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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Atom Smasher May Create "Black Saturns"
* Questioning the Linux Foundation's Credentials
* SCO Vs. Groklaw
* Write Your Valentine On a Spacecraft
* Illinois Bill Would Ban Social Networking Sites
* No Closed Video Drivers For Next Ubuntu Release
* 70% of Sites Hackable? $1,000 Says "No Way"
* Is Wikipedia Failing?
* Google News Found Guilty of Copyright Violation
* Yahoo Music Chief Comes Out Against DRM
* VeriChip Implants 222 People With RFID
* DRAM Almost as Fast as SRAM
* Could Open Source Lead to a Meritocratic Search Engine?
* Supercruncher Applications
* Carbon Nanotube-Based NVRAM In 2-3 Years?
* Microsoft Settles Iowa Antitrust Case
* Windows Vista: the Missing Manual
* YouTube Hands Over User Info To Fox
* Database Bigwigs Lead Stealthy Open Source Startup
* New Accelerator Technique Doubles Particle Energy
* NASA World Wind 1.4 Released With Trailer
* US Group Wants Canada Blacklisted Over Piracy
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| Atom Smasher May Create "Black Saturns" |
| from the distinctive-Hawking-radiation dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 13, @19:26 (Science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/2145207 |
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[0]David Shiga writes "If we ever make black holes on Earth, they might
be much stranger objects than the star-swallowing monsters known to exist
in space. According to a new theory, any black hole that pops out of the
Large Hadron Collider under construction in Switzerland might be
surrounded by a black ring ?€? forming a [1]microscopic 'black Saturn'.
This could happen if extra dimensions exist, as string theory suggests,
and if they are large enough." An evocative excerpt from the article:
"...there is an outside chance that in a few years in a tunnel near
Geneva, physicists will make a black hole far smaller than a proton and
circled by a squashed four-dimensional black doughnut."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/13/2145207
Links:
0. http://space.newscientist.com/
1. http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn11180
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| Questioning the Linux Foundation's Credentials |
| from the asbestos-suits dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 13, @20:51 (Linux Business)|
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/227238 |
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nadamsieee writes "Neil McAllister has posted a provocative article
titled [0]Questioning the Linux Foundation's credentials. He questions
the motivations behind [1]the newly formed organization. Quoting: 'But
wouldn't it make more sense to call the merged organization the Open
Source and Standards Lab, or the Free Software and Standards Group? Why
did they have to go and call it the Linux Foundation?' McAllister then
goes on to explain why he believes that 'the Linux Foundation isn't any
kind of philanthropic foundation at all[,] it's an industry trade
organization.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/13/227238
Links:
0. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/A19D414AAB9DBECDCC25727C00824D80
1. http://www.linux-foundation.org/
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| SCO Vs. Groklaw |
| from the timely-break dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 13, @22:15 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/020204 |
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Conrad Mazian points us to an article in Forbes reporting that [0]the SCO
Group is trying to subpoena Pamela Jones of Groklaw. Except they can't
find her. A few days ago PJ posted a note on Groklaw saying that she is
[1]taking some time away from the blog for health reasons; she didn't
mention any SCO deposition. SCO's lawyers apparently believe that "Pamela
Jones" does not exist and that Groklaw is penned by a team of IBM
lawyers.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/020204
Links:
0. http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/13/groklaw-sco-ibm-tech-enter-cz_dl_0213sco.html
1. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2007021013564542
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| Write Your Valentine On a Spacecraft |
| from the geeks-in-love dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 13, @23:43 (Space) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/1955225 |
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GingerSnaps writes "Looking for something more fun and less predictable
than roses and chocolates this Valentine's Day? [0]Write your love on the
side of a satellite. This unusual approach to courting comes courtesy of
students at MIT and Georgia Tech, as part of a larger initiative to pay
for their research spacecraft, the [1]Mars Gravity Biosatellite. For a
tax-deductible donation anyone can post a picture or message of choice on
the spacecraft. All donations help the students pay for the development
and construction of their Earth-orbiting satellite, to be launched in
2010. The data gathered will be critical to preparing for human missions
to Mars and beyond."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/13/1955225
Links:
0. http://www.yournameintospace.org/
1. http://www.marsgravity.org/
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| Illinois Bill Would Ban Social Networking Sites |
| from the including-Obama's dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday February 14, @02:38 (The Internet)|
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/0226222 |
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[0]AlexDV writes "Library blogger Michael Stephens is reporting that an
Illinois state senator, Matt Murphy (R-27, Palatine), has filed a bill
that 'Creates the [1]Social Networking Web site Prohibition Act. Provides
that each public library must prohibit access to social networking Web
sites on all computers made available to the public in the library.
