dmatos - Slashdot User

+ - Taking homemade electronics on airplanes 0

Submitted by dmatos on Wednesday July 30, 2008 @10:14AM

dmatos writes "Without giving away any secrets, I am flying to a conference in the United States, where I will be presenting a personal project that I have been working on. Part of this project is a small hardware board, nothing more than three op-amp chips and a few resistors. Very home-built looking, with painfully amateur soldering, and wires snaking all over it. I am (understandably) concerned about having this critical part of my project confiscated at airport security. If a lite-brite looks enough like a bomb to cause panic, I can only expect the same for my 1 inch by 2 inch piece of perf board. Have any other Slashdotters successfully traversed the TSA gauntlet with home-built electronics? Do you have any recommendations?"

+ - Bill C-61 to amend Canadian Copyright Act-> 0

Submitted by dmatos on Thursday June 12, 2008 @02:25PM

dmatos writes "The Canadian Minister of Industry, Jim Prentice, has officially introduced his pet project. Bill C-61 aims to reform the Canadian Copyright Act to update it for the digital age. What Bill C-61 will actually do is mimic the worst parts of the US DMCA, criminalizing the circumvention of technological protection measures, as well as the sale, import, and rental of devices capable of doing so.

There are many other subtle changes in the proposed bill. The Industry Canada site has some candy coated summaries of what Bill C-61 is trying to do. What it actually does is cater to content providers, at the expense of Canadian citizens. Say goodbye to all your fair dealings rights should this bill pass."
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+ - Evil Dead: The Musical->

Submitted by dmatos on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @11:18AM

dmatos writes "Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell fans, rejoice! An intrepid troupe of writers, actors, and other theatre folk have turned your favourite trilogy into a musical. Currently playing at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto, Ontario, Evil Dead: The Musical has received rave reviews from fans and critics alike. The writers of this musical know their audience, going out of their way to fill it with the campy, gory humour from the movies, complete with iconic one-liners. Not only that, the first three rows in the theatre are designated "splatter zone" seating, with optional ponchos. Wear a white shirt, and decline the poncho for a one-of-a-kind souvenir of the show. The website has some video links if you'd like to know just how they managed to translate a crazed man chopping off his possessed hand with a chainsaw into musical theatre."
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