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Submission + - General Aviation System in Jeopardy

Submitted by robwmc on Friday February 16, 2007 @07:42PM

robwmc writes: I'm not sure how many here on /. are pilots but the Bush administration evidently want to make that number decline. The new budget calls for charging user fees for access to airspace, raising the aviation fuel tax to $0.70 per gallon and raising fees for everything related to being a GA pilot. Take a look at one of the various articles on the AOPA website.

The AOPA has worked very hard for keeping the system "fair" for the average Joe to keep the cost of flying affordable for the general public.

Submission + - Full Color Holograms Containing 8 second videos

Submitted by

Andy

on Friday February 16, 2007 @07:13PM

Andy writes: "Check out http://www.xyzrgb.com/holos/soccer.html to see this really cool poster that has a hologram that is not only in full color but contains 8 seconds of video(think of the pictures in the newspapers on the Harry Potter movies). Look here http://www.posterwire.com/ for more information about it."

Submission + - Interview: oldschool BSD hacker Sam Leffler

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16, 2007 @07:08PM

An anonymous reader writes: In this interview, Sam Leffler, current director of the FreeBSD Foundation and one of the UC Berkeley CSRG hackers who worked on the original BSD operating system, talks about what the Foundation does, upcoming networking features in FreeBSD, and how Apple contributes to the team's work.

Submission + - More Martian Water Evidence

Submitted by tubapro12 on Friday February 16, 2007 @06:42PM

tubapro12 writes: NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected light-toned bedrock on Mars occurring in an alternating pattern with darker bedrock within a rift valley. Researchers at the University of Arizona point to this as a product of a liquid, probably water, passing through the rocks.

"On Earth, bleaching of rock surrounding a fracture is a clear indication of chemical interactions between fluids circulating within the fracture and the host rock," Okubo and co-author Alfred S. McEwen reported in the paper. The researchers also said that layered outcrops can indicate cycles with materials deposited by regular episodes of water, wind or volcanic activity.

Submission + - Glass transparency car

Submitted by

justelite

on Friday February 16, 2007 @06:38PM

justelite writes: "The eXasis is a real eye-catcher with nothing to hide and will be shown to the public for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show (March 8-18, 2007). I wonder if we need a transparency car because our privacy will gone..."

Submission + - How do you hire a programmer if you're not one?

Submitted by

NewMediaBlogger

on Friday February 16, 2007 @06:20PM

NewMediaBlogger writes: "I'm a geeky business guy — I know basic SQL/Linux/PHP, but am definitely not a programmer. I have a software idea I want to develop, but am not confident enough in my own skills to determine whether or not a programmer is "good". I don't know a elite programmer I can hire to build a team for me.
How do you judge a programmer if you are not one yourself?
Is there an external consulting service you use? Skill testing in the interview process? "Trial" work contracts? Other?"

Submission + - Why Geeks Make Good Lovers

Submitted by

stego

on Friday February 16, 2007 @06:18PM

stego writes: "Justin at Awkward Things I Say To Girls provides good evidence in Why Geeks Make Good Lovers that "that geeks, along with nerds and other peoples who overinvest in intelligence but boast underdeveloped social skills, make the best lovers""

Journal SPAM: Linus fires latest shot in GNOME Wars 4

Journal by stoolpigeon on Friday February 16, 2007 @06:03PM

Linux.com is running a story about the continuing feud between Linus and some GNOME folks.Some bad blood between Linus Torvalds and GNOME developers is flaring up again. Previously, Torvalds has said that Linux users should switch to KDE instead of GNOME because of the GNOME team's "users are idiots" mentality. Now he has "put his money where his mouth is" by submitting patches to GNOME in orde

Submission + - Detailed Article of 2007 Time Zone Changes...

