Omss Politics: Feb 20, 2011

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1. Michele Bachmann Scores Highest on Immigration
2. Richard Grenell: Jane Harman Should Pay for Election
3. Sen. Hatch Bill Would Plug 'National Security Loophole'
4. Biggest U.S. Aid Recipients Oppose America at U.N.
5. Rasmussen: Buyers Spurn GM Over Bailout
6. Heard: The Gipper, David Letterman, Obama's Teleprompter

1. Michele Bachmann Scores Highest on Immigration

An organization lobbying for a tougher stance on illegal immigration has rated 10 potential Republican candidates for president in 2012 — and only Michele Bachmann rates as high as a B-minus.

NumbersUSA grades the candidates based on 12 factors, including opposition to amnesty for illegals, support for punishing employers who hire undocumented immigrants, willingness to fund and implement border security measures, support for ending birthright citizenship, and opposition to current high immigration levels.

"The 12 categories on this grid deal with the vast majority of problems with current immigration policies that grant more than 1 million permanent work visas to immigrants each year, and which allow an estimated 7 million jobs in construction, service, manufacturing and transportation to be filled by illegal foreign workers," the organization states on its website.

"These policies also drive the majority of additional demands on the physical, social and natural infrastructures of the country, since new immigrants and births to immigrants account for more than three-quarters of the 30 million additional people added to the U.S. population growth each decade."

President Barack Obama got the lowest rating, F-minus, with an "Abysmal" mark in several categories, including opposition to amnesty and legalization of undocumented aliens.

Among the Republican hopefuls, Chris Christie got an F grade. Haley Barbour, Newt Gingrich, and Sarah Palin received a D-minus rating. Palin was applauded with an "Excellent" mark for her position on securing the borders, but was graded "Unhelpful" in the majority of categories.

Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee were graded D. Ron Paul and John Thune got a C-minus, and Tim Pawlenty rated a C-plus.

Boosting Bachmann to a B-minus were "Excellent" marks for her opposition to amnesty, support for local law enforcement, and her calls for securing the borders and ending birthright citizenship.

The ratings "are not report cards on past actions, which matter but not as much as what these politicians now say in the news media or on official websites," NumbersUSA says.

"These grades and ratings are about what a hopeful says a president should do about immigration."

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2. Richard Grenell: Jane Harman Should Pay for Election

Former Democratic Rep. Jane Harman should pay for the special election she necessitated in California when she resigned from the House just weeks after beginning her term, political adviser Richard Grenell declares.

Harman, who served eight terms in Congress representing a Los Angeles-area district, resigned on Feb. 11 to head the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. As a result, taxpayers will have to foot the bill for a special election to fill her seat.

Harman is married to electronics tycoon and new Newsweek publisher Sidney Harman and is "worth an estimated $300 million, and so she thinks she can dine and dash at taxpayers' expense," Grenell, who served as communications director for four U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations, wrote in an opinion piece.

"She quit Congress because the Democrats were no longer in control and millionaires don't like to toil away in the minority."

Grenell questions whether Harman had any intention of finishing her term, noting that Woodrow Wilson Center President Lee Hamilton announced in May 2010 that he would be leaving his post.

"If it is found that Harman was already making inquiries to take the Center's top job before her November election, then she owes the voters an apology," he stated in his article, which appeared on the Huffington Post website.

"Resigning a few weeks in to a two-year term is offensive to the voters. Harman should pay for the election to fill her vacancy with her personal fortune and reimburse the taxpayers for her ego-centric decision. Harman can afford it."

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3. Sen. Hatch Bill Would Plug 'National Security Loophole'

Sen. Orrin Hatch has introduced legislation to end the Diversity Visa Program, which each year brings 50,000 low-skilled individuals into the United States from countries around the world — including state sponsors of terrorism such as Iran.

The Diversity Visa Program (DV) is "an unfortunate blind spot in our immigration system that has outlived its purpose," according to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies.

"The applicants for these 50,000 'lottery' immigration slots require few skills. The program does not know, really, who these applicants are nor their true purpose in coming to the United States. The program is a national security loophole, and has been used by terrorists and organized criminals to not only enter the U.S., but bring others to the U.S. as well."

