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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Picture Passwords More Secure than Text
* Students Assigned to Write Wikipedia Articles
* Kmart Drops Blu-Ray Players
* Seagate Offers Refunds on 6.2 Million Hard Drives
* Over-50s Invade the Social Networking Scene
* Eleven Finalists in Pentagon's Robotic Rally
* Ubuntu Dev Summit Lays Out Plans For Hardy Heron
* Leopard Early Adopters Suffer For The Rest of Us
* U.of Oregon Says No to RIAA
* Napster - Music Subsciptions Are Overrated
* Genetic Modification Produces Mighty Mouse
* Super-Magnet Sheds Light on Semiconductors
* ICANN Punts on WHOIS Privacy Proposal
* Why Apple Should Acquire Adobe
* More Solar Panel Problems For ISS
* MS, Mozilla Clashing Over JavaScript Update
* Wikipedia Wins Defamation Case
* Volcanoes May Have Caused Mass Extinctions?
* New Catalyst May Be a Boost For Fuel Cells
* Joss Whedon Back on TV
* China's President Hu Talks IT Warfare
* The Economic Development of the Moon
* Google's OpenSocial Platform Releases
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| Picture Passwords More Secure than Text |
| from the my-scribble-is-my-password dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday November 01, @20:30 (Security) |
|
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/01/2241246
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "People possess a remarkable ability for recalling
pictures and researchers at Newcastle University are exploiting this
characteristic to create graphical passwords that they say are a
[1]thousand times more secure than ordinary textual passwords. With Draw
a Secret (DAS) technology, users draw an image over a background, which
is then encoded as an ordered sequence of cells. The software recalls the
strokes, along with the number of times the pen is lifted. If a person
chooses a flower background and then draws a butterfly as their secret
password image onto it, they have to remember where they began on the
grid and the order of their pen strokes. The "passpicture" is recognized
as identical if the encoding is the same, not the drawing itself, which
allows for some margin of error as the drawing does not have to be
re-created exactly. The software has been initially designed for handheld
devices such as iPhones, Blackberry and Smartphone, but could soon be
expanded to other areas. "The most exciting feature is that a simple
enhancement simultaneously provides significantly enhanced usability and
security," says computer scientist Jeff Yan."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/01/2241246
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/content.phtml?ref=1193215475
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| Students Assigned to Write Wikipedia Articles |
| from the term-papers-that-live-on dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday November 01, @21:53 (Education) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/01/2245248
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openfrog writes "An inspired professor at University of
Washington-Bothell, Martha Groom, made an [0]interesting pedagogical
experiment. Instead of vilifying Wikipedia as some academics are prone to
do, she assigned the students enrolled in her environmental history
course to contribute articles. The result has proven "transformative" to
her students. They were no longer spending their time writing for one
reader, says Groom, but were doing work of consequence in a "peer
reviewed" environment, which enhanced the quality of their output."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/01/2245248
Links:
0. http://www.physorg.com/news113071167.html
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| Kmart Drops Blu-Ray Players |
| from the priced-out-of-the-competition dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday November 01, @23:26 (Movies) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/01/2247259
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[0]Lord Byron II writes "K-mart has decided to [1]stop selling Blu-Ray
players in their stores, primarily because of the high cost of Blu-Ray
compared to HD-DVD (now under $200). They will continue to sell the PS3
for the time being. Will lower prices speed the adoption of HD-DVD in the
upcoming holiday shopping season?"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/01/2247259
Links:
0. mailto:slashdot.darkcuriosities@com
1. http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2007/10/31/kmart-drops-blu-ray-over-price/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnologyexpert.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fkmart-drops-blu-ray-over-price.html&frame=true
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| Seagate Offers Refunds on 6.2 Million Hard Drives |
| from the making-things-right dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday November 02, @00:55 (Data Storage)|
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/01/231250
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An anonymous reader writes "Seagate has agreed to settle a lawsuit that
alleges that the company mislead customers by selling them hard disk
drives with less capacity than the company advertised. The suit states
that Seagate's use of the decimal definition of the storage capacity term
"gigabyte" was misleading and inaccurate: whereby 1GB = 1 billion bytes.
