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In this issue:
* The Joke Known As 3D TV
* Radiohead Helps Fans Make Crowd-Sourced Live Show DVD
* Dubai's Police Chief Calls BlackBerry a Spy Tool
* Yellowstone Hot Spot Shreds Ancient Pacific Ocean
* Leaders Aren't Being Made At Tech Firms
* Judging You By the Online Company You Keep
* Researchers Develop "Tea Bag" Water Filter
* The Last of the Punch Card Programmers
* UN Tech Group Finds Most Expensive Broadband
* Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25
* Fidel Castro, Internet News Junkie
* Ideas For a Great Control Room?
* Fine-Structure Constant Maybe Not So Constant
* Transition Metal Catalysts Could be Key To Origin of Life
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| The Joke Known As 3D TV |
| from the so-funny-it-gives-you-a-migraine dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @20:12 (Displays) |
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/09/04/2326245/The-Joke-Known-As-3D-TV |
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harrymcc writes "I'm at IFA in Berlin ��� Europe's equivalent of the
Consumer Electronics Show ��� and [0]the massive halls are dominated by 3D
TVs made by everyone from Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic to companies
you've never heard of. The manufacturers seem pretty excited, but 3D has
so many downsides ��� most of all the lousy image quality and unimpressive
dimensionality effect ��� that I can't imagine consumers are going to go
for this. 'As a medium, 3D remains remarkably self-trivializing.
Virtually nobody who works with it can resist thrusting stuff at the
camera, just to make clear to viewers that they���re experiencing the
miracle of the third dimension. When Lang Lang banged away at his piano
during Sony���s event, a cameraman zoomed in and out on the musical
instrument for no apparent reason, and one of the company���s
representatives kept robotically shoving his hands forward. Hey, it���s 3D
��� watch this!'"
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/04/2326245
Links:
0. http://technologizer.com/2010/09/03/3d-tv/
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| Radiohead Helps Fans Make Crowd-Sourced Live Show DVD |
| from the welcome-to-the-riaa's-hitlist dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 04, @23:19 (Music) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/0044238/Radiohead-Helps-Fans-Make-Crowd-Sourced-Li|
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Kilrah_il writes "After having a go with a [0]Name-Your-Price album and
[1]an open-source video, Radiohead is again breaking new ground, this
time with a fan-based initiative. A group of fans went to one of the
band's shows in Prague, each shooting the show from a different angle. By
editing it all together and [2]adding audio from the original masters
provided by the band, they have created a video of the show that is
'Strictly not for sale ��� By the fans for the fans,' adding, '[3]Please
share and enjoy.' Can this be the future of live show videos?"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/0044238
Links:
0. http://news.slashdot.org/story/07/10/01/164234/Radiohead-Says-Name-Your-Own-Price-for-New-Album
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/07/18/1436211/Radiohead-Open-Sources-Music-Video
2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/01/radiohead-fan-made-live-film
3. http://radiohead-prague.nataly.fr/Main.html
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| Dubai's Police Chief Calls BlackBerry a Spy Tool |
| from the my-name-is-michael-westen dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 05, @02:20 (Security) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/0125211/Dubais-Police-Chief-Calls-BlackBerry-a-Spy-T|
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crimeandpunishment writes "Does the battle over the Blackberry ban in the
United Arab Emirates have its roots in a spy story? Dubai's police chief
says [0]concern over espionage (specifically, by the US and Israel) led
to the decision to limit BlackBerry services. The UAE says it will
[1]block BlackBerry email, messaging, and web services on October 11th
unless it gets access to encrypted data. Comments by Lt. Gen. Dahi
Khalfan Tamim are often seen as reflecting the views of Dubai's
leadership, and would appear to indicate a very hard line in talks with
Research in Motion."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/0125211
Links:
0. http://skunkpost.com/news.sp?newsId=3117
1. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/08/01/1159240/BlackBerry-Services-To-Be-Halted-In-UAE
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| Yellowstone Hot Spot Shreds Ancient Pacific Ocean |
| from the tectonic-violence dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 05, @05:17 (Earth) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/0228232/Yellowstone-Hot-Spot-Shreds-Ancient-Pac|
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[0]jamie passes along this excerpt from DiscoveryNews: "If you thought
the geysers and overblown threat of a supervolcanic eruption in
Yellowstone National Park were dramatic, you ain't seen nothing: deep
beneath Earth's surface, the hot spot that feeds the park has [1]torn an
entire tectonic plate in half. The revelation comes from a new study ([2]abstract)
in the journal Geophysical Research Letters that peered into the mantle
beneath the Pacific Northwest to see what happens when ancient ocean
crust from the Pacific Ocean runs headlong into a churning plume of
ultra-hot mantle material."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/0228232
Links:
0. mailto:jamie@slashdot.org
1. http://news.discovery.com/earth/yellowstone-hot-spot-shreds-ancient-pacific-ocean.html
2. http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2010GL043489.shtml
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| Leaders Aren't Being Made At Tech Firms |
| from the just-cylons dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday September 05, @08:15 (Businesses) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/0141205/Leaders-Arent-Being-Made-At-Tech-Firms |
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theodp writes "In this article Vivek Wadhwa laments that [0]short shrift
is paid to management training these days at many high-tech firms. You
can't be born with the skills needed to plan projects, adhere to EEOC
guidelines, prepare budgets and manage finances, or to know the
intricacies of business and IP law, says Wadhwa. All this has to be
