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Submission + - MOS 6505 inventor Chuck Peddle at VCF this weekend

An anonymous reader writes: This is the coolest thing I've heard in a long time. Chuck Peddle, who led development of the MOS Technology 6502 chip, will give a lecture (via videoconference) at the Vintage Computer Festival in New Jersey this weekend. Chuck and his team used the 6502 in their KIM-1 computer and then in the Commodore Pet. Of course, it was also the heart of Apple's early computers. Chuck will be joined (in person at the VCF) by other early C= engineers Bil Herd, Bob Russell, and Dave Haynie. The VCF's web site is vintage.org. It's only an hour from NYC and Philly.

Feed Robot Scans Ancient Manuscript in 3-D (wired.com)

A hand-picked team of classics scholars and technologists creates a high-resolution, 3-D digital image of the Venetus A, a 10th-century manuscript that is the oldest existing complete copy of Homer's Iliad.


Feed The Loneliest Black Holes In The Universe (sciencedaily.com)

Actively growing supermassive black holes in centers of galaxies are common even in cosmic voids, the most rarefied and empty regions of the universe. In a study of more than 1,000 void galaxies, using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II), astronomers from Drexel and Widener Universities announced that the growth of these monster black holes -- with masses millions to hundreds of millions times that of our sun -- are found where galaxies are sparse and interact very little with each other. The researchers also found that the accretion of matter onto these void black holes is slower than in denser galactic environments.
Education

Submission + - Beer Bubbles and Mathematics

An anonymous reader writes: Ever look into a glass a beer and wonder if it held the secret to some profound question? Mathematicians have unraveled a mystery involving those beautiful bubbles that float in the amber nectar which may help metallurgist. Check out: http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/science/s tories/2007/05/29/sci_beerfoam.ART_ART_05-29-07_B5 _F76R11Q.html
Privacy

MySpace Age Verification - for Parents 391

unlametheweak writes "North Carolina is thinking of the children by passing a law requiring parents to verify they are parents before letting their children onto social networking sites. Notwithstanding the whole concept of an Internet ID for people in general; children are now being tracked by cellular phones with GPS, spied upon with Parent Controls (MS Vista has built-in parental spyware), and also strategically placed Nanny Cams, keyboard loggers, etc. 'Few of the proposals we've seen so far seem like good ways to [protect children], but North Carolina's approach at least has the virtue of novelty--unlike most video game legislation, which relies on similar rhetoric but has been almost universally struck down by the courts, sometimes at great cost to the states.' Is the zoo-like Minority Report world in which children are growing up in today doing more harm than good? How will this affect a 14 year old, much less a 17 year old "child"?"
Security

Submission + - The first war in cyberspace.

An anonymous reader writes: The New York Times has an interesting article on the digital war on Estonia following the removal of a Russian war memorial. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/technology/29est onia.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th

Russia is blamed for launching the war and there are even tracks to Putin.

Interesting description of the attacks and countermeasures that the Estonians took which appear to have been fairly sophisticated. Now that Russia is back in the war business, I think we can expect to see more of this... welcome to the future.
Privacy

Submission + - MySpace Age Verification for Parents

unlametheweak writes: North Carolina thinks of the children by passing a law http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Se nate/HTML/S132v3.html requiring parents to verify they are parents before letting their children onto social networking sites http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070528-mysp ace-age-verification-for-parents.html. Notwithstanding the whole concept of an Internet ID for people in general; children are now being tracked by cellular phones with GPS, spied upon with Parent Controls (MS Vista has built-in parental spyware), and also strategically placed Nanny Cams, keyboard loggers, etc. Is the zoo-like Minority Report world in which children are growing up in today doing more harm than good? How will this affect a 14 year old, much less a 17 year old "child"?

Feed Bloggers risk the sack, says survey (theregister.com)

Employers should act to minimise risk

More than a third of employees who keep personal blogs are posting information about their employer, workplace, or colleagues and risk dismissal, according to new research.


Privacy

Submission + - US Gives Mexico Money for Phone/Email Taps

MedicinalMan writes: According to an LA Times piece from Thursday, the US government gave money to Mexico for phone/email tapping. The political implications in Mexico involve the historical relationship of the US and Mexico, and loosening of the Mexican constitution. The implications for Americans however involve potentially skirting 4th Amendment issues by using interception of American/Mexican communication as a basis for warrants issued by American courts. The Supreme Court has ruled that the 4th Amendment only applies to people in the U.S. and the NSA currently has the power (both technologically and legally through FISA) to intercept foreign traffic, but that usually involves national security issues, not "common" prosecution of crimes. With small outlays of $3 million, it seems that it will be relatively simple to monitor Americans from the outside without constitutional protection.

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