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Submission + - Fraud alleged in global warming research

Submitted by Sara Chan
Sara Chan writes: A recent Slashdot story asked if global warming had been debunked. A short paper to appear in the January issue of Theoretical and Applied Climatology raises a similar question: it harshly critiques some prominent research published in Nature. The paper is technical, but the author of the paper (who is a Knuth check recipient) discusses it bluntly on his site, stating that there is “evidence of scientific fraud”. The author says that he is disinterested in global warming per se, but wanted to illustrate the poor quality of publications that support it. There is also discussion at ClimateAudit.
Math

Submission + - Mathematical Lego (R)

Submitted by
VincenzoRomano
VincenzoRomano writes: "Almost everyone knows about the numerous applications and use for the ubiquitous LEGO(R) toys.
Anrew Lipson has built a web page in his site about Mathematical LEGO(R) Sculptures he made, even if he admits they weren't constructed entirely without computer assistance.
Those sculptures are also documented with photos and Lego Draw and CAD .DAT files.
By the way, I'd suggest you to check whether your children are already building such things out of Lego bricks."
NASA

Submission + - Copies of NASA's lost Apollo 11 tapes found.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: It seems copies of NASA's historic lost 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing tapes have been found (http://www.news.com.au) in Australia.
Announcements

Submission + - One Chip MSX Computer - Open source hardware

Submitted by
Bazix
Bazix writes: "Bazix have started taking orders on a limited, special edition of the One Chip MSX, the first MSX computer available to the European market in more than 20 years. This modernized version of the multi-million selling home computer can be pre-ordered exclusively at http://www.bazix.nl/ until November 21st of 2006 at a retail price of 229,00.

The core of the One Chip MSX is an Altera Cyclone FPGA chip which can be reconfigured completely with different hardware designs, programmed in a language called VHDL. By default, the One Chip MSX is configured as an MSX2 computer system, which was introduced to the market by Microsoft and ASCII Japan in the 1980s. The source code of this default configuration is included in the package, giving novice and advanced VHDL developers an educational starting point to improve the MSX2 standard as 'open source hardware', or implement other classic retro computers and consoles on their own.

In the 1980s, the MSX computer standard introduced a brand-independent, open standard to the consumer market that paved the way for amateur software development. Now, more than 20 years later, MSX gets another 'first' in the industry, introducing 'open source hardware' that allows end-users to alter the hardware design completely to their liking.

One Chip MSX specifications are as follows:

Altera Cyclone EP1C12Q240C8N FPGA chip
32 MB SDRAM
SD/MMC card slot
2 MSX Cartridge slots
2 cinch audio outputs
S-Video, Composite and VGA outputs
PS/2 keyboard connector
2 USB connectors
2 MSX Joystick ports
FPGA I/O pin (40 pins and 10 pins)
English instruction manual
110/220V AC power supply

Related link: http://www.bazix.nl/onechipmsx.html"

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