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Comment Quackery and the NPOV (Score 2) 161

by eprubio on Thursday June 27, 2013 @06:41PM (#44127501) Attached to: Interview: Ask Jimmy Wales What You Will

You are aware that homeopathy is nothing but a hoax (source), and try to enforce the neutral point of view of Wikipedia. However, in some of the editions of wikipedia, such as the spanish one, it's quite common to find entries that give a positive spin to hoaxes such as homeopathy or acupuncture; even the spanish entry on the neutral point of view is constantly edited and "interpreted" to make room to "all opinions" no matter their reliability. How feasibile is to truly enforce the NPOV in all the editions of Wikipedia?

Submission + - Dell Asking ATI for Better Linux Drivers (phoronix.com)

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Open Source IT

on Tuesday July 24, 2007 @02:59PM

Open Source IT writes: "According to a presentation at Ubuntu Live 2007, Dell is working on getting better ATI drivers for Linux for use in its Linux offerings. While it is not known whether the end product will end up as open source, with big businesses like Google and Dell now behind the push for better Linux graphics drivers, hopefully ATI will make the smart business decision and give customers what they want."

German Court Convicts Skype For Breaching GPL 309

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 24, 2007 @02:52PM from the means-what-it-says dept.

terber writes "A German court has once again upheld the GPLv2 and convicted Skype (based in Luxembourg) of violating the GPL by selling the Linux-based VoIP phone 'SMCWSKP 100' without proper source code access. (Original is in German, link is a Google translation.) Skype later added a flyer to the phones' packaging giving a URL where the sources could be obtained; but the court found this insufficient and in breach of GPL section 3. The plaintiff was once again Netfilter developer Harald Welte, who runs gpl-violations.org. The decision is available in German at www.ifross.de (Google translation here)."

HIV Vaccine Ready For Clinical Trials 385

Posted by Zonk on Sunday July 22, 2007 @12:38AM from the go-science-go-science dept.

amigoro writes with the happy news that a possible vaccine against HIV is nearing readiness for clinical trials. The compound could provide a 'double whammy' by not only inoculating the patient against future infection, but destroying an HIV infection in progress. "The vaccine is an artificial virus-like particle whose outer casing consists of the TBI (T- and B cell epitopes containing immunogen) protein constructed by the researchers combined with the polyglucin protein. This protein contains nine components stimulating different cells of the immune system: both the ones that produce antibodies and the ones that devour the newcomer."

Journal Journal: RIAA Cracks Down on College Students 1

Journal by slayermet420 on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @03:05PM

So it appears that the RIAA is once again striking fear into the hearts of college students. In an article on CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/02/21/downloading.music.ap/index.html, the RIAA details its "Complaint Letters" being sent out to college students, and shows which colleges are being hit the hardest. I personally find it funny that the author continually refers to the RIAA as "complaining".

Oblivion Designer Moves To New Company 37

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @02:54PM from the big-huge-gig dept.

Gamasutra reports on the new position that former Bethesda designer Ken Rolston has taken with Big Huge Games. The lead designer for Bethesda's hit titles Morrowind and Oblivion, Rolston is now slated to be working on an unnamed title for the Rise of Nations developer. Rolston announced he was planning to retire early last year but ... apparently not. The designer characterizes his new project as 'a strikingly original and cunning concept for a console RPG'. No name or concept was included in the announcement.

Microsoft Apologizes for Serving Malware 171

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @02:30PM from the caught-sneaking-one-by dept.

dark_15 writes "Microsoft has apologized for serving malware via its websites and Windows Live Messenger software. APC reader Jackie Murphy reported the problem: 'With Microsoft launching Vista along with their Defender software to protect users from viruses and spyware, it seems therefore to be an oxymoron that they have started to putting paid changing banner advertisements for malware, on the popular MSN groups servers.'"

Comment Re:Cool! (Score 2, Informative) 345

by eprubio on Friday October 28, 2005 @06:40PM (#13900701) Attached to: .Net Framework and Visual Studio Now Available

You should get VC++ Toolkit 2003 then.

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