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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* AT&T Introduces Satellite-Enabled Smart Phone
* Elo Chess Rating System Topped By Proposed Replacements
* Interpol Chief's Identity Spoofed On Facebook
* Australian Schools Go iPad-Crazy
* Newspaper May Have Given Implicit License To Copy
* Introducing the Invulnerable Evercookie
* Paper-Thin Batteries Provide Bendable Power
* Microsoft Says IE9 Beta Demand Overwhelming
* Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths
* Xbox Head Proclaims Blu-ray Dead
* Are Desktop Firewalls Overkill?
* Scientists Using Lasers To Cool Molecules
* 2011, Year of the Tablet?
* Supreme Court May Tune In To Music Download Case
* Drupal E-commerce With Ubercart 2.x
* Aussie Student Responsible For Twitter Exploit
* Microwave Map of Entire Moon Revealed
* Michael Jackson Themed MMO In the Works
* GOG.com Not Really Gone
* First Human Powered Ornithopter
* Former Military Personnel Claim Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes
* When the Senate Tried To Ban Dial Telephones
* Providing Wireless In the World's Most Dangerous and Remote Places
* Paleontologists Discover World's Horniest Dinosaur
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| AT&T Introduces Satellite-Enabled Smart Phone |
| from the each-bit-is-gold-plated dept. |
| posted by timothy on Tuesday September 21, @21:54 (Cellphones) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/21/2331210/ATampT-Introduces-Satellite-Enabled-Smart-|
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crimeandpunishment writes "Here's one way to deal with spotty cell phone
coverage: [0]backstop the network on a satellite. AT&T is now selling its
first satellite-enabled smart phone....which could be invaluable for
boaters, forest rangers, and others who regularly leave regular cellular
coverage areas. But the TerreStar Genus comes with a hefty price tag:
$799.....and the data costs are as sky-high as the satellite....400 times
more than a standard plan. It also has to have a clear view of the
southern sky, which means it can only be used outdoors."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/21/2331210
Links:
0. http://skunkpost.com/news.sp?newsId=3238
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| Elo Chess Rating System Topped By Proposed Replacements |
| from the how-'bout-a-good-scrabble-rating-system dept. |
| posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @00:40 (Classic Games (Games)) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/014255/Elo-Chess-Rating-System-Topped-By-Proposed|
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databuff writes "About six weeks ago, [0]Slashdot reported a
[1]competition to find a chess rating algorithm that performed better
than the official Elo rating system. The competition has just reached the
halfway mark and [2]the best entries have outperformed Elo by over 8 per
cent. The leader is a Portuguese physicist, followed by an Israeli
mathematician and then a pair of American computer scientists."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/014255
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/08/04/2014202/Chess-Ratings-mdash-Move-Over-Elo
1. http://kaggle.com/blog/2010/09/21/elo-vs-the-rest-of-the-world-at-the-halfway-mark/
2. http://kaggle.com/chess?viewtype=leaderboard
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| Interpol Chief's Identity Spoofed On Facebook |
| from the 304-other-criminals-liked-this dept. |
| posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @03:35 (Crime) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/0348259/Interpol-Chiefs-Identity-Spoofed-On-Faceboo|
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An anonymous reader writes "Ronald Noble, Interpol's Secretary General,
has revealed that cybercriminals have [0]opened two fake Facebook
accounts using his name and used them to gather sensitive information.
'One of the impersonators was using this profile to obtain information on
fugitives targeted during our recent Operation Infra Red,' Noble said.
'This Operation was bringing investigators from 29 member countries at
the Interpol General Secretariat to exchange information on international
fugitives and lead to more than 130 arrests in 32 countries.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/0348259
Links:
0. http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=9884
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| Australian Schools Go iPad-Crazy |
| from the all-nu-perfect-forever dept. |
| posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @06:23 (Australia) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/0440253/Australian-Schools-Go-iPad-Crazy |
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An anonymous reader writes "Looks like it's not just Apple fanboys that
are going wild for the iPad: in Australia, [0]virtually every state
education department is trialling the tablet in schools ��� and some
schools are even trialling it without the official support of their
department. One university in Adelaide has even abolished textbooks for
first year science students and is allocating free iPads to first year
students instead. It will be interesting to see what happens when the
inevitable wave of Android tablets hits over the next six months."