The DV program was created in 1990. In 2009, Iran was the third largest recipient of DVs among nations in Asia, and 12th largest overall, as 1,117 Iranians were allowed to enter the United States.

Three other nations designated as state sponsors of terror — Somalia, Syria, and Cuba — received a total of 313 DVs. The visas also went to residents of Sudan (592 visas) and Yemen (51), two nations with active terrorist populations, and 253 visas were issued to citizens of Venezuela.

Receiving at least 2,000 DVs were Kenya, Egypt, Turkey, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Albania, and Uzbekistan.

"There are no stop-gaps against fraud to determine qualifications nor properly vet identity or derogatory intelligence to assure that radicalized individuals do not enter the United States on a DV," the Center points out.

At least one terrorist incident resulted from the DV program. On July 4, 2002, Egyptian gunman Hesham Hedayet killed two people at the Los Angeles ticket counter of Israeli airline El Al before being killed by a security guard. He had obtained permanent resident status because his wife got a DV in 1996.

The House voted to abolish the Diversity Visa Program in 2005, but the Senate never passed the bill.

Sen. Hatch, R-Utah, has introduced a bill containing a provision that would repeal the DV program unless Congress specifically reauthorized it.

In support of the bill, the Center praises Hatch for "not shying away" from the obvious: The DV program "has outlived its usefulness." Instead, it "assertively creates national security vulnerabilities by admitting foreign nationals it cannot viably vet from state sponsors of terror, acts to support criminal human trafficking, and perpetuates low-skill economic migration during a time when Americans need jobs desperately."

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4. Biggest U.S. Aid Recipients Oppose America at U.N.

Of the 15 countries receiving the largest amount of aid from the United States, 14 voted against American positions at the United Nations more than half the time — including Afghanistan, Egypt, and Mexico.

That troubling fact comes to light as a congressman is putting forth an amendment to cut off U.S. aid to nations that routinely oppose American positions at the world body.

According to the amendment from Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican, a U.N. member state could not receive aid if it voted contrary to the American stance more than 50 percent of the time in the most recent session of the U.N. General Assembly.

The Foreign Relations Authorization Act requires the State Department to send to Congress a yearly report on how other nations voted in the General Assembly, compared to America's vote.

The most recent report, for 2009, shows that of the 15 nations that got more than $300 million in American aid during the fiscal year coinciding with the year under State Department review, only Israel voted with the U.S. more than half the time — 97 percent.

Ethiopia, a big aid recipient, voted with America just 8.6 percent of the time. The rest of the 15 nations were Sudan (16.4 percent), Egypt (17.7), Jordan (21.3), Uganda (22.4), Kenya (28.1), Zambia (28.8), South Africa (29.4), Afghanistan (29.9), Nigeria (30), Pakistan (30), Tanzania (32.3), Colombia (33.3), and Mexico (36.8).

Of the 53 nations in Africa, only one — the Seychelles — voted along with the U.S. the majority of the time, while European Union members sided with America 63.9 percent of the time.

Although the United States pays 22 percent of the regular U.N. operating budget, CNS News observes, its vote holds no more weight in the General Assembly than a vote from any of the other 191 members, including those that contribute less than 0.1 percent of the budget.

Other amendments proposed in Congress would go even further than Gohmert's. One from Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., would prohibit the U.S. from paying any dues at all to the U.N.

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5. Rasmussen: Buyers Spurn GM Over Bailout

A significant number of Americans are less likely to buy a General Motors vehicle because the company received a taxpayer bailout and then was taken over by the federal government, a Rasmussen poll reveals.

In the new survey, 44 percent of adult respondents said they are less likely to purchase a GM car, just 8 percent are more likely, and the remainder said the bailout has no impact on their buying decisions.

By contrast, 45 percent of respondents said they are more likely to buy a Ford vehicle because the company did not take any bailout funding from the government. Ten percent said they are less likely and the rest said the company's decision has no impact on what car they will buy.

More than one in five respondents, 23 percent, said they or someone they know avoided buying a GM car due to the bailout, while 17 percent said they or someone they know bought a Ford vehicle because of the company's decision not to take bailout funds.

