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Comment Re:"May be" "Possibly" "Calm down" "Sleep" (Score 0) 280

by ourcraft (#35699482) Attached to: Crack In Fukushima Structure May Be Leaking Radiation
Please, my older slashing friends, mod this up, mod this up so we can begin to have the discussion. The discussion is dying away in the press, and that dying away has "calmed" our discussions. People who love both science and life must begin to scream that this is front page for any paper or any TV (except Foxnews I guess). Please, lets begin the discussion, please.
Debian

Submission + - Debian is the most important Linux (earthweb.com)

Submitted by inkscapee
inkscapee writes: Without Debian we are nothing. Debian is the most influential and important Linux, and is unique for being the largest, oldest, 100% non-commercial community-driven distro. "...just under 63% of all distributions now being developed come ultimately from Debian. By comparison, 50 (15%) are based on Fedora or Red Hat, 28 (9%) on Slackware, and 12 (4%) on Gentoo."

Submission + - Assange to be extradited to Sweden (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations, a judge has ruled. The judgement was delivered at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court, south London, after an extradition hearing two weeks ago.
The Internet

Submission + - Virgin Mobile to start throttling Broadband2Go

Submitted by Daevad
Daevad writes: Virgin Mobile sent an e-mail today informing me of their plans to start throttling the Broadband2Go Plan. The web site doesn't seem to reflect the change yet, but here is the message they sent to me: Here at Virgin Mobile, our mission is to deliver an outstanding customer experience. Sometimes that means making difficult choices in order to provide the best possible service to the greatest number of customers. To make sure we can keep offering our $40 Unlimited Broadband2Go Plan at such a great price, we're putting a speed limit in place for anyone on that plan who uses over 5GB in a month. How will it work? Starting February 15, 2011, if you go over 5GB in a month on the $40 Unlimited Plan: Your data speeds will be limited for the remainder of the monthly plan cycle. During this time, you may experience slower page loads and file downloads and lags in streaming media. Your data speeds will return to normal as soon as you buy a new Broadband2Go Plan. This change will only affect plans bought on or after 2/15/2011. How will it affect me? Keep in mind, 5GB is A LOT of data. To give you an idea, it's about 250 hours of web browsing or over 500,000(!) emails*. So this change shouldn't affect you unless you're a heavy downloader/streamer/etc. How will I know if I'm getting close to 5GB? We've updated the progress bar in your Connection Manager to show the amount of data you've used. If you go above 5GB in a month, the bar will turn yellow, letting you know your data speeds will be reduced until you buy a new plan. By putting this speed limit in place, we're making sure we can deliver the same quality service you've come to expect from Broadband2Go. We hope you understand. Thanks for being a Broadband2Go customer. Virgin Mobile
Privacy

Submission + - 3 Fired For Accessing Shooting Victims' Records (computerworld.com)

Submitted by CWmike
CWmike writes: Three employees at Tucson's University Medical Center have been fired for improperly accessing the medical records of some of the victims in last Saturday's shooting spree outside an area mall that killed six people and wounded 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). A nurse working under contract for the hospital has also been terminated by her employer, the medical center said in a brief statement on its Web site. Many of the victims, including Giffords, are being treated at the hospital. UMC said the three clinical support staff were caught inappropriately accessing the confidential electronic medical records of some of the victims. They were fired 'in accordance with UMC's zero-tolerance policy on patient privacy violations.' So far there is no indication that any of the improperly accessed information has been released publicly, the statement said. The families of the victims whose information was breached have been notified of the incident, the hospital added.
Iphone

Submission + - No Verizon iPhone at CES (tekgoblin.com) 1

Submitted by tekgoblin
tekgoblin writes: There has been many rumors that Verizon may announce their own version of the iPhone 4 at CES this year. Well Verizon has released information on what they will be previewing while at CES and it doesn't include the iPhone.
Security

Submission + - Skype: Client Error Causes Global Outage (threatpost.com) 1

Submitted by Gunkerty Jeb
Gunkerty Jeb writes: In response to a 24 hour outage that occurred last week on their internet voice and video chat platform, Skype's Chief Information Officer has revealed that an error in some versions of the company's software client is to blame.

CIO Lars Rabbe, writing on Skype’s ‘The Big Blog,’ confirmed reports of outtages last week and posted a detailed explanation of what went wrong. He said the company was taking steps to prevent further outages.

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