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Comment Let CSS work for you! (Score 2, Insightful) 338

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Abstract of a usable design</title>
    <style type="text/css">
      @media print {
         body { margin: 2.5cm; }
      }
      @media screen {
         body { margin:  50px; width: 50%; }
      }
      body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>It's so crazy it just might work</h2>
    <h2>and other html inspired musings</h2>
    <p>Why not just use css?</p>
    <p>Also, don't worry about page numbering. that's the browser's job.</p>
  </body>
</html>
Google

Submission + - 'Profane' Content On 700Mhz Band?

janitorj writes: "As I was reading the manual for my new cellular phone (yes I RTFM), I came across an FCC warning that reads "No person shall utter any obscene, indecent or profane language by means of radio communication." This just means I cannot legally curse during my phone calls, but then I started thinking about all the talk about the high stakes FCC auction for the 700Mhz band. If, as the hype suggests, a large broadband network is created on these frequencies, what will become of internet censorship? The FCC will potentially have jurisdiction over any data sent over its frequencies, so does that mean if this wireless network is created, there will be no more profanity allowed on the internet?"
Microsoft

Submission + - What is Bill Gates learning from Open Source? (zdnet.com)

christian.einfeldt writes: "In the world of Free Open Source Software communities, Microsoft is often viewed as the very epitome of the Cathedral-style model of software production. But is Bill Gates learning from the software development phenomenon that he once compared loosely to communism? In commenting on the results of a Microsoft-commissioned survey of approximately 500 board-level executives about the importance of interpersonal skills versus raw IT coding skills, Gates starts to sound a bit more like a member of the Apache Foundation than the take-no-prisoners king of cut-throat competition: 'Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.' [Emphasis added]. One wonders how long until 'sharing ideas' starts to become 'sharing source' code. Nah. it'll never happen."
Graphics

Submission + - Creating the perfect game content creation tool. (blender.org) 1

LetterRip writes: "The team from the Blender and Crystal Space Project Apricot want to know what features would help make Blender the perfect tool for your game content creation work flow. If you would like to turn Blender into your ultimate tool for either creating your original game models, or for adding models for a 'game mod' then please post your request (here or at the blender development forum. The Blender Institutes other major project the open movie Rabbits Revenge (aka Project Peach) has already resulted in some pretty amazing improvements in Blenders tools for creating beautiful fur and for animation."
Social Networks

Submission + - 'Virtual theft' leads to arrest (bbc.co.uk)

An anonymous reader writes: A Dutch teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing virtual furniture from "rooms" in Habbo Hotel, a 3D social networking website. The 17-year-old is accused of stealing 4,000 euros (£2,840) worth of virtual furniture, bought with real money.
Robotics

Submission + - Unmanned aircraft morphing way past military roles (networkworld.com)

coondoggie writes: "Automated unmanned helicopters and other flying aircraft, whose current roles are mostly in the military, will be used to track everything from traffic congestion to forest fires. South Dakota recently used small automated helicopters to scan the safety of dirt roads in rural areas. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), is looking at a UAV for data collection and aerial surveillance in difficult geographic locations as well as part of its avalanche control program and search and rescue operations. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department thinks UAV's will be useful for traffic watching but also as a crime fighter. The sheriff's department has been experimenting with a number of helicopters for just that application. And according to a recent Wired article, police in Gaston County, North Carolina, said they would use a drone to find drug fields and keep large community events peaceful. Sheriff's officials in Charles County, Maryland, tested an unmanned plane while monitoring a gathering of bikers. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/21901"
The Courts

Submission + - Who is Matthew J. Oppenheim?

scrantaj writes: Over on http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/ Ray Beckerman reports on a new sighting of Mr Oppenheim. "Today in a telephone conference, a voice intervened which was not that of any of the participating attorneys. It was that of the RIAA's "mystery man", Matthew Oppenheim, who was secretly lurking, unannounced, in the background. (One obvious practice tip: ask the RIAA's lawyer who is participating in the phone call. You may not get an honest answer, but at least you will have asked the question.)" Now it seems that very little is known about Mr Oppenheim other than that he is working on behalf of the RIAA in some capacity. There is not much about him available via google and nothing more recent than a reference to him leaving law firm Jenner and Block in Dec. 2006. Who is this mystery man, why is he never clearly identified in RIAA cases and just what is his involvement with them and with RIAA attorney Richard Gabriel? Can SlashDot readers shed any light on this shadowy legal figure?
Programming

