Comment Re:Priorities. (Score 1) 534
Ummmm....
*cough*
Comment Pics (Score 2) 139
Pics of the cute little sucker - both in the dark and in daylight:
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/south-korean-scientists-create-glowing-dog-report-20110728-1i0wi.html
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/south-korean-scientists-create-glowing-dog-report-20110728-1i0wi.html
Comment Re:An update on this story by Grubb... (Score 3, Interesting) 200
Here's a transcript of the interview he had with police:
It is abundantly clear that, while everything was going ok for a while, Ben's fatal flaw was being "helpful" to the police and offering information to them. The interview was voluntary, and they even told him he could walk out at any time. The minute he mentioned that he had taken notes of the converstaion with the security researcher on his iPad though, the police then had the information they needed to seize it. When he refused citing his sources and private information contained on it, they arrested him (later releasing him without charge). Once again, as has been linked to so many times here on Slashdot, the following should be REQUIRED viewing by everyone!
Submission + - Polish science advances graphene film production (warsawvoice.pl)
An anonymous reader writes: The Poland.Pl and The Warsaw Voice Online portals report that Polish scientists from the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology and the Faculty of Physics of Warsaw University made significant advancements in the production technology of graphene film, making sheets rather than flakes of the material.
Will it mean that Moore's Law for chip making will stand after all, this time beyond silica?
Links to both articles below:
http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/22753/article
http://www.poland.pl/news/article,Discovery_of_Polish_Scientists_Does_It_Mean_a_New_Era_of_Computing,id,456058.htm
Will it mean that Moore's Law for chip making will stand after all, this time beyond silica?
Links to both articles below:
http://www.warsawvoice.pl/WVpage/pages/article.php/22753/article
http://www.poland.pl/news/article,Discovery_of_Polish_Scientists_Does_It_Mean_a_New_Era_of_Computing,id,456058.htm
Submission + - Slim, Green Airplanes Closer To Reality (ibtimes.com)
iamrmani writes: "Now, leaner, greener and quieter airplanes are not too far from reality.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded $16.5 million contract to Boeing, MIT and Northrop Grumman for additional research that would make airplanes greener and quieter for future generations."
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded $16.5 million contract to Boeing, MIT and Northrop Grumman for additional research that would make airplanes greener and quieter for future generations."
Submission + - Speech recognition comes to chrome (i-programmer.info)
mikejuk writes: The latest beta of Chrome features speech recognition — yes you can talk to a web page. It sounds like a silly idea but consider how many users opt for voice commands with a mobile phone.
Submission + - Feedback Loops in The Fight Against Spam (net-security.org)
Orome1 writes: Much effort has been expended to try to define what spam is in order to classify and filter it. However, not only do spam campaigns mutate to avoid detection, but we have also learned that spam is in the eye of the beholder: What one person says is junk might be of some value to someone else, with great consequences if a filter gets it wrong. Open solutions that use feedback loops have been attracting attention for several years. In particular, a mechanism called the Abuse Reporting Format (ARF) was created by participants in the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) some years ago. ARF allows exchange of feedback information between peer Internet Service Providers (ISPs) when spam or other abuse originating at one is received at another; a user clicks a Spam button in the mail reader and an ARF message is generated and sent to the originating service, where automated software quickly processes the complaint, and the systems at both ends have more data from which to learn.
Submission + - Piracy Is A Market Failure, Not A Legal Failure
An anonymous reader writes: The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) launched a new global study on piracy in 2006, titled "Media Piracy in Emerging Economies," and has now declared it disagrees with trademark and copyright holders who frequently characterize piracy as a legal failure. After independent investigation in six emerging economies (Bolivia, Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa), the report concludes that piracy is a product of market failure.
Submission + - Fukushima one week on: Situation 'stable', says IA (theregister.co.uk)
Attila Dimedici writes: This article claims that the safest place to be
if your country is hit by a monster earthquake and giant tsunami is the local nuclear power plant. This article mentions that over the last ten years there have been seven nuclear fatalities and 44 wind farm fatalities ( I saw this stated elsewhere as well).
if your country is hit by a monster earthquake and giant tsunami is the local nuclear power plant. This article mentions that over the last ten years there have been seven nuclear fatalities and 44 wind farm fatalities ( I saw this stated elsewhere as well).
