In this issue:
* Solar Powered Laptops
* Ask Slashdot: Is SHA-512 the Way To Go?
* France Bans Facebook and Twitter From Radio and TV
* Student Suspended For Posting On YouTube
* Integrating Capacitors Into Car Frames
* India's Schooling Experiment Tests Rich and Poor
* NSA Trial Evidence 'Riddled With Boxes and Arrows'
* Collatz Proof Proposed: Hailstone Sequences End In 1
* Wikileaks Cables Say No Bloodshed Inside Tiananmen Square
* Ask Slashdot: Compensating Technical People For Contributing to Sales?
* Compressed Time at the Australia Telescope Compact Array
* Hackers Attack Nintendo, But Company Claims Data Safe
* Cheap GPUs Rendering Strong Passwords Useless
* CERN Ups Antimatter Confinement Record to 15+ Minutes
* Syria Reportedly Back On the Internet
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| Solar Powered Laptops
| from the it's-not-easy-being-green dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @20:35 (Portables)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/04/2336254/Solar-Powered-Laptops?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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smitty777 writes "Greentech is running a story on a [0]solar powered
laptop concept. The device was created by industrial designer [1]Andrea
Ponti, and includes a solar panel on the outside of the case as well as
one below the keyboard. The idea seems to be taking shape; [2]Samsung has
a design they've been developing as well."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/04/first-solar-powered-laptop/
1. http://www.coroflot.com/andrea_ponti/Luce-Solar-Panel-Powered-pc
2. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800506116-samsung-reveals-solar-powered-laptop.aspx
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| Ask Slashdot: Is SHA-512 the Way To Go?
| from the go-big-or-go-home dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 04, @23:29 (Encryption)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/0135206/Ask-Slashdot-Is-SHA-512-the-Way-To-Go?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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crutchy writes "When I was setting up my secure website I got really
paranoid about SSL encryption, so I created a certificate using OpenSSL
for SHA-512 encryption. I don't know much about SHA (except bits that I
can remember from Wikipedia), but I figure that if you're going to go to
the trouble (or expense) of setting up SSL, you may as well go for the
best you can get, right? Also, what would be the minimum level of
encryption required for, say, online banking? I've read about how SHA-1
was 'broken', but from what I can tell it still takes many hours. What is
the practical risk to the real internet from this capability? Would a
sort of rolling key be a possible next step, where each SSL-encrypted
stream has its own private/public key pair generated on the fly, and
things like passwords and bank account numbers were broken up and sent in
multiple streams with different private/public key pairs? This would of
course require more server grunt to generate these keys (or we could take
a leaf from Google's book and just have separate server clusters designed
solely for that job), but then if computing performance was a limiting
factor, the threat to security of these hashes wouldn't be a problem in
the first place." (Continued below.)
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| France Bans Facebook and Twitter From Radio and TV
| from the can-you-ban-it-from-the-web-too-please dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 05, @02:25 (Facebook)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/0139247/France-Bans-Facebook-and-Twitter-From-Radio-and-TV?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "In France, radio and television news anchors
are [0]no longer allowed to say the words 'Facebook' and 'Twitter' on air,
unless the terms are specifically part of a news story. The ban stems
from a decree issued by the French government on March 27, 1992, which
forbids the promotion of commercial enterprises on news programs."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/0139247/France-Bans-Facebook-and-Twitter-From-Radio-and-TV?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/france-bans-facebook-and-twitter-from-radio-and-tv/1559
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| Student Suspended For Posting On YouTube
| from the don't-bring-none-of-that-innernet-'round-these-parts dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 05, @05:24 (Canada)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/0152213/Student-Suspended-For-Posting-On-YouTube?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A Canadian student has been suspended from
school and had the police called on him due to [0]satirical animations
that he posted to YouTube. Jack Christie, a 12th-grade student at the
Donald A. Wilson Secondary School in Whitby, Ontario, Canada, created the
videos in his own time, off-campus."
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| Integrating Capacitors Into Car Frames
| from the integrating-is-just-a-fancy-word-for-duct-taping dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday June 05, @08:16 (Transportation)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/0158228/Integrating-Capacitors-Into-Car-Frames?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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necro81 writes "It has long been recognized that adding capacitors in
parallel with batteries can improve the performance of hybrid and
electric vehicles by accepting and supplying spikes of power, which
reduces stress on the battery pack, extending range and improving cycle
life. The challenge has been figuring out where to put them, when
batteries already compete for space. A new research prototype from
Imperial College London has [0]integrated them into the body panels and
structural frame of the vehicle itself. In their prototype, carbon fiber
serves as both the structure for the vehicle and electrode for the energy
storage sandwiched within."
