Raul654 - Slashdot User

Submission + - Wikipedia wins defamation case

Submitted by Raul654 on Friday November 02, 2007 @01:02PM

Raul654 writes: Yesterday, a french judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Wikimedia Foundation for defamation. The judge found that "Web site hosts cannot be liable under civil law because of information stored on them if they do not in fact know of their illicit nature". According to the inquirer: "Three plaintiffs were each seeking 69,000 euros ($100,000) in damages for invasion of their privacy after their homosexuality was revealed on the website."

Submission + - Babylon 5: The Lost Tales released (wikipedia.org)

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Raul654

on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @12:03AM

Raul654 writes: "Voices in the Dark, the first episode of Babylon 5: The Lost Tales is being released today. The Lost Tales are half-hour shorts that focus on a small group of characters. Series creator J. Michael Straczynski choose to do a short format instead of a feature-length film due to the deaths of Andreas Katsulas (J'Kar) and Richard Biggs (Dr. Franklin). The first episode will feature John Sheridan, Elizabeth Lochley, and the technomage Galen."

Submission + - Mike Godwin hired by Wikimedia Foundation (wikimedia.org)

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Raul654

on Tuesday July 03, 2007 @10:45PM

Raul654 writes: "Mike Godwin, first legal counsel for the EFF who is best known for coining Godwin's law, has been hired as the legal counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation."

Submission + - Kurt Vonnegut dead at 84

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Raul654

on Thursday April 12, 2007 @01:43AM

Raul654 writes: "Science fiction author Kurt Vonnegut, best known as the author of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five, has died at the age of 85. Vonnegut, a POW during World War II, was inspired to write the book after witnessing the aftermath of the bombing of Dresden"

Submission + - Make a viral video, lose your job

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Raul654

on Wednesday March 21, 2007 @09:25PM

Raul654 writes: "Philip de Vellis, the author of the Hilary Clinton viral video was outed today on the Huffington Post. The company he works for, Blue State Digital, has now fired him as a result. Said Vellis: "I made the 'Vote Different' ad because I wanted to express my feelings about the Democratic primary, and because I wanted to show that an individual citizen can affect the process.""

Submission + - Scientifically accurate Scifi for high-schoolers

Submitted by Raul654 on Tuesday March 13, 2007 @07:22PM

Raul654 writes: A member of my immediate family is a biology teacher at an all girls school high-school. For some years, she's been giving her students the option to earn extra credit by reading a science-related book. I've been asked to compile for her a list of scientifically-accurate science fiction novels. So, Slashdot — what are some good scientifically accurate science fiction books for high school girls?

Submission + - Bush Administration ends warrantless survelliance

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Raul654

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @04:20PM

Raul654 writes: "Reuters is reporting that today, the Bush administration decided not to reauthorize its highly controversial NSA warrantless surveillance. US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said: "Any electronic surveillance that was occurring as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program will now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court""

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