Submission + - Bussard Recieves Navy Funding for Fusion Research
UnreasonableMan writes: "From Kent Brewster at Speculations.com:
(via M. Simon)"...got some really interesting news about five minutes ago, straight from the man himself. Dr. Robert Bussard, of whom you may have heard, says that because of the publicity around his November 9th talk at Google and his International Academy of Science Outstanding Technology of the Year Award, the Navy has sent him a contract extension to continue his fusion research. It's two orders of magnitude below the $200 million Dr. Bussard says he needs to produce a full-scale 100mw system, but it's a start.
If you're interested in helping out, see emc2fusion.org for more.
More details may be found in The Advent of Clean Nuclear Fusion: Superperformance Space Power and Propulsion, Dr. Bussard's contribution to the 57th International Astronautical Congress.
Cutting out the Naughty Bits Ruled Illegal 1329
An anonymous reader writes "Some of you may recall the lawsuit brought by several Hollywood directors against companies which edit movies for sex, language, and violence. The companies would trade consumers an off-the-shelf DVD for an edited one. Well, the CBC is reporting that Judge Richard P. Matsch has found that this practice violates U.S. copyright law, and 'decreed on Thursday in Denver, Colo., that sanitizing movies to delete content that may offend some people is an "illegitimate business." [...] The judge also praised the motives of the Hollywood studios and directors behind the suit, ordering the companies that provide the service to hand over their inventories.'''
Comment Re:re-thinking plagarism and written communication (Score 1) 335
This doesn't meant that good writing will be any less appreciated. While I understand where you are coming from, look at photography as an example -- for the most part becoming a "photographer" is entirely trivial with digital, high-quality camera available at reasonable prices. Whereas even 10 years ago it was tough to casually become a photographer because of what was necessary to develop and print your own work.
This doesn't mean people don't value good photography any less. And the same will apply to writing, or any other creative/skill based artform -- ubiquity doesn't mean the death of taste or value, IMO.
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