Provides that each public school must prohibit access to social
networking Web sites on all computers made available to students in the
school.' Here is the [2]bill's full text." This local effort harks back
to an attempt last May to get [3]federal legislation banning school and
library use of social networking sites ([4]Wikipedia summary here). The
DOPA bill passed the House but [5]died in the Senate.
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/0226222
Links:
0. mailto:avancina@my.devry.edu
1. http://tametheweb.com/2007/02/what_huh_illinois_bill_to_ban.html
2. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=51&GA=95&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=1682&GAID=9&LegID=29749&SpecSess=&Session=
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/12/1850217&tid=153
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deleting_Online_Predators_Act_of_2006
5. http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/05/201244&tid=146
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| No Closed Video Drivers For Next Ubuntu Release |
| from the defaulting-to-freedom dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday February 14, @05:30 (Upgrades) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/0236234 |
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[0]lisah writes "Ubuntu's next release, Feisty Fawn, is due out in April
and, according to company CTO Matt Zimmerman, [1]proprietary video
drivers failed to make the cut for the default install. Zimmerman told
Linux.com that although the software required for Composite support is
not ready for prime-time and therefore will not be included in Feisty,
Ubuntu hasn't given up entirely on including video drivers in future
releases. '[T]he winds aren't right yet. We will continue to track
development and will revisit the decision if things change
significantly.' Ambiguous or not, the decision to exclude proprietary
drivers for now should satisfy [2]at least some members of the Ubuntu
Community. In other Feisty Fawn news, the Board also decided to downgrade
support for Power PC due to a lack of funding." Linux.com and Slashdot
are both part of OSTG.
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/0236234
Links:
0. mailto:lisahoover@gmail.com
1. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/1943218
2. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AcceleratedX/Comments
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| 70% of Sites Hackable? $1,000 Says "No Way" |
| from the money-where-mouth-is dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Wednesday February 14, @08:03 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/0322253 |
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[0]netbuzz writes "Security vendor Acunetix is flogging a survey that
claims 7 out 10 Web sites it checked have vulnerabilities posing a
medium- to high-level risk of a breach of personal data. Network World's
go-to security guy, Joel Snyder, says that percentage is 'sensationalist
nonsense' ?€? and he's willing to [1]back that judgment with $1,000 of his
own money. In fact Snyder will pay up if Acunetix can get personal data
out of 3 of 10 sites chosen at random from their survey list."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/0322253
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=buzzblog
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/11477
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| Is Wikipedia Failing? |
| from the everybody-successful-is-failing dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 14, @08:43 (The Internet|
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1314235 |
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An anonymous reader writes "A growing number of people are concerned
about where Wikipedia is heading. Some have left Wikipedia for
[0]Citizendium, while others are trying to change the culture of
Wikipedia from within. A recent essay called [1]Wikipedia is failing
points out many of the problems which must be solved with Wikipedia for
it to succeed in its aim of becoming a reputable, reliable reference
work. How would you go about solving these problems?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1314235
Links:
0. http://www.citizendium.org/
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_failing
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| Google News Found Guilty of Copyright Violation |
| from the de-index-belgium-in-retaliation dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 14, @09:19 (Google) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1349259 |
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[0]schmiddy writes "A court in Brussels, Belgium, has just [1]found
Google guilty of violating copyright law with its Google News aggregator.
According to the ruling, Google News' links and brief summaries of news
sources violates copyright law. Google will be forced to pay $32,600 for
each day it displayed the links of the plaintiffs. Although Google plans
to appeal, this ruling [2]could have chilling effects on fair use rights
on the web in the rest of Europe as well if other countries follow suit."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1349259
Links:
0. http://www.ohiheardaboutthat.com/
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/business/14google.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
2. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6159108.html
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| Yahoo Music Chief Comes Out Against DRM |
| from the getting-on-the-bandwagon dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 14, @10:00 (Music) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1431229 |
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[0]waired writes "It seem that a trend has begun in the music industry
after Steve Jobs essay. Now a senior Yahoo chief has [1]spoken out in
favor of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' call for major labels to abandon digital
rights technology (DRM). It points out that consumers are getting
confused and that the Microsoft DRM "doesn't work half the time"."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1431229
Links:
0. mailto:waired@gmail.com
1. http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17184
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| VeriChip Implants 222 People With RFID |
| from the i-trust-my-ass-chip-to-linux dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 14, @10:43 (Privacy) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1434226 |
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[0]cnet-declan writes "Anyone remember VeriChip, a company that came up
with the idea of implanting chips in humans for tracking them? They've
been behind ideas like [1]RFID tagging immigrant and guest workers at the
border, and they've persuaded a former Bush Health Secretary to [2]get
himself chipped. In this [3]CNET News.com article, we offer an update on
how successful the idea has been. It turns out that, according to IPO
documents, 222 people have been implanted, with sales revenue of
$100,000."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1434226
Links:
0. http://www.news.com/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/02/1514252&tid=158
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/06/1452259&tid=103
