Comment Webserver/vulnerability? (Score 1) 199
Any news on which webservers are affected (apache or IIS), and which vulnerability was used in this attack?
Titan Balloon Mission Being Drafted 82
eldavojohn writes "After Huygens & Cassini corrected our assumptions about Titan (a moon of Saturn), scientists are now debating about their next mission, and one of the choices is the Titan and Saturn System Mission. What makes Titan a good choice? 'Although the atmosphere of Titan is filled with a smoggy orange hydrocarbon haze, it is primarily composed of nitrogen — just like Earth's. In fact, Astrobiologists think Titan's atmosphere may be quite similar to how the Earth's was billions of years ago, before life on our planet generated oxygen.' We also discussed its liquid hydrocarbons earlier this year."
Comment Re:Uhhhhh (Score 1) 799
do the right thing. copyright law requires you to obtain permission from the original author to copy/reproduce/distribute any work -- unless it falls under fair use (e.g. parody, education, etc.) or it has been 70 years since the author's demise, which is not the case here.
so, ask for permission first (and get the response in writing with a signature). if the author says no, just rewrite it. if you don't get a response within a reasonable time frame, assume you do not have permission; rewrite it. if the author wants reimbursement, and its a reasonable amount, pay him.
so, ask for permission first (and get the response in writing with a signature). if the author says no, just rewrite it. if you don't get a response within a reasonable time frame, assume you do not have permission; rewrite it. if the author wants reimbursement, and its a reasonable amount, pay him.
