Frumious Wombat - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Hello... (Score 1) 253

by Frumious Wombat on Saturday October 06 2007, @08:49PM (#20884007) Attached to: US Scientist Creates Artificial Life

The boys are all ready
They've laid out the plans
They're setting the stage
For the man-made man
We've worked out the kinks
In your DNA
So sayonara, kid
Have a nice day

-Warren Zevon, "Sacrificial Lambs"

Case Study: IT in HealthCare Integration 0

Submitted by Frumious Wombat on Monday July 23 2007, @06:33PM

Frumious Wombat writes "Harvard Business Review has online a case study of a fictional healthcare provider, spread across multiple sites, attempting to integrate their IT systems and medical best practices. Four real-world experts, including the CEO of Kaiser-Permanente weigh in on whether the (fictional company's ) approach is viable. The question: is Healthcare IT different from other enterprise IT?"

Saudi oil production in trouble

Submitted by IamTheRealMike on Saturday March 03 2007, @11:24AM

IamTheRealMike writes "As one of the worlds most prolific producers of oil, Saudi Arabian production is of vital importance to maintaining our standard of living in the west. A new analysis from Stuart Staniford appears to show large, fast declines in production throughout 2006 that are uncorrelated with price, world events or OPECs own announced production cuts (in fact, no evidence for those cuts occurring is found at all). Given that the apparent steep decline (8%/year) matches the rates seen in other areas where horizontal drilling and water injection were used, and high prices give the Kingdom every incentive to produce, is this the beginning of the end for Saudi oil?"

Symantec Releases Four Whitepapers Debunking Vista

Submitted by kfed on Saturday March 03 2007, @10:07AM

kfed writes "Hot on the heals of research showing UAC in Vista could hide malware Symantec have now relesed four new whitepapers (two more to be released on Monday). The research is a mixture of high level fluff and more detailed technical analysis of certain technologies and their weaknesses. Symantec have given Vista mixed reviews, thumbs up in certain areas and down in others. If Symantec is engaging in competitive research one can only wonder what other MS competitors are up to."

Conservapedia

Submitted by

Petra_von_Kant

on Saturday March 03 2007, @01:52AM

Petra_von_Kant writes "According to the Sydney Morning Herald via The Guardian News & Media, conservatives have set up a "christian and US-centric" version of Wikipedia. One of the complaints from the founders of the Conservapedia, was that "...... many Wikipedia articles often use British spelling instead of American English ....".

Bizarre ......."

Patent application for Godly Powers

Submitted by

Orleron

on Friday March 02 2007, @04:07PM

Orleron writes "Christopher Roller of Burnsville, MN is apparently trying to corner the market on deific abilities. He has submitted a patent application for "Godly Powers". It can be found here. In yet another example of how the US Patent system is broken, this submission actually made it through the entire process for application issuance. How much farther could it go?"

Gonzales denies Americans have habeas rights

Submitted by

TrumpetPower!

on Saturday January 20 2007, @03:42PM

TrumpetPower! writes "This past Thursday, in response to questioning by Senator Arlen Specter (R, PA), US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary committee that ``The Constitution doesn't say every individual in the United States or citizen is hereby granted or assured the right of habeas corpus. '' The exchange between Mr. Gonzales and Senator Specter has received virtually no attention from the press; Google News currently has all of a dozen or so stories. Habeas corpus is the right, in America guaranteed by Article I, Section 9, of the Constitution, which ensures that people are not unjustly imprisoned and tried."

MacScan debuts Blacklisted Cookie Feature

Submitted by Leopard on Saturday January 20 2007, @02:51PM

Leopard writes "Spyware for the Mac? As more people are 'switching' and more attention is being directed towards the security more holes are being discovered and more spyware applications are being developed. The anti-spyware program MacScan 2.3 adds a notable feature that allows the user to scan and remove tracking cookies without deleting all their saved cookies. The definitions are updated just like the spyware definitions. MacScan's spyware library consists of keystroke loggers, trojan horses, and dialers."

Best Monitoring Applications for multiple platform

Submitted by on Saturday January 20 2007, @02:33PM

An anonymous reader writes "I was wondering what people consider the best monitoring applications for a multi-platform environment. (Windows, OS X, Linux, Solaris). I'm looking for an Application that will page (Numeric and Alpha numeric), text message and email and also show graphical trends. I'm also looking for a monitoring application that allows personal scripts that I have created to be added to the list of items to be monitored. So far I have read about: 1)Hp OpenView 2) Big Brother"

Electric Solar Sail to Propel Spacecraft Cheaper

Submitted by

mairas

on Saturday January 20 2007, @05:56AM

mairas writes "The electric solar wind sail, or a large set of long, thin conducting wires set up radially like the spokes of the wheel, may yet provide a relatively simple way to set up extremely large solar wind sails: a solar-powered electron gun is used to create a high positive voltage in the wires. Positively charged solar wind particles see the electric fields of the charged wires as opaque obstructions, thus accelerating the spacecraft. The article states that small payloads could be sent to Pluto in less than five years using electric solar wind sails."