AltGrendel - Slashdot User

+ - WWII code 'may never be cracked'-> 0

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AltGrendel

on Friday November 23, 2012 @09:21AM

AltGrendel writes "The BBC reports that experts at intelligence agency GCHQ have asked for help in de-coding a message found attached to a pigeon leg, thought to date back to WWII. The dead bird was found in a chimney in Surrey a few weeks ago. But without more information, the code may never be cracked, according to the BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera"
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+ - Jack Thompson to debate at gaming convention. 0

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on Thursday April 02, 2009 @11:13AM

AltGrendel writes "Screw Attack Has announced a debate at their upcoming convention:
We are extremely excited to announce the addition of one of the most recognizable and controversial figures in all of gaming to SGC's stellar line up of guests- Jack Thompson. Mr. Thompson will be making an exclusive one day only appearance on Saturday July 4th, in which he will participate in a live debate with Joystiq.com legal columnist, Mark Methenitis on the topic of video game restrictions.
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+ - Fedora 8 available for download. 0

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on Thursday November 08, 2007 @11:35AM

AltGrendel writes "Fedora 8 has been released.

BitTorrent for i386 is available here and x86_64 bit is available here."

+ - Whatever happened to superconductors?

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on Monday March 05, 2007 @04:25PM

AltGrendel writes "Jonathan Fildes of the BBC wrote that 'In 1987, Ronald Reagan declared that the US was about to enter an incredible new era of technology. Levitating high-speed trains, super-efficient power generators and ultra-powerful supercomputers would become commonplace thanks to a new breed of materials known as high temperature superconductors (HTSC). "The breakthroughs in superconductivity bring us to the threshold of a new age," said the president. "It's our task to herald in that new age with a rush."

But 20 years on, the new world does not seem to have arrived. So what happened?'

He shares what he found in this article."

+ - A nanoscale pump.

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on Thursday February 01, 2007 @02:59PM

AltGrendel writes "The BBC reports that a team from Edinburgh have designed and built a molecule, known as a rotaxane, that can move and sort particles. It took three years of painstaking work to find a molecular form that could do this job." Powered by light, it acts as a one way gate. It also allows the device to act as a nanomachine sized motor."