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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* What's New in Blade Runner - The Final Cut?
* Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180
* Electric Cars to Help Utilities Load Balance Grid
* Corporations Face Problems with Employee Emails
* Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of NSFnet, Internet Origins
* Linux To Take Over The Low-End PC Market?
* Are You Proud of Your Code?
* 2008, The Year of the Spaceship
* Microsoft Disses Windows to Sell More Windows
* SenseCam Aids Patients with Memory Problems
* Copy That Floppy, Lose Your Computer
* Ask an Expert About Online Political Campaigning
* Robots That Bounce on Water
* Kidney Cells Make Implantable Power Source
* New Wheel of Time Author Chosen
* Hacking VIM
* The 305 RAMAC — First Commercial Hard Drive
* Will ISP Web Content Filtering Continue To Grow?
* Yahoo! Answers, A Librarian's Worst Nightmare
* NASA Snaps Mysterious "Night-Shining" Clouds
* Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft
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| What's New in Blade Runner - The Final Cut? |
| from the he's-a-replicant-please-deal dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday December 09, @20:27 (Sci-Fi) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/09/2342255 |
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[0]tripper700 writes "25 years since its original release, a definitive
version of Ridley Scott's science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade
Runner: The Final Cut, has been released. So what exactly has changed?
And is it worth all the fuss? [1]SFFMedia describes each change in detail.
Is it just a patch up job attempting to cash in on a cult film? Or like
an oil painter retouching a masterpiece, or a novelist polishing prose,
is Ridley Scott simply trying to perfect his original vision?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/09/2342255
Links:
0. mailto:tripper700@gmail.com
1. http://sffmedia.com/content/view/156/1/
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| Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 |
| from the need-just-a-bit-of-radiation dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday December 09, @22:31 (Hardware Hacking) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/09/2049204 |
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[0]palegray.net writes "Wired is running a story on how Gwyneth Cravens,
a former nuclear power protester has changed her views on [1]nuclear
power as a viable solution to the world's energy needs. Said Cravens: 'I
used to think we surely could do better. We could have more wind farms
and solar. But I then learned about base-load energy, and that there are
three forms of it: fossil fuels, hydro and nuclear. In the United States,
we're maxed out on hydro. That leaves fossil fuels and nuclear power, and
most of the fossil fuel burned is coal.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/09/2049204
Links:
0. http://classhelper.org/contribute.shtml
1. http://www.wired.com/science/p***tearth/news/2007/12/nuclear_qa
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| Electric Cars to Help Utilities Load Balance Grid |
| from the little-bit-here-little-bit-there dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday December 10, @00:29 (Transportation) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/0317210 |
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[0]Reservoir Hill writes "A team at the University of Delaware has
created a system that enables vehicles to not only run on electricity
alone, but also to generate revenue by [1]storing and providing
electricity for utilities. The technology, known as V2G, for
vehicle-to-grid, lets electricity flow from the car's battery to power
lines and back. When the car is in the V2G setting, the battery's charge
goes up or down depending on the needs of the grid operator, which
sometimes must store surplus power and other times requires extra power
to respond to surges in usage. The ability of the V2G car's battery to
act like a sponge provides a solution for utilities, which pay millions
to generating stations that help balance the grid."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/0317210
Links:
0. http://reservoirhill.org/
1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071203133532.htm
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| Corporations Face Problems with Employee Emails |
| from the think-before-you-send-is-a-great-adage dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday December 10, @02:42 (Communications) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/0726251 |
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[0]TwistedOne151 writes "Law.com has an article outlining how the casual
attitude of many employees toward work e-mails [1]has resulted in some
thorny problems for corporate in-house counsel. 'It has now become
routine even in civil investigations for computers to be subpoenaed so
lawyers can look at e-mails and hard drives. And one thing always leads
to another. "We have forensic software that shows multiple levels of
deletions. It shows thought processes. We can learn far more than from