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/0440253
Links:
0. http://delimiter.com.au/2010/09/22/education-departments-go-wild-for-the-ipad/
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| Newspaper May Have Given Implicit License To Copy |
| from the this-way-to-the-lawsuit dept. |
| posted by timothy on Wednesday September 22, @08:07 (The Courts) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/21/2324223/Newspaper-May-Have-Given-Implicit-License-T|
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An anonymous reader writes "Following up on the story of Righthaven, the
'copyright troll' that is working with the Las Vegas Journal Review to
[0]sue lots of websites (including one of Nevada's [1]Senate candidates)
for reposting articles from the LVRJ, a judge in one of the cases appears
to be quite sympathetic to the argument that the LVRJ [2]offered an
'implied license' to copy by not just putting their content online for
free, but including tools on every story that say 'share this' with links
to various sharing services (including one tool to 'share' via
Slashdot!)."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/21/2324223
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/23/1742254/Newspapers-New-Revenue-Plan-mdash-Copyright-Suits
1. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/09/06/0241203/Senate-Candidate-Sued-By-Copyright-Troll
2. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100921/03205611088/judge-indicates-lvrj-may-have-offered-an-implied-license-to-copy-in-righthaven-lawsuits.shtml
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| Introducing the Invulnerable Evercookie |
| from the evil-and-clever dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 22, @08:54 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1215236/Introducing-the-Invulnerable-Evercookie |
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An anonymous reader writes "Using eight different techniques and
locations, a 'security' guy has developed [0]a cookie that is very, very
hard to delete. If just one copy of the cookie remains, the other
locations are rebuilt. My favorite storage location is in 'RGB values of
auto-generated, force-cached PNGs using HTML5 Canvas tag to read pixels
(cookies) back out' ��� awesome."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1215236
Links:
0. http://samy.pl/evercookie/
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| Paper-Thin Batteries Provide Bendable Power |
| from the battery-paper-airplanes-please dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 22, @09:38 (Power) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1251201/Paper-Thin-Batteries-Provide-Bendable-|
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SkinnyGuy writes "New carbon nanotube-based technology could literally
allow companies to [0]paint layers of electricity-holding lithium-ion on
standard pieces of paper. The possibilities are endless." You can also
read the [1]actual paper.
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1251201
Links:
0. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/88/i38/8838notw7.html
1. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/nn1018158
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| Microsoft Says IE9 Beta Demand Overwhelming |
| from the boardwalk-and-park-place dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 22, @10:17 (Internet Explorer) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1348211/Microsoft-Says-IE9-Beta-Demand-Overwhelmin|
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cgriffin21 writes "Microsoft expected Internet Explorer 9 to be popular,
but after [0]more than two million people downloaded the IE9 beta in the
first two days after its release, the software giant is having a hard
time choosing which eye-popping statistics to cite. Microsoft says its
"Beauty of the Web" site, which illustrates the aesthetic advantages of
IE9's support for HTML5 and hardware acceleration, has had more the 9
million visits and 26 million page views since the IE9 beta launch on
Sept. 15. Microsoft's developer-oriented IE Test Drive Site has had 4
million page views during the same period."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1348211
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| Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths |
| from the kids-say-the-#@^*est-things dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @10:32 (Education) |
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1328250/Todays-Children-Are-Officially-Potty-Mouth|
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tetrahedrassface writes "When the Sociolinguistics Symposium met earlier
this month swearing scholar Timothy Jay revealed that [0]an increase in
child swearing is directly related to an increase in adult swearing. It
seems that vulgarity is increasing as pop culture continues to popularize
vulgarities. The blame lies with media, public figures, politicians, but
mostly ourselves. From the article: 'Children as young as two are now
dropping f-bombs, with researchers reporting that more kids are using
profanity ��� and at earlier ages ��� than has been recorded in at least
three decades.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1328250
Links:
0. http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/kids+swearing+earlier+researcher+says/3541245/story.html
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| Xbox Head Proclaims Blu-ray Dead |
| from the he's-only-resting dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 22, @10:55 (Microsoft) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1416246/Xbox-Head-Proclaims-Blu-ray-Dead |
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Blacklaw writes "Microsoft has sided with Apple in a rare case of
solidarity between the two companies, and [0]declares that Blu-ray will
be 'passed by' as a high-definition format. In many ways, it's hard to
disagree. US markets have seen the [1]demand for legal digital downloads
of PC games exceed sales of the physical object for the first time, and
Apple famously refuses to put a Blu-ray drive in its Macs, as Jobs
prefers to send people towards iTunes to download their entertainment.
