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472566 submission

Submission + - RIAA Pursues Legal Action Against GWU Student (gwhatchet.com)

Submitted by

Anonymous Student

on Thursday January 17, 2008 @10:08AM

Anonymous Student writes: "A student at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. is having legal proceedings brought before her on the charge that she shared eight songs via Limewire. Although the student admits to the infraction, the fact that she works two jobs and has no information regarding the charges being brought against her make it a bit difficult for her to represent herself in Federal court. "When it comes down to it, of all the resources we've looked at, we've noticed that there is a disproportionate share of illegal sharing on college networks," Duckworth said. "This is not a step we took lightly, to bring law suits against students was not our first preference." "The students who settle do so because they know they have broken the law', she added.""

472508 submission

Submission + - How to Effectively Manage Software Memory Leaks? 2

Submitted by cbart387 on Thursday January 17, 2008 @09:39AM

cbart387 writes: I recently worked on a C++ project that I had to track down memory leaks (that I'm sad to say I created). I found that by using Valgrind I was able to track down the leaks fairly quickly. My question to slashdot is if anyone, from experience, has a memory leak tool that they found particularly effective and would recommend trying? (It doesn't necessarily have to be for C/C++).

472016 submission

Submission + - Dr. Doolittle in silicon (texttechnologies.com) 1

Submitted by CurtMonash on Thursday January 17, 2008 @01:57AM

CurtMonash writes: In a paper appearing this week in Animal Cognition, Hungarian scientists report on a computer system that interprets canine vocalizations. In other words, they've built a primitive woof-to-Magyar translator, albeit one that only purports to identify the doggies' general emotional states. They claim 43% accuracy, versus 40% for human interpreters. This raises a big question, however: How did they measure those results — did they sit down and interview the pooches afterwards?

471998 submission

Submission + - Geist's Fair Copyright for Canada Principles

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 17, 2008 @01:52AM

An anonymous reader writes: Canadian law prof Michael Geist has been leading the charge against a Canadian DMCA including the creation a Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group that now has more than 38,000 members. Having delayed the legislation, he now outlines what Canadians should be fighting for — more flexible fair dealing, a balanced implementation of the WIPO Internet treaties, an ISP safe harbour, and a modernized backup copy provision.

380531 submission

Submission + - Bridge Champions To Be Banned For Anti-Bush Sign

Submitted by

unbug

on Thursday November 15, 2007 @09:12AM

unbug writes: "Not all is well in the usually peaceful world of bridge. A small, hand-written sign reading "We did not vote for Bush", held up during the award ceremony at the World Championships in Shanghai by the winning USA women's team, has created a veritable thunderstorm. The culprits are now facing at least a one-year suspension and 200 hours of community service each provided they agree to apologize and say who came up with the idea in the first place. The United States Bridge Federation has threatened "greater sanction against anyone who rejects this compromise offer". The Federation is concerned that the team's action "reflects a complete disregard for the fact that the Chinese government, which does not exactly have a history of sympathetic views toward political dissent, provided the bulk of financial support for both the 2007 World Championship and the 2008 World Bridge Olympiad". The team members are mostly professional players who earn a large part of their income by playing in USBF and international tournaments."

378383 submission

Submission + - US Bridge Team to be blacklisted for antiBush sign (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 14, 2007 @06:47AM

An anonymous reader writes: In a fight reminiscent of the brouhaha over an anti-Bush statement by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks in 2003, a team of women who represented the United States at the world bridge championships in Shanghai last month is facing sanctions, including a yearlong ban from competition, for a spur-of-the-moment protest.

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