In this issue:
* Ask Slashdot: Uses For a Small Office Server?
* Court Demands American Airlines List Its Flights On Orbitz
* Brain Cancer Worries? Look Up Your Phone's SAR
* Rare Midnight Solar Eclipse Caught In the Arctic
* Jack Kevorkian Dead at 83
* Hacker Group LulzSec Challenges FBI
* Mars Rover Opportunity Surpasses 30km Driving
* Skype Is Working To Defeat the Reverse Engineering
* WikiLeaks In New Legal Battle
* Students Win NASA Moon Robot Competition
* Using Averages To Bend the Uncertainty Principle
* National Academies Release Over 4,000 Free Science Books
* Man Ordered At Gunpoint To Hand Over Phone For Recording Cops
* New Superbug Strain Found In Cows and People
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| Ask Slashdot: Uses For a Small Office Server?
| from the networked-games-obvious-choice dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday June 03, @20:32 (Businesses)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/0021259/Ask-Slashdot-Uses-For-a-Small-Office-Server?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ragnvaldr writes "I'm the 'IT guy' for an office of about a dozen
people. And when I say IT guy, I mean I'm the only one here who can use
google well enough to figure out how to make things work. We have a 500GB
Mac server with a Drobo with 6TB of storage attached. So far all this
server does is back up data, and I want to make it a little more useful.
We also have a Filemaker server on it, which I have yet to learn how to
use at all, let alone efficiently. Any suggestions to make this machine a
little more useful?"
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https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/0021259/Ask-Slashdot-Uses-For-a-Small-Office-Server?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:ronald.k.jr@gmail.com
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| Court Demands American Airlines List Its Flights On Orbitz
| from the information-wants-to-be-compelled-to-appear dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday June 03, @23:26 (Transportation)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/0052219/Court-Demands-American-Airlines-List-Its-Flights-On-Orbitz?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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schwit1 writes "American Airlines, which removed its flights from
Orbitz.com late last year, was ordered by a Chicago court on Thursday
[0]to allow the travel site access to its flight and fare information.
American Airlines filed an anti-trust suit against Travelport in
December, claiming that the company, which owns just under half of
Orbitz's shares and runs the service compiling fare information for
travel site, was trying to control the sale of tickets. Before the
lawsuit, a considerable amount of American's revenue had been coming from
tickets booked through Orbitz and Travelport."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/0052219/Court-Demands-American-Airlines-List-Its-Flights-On-Orbitz?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Brain Cancer Worries? Look Up Your Phone's SAR
| from the before-it's-too-late dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday June 04, @02:20 (Cellphones)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/0039256/Brain-Cancer-Worries-Look-Up-Your-Phones-SAR?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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CWmike writes "With recent news of a [0]possible link between cell phone
radiation and risk of brain cancer, you may have a new-found interest in
knowing how much radiation your mobile handset is giving off ��� or, more
importantly, how much your body might be absorbing. The FCC's legal limit
for mobile phones is 1.6 Watts of radiofrequency energy per kilogram,
using a measure called Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The Environmental
Working Group, which tracks SAR data for more than 1,300 cell phone and
smartphone models, notes that several factors besides your handset affect
your actual level of exposure. [1]Look up your phone's SAR; or see a
[2]full chart of phones." And relax ��� [3]have a coffee.
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/0039256/Brain-Cancer-Worries-Look-Up-Your-Phones-SAR?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/1219248/World-Health-Organization-Says-Mobile-Phones-May-Cause-Cancer
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217287/What_s_your_cell_phone_s_maximum_radiation_level_Interactive_database
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217287/What_s_your_cell_phone_s_maximum_radiation_level_Interactive_database?pageNumber=2
3. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/05/18/139201/Coffee-Wards-Off-Cancer
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| Rare Midnight Solar Eclipse Caught In the Arctic
| from the where-was-arcticstoat? dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday June 04, @05:17 (Earth)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/065200/Rare-Midnight-Solar-Eclipse-Caught-In-the-Arctic?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Tyketto writes "Wired Magazine has an article posted about a [0]solar
eclipse occurring overnight in the Arctic and Scandinavian regions over
the night of June 1st and 2nd. They explain: 'During the Arctic summer,
the sun dips low on the horizon but never sets. That means a solar
eclipse is theoretically possible at any time. But this week's eclipse
was the first visible from Scandinavia since 2000, and the deepest since
1985. The next one won't be for another 73 years.' [1]NASA has the
details, while [2]NPR also has a small blurb on it, with Troms��, Norway
resident Rhys Jones [3]adding some pictures to Flickr, and SpaceWeather
putting together a [4]gallery."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/065200/Rare-Midnight-Solar-Eclipse-Caught-In-the-Arctic?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/midnight-sun-eclipse/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+(Wired%3A+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2))&utm_content=Google+Reader
1. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/31may_midnightsun/
2. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/03/136934341/stunning-a-solar-eclipse-at-midnight
3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustybones/with/5794731476/
4. http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/gallery_01jun11.htm
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| Jack Kevorkian Dead at 83
| from the deserves-a-video-game-tribute dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday June 04, @07:57 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/0628248/Jack-Kevorkian-Dead-at-83?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Jack Kevorkian, the pathologist said to have had a role in
more than 130 assisted suicides, has [0]died from kidney-related
complications on the eve of the 21st anniversary of his first assisted
suicide. Kevorkian, who served more than eight years in prison for
second-degree murder, had his story told in the HBO movie [1]You Don't
Know Jack. His antics and personality brought a certain approachability
to a grim subject ��� the fundamental right of terminally ill patients to
choose to die. 'I will debate so-called ethicists,' he once said. 'They
are not even ethicists. They are propagandists. I will argue with them if
they will allow themselves to be strapped to a wheelchair for 72 hours so
they can't move, and they are catheterized and they are placed on the
toilet and fed and bathed. Then they can sit in a chair and debate with
me.' [2]RIP, Dr. Jack."
