Comment Doesn't anybody use... (Score 1) 849
FingerAuth w/a fingerprint scanner mouse?
Forget typing, why bother even remembering passwords? I'm surprised people still mess with those things.
Comment Waterproof / Weatherproof? (Score 1) 464
There's a lot I could do with one of these if it was weatherproof and maybe run off 12V...
Submission + - When IP Protection Incites Consumer Rage
An anonymous reader writes: How many industries of late have managed to generate such genuine consumer hatred over the last several years? says Richard Menta about the record industry. He was refering to that industry's aggressive activities to control its content in the digital age and he makes a solid argument that these efforts, including oppressive DRM tactics and legal actions, have alienated the consumer to the point where it is a key contributor to decreasing CD revenues. This quarter alone EMI saw a 20% drop in CD sales, while Warners 3rd quarter loss widened. The article lays out 17 events including the Sony rootkit scandal and the payola scandal that have tarnished the industry's public image and undermined its credibility with the average record buyer.
Submission + - Tactile Maps for Blind
zack2007 writes: "Researchers at the Aristotle University of Thessaloníki in Greece have developed a new system that converts video into virtual, touchable maps for the blind.
http://zecharyw.com/225/tactile-maps-for-blind/"
Submission + - Google Voice Local Search
anilrgowda1 writes: "http//www.errorforum.com/google/17876-google-voice -local-search.html"
Submission + - Xbox360 Control Pad with a Keyboard
zack2007 writes: "News from GameSpot, the Xbox360 control pad that had a keyboard is now officially announced and on the way.
http://zecharyw.com/222/xbox360-control-pad-with-a -keyboard/"
Submission + - Manners maketh man.
akintayo writes: The New York Times reports that in response to the recent brouhaha, some technology bloggers have suggested raising the level of civility on tech blogs by implementing a code of conduct. Kathy Sierra, a technology blogger and friend of O'Reilly was subjected to threats and insults from readers and other bloggers. In partial response, O'Reilly and others have proposed a code of conduct which could include restrictions like the outlawing of anonymous accounts.
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Satellites Mating Via Robotic Arm 91
Roland Piquepaille writes "The launch of the Orbital Express mission, with its two satellites ASTRO and NextSat, the first one servicing the other, was widely covered a month ago. But what is happening in space now? In 'Robotic satellite servicer rehearsal underway in orbit,' Spaceflight Now reports about the progress done. A week ago, the two satellites were able to link to each other to operate the first transfer of hydrazine fuel from ASTRO's propellant tanks into NextSat. This weekend, ASTRO's ten-foot-long robotic arm is going to be used to move objects to NextSat. But what does it mean for international satellite operators when they need help with their space birds? Will they use a system designed for U.S.'s DARPA? "
Journal Journal: Kathy Sierra 1
How odd. I just noticed that the whole Kathy Sierra harassment issue has not come up (did I blink and miss it?). This seems kind of odd. Certainly, online standards of behavior and internet harassment are something that should matter to we nerds who spend much of our life online. This is pretty much the only forum relevant to the topic that I frequent that has not brought it up. Why is this not seen as important? Is there a legitimate reason is has not come up? Is it insensitivity of t
Submission + - Effect of antibiotics increased by herbal extract
An anonymous reader writes: Nature Medicine (http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/ab s/nm1572.html) is reporting on its website that bacteria infections which are refractory to antibiotic treatment may be able to be cleared by supplementing the treatments with a widely used herbal extract. Urinary tract infections (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_tract_infect ion)are caused by E. coli and have frequent recurrences due to the ability of the bacteria to hide within the bladder. Using the herbal extract, forskolin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forskolin), the researchers have been able to eliminate the hiding bacteria, which could lead to better treatment efficiency when using antibiotics. Forskolin is an extract from the plant coleus forskholii which has been used for decades as an herbal remedy for painful urination. More recently nutrition stores have been carrying forskolin as a weight loss drug and energy booster. It's interesting that the same herbal remedies that most scientists dismiss as voodoo medicine are becoming the center of well respected research which explains their therapeutic value.
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Submission + - Debian Etch becomes Stable
ouroboros1827 writes: ""The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed etch, after 21 months of constant development."
The torrents are available from the central image server at http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/ ."
The torrents are available from the central image server at http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/ ."
Submission + - Update: Colorado woman claims hackers killed site
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.
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.
What Vista Is Really Like 305
This waking dream has been making the rounds: what if you woke and found a strange and beautiful woman in your bed, and she was inscrutible, unpredictable, and dangerous... but oh so beautiful? That's Vista for you.
