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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Is There Room For a Secure Web Browser?
* Collective Licensing for Web-Based Music Distribution
* MacBook Air First To Be Compromised In Hacking Contest
* Silicon Circuits That Bend and Stretch
* iPhone's Development Limitations Could Hurt It In the Long Run
* NVIDIA's Drivers Caused 28.8% Of Vista Crashes In 2007
* Possible Manipulation of OOXML Process In Poland
* The Death of the Silicon Computer Chip
* Is Parallelism the New New Thing?
* US Broadband Policy Called "Magical Thinking"
* Oregon Senate Candidate Steve Novick Answers Your Questions
* Microsoft Brand In Sharp Decline
* Mainstream Media Finally Catching On To How News Propagates
* Schwartz Comments On NSA/Sun OpenSolaris Collaboration
* Scientology's Credibility Questioned Over Video Channel
* Firefox 4 Will Push Edges of Browser Definition
* Report Suggests That Nanny State Might Actually Not Be For the Best
* Space Elevators Face Wobble Problem
* A Fond Look at Some Obsolete Ports
* Geist Creates His Own Do-Not-Call List
* Materials Science Toys on Display
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| Is There Room For a Secure Web Browser? |
| from the you-can-have-ie's-spot dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday March 27, @20:29 (Software) |
|
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/27/2324218
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An anonymous reader points out an eWeek story about researchers from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who are designing [0]a new web
browser based on security. The new software, code-named OP for Opus
Palladianum, will separate various components of the browser into
subsystems which are monitored and managed by the browser kernel.
Quoting: "'We believe Web browsers are the most important network-facing
application, but the current browsers are fundamentally flawed from
security perspective,' King said in an interview with eWEEK. 'If you look
at how the Web was originally designed, it was an application with static
Web pages as data. Now, it has become a platform for hosting all kinds of
important data and businesses, but unfortunately, [existing] browsers
haven't evolved to deal with this change and that's why we have a big
malware problem.' The idea behind the OP security browser is to partition
the browser into smaller subsystems and make all communication between
subsystems simple and explicit."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/27/2324218
Links:
0. http://www.eweek.com/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=47212&pop=1&hide_ads=1&page=0&hide_js=1
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| Collective Licensing for Web-Based Music Distribution |
| from the thinking-hard-so-you-don't-have-to dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday March 27, @22:01 (Music) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/008207
|
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Two weeks ago we discussed a proposal from music industry veteran Jim
Griffin to [0]implement a monthly fee from ISPs in exchange for the legal
distribution of copyrighted music. Now, [1]quinthar brings news that
Warner Music Group has hired Griffin with the intention to [2]make that
proposal a reality. Warner wants Griffin to establish a collective
licensing deal with ISPs that would let the ISPs stop worrying about
their legal responsibilities for file-sharing while contributing to a
pool of money (potentially up to $20 billion per year) that would be
distributed amongst the music industry. "Griffin says that in just the
few weeks since Warner began working on this plan, the company has been
approached by internet service providers 'who want to discharge their
risk.' Eventually, advertising could subsidize the entire system, so that
users who don't want to receive ads could pay the fee, and those who
don't mind advertising wouldn't pay a dime. 'I.S.P.'s want to distinguish
themselves with marketing," Griffin says. "You can only imagine that an
I.S.P. that marketed a 'fair trade' network connection would see a
marketing advantage.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/008207
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/13/2323222&tid=141
1. http://quinthar.com/
2. http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/03/27/Warners-New-Web-Guru
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| MacBook Air First To Be Compromised In Hacking Contest |
| from the potential-reality-tv-show dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday March 28, @00:06 (Portables) |
|
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/0126221
|
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Multiple readers have written to let us know that [0]the MacBook Air was
the first laptop to fall in the CanSecWest hacking contest. The
successful hijacking took place only two minutes into the second day of
the competition, after the rules had been relaxed to allow the visiting
of websites and opening of emails. The TippingPoint blog reveals that the
vulnerability was [1]located within Safari, but they won't release
specific details until Apple has had a chance to correct the problem. The
winner, Charlie Miller, gets to keep the laptop and $10,000. We covered
the contest last year, and [2]the results were similar.
