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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* MacGyver Physics
* Newspapers Reconsidering Google News
* Handmade Steampunk Rayguns From the F/X Guys at Weta
* Millions of Addresses, Thousands of Sites, One Business
* A Million Zunes Sold
* Will ISPs Spoil Online Video?
* How the Pentagon Got Its Shape
* Eben Moglen — GPLv3 Not About MS and Novell
* China Crafts Cyberweapons
* Cell Phones Disable Keys for High-End Cars
* Robotic Ecologies
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| MacGyver Physics |
| from the hard-not-to-like-that-fellow dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday May 27, @23:10 (It's funny. Laugh.) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/034201
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counterfriction writes "This month's issue of Symmetry, a magazine
jointly published by [0]SLAC and [1]Fermilab, is featuring an article
that points out the sometimes [2]extemporaneous and unconventional
solutions physicists have come up with in (and out of) the laboratory.
From the article: 'Leon Lederman ... used a pocket knife, tape, and items
on anyone's grocery list to confirm that interactions involving the weak
force do now show perfect mirror symmetry, or parity, as scientists had
long assumed.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/034201
Links:
0. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/
2. http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000462
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| Newspapers Reconsidering Google News |
| from the i-guess-they-hate-traffic dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday May 28, @02:24 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/0630212
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News.com ran an article earlier in the week talking about the somewhat
[0]strained relationship between newspapers and Google. Google's stance
is firm: 'We don't pay to index news content.' Just the same, newspapers
with an online presence are starting to reconsider their relationship
with Google, the value of linking, and the realities of internet
economics. Talk of paying for content, as well as ongoing court cases,
has observers considering both sides of the issue: "While some in
newspaper circles point to the Belgium court ruling and the content deals
with AP and AFP as a sign Google may be willing to pay for content,
Google fans and bloggers interpreted the news quite differently. To them,
it was obvious that the Belgium group had agreed to settle--even after
winning its court case--because they discovered that they needed Google's
traffic more than the fees that could be generated from news snippets.
Observers note that with newspapers receiving about 25 percent of their
traffic from search engines, losing Google's traffic had to sting."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/0630212
Links:
0. http://news.com.com/Newspapers+want+Google+News+quarter/2100-1038_3-6185896.html?tag=nefd.lede
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| Handmade Steampunk Rayguns From the F/X Guys at Weta |
| from the zap-zap-pew-zap-pew-pew dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday May 28, @04:27 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/0629223
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An anonymous reader writes "Wired is presenting a gallery of artwork that
inspired Weta's collectible rayguns, plus exclusive [0]photos of the
retrofurist sidearms. The article offers more than just images; each
weapon has a description of where they were inspired from, as well as
possible uses. 'In this illustration by Greg Broadmore, a hunter poses
with his latest kill and his elegant retrofurist rifle ... "I started
drawing these things just for fun," says Broadmore. "I did dozens of
designs, all really stylized and Flash Gordon looking. I remember those
black and white serials playing on TV as a kid and the imagery always
stuck with me. Really hokey, but really scary and weird at the same time.
And, of course, if you're a fan of classic rayguns you'll see the
influence of the old toy rayguns. The Buck Rogers disintegrator pistol --
of course directly referenced in Han Solo's blaster in Star Wars -- is
iconic, and that original raygun, along with many others, inspired me
massively.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/0629223
Links:
0. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/topheadlines/~3/120183606/ff_weta
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| Millions of Addresses, Thousands of Sites, One Business |
| from the tentacles-everywhere dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday May 28, @07:11 (The Internet) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/0713202
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An anonymous reader writes "A New York Times piece looks at a rising
power in the 'new internet bubble' that you may not have heard of before.
The business, an outfit called NameMedia, has made a concerted effort to
[0]quietly purchase vast tracts of 'real estate' on the internet. The
ultimate goal is to provide additional advertising and page views for
content sites. 'Behind this suddenly active business category -- which
includes companies like iREIT in Houston, Marchex in Seattle, and Demand
Media in Santa Monica, Calif. -- is the recognition that not all Internet
users turn to a search engine when they are confused about where to find
something online. Rather, 5 percent to 10 percent of people will simply
type in a name that sounds as if it might suit their needs. The so-called
direct search or direct navigation approach is seldom fruitful for users,
nor has it been particularly profitable for owners of the sites that they
visit. An obscure Web address may have four or so visitors a month, and
perhaps half will click on an ad.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/0713202
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| A Million Zunes Sold |
| from the zero-sold-to-anyone-i-know dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday May 28, @08:55 (Music) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/125258
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According to Robbie Bach, Microsoft's president of the Entertainment and
Devices Division, Zune has already [0]met the goal of 1.000.000 players
sold, set at launch for the end of June. He also confirms that new Zune
things will come in this fall, talks (not) about the Zune Phone, the new
Watermelon Red Zune, the Zune Marketplace and of course Xbox 360.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/125258
Links:
0. http://www.zune-online.com/news/zune/bach-zune-sold-more-than-1-million-players.html
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| Will ISPs Spoil Online Video? |
| from the a-bunch-of-wreckers dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday May 28, @09:56 (The Internet) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/127241
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mrspin writes "[0]last100 writes: "With an ever greater amount of video
being consumed online, many Internet users are in for a shock. There's a
dirty little secret in the broadband industry: Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) [0]don't have the capacity to deliver the bandwidth that they
claim to offer. One way ISPs attempt to conceal this problem is to place
a cap of say 1GB per-month per user, something which is common in the UK
for many of the lower-cost broadband packages on the market. Considering
that a mere three hours viewing of Joost (the new online video service
from the founders of Skype) would all but use up this monthly allowance,
it's clear that lots of Internet users aren't invited to the party. But
what about those who (like me) pay more for 'unlimited' broadband access?
