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Submission + - 2006 Independent Game of the Year

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cyrus_zuo
cyrus_zuo writes: "Creating off-beat, original, and carefully crafted games is the heritage of Independent Game developers, and the Top 10 Independent Games of 2006 does its ancestry proud. Each of the 10 games selected this year is a winner in its own right, an undiscovered gem just waiting to be found. So dim the lights and warm up your modem, as Game Tunnel presents The Top 10 Independent Games of 2006."
Printer

Submission + - Printers that don't use toner level chips?

Submitted by
xymog
xymog writes: "I'm increasingly seeing people with printers that stop working and provide a "toner out" message, even though the end user swears they are using a new cartridge. Though they are not using Lexmark printers, I am pretty sure they are using a printer and cartridge combination that uses so-called toner level chips. These are discussed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexmark_Int'l_v._Stat ic_Control_Components. The chips allow manufacturers to lock users into using their cartridges, rather than using OEM or toner refill programs. Good for the manufacturer, bad for consumers and consumer choice. In my bumbling way I've tried locating more information, or even a list, of personal or small workgroup printers that use these manufacturer lock-in techniques, but wasn't able to find such a list. Any Slashdot readers have anecdotal suggestions or even a pretty-darn-sure list I could refer to?"
Announcements

Submission + - A new software license: The Butterfly Clause

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I've read about the Butterfly Clause in this Spanish newspaper. This new license can be used in addition to any existing one and simply prevents the use of our software for genocides or other kinds of aggressions against humanity. I know that GPL grants full freedom to any user for any kind of use, but.. should that freedom include the extermination of the actual programmer ? What do you all think about that ?
Sci-Fi

Submission + - What's up with BSG on iTunes?

Submitted by fiannaFailMan
fiannaFailMan writes: Why is it taking so long for Battlestar Galactica episodes to appear available for download on iTunes? And whenever they do, why won't it play properly on my Mac in full-screen mode? It's so choppy it's unwatchable. I see that the iTMS is being flooded with complaints of this nature, so I know I'm not the only one affected. Are you?
Sci-Fi

Battlestar Galactica DVD Movie In the Works? 202

Posted by CowboyNeal from the those-other-starbucks dept.
Philias writes "Although Battlestar Galactica has been going down in ratings and has yet to get picked up for another season, the sales of its DVDs has got Universal thinking of a Direct-To-Video Movie. GeekMonthly.com is reporting that plans are afoot for a film that will bridge the gap between Galactica and the new spinoff 'Caprica.' The film would be shot in March during the usual hiatus between seasons. The big difference between this and the mini-series and other seasons would be that this would be sold on DVD before being aired on the SciFi channel."
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - Apple dominates retail computer sales

Submitted by BlueStraggler
BlueStraggler writes: Everybody knows that Apple is a bit player in the computer market. Except, it seems, for people who have been buying computers this past holiday season. Amazon's top sellers list is dominated by Apple, who claims the top 3 spots, and 10 of the top 25. The #1 computer sold by Amazon? The 13" MacBook 2Ghz Core 2 Duo. And #2 is the same computer again, in its previous rev (Core Duo), which implies that the MacBook holds top position by a serious margin. If holiday buying shows what people really want, rather than what they must put up with, what will happen to Apple's ranking once we go back to normal purchasing patterns?
Censorship

Submission + - Grand Canyon no longer 6,000+ years old

Submitted by
boingo82
boingo82 writes: "
HOW OLD IS THE GRAND CANYON? PARK SERVICE WON'T SAY — Orders to Cater to Creationists Makes National Park Agnostic on Geology
Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees.
Also,
Park officials have defended the decision to approve the sale of Grand Canyon: A Different View, claiming that park bookstores are like libraries, where the broadest range of views are displayed. ... "As one park geologist said, this is equivalent of Yellowstone National Park selling a book entitled Geysers of Old Faithful: Nostrils of Satan,"
How very sad. Thank you Bush Administration and Creationists for deliberately dumbing down our country and its citizens. If they are selling that book at the gift shoppe, they should also sell the alternate book explaining how and when the FSM carved the Grand Canyon with His noodly appendage."
The Internet

Submission + - Council of the EU says: We cannot support Linux

Submitted by
stefon
stefon writes: "The Council of the EU has a streaming service to watch the meetings. But the streaming service can be only be used by Mac or MS Windows user. This is because they use wmv for the videos. An online petition has been set created to create pressure to convince the EU council to change its serve in a way that its platform independent. More infos about "
Privacy

Submission + - Texas County to Iris-scan Al Children

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I actually like Texas, generally, but sometimes they seem like a great big bunch of freaks. This article on a "Safety Project" talks about how some county wants to use nifty technology from their prisons (a boom industry down there, I'm told) to track ALL children. They promise to delete the database records once the kids turn 18, so they claim there's no privacy issue.
Biotech

Submission + - Parasite makes us dumber or sexier

Submitted by odie_q
odie_q writes: It has long been known that the Toxoplasma gondii parasite alters its host's behaviour, but now it seems the way it alters it depends on the sex of the host. From the article, "A common parasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says.", and further, "Infected men have lower IQs, achieve a lower level of education and have shorter attention spans. They are also more likely to break rules and take risks, be more independent, more anti-social, suspicious, jealous and morose, and are deemed less attractive to women. On the other hand, infected women tend to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls."

So, next time you want to score with a chick, slip some... eh.. cat feces in her drink.

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