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Submission + - IBM, U of Florida Healthcare Project Helps FOSS

Submitted by Dystopian Rebel on Tuesday July 24, 2007 @04:48PM

Dystopian Rebel writes: It's been reported here (http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/072407-ibm-un iversity-of-florida-team.html) and here (http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.j html?articleID=201200769) that IBM has been working on an interesting health-care project with the U of Florida.

Networked "smart" devices in the project can report a patient's readings from home to a doctor or other "healthcare professional", sparing the patient the need to make an appointment and read old magazines while waiting. Configuring the devices is supposed to be simple — and Grandpa says it had better be!

Big Blue has given some of the components from the project to the Open Health Care Framework of the Eclipse Foundation. (http://www.eclipse.org/ohf/)

There's a video about the project: http://www.monstrouslittlevoice.com/charley.html

Most Whimsical Citation goes to Bob Sutor, VP of standards and open source at IBM, who said: "What's the ultimate legacy system for us? The human body."

Yikes! Watch where you put that USB connector!

Submission + - Researchers Validate The Wiggle.

Submitted by Dystopian Rebel on Tuesday March 13, 2007 @11:35AM

Dystopian Rebel writes: A very convenient truth. The Beeb (don't say venerable) reports that a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences represents the strongest support yet from the scientific community for the hitherto scientifically-unsubstantiated observation that Wiggling Chicks Are Hot and Swaggering Guys Are Cool.

Or, in Researchese, "the compatibility of these basic precepts [e.g. she's in shape and she struts] predicts perceived attractiveness."

It is unknown at this time if the researchers will follow this paper with a study of the arousing effect of bikinis, cosmetics, and Slow Motion.

Submission + - What's the biggest turn-off for you, the geek?

Submitted by Dystopian Rebel on Saturday February 17, 2007 @08:48AM

Dystopian Rebel writes: new person smokes new person watches TeeVee new person is biased against Flying Spaghetti Monster new person will not bring Cheetos while I am gaming new person says "LOL" in conversation new person says my binary clock is "weird" new person has dated Cowboy Neal I take what I can get, but the Cheetos thing gives pause

Submission + - Luxpro sues Apple for damages and "power abuse

Submitted by Dystopian Rebel on Friday January 05, 2007 @11:53AM

Dystopian Rebel writes: The Financial Times reports that Taiwanese company Luxpro (discussed on Slashdot last year) intends to sue Apple for US$100 m for "lost revenue caused by Apple's abuse of their global power." In 2005, Apple had obtained an injunction against Luxpro's Super Shuffle/Super Tangent but the Taiwanese Supreme Court has overturned the injunction, opening the door to Luxpro's legal action.

From the article: "The {Luxpro} product had almost the same measurements and weight, came in a white plastic casing and had similar buttons on the front. Its name, Super Shuffle, also closely resembled the original."

The Luxpro product has OLEDs on it but visit your optometrist immediately if you don't see other similarities.

Apple has since changed the design of the Shuffle significantly.

Submission + - US classrooms torn between science and religion

Submitted by Dystopian Rebel on Wednesday November 22, 2006 @06:14PM

Dystopian Rebel writes: A New Jersey public-school history teacher was recorded telling his students that they "belong in Hell" if they do not accept Jesus. The teacher, who is also a Baptist Pastor, lied later when we was asked by the school principle what he said to the students. Unfortunately for this dodge, a student recorded the teacher's "lesson". Neither the teacher nor the school is reported to have offered an apology. We've seen several articles about religion on Slashdot recently: Ubergeek Richard Dawkins continues to stir the primordial soup. This is a disturbing example of what can and will happen if we let silly people prate their nonsense unchallenged. Soon you'll have Creationist museums that... oh wait...

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