RobertB-DC - Slashdot User

Submission + - Web-based Anonymizer Discontinued

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RobertB-DC

on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @06:21PM

RobertB-DC writes: "With no fanfare, and apparently no outcry from the privacy community, Anonymizer Inc. discontinued its web-based Private Surfing service effective June 20, 2007. No reason was given, either on the Anonymizer web site or on founder Lance Cottrell's privacy blog. Private Surfing customers are now required to download a anonymizing client that handles all TCP traffic, but the program is Windows-only (with Vista support still a work-in-progress). And of course it's closed-source, which means it has few advantages over several other alternatives."

Submission + - Death Notice on Wikipedia Before Body Found (washingtonpost.com)

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RobertB-DC

on Friday June 29, 2007 @11:03AM

RobertB-DC writes: "A popular WWE wrestler's Wikipedia entry was edited to include his wife's death. 14 hours later, the bodies of Chris Benoit, his wife, and their son were found, apparent victims of a murder-suicide. Authorities want to know who updated the Wikipedia entry, since the IP address associated with the change is registered in Stamford, Connecticut, where WWE is headquartered. Of course, the incident is also a clear violation of Wikipedia's "no original research" rule."

Submission + - World Map of Happiness

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on Tuesday November 14, 2006 @01:26PM

RobertB-DC writes: "A British researcher has drawn on sources from the CIA to the WHO to assemble the World Map of Happiness, a "global projection of subjective well-being". The researchers found strong correlations between "happiness" and wealth, health, and education. Congratulations, Denmark — you're the happiest country on Earth! On the other side of the pond, Canada made the Top Ten, while the USA just missed the Top 20."

Submission + - China Sends Quarter Ton of Seeds to Space

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on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @06:47PM

RobertB-DC writes: "While the rest of the world was watching Space Shuttle Atlantis dock with the International Space Station, the Chinese space agency was sending 474 pounds of seeds and fungi into orbit. The craft is due to return to earth in two weeks. Mission planners may be setting themselves up for an Ig Nobel prize, though, for the mission's stated goal: 'Chinese officials contend that seeds exposed to space radiation and microgravity contain more vitamins and other crucial minerals.'"

Submission + - Camping Out in Space

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on Monday September 11, 2006 @04:40PM

RobertB-DC writes: "Astronauts on Space Shuttle Atlantis are "camping out", assumably sans campfire, prior to tomorrow's spacewalk to install the massive P3/P4 truss onto the International Space Station. Instead of spending valuable waking hours decompressing to 4.3 PSI, or spending equally valuable energy exercising the nitrogen out of their blood, Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper will spend the "night" camped out in an airlock. The astronauts have no time to lose — they've already foregone the usual day off after docking, beginning the unloading process before even officially saying hello."

Submission + - Censorship Choice: Light or Heavy

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on Thursday August 31, 2006 @04:48PM

RobertB-DC writes: "While some librarians are fighting for individual rights, others appear to be welcoming Big Brother with open arms. In suburban Dallas, a library patron requesting Internet access was given a choice, of sorts: Censored, or Extra Censored. One filters out "obscenity only", while the other filters out both "obscenity" and "material considered to be unlawful". As a helpful aside, the library's Internet policy acknowledgement form notes that both terms "are defined by the Texas Penal Code". The librarian's reaction to his request for "No Censorship" would be funny, if it weren't so telling."

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