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In this issue:
* Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering?
* NYT Confirms Movie Studios Paid to Support HD DVD
* Monster.com Attacked, User Data Stolen
* DARPA Files Patent On Predictive Simulation
* Secrecy of Voting Machines Ballots At Risk
* Google Earth Gets Star-Gazing Add On
* Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review
* New Idea Could Lead to Quantum RAM
* Strange Asteroids Baffle Scientists
* Linus Torvalds Speaks Out on Future of Linux
* Google Launches First YouTube Ads
* Crew Ends 100 Day Mars Simulation in Arctic
* Network Warrior
* Gen Con 2007 In A Nutshell
* Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace Rocket Crashes and Burns
* AMD Multi-Core G3MX DRAM Interface Details Emerge
* Google Ready to Bid on 700 MHz
* Warner Bros. to Turn All 15 Oz Books Into Movies
* UK Police Cracking Down on Broadband Theft
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| Free Tuition for Math, Science, and Engineering? |
| from the sign-me-up dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday August 21, @21:32 (Education) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/0057243
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Gibbs-Duhem writes "Montana Democratic Senator Max Baucus wants [0]free
college tuition for US math, science, and engineering majors conditional
upon working or teaching in the field for at least four years. From the
article: 'The goal, he said in an interview last week, is to better
prepare children for school and get more of them into college to make the
United States more globally competitive, particularly with countries like
China and India. "I think the challenge is fierce, and I think we have a
real obligation to go the extra mile and redo things a bit differently,
so we leave this place in better shape than we found it," Baucus said.'
Do you think this would help with the US's lackluster performance in
these fields?"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/0057243
Links:
0. http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/20/news/state/24-tuition.txt
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| NYT Confirms Movie Studios Paid to Support HD DVD |
| from the money-makes-the-world-go-round dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Tuesday August 21, @23:22 (Movies) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/0252242
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An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times has confirmed the story
that [0]Paramount and DreamWorks Animation were paid $150 million for an
exclusive HD-DVD deal that will last 18 months. 'Paramount and DreamWorks
Animation declined to comment. Microsoft, the most prominent technology
company supporting HD DVDs, said it could not rule out payment but said
it wrote no checks. "We provided no financial incentives to Paramount or
DreamWorks whatsoever," said Amir Majidimehr, the head of Microsoft's
consumer media technology group.'" We discussed [1]Paramount's defection
on Monday.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/0252242
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/007220&tid=97
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| Monster.com Attacked, User Data Stolen |
| from the rarr-snarl dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Wednesday August 22, @01:35 (The Internet) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/058239
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[0]Placid writes "The BBC has an article detailing a [1]successful attack
on the US recruitment site, Monster.com. According to the article, 'A
computer program was used to access the employers' section of the website
using stolen log-in credentials' and that the stolen details were
'uploaded to a remote web server'. Apparently, this remote server 'held
over 1.6 million entries with personal information belonging to several
hundred thousands of candidates, mainly based in the US, who had posted
their resumes to the Monster.com website'. The article also links the
break-in to a phishing e-mail sent out recently where personal details
were used to entice users to download a 'Monster Job Seeker Tool.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/058239
Links:
0. http://beplacid.net/
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6956349.stm
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| DARPA Files Patent On Predictive Simulation |
| from the looking-to-the-past-for-the-future dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Wednesday August 22, @03:37 (Patents) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/0512235
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An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist has a post on a patent filed by
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), seeking to control
[0]a new potent predictive simulation. The patent outlines the process,
which may someday allow researchers to accurately predict the behavior of
observed subjects. They're not there yet, but not for lack of trying. It
already works in some military war game scenarios, says the patent.