3. http://news.com.com/Patients%2C+doctors+staying+away+from+implantable+RFID+chips/2100-11746_3-6158701.html?tag=nefd.top
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| DRAM Almost as Fast as SRAM |
| from the rammit-rammit-rammit dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 14, @11:17 (IBM) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1448200 |
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An anonymous reader writes "IBM said it has been able to [0]speed up the
DRAM to the point where it's nearly as fast as SRAM, and that the result
is a type of memory known as embedded DRAM, or eDRAM, that helps boost
the performance of chips with multiple core calculating engines and is
particularly suited for enabling the movement of graphics in gaming and
other multimedia applications. DRAM will also continue to be used off the
chip."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1448200
Links:
0. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20070214/sram-edram-dram-ibm-memory.htm
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| Could Open Source Lead to a Meritocratic Search Engine? |
| from the sure-if-you-donate-a-thousand-data-centers dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 14, @12:00 (The Internet|
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1355252 |
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Slashdot contributor [0]Bennett Haselton writes "When Jimmy Wales
recently announced the [1]Search Wikia project, an attempt to build an
open-source search engine around the user-driven model that gave birth to
[2]Wikipedia, he said his goal was to create "the search engine that
changes everything", as he underscored in a [3]February 5 talk at New
York University. I think it could, although not for the same main reasons
that Wales has put forth -- I think that for a search engine to be truly
meritocratic would be more of a revolution than for a search engine to be
open-source, although both would be large steps forward. Indeed, if a
search engine could be built that really returned results in order of
average desirability to users, and resisted efforts by companies to
"game" the system (even if everyone knew precisely how the ranking
algorithm worked), it's hard to overstate how much that would change
things both for businesses and consumers. The key question is whether
such an algorithm could be created that wouldn't be vulnerable to
non-merit-based manipulation. Regardless of what algorithms may be
currently under consideration by thinkers within the Wikia company, I
want to argue logically for some necessary properties that such an
algorithm should have in order to be effective. Because if their search
engine becomes popular, they will face such huge efforts from companies
trying to manipulate the search results, that it will make Wikipedia
vandalism look like a cakewalk." The rest of his essay follows.
This story continues at:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1355252
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1355252
Links:
0. mailto:bennett@peacefire.org
1. http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Search_Wikia
2. http://wikipedia.org/
3. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197003494
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| Supercruncher Applications |
| from the many-processors-make-light-work dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 14, @12:44 (Superco|
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/158211 |
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starheight writes "Bill McColl has written an article [0]contrasting
traditional massively parallel supercomputing with a whole new generation
of compute-intensive apps that require massively scalable architectures
and can deliver both incredible throughput and real-time responsivenes
when processing millions or billions of tasks."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/158211
Links:
0. http://www.computingatscale.com/?p=25
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| Carbon Nanotube-Based NVRAM In 2-3 Years? |
| from the nano-ram dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 14, @13:27 (User Jo|
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1719223 |
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According to NanoWerk, UC Riverside researchers have come up with [0]a
memory device based on telescoping [1]multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
According to one of the researchers, 'This finding leads to a promising
potential to build ultrafast high-density nonvolatile memory, up to 100
gigahertz or into the terahertz range" and a prototype could be
demonstrated "in the next two to three years.' [2]Similar devices from
UCLA and Caltech based on bistable [3]rotaxanes are farther along in
being integrated into actual memory circuits, but tend to break after a
fairly small number of position changes. Carbon nanotubes may promise
more durable switches.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1719223
Links:
0. http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=1449.php
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube#Multi-walled
2. http://stoddart.chem.ucla.edu/
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotaxane
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| Microsoft Settles Iowa Antitrust Case |
| from the everyone-loves-to-hate dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 14, @14:09 (Microso|
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1844252 |
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ForestRangerBob writes "Comes v. Microsoft is over after Microsoft agreed
to a settlement. The class action lawsuit alleged that [0]Iowa consumers
had been overcharged for Microsoft products for a decade owing to
Microsoft's monopoly of the market. Predictably, the lawyers are about to
get a big payday and 'the software giant will certainly be on the hook
for millions of dollars, some of which may end up helping Iowa school
kids. Average consumers will probably end up with a few bucks or a coupon
for a free operating system upgrade, but the real winners will no doubt
be the lawyers ?€? the team prosecuting the case has already earned $60
million in legal fees from a 2004 case in Minnesota that charged
Microsoft with similar offenses.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1844252
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070214-8845.html
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| Windows Vista: the Missing Manual |
| from the here-it-comes dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 14, @14:51 (Book Review|
| http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1512228 |
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[0]John Suda writes "It's been over five years in the making and its
nearly perfect. No, Im not referring to Microsoft's vast new operating
system named Windows Vista, but to the reference book Windows Vista: the
Missing Manual, by author David Pogue. The book is the latest, and
perhaps best, in the Missing Manual series published by Pogue Press /
OReilly Media, Inc. The Missing Manual series is the benchmark of quality
for computer manuals. Unless youre a system administrator, programmer, or
uber-geek, this is probably the only reference source you'll need to
learn Microsofts Vista." Read below for the rest of John's review.
