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Submission + - DVD recordable media quality database

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The quality of sold DVD recordable media remains to be an issue, even though the industry segment is very mature in other terms. Still there are discs of poor and even unusable quality sold all over the world, especially in eShops.

The BitBurners MediaBase is an attempt to tackle this issue. It is a DVD recordable media database which collects and stores DVD media quality information. The data is based on the Quality scan results of Nero CD-DVD Speed diagnostic software. The database can be intelligently searched by brand, media identified (MID) or any text. Users can submit Quality scan data, error rate graphs, and rate & review media.

The project is in early development, but opened for public testing today. Naturally such project will need a strong support from the DVD-R scene, in order to reach it's goals.

http://forum.bitburners.com/index.php?topic=698.0
Communications

Submission + - 'Beware of Nanotechnology' Warning Sign Contest

Submitted by AngryNick
AngryNick writes: The Washington Post ran a story today about the ETC Group's Nanohazard Symbol Competition, where '...concerned citizens everywhere are invited to submit their designs for a universal Nanotechnology Hazard Symbol.'

The Post reports, 'By last week, more than 400 designs from 24 countries had been filed to the group's Web site.' 'Some mimic the molecular cross sections of nanotubes. Others play off the letter "N"; or the exponent for one-billionth, 10{+-}{+9}; or the idea of a magnifying glass.'

The competition is now closed, but you can still view the submissions.
Windows

Submission + - how recover lost dc/ad admin password server 2003

Submitted by
sambabbitt
sambabbitt writes: "in deep sht: how to recover lost dc/ad admin password server 2003 can anyone help?....dont want to rebuild the active directory.........have purchase & tried several online programs....they reset local password on other servers but not on active directory domain controller server"
The Internet

Submission + - Krak demands money from blogger who linked to them

Submitted by
Paul O'Flaherty
Paul O'Flaherty writes: "Krak.dk, a danish company has demanded that a blogger pay them 5625 DKK (about 940 USD) because he linked to their site. This was not hotlinking. It was a direct link to page. They have a "no deep linking" policy hidden away in the copyright section of their help pages. But no mention of it anywhere else on the site.


Per Kaarup, a good friend of mine who has been running a Danish WordPress blog about his two dogs received an letter from Krak.dk stating that they were going to charge him 5625 DKK (about 940 USD) because he linked to their site.

Per, for the last two years, has had a link in the footer of his web page, and on his contact page, to a page on Krak.dk which displayed his home. This page has a small copyright notice on the map section of the page itself stating in Danish that it is copyright and you can’t use it.

Per was not using the map, he was directly linking to the page on which it is displayed, and the page itself is much more than just the map.


How long before other sites start doing this?. Full story."
Windows

Submission + - 10 reasons not to get Vista

Submitted by BillGatesInABikini
BillGatesInABikini writes: APC Magazine has an interesting counterpoint to all the hype about the upcoming Vista launch — the top ten reasons not to get it. Many of the points will be familiar to the /. crowd, but it's a good summary of some of the more negative points against Vista for those who haven't thought about it, some of which have been down played by Microsoft. Interestingly, it looks like the Aussies will be paying through the nose for it too.
Networking

Submission + - How To Set Up Linux As A Dial-In Server

Submitted by
hausmasta
hausmasta writes: "This document describes how to attach modems to a Linux box and allow it to receive calls to connect users to the network. Its like being your own ISP (Internet Service Provider). If your Linux box is connected to the Internet, then the users will also be connected to the Internet. Your Linux box becomes a router. This is also known as RAS (Remote Access Services) in the Microsoft world. In the Linux world its called PPP (Point to Point Protocol).

http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_dialin_server"
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - iPhone to use LLVM?

Submitted by
Cyberax
Cyberax writes: "Recently Apple has contributed ARM support for LLVM. Some people speculate that it might be used for iPhone applications. Might it be possible that iPhone will allow to run arbitrary applications in a 'sandbox'?"
Supercomputing

Submission + - The Personal Supercomputer - Yes You Can Buy One

Submitted by
funkymonkey99
funkymonkey99 writes: "http://technofart.com/index.php/2007/01/21/the-per sonal-supercomputer-its-here-yes-you-can-buy-one/
Having somehow found myself at the Top 500 Supercomputers website, I see an ad on the left for a 'personal supercomputer' and immediately think "you have got to be kidding me, no they did not"-out of sheer morbid curiosity, I click. Yes, they did. 8 AMD Opteron HE processors, 16GB of RAM, 4 SATA hard drives...Good lord..."
Puzzle Games (Games)

Submission + - Can we find a man with just a photo and a name?

Submitted by
MikeJ
MikeJ writes: "Mind Candy, the makers of Perplex City, are testing the power of the Internet by asking that very question; they have recruited one of Earth's 6 billion residents — a man named Satoshi — to participate in this experiment.

It has been suggested that we are each only five to seven people away from any target in the world. Someone, somewhere, knows Satoshi — so we must track these people, and thus Satoshi, down using word-of-mouth communication. People from over 80 countries are already participating in the hunt, with more joining every day. Can you help find Satoshi?"
Windows

Submission + - Windows tax now optional at HP

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I've read alot lately about the lack of pre-installed Linux on new machines, and the virtually mandatory Windows tax that customers must pay with most new computers. I haven't found anything WRT the former, but apparently it is possible to opt-out of the latter (up to $100 in some cases) when customizing the options for small and medium business level notebooks from HP's online store. I'll likely take advantage of that option (if it's still available) if/when I'm ready to buy a new notebook.
The Media

Submission + - The promise of the commons

Submitted by
Diomidis Spinellis
Diomidis Spinellis writes: "The online e-journal Re-public has finished a two-part special issue on the promise of commons. Contributors include Lawrence Lessig (Creative Commons: 4 years on), Richard Stallman (The free software movement), Douglas Rushkoff (Commons: Creating an alternative value system), Michel Bauwens (Peer production, peer governance, peer property), and Gunther Teubner (The private/public dichotomy). Other articles deal with the environment, democracy, sharing, internet governance, and alternative radio. (Full disclosure: I also contributed an item titled Open source as a paradigm for evolving complex systems).

It seems that free and open source software is fueling a crucial debate on how our society deals with private and common goods. Could progress in the commons front counteract the legal (e.g. DMCA) and technical (e.g. DRM) forces that restrict our rights?"
Google

Submission + - Google - Making Money without Doing Evil?

Submitted by br00tus
br00tus writes: Until very recently, you could connect to Google China from the US. Activists used to point out how searches about topics like Tiananmen Square protests on Google China resulted in only results from Chinese state-owned media. Very recently, Google China began redirecting to www.google.com. You can still connect to Google Japan, Google France etc. however. Why is China suddenly the only country we can't see Google's search engine for?

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