'Parunak says his model can successfully detect players' emotions, and
then predict future actions accordingly. He believes the technique could
one day be applied to predict the behavior of adversaries in military
combat situations, competitive business tactics, and even multiplayer
computer games. The patent application gives an interesting insight into
DARPA's goals. The agency has pumped a lot of money into AI in recent
years without reaping major rewards. One day computers may find a way to
accurately second-guess humans, but I suspect we may have to wait a
little longer yet.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/0512235
Links:
0. http://www.newscientist.com/blog/invention/2007/08/strategy-predicting-software.html
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| Secrecy of Voting Machines Ballots At Risk |
| from the just-another-layer-to-the-cake dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Wednesday August 22, @07:06 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/0515234
|
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[0]JimBobJoe writes "On Monday, Cnet published the findings I made as an
Ohio poll worker regarding a major oversight in my state's election's
system: Using a combination of public records, plus the voting machine
paper trails, [1]you can figure out how people voted. Though most agree
that voting machine paper trails are a necessity, they can cause privacy
problems which aren't easily mitigated. 'It's an especially pointed
concern in Ohio, a traditional swing state in presidential elections that
awarded George Bush a narrow victory over John Kerry three years ago.
Ohio law permits anyone to walk into a county election office and obtain
two crucial documents: a list of voters in the order they voted, and a
time-stamped list of the actual votes. "We simply take the two pieces of
paper together, merge them, and then we have which voter voted and in
which way," said James Moyer, a longtime privacy activist and poll worker
who lives in Columbus, Ohio.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/0515234
Links:
0. mailto:swiftheart@@@gmail...com
1. http://news.com.com/E-voting+predicament+Not-so-secret+ballots/2100-1014_3-6203323.html
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| Google Earth Gets Star-Gazing Add On |
| from the lots-of-dots dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @08:34 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1220259
|
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[0]Tom F writes to mention BBC News is reporting that Google has released
a new add on for Google Earth that will allow users to search a 3D
rendition of over 1 million stars and 200 million galaxies [1]called
Google Sky. "Optional layers allow users to explore images from the
Hubble Space Telescope as well as animations of lunar cycles. [...] Users
can overlay the night sky with other information such as galaxies,
constellations and detailed images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Imagery for the system came from six research institutions including the
Digital Sky Survey Consortium, the Palomar Observatory in California and
the United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre. "
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1220259
Links:
0. mailto:tom@ticlion.com
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6955787.stm
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| Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review |
| from the hope-he-countersues-and-buys-a-nice-summer-home dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @09:21 (The Almig|
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1243209
|
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[0]tigerhawkvok writes "Recently, new author Stuart Privar provided
Professor PZ Meyers of Pharyngula a copy of his book, [1]Lifecode, for
review. Over the course of [2]the review itself and a few follow-ups, it
became evident that the content was nonsense (including, among other
things, ten-legged spiders and other phenomena strongly at odds with
developmental biology). However, the common threat of lawsuits finally
became a reality, and now Privar is [3]suing Myers for $15 million. Can
calling someone a 'classic crackpot' in the face of such incorrect data
have any chance at making it to court, or even winning the suit?"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1243209
Links:
0. http://quantumsingularity.blogspot.com/
1. http://www.amazon.com/LifeCode-Theory-Biological-Self-Organization/dp/0976406004
2. http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/07/lifecode_from_egg_to_embryo_by.php
3. http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/08/21/pz-being-sued-by-crackpot/
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| New Idea Could Lead to Quantum RAM |
| from the cat-not-included dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @10:12 (Hardware)|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1255236
|
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KentuckyFC writes to tell us that scientists in Italy and the US have
designed a new method of retrieving information from quantum memory that
could allow them to create "[0]Quantum RAM". "Giovannetti's idea is to
send the address down the branching tree of connections in such a way
that it only affects one switch at a time. The first address qubit sets a
switch at the first branching point to go one way or the other; the
second qubit is sent that way and sets the switch at the next branching
point, and so on. The total number of entangled quantum systems is
smaller, and they are not so susceptible to interference, allowing
information to be retrieved from memory intact."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1255236
Links:
