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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science
* Google Announces Summer of Code 2008
* What Will Come of the FCC Comcast Hearing
* The Economics of Free
* Google Buys a Piece of a Cable To Japan
* Building a Green PC
* Antidepressants Work No Better Than a Placebo
* P2P Scammers' Lawyers Attack Open Source Team
* New Tools Available for Network-Centric Warfare
* Open US GPS Data?
* Spreading "1 in 5" Number Does More Harm Than Good
* Taliban Demands Downtime on Afghanistan Cellphone Networks
* Australian Internet Filter Enters Trial Phase
* Nokia Unveils Shape Changing Nano-phone Concept
* RoadRunner Intercepting Domain Typos
* Utah Wants To Give ISPs That Filter a "G-Rating"
* Cisco Lawyer Outs Self As "Patent Troll Tracker"
* Tetris Creator Claims FOSS Destroys the Market
* EU Funds P2P-Based Internet TV Standard
* RIAA Expert Witness Called "Borderline Incompetent"
* Comcast Gets Hard Up At FCC Meeting
* Reactor Shutdown Darkens South Florida
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| Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science |
| from the i'm-your-doctor-dammit dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday February 25, @19:44 (The Media) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/0031231
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[0]I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "We all know that false
or misleading science headlines are all too common these days and that
misleading media combined with an apathetic and undereducated public lead
to widespread ignorance. But the real question is, how can this trend be
reversed? At a session at the recent AAAS meeting, a study was discussed
indicating that [1]what matters most is how the information is portrayed.
While people are willing to defer to experts on matters of low concern,
for things that affect them directly, such as breast cancer or childhood
diseases, expertise only counts for as much as giving off a 'sense of
honesty and openness,' and that it matters far less than creating a sense
of empathy in deciding who people will listen to. In other words, it's
not enough to merely report on it as an expert. You need to make sure
your report exudes a sense of honesty, openness, empathy, and maybe even
a hint of humor."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/0031231
Links:
0. http://www.pirate-party.us/
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| Google Announces Summer of Code 2008 |
| from the endless-sunshine dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday February 25, @21:39 (Google) |
|
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/0134235
|
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[0]morrison writes "The [1]2008 Google Summer of Code is on. We have
discussed this four-year-old tradition before ([2]2005, [3]2006, [4]2007).
Google will once again be [5]hosting a program that gives computer
science students a $4,500 stipend to work on open source software
projects. Last year, Google funded over 900 students' projects in more
than 90 countries. As noted in the program [6]FAQ, this year they hope to
do even more. The [7]#gsoc IRC channel on Freenode is already buzzing
with activity."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/0134235
Links:
0. http://brlcad.org/
1. http://code.google.com/soc/2008
2. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/31/1959220&tid=217
3. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/14/1854255&tid=217
4. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/16/0419246&tid=217
5. http://googlesummerofcode.blogspot.com/2008/02/sounds-like-summer.html
6. http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html
7. http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_IRC
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| What Will Come of the FCC Comcast Hearing |
| from the rhymes-with-bombast dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday February 25, @23:33 (Government) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/0057221
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The FCC held its [0]hearing on network neutrality and Comcast today at
Harvard. One commentator not afraid to predict what will come of it is
O'Reilly's [1]Andy Orem, who writes: "The mere announcement of an FCC
hearing on 'broadband network management practices' was a notch in the
gun of network neutrality advocates. Yet to a large extent, the panelists
and speakers were like petitioners who are denied access to the king and
can only bring their complaints to the gardeners who decorate the paths
outside his gate. [2]What we'll end up getting is a formal endorsement of
non-discrimination as a policy that Internet providers must follow,
leading to continual FCC review of current practices by telecom and cable
companies."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/0057221
Links:
0. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9878330-7.html?tag=nefd.lede
1. http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/
2. http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/02/network-neutrality-how-the-fcc.html
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| The Economics of Free |
| from the nada-zip-zilch dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @01:30 (The Almighty Bu|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/0335227
|
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Wired's editor-in-chief Chris Anderson is working on a new book, to be
published next year, about the idea of "free" in the old and new
economies. Wired is running a [0]long excerpt from the book and some
sidebars about the economics of giving away, e.g., [1]CDs and
[2]directory assistance. Techdirt has [3]a few quibbles about Anderson's
ideas ��� mostly areas in which he may be shading the argument to sell more
books ��� but mostly buys that the equations of economics continue to work
when zeros are plugged in in judicious places.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/0335227
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free?currentPage=all
1. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free_prince
2. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free_411
