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Submission + - Windows XP Thumb Drive Edition Is Real (osweekly.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: OSWeekly.com's Matt Hartley has discovered a real, working version of Windows XP Thumb Edition. He comments: "While a proof-of-concept has been perpetuated without Microsoft's content, the instructions are fuzzy, and trying to install this would certainly be a clear violation of existing US law, but my sources have indicated this to be the real deal — you can install Windows XP onto a USB drive as described above. Why hasn't Microsoft bothered to create such a thing themselves? It could be the belief that they do not see the cost/benefit value for offering a bootable USB OS despite the immense success of such a thing with Linux.
The Internet

Submission + - Online Horoscopes .... Aren't Just For Women (psychicguild.com)

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Neoli Marcos
Neoli Marcos writes: "Melbourne, Australia June 5, 2007 —

Universal Psychic Guild , Australia`s leading online psychic service, is determined to defy gender stereotypes as it proudly offers horoscopes and astrology reports that are well-fitted for women and men alike.

Traditionally, horoscopes and astrology have always been associated with women, who are supposedly more intuitive and sensitive than their male counterparts. True enough, Universal Psychic Guild`s clientèle over the years has mostly been women, while men account for just a fraction of the site`s regulars.

But are horoscopes really for men? Universal Psychic Guild answers that with a resounding Yes. As each astrology and numerology report are carefully prepared by the Guild`s resident psychics, and every psychic reader has had years of experience and undergone evaluation before being able to go online, customers are assured they get only the best psychic and astrology reports.

This promise of truly personalised, tailor-made, and carefully detailed horoscopes, whether for men or women, is what has kept the company going through the years. New changes has even arrived at the site, specifically the live webcam psychic chat and readings where querents can log on and actually come face to face with their favourite psychic reader. As with all other great psychic offers of Psychic Guild, this comes with a money-back guarantee.

This coming Father`s Day, Universal Psychic Guild encourages its patrons to give their dads and all the men in their lives horoscopes for a change. It`s the unlikely, but surprising gift. And that`s something.

_______ Universal Psychic Guild is on 24-7 to answer all your questions on life, love, career, health, and well-being. For Free Horoscopes, and Premium Psychic and Astrology reports, visit Psychic Guild now.

Online Astrology reports
Universal Psychic Guild (ACN: 066 828 288) P.O. Box 7011 Hawthorn North Victoria 3122, Australia support@psychicguild.com Phone: 1300 365 318"

Feed Brain Machine legally induces mind trip (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

We know, returning to work after an all-too-short long weekend leaves you just wanting more time off, but rather than skimming through those pictures you snapped and refusing to get back in the groove, why not force your brain to meditate and release those negative vibes? In an admittedly bizarre how-to guide, the folks over at MAKE have detailed Mitch Altman's Brain Machine, which reportedly enables you to slip into deep thought, sleep, or peaceful nirvana by syncing up your brain waves with pulsing lights and sounds. Odd as it may sound, the homegrown trip inducer purportedly utilizes an SLM (Sound and Light Machine) to "phase in new brain states by switching frequencies back and forth." Of course, we're still a bit hesitant to put our retinas at risk in order to legally experience hallucinations, but be sure to hit the read link for the step-by-step guide, and tap the via if you're interested in catching a video before subjecting yourself. [Warning: PDF read link]

[Via MAKE]

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Submission + - Microsoft will not sue over Linux patents

Submitted by San Muel
San Muel writes: In an official statement, Microsoft has said it has no immediate plans to sue after alleging patent infringements by open-source vendors for the time being.