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Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/automobiles/05BATTERY.html
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| India's Schooling Experiment Tests Rich and Poor
| from the caste-aside dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @09:08 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/1231236/Indias-Schooling-Experiment-Tests-Rich-and-Poor?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Passed in 2009, India's Right to Education Act [0]mandates
that private schools set aside 25% of admissions for low-income,
underprivileged and disabled students. Many of the world's top private
schools offer scholarships to smart poor kids, but India's plan is more
sweeping in that the rules prohibit admission-testing of students. 'Over
the years schooling offered by these two systems [public and private] has
become increasingly disparate and unequal,' [1]explained Anshu Vaish of
the Dept. of Human Resource Development. But the most notable results of
the experiment thus far, reports the WSJ, are frustration and
disappointment as separations that define Indian society are upended,
leading even some supporters to conclude that the chasm between the top
and bottom of Indian society is too great to overcome. Hey, at least we
don't have [2]these kinds of problems in the US, right? BTW, about 30% of
this year's [3]Intel Science Talent Search 2011 Finalists hailed from
private schools, where annual tuition ranges from [4]$15,750 at Ursuline
Academy (the [5]alma mater of Melinda Gates) to $37,020 at [6]Groton
School (the [7]alma mater of FDR). Some 10% of all elementary and
secondary school students were in private schools in 2009-2010,
[8]according to the US Dept. of Education."
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Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704083904576337373758647478.html
1. http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/06/04/the-governments-rationale-for-right-to-education/
2. http://www.seattleweekly.com/2007-04-25/news/good-intentions-turn-into-diversity-backlash-at-lakeside-school.php/
3. http://apps.societyforscience.org/sts/70sts/finalists.asp
4. http://www.ursulinedallas.org/podium/default.aspx?t=107910
5. http://www.ursulinedallas.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&id=546696
6. http://www.groton.org/
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groton_School#Notable_alumni
8. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011033
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| NSA Trial Evidence 'Riddled With Boxes and Arrows'
| from the we-didn't-mean-to-imply-anything dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @10:11 (The Courts)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/1334244/NSA-Trial-Evidence-Riddled-With-Boxes-and-Arrows?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]decora writes "In the Espionage Act trial of NSA IT Whistleblower
Thomas Drake, the main evidence against him are five documents he
allegedly 'willfully retained' in his basement. The government, for the
first time, is using the [1]Silent Witness Rule to 'substitute' words in
this evidence so that the public will not be able to see the allegedly
sensitive information. The result of this 'substitution' process has been
described by the defense as a [2]tangled mess of boxes, arrows, and code
words [PDF] that will impossibly confuse the facts of the case. 'Two
weeks before trial, Mr. Drake and his counsel still do not know what
evidence the jury will see.'"
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Links:
0. mailto:decorat@mail.com
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_witness_rule
2. http://www.fas.org/sgp/jud/drake/053011-let123.pdf
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| Collatz Proof Proposed: Hailstone Sequences End In 1
| from the baseball-hailstones-also-a-tough-problem dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @11:12 (Math)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/1446209/Collatz-Proof-Proposed-Hailstone-Sequences-End-In-1?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikejuk writes "[0]A proof [preprint PDF] has been [1]proposed for the
Collatz conjecture about [2]hailstone sequences. A hailstone sequence
starts from any positive integer n the next number in the sequence is n/2
if n is even and 3n+1 if n is odd. The conjecture is that this simple
sequence always ends in one. Simple to state but very difficult to prove
and it has taken more than 60 years to get close to a solution."
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Links:
0. http://preprint.math.uni-hamburg.de/public/papers/hbam/hbam2011-09.pdf
1. http://www.i-programmer.info/news/112-theory/2525-collatz-conjecture-proved.html
2. http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Hailstone_sequence
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| Wikileaks Cables Say No Bloodshed Inside Tiananmen Square
| from the bloodshed-all-confined-to-freedom-square dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @12:11 (China)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/163242/Wikileaks-Cables-Say-No-Bloodshed-Inside-Tiananmen-Square?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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netchaos writes "Secret cables from the United States embassy in Beijing
have shown there was [0]no bloodshed inside Tiananmen Square when China
put down student pro-democracy demonstrations 22 years ago." Which is not
to say that everything was flowers and wine: "Instead, the cables show
that Chinese soldiers opened fire on protesters outside the centre of
Beijing, as they fought their way towards the square from the west of the
city."
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| Ask Slashdot: Compensating Technical People For Contributing to Sales?
| from the better-snacks-and-more-espresso dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @13:13 (Businesses)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/1650215/Ask-Slashdot-Compensating-Technical-People-For-Contributing-to-Sales?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]cloud-yay writes "I work for an IT consulting firm and recently I've
been tasked with heading up our engineering consulting team ��� which
without the fancy corporate speak means that we're trying to empower our
engineering team to think a little like sales people instead of being
purely service orientated. To clarify, our technical people are viewed by
our customers as trusted advisors and when they see a opportunity for a
complementary sale/network refresh/project they often involve our sales
team, however when the customer sees the sales people, they always clam
up because they're 'sales people' and customers think they are just
interested in alleviating them of their money! I'm interested in what the
Slashdot community thinks of how we should remunerate engineering teams
for this 'sales' work (which would cost us commission to sales people
anyway) but in a way that doesn't foster any animosity between sales and
tech staff because in the end sales people live and die on commission.
