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Egypt will not sleep tonight in preparation for its Second Day of Anger. Following Mubarak's ousting, many feel that the demands raised since the start of the January 25 revolution have mostly not been fulfilled. The calls for the second day of anger at Tahrir Square this Friday aim to reignite the revolution.
Demonstrations on the streets of Madrid on May 15 have turned into big camp outs all over Spain, and across the world. There had not been any police intervention since the second day of protests in Madrid, May 17, but on the morning of May 27 Barcelona protesters started sending messages that they were being evicted. According to the police, it was not an eviction but an attempt to allow for the cleaning patrols to do their job. 
Ratko Mladic, former Bosnian Serb military leader was arrested today by police in Serbia, the country's president, Boris Tadic, confirmed on national television. General Mladic has been on the run since 1995 facing charges of genocide for his role as Bosnian Serb military commander during the 1992-95 civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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In this issue:
* A Map of the Universe, 10 Years In the Making
* Finding Fault With Qantas' RFID Baggage Tracking System
* Poland's Prime Minister Goes For Open Government
* FSF On How To Choose a License
* Amazon Challenges Apple With Mac App Store
* US Senate Committee Passes PROTECT IP Act
* Steve Ballmer's Head On the Block?
* New Book Reports Soviets Behind Roswell UFO Scare
* ATM Repairman Accused of Taking (and Faking) Cash
* Anti-Porn Facebook Page is Deleted, Then Restored
* Student Finds Universe's Missing Mass
* Seismologists Tried For Manslaughter For Not Predicting Earthquake
* NYSE Sends Cease and Desist Letter To News Organization
* Unabomber Property Up For Creepy Online Auction
* Skype Issues Software Fix For Windows and Mac Users
* HTC To Unlock Smartphones' Bootloader
* Book Review: Scribus Beginners Guide
* What Makes Parallel Programming Difficult?
* Google Deprecates Translation API
* CmdrTaco Visits Pixar
* Zuckerberg Only Eating Animals He Personally Kills
* Lockheed Martin Purchases First Commercial Quantum Computer
* MeeGo Being Ported To Wayland
* War Over Arsenic Based Life
* OpenSSL Timing Attack Can Intercept Private Keys
* Flight 447 'Black Box' Decoded
* DoD Paper Proposes National Security Through a Culture of Restraint (and Stigma)
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| A Map of the Universe, 10 Years In the Making
| from the so-it's-gotta-be-good dept.
| posted by timothy on Thursday May 26, @21:21 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/05/26/2319244/A-Map-of-the-Universe-10-Years-In-the-Making?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]gabbo529 writes "Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics (CfA) have created a [1]map of the universe called the 2MASS
Redshift Survey. The astronomers put in 10 laborious years in creating
the map and it is what they call the most complete 3-D map of the local
universe (out to a distance of 380 million light-years) ever created.
2MASS Redshift Survey extends closer to the Galactic plane than any other
map of the universe before it; the region is generally obscured by dust."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. mailto:g.perna@ibtimes.com
1. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2011/pr201116.html
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| Finding Fault With Qantas' RFID Baggage Tracking System
| from the like-denver-but-warmer dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday May 27, @00:06 (Australia)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/043204/Finding-Fault-With-Qantas-RFID-Baggage-Tracking-System?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]lukehopewell1 writes "Australian airline giant Qantas has implemented
new baggage tags [1]powered by RFID technology. The RFID tag is encoded
with the information on a passenger's boarding pass when placed in a bag
drop area, and is summarily sent to its destination. But is it any good?
ZDNet Australia tested the new systems and found that [2]the system sadly
had no intention of sending our cargo."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. mailto:lukehopewell1@gmail.com
1. http://www.zdnet.com.au/qantas-to-trial-new-check-in-system-339304663.htm
2. http://www.zdnet.com.au/testing-qantas-next-generation-systems-339315727.htm
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| Poland's Prime Minister Goes For Open Government
| from the just-the-good-parts-is-bad-policy dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday May 27, @02:58 (Government)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/0233251/Polands-Prime-Minister-Goes-For-Open-Government?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]rysiek writes "In a surprise announcement, Polish Prime Minister
Donald Tusk declared new policy toward a more open state: ''All
information funded from public sources [1]should be available as public
property, free for everyone to use it as they wish,' said Tusk last week,
during a meeting with NGO leaders in Poland. ([2]English translation.)
