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Submission + - Ryan Vs. Dorkman 2 released!

DigitAl56K writes: "Star Wars fans rejoice! Four years after their original fan film saw them picking up light sabers and taking to battle, Ryan Wieber and Michael Scott have published RvD2. The choreography and attention to detail strongly rival the best efforts of Lucasfilm, as does the sound track.

A low resolution version of RvD2 is available on YouTube, and an HD version (429MB) can be downloaded from DivX Stage6. You can also order the original soundtrack and "Making of" videos via ryanvsdorkman.com, as well as donating to their projects."
Windows

Submission + - Vista destroys image data of RAW files

Anonymous Reader writes: Canon has advised that the original image data of RAW images (such as title, subject, rating, tags, comments) shot with an EOS-1D or EOS-1Ds cameras may be lost when images are rotated or edited using Windows Explorer or Windows Gallery on Vista. The support notice can be found here
Music

Submission + - Faked Recordings Producer Comes Clean

thyrf writes: "It seems as though those independent comparisons stated by the producer of the recently uncovered Hatto music fraud took an interesting turn, the BBC reports. Since it was first revealed, William Barrington-Coupe, the late Joyce Hatto's producer and husband admitted replacing the original tracks with those of other artists. However, all is not as it seems. Barrington-Coupe claims he first began to replace snippets of certain tracks where his wife, who had cancer, could be heard groaning in pain. "It is very touching and he does go through every detail and how he did it and he makes it very credible," Mr von Bahr of the BIS music label said. As he got better at replacing the material, the sections grew longer until they in some cases ended up being the entire piece itself. Though we don't quite know why he ended up replacing entire tracks, his confession is convincing enough to call off the legal-heavies. "I don't see how either myself or the industry can get any satisfaction for pure revenge, I think the whole thing is deeply tragic story"."
Power

Submission + - A Technically Rich Discussion of Nuclear Power

Schloopy writes: "Is Nuclear Power a Viable Option for Our Energy Needs?

This article does a great job covering the technical pros and cons of the basics of nuclear fission, world uranium supply, the energy lifecycle of nuclear power, greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear, the costs of nuclear energy, power, and waste; the author concludes that many positives exist with this controversial energy source, but the NIMBY/BANANA stigma of it will be difficult to overcome.

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2323"
Real Time Strategy (Games)

Submission + - Yet Another GM found cheating in EVE-Online

Kugu's my hero writes: "Another Game Master in the popular game EVE-Online has been caught cheating by leaking vital information on upcoming changes to the game.
game site — EVE-Online
Intel about GM leaking info — Kugutsumen's blog on this story
The very intel rich eve-online site kugutsumen.com has another bomb to drop on eve-online. You may remember kugutsumen from a few weeks ago when he revealed that there were gm's cheating at a very high level in the game eve-online. Then all the ramifications that followed including banning of all his accounts in the game.
Well he has yet another tidbit of info for everyone. The character "The Enslaver" leader of the very large alliance LV (Lotka Volterra) has been caught leaking information about a major changes to the game. All the intel pointing to him being a GM is listed in the story from chat logs to ip addresses matching the game makers ip address.
In eve-online any info that is leaked to players from gm's can have dramatic effects. Its out right cheating and giving groups advantages that no one can compete against. It could cause huge shifts in the structure of claimed space and throw the player driven market into massive fluctuations.
Kugutsumen has audio recordings on his latest story with transcripts and previous quotes from the character "The Enslaver".

The first bit of info that he has leaked is about blue print originals (BPO'S) and what to do with them due to changes in the structure of how blue prints will work in the future.

Originally Posted by Enslaver You wanted 135? Shocked Well, as someone who has a little knowledge of the T2 industry and how it is headed.... I would say that is a bad call. I'd have let it go for anything over 60, as in a month or two it won't even be worth that... Just remember that the price of cap 2's was only high due to cartels, not demand — when the bpo's are doubled, the cartel collapses. Not to mention they are already one of the prime targets of people performing invention... Invention is setup in a way that will make it cheaper to produce things through invention over time. Whilst most of the items needed are expensive and one-use only, afaik for instance, some exploration sites rarely drop versions of said items that last forever. Basically, whilst these are rare now, the number will increase in time, driving costs down etc etc. So yes, invention will be a very, very major factor. I saw it coming and sold my BCS2 bpo. 78.5bn. Or about 4-5 years profit if you factor in how things are almost definitely going to go.

He also mentioned a bit about how constellation sovereignty (how players claim space in eve) changes will affect the alliance in the future.

Originally Posted by The Enslaver The constellation sovereignty stuff isn't planned until February at the earliest by CCP; so for now we are best off placing outposts where they will make the most money — and later on, upgrading each constellation that we want const. sov in with however many more outposts/pos's required. With the next batch of outposts, our alliance income will be sufficient to pay for an outpost and do basic POS defence in those systems every two weeks — so we will more than be capable of placing any outposts required.

The intel continues with an audio transcript (mp3 available for download) of him saying that he may have to have his character renamed and never speak to his friends in the alliance again. The renaming of a character is what the game maker does when a GM has been outed.

Enslaver Ohhhhh well...this is a really, really not good situation. Enslaver Let me put it this way, Dough: I'm [unintelligible] because tomorrow I have to go in and get my characters renamed and never talk to any of you again. Enslaver Yeah. Not in a good mood to speak at the moment, Dough. Enslaver I'm sorta curious how they traced my IP to Iceland because they don't have access to our server database, they don't have access to our forums database...

Each part of the intel is not damning by itself. But when Kugutsumen puts it all together you may need to put on your tinfoil hat. The exact GM has yet to be determined, but he has several candidates and speaks about them also."
Privacy

Blizzard Exposes Detailed WoW Character Data 233

Gavin Scott writes "Blizzard has introduced a new web site called the Armory which lets you get information on any World of Warcraft character, extracted from their live databases, in near real-time. This exposes a great deal of information that was not previously obtainable including profession choices, skill levels for all skills, and the character's complete talent specification and all faction reputation data, along with all gear currently equipped. The complete roster of any guild or arena team is also available. Some players are upset about this, such as arena PvP teams who now have all their gear and talent choices exposed to the world, or players with non-standard or less-popular talent choices who fear they will have difficulty getting into pickup groups now that people can instantly find out everything about them. Are these complaints fair? Blizzard claims to own all the data and the characters, but at what point does this data represent personal choices and information about their players which would be covered by their own privacy policy? In a virtual society, should people be able to present a view of themselves that differs from (virtual) reality, or should all details be exposed?"

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