That said, there's an argument for physical media, too. A recent survey
suggested that [2]the majority of gamers prefer physical discs, and
digital downloads have the secondary effect of entirely cutting out the
popular market for second-hand films and games ��� a plus for publishers,
but a big negative for the consumer."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1416246
Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/9/22/microsoft-predicts-blu-rays-demise/
1. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/9/20/game-downloads-exceed-physical-sales/
2. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/7/2/64-cent-gamers-prefer-physical-discs/
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| Are Desktop Firewalls Overkill? |
| from the not-in-my-office dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 22, @11:33 (Security) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/153227/Are-Desktop-Firewalls-Overkill |
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Barence writes "Should you be running firewalls on your desktop and
server machines? [0]PC Pro's Jon Honeyball argues the case for switching
off Windows firewalls and handing over responsibility for security to
server-based solutions. 'I'd rather have security baked right into my
network design than scattered willy-nilly around my desktops and
servers,' Honeyball argues. 'It seems to me that there's much sense in
concentrating your security into a small number of trusty gatekeepers
rather than relying on a fog of barely managed faux security devices. Of
course, it puts your eggs into fewer baskets, but it does mean these
gatekeepers are easier to control and manage: monitoring them in
real-time becomes routine.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/153227
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/realworld/361375/do-we-really-need-a-firewall-on-our-desktops
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| Scientists Using Lasers To Cool Molecules |
| from the my-fridge-is-powered-by-fire dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 22, @12:10 (Shark) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/161206/Scientists-Using-Lasers-To-Cool-Molecule|
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An anonymous reader writes "Ever since audiences heard Goldfinger utter
the famous line, 'No, Mr. Bond; I expect you to die,' as a laser beam
inched its way toward James Bond and threatened to cut him in half,
lasers have been thought of as white-hot beams of intensely focused
energy capable of burning through anything in their path. Now a team of
Yale physicists has used lasers for a completely different purpose,
employing them to [0]cool molecules down to temperatures near absolute
zero, about -460 degrees Fahrenheit. Their new method for laser cooling,
described in the online edition of the journal Nature, is a significant
step toward the ultimate goal of using individual molecules as
information bits in quantum computing."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/161206
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| 2011, Year of the Tablet? |
| from the doesn't-fit-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 22, @12:49 (Handhelds) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1620257/2011-Year-of-the-Tablet |
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frontwave writes "After the huge success of the iPad, with over 4 million
units sold since its introduction, all mayor hardware vendors of PCs and
mobile devices are coming with [0]new tablets in the next few months,
including Apple with a smaller version of the popular product. Analysts
estimate the market for tablet devices (over 6" screen size) to be around
25 million units for 2011."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1620257
Links:
0. http://technorati.com/technology/article/2011-the-year-of-the-tablet/
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| Supreme Court May Tune In To Music Download Case |
| from the from-on-high dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @13:31 (The Courts) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1717245/Supreme-Court-May-Tune-In-To-Music-Download|
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droopus writes "[0]The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing into the first RIAA
file sharing case to reach its docket, requesting that the music labels'
litigation arm respond to a case testing the so-called 'innocent
infringer' defense to copyright infringement. The case pending before the
justices concerns a federal appeals court's February decision ordering a
university student to pay the Recording Industry Association of America
$27,750 ��� $750 a track ��� for file-sharing 37 songs when she was a high
school cheerleader. The appeals court decision reversed a Texas federal
judge who, after concluding the youngster was an innocent infringer,
ordered defendant Whitney Harper to pay $7,400 ��� or $200 per song. That's