Rasmussen also found that 57 percent of voters believe the government bailouts of banks, automotive and insurance companies were bad for the country.

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that taxpayers will lose $19 billion as the result of the auto bailouts.

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6. We Heard: The Gipper, David Letterman, Obama's Teleprompter

THAT President Barack Obama referred to himself as "The Gipper" — Ronald Reagan's nickname — at White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' final press briefing.

Obama recounted an anecdote from the 2004 Democratic National Convention when he was undecided about what tie to wear just 10 minutes before he was to deliver his speech.

"I had bought five, six ties," he said when he appeared with Gibbs at the Feb. 11 briefing. "[First lady] Michelle didn't like any of them.

"Then somebody said, 'What about Gibbs' tie? That might look good.' And frankly, Robert didn't want to give it up because he thought he looked really good in the tie. But eventually he was willing to take one for the Gipper, so he took off his tie, and I put it on."

THAT "The Late Show with David Letterman" was duped when it wrongly announced that actress Lindsay Lohan would appear on Thursday's show.

Just hours after the announcement, Lohan said on Twitter: "I am not going to be doing David Letterman. I'm not sure how this happened."

Tom Keaney, a spokesman for Letterman's production company, said on Wednesday: "We made a mistake. Someone purporting to be a friend of Lindsay's reached out to the show yesterday, allegedly on her behalf, and booked her to appear.

"Clearly, the person was not authorized to make commitments on her behalf."

Lohan was recently arraigned for the alleged theft of a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store.

THAT when it comes to the Republican House's battle with President Obama over cutting federal spending, it's getting personal.

An amendment proposed by Rep. Steve Womack, an Arkansas Republican, would eliminate funding for Obama's teleprompter.

Womack later withdrew the amendment, but he told Fox News: "I think we made our point. We're asking people to do more with less. And I think the president ought to lead by example. He is already a very gifted speaker. And I think that's one platform he could do without."

Another amendment, proposed by Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer, would strip funding for the alteration, repair, or improvement of the executive residence of Obama's White House.

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In this issue:
* Libya Blocks Internet Access As Citizens Protest
* Solar Flare Interferes With Radio, But No Big Auroras
* Chrome 10 Beta Boosts JavaScript Speed By 64%
* London Stock Exchange Price Errors 'Emerged At Linux Launch'
* Air Force Wants Hundreds of Fake Online Identities
* Geohot To Turn Over Computers To Neutral Third Party
* US Navy Breaks Laser Record
* Oracle's Open Source Identity Reborn At ForgeRock
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* Employer Demands Facebook Login From Job Applicants
* Scientists Aim To 'Print' Human Skin
* Judge Rules Against China In 'Green Dam' Suit
* Musician Jailed Over Prank YouTube Video
* Facebook Develops HTML5 Gaming Benchmark

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| Libya Blocks Internet Access As Citizens Protest
| from the welcome-to-libya dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday February 18, @19:47 (Censorship)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/02/18/2343255/Libya-Blocks-Internet-Access-As-Citizens-Protest?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "As protests rage across the Middle East, in
particular gaining strength in Libya, Djibouti, Iraq, Bahrain, and Yemen
over the past two days, Libya has taken the lead role [0]in blocking
internet access to its citizens. Residents of Tripoli, Libya are
reporting wide-spread internet blockage for most sites, and access to
circumvention tools like OperaTor and VPN is also being blocked."

Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/02/18/2343255/Libya-Blocks-Internet-Access-As-Citizens-Protest?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://neosmart.net/blog/2011/as-arabia-protests-libya-blocks-internet-access/

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| Solar Flare Interferes With Radio, But No Big Auroras
| from the well-that's-no-fun dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday February 18, @21:02 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/0051214/Solar-Flare-Interferes-With-Radio-But-No-Big-Auroras?from=newsletter
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RedEaredSlider writes "The largest solar flare in several years has
[0]disrupted some communications, though it was not in the right position
to create auroral displays visible from lower latitudes. The flare, which
erupted on Feb. 15, sent what is called a coronal mass ejection, or CME,
towards the Earth. A CME is billions of tons of charged particles, mostly
protons." Most of the reported disruptions were in China, says the
article.

