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Robotech_Master (14247)

  Science: Star Swallows Companion, Burps Out Planet-Forming Cloud 2008-02-08 23:34

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday February 08, @11:34PM
from the really-hot-star-on-star-action dept.
New Scientist is reporting that BP Piscium, an unusual star recently under scrutiny from astronomers, may have swallowed a nearby companion and spewed out a planet-forming dust cloud as a result. The team has also identified a similar scenario with another star which they hope will offer more answers.
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 [+] story, science, space, omnomnomnom, vorarephilia, !celebrity

  Science: Sperm Made From Female Bone Marrow, Men Obsolete? 2008-02-02 07:22

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday February 02, @07:22AM
from the what-some-women-have-been-saying-for-years dept.
Shaitan Apistos writes "British scientists have discovered a way to turn female bone marrow into sperm, allowing women to reproduce without the need of male companionship. All children born of this method would be female, due the lack Y chromosomes, and there is high chance of birth defects. Eggs also can be created from male bone marrow, but men looking to reproduce would still need to find a surrogate mother to handle the gestation period. I'd like to take a moment to welcome our new amazonian overlords and remind them that men are still very good at mowing lawns and fixing cars."
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 [+] story, science, biotech, vandread, tiptree, sexlexia

  MySpace No Place for Atheists?[->] 2008-02-01 07:11 Robotech_Master

Submitted by Robotech_Master on Friday February 01, @07:11AM
Robotech_Master writes "According to the article, since MySpace was acquired by Rupert Murdoch it has deleted a 35,000 member atheist/agnostic group, reportedly "the largest collection of organized atheists in the world." Some individual atheists' profiles have also been deleted. Bryan Pesta, Ph.D., the group's moderator, has an updates page."
http://www.secularstudents.org/node/1933
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 [+] submission, yro, censorship

  Ask Phil & Kaja Foglio 2008-01-22 21:28 Robotech_Master

Submitted by Robotech_Master on Tuesday January 22, @09:28PM
Robotech_Master writes "I will be conducting a live call-in interview with Phil and Kaja Foglio of the comics Girl Genius, Buck Godot, What's New With Phil and Dixie, and many many more this Sunday, January 27th at 4 p.m. Eastern/10 p.m. Universal (GMT) on my talk podcast The Biblio File. Slashdot readers can participate live, either by phoning in or by using TalkShoe's web-based or stand-alone chat clients. (I've written a guide to all the different ways of connecting.) It will also be available as a downloadable or RSS-syncable mp3 afterward.

After I finish asking my own questions, I'll be using whatever time is left to ask other questions of interest, including taking questions from the live call-in or chat-in audience. If you won't be able to make it, post your questions in the comments. I can't promise to ask all of them, but I'll pick the most interesting ones."
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  Live interview with Carl Macek, Sat. April 14th 2007-04-09 22:39 Robotech_Master

Submitted by Robotech_Master on Monday April 09 2007, @10:39PM
Robotech_Master writes "On Saturday April 14th, at 6 p.m. Eastern/3 p.m. Pacific, I will be conducting a live call-in talk radio interview with Carl Macek on my Robotech talk show, Space Station Liberty. Macek is sometimes known as the "animé Antichrist," but is also widely considered the man who kicked off the modern American animé industry by creating the TV show Robotech and dubs of films such as Akira and Megazone 23 .

The focus of the interview will be Macek's history in the animation industry, primarily centered on Robotech but also covering Akira and other anime dubs, Heavy Metal, Lady Death, and the rest of his varied career.

Anyone who wishes to call in to the show to listen or participate will be welcome to do so. (Due to the possibility of inflammatory "ambush" comments, I will probably not take voice calls for this episode from people I do not know to be trustworthy, but everyone is welcome to post comments and questions in the live chat area.) Questions do not need to be only about Robotech, but can cover Macek's extensive other work as well.

If you will not be able to participate live but would still like to submit questions, post them to this article or use my contact form. I can't promise I'll ask all questions that are submitted but I will try to ask any good ones. For more information on how to phone in and participate, see my TalkShoe guide page."
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  Conservapedia 2007-02-23 23:27

Submitted by on Friday February 23 2007, @11:27PM
An anonymous reader writes "Claiming to be "A conservative encyclopedia you can trust", the makers of Conservapedia seek to create "a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American" and proudly point to their quarter-million hits, and almost fifteen thousand page edits since going online. Online spoof in the key of Colbert, or serious outlet for those dis-satisfied with politically correct bias in Wikipedia?"
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  Ryzom goes to Gameforge AG 2006-12-22 11:24 GreyBear