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https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/0628248/Jack-Kevorkian-Dead-at-83?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2075644,00.html
1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132623/
2. http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/03/gupta-on-kevorkian-rest-in-peace/
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| Hacker Group LulzSec Challenges FBI
| from the getting-down-to-business dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @09:14 (Government)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/1149206/Hacker-Group-LulzSec-Challenges-FBI?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Tiek00n writes "Hacker Group 'LulzSec' has gained some attention
recently for their hacks of [1]PBS and [2]Sony. Their most recent target:
[3]FBI affiliate Infragard. The group claims, 'It has come to our
unfortunate attention that NATO and our good friend Barrack Osama-Llama
24th-century Obama have recently upped the stakes with regard to hacking.
They now treat hacking as [4]an act of war. So, we just hacked an FBI
affiliated website (Infragard, specifically the Atlanta chapter) and
leaked its user base. We also [5]took complete control over the site and
defaced it...'"
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Links:
0. mailto:brianjungman@gmail.com
1. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/05/30/2039202/PBS-Web-Sites-and-Databases-Hacked
2. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/lulz-sony-hackers-deny-responsibility-for-misuse-of-leaked-data.ars
3. http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/03/lulzsec-claims-fbi-a.html
4. http://slashdot.org/story/11/05/31/1425258/Pentagon-Says-Cyberattacks-Can-Count-As-Act-of-War
5. http://pastebin.com/MQG0a130
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| Mars Rover Opportunity Surpasses 30km Driving
| from the still-hasn't-found-a-white-castle dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @10:33 (Mars)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/1158226/Mars-Rover-Opportunity-Surpasses-30km-Driving?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Phoghat sends this quote from Universe Today: "With her most recent
drive of 482 feet on June 1, 2011 (Sol 2614), NASA's [1]Opportunity Mars
Rover has [2]zoomed past the unimaginable 30 kilometer mark in total
odometry since safely landing on Mars nearly seven and one half years ago
on Jan 24, 2004. That's 50 times beyond the roughly quarter-mile of
roving distance initially foreseen. And Opportunity is still going
strong, in good health and has abundant solar power as she continues
driving on her ambitious overland trek across the martian plains of
Meridiani Planum. She is heading to the giant Endeavour crater, some 22
km in diameter."
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Links:
0. mailto:tjsobieski@gmail.com
1. http://marsrover.nasa.gov/home/
2. http://www.universetoday.com/86264/opportunity-surpasses-30-km-driving-and-snaps-skylab-crater-in-3-d/
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| Skype Is Working To Defeat the Reverse Engineering
| from the good-luck-with-your-time-machine dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @11:50 (Open Source)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/158209/Skype-Is-Working-To-Defeat-the-Reverse-Engineering?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ndogg writes "Michael Larabel of Phoronix was emailed a response to
the [1]reverse engineering of the Skype protocol from the VP of Skype's
PR company, who said that the reverse engineering was done for the use of
spam/phishing, and that it's an infringement of their IP, and that
[2]they are working to defeat it."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/158209/Skype-Is-Working-To-Defeat-the-Reverse-Engineering?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://thedotrhornatgmaildotcom/
1. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/02/1914250/Skype-Protocol-Has-Been-Reverse-Engineered
2. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTUyNg
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| WikiLeaks In New Legal Battle
| from the sounds-like-something-needs-to-be-leaked dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @13:01 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/1650250/WikiLeaks-In-New-Legal-Battle?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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geegel writes "The US Justice Department [0]is now fighting in court
demands from three WikiLeaks associates to disclose the names of several
electronic service platforms that received requests to hand over user
information. This comes after Twitter obtained a court order to unseal
the demands in order to notify the three persons. The current legal row
has seen both the ACLU and the EFF [1]provide legal assistance to the
WikiLeaks associates."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/1650250/WikiLeaks-In-New-Legal-Battle?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/wikileaks-twitter/
1. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/wikileaks-aclu/
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| Students Win NASA Moon Robot Competition
| from the soon-the-lunar-invasion-will-be-ready dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @14:14 (Moon)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/1725242/Students-Win-NASA-Moon-Robot-Competition?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Mikkeles writes "After [0]a grueling five-day test of material-collecting
ability, the team from [1]Laurentian University returned home to Sudbury,
Canada with the win in [2]NASA's second annual [3]Lunabotics competition.