0. http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12516-blueprints-drawn-up-for-quantum-computer-ram.html
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| Strange Asteroids Baffle Scientists |
| from the science-rocks dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @11:04 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1420211
|
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[0]Raver32 writes to mention that two nearby asteroids may be evidence of
a [1]new class of asteroid or long eroded mini-world. Mineral evidence
gathered using photometric data shows these asteroids to contain basalt
not normally found in asteroid belt objects. "The lack of basalt and
another mineral, olivine, in asteroid belt objects has long puzzled
scientists. These two minerals would have formed the crust and mantle,
respectively, of belt objects the size of Vesta or larger; theory
predicts that more than half of all asteroids should be composed of one
or the other of these substances"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1420211
Links:
0. mailto:rob.dack@gmail.com
1. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070821_basalt_asteroid.html
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| Linus Torvalds Speaks Out on Future of Linux |
| from the even-keel dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @11:51 (Linux) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1437243
|
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[0]SlinkySausage writes "Linus Torvalds has laid out his plans for the
[1]future of Linux, including the 3.0 kernel [there probably won't be
one], problems with the Linux release cycles and which distro he
personally runs on his home PC. '"Compile everything by hand" ones simply
weren't interesting to me,' Torvalds says."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1437243
Links:
0. mailto:krispy78@gmail.com
1. http://apcmag.com/7012/linus_torvalds_talks_about
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| Google Launches First YouTube Ads |
| from the this-bread-brought-to-you-by dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 22, @12:47 (Google) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1513250
|
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[0]_14k4 writes "Video website YouTube is to feature advertising for the
first time, after Google revealed it is offering companies the chance to
[1]run ads on some of the site's most popular content." I can't wait to
sit through a dozen commercials while I try to waste some free time.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1513250
Links:
0. mailto:sullivan.t@gmail.com
1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/08/22/bcngoog122.xml
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| Crew Ends 100 Day Mars Simulation in Arctic |
| from the wtb-beer-burger-and-companionship dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @13:35 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1537222
|
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[0]Paul server guy writes "According to Wired Science the seven person
F-XI LDM crew that has been stationed at the Mars Society's FMARS station
has completed their unprecedented [1]100 day simulation. (Actually 101
days, because for 37 they lived on 'Mars time' adding 39 minutes to each
day) According to the mission's remote science principal investigator
Chris McKay, of NASA Ames. 'Their pioneering simulation of crew
operations on Mars time is by far the best work on this topic ever done.
It sets the standard for future Mars mission simulations.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1537222
Links:
0. http://www.fmars2007.org/
1. http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/08/four-month-mars.html
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| Network Warrior |
| from the fight-the-good-fight dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 22, @14:20 (Book Reviews)|
|
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1448212
|
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Fatty writes "Entry level certifications such as the Cisco Certified
Network Associate (CCNA) have become the source of many jokes to people
in the industry, largely because of the seemingly inept people that
proudly display their certifications. This is made worse by the volume of
books geared only to get people through the exam. Network Warrior bills
itself as the exact opposite ��� if the subtitle is to be believed it
contains "Everything You Need to Know That Wasn't on the CCNA Exam". With
everything from the architecture of the 6500 to layers 8 and 9 of the OSI
model (politics and money), it does a pretty good job." Read below for
the rest of Sean's views on this book.
This story continues at:
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1448212
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1448212
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| Gen Con 2007 In A Nutshell |
| from the just-look-at-all-the-stormtroopers dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Wednesday August 22, @15:11 (Role Playing (Game|
|
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1847207
|
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Another year, another Gen Con? Hardly. This year was the 40th anniversary
of Gen Con, marked the announcement of the newest edition of Dungeons and
Dragons, and was the first year videogame companies were actively sought
out as exhibitors. Put together this resulted in what felt like record
crowds, a healthy dealer's hall, and an instant conversation-starter with
every other person at the event. Read on for notes on the new tabletop
releases, thoughts on the new edition of D&D, impressions of the
videogames that were in attendance, and a shameful admission of weakness.
