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Submission + - Update: Colorado woman claims hackers killed site

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An anonymous reader writes: Colorado Woman's site taken down... claimed "stolen by hackers"

Colorado Woman Suzanne Shell runs "profane-justice". The site was slashdoted between March 19th 2007, and March 31st, 2007. Information Week reported a legal dispute between Susan Shell and Archive.org, where in spite of a lack of a robots.txt file, it was her belief that her rights were violated by archive crawlers.

The site was shutdown due to exceeding the monthly bandwidth allotment late March 19th, 2007 according EarthLink's error message. It's now Suzanne's contention that "On or about March 18-20, 2007,""this site was maliciously hacked""and sent out all over the world as hot-linked spam pop-ups or some""other similar abusive theft of""bandwidth and content." {quoted from here} and is claiming more than $276,050.00 in damages based on $.01/page and $.02/MB in stolen revenue. Her site claims over 36 million page loads since March 17, 2007.

Is this a case of an online vigilante took it upon themselves to hack the site and spam the world in a period of two days, or is this a case where getting publicity created an interest in her site and it was this interest that exceded her bandwidth allocation? Is it reasonable to claim $276,050.00 for 11 days of down time, or should Suzanne Shell have contacted her ISP and increase her monthly bandwidth allocation? Were hackers/unsolicited pop-ups/spam involved?

It's asked by Suzanne Shell that anyone who received the url to her site by "virtue of unsolicited pop-up, spam, email or any other mechanism" to contact the "FBI Computer Crime center (www.ic3.gov)" case I0703201751051092.
Businesses

Submission + - Rural Telecommuting

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I'm a consultant with over 20 years of professional experience in application and database development with some networking/security and web development experience under my belt, and I'm currently finishing up my Masters' in Comp. Sci (via distance learning). I'm sick and tired of both consulting and living on the East Coast and I'm looking to move west where there's some more "elbow room" (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, or the like — mountains or high desert a must) and the opportunity to live in a more "rural" fashion. My question to the slashdot community is this: Given that a large percentage of technology jobs are clustered around the larger metro areas, what advice (serious, please) do any of you have regarding the easiest and/or best way to make a transition from my current situation to a work-from-home opportunity that would allow me to live where I wanted without forcing me to change my career to firewatcher?
Toys

Submission + - Wired.com says geeks make better lovers

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christian.einfeldt
christian.einfeldt writes: "Let it never be said that geeks are not hot. As in sexy hot. So says none other than sex expert Regina Lynn, the sex-tech goddess who writes Wired.com's weekly 'Sex Drive' column. In this week's installment, Regina explains why geeks can put a new twist on the 'Field of Dreams' quip that 'if you build it, he will come:'

'Don't be surprised if your geek lover puts more thought into arranging the boudoir than you do, or if common household items soon take on a new dimension. More than one geek has told me that Home Depot is their favorite adult store.'
If you can imagine it, you can build it, and who has more fertile imaginations for tool and toy building than Slashdot readers?"
Technology (Apple)

Submission + - Apple denies "Big Stevie" isn't watching

Submitted by Webster Phreaky
Webster Phreaky writes: Apple denies Apple TV 'backdoor' claims Apple isn't deleting hacks from the Apple TV, a report explains Macworld staff Apple has denied recent reports that is has enabled a "back-door" into the Apple TV which enables the company to prevent unsupported hacks. A wave of recent reports emerging from hacker websites have claimed that those engaged in attempting to extend the features of the device have seen code they have inserted into the machine disappear overnight, leading to speculation that Apple can return Apple TV units to factory settings. Apple is denying these claims, according to EnGadget. The report explains: "Apple's stance, it claims, is more along the lines of: it's your box, do with it what you please — but be mindful of voiding that warranty." The report suggests that some hacks may not be staying on the machine because the machine isn't built quite the way the hackers think it is at present. (COMMENT): Apple has a MUCH BIGGER Problem, the AppleTV apparently is your typical Apple Buggy Piece of Sh!t according to ALL THE BUG REPORTS on MacFixIt.com ( http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070330 090814465) and Mac Bug reporting sites ( http://www.techedgeezine.com/cartindex.htm )

Feed Game collector is archiving the best (com.com)

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Video: Game collector is archiving the best. Henry Lowood, curator for the history of science and technology collections at Stanford University libraries, is in charge of a major project involving the archiving of 25,000-plus video games. Hear how the project started and where it goes from here. CNET News.com's Miriam Olsson reports.