3. http://techdirt.com/articles/20080225/092208345.shtml
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| Google Buys a Piece of a Cable To Japan |
| from the got-fiber dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @03:43 (Google) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/0345206
|
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[0]Googling Yourself writes "Google announced that they will be part of a
six-company consortium that will build a [1]high-bandwidth sub-sea fiber
optic cable linking the US and Japan. The new cable system, named Unity,
is expected initially to increase Trans-Pacific lit cable capacity by
about 20 percent, with the potential to add up to 7.68 Terabits per
second of bandwidth across the Pacific. The name Unity was chosen to
signify a new type of consortium, born out of potentially competing
systems, to emerge as a system within a system, offering ownership and
management of individual fiber pairs. Rumors that Google would join the
consortium had originally surfaced in September last year but the company
had [2]declined to confirm or deny the news."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/0345206
Links:
0. http://googlingyourself.com/
1. http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20080225_newcablesystem.html
2. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/googles-cables-make-unnecessary-waves/
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| Building a Green PC |
| from the in-time-for-st.-patrick's dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @05:56 (Earth) |
|
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/0356233
|
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Kermit writes "Ars Technica has put together a [0]green DIY system
building guide. The idea is to build a PC offering decent energy
efficiency as well as solid performance. The 'Green Gaming Box' draws
about 125W at full load (not including a monitor); the minimalist
'Extreme Green Box' uses a mini-ITX case and a VIA CPU-motherboard combo
for about 30W at typical load. If you want to mix and match components,
or modify your current system so that it uses less energy, there are
plenty of options for swapping out individual components."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/0356233
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200802-green.ars
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| Antidepressants Work No Better Than a Placebo |
| from the sugar-pills-are-cheaper dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @07:02 (Medicine) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/107234
|
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[0]Matthew Whalley writes "Researchers got hold of published and
unpublished data from drug companies regarding the [1]effectiveness of
the most common antidepressant drugs. Previously, when meta-analyses have
been conducted on only the published data, the drugs were shown to have a
clinically significant effect. However, when the unpublished data is
taken into account the difference between the effects of drug and placebo
becomes clinically meaningless ��� just a 1 or 2 point difference on a
30-point depression rating scale ��� except for the most severely depressed
patients. Doctors do not recommend that patients come off antidepressant
drugs without support, but this study is likely to lead to a rethink
regarding how the drugs are licensed and prescribed."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/107234
Links:
0. http://www.hypnosisandsuggestion.org/
1. http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050045
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| P2P Scammers' Lawyers Attack Open Source Team |
| from the worst-are-full-of-passionate-intensity dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @08:06 (The Internet) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/102239
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An anonymous reader writes "Late last year a company affiliated with the
French RIAA hijacked the Shareaza.com domain name from the original, open
source project's owner. They are passing off their own for-pay software,
which violates the GPL, as the real thing. Now, having stolen the
Shareaza project's identity, the scammers are [0]threatening legal action
to shut down the real open source team."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/102239
Links:
0. http://torrentfreak.com/shareaza-imposter-lawyers-threaten-forum-080225/
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| New Tools Available for Network-Centric Warfare |
| from the click-and-destroy dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday February 26, @08:52 (Software) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1245230
|
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[0]Reservoir Hill writes "MIT Technology Review reports that a [1]new
map-based application is the latest tool in the military's long-term plan
to introduce what is sometimes called "network-centric warfare." The
Tactical Ground Reporting System, or TIGR allows patrol leaders in Iraq
to learn about city landmarks and past events and more than 1,500 junior
officers in Iraq ��� about a fifth of patrol leaders ��� are using the
map-centric application before going on patrol and adding new data to
TIGR upon returning. By clicking on icons and lists, they can see the
locations of key buildings, like mosques, schools, and hospitals, and
retrieve information such as location data on past attacks, geotagged
photos of houses and other buildings (taken with cameras equipped with
Global Positioning System technology), and photos of suspected insurgents
and neighborhood leaders. They can even listen to civilian interviews and
watch videos of past maneuvers. "The ability ... to draw the route ... of
your patrol that day and then to access the collective reports, media,
analysis of the entire organization, is pretty powerful," says Major
Patrick Michaelis. "It is a bit revolutionary from a military perspective
when you think about it, using peer-based information to drive the next
move. ... Normally we are used to our higher headquarters telling the
patrol leader what he needs to think.""
