across the Potomac River in Arlington. "We want 500,000 square feet ready in six months, and the whole thing ready in a year," the general said adding that he wanted a design on his desk by Monday morning. The easiest solution, a tall building, was out because of pre-war restrictions on steel usage and the desire not to ruin Washington's skyline. The tract selected had a asymmetrical pentagon shape bound on five sides by roads or other divisions so the building was designed to conform to the tract of land. Then with objections that the new building would block views from Arlington National Cemetery, the location was moved almost one-half mile south. The building would no longer be constructed on the five-sided Arlington Farm site yet the team continued with plans for a pentagon at the new location. In the rush to complete the project, there was simply no time to change the design."
Submission + - What is the deal anyway? whats news vs. whats not
An anonymous reader writes: I'm so angry! -that I don't know where to start. I read slashdot a few times per day, 'almost' every day. I've tried to submit a story several times about some new hardware that revolutionizes both home and office. A drastically different piece of hardware than anything else out there. But My story got tossed I don't know how many times. I re-wrote it different ways, each time making sure it was not an "advertisement" for a company, but an awareness article. -all to no avail.
THEN I see stories on the FRONT page of slashdot, such as "what is your favorite way to make coffee?" (just to pull out a recent one) and I about lost it!
For years I have thought that slashdot was for latest breaking news about software, hardware, issues, and for news surrounding computers, IT, security etc.. but I cannot understand why my story of a powerful and unique piece of hardware cannot make the news.. but "how I like my coffee" can..
I give up... I'm beginning to think that concerned readers/posters, who are truly concerned about what slashdot has always been about, have all left the building. And, that I'm beginning to wonder what the people are like who are reading this now. How can a question of 'How I like my coffee' or 'what is my favorite soda' make the front page.. but not something revolutionary in the computer industry... I just cannot understand..
so my question is.. what is most important for you to read about in slashdot?
What is missing in slashdot? -I hope to see this question come online, because I really want to know.
THEN I see stories on the FRONT page of slashdot, such as "what is your favorite way to make coffee?" (just to pull out a recent one) and I about lost it!
For years I have thought that slashdot was for latest breaking news about software, hardware, issues, and for news surrounding computers, IT, security etc.. but I cannot understand why my story of a powerful and unique piece of hardware cannot make the news.. but "how I like my coffee" can..
I give up... I'm beginning to think that concerned readers/posters, who are truly concerned about what slashdot has always been about, have all left the building. And, that I'm beginning to wonder what the people are like who are reading this now. How can a question of 'How I like my coffee' or 'what is my favorite soda' make the front page.. but not something revolutionary in the computer industry... I just cannot understand..
so my question is.. what is most important for you to read about in slashdot?
What is missing in slashdot? -I hope to see this question come online, because I really want to know.
Submission + - Sean Stevens and Peter Berdovsky (Zebbler) Free!
Sean Stevens writes: "Boston Mooninite Update!
Sean Stevens and Peter Berdovsky (Zebbler) are Free!
The charges have been dropped in an agreement involving community service.
Thank you all!!!!!
We're likely on the Today Show this Friday morning!
We have a lot to say, yet.
More @ our support HQ.
http://toxicollective.org/ps/
Sean Stevens and Peter Berdovsky (Zebbler)"
Sean Stevens and Peter Berdovsky (Zebbler) are Free!
The charges have been dropped in an agreement involving community service.
Thank you all!!!!!
We're likely on the Today Show this Friday morning!
We have a lot to say, yet.
More @ our support HQ.
http://toxicollective.org/ps/
Sean Stevens and Peter Berdovsky (Zebbler)"
Submission + - AMD on x86
Balaji Ramasubramanian writes: "Unlike Intel's Core, Barcelona gives each core dedicated L2 cache, and Barcelona incorporates a redesign that reduces cache latency (access delays). Barcelona adds Level 3 cache, a newcomer to the x86 and a page out of IBM's POWER playbook. All four CPU cores in a Barcelona socket will share a single master catalog of recently-retrieved data. A three-level cache is a must-have for a multicore CPU, and that becomes obvious when you get a demo that switches L3 on and off.
Barcelona is a new CPU, not a doubling of cores and not extensions strapped on here and there. Get ready to be blown away long before its release, which is scheduled for midyear."
Barcelona is a new CPU, not a doubling of cores and not extensions strapped on here and there. Get ready to be blown away long before its release, which is scheduled for midyear."
Submission + - Dell's "Direct model" extends to FMCG.
Michaeltt8 writes: "Do check out this interview article to read about how Dell's model of
"Direct virtual integration" is now being utilized for the FMCG (fast
moving consumer goods) industries to compress workload, increase
productivity using technology and costs savings to consumers.
Moreover with the ever increasing prices of petrol, unnecessary shipping and logistic arrangements can add to unnecessary cost for customers.
Finally a turnkey system of an Online Hypermarket known as "Demandby.com — Make IT happen" which merges 3 categories of users — buyer, seller & marketer.
Moreover with the ever increasing prices of petrol, unnecessary shipping and logistic arrangements can add to unnecessary cost for customers.
Finally a turnkey system of an Online Hypermarket known as "Demandby.com — Make IT happen" which merges 3 categories of users — buyer, seller & marketer.
- from which marketers can assist sellers to get buyers.
- marketers offer the personalized touch to add greater trust which is non existent in ecommerce for more trade success.
- After marketing, buyers get to deal direct with seller source and the "direct model" actually reduces costs of administration, hence cheaper pricing to buyers.
Submission + - *nix systems more likely to be targeted by malware
Jerry Smith writes: "A Senior Virus Analyst from Kaspersky Lab writeshttp://www.viruslist.com/en/analysis?pubid=2 04791938:
"It's also likely that there will be a significant increase in the number of malicious programs for other operating systems, primarily for MacOS, and for other *nix systems. Gaming consoles such as PlayStation and Nintendo are also likely to be targeted, as the increasing number of such devices and their ability to connect to each other and the Internet will make them a juicy potential target for virus writers." I guess there's software waiting to be sold?"
Submission + - Google Unveils Universal Search
marcog123 writes: "Google has been expanding its collection of products enormously over the years. A large chunk of these products are search engines, each refined to work well with a specific content type. There's Google News, Maps, Scholar, Code Search — the list goes on. Today Google started combining the efforts of the separate search engines and packaging them into the so-called Universal Search. So now when you search for Steve Jobs you get a mixture of web, image, news and video results all on one page. The upgrade is gradually spreading out, so you might have to wait before you get the new results."
