Comment Re:Really? (Score 2, Interesting) 319
Not really.
A Quick check of Wiki shows that India is definitely not the first or only to have a supersonic cruise missile. This is just India's first... not a world first.
Journal Journal: 1 TB in infected optical media. Ask Slashdot 3
Okay, I have about 1 TB in optical media (mostly DVD some CD-rom) that are Infected With a Very Nasty Windows Rootkit from circa 2-3 years ago (at least that's when I Think got it.) So far I've been testing both windows and Linux solutions to no avail, the ONLY scanner that has ever detected the rootkit, was the g-mail scanner. I can figure out which files the rootkit modifies, by using Linux and Diff to compare a clean install with an 'exposed' install, but i can't actually detect the rootk
Submission + - Mitt Romney Answers Tech Questions
DesScorp writes: "GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney answered a technology Q&A from Techcrunch.com. Questions covered included H-1B visas, venture capital taxation, Internet taxation issues, alternative energy, and carbon emissions. He also goes into questions of personal technology...is Romney a PC or Mac guy, and what's on his IPod?"
Submission + - Paramount Casts New James T. Kirk (trektoday.com) 1
Tycoon Guy writes: "TrekToday reports that Paramount is in talks with 27-year old actor Chris Pine to play the role of Captain Kirk in the new 'Star Trek' film. Pine is almost completely unknown, but he's also being courted to star opposite George Clooney in 'White Jazz,' so he's being called "the hottest new actor in town." In addition, 'Hulk' actor Eric Bana was cast today as Nero, the main villain of Trek XI."
Submission + - New Hope for Jackson Hobbit Film?
DrJimbo writes: Almost just in time for the
70th Anniversary of the Hobbit (published September 21, 1937)
Entertainment Weekly has a
5-page article on a possible reconciliation between Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema that may pave the way for the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy to return and helm the filming of The Hobbit (New Line controls the film rights).
It was
previously
reported here that Jackson would not be making the Hobbit film. The
EW article says that Jackson wants to make two films: first the Hobbit in its entirety and then another film that bridges the roughly 60 years between the end of the Hobbit and the start of the Lord of the Rings. Unfortunately Jackson already has a lot on his plate with filming of
The Lovely Bones scheduled to start this month and a
live action Tintin film in the works.
Journal Journal: A Good Aerodynamicist is Hard to Find 3
I recently came across this interesting predicament:
Jerry, XCOR needs an aerodynamicist. I have refrained from sending out this "help me Obi-wan" message for over a year, but we are getting desperate. No, that's not accurate. We are beyond desperate and into seriously frantic. We must have someone with trans-sonic and supersonic experience.
3 Ton Meteorite Stolen 273
morpheus83 writes "Russian news agency Interfax is reporting that thieves have stolen a three-ton meteorite from the yard of the Tunguska Space Event foundation, whose director said it was the part of meteor that caused a massive explosion in Siberia in 1908. The massive three tonne rock was bought to Krasnoyarsk after an 2004 expedition to the site of the so-called Tunguska event- a mysterious mid air explosion over Siberia in 1908 was 1,000 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. The foundation's director Yury Lavbin claimed to have discovered the wreckage of an alien spacecraft during the expedition."
Submission + - How to bring down Internet Explorer in six words (commandline.org.uk) 1
Marcion writes: "Some handy Japanese guy called Hamachiya discovered a bug in Internet Explorer. Under certain conditions, an asterisk when used as a wildcard can crash IE as soon as the user attempts to go to another webpage. Feel free to add the code to your stylesheet too!"
Journal Journal: Scientific tattoos 1
Blogger Carl Zimmer wondered if any of his readers had tattoos associated with their research or scientific enthusiasms. Terrifyingly, they sure do: atoms, animals, ATP, Necker cubes. The renaming of transuranium elements probably takes on new importance when you have a periodic table tattooed on your forearm!
Feed Science Daily: Pioneering 3D View Of Near-Earth Magnetic 'Dance' (sciencedaily.com)
Scientists have obtained the first-ever 3D picture of interconnected magnetic 'dances' in near-Earth space, known as magnetic reconnection events. The data from ESA's Cluster satellites will help to understand better magnetic reconnection, a process related to star formation, solar explosions and the entry of solar wind energy into the near-Earth environment.
Submission + - A new global memory card standard (computerworld.com)
Lucas123 writes: "The Technology Research Institute has approved
a new memory card standard called the Multiple Interface Card (miCard). The card will make transferring pictures, songs and other data between electronic gadgets and PCs easier. Twelve Taiwanese companies are preparing to manufacture the new miCard. 'The compatibility with both USB and MMC slots means most users won't need separate card readers anymore. MMC cards fit most consumer electronics, while USB connections are built into a wide range of IT hardware, including laptops, desktops, printers and home entertainment gear.'"
Submission + - Climate Monitoring Station Proposed on the Moon
CryogenicKeen writes: "From the Article:
"Using data from an Apollo 15 experiment whose original intent was thwarted by unanticipated lunar surface conditions, the University of Michigan geophysicist recently showed that surface temperatures on the near side of the moon accurately record important information about Earth's climate system.
Based on his analysis, recently published online in Advances in Space Research, Huang is calling for an international effort to develop and deploy monitoring stations on the moon for the study of terrestrial climate change."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/07052 5200427.htm"
Should Chimps Have Human Rights? 1019
An anonymous reader writes "A Brazilian court has already issued a writ of habeas corpus in the name of a chimp. And now an Austrian court may well decide that a chimpanzee is a 'person' with what up until now have been called human rights." From the story in the Guardian/Observer: "He recognizes himself in the mirror, plays hide-and-seek and breaks into fits of giggles when tickled. He is also our closest evolutionary cousin. A group of world leading primatologists argue that this is proof enough that Hiasl, a 26-year-old chimpanzee, deserves to be treated like a human. In a test case in Austria, campaigners are seeking to ditch the 'species barrier' and have taken Hiasl's case to court. If Hiasl is granted human status — and the rights that go with it — it will signal a victory for other primate species and unleash a wave of similar cases."
Submission + - Diodes could drive swimming micro-robots
finisterre writes: Diodes can be made to 'swim' through salt water by hitting them with an alternating electric field. The applied field induces a current that sets up a field between the diode's electrical contacts and creates a propulsive force. The abstract of the paper in Nature Materials is freely available. New Scientist has videos of the swimming diodes in action.
Submission + - Google to remove identifying data from search logs
darkuncle writes: "Via techdirt: a couple of Google lawyers have announced via the Google Blog that Google will begin removing identifying data from search logs after 18-24 months in an effort to make logs "much more anonymous". This is particularly interesting in light of recent stories about search log data being used in trials. One wonders (as noted by TechLiberation) how data can be made "more anonymous" — either it is, or it isn't. In any case, law enforcement (especially the U.S. government) will probably be less than thrilled with this development (witness pending legislation and general calls by law enforcement for mandatory data retention, both in the U.S. and abroad)."