In actuality, 1GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes ��� a difference of approximately
7% from Seagate's figures. Seagate is saying it will offer [0]a cash
refund or free backup and recovery software."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/01/231250
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| Over-50s Invade the Social Networking Scene |
| from the old-folks-have-friends-too dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday November 02, @04:47 (The Internet)|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/0513255
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An anonymous reader writes "The Telegraph newspaper reports that
[0]over-50s are invading sites like Facebook and MySpace in massive
numbers. A recent study showed that nearly one third of Facebook users
are aged between 35 and 54, and that this group also made up 41 percent
of MySpace users. "Because the mind of an over-50 is likely superior to
that of a drink-addled undergrad, at first there was uncertainty about
whether older users would find the Facebook-led social-networking
phenomena attractive." Looks like dad just turned up to the party."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/0513255
Links:
0. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/11/01/dlchums01.xml
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| Eleven Finalists in Pentagon's Robotic Rally |
| from the you-must-be-this-safe-to-ride dept. |
| posted by CowboyNeal on Friday November 02, @07:26 (Robotics) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/01/238255
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An anonymous reader writes "A mere [0]11 driverless vehicles ��� not the 20
originally planned ��� will compete in this weekend's $3.5 million
all-robot street rally, hosted by the Pentagon. After a series of
[1]crashes, [2]dangerous turns, and [3]aimless wanderings off of the
course, the rest of the robo-cars in the "[4]Urban Challenge" were deemed
unsafe to compete."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/01/238255
Links:
0. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/11/finalists-named.html
1. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/10/safety-last-for.html
2. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/10/its-robo-cars-1.html
3. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/10/runaway-robot.html
4. http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/
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| Ubuntu Dev Summit Lays Out Plans For Hardy Heron |
| from the hee-such-humorous-names dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @08:36 (Debian) |
|
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1217248
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Opurt writes "On the first day of the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Boston
this week, a roundtable session [0]focused on the vision for the upcoming
Hardy Heron Ubuntu release. Unlike [1]Gutsy Gibbon, which brought a
handful of experimental features along with some new functionality, the
focus with Heron will be on robustness as it will be supported on the
desktop for 3 years. 'The Compiz window manager, which adds sophisticated
visual effects to the Ubuntu user interface, will be a big target for
usability improvements. Keyboard bindings and session management were
noted as two areas where Compiz still needs some work.' PolicyKit and
Tracker will also be significantly tweaked, while Heron is also likely to
see a complete visual refresh."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1217248
1. http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/18/1342230&tid=90
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| Leopard Early Adopters Suffer For The Rest of Us |
| from the working-the-kinks-out dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @09:12 (OS X) |
|
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1251229
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News.com tallies up the [0]minor annoyances early adopters have
experienced dealing with the newest version of OS X. From a change in
folder design to install issues, and beyond to lack of support for Java
6, Mac users have had more to grumble about than usual in the last week.
Just the same, the article notes, there have been no major problems and
(compared to other OS launches) Leopard kicked off fairly well. "Let's
give thanks to the early adopters, however masochistic they may be. You
can do all the QA in the world before releasing an operating system, and
it's not going to compare to what happens when the unwashed masses get
their hands on the product. Microsoft's Windows Vista had years of
developer releases, and was released to manufacturing several weeks
before it went on sale to the general public. Still, compatibility
problems cropped up because it's extremely difficult to anticipate what
people are running, and in what combination. It's easier for Apple
because it tightly controls its hardware and software, and because there
are fewer potential combinations in the wild, but it's still a Herculean
task."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1251229
Links:
0. http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9809571-37.html
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| U.of Oregon Says No to RIAA |
| from the always-a-good-feeling-right dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @09:56 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1317240
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The University of Oregon has [1]filed a
motion to quash the RIAA's subpoena for information on student identities
in what is believed to be the first such motion made by a university with
support from the state Attorney General. The [2]motion (pdf) explains
that it is impossible to identify the alleged infringers from the
information the RIAA has presented: 'Five of the seventeen John Does
accessed the content in question from double occupancy dorm rooms at the
University. With regard to these Does, the University is able to identify
only the room where the content was accessed and whether or not the
computer used was a Macintosh or a PC ... The University cannot determine
whether the content in question accessed by one occupant as opposed to
another, or whether it was accessed instead by a visitor.' The AG's
motion [3]further argues (pdf) that "Plaintiffs' subpoena is unduly
burdensome and overbroad. It seeks information that the University does
not readily possess. In order to attempt to comply with the subpoena, the
