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Submission + - Big Table as 556,296,975,142 Megabytes woo hoo!

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aisnota
aisnota writes: "Google Code has revealed Google statistic about Big Table, the database that powers Google itself.

Val Hallas Software stumbled upon the humonguous number through an error emitted from Google Code when he checked the quota, google code reported: "Quota used: approximately 556296975142 MB of 100 MB". Quite an astonishing number for data storage.

That is a whole lot of data and probably a surprise for some of those working with tools in Google Space. Now the following page is left intentially blank to fill in all the data space with your comments."
User Journal

Journal Journal: Ask slashdot: are the ancient pyramids of Bosnia real?

Journal by 192939495969798999

The Register reports through an expert interview that the so-called Bosnian pyramids may in fact be a natural phenomenon. The photographs of the excavation appear to tell a different story, especially the incredibly artifical-looking surface stone tiling. So are these real man-made pyramids, or are they naturally occurring river rock that happened to shatter into a pattern that looks just like
PlayStation (Games)

Submission + - Too Much 'Guitar Hero' Causes Pro to Miss Games

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In the following article, CBS Sportsline reports on how playing too much Guitar Hero on a Sony Playstation caused Detroit Tigers pitcher Joel Zumaya to miss several games. At first, trainers thought that he had injured himself playing baseball, but it was determined that his injuries were "more consistent with guitar players' injuries". Professional sports players have restrictions on what they can do in the off-season (i.e. basketball players can't play a pickup game) — will we now see restrictions on video gaming??
Education

First Russian Anti-Evolution Suit Enters Court Room 485

Posted by Zonk from the popular-thing-to-do dept.
sdriver writes "If you thought it was only the US giving Darwin a hard time, Russia has its own problems starting with evolution. A student has 'sued the St. Petersburg city education committee, claiming the 10th-grade biology textbook used at the Cervantes Gymnasium was offensive to believers and that teachers should offer an alternative to Darwin's famous theory.' The suit, the first of its kind in Russia, is being dismissed out of hand by the principal and teachers. The teacher of the science class had apparently even taken the step of stating at the start of the school year that there were other theories on the origin of life."
User Journal

Submission + - Missing CNet Editor Found Dead

Submitted by kbell29
kbell29 writes: From Game Freaks 365: James Kim, a CNet.com editor that went missing, was found dead at 3:00 p.m. ET Wednesday. His family had been found alive after they went missing November 25, 2006. The Kim family went on vacation to the Pacific Northwest, but got lost when they were returning to Portland. Searchers found Kati Kim, 30, and their 4 year old and 7 month old daughters, Penelope and Sabine. The family was airlifted to a hospital in Grants Pass. All three were in good condition, but James Kim was still missing and found dead today.
PlayStation (Games)

Submission + - PS3 already loosing popularity

Submitted by
Dan Miller
Dan Miller writes: "Even though it can't be bought in stores, the hype around the PS3 is fading. Ebay prices have fallen close to the actual retail value and websites raffling them away aren't selling any tickets. A game trading community that I recently joined (www.GameTraderWorld.com) is raffling a 60gb PS3 and they are reporting a 30% chance to win for $20 because no one bought any tickets. Here is the link to the story: http://www.gametraderworld.com/news.php?id=21"
Media

Submission + - Australia's Proposed Copyright Laws: Risk Analysis

Submitted by
Jacko
Jacko writes: "As a follow-on from the issue raised in this previous Slashdot article, Australia's Internet Industry Association in conjunction with the QUT Intellectual Property Law Research Program has compiled risk analyses of how teenagers, families and small businesses could be liable under the proposed changes to Australia's copyright laws.

See the risk analysis for teenagers, the risk analysis for families, the risk analysis for small businesses and the risk analysis for industry (all in pdf format, approximately 3 pages each).

The full article is available here."
Perl

Submission + - Is PERL a dead end job?

Submitted by
jgoat
jgoat writes: "So I am a going to graduate with a BSCS from Neumont University. I have recently received a job offer from Backcountry.com. Backcountries primary technology is PERL. At the school we have been learning Java and .NET. I have heard two sides to the argument, on one side I hear that the first job that you get out of college will be the one you do for the majority of your career and obviously it would seem like I would want to get a job using .NET or Java to keep my skill set. On the other hand I hear that the technology you use does not matter as much as learning how technology will help the business. What do you think, will doing PERL as my first job keep me stuck doing PERL? Or is the experience of learning how the business uses technology more important?"
Software

Submission + - Stardock's Brad Wardell on game copy protection

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In a recent interview with Gamasutra, Brad Wardell, president and CEO of Stardock as well as a game developer, condemns the usual copy protection methods used for games and software in general. From the article:


BW: There were all kind of goofy things on all kinds of software, but they grew out of that. They realized that the goal of copy protection isn't to stop people from pirating but to increase sales. That's an important distinction. I don't like people pirating my game.

GS: Naturally.

BW: I find it annoying on principle. The question is "would they have bought the game anyway?" If they wouldn't have bought the game, then why should I be concentrating on them? I should be concentrating on maximizing my overall sales. Don't inconvenience legitimate users but inconvenience illegitimate users. Some percentage of them will buy the game.

GS: You don't waste that time and money stopping someone who won't buy your product anyway.

BW: Right. Did you hear that twenty eight percent of gamers won't even buy a game? This was a study put out by one of the copy protection companies as proof of why copy protection isn't negative. This study says that ONLY twenty eight percent of gamers won't buy a game with copy protection. I was thinking "HOLY COW, that's a disaster!"
The Courts

Submission + - Charges dropped against Christopher Sogoian

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Investigators have dropped the criminal case against Christopher Soghoian. Soghoian had created a web site capable of printing fake airline boarding passes.
"If they fix the airport security problems ... then this entire process has been worth it," Soghoian said. "If they don't fix airport security, then ... what was the purpose?"
Operating Systems

Submission + - Hans Reiser pleads not guilty

Submitted by
lopgok
lopgok writes: "Hans Reiser pleads not guilty to murdering his missing, estranged wife, Nina Reiser. Little or no effort seems to be spent looking for her or her body. After appearing in court with Reiser on Tuesday, attorney Daniel Horowitz withdrew from the case, saying Reiser couldn't afford his services. "This is an incredibly complex case," Horowitz said in an interview. "It requires hundreds of hours of intense work and a major amount of staff involvement. He actually can't afford me. There's no money." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2 006/11/29/BAGUFMLORN1.DTL http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/l ocal/states/california/16121020.htm http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews /ci_4738481"

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