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In this issue:
* NetApp Hits Sun With Patent Infringement Lawsuit
* Hole in Asteroid Belt Reveals Extinction Asteroid
* Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America
* What's Wrong With Lithium Ion Batteries?
* Mars Rovers Return to Exploration
* Australian Comedy Group Prods APEC Security
* Some Moray Eels Have Two Sets of Jaws
* AMD To Open ATI Specs
* Realtime ASCII Goggles
* Hynix 48-GB Flash MCP
* Are Relational Databases Obsolete?
* Detecting Cancer Without Drawing Blood
* Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act
* Skin Stem Cells Used to Mend Spines of Rats
* New Way of Extending Satellite Life Saves Millions
* DHS Ends Data-Mining Program
* 1300 Unopened Fry's Rebate Forms Found In Dumpster
* Apple Gives $100 Store Credit to iPhone Customers
* Wheelchair Controlled by Thought
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| NetApp Hits Sun With Patent Infringement Lawsuit |
| from the don't-take-the-law-into-your-own-hands dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 05, @21:07 (Sun Micros|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/05/2220228
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jcatcw writes "Computerworld reports, "Network Appliance Inc. today
announced that it has filed a [0]patent infringement lawsuit against Sun
Microsystems Inc. seeking unspecified compensatory damages and an
injunction that would prohibit Sun from developing or distributing
products based on its ZFS file system technology. The suit, filed in the
U.S. District Court in Lufkin, Texas, charges that the Sun ZFS technology
infringes on seven NetApp patents pertaining to data processing systems
and related software.""
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/05/2220228
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9034496
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| Hole in Asteroid Belt Reveals Extinction Asteroid |
| from the it's-the-big-one dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 05, @22:34 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/05/2226221
|
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[0]eldavojohn writes "Further evidence for the asteroid mass extinction
theory has been [1]discovered as a break in the main asteroid belt of our
solar system. From the article, "A joint U.S.-Czech team from Southwest
Research Institute (SwRI) and Charles University in Prague suggests that
the parent object of asteroid (298) Baptistina disrupted when it was hit
by another large asteroid, creating numerous large fragments that would
later create the Chicxulub crater on the Yucatan Peninsula as well as the
prominent Tycho crater found on the Moon.""
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/05/2226221
Links:
0. mailto:my/.username@@@gmail.com
1. http://www.physorg.com/news108218928.html
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| Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America |
| from the you-can't-fight-in-here-this-is-the-war-room dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @00:01 (United Stat|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/0045214
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[0]kernel panic attack writes "Surely the late Stanley Kubrick is
somewhere smiling at this one. Forbes.com has a story about a B-52 Bomber
that [1]mistakenly flew 6-nuclear tipped cruise missles across several
states last week. The 3-hour flight took the plane from Minot Air Force
Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30. The incident was
so serious that President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates were
quickly informed and Gates has asked for daily briefings on the Air Force
probe, said Defense Department press secretary Geoff Morrell."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/0045214
Links:
0. mailto:kernal.panic.attack@gmail.com
1. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/05/ap4086085.html
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| What's Wrong With Lithium Ion Batteries? |
| from the too-hot-to-handle dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @04:15 (Power) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/0431237
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An anonymous Coward writes "Lithium ion batteries short-circuit. They
overheat. They burst into flames. The reasons behind the recent spate of
problems with a technology invented by Sony more than a decade ago are
complex and varied, making for [0]one big engineering headache."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/0431237
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| Mars Rovers Return to Exploration |
| from the kuato-approved dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @08:07 (Mars) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/0422241
|
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[0]inkslinger77 writes "The [1]two Mars rovers that have been carefully
conserving critical power supplies since June, when the summer dust-storm
season began on the red planet, are now springing back to work as the
storms subside. Typically, the solar panels on each rover produce about
700 watt-hours of electricity per day ��� enough to light a 100-watt bulb
for seven hours, according to NASA. But this year's dust storms reduced
that to as little as 128 watt hours per day. When daily power generation
is down to less than 400 watt-hours, the rovers suspend their driving on
the planet and stop using their robotic arms, cameras and other
instruments. But they are back in action now!"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/0422241
Links:
0. mailto:inkslinger77@gmail.com
1. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1211831261;fp;16;fpid;1
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| Australian Comedy Group Prods APEC Security |
| from the blame-canada dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 06, @08:50 (It's funny. |
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1229221
|
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ajdlinux writes "Members of the Australian comedy group The Chaser were
arrested today after [0]attempting to breach security at the APEC Leaders
Conference in Sydney. Chas Licciardello and Julian Morrow [1]were
arrested, along with nine crew members (all are now free on bail), just a
short distance away from the InterContinental Hotel where President Bush
is staying. They had already cleared at least two police checkpoints,
[2]according to CNN, disguised as a Canadian motorcade. 'No particular
reason we chose Canada,' said Taylor. 'We just thought they'd be a
country who the cops wouldn't scrutinize too closely, and who feasibly
would only have three cars in their motorcade ��� as opposed to the 20 or
so gas guzzlers that Bush has brought with him.'" [2]CNN has a photo of
Licciardello, dressed as Osama bin Laden, being arrested.
