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Comment Re:The RIAA will be getting all the help it needs, (Score 1) 184

by Red_Winestain on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @09:50AM (#19129205) Attached to: Prof. Johan Pouwelse To Take On RIAA Expert

Allow computers to be seized more readily. Specifically, property such as a PC "intended to be used in any manner" to commit a copyright crime would be subject to forfeiture, including civil asset forfeiture

They'll be able to seize your PC like a they would a drug lord's vehicles and property.

Glad I use a Mac.

Feed Maggots Rid Patients Of Antibiotic-resistant Infection, MRSA (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Thursday May 03, 2007 @11:13AM

Medical researchers are ridding diabetic patients of the superbug MRSA -- by treating their foot ulcers with maggots. The scientists used green bottle fly larvae to treat 13 diabetic patients whose foot ulcers were contaminated with MRSA and found all but one were cured within a mean period of three weeks, much quicker than the 28-week duration for the conventional treatment.

Submission + - Best way to image and deploy dual-boot Macintosh?

Submitted by macpulse on Monday April 09, 2007 @10:51AM

macpulse writes: What is the best way to image and deploy dual-boot Intel Macintosh desktops in an Educational environment? Our organization is getting ready to purchase dozens of new Intel Macs for each campus and we're not sure how to proceed. With Windows XP and Dell, we've simply used Symantec's Enterprise Ghost to deploy our images. Playing with the test Intel Macs we have, we are unable to get Ghost to work with the Mac. I've also played with Bombich's NetRestore product (which is FOSS!) but without much success. I'm curious how the Slashdot crowd has resolved this issue. Thanks!

Submission + - Combined hovercraft and helicopter

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 09, 2007 @07:50AM

An anonymous reader writes: Have British engineer Geoff Hatton brought us the best of two worlds with his UFO-looking machine? The US military thinks so and are investing in it.

The design is sturdy (as opposed to a helicopter) and can fly high (as opposed to a hovercraft). It is based on the "Coanda Effect" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coanda_Effect ).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/tec hnology/technology.html?in_article_id=447317

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