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/0126221
Links:
0. http://security.itworld.com/5013/mac-hacked-first-in-contest-080327/page_1.html
1. http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/03/27/day-two-of-cansecwest-pwn-to-own---we-have-our-first-official-winner-with-picture
2. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/21/0336255&tid=172
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| Silicon Circuits That Bend and Stretch |
| from the one-size-fits-all dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday March 28, @02:09 (Technology) |
|
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/0148239
|
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[0]Matty the Monkey brings us a story from the BBC about [1]silicon chips
which can bend, flex, and even stretch. Researchers have developed a
method to create circuits just 1.5 microns thick, which can then be
bonded to a type of rubber to allow a great degree of flexibility.
Scientists and companies see uses for these circuits in products ranging
from "electronic paper" to form-fitting sensor devices to advanced brain
implants. From BBC News: "To create the foldable chips, these circuit
layers are deposited on a polymer substrate which is bonded in turn to a
temporary silicon base. Following the deposition of the circuits, the
silicon base is discarded to reveal delicate slivers of circuitry held in
plastic. These are then bonded to a piece of pre-strained rubber. When
the strain is removed, the rubber snaps back into shape, causing the
circuits on the surface to wrinkle accordingly."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/0148239
Links:
0. http://www.lawoftime.org/
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7313203.stm
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| iPhone's Development Limitations Could Hurt It In the Long Run |
| from the my-way-or-the-iway dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday March 28, @05:10 (Cellphones) |
|
http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/0349242
|
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[0]ZDOne writes "Apple might have finally come around to allowing third
party developers to create applications for the iPhone, but only up to a
point. ZDNet UK claims Apple is [1]leaving itself vulnerable to the
competition and to a loss of lustre by blocking background tasks on the
device. The author notes, 'Perhaps it doesn't trust application designers
or users very much. Perhaps it wants the best software for itself, where
it can limit what it can do in order not to upset its telco friends.
Whatever the reason, it reflects badly on Apple. The iPhone is not an
iPod; it's a smartphone connecting to a universe of fast-changing data on
behalf of innovation-hungry users. The sooner it stops pretending to be a
1981 IBM PC, the better it will be for everyone.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/0349242
Links:
0. mailto:andrew.donoghue@zdnet.co.uk
1. http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/comment/0,1000002985,39373623,00.htm
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| NVIDIA's Drivers Caused 28.8% Of Vista Crashes In 2007 |
| from the it-wasn't-me-it-was-the-one-armed-driver dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday March 28, @08:14 (Microsoft) |
|
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/0326209
|
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[0]PaisteUser tips us to an Ars Technica report discussing how 28.8% of
Vista's crashes over a period in 2007 were due to [1]faulty NVIDIA
drivers. The information comes out of the 158 pages of [2]Microsoft
emails that were handed over at the request of a judge in the
Vista-capable lawsuit. NVIDIA has already faced a [3]class-action lawsuit
over the drivers. From Ars Technica: "NVIDIA had significant problems
when it came time to transition its shiny, new G80 architecture from
Windows XP to Windows Vista. The company's first G80-compatible Vista
driver ended up being delayed from December to the end of January, and
even then was available only as a beta download. In this case, full
compatibility and stability did not come quickly, and the Internet is
scattered with reports detailing graphics driver issues when using G80
processors for the entirely of 2007. There was always a question,
however, of whether or not the problems were really that bad, or if
reporting bias was painting a more negative picture of the current
situation than what was actually occurring."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/0326209
Links:
0. mailto:nils.lorvick@gmail.com
1. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080325-vista-capable-lawsuit-paints-picture-of-buggy-nvidia-drivers.html
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/28/1746211&tid=123
3. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/03/0110248&tid=152
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| Possible Manipulation of OOXML Process In Poland |
| from the politicizing-the-technical dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Friday March 28, @08:55 (Microsoft) |
|
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1248241
|
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[0]michuk writes "IBM's representative for KT182 (the committee empowered
to vote on OOXML in Poland) accused the committee's chair of
[1]intentionally manipulating the process. A letter from the president of
the body overseeing KT182, sent a month ago to the committee chair for
distribution to all committee members, was never distributed. The letter
recommended that, if consensus were not achieved on the OOXML vote, then
Poland should abstain. This follows up my recent report on the [2]OOXML
process in Poland (also [3]covered by Groklaw), it looks like things are
going bad this time, at least as bad as in October." The EU is [4]already
investigating the Polish process based on complaints last fall. Is anyone
tracking all of the allegations and investigations surrounding OOXML?