There shouldn't be a problem, right? Wrong." The article then goes on to
discuss the recent trend of bandwidth throttling based on techniques such
as packet shaping which punishes p2p traffic whether it's legitimate or
not."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/127241
Links:
0. http://www.last100.com/2007/05/28/will-isps-spoil-the-online-video-party/
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| How the Pentagon Got Its Shape |
| from the yay-holiday-weekends dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday May 28, @10:59 (Math) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/1334258
|
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[0]Pcol writes "The Washington Post is running a story on the design
process for the Pentagon building and why it [1]ended up with its unusual
shape. In July 1941 with World War II looming, a small group of army
officers met to consider a secret plan to provide a permanent home for
War Department headquarters containing 4 million square feet of office
space and housing 40,000 people. The building that Brig. Gen. Brehon
Burke Somervell, head of the Army's Construction Division, wanted to
build was too large to fit within the confines of Washington DC and would
have to be located across the Potomac River in Arlington. "We want
500,000 square feet ready in six months, and the whole thing ready in a
year," the general said adding that he wanted a design on his desk by
Monday morning. The easiest solution, a tall building, was out because of
pre-war restrictions on steel usage and the desire not to ruin
Washington's skyline. The tract selected had a [2]asymmetrical pentagon
shape bound on five sides by roads or other divisions so the building was
designed to conform to the tract of land. Then with objections that the
new building would block views from Arlington National Cemetery, the
location was moved almost one-half mile south. The building would no
longer be constructed on the five-sided Arlington Farm site yet the team
continued with plans for a pentagon at the new location. In the rush to
complete the project, there was simply no time to change the design."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/1334258
Links:
0. http://peacecorpsonline.org/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052301296.html
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2007/05/24/GR2007052400817.gif
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| Eben Moglen — GPLv3 Not About MS and Novell |
| from the having-to-restate-the-obvious dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 28, @13:02 (Software) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/1637205
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Linux.com's Joe Barr was recently able to sit down with Professor Eben
Moglen at the San Diego Red Hat Summit and discuss the GPLv3 and what it
means [0]beyond the Microsoft/Novell deal on video. "Professor Moglen
explains briefly about GPLv3's work on globalization of the software
license, preventing harm to others by members of the community, and the
most contentious in earlier drafts, DRM."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/1637205
Links:
0. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/17/1616214
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| China Crafts Cyberweapons |
| from the virtual-arms-race dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 28, @15:11 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/1835250
|
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MitmWatcher writes to mention that a recent report by the Department of
Defense revealed that China is continuing to [0]build up their
cyberwarfare units and develop viruses. "'The PLA has established
information warfare units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer
systems and networks,' the annual DOD report on China's military warned.
At the same, Chinese armed forces are developing ways to protect its own
systems from an enemy attack, it said, echoing similar warnings made in
previous years."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/1835250
Links:
0. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132284-pg,1/article.html(News)
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| Cell Phones Disable Keys for High-End Cars |
| from the fun-toys-to-exploit dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 28, @16:53 (Communications)|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/1927213
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[0]Geoffrey.landis writes "Turns out if you have a top-end Nissan car,
your [1]cellphone may erase your car key. '"We discovered that if the
I-Key touches a cellphone, outgoing or incoming calls have the potential
to alter the electronic code inside the I-Key," Nissan spokesman Kyle
Bazemore said. "The car won't start and the I-Key cannot be
reprogrammed."'"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/1927213
Links:
0. http://www.sff.net/people/geoffrey.landis
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| Robotic Ecologies |
| from the rise-of-the-machines dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 28, @19:01 (Robotics) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/28/229250
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[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "The University of Virginia (UVA) School of
Architecture has started a new program about 'robotic ecologies' which
wants to answer the question: [1]Will robots take over architecture? As
said the program leader, 'This research is not just about architectural
machines that move. It is about groups of architectural machines that
move with intelligence.' Apparently, buildings tracking our movements and
adapting their shape or texture according human presence are not far
fetched. Maybe one day, we'll talk to our homes and they'll answer."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/05/28/229250
Links:
0. http://www.primidi.com/
1. http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2007/05/24/ONARCH-0621-B.rtf.aspx
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