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diewlasing writes:
The student run newspaper at MIT, The Tech, publishes the banned presentation on hacking the MBTA's Charlie fare system. They have some balls. This is definitely a good read. Get it before it gets taken down.
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diewlasing writes:
Hello Slashdot. I have a life question that the wisdom of the Slashdot community might be able to answer. I have a friend who is incredible smart. He went to one of the top high schools in the nation and has an amazing aptitude for engineering. He built a glider 6 foot out of his butterfly knife and some cardboard boxes which flew a few dozen feet on the first test run. Now I know some of the engineers here might see that as not a big accomplishment, but as I said he has a great aptitude. He's always wanted to be an aero engineer. However due to certain circumstances, he's not been able to do it until now. But he has stated he wanted to join the air force to learn how to work on planes. But would that actually help in becoming an aero engineer, other than learning how to fix engines. I'm not decrying the military, especially the air force, many great things have come from them. But have any aero engineers or does anyone know any aero engineers that got their start in aero engineering in the air force? Or would it be better to go to a good school and get good internships? Any insight would be great.
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diewlasing writes:
A new book reveals the 22-year effort by FBI director J Edgar Hoover to get Albert Einstein arrested as a political subversive or even a Soviet spy.
Uncovered FBI files are revealed in a book by Fred Jerome who says it was a clash of cultures — Einstein's challenge and change with Hoover's order and obedience.
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diewlasing writes:
I recently read an article which stated that Oxford scientists proved mathematically, that there are parallel universes, where every outcome is played out in its own "world". So I was wondering, what if people who push for creation science to be taught in schools actually had their way? What if the world was flooded with creation scientists. There would be real scientists of course, but in the course of human evolution (pun intended) more creation scientists were trained. And I'm speaking of the US in particular. Would our science and engineering courses be plagued with so many inaccuracies that we would never be able to engineer anything useful or contribute to human knowledge? This is a bit of hyperbole, but keep in mind, there are many complaints on how the US is lagging behind in science and engineering.
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diewlasing writes:
The DoJ wants the porn industry to register their actors with them on a list with proof of identity so they may be able to protect the children from participating in the making of porn. This also applies to foreign producers, who must provide and i.d. card.