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1248241
Links:
0. http://borys.musielak.eu/en/
1. http://polishlinux.org/poland/possible-manipulation-around-ooxml-process-in-poland/
2. http://polishlinux.org/poland/no-consensus-over-ooxml-in-poland-yet/
3. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080322203811784
4. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/08/213222&tid=123
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| The Death of the Silicon Computer Chip |
| from the aye-and-it-had-a-good-run dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Friday March 28, @09:42 (Intel) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1334254
|
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Stony Stevenson sends a report from the Institute of Physics' Condensed
Matter and Material Physics conference, where researchers predicted that
the [0]reign of the silicon chip is nearly over. Nanotubes and
superconductors are leading candidates for a replacement; they don't
mention [1]graphene. "...the conventional silicon chip has no longer than
four years left to run... [R]esearchers speculate that the silicon chip
will be unable to sustain the same pace of increase in computing power
and speed as it has in previous years. Just as Gordon Moore predicted in
2005, physical limitations of the miniaturized electronic devices of
today will eventually lead to silicon chips that are saturated with
transistors and incapable of holding any more digital information. The
challenge now lies in finding alternative components that may pave the
way to faster, more powerful computers of the future"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1334254
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/72838,the-death-of-the-silicon-computer-chip.aspx
1. http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/257302905/article.pl
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| Is Parallelism the New New Thing? |
| from the still-working-on-the-old-new-thing dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Friday March 28, @10:23 (Supercomputing) |
|
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1423225
|
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[0]astwon sends us to a blog post by parallel computing pioneer Bill
McColl speculating that, with the [1]cooling of Web 2.0, [2]parallelism
may be a hot new area for entrepreneurs and investors. (Take with
requisite salt grains as he is the founder of a Silicon Valley company in
this area.) McColl suggests a few other upcoming "new things," such as
Saas as an appliance and massive memory systems. Worth a read.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1423225
Links:
0. mailto:stone2468@gmail.com
1. http://gigaom.com/2008/03/25/the-new-new-incrementalism/
2. http://www.computingatscale.com/?p=54
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| US Broadband Policy Called "Magical Thinking" |
| from the unicorns-in-the-tubes dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Friday March 28, @11:05 (Government) |
|
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1436221
|
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[0]eWeekPete writes "Is the pipe half full or half empty? Not
surprisingly, the talk at the second annual Tech Policy Summit was
decidedly mixed. 'The US is still the most dynamic broadband economy in
the world,' said Ambassador Richard Russell, the associate director of
the White House's Office on Science and Technology Policy. 'As opposed to
being miles ahead, though, we're only a little ahead.' But Yale Law
School's Susan Crawford called Russell's position '[1]magical thinking.
We're not doing well at all.' She proceeded to call the White House's
effort 'completely inadequate on broadband competition.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1436221
Links:
0. mailto:peter.edwards@ziffdavisenterprise.com
1. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/White-House-Tech-Policy-Called-Magical-Thinking/?kc=GR_EWK_032808_SDT2
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| Oregon Senate Candidate Steve Novick Answers Your Questions |
| from the straight-talk-from-the-left-hook dept. |
| posted by Roblimo on Friday March 28, @11:45 (Democrats) |
|
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1445207
|
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Wow. More politicians (of all parties) need to be as open and thorough as
[0]Steve Novick is here. We selected 10 of the [1]questions you submitted
and sent them to him by email, and his responses... let's just say that
if every candidate spoke out like Steve, we'd have a much clearer view of
our choices and would be able to cast our votes a lot more rationally.
