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Comment Re:Open Source the server code! or possibly the ga (Score 3, Interesting) 91

by ricree on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @08:30PM (#25558265) Attached to: <em>Hellgate: London</em> To Be Closed, Possibly Saved?

Actually, the game assets were put into escrow as assets against investment from other companies. I don't remember if this "Redbana" is the investor, but there's someone that is interested and has a claim against the assets. So, no open sourcing for this game.

There is a bit of precedent for something like this. Blender came to be in a similar situation. When the company failed, their creditors agreed to open source it for a payment of around $100000, which was met by community donations. Now, I doubt that Hellgate: London could get the same level of donations that Blender did, but if the company is looking at a total loss they could possibly be persuaded to let it go relatively cheaply.

Submission + - OpenDisc launched (ccg.id.au)

Submitted by

ChrisGray

on Thursday September 27, 2007 @03:36AM

ChrisGray writes: "The OpenDisc project is a collection of high quality open source software aimed at Microsoft Windows users, regularly updated and freely distributable as a CD. It saves them money on otherwise costly proprietary software, but more importantly promotes Linux uptake amongst users who may have not been exposed to OSS before. I started the project after eighteen months spent as Project Lead for Canonical's TheOpenCD, during which I found numerous problems impeding further development, which I've expanded on at length on my blog. The latest version is available at SourceForge."

Submission + - Hackers Cause Generator to Self-Destruct

Submitted by on Thursday September 27, 2007 @12:22AM

An anonymous reader writes: It has been revealed that in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security exercise codenamed "Aurora" conducted in March of this year, researchers were able to cause a power generator to self destruct remotely via a "cyber attack" which changed the operating cycle of the generator. "Government sources said changes are being made to both computer software and physical hardware to protect power generating equipment."

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Submission + - NYC planning Street Security Cameras (nytimes.com)

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* * Beatles-Beatles

on Monday July 09, 2007 @02:38AM

* * Beatles-Beatles writes: "http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/nyregion/09ring. html

Similar to the system in London — If the program is fully financed, it will include not only license plate readers but also 3,000 public and private security cameras below Canal Street, as well as a center staffed by the police and private security officers, and movable roadblocks"

Submission + - How open is "open" when Microsoft say it? (itwire.com.au)

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davidmwilliams

on Monday July 09, 2007 @02:11AM

davidmwilliams writes: "Microsoft are ratifying new open document formats through Ecma. On the one hand this is a good thing: open file formats help preserve data and make it available anywhere. Yet, is there a secret agenda to produce a raft of Microsoft-centric so-called standards? http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/13391/53/"

Submission + - Evolution without gene changes: Evo-devo

Submitted by zoefff on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @04:16AM

zoefff writes: NY times has a fascinating article about 'evo-devo': evolution not through the alteration of genes, but through the alteration of the processing of genes during growth. All with master genes commanding a hierarchy of other genes, revisiting Darwin's finches and providing an explanation for mimicry.
From the article: 'New forms can arise via new uses of existing genes, in particular the control genes or what are sometimes called toolkit genes that oversee development. It is a discovery that can explain much that has previously been mysterious, like the observation that without much obvious change to the genome over all, one can get fairly radical changes in form.'

Submission + - information about MQ link

Submitted by

jaty

on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @02:55AM

jaty writes: "Hi! I need to setup a file transfer mechanism between 2 systems(HP/UX).As per the conversation of two designer of two sides,it should be a MQ link(comes through JMS).I need to know that whether MQ link will be the exact one?(interms of speed and cost)and I need to know everything about MQ link before we go ahead with the setup as we have never done this before(Previously we used xfb to transfer the file). please give me the necessary information as fast as possible."

