kemosabi - Slashdot User

Submission + - City women have denser breasts. (google.com)

Submitted by kemosabi on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @12:13PM

kemosabi writes: Recent research suggests that women living in urban areas tend to have denser breasts, and are thus at greater risk of breast cancer because mammography is less effecive for them. Insert horribly improper remark about squishy-boobed country gals here. I wonder if they checked for implants.

Submission + - Vista Validation Totally Cracked

Submitted by

Brian Gordon

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @06:51PM

Brian Gordon writes: "The Inquirer reports that cracking group PARADOX has cracked Vista's activation model. The new crack results in an installation virtually identical to that of a legitimately activated license key, which means that cracked installs are eligible for Windows Updates and will pass WGA validation.

From the readme: Microsoft allows large hardware manufacturers (e.g. ASUS, HP, Dell) to ship their products containing a Windows Vista installation that does NOT require any kind of product activation as this might be considered an unnecessary inconvenience for the end-user. The basic concept of the tool at hand is to present any given BIOS ACPI_SLIC information to Windows Vista's licensing mechanism by means of a device driver. In combination with a matching product key and OEM certificate this allows for rendering any system practically indistinguishable from a legit pre-activated system shipped by the respective OEM."

Submission + - Revolutionary Robotic Satellite Launches Tonight

Submitted by

airshowfan

on Thursday March 08, 2007 @06:51PM

airshowfan writes: "When a geosynchronous satellite is launched into space, no human ever gets to touch it again, so other than for minor software issues, there is no way to fix it if it breaks, so it has to work perfectly, almost autonomously, for 20 years non-stop. There is also no way to refuel it once it's out of thruster fuel, the reason why it can't last more than 20 years even if it gets to that mark working very well, with batteries and solar cells still going, which is often the case. If only there were a robotic spacecraft floating around the geostationary ring that could change broken satellite components and refuel those older satellites, then satellites would be a lot less risky and would last a lot longer. Does this robotic satellite mechanic sound like science ficion? It launches tonight."

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