This is very unusual in Europe, and in fact puts Poland ahead of other EU
states. A loose web of Polish NGOs for more than two years has advocated
more open public information laws. A bill to that effect will now be
presented in Sejm (the Polish parliament)."
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Links:
0. http://rys.io/en
1. http://www.premier.gov.pl/centrum_prasowe/wydarzenia/w_kprm_o_rozwoju_internetu,6599/
2. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.premier.gov.pl%2Fcentrum_prasowe%2Fwydarzenia%2Fw_kprm_o_rozwoju_internetu%2C6599%2F
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| FSF On How To Choose a License
| from the have-it-suit-your-endeavor dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday May 27, @06:02 (Media)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/26/2225227/FSF-On-How-To-Choose-a-License?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]ciaran_o_riordan writes "FSF have put together their license
recommendations, beyond just their own licenses, [1]for software,
documentation, and other works: 'People often ask us what license we
recommend they use for their project. We've written about this publicly
before, but the information has been scattered around between different
essays, FAQ entries, and license commentaries. This article collects all
that information into a single source, to make it easier for people to
follow and refer back to. The recommendations below are focused on
licensing a work that you create ��� whether that's a modification of an
existing work, or a new original work.'"
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Links:
0. http://ciaran.compsoc.com/
1. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html
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| Amazon Challenges Apple With Mac App Store
| from the it's-a-wide-river dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday May 27, @08:12 (Software)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/029250/Amazon-Challenges-Apple-With-Mac-App-Store?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Amazon [1]launched a Mac-specific application download
store on Thursday that will compete with Apple's nearly five-month-old
Mac App Store. The new subsection of Amazon's massive online store,
dubbed [2]'Mac Software Downloads,' kicked off quietly Thursday. Amazon
has long offered software downloads for both Windows and Mac customers,
but this was the first time that the company called out its Mac-centric
'store.' The retailer, however, apparently did not want to goad Apple
into another legal battle by mimicking its rival's 'App Store' moniker:
The two companies [3]are already in court over Amazon's 'Appstore for
Android,' which Apple claims violates its trademark. Unlike the Mac App
Store, [4]which Apple opened in early January, Amazon's includes the
popular Office for Mac line from Microsoft."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217096/Amazon_challenges_Apple_with_Mac_app_download_store_
2. http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=sw_nav_moneymanagement?ie=UTF8&node=2489383011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=browse&pf_rd_r=1DY3XHQHGSS0S8FG99Z9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1299493082&pf_rd_i=1233514011
3. https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/03/22/0026249/Apple-Sues-Amazoncom-Over-App-Store-Trademark
4. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9203701/Apple_opens_Mac_App_Store_discounts_own_software
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| US Senate Committee Passes PROTECT IP Act
| from the kill-first-ask-questions-later dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday May 27, @08:58 (Government)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/0534209/US-Senate-Committee-Passes-PROTECT-IP-Act?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "A US Senate committee has unanimously approved a
controversial bill that would allow the US Department of Justice to seek
court orders requiring search engines and Internet service providers to
[1]stop sending traffic to websites accused of infringing copyright."
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Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/
1. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/388071/senate_panel_approves_controversial_copyright_bill/
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| Steve Ballmer's Head On the Block?
| from the if-I-go-there-will-be-trouble dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Friday May 27, @09:36 (Microsoft)
| https://slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1150244/Steve-Ballmers-Head-On-the-Block?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mix77 writes "Influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn has [0]called
for Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to step down, saying the
world's largest software company's long-time leader is stuck in the
past."