University would be forced to undertake an investigation to create
discovery for Plaintiffs ��� an obligation not imposed by Rule 45. As the
University is unable to identify the alleged infringers with any
accuracy, it cannot comply with its federal obligation to notify students
potentially affected by the subpoena. One commentator has [4]likened the
AG's argument to saying, in effect, that the RIAA's evidence is
'rubbish'."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1317240
Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/11/oregon-attorney-general-says-no-to-riaa.html
2. http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=arista_does1-17_071031MotQuash
3. http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=arista_does1-17_071031MotQuashMemoLaw
4. http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13874
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| Napster - Music Subsciptions Are Overrated |
| from the hope-they-don't-pull-your-access dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @10:30 (Music) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1326253
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kevinbr writes "Napster has concluded that [0]PC-based music
subscriptions aren't a growth business ... because it's retreating from
its core business. 'Six months ago the subscription music service had
830,000 subs, three months ago it had 770,000, and now it has 750,000.
The company says that last drop was expected, because kids stop using the
service during the summer. But it's not as if those numbers will swell
this fall: NAPS projects only a 4% revenue increase for next quarter. So
instead of talking up its core subscription business, Napster is now
pinning its hopes on the mobile industry. Music on your cellphone may one
day be a real business, but hard to see why Napster is going to be the
company that will capitalize on it.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1326253
Links:
0. http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/11/napster-we-need-new-business.html
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| Genetic Modification Produces Mighty Mouse |
| from the always-liked-danger-mouse-and-duckula-better dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @11:15 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1447228
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Identity Missing writes "An Ohio laboratory has produced [0]genetically
modified mice which 'can run five to six kilometres at a speed of 20
meters per minute on a treadmill, for up to six hours before stopping,'
as well as a number of other remarkable feats. An enzyme called
phosphoenolypyruvate carboxykinases (PEPCK-C) is apparently responsible,
and we should hope that the scientists are correct in saying that
athletes won't be modifying their genes any time soon to get it, because
it apparently makes the mice more aggressive. If anyone feels a super
villain coming on, at least we can rely on these [1]Mighty Mice. A
[2]video demonstrates just how much these little guys beat the
competition."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1447228
Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7074831.stm
1. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/87528.php
2. http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2007/10/26/mouse.mov
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| Super-Magnet Sheds Light on Semiconductors |
| from the throm-throm-throm dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @11:56 (Supercomputing) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1554210
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Stony Stevenson writes "A group of researchers at Florida state have
demonstrated a magnet design that could [0]shed new light on nanoscience
and semiconductor research. 'The Split Florida Helix magnet can direct
and scatter laser light at a sample down the centre of the magnet and
from four ports on the sides. Due to become fully operational in 2010,
the device can generate fields above 25 tesla. The highest-field split
magnet in the world currently attains 18 tesla ... The scientists will be
able to expand the scope of their experimental approach, learning more
about the intrinsic properties of materials by shining light on crystals
from angles not previously available in such high magnetic fields.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1554210
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/64179,supermagnet-sheds-light-on-semiconductors.aspx
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| ICANN Punts on WHOIS Privacy Proposal |
| from the watch-out-downfield dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @12:33 (Privacy) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/163242
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An anonymous reader writes "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) has essentially [0]put off consideration of a
[1]proposal that would have dissolved a requirement that domain name
registrars collect and display personal information about people who
register Web site names. Privacy activists said the WHOIS database has
become a data-mining dream for marketers and spammers, to say nothing of
stalkers and harassers. Companies representing some of the world's
biggest brand names appear to have prevailed, arguing that any change to
the current system would interfere with law enforcement investigations
and trademark disputes. In the end, ICANN [2]voted 7-17 to table the
issue in favor of further studies on the privacy impact of the WHOIS
database."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/163242
Links:
0. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/10/net_governance_body_punts_on_w.html
1. http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/
2. http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/10/31/icann-deja-vu-day.html
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| Why Apple Should Acquire Adobe |
| from the maybe-one-day-they'll-care-about-games-too dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @13:14 (Businesses) |
|
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/165209
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[0]aabode writes "OSWeekly.com's Brandon Watts [1]suggests that Apple
should acquire Adobe. Why? 'While Apple has done a great job of
developing media applications for beginners (the iLife suite is a good
example of this), they could use a boost on the professional side.