just a document alone," said [Scott] Sorrels. "E-mails have taken over
the world."'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/0726251
Links:
0. http://twisted-one-151.livejournal.com/
1. http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1194516243458
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| Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of NSFnet, Internet Origins |
| from the wizards-always-stay-up-late dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday December 10, @05:08 (The Internet) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/0820257 |
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The NYT and news.com have up an article looking back at the [0]NSFnet's
influence on the development of the internet. From the National Science
Foundation's gamble came the TCP/IP standard we know and love today; when
NSFnet was shut down in 1996 it was apparently connecting some 6 million
computers. The piece also talks about the (sometimes tense) relationship
between private and commercial interests. "The Internet 'was an alien
concept to the communication industry when it began growing.' While there
was no risk for MCI, which was then an upstart trying to gain ground on
AT&T, that was not true of IBM. The company played a crucial role in the
development of the Internet, and it did so despite the fact that the new
network was a direct competitive threat to its multibillion-dollar
communications networking business, based on a competing standard known
as Systems Network Architecture, or SNA."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/0820257
Links:
0. http://www.news.com/The-team-that-put-the-Net-in-orbit/2100-1033_3-6222074.html?tag=nefd.top
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| Linux To Take Over The Low-End PC Market? |
| from the penguins-on-the-loose dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday December 10, @07:17 (Linux Business) |
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/0740255 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Desktop Linux has a recent commentary on
[0]the inevitable growth of Linux on the cheaper end of the desktop
market. According to the article, the availability of under-$500 usable
hardware, combined with a free operating system, free desktop office
products, and free or cheap 'software as a service' online applications,
opens a new market in which Microsoft cannot compete. 'Microsoft will
fight this trend tooth and nail. It will cut prices to the point where
it'll be bleeding ink on some of its product lines. And Windows XP is
going to stick around much longer than Microsoft ever wanted it to.
Still, it won't be enough.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/0740255
Links:
0. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2414535067.html
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| Are You Proud of Your Code? |
| from the code-poets-speak-up dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday December 10, @08:11 (Programming) |
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/0744259 |
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An anonymous reader writes "I am downright embarrassed by the quality of
my code. It is buggy, slow, fragile, and a nightmare to maintain. Do you
feel the same way? If so, then what is holding you back from realizing
your full potential? More importantly, what if anything are you planning
to do about it? I enjoy programming and have from a young age (cut my
teeth on BASIC on an Apple IIe). I have worked for companies large and
small in a variety of languages and platforms. Sadly the one constant in
my career is that I am assigned to [0]projects that drift, seemingly
aimlessly, from inception to a point where the client runs out of
funding. Have any developers here successfully lobbied their company to
stop or cut back on 'cowboy coding' and adopt best practices? Has anyone
convinced their superiors that the customer isn't always right and saying
no once in awhile is the best course of action?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/0744259
Links:
0. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/images/software_engineering_explained.gif
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| 2008, The Year of the Spaceship |
| from the need-to-win-the-lottery-and-buy-a-ride dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 10, @09:00 (Space) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1318213 |
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[0]DynaSoar writes "2008 Could be a [1]the year of the Spaceship. Virgin
Galactic intends to unveil White Knight 2 as well as Spaceship 2 during
the next year, at this point planning for January. Burt Rutan, always
reticent to comments on progress of any project, says nothing to support
or contradict Virgin Galactic's announcement. However, the report states
that Spaceship 2 is 50% complete and White Knight 2 is 60% complete. In
addition, Virgin Galactic is considering using White Knight 2, or
possible its successor White Knight 3, to put small satellites in orbit
for a cost of US$3 million, less than half the current front runner in
(projected) low cost orbital launches; SpaceX's Falcon at US$6.7 million.