learned. Stepping up to address the problems of 'engineering without
leadership,' which may include morale problems, missed deadlines,
customer-support disasters, and high turnover, are programs like UC
Berkeley's [1]Engineering Leadership Program and Duke's [2] Masters of
Engineering Management Program, which aim to teach product management,
entrepreneurial thinking, leadership, finance, team building, business
management, and motivation to techies."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/0141205
Links:
0. http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/04/tech-industry-managers-little-men-in-big-shoes/
1. http://cet.berkeley.edu/professional/engineering-leadership-program
2. http://memp.pratt.duke.edu/
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| Judging You By the Online Company You Keep |
| from the the-wrong-people dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 05, @09:32 (Math) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/1233234/Judging-You-By-the-Online-Company-You-K|
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theodp writes "Network analysis uses data about your social network
interactions to make assumptions and predictions about your behavior. The
Economist [0]notes the upside for companies looking to sell products. But
[1]don't forget about the downside, warns Adrian Chen, of living in a
world where network analysis is used by financial firms to determine
risky borrowers by looking at social ties, or by Internet businesses to
determine which customers are more equal than others (nice to see
[2]Microsoft's back on the forefront of some tech!). So, did Mom envision
[3]Social Network Analytics when she gave you that
[4]you-are-the-company-you-keep lecture?"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/1233234
Links:
0. http://www.economist.com/node/16910031?story_id=16910031&fsrc=rss
1. http://valleywag.gawker.com/5630274/why-your-personal-information-is-so-valuable-online-network-analysis
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/12/1942207/Microsoft-Invents-Price-Gouging-the-Least-Influential
3. https://www-950.ibm.com/blogs/gbs_business-analytics/entry/capabilities_social_network_analytics_for_banking_finance1?lang=en_us
4. http://momitforward.com/what-is-your-definition-of-friendship
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| Researchers Develop "Tea Bag" Water Filter |
| from the steep-and-clean dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 05, @10:45 (Science) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/1239219/Researchers-Develop-Tea-Bag-Water-Filte|
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cybernanga writes "A group of researchers in South Africa has developed
[0]a filter that can purify water straight from the bottle. The filter
sits inside a tube fitted on top of a bottle and purifies water as it is
poured on a cup. From the article: 'The designer behind the filter, Dr
Eugene Cloete, from the Stellenbosch University in South Africa, says the
filter is only as big as an ordinary tea bag. He says the product is
cost-effective and easy to use. "We are coming in here at the fraction of
the cost of anything else that is currently on the market," says Dr
Cloete on BBC World Service.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/1239219
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11156031
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| The Last of the Punch Card Programmers |
| from the back-to-basics dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 05, @12:04 (United Kingdom) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/1423205/The-Last-of-the-Punch-Card-Programmers |
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Peter Cus writes "Cluny Lace, an English lacemaking manufacturer, has
[0]reverted to 19th-Century Leavers machines in order to stay
competitive. These 19th-Century machines use Jacquard punch cards. Ian
Elm, thought to be the last of the card punchers, says young people don't
want factory work: 'Younger people coming into a trade want a guarantee
of a career out of it, and this is so uncertain.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/1423205
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11167752
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| UN Tech Group Finds Most Expensive Broadband |
| from the golden-dial-up dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 05, @13:26 (The Internet) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/1620212/UN-Tech-Group-Finds-Most-Expensive-Broad|
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destinyland writes "In the Central African Republic, broadband internet
service [0]costs 3891% of the average monthly income. 'Put another way, a
month's broadband service costs [1]more than three years' average wages
in the country,' notes one technology blog, 'compared with less than two
hours' earnings in Macau.' A United Nations' technology group released
the figures in a new report in advance of a September 19 summit on the
digital divide in developing countries. ('We are trying to avoid a
broadband divide,' said Dr. Hamadoun Toure, the secretary general of the
UN's International Telecommunications Union.) Their agency noted that the
rate for broadband penetration is below 1% in many poor countries, with
monthly costs higher than the average monthly income. 'By contrast,'
notes the BBC, 'in the world's most developed economies, around 30% of
people have access to broadband at a cost of less than 1% of their
income.' And the report also estimates that there are 5 billion
cellphones in the world ��� though some people may own more than one."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/1620212
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11162656
1. http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2010/09/02/americans-get-ultra-cheap-broadband-in-real-terms/
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| Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25 |
| from the pay-to-play dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 05, @14:51 (Transportation) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/1823204/Gubernatorial-Candidate-Wants-to-Sell-Spee|
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If Nevada gubernatorial candidate Eugene "Gino" DiSimone gets his way
[0]$25 will buy you the right to drive up to 90mph for a day. DiSimone
estimates his "free limit plan" will raise $1 billion a year for Nevada.
