Please create an account to participate in the Slashdot moderation system

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
×
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Robot Chicken does Star Wars (adultswim.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The much awaited Star Wars parody from Cartoon Network's Adult Swim show, Robot Chicken. Pretty damn funny.
NASA

Submission + - House: Investigate NASA General Counsel

Submitted by Doc Ruby
Doc Ruby writes: _Government Executive_ magazine reports that the Democratic and Republican ranking members of the House Science and Technology committee's Investigations subcommittee have formally requested the Justice Department investigate the NASA General Counsel (top lawyer) Michael Wholley for destroying all recordings of his meeting with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin:

At a May subcommittee hearing, Wholley testified that he broke the disks in pieces and threw them away, shortly after the agency chief of staff collected all known recordings of the meeting. Griffin had called the meeting to discuss an IG group investigation that found the appearance of a lack of independence in Inspector General Robert Cobb's close relationship with the administrator. The investigation did not find evidence of an actual lack of independence. [...]
"Wholley's knowing destruction of sensitive records in his possession was a great detriment to our committees' investigations," [...]
The lawmakers rejected Wholley's argument that the recordings were not yet government records when he destroyed them
Television

Submission + - Zap2it to Stop Providing Listing Data to MythTV

Submitted by JR
JR writes: Zap2it Labs, which provides free television guide listing data for non-commercial use in programs such as MythTV, has just announced they will discontinue this service starting September 1, 2007. Speculation among the MythTV user community as to what alternatives there might be to Zap2it Labs has already begin
Power

Submission + - Japanese company admits nuclear accident cover up

Submitted by
a-charles
a-charles writes: "Reuters reports on a disturbing anouncement for anyone in the same state as a nuclear power plant:

"A Japanese power company admitted on Thursday that it had covered up a 1999 incident in which mishandling of nuclear fuel rods led to an unintended self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction for 15 minutes."

"Hokuriku Electric said the mishandling of nuclear fuel rods caused the company's Shiga No. 1 nuclear unit in central Japan to go into a "critical state" for 15 minutes in June 1999. The unit was shut down manually after an automatic shut-down function failed."

"The news... is likely to further dent public confidence in Japan's nuclear power industry, already undermined by safety scandals over the past decade."
And a separate incident later that year:

"In one of Japan's worst nuclear accidents, two workers were killed in September 1999, when workers at a nuclear facility in Tokaimura, northeast of Tokyo, set off an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction by using buckets to mix nuclear fuel in a lab."
"
Businesses

Submission + - Bank of America Makes Money Off of Your Prudence

Submitted by bizzynut
bizzynut writes: Bank of America credit card customers recently received a notice in snail mail about a new higher minimum finance charge. Customers who don't want to pay the higher fee are welcome to opt out... all they need to do is send a letter including their ENTIRE CREDIT NUMBER to a P.O. box somewhere in Delaware. The notice from the bank simply identifies the recipient as "customer" and includes the last four digits of your credit card number (something that can be found on a receipt you dropped).

A letter like this arriving in your email inbox would set off an alarm. You would throw it away without a second thought. Throw this letter away, though, and you are actually agreeing to a needlessly high finance charge.

How can Bank of America, an organization that goes to great lengths to ensure your online security, stoop to taking advantage of your due care regarding your credit card information in order to make an extra buck?
Television

Submission + - Gumby on YouTube

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In celebration of the 50th birthday of the first Gumby television serries, YouTube is airing the very first episode. From the article:

"The original TV episodes from the '50s and '60s have been digitally remastered by Joe Clokey, son of Gumby creator Art Clokey. The '50s episodes have also been restored to their original eleven-minute format, having been previously re-edited to create two six-minute shorts. All 223 installments, complete with restored soundtracks, will roll out over the digital channels during the next few months."
Viewers can find the first episode on the DMGI YouTube Channel.
Music

Submission + - Students busted on piracy charges

Submitted by taoman1
taoman1 writes: The music industry is asking 50 Ohio University students to pay $3,000 each to avoid lawsuits accusing them of pirating songs off the Internet. The Recording Industry Association of America asked the university to pass along letters to the students with Internet addresses accused of being involved with the illegal sharing of copyrighted music. The university notified the students on Monday. "The downloading has occurred and we can't change that, but we can let them know what their options are," OU spokeswoman Sally Linder said Wednesday.
Television

Submission + - What happened to HDTV tuner boxes?

Submitted by
amcdiarmid
amcdiarmid writes: "What happened to HDTV tuners?

For years, we have been told to purchase HDTV capable TV sets. "sure, all you need to do is purchase a HDTV tuner & plug it in..." However, can you find a HDTV tuner device? In almost every case, it is easier to find a HDTV tuner-PCI card for a computer — than it is to find a HDTV tuner box for a TV. (I think the cost of building a quiet computer for this is excessive.)

As an example: If you go to Crutchfield.com and type in HDTV tuners, you will find the tag line of: Add one of these Hight Def tuners to your HD-ready TV to enjoy free over-the-air HDTV broadcasts. However, if you go into the link — you find two DirectTV units, and a $2000 Sony Media Center 2005 PC.

I really just want to watch sports, and Law and order on the air... I can find a few units at $180 for ATSC, and a bunch that require DirectTV... but what happened to the promised HDTV tuners???"
Spam

Submission + - The Unreliability of Email

Submitted by
geekmansworld
geekmansworld writes: "Our business is entirely dependent on e-mail to function. We have our own server and maintain it scrupulously to make sure we optimize legitimate receipt versus deletion of spam. All our major clients' domain names are SA whitelisted to avoid blocking. Increasingly, we've had trouble receiving messages sent through certain ISPs. We've poured over the mail logs, but the messages never even got to our servers (we have primary and secondary MX). It's no secret that spam is overwhelming these days. I wonder, is e-mail now so unreliable that it's a dead medium of communication? How are other server admins coping with email recently?"
Unix

Submission + - Print DVI Files with CUPS for Linux

Submitted by IdaAshley
IdaAshley writes: Have you ever tried to print DVI or other files in Linux and gotten an "unsupported format" message? This tip shows you how to combine existing tools to make a Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) print filter for printing DVI files.

Other Popular Articles
HP

Journal Journal: Eco-disaster! HP uses Vista to enforce product obsolesence.

Journal by Ecowarrior42
HP Printer and Scanner owners should beware of buying a new Vista PC or upgrading to Vista.
Douglas Adams had it wrong when he predicted that the alien archaeologists would find a shoe layer, they are more likely to find a Vista induced Printer and Scanner layer! A large number HP printer and scanner owners that have chosen to upgrade to Vista will receive the following message when attempting to download Vista drivers for their Scanners and Printers:
"We are sorry to inform you that

Slashdot Top Deals

Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers. -- Leonard Brandwein

Close