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PC Games (Games)

WCG Tournament Director Admits Drugs In E-Sports 448

Posted by Soulskill from the hopped-up dept.
SlappingOysters writes "In the lead up to the World Cyber Games finals in Germany, Gameplayer has an incredible interview with Tournament Director Alex Walker in which he freely admits knowledge of participants taking illegal drugs to enhance their performance. The interview came in response to a previous article by the site in which they examined whether there was a need to bring drug testing into professional gaming events to ensure a level playing field. Walker said, 'I've seen a number of players at national tournaments who came in "baked" (that's stoned for the uninformed) purely so they could play better. In most cases they did, although obviously they couldn't just pull out another joint midway through. In one WCG, a player I knew took amphetamines an hour before his match to boost his reflexes.'"
Media

Submission + - RIAA wins $222,000 in first ever file sharing case (engadget.com)

Submitted by
mytrip
mytrip writes: "The first RIAA file-sharing case to go to trial just wrapped, and sadly, the outcome isn't a positive one.

The RIAA plaintiffs weren't required to show that Thomas had a file-sharing program installed on her machine or that she was even the person using the Kazaa account in question."
Robotics

Submission + - Carnegie Mellon Building Lunar Prospecting Rover (cmu.edu)

Submitted by jkua
jkua writes: Researchers in the Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute unveiled to the press today a prototype lunar rover called Scarab, which is being developed with NASA funding to seek out hydrogen and other volatiles in the permanently dark craters at the poles of the moon, where they are suspected to have been deposited by cometary impacts. Scarab will carry a drill currently being developed by the Northern Centre For Advanced Technology which will be capable of taking 1 meter length cores of lunar regolith, using an adjustable suspension that will allow the rover to bring the drill to the ground for coring operations, yet still be able to carry the drill over obstacles while traversing the rough lunar terrain. For power, since there is no sunlight in the polar craters, the rover will carry a radioisotope source being developed at NASA's Glenn Research Center which will provide approximately 175W of electrical power. Due to these power constraints, the rover operates very slowly, traveling at a top speed of 10cm/s and will use low-powered light striping sensors that are also being developed at Carnegie Mellon. This project is being developed separately from CMU's Google Lunar X-Prize effort.
Communications

Submission + - What to do when broadband is not an option 6

Submitted by
professorguy
professorguy writes: "I've been on the internet since 1984 (back before email addresses had @'s). But it looks like we're coming to the end of an era. From my home, I have 26.4 kbps dial-up access to the internet (you read that right). Since I am a hospital network administrator, it would be nice to do some stuff remotely when I am on 24/7 call. However, no cable or DSL comes anywhere near my house and because of the particular topography of my property (I'm on a heavily-forested, north-facing hillside), satellite is also not available. Heck, cell phones didn't even work here until January.

So far, the technical people I've asked all have the same advice for reasonable connectivity: MOVE OUT of the house my wife and I built and lived in for 20 years. Has it really come to this? Am I doomed to be an internet refugee? Is this really my only option? What is the best solution here?"
Republicans

Submission + - Washington Post Notices Ron Paul Exists, Won Poll (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by
MBCook
MBCook writes: "Today the Washington Post printed an article titled "Ron Paul Takes the Ribbon in State Fair's GOP Straw Poll" in which they point out that not only did he win the Maryland straw poll by 43 votes, but how well his grass-roots campaign is run. The article quotes state Republican party vice-chair Chris Cavey: "The final vote showing Ron Paul won is a lesson for all campaigns of how grass-roots politics can make all the difference.""
Announcements

Submission + - Northwest Passage Now Open

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Guardian is reporting that the Northwest Passage is now navigable due to arctic sea ice melting much faster than previously. This will only continue to get worse next year as the additional open water absorbs more heat and delays the refreezing of the water this winter.
Education

Galapagos Islands Environment "In Danger" 162

Posted by kdawson from the bye-finches-bye-iguanas dept.
cagrin writes "On Tuesday the UN's World Heritage Committee added the Galapagos Islands to the list of sites in danger from environmental threats or overuse. From the article: 'The Galapagos Islands, an Ecuadorian territory situated in the Pacific Ocean some 1,000 kilometers (625 miles) from South America, helped shape Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and in 1978 was the first site placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List.' Here is some background from Sea Shepherd on the insults facing the Galapagos."
Security

Submission + - The 1000 Blog Vulnerability Assessment (blogsecurity.net)

Submitted by
BlogSecurity
BlogSecurity writes: "Last month, David Kierznowski of BlogSecurity.net released a controversial survey where his survey showed that 49 out of the 50 blogs he tested were running older versions of WordPress which were exploitable.

Following this article, BlogSecurity released an online version of its wp-scanner (an open source WordPress vulnerability scanner created by David Kierznowski). Within 1 week of its release more then 1000 blogs had used the service. BlogSecurity states that the results of these tests may be used for statistic purposes, and indeed they have been. The security survey of 1000 WordPress blogs have just been made available on their website.

The survey shows that a significantly large portion of WordPress blogs are vulnerable to at least one known vulnerability that an attacker could use to gain access to the web site.

Full details available here:
http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/articles/article -230507/"
Google

Submission + - Google sued over defamatory postings found on web (independent.co.uk)

Submitted by
Bigos
Bigos writes: "Google, the world's biggest search engine, is being sued by a London businessman in a landmark legal action that could hold the US-based company liable for the publication of inaccurate, malicious or damaging material on the internet.

The case, the first of its kind in this country that seeks to make search engines responsible for the content of the internet — could trigger severe restrictions on the free flow of information on the web..."
Math

Submission + - Statistics in theory and in... Python (softlab.ntua.gr)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: This guy has written a rather funny account of how he tried to answer a lottery related question with what little he remembered from his education. He then wrote some Python to simulate the lottery and found differences — which he finally managed to figure out. This is the way engineers should learn about statistics and probability. The rest of his site is also interesting, including many a geek themes — 3D, dynamic programming, administration tools... Have a look:

http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~ttsiod/stats_nostalgia .html

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