Journal Journal: Moderation System Needs Work
The best chance of being modded is by posting when the article is fresh with less than 15 or so comments. This needs work. What are your opinions?
NASA Can't Pay for Killer Asteroid Hunt 398
CGISecurity.com writes "NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding nearly all the asteroids that might pose a devastating hit to Earth, but there isn't enough money to pay for the task so it won't get done. 'We know what to do, we just don't have the money,' said Simon 'Pete' Worden, director of NASA's Ames Research Center." But hey, it's just the potential end of the world, so nothing much to worry about there.
Submission + - Big Radio Settles Payola Charges
vivaoporto writes: "As seen on Forbes, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, the four broadcast conglomerates (Clear Channel Communications, CBS Radio, Entercom Communications and Citadel Broadcasting), which together own more than 1,500 stations, have agreed to pay hefty fines and to provide air time for local artists and independent record labels. as a settlement with the FCC. The radio chains, which didn't admit wrongdoing, are to pay a collective $12.5 million in fines and dedicate a total of 8,400 half-hour segments to independent music over the next three years. (Indie labels, for purposes of the settlement, are those not owned or controlled by one of the nation's four dominant music labels — Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and EMI Group)"
Journal Journal: Rocketeers Find Large Impact Crater In Nevada 29
While participating in amateur rocket launches in Black Rock Desert (Burning Man site), Ian Kluft KO6YQ noticed rocks with some oddities. Through the Internet he learned the characteristics of impact craters, then found some clues in photographs and Google Maps. Examining the area he got samples of rock with impact patterns in them and other evidence. Previous geological puzzles in the region are well explained as impact structures. Volunteers are finding peculiarities in satellite imagery
Submission + - Apple Sues Over IPhone UI
carlvlad writes: "Malaysian student Tzy Wen has received a cease and desist letter from Apple's lawyers after publishing a UI clone of upcoming Apple IPhone for Pocket PCs.
Full story at Lowyat.net
http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/made-in-malaysia-i phone-interface-has-apple-running-scared.html
The poor guy used up all his bandwidth in just 4 days after publicly release the UI."
Full story at Lowyat.net
http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/made-in-malaysia-
The poor guy used up all his bandwidth in just 4 days after publicly release the UI."
Journal Journal: Let's wish them much success: 6
Seriously. The world needs a LOT more of this:
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54570
Muslims try to change Islamic killing machine
'To live in the Middle East and say what we're saying is a death sentence'
Posted: March 6, 2007
2:10 a.m. Eastern
By Art Moore
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Submission + - U.S. DOT ban on Vista
Fozzyuw writes: My company has just sent out a memo stating that no computers are allowed to be purchased or upgraded to Windows Vista, Office 2007, or Internet Explorer. While being my companies web developer, I've upgraded to IE7 some time ago, but only after Multiple IE allowed me to easily install IE6.
This policy memo was initialed due to the recent action by the U.S. Department of Transpertation placing a ban on these new Microsoft Products stating...
I think it makes sense for my company to do this. As the old saying goes "If it's not broke, don't fix it". So, are there other companies out there that are enacting a similar kind of policy?
This policy memo was initialed due to the recent action by the U.S. Department of Transpertation placing a ban on these new Microsoft Products stating...
"there appears to be no compelling technical or business case for upgrading to these new Microsoft software products. Furthermore, there appears to be specific reasons not to upgrade."
I think it makes sense for my company to do this. As the old saying goes "If it's not broke, don't fix it". So, are there other companies out there that are enacting a similar kind of policy?
Microsoft Attacks Google on Copyright 188
The Microsoft Corporation has prepared a blistering attack on rival Google, arguing that the Web search leader takes a cavalier approach to copyright protection. The attack, such as it were, came from Microsoft's Associate General Counsel who was giving a speech to the Association of American Publishers...who have a copyright lawsuit against Google for the last sixteen months. So, an audience ready to hear about how Bad Google is.
Submission + - Volunteers to build RPG.
MrShaggy writes: According to an article over on the bbc, Acclaim, is making an RPG. However this RPG is going t be written by volunteers. '"I want it to be a title they own and feel excited about," said Mr Perry, a 24-year veteran of the games industry.' They already have 20,000 people ready to go.
This is the link:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6422333 .stm
Submission + - Thousands to Help Build Online Game
eldavojohn writes: "Dave Perry has signed up with Acclaim to create an online game ... with the help of the community. Mr. Perry has discussed it in an interview and said "Actually we don't want any programming (at the moment), we have a programming team ready to go, though custom tools might be needed later. But programmers are still welcome as they come up with cool design ideas. The design (like before) will be based on voting, with the cream rising to the top. If you need to work on something semi-privately, you can ask the moderator to carve some space for you. So a small group can bang away on an idea and present their results. If I like an idea, I'll make it happen." This is possibly a step further than what Second Life has done — in Second Life, the users create in game content on the fly but Dave Perry is interested in voting through everything including the game mechanics & artwork."
Fedora Core 6 Hits 2 Million Installs 71
spevack writes "Fedora Core 6 reached 2 million installations on Monday, approximately 4.5 months after its release. This number is based on unique IP addresses that connect back to Fedora's servers for updates, with more detailed discussion on their wiki's statistics page."
Submission + - Xandros moves into Linux systems management
Jane Walker writes: "Does the world need another Linux-Windows systems management suite? Xandros, known until now only as a Linux desktop player, thinks the answer is yes."
MyEclipse 5.1.1 GA Supports Eclipse 3.2.2 & Vi 56
RobK writes "The GA release of MyEclipse 5.1.1 is now available for immediate download and is compatible with Eclipse 3.2.2, Windows Vista. The release also includes an enhanced and professionally supported version of Eclipse WTP 1.5.3 with many MyEclipse improvements and bug fixes, as well as Fully I18N enabled. "
Submission + - Federal Agencies Postponing Switch to Vista
carl writes: Several federal agancies are postponing the switch to Vista until at least 2009 according to Federal Computer Week. From the article:
"Many federal agencies are not planning to move to Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows Vista, anytime soon. Several agency chief information officers said they either see no business reason to move from Windows XP to the new operating system, or are budgeting and planning for the transition in 2009 or beyond."
"Many federal agencies are not planning to move to Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows Vista, anytime soon. Several agency chief information officers said they either see no business reason to move from Windows XP to the new operating system, or are budgeting and planning for the transition in 2009 or beyond."
Submission + - Black Holes Discovered as Source of Gamma Rays
eldavojohn writes: "A very recent paper has been published that gives a very sound explanation for the source of gamma rays that permeate our galaxy. Objects like the Milky Way's central supermassive object (Sagittarius A*) are now suspected to be the culprit but since these are widely believed to be a black holes, little is known and skepticism is high that even gamma radiation could escape them. All that has been observed is gamma rays seem to coming from black holes. To test this theory, two scientists created a computer model and found that intense gravity near the event horizon caused protons to fling outward at near light speeds where some would randomly make it beyond 10 light years of the black hole after thousands of years. Once they are sufficiently far away, these super high-energy protons would collide with low-energy protons to form pions which decay into gamma radiation emanating in all directions from the collision. If their simulation holds to be accurate and survives the skepticism of the community, the source of some gamma rays that were believed to all be remnants of the big bang could instead be signals from just outside black holes. Not only does a rapidly rotating Wolf-Rayet star collapsing into a black hole cause narrow streams of gamma radiation but apparently they continue to emit them long after their formation."