This story continues at:
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1512228
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1512228
Links:
0. mailto:jsuda1@rochester.rr.com
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| YouTube Hands Over User Info To Fox |
| from the their-tube dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 14, @15:34 (The Cou|
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/1954214 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Tech Crunch has an article about YouTube
identifying and [0]handing over a user's information after a request from
Fox. 'Three weeks after receiving a subpoena from the U.S. District Court
in Northern California, YouTube has reportedly identified a user accused
by 20th Century Fox Television of uploading episodes of the show 24 a
week prior to their running on television. That user, named ECOTtotal, is
also alleged to have uploaded 12 episodes of The Simpsons, some quite
old. Apparently Google and YouTube were willing and able to identify the
owner of the username ECOTtotal, according to a report on
InternetNews.com.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/1954214
Links:
0. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/13/youtube-hands-over-users-info-to-fox/
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| Database Bigwigs Lead Stealthy Open Source Startup |
| from the hope-it-isn't-vaporcorp dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 14, @16:17 (Databas|
| http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/2020251 |
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[0]BobB writes "Michael Stonebraker, who cooked up the Ingres and
Postgres database management systems, is back with a [1]stealthy startup
called Vertica. And not just him, he has recruited former Oracle bigwigs
Ray *** and Jerry Held to give the company a boost before its software
leaves beta testing. The promise ?€? a Linux-based system that handles
queries 100 times faster than traditional relational database management
systems."
Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/2020251
Links:
0. mailto:oligochaete@hotmail.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/021407-vertica-oracle.html
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| New Accelerator Technique Doubles Particle Energy |
| from the double-your-pleasure dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 14, @17:04 (Science|
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/2129208 |
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ZonkerWilliam writes "Plasma wake particle accelerators are making
surprisingly quick advances. It was a just a little while ago we had
[0]GeV acceleration in 3cm. Now they are capable of [1]doubling the
energy of electrons. 'Imagine a car that accelerates from zero to sixty
in 250 feet, and then rockets to 120 miles per hour in just one more
inch. That's essentially what a collaboration of accelerator physicists
has accomplished, using electrons for their race cars and plasma for the
afterburners. Because electrons already travel at near light's speed in
an accelerator, the physicists actually doubled the energy of the
electrons, not their speed.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/2129208
Links:
0. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/04/0057225&tid=14
1. http://www.physorg.com/news90682193.html
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| NASA World Wind 1.4 Released With Trailer |
| from the fun-toys dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 14, @17:45 (NASA) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/2149251 |
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[0]Bull_UK writes "As many of you probably already know NASA had to shift
it's priorities to the upcoming Java version of World Wind, leaving 1.4
effectively orphaned, but the Open Source community came together and
with a lot of hard work we were able to [1]finish what Chris Maxwell
started. Some of the new things which differentiate the [2]new World Wind
from the competition are the amazing new visual effects, including HDR,
check out the video for some examples. Remember this virtual globe has
never had the same goals as Google Earth, if you just want to see your
house stick with GE, although many areas have high resolution as good and
sometimes better than GE. World Wind is aimed at education and science,
all the default imagery is copyright free, you don't need to purchase a
license to redistribute the imagery and there are no pro or expert
versions to buy, you can happily use World Wind at work or school without
fear of any lawyers confiscating your research."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/2149251
Links:
0. http://www.bullsworld.blogspot.com/
1. http://bullsworld.blogspot.com/
2. http://www.worldwindcentral.com/
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| US Group Wants Canada Blacklisted Over Piracy |
| from the are-you-on-the-list dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 14, @18:50 (The Interne|
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/14/2334224 |
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An anonymous reader writes "[0]Following up on an earlier story, the IIAA
wants to [1]add Canada to a blacklist of the worst intellectual property
offenders. A powerful coalition of U.S. software, movie and music
producers is urging the Bush administration to put Canada on an infamous
blacklist of intellectual property villains, alongside China, Russia and
Belize. 'Canada's chronic failure to modernize its copyright regime has
made it a global hub for bootleg movies, pirated software and tiny
microchips that allow video-game users to bypass copyright protections',
the International Intellectual Property Alliance complains in a
submission to the U.S. government."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/02/14/2334224
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/26/1840231&tid=188
1. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070214.wblacklist14/BNStory/National/home
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