This story continues at:
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1847207
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1847207
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| Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace Rocket Crashes and Burns |
| from the doomed-rockets dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @16:02 (Space) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1631212
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[0]mcgrew (sm62704) writes "New Scientist is reporting that John
Carmack's 'Armadillo Aerospace' has suffered a large setback in the
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge after one of its two main rockets
[1]crashed and burned. 'During the test, Texel lifted off and hovered
without incident, then descended again and touched the ground. But it
then rose again unexpectedly and began accelerating upward. "Crap, it's
going to fly into the crane, I need to kill it," Carmack recalls
thinking. He hit the manual shutdown switch, turning off the vehicle's
engine in mid-flight. Texel was about 6 metres above the ground and fell
like a stone. One of its fuel tanks broke open when it hit the ground,
spewing fuel that ignited and engulfed the vehicle in flames. "It made a
fireball that would make any Hollywood movie proud," Carmack says.' No
one was hurt in the crash, but the vehicle was destroyed."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1631212
Links:
0. http://www.mcgrew.info/
1. http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12522-crash-destroys-rocket-ahead-of-x-prize-contest.html
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| AMD Multi-Core G3MX DRAM Interface Details Emerge |
| from the new-toys-all-the-time dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @16:55 (AMD) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1944210
|
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[0]MojoKid writes "New details have emerged regarding AMD's upcoming G3MX
technology. The 'future Opteron Platform' AMD mentioned in their [1]press
release seems to be built around a CPU currently codenamed 'Hydra'. Hydra
will still feature an on-die memory controller, but unlike current
platforms it will be geared for DDR3 memory. The processor will interface
to one or more [2]G3MX chips, which in turn provides the interface to the
memory slots. G3MX will act as a memory port extender for the memory
controller in the CPU socket and a serial link to the RAM.The electrical
signaling between the memory controller and G3MX is based on
HyperTransport 3.0."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1944210
Links:
0. http://www.hothardware.com/
1. http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~118446,00.html
2. http://www.hothardware.com/News/More_AMD_G3MX_Details_Emerge/
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| Google Ready to Bid on 700 MHz |
| from the protecting-your-interests dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @17:44 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1951243
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Seppanen Style writes "The 700MHz spectrum auction looks like it's going
to be heated. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has all but confirmed that Google
will [0]make a play for the spectrum that will be on offer next January.
'In effect, this could give Google control of the entire pipe between
customers and Google servers, a move that could be very good for business
strategy, even if the wireless network is not a major profit center.
Companies never like to be at the mercy of other companies, and Google is
no exception.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/1951243
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| Warner Bros. to Turn All 15 Oz Books Into Movies |
| from the high-probability-of-sucking dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday August 22, @18:31 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/2019234
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[0]Lucas123 writes "After purchasing the rights to the Oz books from Ted
Turner Warner Bros., along with Village Roadshow Pictures, will be taking
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane's idea to [1]produce movies based on the Oz
books. They've obtained the rights to the 14 titles written by 'The
Wizard of Oz' author L. Frank Baum, as well as the the fifteenth book
('The Royal Book of Oz'), written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Screen Writer
John Olson's 'vision is of a bit tamer PG movie and hopefully the two can
find some middle ground of compromise that will please them both and not
hurt the final product.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/2019234
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/
1. http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2007/08/22/warner-bros-follows-the-yellow-brick-road/
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| UK Police Cracking Down on Broadband Theft |
| from the throw-away-the-key dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 22, @19:35 (Wireless Netw|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/2218222
|
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dubculture writes "A 39 year-old man in West London was arrested for
[0]dishonestly obtaining free internet access" from an unsecured wireless
router nearby. The article discusses a couple of other cases, including
one where a fine of ��500 (~US$1000) was handed out for, essentially,
taking advantage of someone else's inability (read: apathy) towards
securing their home network."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/08/22/2218222
Links:
0. http://itn.co.uk/news/1112943368020a45ac5052f568ddbde1.html
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