Granted, Final Cut Studio has become the standard when it comes to
professional video editing, and Logic Studio is a great professional
solution for editing audio, but what about the graphics and Web design
segments of the market? If people want tools to support these interests
on the Mac, then they turn to Adobe.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/165209
Links:
0. http://www.osweekly.com/
1. http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2688&Itemid=449
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| More Solar Panel Problems For ISS |
| from the getting-a-bit-shadey-up-here dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @13:54 (NASA) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/166224
|
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rufey writes "This week there have been two pieces of bad news from the
International Space Station. First was the discovery of [0]metal shavings
inside a problematic rotary joint used to keep one set of solar panels in
the optimal position for power generation. At the close of a subsequent
spacewalk, after it was relocated to its permanent location, the
unfurling of the 4B solar panel resulted in it tearing in two places. A
spacewalk is now planned for November 4th to [1]attempt to fix the tear.
The upcoming spacewalk is not without risks, including the remote
possibility of electrocution since it is impossible to stop the solar
panel from generating electricity during the repair attempt. NASA says
the ripped wing needs to be fixed or the solar rotary joint problem
solved before any more shuttles can fly to the space station and continue
construction. With a hard deadline of 2010 for Shuttle retirement, NASA
does not have much wiggle room in the schedule in order to finish ISS
construction."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/166224
Links:
0. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/29/1235215&tid=236
1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21578505/
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| MS, Mozilla Clashing Over JavaScript Update |
| from the minor-frustration-of-the-titans dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @14:33 (Mozilla) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1748244
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "JavaScript has become a crucial part of Websites
built on AJAX underpinnings, which makes the upcoming revision to the
ECMAScript standard crucial for the future of the Web. But in today's
browser environment, no one vendor can impose an update path ��� [1]which
may set things up for a nasty conflict. A fight is being fought on blogs
between Mozilla Chief Technology Officer (and creator of JavaScript)
Brendan Eich, who wants to the new ECMAScript standard to be a radical
upgrade, and Chris Wilson, architect of MS's IE team, who would rather
keep JavaScript as is and put new functionality into a brand-new
language."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1748244
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/4061/071101mozillams/
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| Wikipedia Wins Defamation Case |
| from the wiki-this dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @15:13 (The Internet) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1747232
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Raul654 writes "Yesterday, [0]a French judge dismissed a lawsuit against
the Wikimedia Foundation for defamation. The judge found that 'Web site
hosts cannot be liable under civil law because of information stored on
them if they do not in fact know of their illicit nature.' [1]According
to the inquirer: 'Three plaintiffs were each seeking 69,000 euros
($100,000) in damages for invasion of their privacy after their
homosexuality was revealed on the website.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1747232
Links:
0. http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKL0280486220071102
1. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=98500
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| Volcanoes May Have Caused Mass Extinctions? |
| from the can't-breath-must-snack-on-mammals dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @15:55 (Science) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1921216
|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "According to recent research, huge amounts of
sulphur dioxide released by volcanic eruptions may have had more to do
with [1]wiping out dinosaurs than the meteorite strike at Chicxulub on
Mexico's Yucat��n Peninsula. Marine sediments drilled from the Chicxulub
crater have revealed that that the mass extinctions occurred 300,000
years after Chicxulub hit Earth. The Deccan volcanism was a long
cumulative process that released vast amounts of greenhouse gases into
the atmosphere. '"On land it must have been 7-8 degrees warmer," says
Princeton University paleontologist Gerta Keller. "The Chicxulub impact
alone could not have caused the mass extinction, because this impact
predates the mass extinction."' Keller also postulates a [2]second larger
and still unidentified meteor strike after Chicxulub, that left the
[3]famous extraterrestrial layer of iridium found in rocks worldwide and
pushed earth's ecosystem over the brink. But where's the crater? "I wish
I knew," says Keller."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1921216
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071031/full/news.2007.205.html
2. http://www.physorg.com/news80320081.html
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%E2%80%93T_boundary
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| New Catalyst May Be a Boost For Fuel Cells |
| from the don't-forget-to-reverse-the-polarity dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @16:37 (Power) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/2028219
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[0]Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at the University of Houston
(UH) have developed a new platinum-based catalyst for fuel cells that is
at least four times more efficient and cheaper than existing catalysts.
