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Submission + - Belgium to abolish nuclear power (reuters.com)

Submitted by

AmiMoJo

on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @04:25AM

AmiMoJo writes: "Belgium's political parties have reached a conditional agreement to shut down the country's two remaining nuclear power stations. Older reactors will be decommissioned by 2015, with the final closures happening before 2025. The exit is conditional on alternatives being available. "If it turns out we won't face shortages and prices would not skyrocket, we intend to stick to the nuclear exit law of 2003," a spokeswoman for Belgium's energy and climate ministry said."

Comment Re:If it moves.... (Score 1) 327

by dthable on Monday February 23, 2009 @02:58PM (#26960259) Attached to: Wisconsin Passes Digital Download Tax

Sadly I found that out too.

In 2007, I took a job in Seattle that paid more and offered better opportunities but because I lived 1/2 the year in WI I had to pay them taxes as if I earned my annual wages in WI. I think this year was the first time I actually enjoyed filling out my taxes just so I don't have to file a state return.

The only redeeming part of paying that last year in taxes to WI was being able to fill out their form on why I moved out of state. I just hope they don't mind seeing the work f*ck all over the form.

Journal Journal: [Python] What's with all the semicolons? 1

Journal by dthable on Friday March 30, 2007 @01:57PM

I'm looking at the /. journal extraction script written in Python and I keep seeing lots of lines that end in semicolons. Example:

Submission + - CSS Managed Recording downloadable soon

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 02, 2007 @06:20PM

An anonymous reader writes: According to an article from PC World, a source close to the CSS Managed Recording forum said that technology which allows movies to be downloaded and burned to blank DVDs, using the same content-protection system as commercial discs, received official approval on Thursday. From the PC World article: "The technology will require discs that are slightly different from the conventional DVD-Rs found in shops today. The burned discs will be compatible with the vast majority of consumer DVD players, according to the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA), which proposed the technology. The DVD CCA is responsible for licensing the CSS (Content Scrambling System) copy-protection system used on most commercial DVDs. Despite Thursday's approval, services that allow consumers to legally download and burn movies in their own homes are unlikely to appear quickly. The DVD CCA said it will be initially restricted to professional uses. These might include kiosks in retail stores where consumers can purchase and burn discs in a controlled environment. The DVD Forum could not be reached for comment."

Submission + - Astronaut Has 'Wasabi Spill' in Space

Submitted by Sda~ on Friday March 02, 2007 @05:14PM

Sda~ writes: Astronauts are always are on guard against toxic spills that could contaminate the international space station But there is nothing in their training manuals about how to clean up flying wasabi. The spicy greenish condiment was squirted out of a tube while astronaut Sunita Williams was trying to make a pretend sushi meal with bag-packaged salmon. The three space station crew members are given a certain number of bonus packs of their favorite foods to help endure their months in space where most meals are the equivalent of military MREs.

Submission + - Scientist: Sun is Warming Both Earth and Mars

Submitted by

MCraigW

on Friday March 02, 2007 @05:05PM

MCraigW writes: "Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural — and not a human-induced — cause. Earth is currently experiencing warming, which climate scientists say is due to humans pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Mars, too, appears to be enjoying more mild and balmy temperatures.

In 2005 data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions revealed that the carbon dioxide "ice caps" near Mars's south pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row.

Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of the St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, says the Mars data is evidence that the current global warming on Earth is being caused by changes in the sun."

Submission + - Define: /etc

Submitted by ogar572 on Friday March 02, 2007 @03:24PM

ogar572 writes: There has been an ongoing and heated debate around the office concerning the definition of what /etc means on *nix operating systems. One side says "et cetera" per Wikipedia. Another side says it means "extended tool chest" per this gnome mailing list entry or per this Norwegian article. Yet another side says neither, but he doesn't remember exactly what he heard in the past. All he remembers is that he was flamed when he called it "et cetera", but that "extended tool chest" didn't sound right either. So, what does it really mean?