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Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/25/us-microsoft-idUSTRE74O8BQ20110525
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| New Book Reports Soviets Behind Roswell UFO Scare
| from the I-want-to-believe dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday May 27, @09:54 (Sci-Fi)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/138241/New-Book-Reports-Soviets-Behind-Roswell-UFO-Scare?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jalefkowit writes "A new book by Los Angeles Times Magazine
investigative reporter Annie Jacobsen, titled Area 51, reports that that
the famous 1947 UFO sightings in Roswell, New Mexico, were actually an
attempt by the Soviet Union to demonstrate that [1]they could panic the
American population if they wished. According to the book, the UFOs were
actually aircraft derived from flying-wing technology, piloted by
'child-size aviators' surgically altered by captured Nazi doctors to
appear more frightening. Skeptics note that this account is based on
testimony provided to Jacobsen by a single unnamed source, who she
describes as one of only five engineers given full access to the crash
debris at the top-secret facility in Nevada known as Area 51."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://jasonlefkowitz.net/
1. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/24/6704655-were-soviets-behind-roswell-ufo-
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| ATM Repairman Accused of Taking (and Faking) Cash
| from the what's-in-your-wallet? dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Friday May 27, @10:13 (The Almighty Buck)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1234249/ATM-Repairman-Accused-of-Taking-and-Faking-Cash?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]fysdt writes "An ATM repairman was nabbed in Phoenix on charges of
having [1]stolen about $200,000 in ATM funds. His method was almost
brilliant in its sheer stupidity: He pocketed the cash, and replaced it
in the machines with 'counterfeit or photocopied $20 bills.'"
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://snipd.net/
1. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/26/BANQ1JLBKP.DTL&tsp=1
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| Anti-Porn Facebook Page is Deleted, Then Restored
| from the let's-make-up-our-minds-here dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Friday May 27, @10:52 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/148243/Anti-Porn-Facebook-Page-is-Deleted-Then-Restored?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Slashdot regular contributor [0]Bennett Haselton writes: "An anti-porn
organization's Facebook page is disabled by Facebook, and then
resurrected. Was the page the victim of a 'complaint mob,' and could the
previously-discussed 'voting algorithm' have saved the page from being
shut down?"
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Links:
0. mailto:bennett@peacefire.org
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| Student Finds Universe's Missing Mass
| from the she's-a-star-who-looks-at-stars dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Friday May 27, @11:39 (Australia)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1242223/Student-Finds-Universes-Missing-Mass?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A 22-year-old Australian university student
has solved a problem which has puzzled astrophysicists for decades,
[0]discovering part of the so-called 'missing mass' of the universe
during her summer break."
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Links:
0. http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4358/aussie-student-find-missing-mass
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| Seismologists Tried For Manslaughter For Not Predicting Earthquake
| from the next-time-the-scientists-might-not-say-anything-at-all dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Friday May 27, @12:22 (Crime)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1315212/Seismologists-Tried-For-Manslaughter-For-Not-Predicting-Earthquake?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]mcgrew writes "From LiveScience: 'Earthquake prediction can be a
grave, and faulty science, and in the case of Italian [1]seismologists
who are being tried for the manslaughter of the people who died in the
2009 L'Aquila quake, it can have legal consequences.' A group of seven,
including six seismologists and a government official, reportedly didn't
alert the public ahead of time of the risk of the L'Aquila earthquake,
which occurred on April 6 of that year, killing around 300 people,
according to the US Geological Survey."
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Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/journal.pl?op=list&uid=92797
1. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iH2KWb3f5bwajaliBgE_p6TmfpvA?docId=dd12dbeab3624377bb25af2d512d322e
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| NYSE Sends Cease and Desist Letter To News Organization
| from the run-and-hide-whenever-you-see-a-camera dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Friday May 27, @12:53 (Businesses)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/124218/NYSE-Sends-Cease-and-Desist-Letter-To-News-Organization?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Apparently, the [0]New York Stock Exchange
has registered a trademark for their trading floor, and they claim that
no one can use a photograph of the trading floor without permission."