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1229221
Links:
0. http://www.smh.com.au/news/apec/chaser-team-held/2007/09/06/1188783378804.html
1. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/06/2025910.htm
2. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/06/apec.fake.motorcade.ap/index.html
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| Some Moray Eels Have Two Sets of Jaws |
| from the one-was-bad-enough dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 06, @09:32 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1252248
|
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[0]mikesd81 writes that the Mercury News reports that scientists at UC
Davis have discovered that some eels have [1]an extra set of jaws deep in
their throats that launch forward into their mouths to help pull prey in.
"'It looks like a funny pair of forceps with curved sharp teeth,' said
evolutionary biologist Rita Mehta, lead author of the research, which
appears Thursday in Nature. Before the discovery, scientists thought that
all aquatic predators swallowed their prey using suction. By dropping the
lower jaw and creating a flow of water into their mouths, they draw in
the prey. The two species of moray eels studied by Mehta and Wainwright
are the first examples of an alternative feeding method. Instead of
sucking, one of these eels bites its prey with its primary set of teeth.
It then draws the second set of teeth into its mouth by contracting long
muscles. The secondary jaws clamp down on the prey, allowing the eel to
move its primary jaws forward in a gulping motion to take in more of the
prey. The two sets of jaws take turns until the whole animal has been
swallowed." mikesd81 adds a link to a YouTube [2]video of an eel eating,
noting "If you look closely right around 34 seconds you can see what
looks like the other set of jaws chewing."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1252248
Links:
0. http://ltmikesdgtltatgtltptd.netgt/
1. http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6807532
2. http://youtube.com/watch?v=fgrsoAErRzw
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| AMD To Open ATI Specs |
| from the just-what-was-asked dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 06, @10:17 (Graphics) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1335230
|
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Several readers tipped us the followup of [0]yesterday's AMD/ATI news,
the [1]new development hinted at by Phoronix: AMD has announced they are
releasing the specs for all new Radeon chipsets, and will be working with
the open source community to [2]develop a fully functional 2D and 3D
graphics driver. An anonymous reader opines: "AMD appears to be following
in Intel's footsteps with upcoming releases. If AMD is successful NVidia
will have real competition in the GNU/Linux gaming arena. While past
support by ATI was unsatisfactory the new AMD buyout appears to be having
some effect."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1335230
Links:
0. http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/05/1328225&tid=152
1. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=825&num=1
2. http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=302
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| Realtime ASCII Goggles |
| from the through-crt-colored-spectacles dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 06, @11:00 (It's funny. |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1431217
|
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jabjoe writes "Russian artists from Moscow have created [0]goggles with
realtime image filtering. Among the Photoshop-like filters that can be
applied is, interestingly, ASCII: you can view the world in real time as
ASCII. Pointless but cool."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1431217
Links:
0. http://englishrussia.com/?p=1377#more-1377
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| Hynix 48-GB Flash MCP |
| from the lotta-songs-in-yer-phone dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 06, @11:45 (Data Storage)|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/146218
|
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[0]Hal_Porter writes to let us know that the third-largest NAND chip
maker, Hynix, has announced they have stacked [1]24 flash chips in a
1.4mm thick multi-chip package. It's not entirely clear from the article
whether the resulting 48-GB device is a proof of concept or a product.
The article extrapolates to 384 GB of storage in a single package,
sometime. Hal_Porter adds: "It's not clear if it's possible to write to
them in parallel ��� if so the device should be pretty damn fast. The usual
objection to NAND flash as a hard drive replacement is lifetime. NAND
sectors can only be written 100,000 times or so before they wear out, but
wear leveling can be done to spread writes evenly over at least each
chip. I worked out that the lifetime should be [2]much longer than a
typical magnetic hard disk. There's no information on costs yet frankly
and it sounds like an expensive proof of concept, but it shows you the
sort of device that will take over from small hard disks in the next few
years."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/146218
1. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2007/09/123_9628.html
2. http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=15180090&sid=183698&tid=198
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| Are Relational Databases Obsolete? |
| from the long-in-the-tooth dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 06, @12:27 (Databases) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1527258
|
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jpkunst sends us to Computerworld for a look at Michael Stonebraker's
opinion that RDBMSs "[0]should be considered legacy technology."