Submitted by GreyBear on Friday December 22 2006, @11:24AM
GreyBear writes "Xavier Antoviaque has notified potential donors to the Ryzom.org initiative that our offer to acquire the Saga of Ryzom MMO had been declined by the courts. He explains in the letter: "...At the end, there were three offers presented, and the other two were bigger than our's. They are keeping more employees than we do, and offer more money." The effort was nonetheless impressive, raising over 170K Euros in donation promises, and attracting support and a hefty donation from the FSF."
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  End to Skype's Free Promotion 2006-12-13 17:47 webax

Submitted by webax on Wednesday December 13 2006, @05:47PM
webax writes ""NEW YORK (Reuters) — Internet telephone service Skype said on Wednesday that it would charge customers $29.95 a year for unlimited calling in the United States and Canada, a service it had offered free since May..." http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?typ e=technologyNews&storyid=2006-12-13T175604Z_01_N13 425300_RTRUKOC_0_US-SKYPE-CHARGES.xml&src=rss http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/

Hopefully another VoIP contender will take up the challenge and offer the internet unlimited long distance now, the free service lasted so long it almost feels like a right (="
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  Authors Try New Publishing Model: Taking Donations 2006-12-13 03:44 Robotech_Master

Submitted by Robotech_Master on Wednesday December 13 2006, @03:44AM
Robotech_Master writes "When John Kelsey and Bruce Schneier came up with the Street Performer Protocol in 1998, it was meant to provide an alternative model of publication that would allow artists and writers to earn a living from their work even if it was immediately disseminated across the Internet as soon as it was published. Eight years later, at least four fairly-well-known science fiction and fantasy writers are using a modified form of this publishing model, the "Storyteller's Bowl," to finance the writing of books that are otherwise unpublishable. In this article, I look at how these writers — Lawrence Watt-Evans, Diane Duane, Sharon Lee, and Steve Miller — are using that model, the differences between it and the "pure" Street Performer Protocol, and the degree of success they have been having. I will also be conducting a discussion about this subject on my live call-in Internet talk radio show, The Biblio File, on Saturday, December 16th at 3 p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Universal time. Mrs. Duane will be in attendance, barring technical difficulties."
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  Slashdot launches Firehose 2006-12-13 02:39 rstewar

Submitted by rstewar on Wednesday December 13 2006, @02:39AM
rstewar writes "Looks like Slashdot might finally be doing something about the heat from Digg. Slashdot has launched a editorial voting system called Firehose to "allow users to assist the Slashdot editors in the story selection process." It's a straight up copy of Digg, but Slashdot is not giving up ultimate editorial control of their home page.

Images are here — http://blog.stewtopia.com/2006/12/12/slashdot-fire hose/
New feature is here — http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl"
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Submitted by bishiraver on Wednesday December 13 2006, @12:45AM
bishiraver writes "Interplay has announced that they are developing a massively multiplayer game based on their Fallout franchise. In order to raise the projected $75 Million budget, they've released stock for sale on one of the Euronext Exchanges. Production is planned to begin in January, with release targeted at Q3, 2010. They plan on reaching a return on investment within 3 years of launch; this, however, is assuming they reach 1 million subscribers within the first year. Only three other MMOGs have reached 1 million customers, according to mmogchart.com: Lineage, Lineage 2, and World of Warcraft."
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  HackThisSite founder recieves 2 year sentence 2006-12-12 02:55 punxisgeeks

Submitted by punxisgeeks on Tuesday December 12 2006, @02:55AM
punxisgeeks writes "Jeremy Hammond, anarchist, human rights activist, founder of HackThisSite.org, and member of the HackBloc.org collective, was sentenced to two years in federal prison today (Chicago Tribune Article). Hammond was accused of stealing credit card accounts of a right wing counter protest group, Protest Warrior. The case itself isn't as shocking as the resurgence of red scare tactics (re-coined by todays activist community as green scare), and increased use of technology to track and silence views that oppose the current administration."
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  Jon Katz to be played by Jeff Bridges 2006-11-27 16:06 Robotech_Master

Submitted by Robotech_Master on Monday November 27 2006, @04:06PM
Robotech_Master writes "Long time Slashdot veterans will remember Jon Katz, the editorial writer whose Slashdot articles invariably became hotbeds of controversy. It appears he may have the last laugh; how many of the Slashdot posters who ridiculed him went on to be played by Jeff Bridges in a movie?

In his new book, "A Good Dog: The Story of Orson," Katz chronicles the life and death of the lovable but troubled border collie that transformed his life. It continues the story begun in Katz's last book, "A Dog Year," now being made into a movie starring Jeff Bridges as Katz.
Katz critics may get a chuckle out of the plot synopsis for the film: "A man having a mid-life crisis has his life turned upside down when he takes in a border collie crazier than he is." Further amusement comes from this article about the movie's filming, with this quote from the owner of the house used to double for Katz's:

Mercaldi said she was looking forward to seeing the film, with her home of 13 years as a co-star, "especially since they trashed it," she said. "The character was a real slob, so it doesn't look like our house."
The film should be released "sometime in late 2007.""
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