Submission + - Skype asks FCC to open cellular networks

Submitted by Milwaukee's_Best on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @04:13PM

Milwaukee's_Best writes: Skype has just asked the FCC to force wireless phone companies to open their networks to all comers. "Skype essentially wants to turn the wireless phone companies into just another network of the kind currently operated on the ground. This would require carriers to allow any phone to be used on their networks, and for any application. Users would simply purchase a voice or data plan (though these could easily converge into a data plan if VoIP calling is used) and then use the device of their choice to access the network of their choice." Think of it as network neutrality—for cell networks. Given the competition that exists within the industry, is this needed?

Journal Journal: Gmail can check for the mail you receive at your other email

Journal by sdolgy on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @02:05PM

Get mail from other accounts
https://mail.google.com/mail/help/whatsnew_getmail.html

Submission + - Ruby Implementations Shootout

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19, 2007 @11:56AM

An anonymous reader writes: Ruby has an ever growing number of alternative implementations, and many of these attempt to improve the suboptimal performance of the current mainstream interpreter. Antonio Cangiano has an interesting article in which he benchmarks a few of the most popular Ruby implementations, including Yarv (the heart of Ruby 2.0), JRuby, Ruby.NET, Rubinius and Cardinal (Ruby on Parrot). Numerical evidence is provided rather than shear opinions. The tests clearly show that Yarv is the fastest implementation and that it offers a promising future when it comes to the speed of the next Ruby version.

Submission + - Is there any reason to report spammers to ISP's?

Submitted by marko_ramius on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @03:36PM

marko_ramius writes: For years I've been a good netizen and reported spam that I get to the appropriate contacts at ISP's. In the entire time that I've done this I've gotten (maybe) 5 or 6 responses from those ISP's informing me that they have taken action against the spammer.

In recent years, however, I haven't gotten any responses.

Are the ISP's so overwhelmed with abuse reports to respond to ANYBODY that reports spam? Do they even bother acting on the reports?

Is there any real reason to report spammers?

Submission + - Motorola unveils phone that bends

Submitted by on Monday February 12, 2007 @02:23PM

An anonymous reader writes: According to CNET, who are out at 3GSM in Barcelona, Motorola has unveiled a phone that bends in order to make putting it up to your face more comfortable. The Motorola Z8, as the bendy phone is called, runs on a Symbian based platform and also displays video at up to 30 frames per second.

Submission + - Google accused of benefitting from piracy

Submitted by Clant on Monday February 12, 2007 @12:03PM

Clant writes: Google has been accused of benefiting from certain piracy websites because of the Adsense program, according to reports. Several major media companies have called on Google to properly screen their AdSense partners and stop supporting sites that are benefitting from piracy. From the article, "Legal filings show that Google worked with EasyDownloadCenter.com and TheDownloadPlace.com from 2003 to 2005, generating more than $1.1 million in revenue for the sites through the AdSense program. Google reportedly noticed the amount of traffic and advertising served by the two websites and assigned them an account representative to help optimize their efforts." Is this a new ploy to attack sites that are friendly to piracy?

Journal Journal: Vista is Threat to Internet Freedom, Warns BBC. 1

Journal by twitter on Monday February 05, 2007 @12:25PM

BBC columnist Bill Thompson warns readers:

[Vista DRM changes] the way our computers work and the way they relate to the network, and those changes could be used to take away our freedoms.
... governments and corporations around the world are making a concerted effort to dismantle the open internet and replace it with a regulated and regulable one that will allow them to impose an "architecture of control".

Submission + - Issue Tracking Ticketing Systems

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 31, 2007 @06:54PM

An anonymous reader writes: Our company has expanded to 5 employees, and we are looking at setting up and installing an Issue Tracking System for all employees to use throughout the company. It turns out there is many ticketing systems available in both commercial and open source solutions. We originally planned on using Request Tracker (RT) but we were unable to implement it due to the complexities of the system. My question to the Slashdot community is, how do you manage all of your tasks, and what software do you use, if any, to achieve this? For our company, we are looking for a simple to install Issue Ticketing system (preferrably PHP and MySQL based to be hosted on our basic web hosting) to improve both the efficiency of our company, and improve our record keeping of all of our issues. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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