This story continues at:
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1445207
Discuss this story at:
http://interviews.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1445207
Links:
0. http://www.novickforsenate.org/
1. http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/18/1442206&tid=225
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| Microsoft Brand In Sharp Decline |
| from the no-surprise-to-anyone-here dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Friday March 28, @12:28 (Microsoft) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1555219
|
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[0]Amy Bennett writes "A recent poll of about 12,000 US business
decision-makers by market researcher CoreBrand found that [1]Microsoft's
brand power has taken a dive over the past four years. According to the
study, Microsoft dropped from number 12 in the ranking of the most
powerful US company brands in 2004 to number 59 last year. In 1996, the
company ranked number 1 in brand power among 1,200 top companies in about
50 industries. The CEO of CoreBrand said: 'When you see something decline
with increasing velocity, it's a concern.' To add some historical
context, IBM suffered a much faster and more severe decline in brand
power in the early 1990s and it took them 10 years to rebuild the brand's
reputation."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1555219
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2421/microsoft-brand-in-decline-080328/index.html
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| Mainstream Media Finally Catching On To How News Propagates |
| from the whole-new-idea-of-trusted-networks dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, @13:17 (The Media) |
|
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1532237
|
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Techdirt is reporting that the mainstream press may finally be "getting
it" when it comes to how the next generation of news readers [0]consumes
and shares news. One student summed it up very succinctly by saying "If
the news is that important, it will find me." "According to interviews
and recent surveys, younger voters tend to be not just consumers of news
and current events but conduits as well -- sending out e-mailed links and
videos to friends and their social networks. And in turn, they rely on
friends and online connections for news to come to them. In essence, they
are replacing the professional filter -- reading The Washington Post,
clicking on CNN.com -- with a social one."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1532237
Links:
0. http://techdirt.com/articles/20080327/152312670.shtml
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| Schwartz Comments On NSA/Sun OpenSolaris Collaboration |
| from the color-me-skeptical-for-now dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, @14:01 (Sun Microsyst|
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1549250
|
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[0]sean_nestor writes to mention that Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz took a
bit of time recently to [1]comment on last week's announcement that Sun
Microsystems would be [2]partnering closely with the NSA for security
research surrounding OpenSolaris. Rather than the typical loads of
legalese and confidentiality agreements Sun and the NSA are claiming that
this move is more about the NSA joining the OpenSolaris community than
anything else. I guess only time will tell.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1549250
Links:
0. mailto:seannestor@gmail.com
1. http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/opensolaris_and_the_nsa_national
2. http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-03/sunflash.20080313.1.xml
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| Scientology's Credibility Questioned Over Video Channel |
| from the scientology-and-shady-almost-synonyms-these-days dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, @14:40 (The Internet)|
|
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/161235
|
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[0]stonyandcher writes to share that the Church of Scientology has
[1]come under fire for some items on their recently launched video
channel. Most notably, claims have been leveled that dignitaries in one
of their videos were faked and at least one of the people featured in the
video is claiming their statements were taken out of context.
