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Submission + - NASA to scientists: Reveal sex history or lose job 1

Submitted by

Markmarkmark

on Wednesday November 28, 2007 @04:57PM

Markmarkmark writes: "Wired is reporting that all NASA JPL scientists must 'voluntarily' (or be fired) sign a document giving the government the right to investigate their personal lives and history 'without limit'. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists this includes snooping into sexual orientation, mental & physical health as well as credit history and 'personality conflict'. 28 senior NASA scientists and engineers, including Mars Rover team members, refused to sign by the deadline and are now subject to being fired despite a decade or more of exemplary service. None of them even work on anything classified or defense related. They are suing the government and documenting their fight for their jobs and right to personal privacy."

Comment Re:I had to laugh (Score 1) 44

by notmuchtosay on Monday November 12, 2007 @10:24AM (#21322861) Attached to: Speeding Up STM Imaging

Wow, I'm familiar with the STM (I have never used one) but I am not familiar with many people have access or use for one. I thought they were used most for more basic surface physics type of work. Perhaps you are thinking of an SEM or STEM which are now quite common (especially the SEM) and used in a variety of fields? If not, what general use does the STM provide for biology?

Submission + - DMCA lawsuit for circumventing coupon print limits

Submitted by whoever57 on Monday August 20, 2007 @03:41PM

whoever57 writes: A Fremont, CA man (John Stottlemire) who claims that he was trying to show his skill in order to get a job at Coupons, inc. created a program and showed people how to delete the files and registry entries that limited the printing of coupons using software from coupons.com. He now faces a lawsuit, from Coupons, inc., alleging DMCA violations. The company alleges that his actions are equivalent to those of DeCSS creator "DVD Jon". Mr. Stottlemire asks how deleting files off one's own computer can be illegal, while some lawyers suggest that the DMCA is very broad and may apply in this case.

Submission + - Journalist attempts to hack, gets caught (valleywag.com)

Submitted by

wawannem

on Friday August 17, 2007 @02:56PM

wawannem writes: "I know that fark is not likely considered the serious news institution that slashdot is... In fact, I've heard of it referred to as slashdot's immature, mentally handicapped, younger stepbrother. Whatever it is, it appears that it drew some attention from a Fox news affiliate. Enough attention that it seems a reporter may have tried to hack into their servers.
FTA — Curtis believes that Phillips, or someone working with Phillips, sent him and several other Fark employees deceptive emails in an attempt to get them to download a trojan, a form of computer virus. The Trojan was designed to capture their passwords and give the author access to Fark's servers. In one case, it succeeded, giving a hacker passwords to a file server and one Fark employee's email account; he tried, but failed, to break into Fark's Web servers and email.
The article goes into some other speculation about the reporter's intentions, but I would imagine that the title of journalist should not exempt him from punishment in this case."

Submission + - Researchers create gravity in lab experiment

Submitted by jcgam69 on Friday August 17, 2007 @12:03PM

jcgam69 writes: Scientists funded by the European Space Agency have measured the gravitational equivalent of a magnetic field for the first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the effect is much larger than expected from general relativity and could help physicists to make a significant step towards the long-sought-after quantum theory of gravity.

Submission + - MythTV Listings To Cost $15 for 3 Months

Submitted by NormalVisual on Thursday August 09, 2007 @02:36PM

NormalVisual writes: Schedules Direct, the folks that have been working towards providing listing data for MythTV users in the shadow of the impending shutdown of existing listing services by Zap2It, has finally announced pricing for their soon-to-be-available service. They will be initially charging $15 for a 3-month subscription, but anticipate substantial price decreases as they get more people on board. I for one am quite happy to hear this news.

Submission + - AT&T Removes anti-Bush Lyrics From Webcast (rollingstone.com)

Submitted by

Walter Wart

on Thursday August 09, 2007 @12:49PM

Walter Wart writes: "AT&T removed the lyrics ""George Bush, leave this world alone." and "George Bush find yourself another home." from Pearl Jam's Lollapalooza broadcast. AT&T claims that its content monitor had done so "by mistake". This has serious implications for political expression in an increasingly corporatized Internet. Pearl Jam said that it highlights the need for Net neutrality."

Submission + - Queen guitarist hands in his astronomy PhD thesis (bbc.co.uk) 1

Submitted by ianare on Friday August 03, 2007 @10:52AM

ianare writes: Queen guitarist Brian May has handed in his astronomy PhD thesis — 36 years after abandoning it to join the band. May recently carried out observational work at the Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife, where he studied the formation of "zodiacal dust clouds". He made his first astronomical observations for his thesis in 1971, before his pop career took off.

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