Has anyone worked in this environment anywhere and what works/doesn't
work in your experience?"
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Links:
0. mailto:rob.pickering@anittel.com.au
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| Compressed Time at the Australia Telescope Compact Array
| from the ok-ok-it's-an-illusion dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @14:33 (Australia)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/1831227/Compressed-Time-at-the-Australia-Telescope-Compact-Array?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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epaell writes "I've been playing a little bit with time-lapse and video
editing over the last week while Duty Astronomer at the CSIRO's Australia
Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) near Narrabri in country New South Wales
(Australia). Playing with video is all quite a new experience for me but
I had fun putting this together and thought others may enjoy it. I've
captured a number of videos of and around the telescope and attempted to
highlight not only [0]the instrument and the skies but also some of the
wildlife we encounter on a daily basis while observing there. It also
includes an obligatory video of cockatoos taking a hayride on one of the
dishes and the frogs in the control room that are our constant companions
during long observing sessions :-) I recommend switching from 360p to
1080p and setting on full-screen mode to get the full effect of the
video."
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Links:
0. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsGJFlTFGhI
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| Hackers Attack Nintendo, But Company Claims Data Safe
| from the 15-minutes-of-fame dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @15:46 (Nintendo)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/1947252/Hackers-Attack-Nintendo-But-Company-Claims-Data-Safe?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Dr Herbert West writes with this from the Wall Street Journal: "Nintendo
said Sunday that a [0]server for its US unit's website had been hacked
into but that no company or customer information was compromised. The
hacker group Lulzsec, which allegedly was behind other breaches of Sony
websites earlier this week, claimed responsibility. Lulzsec posted a
server configuration file as proof of its involvement yet said it wasn't
targeting Nintendo. 'We just got a config file and made it clear that we
didn't mean any harm,' the group said this morning via its Twitter.'
Nintendo had already fixed it anyway. The attack comes as Nintendo this
week launches its new online service for its 3DS hand-held game machine."
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Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304474804576366802876217440.html
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| Cheap GPUs Rendering Strong Passwords Useless
| from the you-have-8-billion-login-attempts dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @16:50 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/2028256/Cheap-GPUs-Rendering-Strong-Passwords-Useless?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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StrongGlad writes with a story at ZDNet describing how it's getting
[0]easier to use GPU processing against passwords once considered quite
strong. "Take a cheap GPU (like the Radeon HD 5770) and the free
GPU-powered password busting tool called 'ighashgpu' and you have
yourself a lean, mean password busting machine. How lean and mean?
Working against NTLM login passwords, a password of 'fjR8n' can be broken
on the CPU in 24 seconds, at a rate of 9.8 million password guesses per
second. On the GPU, it takes less than a second at a rate of 3.3 billion
passwords per second. Increase the password to 6 characters (pYDbL6), and
the CPU takes 1 hour 30 minutes versus only four seconds on the GPU. Go
further to 7 characters (fh0GH5h), and the CPU would grind along for 4
days, versus a frankly worrying 17 minutes 30 seconds for the GPU."
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Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/cheap-gpus-are-rendering-strong-passwords-useless/13125
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| CERN Ups Antimatter Confinement Record to 15+ Minutes
| from the why-so-negative? dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @18:03 (Science)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/222243/CERN-Ups-Antimatter-Confinement-Record-to-15-Minutes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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A team at CERN has [0]vastly increased its ability to confine antimatter,
says an article published today at Scientific American. Last year, the
same researchers managed to trap atoms of antihydrogen. "But," says the
SciAm report, "the antihydrogen had at that time been confined for less
than two tenths of a second. That interval has now been extended by a
factor of more than 5,000. In a study published online June 5 in Nature
Physics, the ALPHA group reports having confined antihydrogen for 16
minutes and 40 seconds. The more relevant number for physicists, who
often deal in powers of 10, is 1,000 seconds."
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Links:
0. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=antiatoms-alpha-1000-seconds
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| Syria Reportedly Back On the Internet
| from the back-to-your-scheduled-programming dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday June 05, @19:09 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/05/235243/Syria-Reportedly-Back-On-the-Internet?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "The [1]Internet in Syria was back on Saturday, a
day after it was reported that two-thirds of Syrian networks had been
[2]cut off from the rest of the world in the wake of civil unrest in the
country."
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Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/
1. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/389050/syria_internet_service_said_restored/
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/03/1923213/Syria-Drops-Off-the-Internet-As-Turmoil-Spikes
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