Be

Submission + - Current owner of BeOS Code: Zeta is Illegal

Submitted by Hank Powers
Hank Powers writes: The legal status of the Zeta operating system that was derived from the source code Be Inc. left shortly before going bankcrupt has been unclear for several years. Now, the current owner of the source code, ACCESS, claims "if Herr Korz feels that he holds a legitimate license to the BeOS code he's been using, we're completely unaware of it, and I'd be fascinated to see him produce any substantiation for that claim". The sales of Zeta have been suspended and so has the development been halted as well. OSNews has an article about the recent developments.

Feed Ancient Greek Amphitheater: Why You Can Hear From Back Row (sciencedaily.com)

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The theater at Epidaurus has been known for centuries as an acoustic marvel that allowed spectators to hear in the back row. Georgia Tech researchers have discovered that Epidaurus' limestone seats created a sophisticated acoustic filter that carried instruments and voices all the way to the back row.
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - VeriSign Increases Domain Name Pricing

Submitted by BillGatesLoveChild
BillGatesLoveChild writes: CNET reports VeriSign has made its move, increasing domain name prices by 7%. From October 15 2007, .com domains will now cost $6.42 (up from $6) and .net domains $3.85 per annum. ICANN had previously voted to support the increase. Despite annual income of $323.4M from .com domain names alone, VeriSign claims it needs the increase to provide "a high level of security and reliability for .com".

This increase comes in the face of complaints by customers, registrars and senators alike that VeriSign is abusing its ICANN monopoly. Yet the furrowed brows and promises of senators of investigations have come to nothing, even though the only people seemingly in favor of the monopoly are ICANN and VeriSign. With complaints about the pair running back to 2002, what can we the public do to get our elected representatives to take the great domain name ripoff seriously?
Software

Submission + - Screen Capture from Composite Video?

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OSH
OSH writes: "I work in a security facility where a lot of video is watched. We have multiple color/black & white printers that can print directly from a video feed. However we have not been able to find a simple solution to making digital snap shots. Any ideas out there that would be easy enough for people unskilled in tech? We are running Windows 2000 Pro on the available pc we are going to use."
The Media

Submission + - Popular Diet Myths Regarding Beer

Submitted by cb_is_cool
cb_is_cool writes: We've all heard the old cliche about having a "beer belly". Find out some of the facts regarding beer and related alcoholic beverages:

From the Article: An online expert for "The South Beach Diet" recently wrote: "This diet is constantly changing based on new research so some of the info in the book is out of date. One of those items, you will be happy to know, is the ban on beer ... One or two drinks [of beer] is unlikely to cause weight gain since it takes an extra 3500 calories over what the body needs to gain a pound of fat."

This sounds like something we can all drink to... :)
Media

Submission + - Web Scanning Technology for Copyright Violations

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eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: "I've heard a lot of talk about software being used to detect pirated media anywhere on the web, but haven't seen a lot of details. PhysOrg has a good article on one of the tools out there. Automatic Copyright Infringement Detection (ACID) boasts a patented technology coined 'meaning-based computing' that is reportedly capable of finding relationships between 1,000 different types of files. The important thing is that this is not tagging based searching. From the article, "Autonomy's search technology uses automatic hyperlinking and link clustering that the company claims isn't built into keyword search engines. According to the company, this technology allows computers to perform searches with greater context, so it finds a wider range of related documents or research citations than is possible from keyword searches." For more details on how this magic works, check out Autonomy's patent and the many patents by its subdivision, Virage."

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