Apple just unveiled new iPod : The Mini now has a 6GB disc while the Photo iPod gets to carry 6 times more data with its 60GB HD. There's also a new, slimer, 40GB iPod.

What geeky experience could you perform with several iPods Shuffle ?
Well, Jim just used his foursome to create an USB2 RAID array.
It works, but because it's bottlenecked by the USB bus, it's not as fast as just using one of these...

Some people expressed their interest in using a Mac mini as the cornerstone of their auto multimedia setup. The very first car known to have one of these installed is a prestigious '69 Nova. There's even a video clip showing how the driver may use a tactile screen to interact with iTunes!

So, you wanted a 1,42GHz Mac mini but either because of some distribution woes or because of your tight budget you could just get a 1,25GHz ?
Don't worry : Leo Bodnar just found out how to overclock your machine. Of course, you'll have to open it prior to anything else but you already know how to do this.

For Slashdot's moderation system to function properly,
we need as many users as possible to
Meta-Moderate.
You are currently eligible... why not hop over and help?

Because, besides wasting my time, it has no effect : Most of the moderation is crappy. Seeing how easily people get along with a -1 "Overrated" or "Flamebait" when they just suggest something "Interesting" is bad, but whenever this gets metamodded as "unfair", you just end up a week later, reviewing this is seeing it's never been applied : The poor bastards write/up remained unfairly modded.

So, call me when your meta-modding system will work, not before.

First, there was her hypothesis :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3729248.stm

"Although I am a biologist, I have not done any research. I may not be able to say who developed the (HIV) virus but it was meant to wipe out the black race,"

Wangari Maathai, biologist and Nobel Peace Prize 2004.

Now, there's the news :
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66198,00.html

Genetic resistance to AIDS works in different ways and appears in different ethnic groups. The most powerful form of resistance, caused by a genetic defect, is limited to people with European or Central Asian heritage. An estimated 1 percent of people descended from Northern Europeans are virtually immune to AIDS infection, with Swedes the most likely to be protected. One theory suggests that the mutation developed in Scandinavia and moved southward with Viking raiders.

Yamaha just acquired Steinberg. This means that Logic Pro's main concurrent, Cubase, is now about to become a serious challenger, especially once Yamaha's engineer can help improving its latency issues... I hope this will stimulate Apple's music related products even more.

D'ICI À 2009 Le canton veut se passer des produits de Microsoft

FRÉDÉRIC JULLIARD
16 novembre 2004

Une révolution informatique se prépare à Genève: d'ici à 2009, l'ensemble de l'administration cantonale va abandonner les programmes payants, en particulier ceux de Microsoft, pour les remplacer par des logiciels libres, gratuits et ouverts, tels que Linux.

Nous voulons garantir notre indépendance informatique, explique Jean-Marie Leclerc, directeur général du Centre des technologies de l'information de l'Etat. Ce n'est pas dirigé contre Microsoft; il s'agit simplement de ne plus dépendre d'une seule entreprise. De plus on ne peut pas imaginer une administration ouverte sans adopter des systèmes ouverts! Un programme
comme Linux peut en effet être modifié librement par l'utilisateur, au contraire de son concurrent Windows, par exemple, dont Microsoft garde le contrôle.

Mais les logiciels libres présentent un autre avantage de taille: ils sont gratuits! L'Etat économisera des millions sur les licences informatiques.
On ne peut pas encore chiffrer l'économie que nous réaliserons, car il faudra financer le passage d'un système à l'autre et la formation des utilisateurs, tempère Jean-Marie Leclerc. Mais le critère financier est évidemment important.

Dernière commande chez Microsoft. Dans un premier temps, Genève va malgré tout s'équiper du nouveau système
d'exploitation de Microsoft, Windows XP. Un achat nécessaire pour assurer la transition vers les logiciels libres, qui devront être mis en place au plus tard en 2009. Mais nous allons commencer bien avant: dès qu'un service sera prêt à basculer vers le nouveau système, il le fera, assure Jean-Marie
Leclerc. Genève n'est pas seul à s'intéresser aux logiciels libres: de nombreuses administrations commencent à les adopter. En Suisse, le canton de Vaud va aussi remplacer certains de ses programmes.

C'est une bonne nouvelle, se réjouit Anne Possoz, collaboratrice scientifique à l'EPFL et partisane des logiciels libres. D'ailleurs je ne comprends pas comment une administration publique peut accepter d'être dépendante d'une entreprise d'un autre pays. Si Microsoft décide un jour
d'abandonner tel ou tel produit, on ne peut rien faire! Alors qu'avec les logiciels libres, il suffit d'engager quelques informaticiens pour continuer à utiliser le programme.

Many modern geopolitical moves are also dictated by energy needs. Oil, for instance, sees its price increasing over the most pessimistic expectations and it's not about to change. PSI-Michelin, a French-Swiss association, however contributed to reduce the problem's impact : By creating the first "water-powered" car, they made a dream come true. The specs are amazing : 850kg, 400km autonomy, 0-100km/h in 12s... Here's the original article (French) and here's a translation.

Former MPAA head guy Jack Valenti has been received by French President Jacques Chirac who gave him the highest distinction : La Legion d'Honneur, for all of his hard work making our lives even less pleasant. Coverage is in French and you might have to fish for a translation...

So, is it just an impression or is access to new stories just forbidden until some subscriber (first-)post to these ?

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Ben, a 9-year old boy has cancer. When asked to make a wish, he said he wanted "to design a video game that would be helpful for kids like him who have cancer, a way to fight back and relieve some of the pain and stress involved with treatment." It has been really hard to accomplish but the game and its story are available here.

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OK Guys, just got the possibility to post from here a few days ago and I didn't
happen to be especially badly moderated.
Of course, there are still the morons you let put some Flamebait mod to some
sincere and on topic comment I made but hey, what the Hell !? It's only karma,
isn't it ?

So, here's the deal : I will deactivate the Slashdot ad blocker (do you really
sell stuff to Swiss people, anyway ?!) until I can post again.

Here's your poetry :

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While posting the following :

So, this thing displays 1280 x 768 dots and has a 40" hypothenuse.

Hmmm...
1280^2/dpi^2 + 768^2/dpi^2 = 40^2

So dpi = sqrt((1280^2 + 768^2)/40^2) = 37.31
I think this is not yet ready for a computer use (Even though I'd have LOVED a
computer screen desk like Dillinger in Tron...)

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