Submitted by

Ant

on Friday February 16, 2007 @05:47PM

Ant writes: "Jeff Regan wrote an article titled "2007 Time Zone Changes Will Impact Many Computers in Canada, the United States (U.S.), and Bermuda". He says: "... this is a new risk for many businesses that has some similarities to the Y2K bug, but is not actually a bug at all. Last year, in an attempt to reduce energy consumption, the US Congress, in section 110 of the "Energy Policy Act of 2005" announced plans to move the start and ending dates of Daylight Savings time to give more light in the evenings for a longer period of the year. All of Canada (except the regions that never change their timezone at all during the year) will follow the U.S. plan as well. Bermuda has announced a similar plan. In 2007, Day Light Savings Time will start on the second Sunday of March instead of the first Sunday of April. It will end on the first Sunday in November, instead of the last Sunday in October. Businesses, and individuals who use any hardware or software that is sensitive to date and time transactions, and utilizes a local time zone, or interacts with systems that use a local time zone (versus the universal UTC time zone used for many world wide business transactions) could be impacted by these changes in Daylight Savings Time.On your typical computer server or PC, the automatic decision to change to Daylight Savings time is generally made by the underlying Operating System, such as Microsoft Windows or Unix. However, applications often also perform date and time manipulation, and may make a similar automatic decision, or use date/time calculations in other ways... Seen in a /. comment."

Submission + - IIS vs Apache - in pictures

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 05, 2007 @03:19PM

An anonymous reader writes: Superb visual representation of Apache/linux vs IIS/Windows security ... http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project.cfm?id= 392

Submission + - How to explain Web 2.0 movie

Submitted by

PwakMan

on Monday February 05, 2007 @03:17PM

PwakMan writes: "Michael Wesh of Cultural Anthropology Kansas Sate University shows in a very smart and fun to watch movie, what are the guts of the Web 2.0, in 4 minutes !"

Submission + - Use Inversion of Control in method signatures

Submitted by

BlueVoodoo

on Monday February 05, 2007 @03:16PM

BlueVoodoo writes: "This article describes how to use the pattern on method signatures to decrease the coupling between components and improve performance. IoC isn't just for components."

Submission + - Texas Gov. Pressured to Rescind Vaccination Order

Submitted by

rock_climbing_guy

on Monday February 05, 2007 @03:09PM

rock_climbing_guy writes: "Recently, the state of Texas became the first state to require vaccination against HPV, a set of strains of viruses that cause warts and cancer, for all girls entering the sixth grade, beginning in September 2006. Texas Governor Rick Perry, as reported by Fox News, is being pressured by the state senate to rescind the order. Many critics of the order say that requiring such a vaccination will encourage premarital sex. Under Texas law, some parents may opt-out of the requirement for their children for religious or philosophical reasons.

How do we balance the need to provide citizens with protection against dangerous diseases with individual autonomy and freedom? Do such mandatory vaccinations violate our civil rights?"

Submission + - FSF may ban Novel from selling Linux

Submitted by

abcxyz

on Monday February 05, 2007 @03:01PM

abcxyz writes: "The Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell's right to sell new versions of Linux. Eben Moglen, the Foundation's general counsel, said the board has not made a decision on the matter but that he expects it to announce a ruling within two weeks."

Submission + - Why Craigslist won't run ads

Submitted by

prostoalex

on Monday February 05, 2007 @02:56PM

prostoalex writes: "USA Today interviews Jim Buckmaster, CEO of popular online classifieds site CraigsList. The company currently has 23 employees, never paid a single dime to advertise itself, but nevertheless is 9th most popular Web site in the US (USA Today quotes Alexa). Viewed as a major factor in declining newspaper subscriptions, CraigsList has this to say: "On the charge of "stealing" ads from newspapers, Buckmaster remains quietly unapologetic. The big newspaper chains continue to be about twice as profitable as the average American business, he says, "so it's not as though they're hurting." Newspapers have become "beholden to Wall Street," he says. "The primary focus is not necessarily on journalism; it's on maximizing revenue.""

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