Comment Did they use maker hooks? (Score 1) 39
Did they use maker hooks to capture the worms?
Are these just little makers?
Are these just little makers?
Comment Re:Question: what was the "infamous ESR post"? (Score 0, Redundant) 221
maybe it's this one: http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/10/0821224
Feed Shape-shifting 'smart dust' may explore alien worlds (pheedo.com)
Thousands of miniscule wireless sensors could one-day be used to survey other planets, swirling across the landscape on turbulent breezes
Submission + - Sony Fixes Problems with New DVDs
An anonymous reader writes: Following up on reports that DVDs for some Sony titles were causing problems, Video Business is reporting that Sony has fixed the copy-protection problem on recent DVD releases, and will provide replacement discs to customers. Apparently the problem was with ARccOS; the company issued the following statement:
"Recently, an update that was installed on approximately 20 titles was found to cause an incompatibility issue with a very small number of DVD players (Sony has received complaints on less than one thousandth of one percent of affected discs shipped)... Since then, the ARccOS system has once again been updated, and there are no longer any playability problems."
Customers can call 800.860.2878 to inquire about replacement discs.
"Recently, an update that was installed on approximately 20 titles was found to cause an incompatibility issue with a very small number of DVD players (Sony has received complaints on less than one thousandth of one percent of affected discs shipped)... Since then, the ARccOS system has once again been updated, and there are no longer any playability problems."
Customers can call 800.860.2878 to inquire about replacement discs.
Submission + - Legal view of the GPL and closed source modules
An anonymous reader writes: The Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property has just published a paper by Doug Hass that provides a detailed analysis of the legal reach of the GPL. The article deals specifically with the "exception" that allows closed source modules to co-exist alongside GPL-licensed code. The last section is the most interesting for non-lawyers: Hass concludes that the exception employed by the Linux community to ensure that both closed source and open source software can coexist is a legally defensible, common sense adaptation of the GPL. He builds a compelling case for why the community should continue to wrap closed source code in open source APIs rather than try to ban all non-GPL code.
Submission + - Bitlocker 'no threat' to computer forensics?
An anonymous reader writes: The Register is having a story called 'Vista encryption 'no threat' to computer forensics'. What kind of measures does one need to take to make sure *no one but yourself* has access to your data?
Is Bitlocker just good enough (keeping out your kid sister) or does it miss the whole purpose of the encryption entirely?
Submission + - Government Spying
Richie writes: "In 2001, President Bush issued a secret executive order authorizing warrantless electronic surveillance of people in the United States. In May 2006, the nation learned that the National Security Agency has been building a massive database of Americans' phone records.
A federal judge has already ruled the warrantless wiretapping program unconstitutional. The Bush Administration claims that it has the inherent authority to continue it. On Jan 16th the New York Civil Liberties Union will be hosting a free Town Hall meeting to discuss warrantless wiretapping and the threat it poses to civil liberties. Learn how you can take action to stop unconstitutional NSA spying and protect your rights to privacy and freedom of speech."