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https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/0051214/Solar-Flare-Interferes-With-Radio-But-No-Big-Auroras?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/114195/20110218/solar-flare-disrupts-radios-does-not-make-aurora.htm

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| Chrome 10 Beta Boosts JavaScript Speed By 64%
| from the browser-wars-just-getting-started dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday February 18, @22:50 (Chrome)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/0012211/Chrome-10-Beta-Boosts-JavaScript-Speed-By-64?from=newsletter
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[0]CWmike writes "Google released the first beta of Chrome 10 on
Thursday, and [1]Computerworld found it to be 64% faster than its
predecessor on Google's V8 JavaScript benchmarks. But in another JS
benchmark �� WebKit's widely-cited SunSpider �� Chrome 10 beta was no
faster than Chrome 9. Yesterday's Chrome 10 beta release was the first to
feature [2]'Crankshaft,' a new optimization technology. Google engineers
have previously explained why SunSpider scores for a Crankshaft-equipped
Chrome show little, if any, improvement over other browsers. 'The idea
[in Crankshaft] is to heavily optimize code that is frequently executed
and not waste time optimizing code that is not,' said the engineers.
'Because of this, benchmarks that finish in just a few milliseconds, such
as SunSpider, will show little improvement with Crankshaft. The more work
an application does, the bigger the gains will be.' [[3]Chrome 10 beta
download here.]"

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2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9200531/How_fast_is_Google_Chrome_really_
3. http://www.google.com/landing/chrome/beta/

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| London Stock Exchange Price Errors 'Emerged At Linux Launch'
| from the hiccough-hiccough-hiccough dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday February 19, @02:02 (Businesses)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/0147232/London-Stock-Exchange-Price-Errors-Emerged-At-Linux-Launch?from=newsletter
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DMandPenfold writes "Within the first 20 seconds of the London Stock
Exchange's new matching engine going live on Monday, price data vendors
began displaying [0]incorrect prices, blank prices and wrong trading
volumes, according to Computerworld UK sources. Thomson Reuters,
Interactive Data and Netbuilder are among the largest data vendors,
providing share prices to traders, that have been displaying pricing
problems on some stocks throughout the week. Even the LSE's own data
vendor, ProQuote, experienced problems. Concerns are being raised that
there could be mistakenly setup connections or incorrect software
interfaces at some of the large data vendors. Alternatively, there may be
a data caching issue at the LSE that means data going out is not properly
synchronised between different systems."

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| Air Force Wants Hundreds of Fake Online Identities
| from the for-great-justice-or-a-bad-simulation dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday February 19, @05:06 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/0153259/Air-Force-Wants-Hundreds-of-Fake-Online-Identities?from=newsletter
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bizwriter writes "Bad enough that spammers are creating [0]fake Facebook
accounts that acquire connections with unsuspecting people, then inundate
them with crap. Now, the US military wants [1]software and services to
manage upwards of 500 fake online personas designed to interact with
social media, presumably including such sites as Facebook and Twitter."

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1. http://www.bnet.com/blog/technology-business/so-why-does-the-air-force-wants-hundreds-of-fake-online-identities-on-social-media/8728

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| Geohot To Turn Over Computers To Neutral Third Party
| from the small-victories-are-still-good dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday February 19, @08:03 (DRM)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/0141240/Geohot-To-Turn-Over-Computers-To-Neutral-Third-Party?from=newsletter
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intellitech writes "This will make a lot of you feel better. Groklaw is
reporting that [0]both parties have come up with a stipulation in [1]Sony
Computer Entertainment American v. Hotz regarding what Hotz must do about
handing over his computers. The new [2]Preliminary Injunction (PDF) now
says that he is to turn his materials over to a 'neutral' third party,
not to SCEA's lawyers, and after the neutral party combs through them, it
all is returned to Hotz. All but whatever they 'segregate' out of them.
He won't get that back until the end of the litigation, should he
prevail, which this court at least currently thinks is less likely than
that Sony will. There will be a hearing on Hotz's motion to dismiss on
April 8, 2011."

Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/0141240/Geohot-To-Turn-Over-Computers-To-Neutral-Third-Party?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110218112329416
1. http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=SonyHotz
2. http://www.groklaw.net/pdf2/SonyvHotz-83-1.pdf

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| US Navy Breaks Laser Record
| from the it's-nice-to-see-val-kilmer-finding-work dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 19, @09:23 (Shark)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/1240213/US-Navy-Breaks-Laser-Record?from=newsletter
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ectotherm writes "The US Navy has broken the existing record for the
power of a laser. Their new free-electron laser can [0]burn through 20
feet of steel per second. 'Next up for the tech: additional
weaponization. The Navy just awarded Boeing a contract worth up to $163
million to take that technology and package it as a 100 kW weapons
system, one that the Navy hopes to use not only to destroy things but for
on-ship communications, tracking and detection, too �� using a fraction of
the energy such applications use now, plus with more accuracy.' Now all
we need to do is upgrade the sharks..."

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Links:
0. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/18/navy-breaks-world-record-futuristic-laser-getting-real/?intcmp=prn_baynote-js_Navy_Breaks_World_Record_With_Futuristic_Free-Electron_Laser

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| Oracle's Open Source Identity Reborn At ForgeRock
| from the don't-break-this-one dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 19, @10:38 (Businesses)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/1311206/Oracles-Open-Source-Identity-Reborn-At-ForgeRock?from=newsletter
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[0]darthcamaro writes "Oracle trashed a lot of former Sun technologies ��
not the least of which is Sun's open source identity platform which
included OpenSSO and OpenDS. Now open source startup ForgeRock has taken
those castoffs and created a [1]business that has been running
successfully for year. 'My personal goal here is to prove that you can
have an open source business that is profitable,' said Simon Phipps,
former chief open source officer at Sun and now chief strategy officer at
ForgeRock. 'Having principles and having profit are not mutually
exclusive.'"

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Links:
0. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3
1. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3925516/ForgeRock+Shines+on+Suns+Legacy+Identity.htm

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| Oil Companies Patent Trolling Biofuel Production
| from the if-that-doesn't-work-we'll-have-to-invade dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 19, @11:54 (Patents)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/1555243/Oil-Companies-Patent-Trolling-Biofuel-Production?from=newsletter
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[0]Whatsmynickname writes "Thought oil companies were done patent
trolling to try to shut down any efforts to wean us off of crude oil
(e.g. Chevron and [1]NiMH batteries)? Think again. BP and DuPont
(Butamax) have [2]taken an advanced biofuel company to court over
infringement of newly awarded patents for developing biobutanol. When an
oil company advertises it is looking for alternative fuels, it's not
necessarily because they want to be socially responsible..."

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Links:
0. mailto:jkbatca@gmail.com
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_encumbrance_of_large_automotive_NiMH_batteries
2. http://blog.cleantechies.com/2011/02/15/bp-dupont-biofuels-jv-takes-gevo-to-court/

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| Employer Demands Facebook Login From Job Applicants
| from the poking-and-prodding dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 19, @13:12 (Facebook)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/1746256/Employer-Demands-Facebook-Login-From-Job-Applicants?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "Alex Madrigal reports in the Atlantic that
the ACLU has taken up the case of Maryland corrections officer Robert
Collins, who was [1]required to provide his Facebook login and password
to the Maryland Division of Corrections during a recertification
interview so the interviewer could log on to his account and read not
only his postings, but those of his family and friends too. 'We live in a
time when national security is the highest priority, but it must be
delicately balanced with personal privacy,' says Collins. 'My fellow
officers and I should not have to allow the government to view our
personal Facebook posts and those of our friends, just to keep our jobs.'
The ACLU of Maryland has [2]sent a letter to Public Safety Secretary Gary
Maynard (PDF) concerning the Division of Correction's blanket requirement
that applicants for employment with the division, as well as current
employees undergoing recertification, provide the government with their
social media account usernames and personal passwords for use in employee
background checks. After three weeks [3]the ACLU has received no response."