"If we wanted to go down that road we could have done that three years ago," said a Microsoft spokesperson. "Rather than litigate, Microsoft has spent the last three years building an intellectual property bridge that works for all parties — including open source — and the customer response has been tremendously positive. Our focus is on continuing to build bridges."
Editorial

Submission + - Scientology harrassment attempt backfired badly

Submitted by BertDeJong
BertDeJong writes: Making a critical documentary about the cult of Scientology wasn't made easy for BBC Panorama's investigating journalist John Sweeney, as he was being follow-up, harrassed, and intimidated for days by one "Tommy" (wearing sunglasses and a black suit) of Scientology during his investigation. Sweeney lost it after a couple of days, and explained "Tommy" where they were at. Scientology taped the event, and decided it would be good message to enemies of Scientology so they put it on Youtube. But this badly backfired when Panorama viewing rates went through the roof in Britain. Scientology are now considering legal steps.
Software

Submission + - Ways People Screw Up AJAX

Submitted by
foo
foo writes: "People are aware of the good that technologies such as AJAX have added to sites such as gmail, digg, and slashdot. The negative aspects and implementations of AJAX have mostly avoided by the media and are rarely spoken. CGISecurity has published a top 5 list of problems which can be encountered by implementing AJAX improperly."
OS X

Submission + - "It's not as intuitive as Vista, is it"

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Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat writes: "I bought my wife a shiny new Macbook yesterday. It's our first Mac, we've had pc's for years, and our main pc runs Vista. As she unpacks it, I'm rather excited at the brownie points I will earn for getting her such a "cool" machine, and I'm looking forward to her raving about an OS instead of cursing it.

Having set it all up, I leave her for 20 minutes to have a play, certain that I will return to oohs and aahs of delight. Instead, on my return I am greeted by a concentrated frown on her face as she searches for a right-click button on the touchpad and tries to get a window to maximise to the entire screen. "It's not as intuitive as Vista, is it?", she quips...

So, SlashDot, does MacOS truly have a monopoly on intuitivism, or is it merely down to clever marketing and 25 years of conditioning?"
Software

Submission + - Registry for *nix?

Submitted by
hellsDisciple
hellsDisciple writes: "The registry is often touted as being the source of many of Windows' faults. But the horrid messy binary blob does unify configurations of many system services and paves the way for Group Policy and AD to control a lot of the machine's behaviour. With Samba's recent push to emulate AD fully for Windows and LDAP being suggested as the basis of a central management system, is it not time to get applications like Apache and Samba into shape for unified control? Should a standard config file syntax be agreed on and where should the data be stored? A push towards an "open registry" in *nix would make remote management really a snap."
Movies

Submission + - Revolution OS -the award winning documentary

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: This article calls Revolution OS the finest documentaries created which traces the path taken by GNU, Free Software, Open Source and Linux. The whole documentary all of 1 hour and 10 minutes long consists of bits and pieces of conversation with various leaders of the community which of course includes Linus Torvalds, Eric Raymond, Richard M Stallman, Bruce Perens and many others.

In the documentary, Linus Torvalds calls RMS the great philosopher of the movement and himself the engineer.

The documentary produced by J.T.S Moore also shows snippets of publicity the movement received in the main stream media such as in CNBC and The New York Times. Some prominent people from Slashdot also make their appearances in the documentary. The article goads you to watch and enjoy it and as a follow up buy the DVD to support the cause.
Announcements

Submission + - 'Kryptonite' Discovered in Serbian Mine

Submitted by Rubinstien
Rubinstien writes: A mineralogist at London's Natural History Museum was contracted to help identify an unknown mineral found in a Serbian mine. After its crystal structure was analyzed and identified, the researcher was shocked to find the material already referenced in literature. Says Dr. Chris Stanley, "Towards the end of my research I searched the web using the mineral's chemical formula — sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide — and was amazed to discover that same scientific name, written on a case of rock containing kryptonite stolen by Lex Luther from a museum in the film Superman Returns." "I'm afraid it's not green and it doesn't glow either — although it will react to ultraviolet light by fluorescing a pinkish-orange," he told BBC News. More details can be found in the BBC News article.
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Journal Journal: Things Computers Can Do in Movies

Journal by nicolebu
1. Word processors never display a cursor.
2. You never have to use the space-bar when typing long sentences.
3. Movie characters never make typing mistakes.
4. All monitors display inch-high letters.
5. High-tech computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA or some such governmental institution, will have easy to understand graphical interfaces.

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