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| Unabomber Property Up For Creepy Online Auction
| from the own-a-piece-of-crazy dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday May 27, @12:59 (The Internet)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1313204/Unabomber-Property-Up-For-Creepy-Online-Auction?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]coondoggie writes "Ok this is kind of creepy. The US Marshalls Office
today said it will hold an [1]online auction of the personal effects of
the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. The auction will run until June 2 and will
include personal documents, such as driver's licenses, birth
certificates, deeds, checks, academic transcripts, photos, and his
handwritten codes; typewriters; tools; clothing; watches; several hundred
books; and more than 20,000 pages of written documents, including the
original handwritten and typewritten versions of the 'Unabom Manifesto.'"
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Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/unabomber-ted-kaczynskis-personal-possessions
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| Skype Issues Software Fix For Windows and Mac Users
| from the being-borged-isn't-making-things-better dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Friday May 27, @13:25 (The Internet)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1452236/Skype-Issues-Software-Fix-For-Windows-and-Mac-Users?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jbrodkin writes "Skype has released a new version of its Windows
software to fix [1]the problem that has kept some Skype users from
logging in and making calls yesterday, and plans to issue a similar
update to Mac users later today, the company said. Skype, which is in the
process of being sold to Microsoft for $8.5 billion, previously gave
users instructions on how to fix the problem, which involved deleting a
'shared.xml' file. While Windows and Mac users are being given a software
fix, Linux users still have to fix the problem manually (but they can
handle it). Still unknown is what caused the Skype outage. Skype said it
affected only a small percentage of users, but hasn't explained the
cause. Skype has at least updated its status page to reflect the outage,
however. Even after issuing yesterday's fix instructions, the status page
had claimed for a while that sign in and registration were 'all working
normally.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/skype-issues-software-fix-windows-and-mac-use
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| HTC To Unlock Smartphones' Bootloader
| from the one-step-toward-freedom dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Friday May 27, @14:06 (Android)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/179228/HTC-To-Unlock-Smartphones-Bootloader?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "From information taken from a facebook post
from HTC's page, it looks like [0]future [HTC] Android devices will have
an unlocked bootloader. An email sent by HTC's co-founder also confirms
that the [1]Evo 3D will be unlocked. This is great news for the Android
modding community."
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Links:
0. https://www.facebook.com/HTC/posts/10150307320018084
1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14186462&postcount=67
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| Book Review: Scribus Beginners Guide
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday May 27, @14:44 (Book Reviews)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1253250/Book-Review-Scribus-Beginners-Guide?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]JR0cket writes "[1]Scribus is an open source desktop publishing tool
that helps you create professionally laid out documents, from simple
documents to full blown magazines, corporate brochures or even books.
Desktop publishing tools are not a replacement for word processors,
instead they give you the freedom to create uniquely designed documents
and help you manage large sets of text and graphic content. Scribus is
similar to Adobe InDesign or Quark Xpress and gives you a wide range of
tools to layout content in either print or digital media form. Scribus is
pretty easy to get to grips with and has good documentation on the
project website. The Scribus 1.3.5 beginners guide is a really handy
guide through the workflow of desktop publishing and helps you clearly
understand how to create professional looking results." Read below for
the rest of JR0ket's review.
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Links:
0. http://john.jr0cket.co.uk/
1. http://scribus.net/canvas/Scribus
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| What Makes Parallel Programming Difficult?
| from the double-the-threads-double-the-fun dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Friday May 27, @15:24 (Programming)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1831251/What-Makes-Parallel-Programming-Difficult?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Intel's Aater Suleman writes about [0]why
parallel programming is difficult. ... I was unaware ... that a major
challenge in multi-threaded programming lies in [1]optimizing parallel
programs not just getting them to run. His analysis is insightful and the
case study is very enlightening if you are unfamiliar with parallel code
debugging. "
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Links:
0. http://www.futurechips.org/tips-for-power-coders/parallel-programming.html
1. http://www.futurechips.org/tips-for-power-coders/writing-optimizing-parallel-programs-complete.html
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| Google Deprecates Translation API
| from the no-api-for-you dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Friday May 27, @15:44 (Google)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1844202/Google-Deprecates-Translation-API?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Google is to [0]close down its popular
Translate application programming interface ��� along with a host of others
��� by the end of the year, owing to what it claims is 'extensive abuse' by
users of the service, but has thus far declined to provide details or a
sensible alternative for users of the API."