[1]This discovery in fuel cell research may ease reliance on gasoline.
According to the researchers, the active phase of the catalyst consists
of nanoparticles with a platinum-rich shell and a core made of an alloy
of copper, cobalt, and platinum. But it's not enough for this new
catalyst to be more efficient and cheaper than a pure platinum one. It
also needs to work for a long time ��� say, the life of a car. So far, the
preliminary results look promising, but longer-term testing is needed
before this kind of fuel cells can be used to power your car."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/2028219
Links:
0. http://www.primidi.com/2007/11/02.html
1. http://www.uh.edu/admin/media/nr/2007/10oct/102907strasser_fuelcells.html
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| Joss Whedon Back on TV |
| from the dear-fox-please-don't-suck dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @17:13 (Sci-Fi) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/216218
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tokenhillbilly writes "Joss Whedon of 'Buffy' and 'Firefly' fame has
[0]signed on to do another TV series on Fox starring Eliza Dushku (Faith
from 'Buffy'). The series is going to be called Dollhouse, and the story
surrounds a group of people 'programmed' to do missions out of a sort of
high-tech dorm. '[The series] follows a top-secret world of people
programmed with different personalities, abilities and memories depending
on their mission. After each assignment -- which can be physical,
romantic or even illegal -- the characters have their memories wiped
clean, and are sent back to a lab (dubbed the "Dollhouse"). [The] show
centers on Dushku's character, Echo, as she slowly begins to develop some
self-awareness, which impacts her missions.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/216218
Links:
0. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975136.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
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| China's President Hu Talks IT Warfare |
| from the reading-dilbert-in-the-trenches dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @17:57 (The Military) |
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/2030214
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[0]narramissic writes "In his keynote speech at the Communist Party
Congress in October China's president Hu Jintao was specific in his
references to one area of IT: defense. 'We must build strong armed forces
through science and technology. To attain the strategic objective of
building computerized armed forces and winning IT-based warfare, we will
accelerate composite development of mechanization and computerization,
[1]carry out military training under IT-based conditions, modernize every
aspect of logistics, intensify our efforts to train a new type of
high-caliber military personnel in large numbers and change the mode of
generating combat capabilities.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/2030214
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/071101chinadefense/index.html
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| The Economic Development of the Moon |
| from the looking-forward-to-my-io-apartment dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @18:33 (Moon) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/2110238
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[0]MarkWhittington writes "Andrew Smith, the author of Moondust: In
Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth, recently published a polemic in the
British newspaper The Guardian, entitled Plundering the Moon, that
[1]argued against the economic development of the Moon. Apparently the
idea of mining Helium 3, an isotope found on the Moon but not on the
Earth (at least in nature) disturbs Mr. Smith from an environmentalist
standpoint. An [2]examination of the issue makes one wonder why."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/2110238
Links:
0. mailto:mwhittingt@sprynet.com
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2200256,00.html
2. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/434721/the_economic_development_of_the_moon.html
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| Google's OpenSocial Platform Releases |
| from the everybody-needs-somebody-some-time dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday November 02, @19:28 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/02/1220224
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[0]shadowmage13 writes "Google [1]just announced that starting tonight,
developers can start writing applications using the social API for Orkut,
MySpace, Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, Ning,
Oracle, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING at
[2]http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial. Will Facebook give in?" There
is quite a bit of [3]analysis of this announcement available in
yesterday's discussion.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/02/1220224
Links:
0. mailto:danny.piccirillo@%5B%5Dil.com%5B'gma'ingap%5D
1. http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/myspace_opensocial.html
2. http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial
3. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/31/1231212&tid=217
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