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1245230
Links:
0. http://reservoirhill.org/
1. http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=20202
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| Open US GPS Data? |
| from the directions-want-to-be-free dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday February 26, @09:36 (Software) |
|
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1255213
|
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[0]tobiasly writes "I read an article today about a [1]map error on the
popular Garmin GPS devices which often leads to truckers in a particular
town becoming trapped. From my own experience, every electronic map I've
ever seen (Google, Mapquest, my Mio GPS) has the layout of my
neighborhood completely and frustratingly wrong. A quick search turned up
only one open-source mapping project, but it's [2]for New Zealand only.
Why are there no comparable projects in the U.S. or elsewhere? Obviously
such a project would need a good peer-review/moderation/trust system but
I'd gladly put in the time necessary to drive around town with my GPS in
"tracking" mode, then upload, tag, and verify my local data. Has anyone
with more technical knowledge in maps and auto-routing looked more into
this? Are there technical limitations to such a project? Should the
government subsidize a project to create open, free, up-to-date
electronic maps? Surely there is a public benefit available from such a
project."
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1255213
Links:
0. http://track-a-bracket.com/
1. http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080225/D8V1JIPG0.html
2. http://gwprojects.orcon.net.nz/gps/
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| Spreading "1 in 5" Number Does More Harm Than Good |
| from the think-of-the-children dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday February 26, @10:19 (The Internet)|
|
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1322248
|
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Regular Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton has some opinions on child
safety online and the use of fear mongering. Here are his thoughts. "The
[0]National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has been running
online ads for several years saying that "Each year 1 in 5 children is
sexually solicited online", a statistic that has been endlessly repeated,
including by [1]vendors of blocking software and by politicians who often
[2]paraphrase it to say that 1 in 5 children "are approached by online
predators". While others have quietly [3]documented the problems with
this statistic, lawmakers still bring it out every year in a push for
more online regulation (preempted this year only by the topic du jour of
[4]cyberbullying), so it's time for anti-censorship organizations to
start campaigning more aggressively against the misleading "1 in 5"
number. That means two things: framing the debate with more accurate
numbers, and holding the parties accountable for disseminating the wrong
ones -- and that means naming names, including those of organizations
like the NCMEC that are normally beyond reproach." Read below for the
rest.
This story continues at:
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1322248
Discuss this story at:
http://interviews.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1322248
Links:
0. http://www.missingkids.com/
1. http://www.netnanny.com/products/netnanny
2. http://www.house.gov/list/press/il10_kirk/myspace69.html
3. http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/060516_predator_panic.html
4. http://virtualreview.org/tech/zoom/491742/politicians-and-the-cyber-bully-pulpit
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| Taliban Demands Downtime on Afghanistan Cellphone Networks |
| from the since-you-asked-nicely dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday February 26, @11:05 (Cellphones) |
|
http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1438236
|
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faster_manic writes "The Taliban has demanded that cellphone network
providers in Afghanistan [0]cease service between the hours of 5pm and
7am each night of the week, as they believe American troops are able to
track down Taliban members using their cellphones."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1438236
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| Australian Internet Filter Enters Trial Phase |
| from the crikey-you-can't-read-that dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday February 26, @11:53 (Censorship) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1453212
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blake writes "News.com.au reports "The Government's plan to have
[0]internet service providers filter pornography and other internet
content deemed inappropriate for children is going full-steam ahead.
