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Submission + - Favorite sci-fi spaceship carrier

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Favorite sci-fi spaceship carrier:
- SSD Executor
- Homeworld Mothership
- SDF-1
- Andromeda Ascendant
- USS Saratoga
- Battlestar Galactica
- Thundersub
- TCS Tiger's Claw
Businesses

Submission + - Same Flowers Different Price

Submitted by ta5tyfr3z
ta5tyfr3z writes: So my wife goes online to proflowers.com and looks up how much a bouquet of flowers would be for our mothers. She started off using Internet Explorer and found some flowers for $29.99, but shortly after using Firefox those same flowers were $39.99. The website didn't ask for a zip code or any other location information. And when I deleted the cookies I got a completely different price. To avoid getting ripped off we're avoiding flowers this year, but if you're going that route buyer-beware.
Books

Submission + - good web design practices?

Submitted by gnomungus
gnomungus writes: My girlfriend is interested in learning some web design for a new job that she's starting soon, but she has very little prior programming experience. I told her that a book on introductory programming and good programing practices would be the most valuable thing she could read before trying to pick up specific languages. When she asked for a recommendation, however, I was stumped. Is there a good introduction to programming book out there with a focus on web design?
Media

Submission + - Wikipedia as a political battleground

Submitted by
Denis Troller
Denis Troller writes: "During the French debate between the two presidential contestants on TV thursday 04/03, among other discussions, Segolene Royal asked her rival if he new what generation the EPR (Europeean Pressurized Reactor). "Fourth", was Nicolas Sarkozy's answer, which Segolene Royal corrected saying "you're wrong, it's third".

The issue at hand is not the trivia exchanged by the condidates, but the fact reported by the French journal "Liberation" [liberation, in french].

Under a few hours, the french EPR page on wikipedia underwent a succession of changes (about 50), Sarkozy's supporters trying to mask their candidate's mistake, and Segolene's trying to maintain the correct information. An interesting twist on wikipedia's open modification scheme and the growing usage of "online medium" for political campaigning, be it in France or in the US (see Obama's MySpace "scandal" on that matter)."
Power

Submission + - Wind farms might not reduce pollution

Submitted by
catbutt
catbutt writes: "According to a NYTimes article, which references a National Academy of Sciences study, wind farms may not be effective at reducing polution. The logic seems a bit odd, though, because it says that the reason it won't reduce certain types of pollutants is that there "was already a cap on sulfur emissions and one on nitrogen oxides was likely to follow. Is is possible such caps are a bad idea, then, if they cause people to not bother reducing their output of pollutants, since all it would end up doing is allowing someone else to pollute more?"
Education

Real Open Source Applications for Education? 185

Posted by kdawson from the stacking-the-blocks dept.
openeducation writes "I have been researching open source solutions for K-12 education pretty heavily for the past year and have been disappointed to find no real alternatives to the large administrative applications like student information systems, data warehouse, ERP, etc. But recently, I ran across Open Solutions for Education. This group appears to be making a serious effort at creating a stack of open source applications that are alternatives to the large and costly commercial packages. Centre, an open source student information system that has been around for a while, is part of the solution stack. They have a data warehouse and are proposing an open source SIF alternative and an assessment solution. While the proof is in the pudding, these guys have working demos and they look pretty good for a first run. K-12 education is in dire financial straits and solutions like these could help with lower TCO. Plus, education is a collaborative industry already, which makes it a good fit for open source."
Power

Submission + - Fuel of the Future

Submitted by Cymage
Cymage writes: What will be powering our cars 10 years from now
Gasoline
Diesel
Biodiesel
Ethanol
Butanol
Hybrid
Electric
Hydrogen
CowboyNealanol
Patents

Brazil Voids Merck Patent On AIDS Drug 765

Posted by kdawson from the developing-world-revolt dept.
JoeBackward writes "Merck has this useful anti-AIDS drug Elfavirenz, and Brazil has lots of poor people with AIDS. So, after trying really hard to get Merck to cooperate on pricing, the Brazilian government has decided to take a 'compulsory license' to the patent, and get the drug from a factory in India. This compulsory license is basically a way to take the patent by eminent domain." This move gives Brazil one more thing in common with Thailand, both of which have blocked YouTube. Thailand's compulsory licensing of Elfavirenz and Plavix has landed the country on the US's watch list for piracy.
Censorship

Submission + - American government - How can we fix it?

Submitted by
Justin B.
Justin B. writes: "Every time American politics comes up, people have a general consensus. That we are in a downward spiral. Yet when I hear people talk, all they seem to do is complain about this, instead of taking actions to prevent the fall. We complain about the government, but when broken down, they represent us. If we don't care to fix our country, why would they? What I'm asking for is what can we do to kick this to the curb and return America to the ideals it once possessed? Instead of complaining about these problems, could we work towards organizing an on-line forum or wiki-government to identify the problems in this country and the steps we can take to fix them?

I'm asking this question because I don't have the skills to do this yet, but I'm willing to help. I think the slashdot community is smart enough to be able to realize that we can work towards a positive goal and possibly have a positive impact."
Announcements

Submission + - Open Letter To Jobs: Please Build The Missing Mac

Submitted by fragermk
fragermk writes: An Open Letter To Steve Jobs: Please Build The Missing Mac has been getting a lot of attention and positive response from Digg. Is there a missing Mac? If Apple was to release a regular, affordable, desktop Macintosh would it have the potential to expand the user base for the OS X operating system? It would include: a dual-core processor, 1 GB RAM and a PCI-Express 16x slot. Price: $600 — $1200. No monitor. With 10.5 soon to be released it's time for Apple to take the consumer savvy they've developed with the iPod and go after the business and geek market for computers now split between HP, Dell and Lenovo.
Star Wars Prequels

Submission + - How my Princess Leia Fantasy was Destroyed (pics)

Submitted by
cooltopten
cooltopten writes: "As soon as I saw princess Leia in star wars , she became my object of fantasy for many years, I,m sure the same went for alot of teenage boy star wars fans out there.So I just couldn't wait to get my very own princess Leia star wars figure , I saved hard and finally the day come when I got my very own princess Leia , on closer inspection when I got her home I was confronted by this...Bang went my Fantasy. CHECK PICS HERE:- http://cooltopten-fantasybattles.blogspot.com/"
Education

Submission + - Real Open Source Applications for Education?

Submitted by openeducation
openeducation writes: I have been researching open source solutions for K-12 education pretty heavily for the past year and have been disappointed to find no real alternatives to the large administrative applications like student information systems, data warehouse, ERP, etc. But recently, I ran across Open Solutions for Education. http://os4ed.com/ This group appears to be making a serious effort at creating a stack of applications that are open source alternatives to the large and costly commercial alternatives. Centre, an open source student information system that has been around for awhile, is part of the solution stack. http://www.miller-group.net/ They have a data warehouse and are proposing an open source SIF alternative and an assessment solution. While the proof is in the pudding, these guys have working demos and they look pretty good for a first run. K-12 education in dire financial straits and solutions like these could help with lower TCO. Plus, education is a collaborative industry already, which makes perfect sense for open source.
Announcements

Submission + - FCBD in the US and Canada!

Submitted by farker haiku
farker haiku writes: Just a quick reminder that it's Free Comic Book Day in the US and Canada. Here is a list of the comics available for free, and you can find a local participating comic book store here. What is Free Comic Book Day? From their press kit: As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world are giving away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores.

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