Computerworld adds some background and analysis to Stonebraker's
comments, which appear in a new blog, [1]The Database Column. Stonebraker
co-created the Ingres and Postgres technology while a researcher at UC
Berkeley in the early 1970s. He predicts that "[2]column stores will take
over the [data] warehouse market over time, completely displacing row
stores."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1527258
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9034619
1. http://www.databasecolumn.com/2007/09/one-size-fits-all.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS
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| Detecting Cancer Without Drawing Blood |
| from the you'll-feel-a-slight-pinch dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Thursday September 06, @13:12 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/167236
|
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An anonymous reader informs us of research out of Purdue that allows for
[0]early detection of cancer without a blood sample. The technique
involves shining laser light on surface veins, such as those in the wrist
or cheek.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/167236
Links:
0. http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007b/070904LowPNAS.html
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| Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act |
| from the but-what-about-the-terrorists dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @14:00 (The Courts)|
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1720223
|
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Shining Celebi writes "U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero ruled in favor
of the ACLU and [0]struck down a portion of the revised USA PATRIOT Act
this morning, forcing investigators to go through the courts to obtain
approval before ordering ISPs to give up information on customers,
instead of just sending them a National Security Letter. In the words of
Judge Marrero, this use of National Security Letters "offends the
fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and
separation of powers.""
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1720223
Links:
0. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/06/ap4089011.html
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| Skin Stem Cells Used to Mend Spines of Rats |
| from the rats-get-the-best-health-care dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @14:54 (Biotech) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1637247
|
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The Toronto Star reports researchers have used [0]adult skin stem cells
to heal spinal cord injuries in rats. "Injured rats injected with
skin-derived stem cells regained mobility and had better walking
co-ordination, according to the study published yesterday in the Journal
of Neuroscience. The skin-derived stem cells, injected directly into the
injured rats' spinal cords, were able to survive in their new location
and set off a flurry of activity, helping to heal the cavity in the
cord."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1637247
Links:
0. http://www.thestar.com/article/253699
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| New Way of Extending Satellite Life Saves Millions |
| from the make-it-last dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @15:43 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1648234
|
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[0]coondoggie writes "A new technique to save aging satellites promises
to save millions of dollars by [1]extending the life of communications
spacecraft. A process developed by researchers from Purdue University and
Lockheed Martin has already saved $60 million for unnamed broadcasters by
extending the service life of two communications satellites. In a
nutshell the technique works by applying an advanced simulation and a
method that equalizes the amount of propellant in satellite fuel tanks so
that the satellite consumes all of the fuel before being retired from
service. Some aging communications satellites are each equipped with four
fuel tanks. If one of the tanks empties before the others, the satellite
loses control and should be decommissioned, wasting the remaining fuel in
the other tanks."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1648234
Links:
0. http://networkworld.com/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/19119
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| DHS Ends Data-Mining Program |
| from the and-i-have-a-bridge-to-sell-you dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @16:31 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1630257
|
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ExE122 writes "The Department of Homeland Security has "[0]scrapped an
ambitious anti-terrorism data-mining tool." The tool, called ADVISE, was
being tested with live data rather than test data without having proper
security in place. This program had already been under criticism by
privacy advocates and members of Congress. However, according to the
article, a DHS spokesman assures that the program will be restarted once
the security and cost are re-evaluated."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1630257
Links:
0. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZM0WzE9yyXmi59VY2Abxumd6FIA
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| 1300 Unopened Fry's Rebate Forms Found In Dumpster |
| from the put-it-in-the-circular-file dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @17:22 (Businesses)|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1935240
|
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[0]blackmonday writes "The Consumerist is reporting a find of [1]1,300
unopened rebate submissions in a dumpster belonging to Vastech, a rebate
processor hired by Fry's Electronics. Vastech's management blames it on a
bad employee."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1935240
Links:
0. http://www.loscreepers.net/
1. http://consumerist.com/consumer/fry.s/1300-unopened-rebate-applications-found-in-dumpster-297016.php
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| Apple Gives $100 Store Credit to iPhone Customers |
| from the quit-your-crying dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @18:12 (Technology |
|
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/1941251
|
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MooRogue writes "In an [0]open letter to all iPhone customers, Steve Jobs
responds to hundreds of emails from upset iPhone customers. Apple will be
giving early adopters who are not receiving rebates or any other
consideration $100 store credit at the Apple store. Details will be
posted on the Apple website next week"
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/1941251
Links:
0. http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/
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| Wheelchair Controlled by Thought |
| from the just-like-xavier dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 06, @19:00 (Technology)|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/203213
|
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macduffman writes "New Scientist reports on another development in
[0]interfacing with the central nervous system. The system "eavesdrops"
on signals sent from the brain to the larynx, so even people who lack the
muscular control to vocalize a command can operate it. The potential
applications of this technology are as varied as human imagination, among
them: allowing a person who has lost speech capability to vocalize
again." From the article:"The wheelchair could help people with spinal
injuries, or neurological problems like cerebral palsy or motor neurone
disease, operate computers and other equipment despite serious problems
with muscle control. The system will work providing a person can still
control their larynx, or "voice box", which may be the case even if the
lack the muscle coordination necessary to produce coherent speech."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/09/06/203213
Links:
0. http://technology.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12602&feedId=online-news_rss20
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