Second place went to North Dakota, and West Virginia University placed
third."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/1725242/Students-Win-NASA-Moon-Robot-Competition?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.space.com/11872-students-win-nasa-moon-robot-competition.html
1. http://www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/Laurentian+Homepage.htm?Laurentian_Lang=en-CA
2. http://innovationnewsdaily.com/mars-rovers-ncas-1878/
3. http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/centers/kennedy/technology/lunabotics.html
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| Using Averages To Bend the Uncertainty Principle
| from the i-hear-heisenberg-was-a-good-cook dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @15:27 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/1915236/Using-Averages-To-Bend-the-Uncertainty-Principle?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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summerbreeze writes "Researchers at the University of Toronto have
conducted a two-slit experiment, [0]published in Science, that uses 'weak
measurement' on photons to push back the boundaries of what can be known
about them, given the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Jason Palmer does
a great job [1]reporting this experiment to us mere mortals in a BBC
article: 'The team allowed the photons to pass through a thin sliver of
the mineral calcite which gave each photon a tiny nudge in its path, with
the amount of deviation dependent on which slit it passed through. By
averaging over a great many photons passing through the apparatus, and
only measuring the light patterns on a camera, the team was able to infer
what paths the photons had taken. While they were able to easily observe
the interference pattern indicative of the wave nature of light, they
were able also to see from which slits the photons had come, a sure sign
of their particle nature."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6034/1170.abstract
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13626587
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| National Academies Release Over 4,000 Free Science Books
| from the price-is-right dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @16:49 (Books)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/1951241/National-Academies-Release-Over-4000-Free-Science-Books?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Shipud writes "The National Academies Press are [0]offering all their
books for free in PDF format. These are all the publications of the
National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute
of Medicine, and National Research Council. [1]Lots of great stuff there,
and now for free."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/1951241/National-Academies-Release-Over-4000-Free-Science-Books?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=06022011
1. http://www.nap.edu/
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| Man Ordered At Gunpoint To Hand Over Phone For Recording Cops
| from the don't-shoot-or-we'll-shoot dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @18:02 (Crime)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/201228/Man-Ordered-At-Gunpoint-To-Hand-Over-Phone-For-Recording-Cops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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HungryHobo writes with this excerpt from a story at Pixiq: "Miami Beach
police [0]did their best to destroy a citizen video that shows them
shooting a man to death in a hail of bullets on Memorial Day. First,
police pointed their guns at the man who shot the video, [1]according to
a Miami Herald interview with the videographer. Then they ordered the man
and his girlfriend out of the car and threw them down to the ground,
yelling, 'you want to be f****** paparazzi?' Then they snatched the cell
phone from his hand and slammed it to the ground before stomping on it.
Then they placed the smashed phone in the videographer's back pocket as
he was laying down on the ground."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/201228/Man-Ordered-At-Gunpoint-To-Hand-Over-Phone-For-Recording-Cops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pixiq.com/article/MIami%20Beach%20Police%20Ordered%20Videographer%20At%20Gunpoint%20To%20Hand%20Over
1. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/02/v-fullstory/2248396/witnesses-said-they-were-forced.html
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| New Superbug Strain Found In Cows and People
| from the biological-warfare-in-the-bovine-revolution dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @19:19 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/2040231/New-Superbug-Strain-Found-In-Cows-and-People?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sciencehabit writes "A novel form of deadly [0]drug-resistant bacteria
that hides from a standard test has turned up in Europe. Researchers
found the so-called MRSA strain in both dairy cows and humans in the
United Kingdom, suggesting that it might be passed [0]from dairies to the
general population. But before you toss your milk, don't panic: The
superbug isn't a concern in pasteurized dairy products."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/2040231/New-Superbug-Strain-Found-In-Cows-and-People?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/new-superbug-found-in-cows-and-p.html?ref=hp
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