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Submission + - NASA to Duct Tape Psychotic Astronauts

Thib writes: After NASA astronaut Lisa Novak reportedly tried to kidnap and kill another woman in a much-publicized love triangle last month, NASA added five pages to a thousand-page document detailing all procedures for dealing with medical emergencies. Their guidelines: duct tape. From the CNN article: "The documents, obtained this week by The Associated Press, say the astronaut's crewmates should bind his wrists and ankles with duct tape, tie him down with a bungee cord and inject him with tranquilizers if necessary." The article features various tidbits from previous NASA and Russian missions and from previous stays in the International Space Station and in the Mir space station. NASA is also thinking of revising its policies on psychological screening.
Enlightenment

Submission + - Chimps hunting with spears! Are nukes next?

kc7rad writes: "Published today in the Des Moines Register is an article about a significant scientific discovery by Iowa State anthropologist Jill Pruetz. "Pruetz and colleague Paco Bertolani are the first scientists to document chimpanzees habitually hunting in this way (with spears they fashioned themselves). In the western African nation of Senegal, they observed 10 different chimpanzees in 20 instances of hunting, without human assistance." Also, according to the article, "The peer-reviewed findings appeared Thursday on the "Current Biology" Web site and will be printed in the March 6 edition of the journal.""
Security

Submission + - ebaY hacked by Romanian, scrambling to cover-up

vdovault writes: You all ought to check into this developing story that ebaY is trying (for obvious reasons) to supress discussion of: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/23/vladuz_str ikes_again/ and earlier http://www.theregister.com/2007/02/20/ebay_conspir acy/ Pics of the hacked ebaY database are available at: http://www.ebaymotorssucks.com/rflello.htm Pics of vladuz's very own (presumably self-created) ebaY pink account are at: http://www.ebaymotorssucks.com/vladuz-suppliment.h tm Articles from those who make their living via ebaY and are really ticked off at ebaY's inaction, ineptitude and/or insincerity are at: http://www.auctionguild.com/generic149.html http://www.auctionguild.com/generic148.html http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl? /comments/2007/2/1172237333.html Vladuz's own 'press relase' in German http://www.falle-internet.de/de/html/pr_vlad2.htm

Feed MP3's Loss, Open Source's Gain (wired.com)

A jury's $1.52 billion judgment against Microsoft hangs a sudden, unexpected cloud over MP3. This could be the opening open-source advocates have been waiting for. By Eliot Van Buskirk and Evan Hansen.


Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft to pay $1.52bn over mp3 patent

p0rkrind writes: Microsoft was ordered by a federal jury Thursday to pay $1.52 billion in a patent dispute over the MP3 digital file format, the technology at the heart of the digital music boom. If upheld on appeal, it would be the largest patent judgment on record. The ruling, in U.S. District Court in San Diego, was a victory for Alcatel-Lucent, the networking equipment company. Its forebears include Bell Laboratories, which was involved in the development of MP3 almost two decades ago.
Media

Submission + - Use Linux, Lose an Election

johnlittledotorg writes: "Rob Enderle has written a piece on Cuba's increasing adoption of Linux that represents an astounding achievement in the art of sowing FUD:

If I'm running against an incumbent (who probably has no clue about software at all) and I know some organization under them deployed Linux and that it is being positioned as anti-U.S., might I not use that in the election? "Ladies and gentlemen I promise that under my administration we will not implement products like Linux that put the nation at risk, which contribute critical technology to the terrorists, and embolden our enemies."
What next Rob? A bounty on Osama bin Linus? Please tell us how to we can stamp out this threat to our nation. Oh, all we have to do is install Windows Vista? Sweeeeet."
Music

Journal Journal: Marconi Myriad - playing music

Just seen the following posting.

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Marconi Myriad (Score:1)
by Hugo Graffiti (95829) on Wednesday November 15 (2006 I assume), @10:02PM (#16859972)
The first computer I ever programmed on back in 1977 was a Marconi Myriad. It had a small speaker that made a different tone depending on what instruction was being executed. It provided excellent feedback on the health of the system. When everything was running normally it made a very rich and

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