Submission + - Software 'Chipper' Speeds Debugging

An anonymous reader writes: Computer scientists at UC Davis have developed a technique to speed up program debugging by automatically "chipping" the software into smaller pieces so that bugs can be isolated more easily. Computer programs consist of thousands, tens or even hundreds of thousands of lines of code. To isolate a bug in the code, programmers often break it into smaller pieces until they can pin down the error in a smaller stretch that is easier to manage.
Real Time Strategy (Games)

Submission + - Tomorrow's finest leaders may well be today's game (mybroadband.co.za)

slash-sa writes: "Video games have become problem-solving exercises wrapped in the veneer of an exotic adventure. In today's fast and rapidly-changing business environment, the strategic skills they teach are more important than ever. From realistic battlefield simulations to the building of great nations, from fantastic voyages through worlds of mythology to conquering space, "Generation G" could well offer the answer to unlocking great 21st century strategists and leaders."
The Internet

Submission + - MST3K...THE 'BOTS ARE BACK! (third down) (mst3k.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Beginning November 5th, BBI will be launching its very own website at MST3K.com. The site will feature brand-new animated adventures of Crow, Tom Servo and Gypsy. We're told the goal is to have one new adventure each week (though "some settling may occur with shipping," they added). The Web site will also feature work from the original series (which BBI is now calling "the legacy series"), behind-the-scenes footage and other material culled from the BBI vault. Also on the site will be BBI's first online store, featuring all new merchandise. (This means that the BBI merchandise section of our site will be taken down. ) The new adventures of the 'bots are being produced by BBI President, MST3K series writer and the returning voice of Gypsy, Jim Mallon. He will be joined on this new experiment by veteran MST3K series writer and performer Paul Chaplin (who will be on the writing team and will be providing the voice of Crow) along with new writing and performing talent.
Google

Submission + - Google adds IMAP support to Gmail

battery841 writes: I logged into my Gmail account and happened to go into the Settings section where I saw IMAP support was available. If it's not out to everyone yet, it should be out to everyone soon enough.
The Internet

Submission + - 'Adjusted' Exchange Rates with PayPal 1

incith writes: I recently went to send some money to a friend via PayPal, and noticed they were informing me that 1 Canadian Dollar is equal to 0.99 U.S. Dollars. I went off to check Google and Yahoo Exchange, both reporting that 1 CAD = 1.02 USD roughly. There are some articles I found as well while googling, others who have noticed this. Back when the dollar was still only worth .67 or so and PayPal was reporting it to be .61 roughly. The fellow in question lost nearly $300 just due to the exchange rate PayPal was giving him and the amount he was sending. How much money could PayPal be saving by cutting a cent or two off the exchange rate they give you, and how much are we as customers losing?
United States

Submission + - Plight of the Surgeon General

gollum123 writes: "From an editorial in Science, three former U.S. surgeons general sat before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and detailed a rising tide of political interference in the conduct of the office in which they had served ( http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/318/5848/169 ). This is during both Clinton and Bush administrations. Richard Carmona, who resigned the position last year, told of being blocked from speaking out on issues such as stem cell research and emergency contraception, and of instructions to reference President Bush three times on every page of any speech he gave. David Satcher of the Clinton Administration recounted interference with his report on sexuality and public health, in part because of the Monica Lewinsky affair. The Surgeon General is widely considered to be the doctor for the nation and an ombudsman for the public's health. But in reality, modern holders of the office are tightly constrained by the increasingly politicized environment of Washington. It calls for new legislation to do three things: provide an independent budget for the currently mendicant position; mandate an annual Surgeon General's Report on the state of the nation's health; and, essential to all else, insulate the Surgeon General from political interference."
Privacy

Submission + - School taking action against Network freedom 1

Tristan Stillwell writes: "I am a teenage high school student in the municipality of Bunn, North Carolina.
Today I found out I was suspended from school for ten days for possessing programs that were "capable of doing damage to the private school network". The programs were Firefox Portable and VNC viewer, and BlueJ Java Development Environment. I, an 18 year old high school student, was informed through my aunt, who was called about this disciplinary problem ( Isn't this private information?). I have no chance to appeal this suspension and are being forcefully and permanently removed from my Java(c) Computer Science and US government and Politics courses which I was taking through the state. I will most likely receive grades of ZERO (0) for both classes, thus destroying any chance I ever have of getting into a decent college. I am initially receiving a 10 day suspension, and then possibly a longer suspension pending investigation. Note- the school has found nothing I might have done to potentially cause damage to the network, I was suspended for having the programs- nothing else. I plan to contact the Electronic Frontier Foundation for help with this clearly unfair oppression. The only (thought) crime I have committed is one arousing suspicion, not arriving from action. I will provide further information after I officially receive the suspension."

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