Tal0n - Slashdot User

Submission + - Phoenix Police Seize PC's of a Critical Blogger

Submitted by logicassasin on Friday April 03, 2009 @06:52PM

logicassasin writes: From the article found here — http://carlosmiller.com/2009/04/02/phoenix-police-raid-home-of-blogger-whose-writing-is-highly-critical-of-them/

"In what should send a frightening chill down the spine of every blogger, writer, journalist and First Amendment advocate in the United States, Phoenix police raided the home of a blogger who has been highly critical of the department.

Jeff Pataky, who runs Bad Phoenix Cops, said the officers confiscated three computers, routers, modems, hard drives, memory cards and everything necessary to continue blogging.

The 41-year-old software engineer said they also confiscated numerous personal files and documents relating to a pending lawsuit he has against the department alleging harassment — which he says makes it obvious the raid was an act of retaliation."

Read an Arizona news article on the raid here: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/03/19/20090319copsblog0319.html

Submission + - Large ice shelf expected to break from Antarctica (cnn.com)

Submitted by

MollyB

on Friday April 03, 2009 @05:29PM

MollyB writes: ""A large ice shelf is "imminently" close to breaking away from part of the Antarctic Peninsula, scientists said Friday, reported by CNN. Satellite images released by the European Space Agency on Friday show new cracks in the Wilkins Ice Shelf where it connects to Charcot Island, a piece of land considered part of the peninsula. The cracks are quickly expanding, the ESA said. Scientists are investigating the causes for the breakups and whether it is linked to global climate change. The Wilkins Ice Shelf — a large mass of floating ice — would still be connected to Latady Island, which is also part of the peninsula, and Alexander Island, which is not, said professor David Vaughan, a glaciologist at the British Antarctic Survey."
The article goes on to point out "If the ice shelf breaks away from the peninsula, it will not cause a rise in sea level because it is already floating, scientists say. Some plants and animals may have to adapt to the collapse.""

Submission + - FBI Seizes All Servers in Dallas Data Center (datacenterknowledge.com)

Submitted by

1sockchuck

on Friday April 03, 2009 @02:20PM

1sockchuck writes: "FBI agents have raided a Dallas data center, seizing servers at a company called Core IP Networks. The company's CEO has posted a message saying the FBI confiscated all its customer servers, including gear belonging to companies that are almost certainly not under suspicion. The FBI isn't saying what it's after, but there are reports that it's related to video piracy, sparking speculation that the probe is tied to the leaking of "Wolverine.""

Comment Online Collaboration/Meeting. (Score 1) 531

by Tal0n on Friday October 03, 2008 @03:37PM (#25250029) Attached to: How Do I Talk To 4th Graders About IT?

If the classroom has a network connection(heck bring your own), set up a laptop to bring up a online classroom/meeting (or even anything with video & voice). Get a coworker or somebody to join you online from your office. Then you can explain the concepts of networks in terms they understand. It would be a great lead in to some of the other ideas talking about the aerospace angle. If you can wow them with tangible imagery (connecting people around the world, insides of computers without giving details) geekery doesn't need to be boring. The problem is that most of us "geeks" try to explain what would be interesting to US.

Slashdot Top Deals