From the article: "First, vehicles would have to pass a safety
inspection. Then vehicle information would be loaded into a database, and
motorists would purchase a transponder. After setting up an account,
anyone in a hurry could dial in, and for $25 charged to a credit card, be
free to speed for 24 hours."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/1823204
Links:
0. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9I1D6T01&show_article=1
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| Fidel Castro, Internet News Junkie |
| from the but-does-he-play-farmville dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 05, @15:10 (The Internet) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/1841240/Fidel-Castro-Internet-News-Junkie |
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pickens writes "The LA Times reports that 84-year-old Cuban ex-President
[0]Fidel Castro consumes 200 to 300 news items a day on the World Wide
Web. In a recent interview he called Web communication 'the most powerful
weapon that has existed' and extolled its power to break a stranglehold
on the media by 'the empire' and 'ambitious private groups that have
abused it' adding that the Internet 'has put an end to secrets.... We are
seeing a high level of investigative journalism, as the New York Times
calls it, that is within reach of the whole world.' Well, not the whole
world. Cuba has the lowest level of Internet penetration in the Western
Hemisphere (lower than Haiti), plus severe government restrictions and
censorship affecting those who do have access. In addition Cuban law bans
using the Internet to spread information that is against what the
government considers to be the social interest, norms of good behavior,
the integrity of the people or national security."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/1841240
Links:
0. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-fidel-20100904,0,4441605.story
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| Ideas For a Great Control Room? |
| from the hunker-in-the-bunker dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 05, @17:32 (Businesses) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/1623224/Ideas-For-a-Great-Control-Room |
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lewko writes "Our company is about to build a central monitoring facility
and I'm looking for ideas/suggestions about the best hardware and the
best way to make it comfortable for those manning a screen. It will be
manned 24x7 and operators will be monitoring a variety of systems
including security, network, fire, video and more. These will be observed
via local multi-monitor workstations and a common videowall. This is
going to be a massively expensive exercise and we only get one chance to
get it right. The facility is in a secure windowless bunker and staff
will generally be in there for many hours at a time. So we have to
implement design elements which make it a 'happy' place. At the same
time, it has to be ergonomically sound. Lastly, we will be showing it to
our clients, so without undoing the above objectives, it would be nice if
it was 'cool' (yet functional). Whilst Television doesn't transfer to
real life always, think 'CTU' from 24."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/1623224
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| Fine-Structure Constant Maybe Not So Constant |
| from the variety-is-the-spice-of-life dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 05, @18:49 (Space) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/212252/Fine-Structure-Constant-Maybe-Not-So-Con|
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Kilrah_il writes "[0]The fine-structure constant, a coupling constant
characterizing the strength of the electromagnetic interaction, has been
measure lately by scientist from University of New South Wales in Sydney,
Australia and [1]has been found to change slightly in light sent from
quasars in galaxies as far back as 12 billion years ago. Although the
results look promising, caution is advised: 'This would be sensational if
it were real, but I'm still not completely convinced that it's not simply
systematic errors' in the data, comments cosmologist Max Tegmark of MIT.
Craig Hogan of the University of Chicago and the Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., acknowledges that 'it's a
competent team and a thorough analysis.' But because the work has such
profound implications for physics and requires such a high level of
precision measurements, 'it needs more proof before we'll believe it.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/212252
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-structure_constant
1. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/62985/title/Changing_one_of_natures_constants
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| Transition Metal Catalysts Could be Key To Origin of Life |
| from the it-was-just-zirconium-all-along dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 05, @19:11 (Science) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/05/2118241/Transition-Metal-Catalysts-Could-be-Key|
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An anonymous reader writes "One of the big, unsolved problems in
explaining how life arose on Earth is a chicken-and-egg paradox: How
could the basic biochemicals - such as amino acids and nucleotides - have
arisen before the biological catalysts (proteins or ribozymes) existed to
carry out their formation? In a paper appearing in the current issue of
The Biological Bulletin, scientists propose that a [0]third type of
catalyst could have jumpstarted metabolism and life itself, deep in
hydrothermal ocean vents."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/05/2118241
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