Comment No Federal Shield Law for Journalists (Score 0) 244
Since this is being tried in Federal Courts there is no shield law to protect journalists from turning over their records. Only individual states have shield laws.
Submission + - Firefox Most Vulnerable Browser, Safari Close (net-security.org) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Cenzic released its report revealing the most prominent types of Web application vulnerabilities for the first half of 2009. The report identified over 3,100 total vulnerabilities, which is a 10 percent increase in Web application vulnerabilities compared to the second half of 2008. Among Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox had the largest percentage of Web vulnerabilities, followed by Apple Safari, whose browser showed a vast increase in exploits, due to vulnerabilities reported in the Safari iPhone browser.
Submission + - Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming Users (consumerist.com)
jamie writes: "Mark Pincus, CEO of the company that brought us Mafia Wars, says: 'I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this Zwinky toolbar which was like, I don't know, I downloaded it once and couldn't get rid of it.'"
Comment Smell is powerful... but (Score 0) 250
When I can't motivate to go to the pool to swim I open a bottle of chlorine and get a wiff of it (not like face in the bottle or anyting), it always reminds me how much I like swimming and how good it will feel if I get my stuff together and go.
I think it is it a different thing to encourage a certain kind of behavior that you already want to do than discouraging stealing or slacking off at work.
Comment poor kid (Score 0, Offtopic) 129
Donald McDonald?
Comment Re:It will start with only 6 people... (Score 1) 356
I don't think any of us wants to know what happens when a bunch of psycho overachieving astronaut chicks get together in a confined space for over a year. Can anyone say gratuitous diaper wearing?
Comment Ethical even with consent of subjects? (Score 1) 356
Can anyone say "Stanford Prison Experiment"?
Submission + - Darker, edgier Mickey Mouse in new video game? (gameinformer.com)
dominique_cimafranca writes: Disney has confirmed a new Mickey Mouse video game from Epic; and as you might gather from the picture, it looks to be a much darker rendition of the character. Details are sparse as of now, but the magazine has put out a teaser landing page
What Belongs In a High School Sci-Fi/Fantasy Lit Class? 1021
flogger writes "I have been asked to help develop a literature course for Science Fiction and Fantasy literature. What do you consider to be appropriate selections of short stories and novels in these genres for high school students of all ability levels? I'd also like to know why you choose certain selections. This class will be 'regular' class and not a class for 'flunkies' to earn a credit by sitting docile and listening to lectures. The following is a course description that I have been given as a guideline. This description can change. Any ideas? 'In this Junior/Senior level course, students will focus on the genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Students will survey the histories of these genres and recognize how world events have been reflected onto other worlds. From the early formation of the genre, with Verne, and the classics of Clarke, Tolkien, Bradbury, and LeGuin, to the contemporary works of Card, Jordan, and Vinge, the genres have been about portraying humanity in possible scenarios. These works have mirrored events throughout the troubled situations of our history and provided optimistic outcomes and horrifying predictions. Through this course, students will utilize analytical skills and reading strategies to evaluate our current situation and project into the literature of different worlds while sharing and learning of an author's insight. Possible areas of interest will be topics of the environment, energy conservation, war, social issues, and others. '"
Monty Python 40 Years Old Today! 298
cheros was one of several readers to note that today, Oct 5, in 1969 was the very first airing of Monty Python. Although not every sketch has aged
particularly well, you'd be hard pressed to find a more influential and funny show. Heck, look at the Icon we use here to indicate humorous stories! Who among us can't claim to have viewed the Holy Grail at least
somewhere in the double digits.
Algae First To Recover After Asteroid Strike 86
pickens writes "The asteroid that impacted earth 65 million years ago killed off dinosaurs, but microalgae bounced back from the global extinction in about 100 years or less. Julio Sepúlveda, a geochemist at MIT, studied the molecular remains of microorganisms by extracting organic residues from rocks dated to the K-T extinction (in this research referred to as Cretaceous-Paleogene), and his results show that the ocean algae community greatly shrunk in size but only for about a century. 'We found that primary production in this part of the ocean recovered extremely rapidly after the impact,' says Julio Sepúlveda. Algae leave certain signatures of organic compounds and isotopes of carbon and nitrogen; bacteria leave different signatures. In the earliest layers after the asteroid impact, the researchers found much evidence for bacteria but little for algae, suggesting that right after the impact, algae production was greatly reduced. But the chemical signs of algae start to increase immediately above this layer. A full recovery of the ocean ecosystem probably took about a million years, but the quick rebound of photosynthesizing algae seems to confirm models that suggest the impact delivered a swift, abrupt blow to the Earth's environment."
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