Submission + - Hiper HPU-4M730-SS Type M 730W PSU (benchmarkreviews.com)

Submitted by

Benchmark Reviews

on Wednesday June 27, 2007 @02:04AM

Benchmark Reviews writes: "The new generation of power supplies has begun to amp up the competition for placement in your computer case. Antec's EarthWatts series was among the first to cause a stir in the PSU industry by emphasizing efficient power delivery over the multi-rail hype. But now 80% or better efficiency is very common. A perfect example of combining high-power wattage, efficiency, and good looks can be found in the Hiper HPU-4M730-SS Type M 730W PSU. The four +12V rails offer regulated power distribution, but they also deliver at least 80% of the power that they promise, which will result in a more efficient system. Hiper's Type M PSU claims to support dual and quad processors, dual (SLi and CrossFire) graphics card sets, and just about anything else you can throw at it, but Benchmark Reviews will load test the DC voltage regulation and ripple just to be sure.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_c ontent&task=view&id=26&Itemid=1"

Submission + - Patent Lawsuit - Providing Photos via a Network

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16, 2007 @12:03AM

An anonymous reader writes: from http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/196764-recent-pa tentcopyright-infringement-cases-filed-in-u.s.-dis trict-court

Plaintiff Peter Wolf claims he owns the rights to U.S. Patent No. 7,047,214 for "Process for Providing Event Photographs for Inspection and Distribution Via a Computer Network." The process allows photo proofs to be viewed and ordered online. He is suing Brightroom, Island Photography, Bird's Eye View, Digilabs, Printroom, SmugMug and Master Photos for infringement on the patented process.
Edward Goldstein of Houston is representing Wolf.
The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge David Folsom
Case No. 2:07-cv-00238-DF

Submission + - Judge Orders FBI to Release Abuse Records (lawbean.com)

Submitted by

Spamicles

on Friday June 15, 2007 @10:34PM

Spamicles writes: "A judge has ordered the FBI to release agency records about its abuse of National Security Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans' personal information. The ruling came just a day after the EFF urged the judge to immediately respond in its lawsuit over agency delays. This is the same case in which an internal FBI audit found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years."

Submission + - Why is it that whenever I want to mod

Submitted by

coleblak

on Friday June 15, 2007 @09:46PM

coleblak writes: "Why is it that whenever I want to mod someone's comment I don't have points but when I just want to read the news on the site, maybe check the hopefully not /.'ed page then read some comments, I have points to moderate? Why can't /. read my mind more effectively?"

Submission + - Wikipedia removes Daniel Brandt (wikipedia.org)

Submitted by on Friday June 15, 2007 @09:39PM

An anonymous reader writes: After years of Daniel Brandt lobbying Wikipedia for it's removal, Brandt's biography page has been removed from Wikipedia, leaving behind a redirect to one of his projects, NameBase. The decision came after the 14th discussion of the article and partly in response to stricter policies on dealing with living people.

Brandt lobbies for the accountability of online organizations through his Wikipedia Watch, Google Watch and Yahoo Watch websites.

Submission + - "John Doe" ISP wins civil liberties award (pressesc.com)

Submitted by

amigoro

on Friday June 15, 2007 @09:36PM

amigoro writes: "Here's irony for you: A president of a New York Internet Service Provider (ISP) who stood up against the Patriot Act and refused to violate the privacy of his clients has won a top civil liberties award, but the recipient cannot be named because of FBI gag orders. An anonymous ISP legally challenged the NSL statute after the FBI demanded personal information on costumers using the statute, and the judge ruled that NSL violates First amendment rights. But the FBI's gag order on the ISP is still in place."

Submission + - Hacking a voting computer in 60 seconds (youtube.com)

Submitted by

arborlaw

on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @02:57PM

arborlaw writes: "Watch this YouTube video where ROMs for a Nedap e-voting computer can be easily swapped out in less than 60 seconds."

Submission + - Man versus Machine poker challenge (ualberta.ca)

Submitted by

awesomo2001

on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @02:53PM

awesomo2001 writes: "An AI team from the University of Alberta has challenged two top-level professional poker players to play Texas hold 'em against their intelligent software Polaris for the prize of $50,000 and bragging rights.

The competition will consist of four 500-hand duplicate matches. In each duplicate match, the same series of cards will be dealt in two parallel Man versus Machine matches, with teammates playing the opposite hands in each game. At the end of the match, the total number of chips won or lost by each team is added together to determine the winning team. This format is used to reduce the element of random luck to a minimum, and get a much better indication of the differences in skill."
Polaris has been developed by the same people who have created the first and only Checkers playing computer program to have won a human championship. The match will take place in Vancouver, Canada, at the end of July during the AAAI 2007 conference."

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