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Links:
0. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/5/27/google-close-translation-api-service/
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| CmdrTaco Visits Pixar
| from the sometimes-my-job-rocks dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Friday May 27, @16:00 (Movies)
| https://meta.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1924211/CmdrTaco-Visits-Pixar?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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A couple of weeks ago I scored [0]a visit to Lucasfilm and half jokingly
challenged the Slashdot audience to invite me to other cool places. Two
brave Pixar employees took me up on my offer and showed me around for
Slashdot T-Shirts. It's an amazing campus. Thanks to Mark Harrison and
Ralph Gootee for showing me "0% of the render-farm" and making me wish
that I was talented enough to have a place in such an amazing world. Soon
I'll have a cool story to post about the crazy work Mark is doing with
mind boggling volumes of data, but for now I have a picture of me next to
a giant Luxo Lamp. Also thanks to Heidi Parmelee who gave me a Woody doll
to give to my son and made me a hero. So now the gauntlet has been doubly
thrown: Who out there in Slashdot-land works somewhere super cool and can
give me a tour in exchange for a T-Shirt?
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Links:
0. http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/03/15/1727219/Jeff-amp-Rob-Visit-Lucasfilm
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| Zuckerberg Only Eating Animals He Personally Kills
| from the welcome-to-my-food-list dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday May 27, @16:15 (Facebook)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1332258/Zuckerberg-Only-Eating-Animals-He-Personally-Kills?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg [0]has begun personally
slaying animals for food, part of a resolution to fully appreciate the
meat he eats by limiting it to that which he personally kills. Zuckerberg
has mostly been vegetarian since making the vow, but his hands-on kills
thus far include a goat, pig, chicken and a lobster. '[1]He cut the
throat of the goat with a knife,' Zuckerberg pal Jesse Cool told FORTUNE,
'which is the most kind way to do it.'"
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Links:
0. http://gawker.com/5806002/mark-zuckerberg-is-now-killing-animals-with-his-bare-hands
1. http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/26/mark-zuckerbergs-new-challenge-eating-only-what-he-kills/
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| Lockheed Martin Purchases First Commercial Quantum Computer
| from the yes-no-maybe-so dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Friday May 27, @16:40 (Supercomputing)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1931247/Lockheed-Martin-Purchases-First-Commercial-Quantum-Computer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Panaflex writes "D-Wave systems [1]announced general availability for
its 128 qubit [2]adiabatic quantum machine just two weeks ago, and
reports of its first [3]sale to Lockheed Martin have come out." The
D-Wave Systems site has a rather informative collection of [4]quantum
computing papers.
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Links:
0. mailto:convivialdingo@ya3.1415926hoo.comminuspi
1. http://www.dwavesys.com/en/products-services.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic_quantum_computation
3. http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/05/d-wave-systems-sells-its-first-quantum.html
4. http://www.dwavesys.com/en/publications.html
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| MeeGo Being Ported To Wayland
| from the netcraft-confirms-x11-is-dying dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Friday May 27, @17:15 (Intel)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/2046213/MeeGo-Being-Ported-To-Wayland?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "From the [0]MeeGo SF2011 conference this week
it was disclosed that [1]MeeGo may ship the Wayland Server with the
tablet version of the MeeGo 1.3 operating system for release in October."
A reasonably annotated version of the [2]presentation slides.
Unfortunately video of the talk is not yet available.