an amount well below the standard $750 fine required under the Copyright
act. Harper is among the estimated 20,000 individuals the RIAA has sued
for file-sharing music. The RIAA has decried Harper as 'vexatious,'
because of her [1]relentless legal jockeying."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1717245
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/supreme-court-riaa/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+(Wired:+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
1. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/10/riaa-decries-te/
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| Drupal E-commerce With Ubercart 2.x |
| from the read-all-about-it dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @14:14 (Books) |
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/136254/Drupal-E-commerce-With-Ubercart-2x |
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[0]Michael J. Ross writes "In the past, a Web developer tasked with
building an online store would most likely do so using a dedicated
e-commerce system, instead of a content management system (CMS), because
even though the leading CMSs offered more features and flexibility, they
did not provide robust e-commerce capabilities, such as product listings,
bulk import, pricing in multiple currencies, a built-in shopping cart,
and integration with tax and shipping information sources. Since that
time, e-commerce systems have become more like CMSs, by adding features
such as blogging and forums. At the same time, CMSs are continually
expanding their e-commerce potential, usually in the form of developers
adding plug-ins. For developers using [1]Drupal, there traditionally have
been two major e-commerce plug-ins (known as "modules"): [2]Ubercart and
[3]e-Commerce. The former has emerged as the leader, and is explored in
Drupal E-commerce with Ubercart 2.x." Read on for the rest of Michael's
review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/136254/Drupal-E-commerce-With-Ubercart-2x
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/136254
Links:
0. http://www.ross.ws/
1. http://drupal.org/
2. http://drupal.org/project/ubercart
3. http://drupal.org/project/ecommerce
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| Aussie Student Responsible For Twitter Exploit |
| from the little-troublemaker dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @15:06 (Bug) |
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1828221/Aussie-Student-Responsible-For-Twitter-Explo|
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bennyboy64 writes "An Australian teen has caused havoc on Twitter by
discovering [0]an exploit that hit thousands of users, including Barack
Obama's press secretary, and resulted in the tweets of a former British
PM's wife linking to hardcore porn, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Pearce Delphin, who is studying his last year at high school, said that
he was surprised that 'so many famous people got infected.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1828221
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| Microwave Map of Entire Moon Revealed |
| from the quickest-route-mode dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @15:31 (Moon) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1842255/Microwave-Map-of-Entire-Moon-Revealed |
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Zothecula writes "The [0]first complete microwave image of the Moon taken
by Chinese lunar satellite Chang'E-1 has been revealed. Chang'E-1 is
China's first scientific mission to explore planetary bodies beyond Earth
and the on-board Lunar Microwave Radiometer has made it possible for the
first time to globally map the Moon in microwave frequencies. Radar
observations of the Moon are unable to provide thermal information, and
microwave observations taken from Earth cannot reach the far side of the
moon. So Chang'E-1's (CE-1) orbit was conducted at an altitude of 200km
(124 miles) and allowed it to observe every location of the moon with a
nadir view and at high spatial resolution."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1842255
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/first-microwave-image-of-moon/16419/
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| Michael Jackson Themed MMO In the Works |
| from the who's-bad? dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @15:54 (Games) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1850218/Michael-Jackson-Themed-MMO-In-the-Works |
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norton123 writes "SEE has announced plans to published a [0]Michael
Jackson themed MMO. From the article: 'Planet Michael is described by SEE
as "a massive social gaming experience" with "collaborative in-game
activities," set in "an immersive virtual space themed after iconic
visuals drawn from Michael's music, his life and the global issues that
concerned him."'"