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/161235
Links:
0. mailto:stonyandcher@gmail.com
1. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;40727978
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| Firefox 4 Will Push Edges of Browser Definition |
| from the all-kinds-of-fun-new-toys dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, @15:24 (Mozilla) |
|
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1736255
|
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[0]Chris Blanc writes "Mozilla Lab's push is to [1]blur the edges of the
browser, to make it both more tightly integrated with the computer it's
running on, and also more hooked into Web services. So extended, the
browser becomes an even more powerful and pervasive platform for all
kinds of applications. 'Beard wants the new online/offline,
browser/service to be more intelligent on behalf of its users. Early
examples of this intelligence include the "awesome bar," which is what
Mozilla calls the new smart address bar in Firefox 3. It offers users
smart URL suggestions as they type based on Web searches and their prior
Web browsing history. He's looking to extend on this with a "linguistic
user interface" that lets users type plain English commands into the
browser bar. Beard pointed me towards Quicksilver and Enso as products
he's cribbing from.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1736255
Links:
0. http://www.chrisblanc.org/blog
1. http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9904867-2.html?tag=nefd.only
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| Report Suggests That Nanny State Might Actually Not Be For the Best|
| from the slowly-catching-on dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, @16:08 (Government) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/1848234
|
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[0]tonyreadsnews writes "Usually, 'thinking of the children' is a
starting point to impose limitations on video games and internet in
general. For once, a [1]study requested by UK's Prime Minister seems to
be a bit more objective then most. In the [2]Executive Summary (PDF)
'Children and young people need to be empowered to keep themselves safe ���
this isn't just about a top-down approach. Children will be children ���
pushing boundaries and taking risks. At a public swimming pool we have
gates, put up signs, have lifeguards and shallow ends, but we also teach
children how to swim.' I think that is an important point that most
studies miss, that just 'thinking of the children' and locking the bad
stuff away is actually setting them up for failure later in life. A
direct link to the [3]full PDF is also available."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/1848234
Links:
0. mailto:coramo_r@yahoo.com
1. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/byronreview/
2. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/byronreview/pdfs/Executive%20summary.pdf
3. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/byronreview/pdfs/Final%20Report%20Bookmarked.pdf
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| Space Elevators Face Wobble Problem |
| from the all-part-of-the-ride dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, @16:53 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/198243
|
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NewScientist is reporting that while the strength of the tether has long
been considered the main problem in building a space elevator, a new
study suggests that a [0]dangerous wobbling problem may also be a serious
obstacle. "Previous studies have noted that gravitational tugs from the
Moon and Sun, as well as pressure from gusts of solar wind, would shake
the tether. That could potentially make it veer into space traffic,
including satellites and bits of space debris. A collision could cut the
tether and wreck the space elevator."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/198243
Links:
0. http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13552-space-elevators-face-wobble-problem.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
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| A Fond Look at Some Obsolete Ports |
| from the tab-a-into-slot-b dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, @17:42 (It's funny. |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/2037236
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StealMyWiFi writes "C-NET.co.uk has a lighthearted look at [0]ten of the
best obsolete ports. The biggest surprise is that C-NET claims Firewire
is obsolete, which will come as a surprise to the millions of people
worldwide who are still using it, especially in light of the story that
Firewire is due to get a [1]massive speed boost! The same could be said
for their claims about SCSI, although from a consumer point of view I
guess that's fairer."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/2037236
Links:
0. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/0,39029477,49295857,00.htm
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/14/2037209&tid=230
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| Geist Creates His Own Do-Not-Call List |
| from the now-all-those-companies-buy-ads-on-the-do-not-call-websi|
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, @18:30 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/2054244
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average_cdn writes "Canadians looking to put a stop to pesky
telemarketing calls before the federal government's do-not-call registry
takes effect this summer have a new tool at their disposal. At
IOptOut.ca, Canadians can enter their phone number and e-mail address and
simply choose the organizations they would prefer not to hear from while
the website generates a mass request that the user be added to those
companies' do-not-call lists. The site, a beta version of which was
launched yesterday, is the brainchild of University of Ottawa law
professor Michael Geist and features information on how to [0]avoid
telemarketing calls from more than 140 different companies and
organizations. Mr. Geist said that iOptOut helps Canadians finish the job
that the do-not-call registry failed to complete."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/2054244
Links:
0. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2788/125/
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| Materials Science Toys on Display |
| from the nanotech-porn-highly-underrated dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday March 28, @19:19 (Science) |
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http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/28/2131220
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BoringNitride writes "Nanotech tool vendors hawked their wares to
innovative engineers at the spring meeting of the Materials Research
Society this week at San Francisco's Moscone Center. Wired took a break
from presentations on molecular motors and the mechanical properties of
human skin to take a walk across the showroom floor. They captured
close-ups of some of the [0]most precise molecule-building and
measurement tools in the world."
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http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/03/28/2131220
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/03/gallery_nanotech
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