[...] The trial will evaluate ISP-level internet content filters in a
controlled environment while filtering content inappropriate for
children." It all sounds in good taste, and we are told that you will be
able to opt out at any time, but will putting this filter in place simply
give the powers that be the ability to block access to content for their
own agendas. Censorship may be necessary, but should it be overseen by
Government."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1453212
Links:
0. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23274585-15306,00.html
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| Nokia Unveils Shape Changing Nano-phone Concept |
| from the can-you-bend-it-now dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday February 26, @12:39 (Handhelds) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1549226
|
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An anonymous reader writes "Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept
developed by Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge, has
gone on display as part of the [0]"Design and the Elastic Mind"
exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. The concept
demonstrates how [1]future mobile devices might be stretchable and
flexible, allowing the user to transform the gadget into radically
different shapes. Nokia said that elements of Morph might be integrated
into handheld devices within seven years, though initially only at the
high end."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1549226
Links:
0. http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=5632
1. http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/news/articles/20017508482.html
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| RoadRunner Intercepting Domain Typos |
| from the following-in-the-footsteps-of-netsol dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @13:26 (The Internet) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1741253
|
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shaunco writes "Sometime around midnight on February 26th (at least for
the SoCal users), TimeWarner's RoadRunner service started intercepting
failed DNS requests, redirecting them to RoadRunner's own search and
advertising platform. To see if this has been enabled in your area, try
visiting {some random string}.com in your Web browser. This feature
subverts user preferences set within browsers, which allow the user to
select which search engine receives their typos and invalid domains.
RoadRunner users can [0]disable this function ��� or they can just use
OpenDNS. Here is an [1]example RoadRunner results page.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1741253
Links:
0. http://ww23.rr.com/prefs.php
1. http://ww23.rr.com/index.php?origURL=http://www.jkshdfkljh23sadf.com
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| Utah Wants To Give ISPs That Filter a "G-Rating" |
| from the there-goes-sundance dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @14:11 (Censorship) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1757252
|
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An anonymous reader writes "[0]HB407 in Utah would [1]create a
child-friendly designation for ISPs that block out a range of prohibited
materials. Google, Yahoo, and others are fighting the bill, but Rep.
Michael Morley says, 'I think it's a positive thing for those who are
looking for a site that is dedicated to fighting pornography.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1757252
Links:
0. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillint/hb0407.htm
1. http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695256344,00.html
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| Cisco Lawyer Outs Self As "Patent Troll Tracker" |
| from the thorn-in-the-side dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @14:57 (Patents) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1827225
|
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DustyShadow writes "Slashdot previously discussed the [0]$10,000 bounty
(since raised to $15,000) that was put on the identity of the [1]Patent
Troll Tracker author by a law firm that represents patent holding 'shell'
companies. After he received a threatening email last week, the author
identified himself as [2]Richard Frenkel, a director in Cisco Systems'
intellectual property group. According to law.com, many patent litigators
have followed the Troll Tracker closely and are worried that it may now
be discontinued. According to the lawyer who offered the bounty, it has
not been claimed."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1827225
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/28/2123222&tid=95
1. http://trolltracker.blogspot.com/
2. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1203939959650
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| Tetris Creator Claims FOSS Destroys the Market |
| from the sterile-absentia dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @15:45 (GNU is Not Unix|
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/1859249
|
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[0]alx5000 writes "In an [1]interview conducted last week with Consumer
Eroski (link in Spanish; [2]Google translation), the father of Tetris
[3]Alexey Pajitnov claimed that 'Free Software should have never
existed,' since it 'destroys the market' by bringing down companies that
create wealth and prosperity. When asked about Red Hat or Oracle's