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1850218
Links:
0. http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/65666
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| GOG.com Not Really Gone |
| from the stepped-out-for-a-minute dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @16:24 (Classic Games (Games)) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1916232/GOGcom-Not-Really-Gone |
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gspr writes "On Sunday, Slashdot and many others reported that DRM-free
games site [0]GOG.com was shutting down. Now [1]the site is back,
revealing that it was all a hoax. According to the site: 'Now it's time
we put an end to all the speculations once and for all. It's true that we
decided that we couldn't keep GOG.com the way it was so we won't. As you
probably know by now, GOG.com is entering its new era with an end of the
two-years beta stage and we're launching a brand new GOG.com with new,
huge releases.' So it was all an advertising stunt."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1916232
Links:
0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/09/19/2250218/DRM-Free-Games-Site-GOGcom-Gone
1. http://www.gog.com/
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| First Human Powered Ornithopter |
| from the don't-stop-pedaling dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @16:47 (Transportation) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1923231/First-Human-Powered-Ornithopter |
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spasm writes "A University of Toronto engineering graduate student has
made and successfully [0]flown a human-powered flapping-wing aircraft.
From the article: 'Todd Reichert, a PhD candidate at the university's
Institute of Aerospace Studies, piloted the wing-flapping aircraft,
sustaining both altitude and airspeed for 19.3 seconds and covering a
distance of 145 metres at an average speed of 25.6 kilometres per hour.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1923231
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| Former Military Personnel Claim Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes |
| from the klaatu-barada-nikto dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @17:30 (Sci-Fi) |
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/1933227/Former-Military-Personnel-Claim-Aliens-Are|
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An anonymous reader quotes Reuters "Witness testimony from more than 120
former or retired military personnel points to an ongoing and alarming
[0]intervention by unidentified aerial objects at nuclear weapons sites,
as recently as 2003. In some cases, several nuclear missiles
simultaneously and inexplicably malfunctioned while a disc-shaped object
silently hovered nearby. Six former US Air Force officers and one former
enlisted man will break their silence about these events at the National
Press Club and urge the government to publicly confirm their reality." I
won't worry until Gort shows up.
Discuss this story at:
http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/1933227
Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS166901+15-Sep-2010+PRN20100915
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| When the Senate Tried To Ban Dial Telephones |
| from the history-repeating dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @18:20 (Censorship) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/2151219/When-the-Senate-Tried-To-Ban-Dial-Telephone|
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An anonymous reader writes "With the Senate now looking to have the
government [0]block access to websites it deems to be bad (which seems to
be called 'censorship' in other countries), it's worth pointing out that
the Senate doesn't exactly have a good track record when it comes to
deciding what technologies to ban. Back in 1930, some Senators came close
to [1]banning the dial telephone, because they felt that it was wrong
that they had to do the labor themselves, rather than an operator at the
other end."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/2151219
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/20/212232/New-Legislation-Would-Crack-Down-On-Online-Piracy
1. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100919/02284211072/back-when-the-senate-tried-to-ban-dial-telephones.shtml
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| Providing Wireless In the World's Most Dangerous and Remote Places |
| from the 5-bar-volcano dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @19:08 (Wireless Networking) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/222213/Providing-Wireless-In-the-Worlds-Most-Dan|
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grcumb writes "The Economist magazine is running [0]a brief profile of
Digicel, a 'minnow' in the wireless telecoms market that has
distinguished itself by setting up shop in some of the most unlikely (and
dangerous) markets in the world, including Haiti and Papua New Guinea,
whose capital, Port Moresby, has one of the highest murder rates in the
world."
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/09/22/222213
Links:
0. http://www.economist.com/node/17046762?story_id=17046762
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| Paleontologists Discover World's Horniest Dinosaur |
| from the overcompensatesaurus dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, @19:32 (Science) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/22/226247/Paleontologists-Discover-Worlds-Horniest|
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[0]Ponca City, We love you writes "The Guardian reports that
paleontologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient beast called
Kosmoceratops richardsoni that stood 16 feet tall with [1]a 6-foot skull
equipped with 15 horns and lived 76 million years ago in the warm, wet
swamps of what is now southern Utah. 'These animals are basically
over-sized rhinos with a whole lot more horns on their heads. They had
huge heads relative to their body size,' says Scott Sampson, a researcher
at the Utah Museum of Natural History."
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1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/sep/22/horniest-dinosaur-kosmoceratops-utah
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