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In this issue:
* UN Says Tasers Are a Form of Torture
* Thailand Bans Teen Info On the Net
* Creationists Violating Copyright
* Sky's Botched Google Migration In the UK
* A Review of the $200 Wal-Mart Linux PC
* Stalwarts Claim Asus eeePC Violates GPL
* What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft?
* Facebook Users Complain of New Ad Based Tracking
* RIAA Afraid of Harvard
* Astronauts Hooks Up Harmony in Lengthy Spacewalk
* Game Boy Zelda Comes With Source, Sort Of

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| UN Says Tasers Are a Form of Torture |
| from the just-don't-bro dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday November 24, @20:58 (Government) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/24/2324212 |
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The use of [0]Tasers "causes acute pain, [1]constituting a form of
torture," the UN's Committee Against Torture said. "In certain cases,
they can even cause death, as has been shown by reliable studies and
recent real-life events." Three men ?€? all in their early 20s ?€? died from
after tasering in the United States this week, days after a Polish man
died at Vancouver airport after being tasered by Canadian police. There
have been [2]17 deaths in Canada following the use of Tasers since they
were approved for use, and 275 deaths in the US. "According to Amnesty
International, coroners have listed the Taser jolt as a contributing
factor in more than 30 of those deaths."

Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/24/2324212

Links:
0. http://www.taser.com/Pages/default.aspx
1. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22814674-5001028,00.html?from=public_rss
2. http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=1f478c4b-28a6-45a3-be75-e2982ae8ea12&k=43598


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| Thailand Bans Teen Info On the Net |
| from the no-myspace-for-you dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Saturday November 24, @23:13 (Censorship) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/24/2337255 |
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[0]Reservoir Hill writes "Internet providers in Thailand have been
prohibited from disclosing [1]personal data about anyone under the age of
18 in a way that would allow others to gain access to them ?€? including
disclosure of their age, gender, phone number, email address, chat logon
name, photo, or name of their school. Violators will face six months in
jail of and a fine of $1,900. Web sites have been given one month to come
into compliance." The article isn't clear on whether or not the
prohibition applies to foreign sites that carry information about Thai
kids.

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/24/2337255

Links:
0. http://reservoirhill.org/
1. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=82599


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| Creationists Violating Copyright |
| from the lawyer-on-speed-dial dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday November 25, @02:07 (Science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/25/0430235 |
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The_Rook writes "The Discovery Institute, more a lawyer mill than a
scientific institution, copied Harvard University's BioVisions video 'The
Inner Life of the Cell,' [0]stripped out Harvard's copyright notice,
credits, and narration, inserted their own creationist-friendly
narration, and renamed the video 'The Cell As an Automated City.' The new
title subtly suggests that a cell is designed rather than evolved."

Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/25/0430235

Links:
0. http://endogenousretrovirus.blogspot.com/2007/11/di-fellows-expelled-for-plagiarism.html


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| Sky's Botched Google Migration In the UK |
| from the flip-the-switch-now-no-wait-i-meant-now dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday November 25, @05:02 (The Internet) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/25/0410232 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Rupert Murdoch-owned British ISP Sky is
migrating their customers to the Google Apps platform, and the customer
experience is terrible. Their 1 million customers were [0]told that they
need to change their client settings to enable SMTP Authentication and
other settings on a certain date ?€? but not to do it before then or their
e-mail would break; but if you don't do it on the date your e-mail will
also break. Oh, and [1]if you're a POP user you also need to enable that
manually in the 'Skoogle' interface, as seemingly they chose not to run a
system-wide command to allow it for all users. In addition, if you want
help then you're pretty much on your own. One user has made [2]7 support
calls and still not been able to access his e-mail since the migration.
Hardly surprising that the story has made the papers with their help-desk
in meltdown. It does make you wonder why they simply didn't put proxy
servers in place to proxy the new service by modifying the old settings
in the network and give their customers time to switch over without their
e-mail breaking in the meantime. Or even a simple ActiveX tool to help
out the less technical users."

Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/25/0410232

Links:
0. http://emailupgrade.sky.com/popchanges/PopChangesSNS.pdf
1. http://thehermesproject.blogspot.com/2007/11/more-on-sky-and-google.html
2. http://thehermesproject.blogspot.com/2007/11/more-on-skys-google-fiasco.html


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| A Review of the $200 Wal-Mart Linux PC |
| from the green-around-the-edges dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Sunday November 25, @07:58 (Linux Business) |
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/25/0441205 |
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[0]bcrowell writes "Wal-Mart's new $200 Linux PC has generated a [1]lot
of [2]buzz in geek circles. Although they're sold out of stores, I bought
one for my daughter via mail order, and have written up a [3]review of
the system. The hardware seems fine for anyone but a hardcore gamer, but
the pre-installed gOS flavor of Ubuntu has a lot of rough edges."

Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/25/0441205

Links:
0. http://www.lightandmatter.com/
1. http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/01/1421218&tid=163
2. http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/12/2235200&tid=163
3. http://www.lightandmatter.com/article/gos_review.html


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| Stalwarts Claim Asus eeePC Violates GPL |
| from the seems-like-everything-neat-does dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday November 25, @09:00 (Linux) |
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/25/1331259 |
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[0]WirePosted writes "Members of the Linux community have complained that
the hot new sub-notebook from Asus, the eeePC, [1]may have violated the
spirit of the Linux General Public License (GPL). Some Linux advocates
claim the eeePC has not included required source code with the installed
Xandros Linux distribution and does not easily enable users to install
another distro. However, there are indications that eeePC fans probably
don't care."

Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/25/1331259

Links:
0. mailto:hound-dog@itwire.com
1. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15490/


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| What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft? |
| from the thank-god-we-could-all-standardize-on-ie7 dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday November 25, @10:17 (It's funny. La|
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/25/1429230 |
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[0]caluml writes "There is a humourous look at "[1]What would happen if
Microsoft had designed GMail". Gems include: "Another security
measurement we'll add is that you won't be able to log-in with just
username anymore but are required to enter the full username@gmail.com.
Furthermore, we will change the browser URL from
'http://gmail.microsoft.com/' to the more professional looking
'http://by114w.bay114.gmail.live.com/mail/mail.aspx?rru=home'.""

Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/25/1429230

Links:
0. http://calum.org/
1. http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-11-20-n35.html


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| Facebook Users Complain of New Ad Based Tracking |
| from the when-aren't-they-complaining dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday November 25, @11:22 (Social Networks|
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/25/1534239 |
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[0]Tech.Luver noted a story about [1]facebook users complaining over ads
where their shopping habits are shared with their friends as if they are
endorsing products. The neatest part is that you can opt out- if you
click a box that disappears after 20 seconds... wait to long, and they
assume you are totally fine with it.

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/25/1534239

Links:
0. http://techluver.com/
1. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jktmzai0_n_sMBgH_jfy6QXNS_6gD8T299HG0


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| RIAA Afraid of Harvard |
| from the well-aren't-we-all dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday November 25, @12:23 (The Courts) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/25/1543247 |
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "According to [1]a report on p2pnet.net,
the RIAA's latest anti-college round of "early settlement" letters
targets 7 out of 8 Ivy League schools, but continues to give Harvard
University a wide berth. This is perhaps the most astonishing display of
cowardice exhibited to date by the multinational cartel of SONY BMG,
Warner Bros. Records, EMI, and Vivendi/Universal (the "Big Four" record
companies, which are rapidly become less "big"). The lesson to be drawn
by other colleges and universities: "All bullies are cowards. Appeasement
of bullies doesn't work. [2]Standing up to bullies and [3]fighting back
has a much higher success rate.""

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/25/1543247

Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1. http://p2pnet.net/story/14106
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/05/0413249&tid=123
3. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/07/new-article-by-harvard-professors.html


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| Astronauts Hooks Up Harmony in Lengthy Spacewalk |
| from the wish-i-could-afford-a-visit dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday November 25, @13:35 (NASA) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/25/1546257 |
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[0]Tech.Luver writes "Astronauts spent seven hours in space to finish
[1]preparing the International Space Station for its next addition ?€?
Europe's first permanent space laboratory, the Columbus laboratory ?€?
which is sitting in the cargo bay of space shuttle Atlantis at Cape
Canaveral, Florida launch pad ?€? set to lift off on December 6."

Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/25/1546257

Links:
0. http://techluver.com/
1. http://techluver.com/2007/11/25/astronauts-hooks-up-module-in-lengthy-spacewalk/


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| Game Boy Zelda Comes With Source, Sort Of |
| from the hate-when-that-happens dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday November 25, @14:34 (Programming) |
| http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/25/1738250 |
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Jamie found a fun story about a 90s Zelda Game Boy ROM that [0]shipped
with the source code- not so much on purpose, but more because the linker
padded out the last meg of ROM with random memory contents, which
happened to include game source code.

Discuss this story at:
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/11/25/1738250

Links:
0. http://www.pagetable.com/?p=28



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