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Comment 1984? (Score 5, Insightful) 793

by Ieshan on Sunday October 26, 2008 @06:07PM (#25520937) Attached to: Gov't Computers Used to Find Info on "Joe the Plumber"

Welcome to 1984, or welcome to a world (just like 2007, 2006, and 2005) where curious people with access to confidential information sometimes abuse it without meaning harm?

I don't think there's any reason to assume malice here, I think stupidity is good enough. This kind of thing happens all the time when famous people check into hospitals and medical residents think it would be clever to pull their file.

This seems more likely to be plain old stupidity than it does evil government influence.

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Bionic Arm Might Go Into Clinical Trials 107

Posted by Zonk on Saturday February 02, 2008 @11:28PM from the nice-to-shake-your-hand dept.

prostoalex writes "The bionic arm project sponsored by DARPA is nearing completion, and might undergo clinical trials. 'The arm has motor control fine enough for test subjects to pluck chocolate-covered coffee beans one by one, pick up a power drill, unlock a door, and shake a hand. Six preconfigured grip settings make this possible, with names like chuck grip, key grip, and power grip. The different grips are shortcuts for the main operations humans perform daily.'"

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Submission + - University Rejects Google for Its Privacy Scruples

Submitted by

freepay

on Friday April 20, 2007 @12:26PM

freepay writes: "In a weird case with implications for personal autonomy, The Daily Pennsylvanian student newspaper reported that the University of Pennsylvania wanted Google instead of Microsoft to replace its crash-prone email system — but selected Microsoft instead. According to the article, the key issue was that Google did not want to include applications such as Blogger within the contract.

"'We felt that it was appropriate to keep a separation between the information that administrators would have access to in Google Apps and some of the more consumer applications that students would want to use and control in their personal lives,' Rajen Sheth, product manager for Google Apps for Education, wrote in an e-mail."

"Microsoft, on the other hand, was extremely easy to work with...""

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The Physics of Santa 172

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday December 24, 2006 @01:36PM from the tachyons-and-jeffries-tubes-oh-my dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "If you don't believe that Santa Claus can deliver presents to millions of homes in a single night, Larry Silverberg, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU), explains that Santa's society of elves has an understanding of physics and engineering that exceeds our own. In fact, Santa Claus and his crew really can deliver presents in one night because of their advanced knowledge of electromagnetic waves, the space/time continuum, nanotechnology, genetic engineering and computer science. For example, he doesn't carry presents. He uses a nano-toymaker to fabricate toys grown atom by atom inside the children's homes. Very entertaining reading... Here is a link to additional details and pictures of Santa and his elves flying over New Zealand."

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FTC's Game Teaches Social Networking Skills 76

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @06:59PM from the just-say-no dept.

narramissic writes, "Your tax dollars at work. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an online quiz-show style game called Buddy Builder to test young users' abilities to spot potential threats on social networking Web sites. Naturally, the teen audience this is intended to reach is not going to go near the game except as a joke."

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Journal Journal: A Big Placeholder.

Journal by Ieshan on Wednesday April 14, 2004 @12:57PM

This journal entry is a placeholder for stuff on my slashdot user homepage.

In the past, I used to code and do research in Dr. Bob Cook's Avian Cognition Lab. I also did work for the Perseus Project, a digital library for the Humanities.

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