Lazarian - Slashdot User

Periodic Table of Elements to get an Update 2

Submitted by Lazarian on Saturday December 18 2010, @11:59AM

Lazarian writes "Scientists from around the world have put forth an update to the Periodic Table of Elements. In particular, they are changing the manner of how atomic weights of ten elements are expressed. From the article:

"For example, sulfur is commonly known to have a standard atomic weight of 32.065. However, its actual atomic weight can be anywhere between 32.059 and 32.076, depending on where the element is found."

The origional article can be found here."

Professor's book explores benefits of copying 0

Submitted by Lazarian on Thursday October 14 2010, @01:14PM

Lazarian writes "York University professor Marcus Boone has released In Praise of Copying, a book available as a free download via the Harvard University Press website. Within is historical examples of copying, plagarism, and arguments which look at some beneficial aspects of free access to media. From the Edmonton Sun article... "That's why copying is rampant at universities. You have a huge group of young people who don't really have any money, who are very hungry for knowledge or fun or whatever it is and the idea that they should only have access to those things when they can afford to pay for it doesn't entirely make sense.""

Bono calls for controls over internet downloads 0

Submitted by Lazarian on Sunday January 03 2010, @05:41PM

Lazarian writes "Bono, lead singer of U2, called for measures to control downloads of movies, music, and other media. With the argument that filesharing harms the creators of film and music, he suggests that tracking and restricting downloads of entertainment and other media would benefit creators and protect "cultural products"."

Director of National Hurricane Center Replaced 0

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Lazarian

on Wednesday July 11 2007, @08:07AM

Lazarian writes "As previously discussed on Slashdot: Bill Proenza, acting as Director of the National Hurricane Center, had come under fire for raising concerns over the impending failure of a weather satellite. Stating that the loss of data from the failure of the QuickSCAT satellite would be detrimental to efforts to monitor hurricanes, along with expressing dismay at funding being used for PR purposes, his complaints resulted in friction within the organization and the NOAA. Mr. Proenza has now been placed on indefinite leave, his duties now being filled by Deputy chief Ed Rappaport."