Construction On Spaceship Factory Set To Begin In the Mojave 147
angry tapir writes "A production facility that would build the world's first fleet of commercial spaceships is set to begin construction on Tuesday at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The facility will be home to The Spaceship Co, or TSC — a joint venture owned by Mojave-based Scaled Composites and British billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism company, Virgin Galactic."
Submission + - Australian Wikileak founder's passport confiscated (theage.com.au)
M_Cheevy writes: According to The Age's website:
"Julian Assange, the Australian founder of the whistleblower website Wikileaks, says he had his passport taken away from him at Melbourne Airport and was later told by customs officials that it was about to be cancelled.
"Last year Wikileaks published a confidential Australian blacklist of websites to be banned under the government's proposed internet filter."
"Julian Assange, the Australian founder of the whistleblower website Wikileaks, says he had his passport taken away from him at Melbourne Airport and was later told by customs officials that it was about to be cancelled.
"Last year Wikileaks published a confidential Australian blacklist of websites to be banned under the government's proposed internet filter."
Submission + - Google sued for Picture Search in Germany (tagesschau.de)
thetinytoon writes: Google's been sued (again) for it's picture search in germany. An artist does not want it's pictures to be shown on Googles result page and to have her pictures saved on servers in the US, arguing that as she has the copyright on her pictures, Google should have had to ask for permission first.
Although this could be correct under german law, the case could be more interesting than it seems. By publishing a picture (or anything that validates as "art" under german law) on your homepage and not denying search bots to crawl your page with a robots.txt or a metatag, do you implicitly allow your page to be indexed (opt-out) or do search providers only have permission if a robots.txt explicitly allows indexing (opt-in)? In the latter case, this would have dramatic effects on search results in germany.
On a side note, the timing for this lawsuit is just right. Google's been under fire in germany for Google Street View and Google News in the past months already and the privacy ministers of different federal states are currently discussing ways to constraint Google's hunger for data.
Although this could be correct under german law, the case could be more interesting than it seems. By publishing a picture (or anything that validates as "art" under german law) on your homepage and not denying search bots to crawl your page with a robots.txt or a metatag, do you implicitly allow your page to be indexed (opt-out) or do search providers only have permission if a robots.txt explicitly allows indexing (opt-in)? In the latter case, this would have dramatic effects on search results in germany.
On a side note, the timing for this lawsuit is just right. Google's been under fire in germany for Google Street View and Google News in the past months already and the privacy ministers of different federal states are currently discussing ways to constraint Google's hunger for data.
Submission + - Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report (sciencemag.org)
cremeglace writes: In an unusual last-minute edit that has drawn flak from the White House and science educators, a federal advisory committee omitted data on Americans' knowledge of evolution and the big bang from a key report. The data shows that Americans are far less likely than the rest of the world to accept that humans evolved from earlier species and that the universe began with a big bang.
Submission + - iPhone 4.0 beta hints at front video camera (chillze.com)
Submission + - Cisco's New Router: Trouble for Hollywood (time.com)
Shakrai writes: Time Magazine has published an article about the impact of Cisco's new CRS-3 router on the business practices of the MAFIAA. This new router was previously mentioned here on Slashdot and is expected to alleviate internet bottlenecks that currently impede steaming video on demand services. Some of the highlights from the article:
"The ability to download albums and films in a matter of seconds is a harbinger of deep trouble for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which would prefer to turn the clock back, way back."
"The hard fact is that the latest developments at Cisco, Google and elsewhere may do more than kill the DVD and CD and further upset entertainment-business models that have changed little since the Mesozoic Era. With superfast streaming and downloading, indie filmmakers will soon be able to effectively distribute feature films online and promote them using social media such as Facebook and Twitter."
"Meanwhile, both the MPAA and the RIAA continue to fight emerging technologies like peer-to-peer file sharing with costly court battles rather than figuring out how to appeal to the next generation of movie enthusiasts and still make a buck."
"The ability to download albums and films in a matter of seconds is a harbinger of deep trouble for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which would prefer to turn the clock back, way back."
"The hard fact is that the latest developments at Cisco, Google and elsewhere may do more than kill the DVD and CD and further upset entertainment-business models that have changed little since the Mesozoic Era. With superfast streaming and downloading, indie filmmakers will soon be able to effectively distribute feature films online and promote them using social media such as Facebook and Twitter."
"Meanwhile, both the MPAA and the RIAA continue to fight emerging technologies like peer-to-peer file sharing with costly court battles rather than figuring out how to appeal to the next generation of movie enthusiasts and still make a buck."