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Links:
0. http://sf2011.meego.com/
1. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=meego_wayland_slides&num=1
2. http://sf2011.meego.com/sites/all/files/slides/meego-wayland.pdf
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| War Over Arsenic Based Life
| from the sewer-shark-comes-true dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Friday May 27, @17:45 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1910221/War-Over-Arsenic-Based-Life?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Antipater writes "Slashdot readers may remember the announcement and
[1]ensuing controversy six months ago over the NASA discovery of microbes
that can supposedly incorporate arsenic into their DNA. Now, The
Washington Post reports that Science has published a collection of
[2]eight scathing critiques of astrobiologist Felisa Wolfe-Simon, her
methods, and her conclusions. Wolfe-Simon is [3]starting to fire back and
gather her own allies ��� one wonders if we're in for another cold-fusion
style science war."
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Links:
0. mailto:bjzall1@gmail.com
1. https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/08/1218244/NASAs-Arsenic-Microbe-Science-Under-Fire
2. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/05/concerns-aired-about-arsenic-con.html
3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/debate-over-arsenic-based-life-enters-a-new-chapter/2011/05/26/AGhk7fCH_story.html?hpid=z3
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| OpenSSL Timing Attack Can Intercept Private Keys
| from the if-you-have-a-very-precise-watch dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Friday May 27, @18:20 (Encryption)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/1956231/OpenSSL-Timing-Attack-Can-Intercept-Private-Keys?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes "[0]Remote timing attacks have been a problem for
cryptosystems for more than 20 years. A new paper shows that [1]such
attacks are still practical ... The researchers, Billy Bob Brumley and
Nicola Tuveri of Aalto University School of Science, focused their
efforts on OpenSSL's implementation of the [2]elliptic curve digital
signature algorithm, and they were able to develop an [3]attack that
allowed them to steal the private key of an OpenSSL server."
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Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack
1. http://eprint.iacr.org/2011/232.pdf
2. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.38.8014
3. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/three-questions-billy-brumley-openssl-timing-attack-052511
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| Flight 447 'Black Box' Decoded
| from the impressive-feats-come-in-waves dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday May 27, @19:01 (EU)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/2240255/Flight-447-Black-Box-Decoded?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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fermion writes "An initial report has been released by the BEA concerning
the [0]details of the last minutes of Flight 447 en route from Rio de
Janeiro to Paris. According the report, the autopilot disengaged and
stall warning engaged at 2 hours 10 minutes and 5 seconds into the
flight. Less than 2 minutes later the recorded speeds became invalid. At
2 hours 14 minutes and 28 seconds, the recording stopped. The final
vertical speed was recorded around 10,912 ft/min."
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| DoD Paper Proposes National Security Through a Culture of Restraint (and Stigma)
| from the shhh-the-fatherland-is-listening dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday May 27, @19:40 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/27/2324227/DoD-Paper-Proposes-National-Security-Through-a-Culture-of-Restraint-and-Stigma?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]decora writes "An [1]SAIC analyst has [2]written a paper [PDF]
[3]calling for the 'stigmatization' of the 'unattractive' types who tend
to discuss government secrets in public. The plan, described in the Naval
Postgraduate School Homeland Security Affairs journal, is to promote
self-censorship as a 'civic duty'. Who needs to censor themselves?
Amateur enthusiasts who [4]describe satellite orbits, scientists who
[5]describe threats to the food supply, graduate students [6]mapping the
internet, the Government Accountability Office, which publishes
[7]failure reports on the TSA, the US Geologic Survey, which publishes
[8]surface water information, newspapers (the [9]New York Times), [10]TV
shows, [11]journalism websites, [12]anti-secrecy websites, and even
security author [13]Bruce Schneier, to name a few."
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Links:
0. mailto:decorat@mail.com
1. http://www.securityweek.com/content/saic-helps-us-naval-academy-foundation-cyber-security-and-cyber-warfare-initiatives
2. http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=7.1.10
3. http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/05/self-restraint.html
4. http://www.heavens-above.com/
5. http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/pubpolicy_wein_bioterror.shtml
6. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=549768
7. http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/gao_report.pdf
8. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/sw
9. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/politics/16program.html
10. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/13/60minutes/main583528.shtml
11. http://www.slate.com/id/2113157
12. http://cryptome.org/
13. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/04/announcing_movi.html
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