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Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/02/should-employers-be-allowed-to-ask-for-your-facebook-login/71480/
2. http://www.aclu-md.org/aPress/Press2011/collinsletterfinal.pdf
3. http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/want-job-password-please

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| Scientists Aim To 'Print' Human Skin
| from the epidermis-load-letter-what-does-that-mean dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 19, @14:28 (Medicine)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/1912234/Scientists-Aim-To-Print-Human-Skin?from=newsletter
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suraj.sun sends this excerpt from CNN: "Scientists at the Wake Forest
Institute for Regenerative Medicine, inspired by standard inkjet printers
found in many home offices, are [0]developing a specialized skin
'printing' system that could be used in the future to treat soldiers
wounded on the battlefield. 'We started out by taking a typical desktop
inkjet cartridge. Instead of ink we use cells, which are placed in the
cartridge,' said Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the institute. The device
could be used to rebuild damaged or burned skin. ... Burn injuries
account for 5% to 20% of combat-related injuries, according to the Armed
Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine. The skin printing project is
one of several projects at Wake Forest largely funded by that institute,
which is a branch of the US Department of Defense. Wake Forest will
receive approximately $50 million from the Defense Department over the
next five years to fund projects, including the skin-creating system.
Researchers developed the skin 'bio-printer' by modifying a standard
store-bought printer. One modification is the addition of a
three-dimensional 'elevator' that builds on damaged tissue with fresh
layers of healthy skin."

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Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/02/19/bioprinting.wounded.soldiers/index.html

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| Judge Rules Against China In 'Green Dam' Suit
| from the china-shrugs dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 19, @15:40 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/1919210/Judge-Rules-Against-China-In-Green-Dam-Suit?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "About a year after Cybersitter sued the
Chinese government and several Asian OEMs for allegedly [0]copying its
code to create the 'Green Dam' software, a US federal judge has
[1]allowed the $2.3 billion suit to proceed. Judge Josephine Staton
Tucker, a California district judge, entered a judgement of default
against the People's Republic of China on Wednesday, after PRC officials
failed to respond to the ruling. Although the PRC's embassy sent a letter
to the US State Department protesting Cybersitter's suit, such a letter
did not qualify as a formal response."

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Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/06/16/1422235/Chinas-Green-Dam-No-Longer-Compulsory-May-Have-Lifted-Code
1. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380614,00.asp

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| Musician Jailed Over Prank YouTube Video
| from the under-arrest-by-the-humor-police dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 19, @16:57 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/2134202/Musician-Jailed-Over-Prank-YouTube-Video?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Evan Emory, a 21-year-old aspiring musician,
edited together video of him singing a G-rated song to a bunch of
giggling school kids with video of him singing a song with sexually
explicit lyrics, and posted it on YouTube. For this stupid joke, [0]done
[1]many [2]times [3]by [4]professional [5]comedians (all NSFW,
obviously), and admittedly done without getting permission from the
children shown 'hearing' him sing naughty words, [6]he was arrested and
could face 20 years in prison as a sex offender. On the pretext of
looking for 'souvenirs' of child sexual abuse, his house has been
searched by police, and the Muskegon County (Michigan) Prosecutor has
insinuated (with no further evidence) that Emory actually wants to have
sex with children and claims he 'victimized every single child in that
classroom.' Emory insists [7]he had no such intention."

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Links:
0. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAHIhRsWCqc
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVsLR_2GX0
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJCRNXUngAM
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzN-pxn--tg
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABRpRftIUOw
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCODTbfLKSE
6. http://hypervocal.com/news/2011/youtube-musician-evan-emory-faces-20-years-in-prison-for-clever-editing/
7. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/02/evan_emory_speaks_i_feel_like.html

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| Facebook Develops HTML5 Gaming Benchmark
| from the browser-war-ammo dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 19, @18:18 (Chrome)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/02/19/2140253/Facebook-Develops-HTML5-Gaming-Benchmark?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A couple of Facebook engineers are developing
an [0]HTML5 gaming benchmark. They write, 'Two weeks ago Bruce and I
released JSGameBench version 0.1. Today marks the release of version 0.2,
a much faster and cleaner version. We continue to learn both from
tightening the code and from the strong HTML5 community. Version 0.2
reinforces our belief in HTML5 as a strong, horizontal platform for games
and highly interactive applications across the web.'"

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Links:
0. http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/460

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