d3Facto - Slashdot User

United States Begins Flying Stealth Bombers Over South Korea 567

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:01PM from the nice-day-for-a-flight dept.

skade88 writes "The New York Times is reporting that the United States has started flying B-2 stealth bomber runs over South Korea as a show of force to North Korea. The bombers flew 6,500 miles to bomb a South Korean island with mock explosives. Earlier this month the U.S. Military ran mock B-52 bombing runs over the same South Korean island. The U.S. military says it shows that it can execute precision bombing runs at will with little notice needed. The U.S. also reaffirmed their commitment to protecting its allies in the region. The North Koreans have been making threats to turn South Korea into a sea of fire. North Korea has also made threats claiming they will nuke the United States' mainland."

Permanent Undersea Homes Soon; Temporary Ones Now 122

Posted by timothy on Saturday March 13, 2010 @08:20AM from the meet-our-butcher-dexter dept.

MMBK writes "Dennis Chamberland is one of the world's preeminent aquanauts. He's worked with NASA to develop living habitats and underwater plant growth labs, among other cool things. His next goal is establishing the world's first permanent underwater colony. This video gets to the heart of his project, literally and figuratively, as most is shot in his underwater habitat, Atlantica, off the coast of Key Largo, FL. The coolest part might be the moon pool, the room you swim into underwater."

Concentrate Better By Doodling 94

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 12, 2009 @02:10PM from the la-la-la-la-shiny dept.

Kelson writes "The next time you see someone doodling during a meeting, don't criticize them for drifting off. It turns out that doodling is the mind's way of keeping itself just busy enough to avoid checking out entirely and slipping off into a daydream, and doodlers actually remember more of that boring talk. (Judging by my college notes, this probably helped me remember a lot of otherwise-boring lectures.)"

Pirate Bay P2P Trial Begins In Sweden 723

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 16, 2009 @04:00PM from the google-doesn't-index-anything-illegal-either dept.

Many readers are writing to tell us that The Pirate Bay trial is now in full swing in Sweden. Looking at a possible two years in prison and $150,000 in fines (plus another $14.3 million if the record companies get their way), the battle of infringement is sure to be one of the most watched p2p trials. "The International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) which is representing the case of music and film producers, made a statement about the case on Friday. Stating, For people who make a living out of creativity or in a creative business, there is scarcely anything more important than to have your rights protected by the law. Copyright exists to ensure that everyone in the creative world from the artist to the record label, from the independent film producer to the TV program maker - can choose how their creations are distributed and get fairly rewarded for their work. The operators of The Pirate Bay have violated those rights and, as the evidence in Court will show, they did so to make substantial revenues for themselves. That kind of abuse of the rights of others cannot be allowed to continue, and that is why these criminal proceedings are so important for the health of the creative community."

History of the Pinball Construction Set 32

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 07, 2009 @04:39AM from the games-two-point-oh-started-in-the-eighties dept.

Matt Barton writes "I thought you all might enjoy our article on the history of Bill Budge's Pinball Construction Set, a key progenitor to LittleBigPlanet and other games that enable users to generate their own shareable content. The article is heavily illustrated and covers the game's precedents as well as those it influenced (Bard's Tale Construction Set, Racing Destruction Set, etc.) Budge said, 'I was exposed to GUIs at Apple, and I had the pinball simulation from Raster Blaster. I saw that it would be a small step to do a construction set. This was the kind of program I liked, since there was no game to write. But it was a lot of work, since I had to implement file saving, a mini sound editor and a mini paint program.'"

Canadian Labour Congress Considers Reversal On IP Policy 112

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 07, 2009 @03:06AM from the consistency-is-overrated dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Canadian Labour Congress is considering a dramatic reversal of its stance on copyright and IP policy. CLC is comparable to the US AFL-CIO, but Canada is over 30% unionized. The campaign 'we must change copyright and IP law to fight evil counterfeiters and copyright pirates' is actually succeeding in Canada. Quoting the CLC's new policy resolution: '... this critical issue requires a far-reaching response involving legislative and regulatory reform, policy change, and allocation of proper resources to combat the problems. The Canadian government must be given the structure and resources to mount a sustained attack on this pervasive problem, both within Canada and internationally. The criminal and civil laws in Canada must provide adequate deterrence. And consumers must be educated that counterfeiting and piracy are not victimless, nuisance crimes, but instead strike at the heart of our long term economic security.'"

Slashdot's Disagree Mail 126

Posted by samzenpus on Friday November 07, 2008 @02:32PM from the keep-trying dept.

Usually persistence is an admirable quality. There comes a time however when you reach that fine line between endeavoring to persevere, and drunk dialing your ex-girlfriend. The mail this week is from people who don't know when to say when. You have to admire their determination and feel a little bit bad that they don't have anything else to do. Read below to see how many times someone can click send in a day.

Comment Re:Keywords: Government. Health Care. Disaster (Score 1) 405

by d3Facto on Tuesday November 14, 2006 @06:07PM (#16844906) Attached to: Biggest IT Disaster Ever?

I'm not even sure what the point is of this IT upgrade. What exactly do they need this system for? Doctors work fine with paper charts and files -- this is a ridiculous amount of money -- what is the benefit and how do the costs make the benefit still beneficial?

I work at a pharmacy in northern Sweden, where ~95% of prescriptions are done electronically, and I can see a lot of benefits from bringing IT into the healthcare system. First of all, the gain in patient security. No more spending time trying to interpret sloppy handwritings on prescriptions sent in via fax by stressed doctors (Does that say 20 mg or 30 mg? hmmmmm...), and a lot less time is spent on having to call and ask for complementary information. The risk of the customer being given something else than the doctor intended is greatly reduced.

Secondly, the cost of paperwork is not to be underestimated either. Having medical history and journals on a computer makes life significantly easier when you need to search for something. Just enter the patient's SSN and you get access to pretty much everything you might need to know, instead of searching through several file cabinets and archives.

Slashdot Top Deals