support-oriented model, he called them 'a minority,' and also criticized
Stallman's ideas as 'belonging to the past' where there were no software
'business possibilities.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/1859249
Links:
0. mailto:alx5000@@@alx5000...net
1. http://www.consumer.es/web/es/tecnologia/software/2008/02/21/174286.php
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Pajitnov
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| EU Funds P2P-Based Internet TV Standard |
| from the pushme-pullyou dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @16:31 (Television) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/2015224
|
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oliderid writes to let us know that, even as the [0]UK threatens ISPs who
don't clamp down on P2P traffic, the rest of the [1]EU is going the other
way. (Here is a link with a [2]a bit more technical detail.) Europe
recently agreed to: "...spend 14M Euros to create a standard way to send
TV via the Net. The project will create a peer-to-peer system that can
pipe programs to set-top boxes and home TV sets. It will be based on the
BitTorrent technology. The four-year research project will try to build a
system that can stand alongside the other ways that broadcasters
currently get programs to viewers."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/2015224
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/22/1644248&tid=158
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7259339.stm
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| RIAA Expert Witness Called "Borderline Incompetent" |
| from the tell-us-what-you-really-think dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @17:18 (The Courts) |
|
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/2036237
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Prof. Johan Pouwelse of Delft University
��� one of the world's foremost experts on the science of P2P file sharing
and the very same Prof. Pouwelse who stopped the RIAA's Netherlands
counterpart in its tracks back in 2005 ��� has [1] submitted an expert
witness report characterizing the [2]work of the RIAA's expert, Dr. Doug
Jacobson, as 'borderline incompetence.' [3]The report (PDF), filed in
[4]UMG v. Lindor, pointed out, among other things, that the steps needed
to be taken in a copyright infringement investigation were not taken,
that Jacobson's work lacked 'in-depth analysis' and 'proper scientific
scrutiny,' that Jacobson's reports were 'factually erroneous,' and that
they were contradicted by his own deposition testimony. This is the first
expert witness report of which we are aware since the Free Software
Foundation announced that it would be [5]coming to the aid of RIAA
defendants."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/2036237
Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/02/marie-lindor-files-expert-witness.html
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/03/237211&tid=185
3. http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=umg_lindor_080215ExpertWitnessReportPouwelse
5. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/19/1948244&tid=123
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| Comcast Gets Hard Up At FCC Meeting |
| from the asleep-in-the-seats dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @18:04 (The Internet) |
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/2158205
|
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alphadogg notes a story over at portfolio.com claiming, and presenting
evidence, that Comcast [0]paid people off the street to take up room at
[1]yesterday's FCC hearing in Massachusetts. Comcast acknowledges that it
paid people to hold places in line for its employees. But Save The
Internet claims that people were bussed in by Comcast and then [2]took up
almost all available seats in the meeting room 90 minutes before the
meeting opened, blocking scores of interested people from attending. Such
tactics are not unheard of in Washington DC, but how appropriate are they
in a regional meeting on a college campus?
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/02/26/2158205
Links:
0. http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/02/26/Comcast-FCC-Hearing-Strategy
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/0057221&tid=266
2. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/02/25/comcast-blocking-first-the-internet-now-the-public/
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| Reactor Shutdown Darkens South Florida |
| from the glowing-in-the-dark dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 26, @18:49 (Power) |
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/26/2123232
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grassy_knoll asks, "So how fragile is the electrical grid, and just what
technical problems could [0]shut down five reactors?" "Five reactors at a
nuclear power plant in Florida had gone down on Tuesday and two were now
back online amid a massive power outage in the southern state, CNN
reported. The report on the Turkey Point nuclear plant came as four
million people had lost electricity in Miami and elsewhere in Florida,
with traffic signals out and major delays on roads, authorities and media
said."
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Links:
0. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5itYOY5NFSYCX_bmQ5OLtlKnATt5Q
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