Tourism aside, this could be an extremely lucrative spin off of Virgin
Galactic's original plans. If this turns out to be a profitable endeavor,
the cost of tourism flights could drop significantly."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1318213
Links:
0. mailto:drmcclainphd@gmail.com
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/12/07/220152/virgin-galactic-sets-out-year-of-the-spaceship.html
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| Microsoft Disses Windows to Sell More Windows |
| from the last-years-model-sucks dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 10, @09:46 (Microsoft) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1327208 |
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[0]mjasay writes "I stumbled across [1]this fascinating Microsoft
tutorial entitled "How to Justify a Desktop Upgrade." It's an attempt to
coach IT professionals on how to sell Windows desktop upgrades
internally. Apparently the value of Vista is not readily apparent,
requiring detailed instructions on how to connive and cajole into an
upgrade from XP. The most intriguing thing about the tutorial is its
implicit rejection of Microsoft's older technology. Just a few years ago
Microsoft was pitching the world on how secure and cool XP was. Now it's
telling us largely the opposite, implying that XP is a security threat,
[2]costs too much to run, and so on. With Microsoft marketing against
itself, perhaps the Mac and Linux camps can simply wait for Microsoft to
self-destruct?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1327208
Links:
0. http://www.alfresco.com/
1. http://www.microsoft.com/canada/midsizebusiness/businessvalue/local/desktopupgrade.mspx
2. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136865-c,vistalonghorn/article.html
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| SenseCam Aids Patients with Memory Problems |
| from the man-i-could-use-that dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 10, @10:29 (Biotech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1510221 |
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[0]Ponca City, We Love You writes "A small digital camera developed by
Microsoft Research could [1]boost memory in people with dementia and
possibly mild forms of Alzheimer's disease. SenseCam is worn around the
neck and automatically takes a wide-angle, low-resolution photograph
every 30 seconds. It contains an accelerometer to stabilize the image and
reduce blurriness, and it can be configured to take pictures in response
to changes in movement, temperature, or lighting. An entire day's events
can be captured and downloaded onto a PC where software converts the
pictures into a short movie displaying the images at up to 10 frames per
second, to allow patients to view a day's events in a few minutes to jolt
their memory. "Not only does SenseCam allow people to recall memories
while they are looking at the images, which in itself is wonderful, but
after an initial period of consolidation, it appears to lead to long-term
retention of memories over many months, without the need to view the
images repeatedly," says neuropsychologist Emma Berry."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1510221
Links:
0. http://poncacityweloveyou.com/
1. http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19840/?a=f
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| Copy That Floppy, Lose Your Computer |
| from the god-bless-america-land-of-the-super-corporation dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 10, @11:09 (United States) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1522241 |
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Over the weekend we posted a story about a [0]new copyright bill that
creates a new govt. agency in charge of copyright enforcement. Kevin Way
writes "In particular, the bill grants this new agency the right to seize
any computer or network hardware used to "facilitate" a copyright crime
and auction it off. You would not need to be found guilty at trial to
face this penalty. You may want to read a [1]justification of it, and
criticism presented by [2]Declan McCullagh and [3]Public Knowledge." Lots
of good followup there on a really crazy development.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1522241
Links:
0. https://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=414687
1. http://judiciary.house.gov/newscenter.aspx?A=887
2. http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9829826-38.html
3. http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1298
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| Ask an Expert About Online Political Campaigning |
| from the Riding-the-Internet-into-the-White-House dept. |
| posted by Roblimo on Monday December 10, @11:48 (Politics) |
| http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1537233 |
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[0]Garrett M. Graff is an editor at [1]Washingtonian Magazine, was the
first blogger to get into a White House press briefing, and recently
wrote a book called [2]The First Campaign, in which he talks about how
"...the emergence of the Web as a political tool has shaken up the
campaign process, leaving front-runners vulnerable right up until
Election Day." Besides all that, Garrett was Howard Dean's first
webmaster and is a regular Slashdot reader. Here's a recent [3]Washington
Post article by Garrett about how shudderingly little our current elected
officials know about the Internet, along with the transcript of a [4]Post
Chat on the same topic (noted here so that you don't ask the same
questions by mistake). Usual [5]Slashdot interview rules apply, of
course. Ask away!
Discuss this story at:
http://interviews.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1537233
Links:
0. http://www.thefirstcampaign.com/author.html
1. http://www.washingtonian.com/index.html
2. http://www.thefirstcampaign.com/book.html
3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001802.html
4. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/11/30/DI2007113001750.html
5. https://slashdot.org/faq/interviews.shtml
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| Robots That Bounce on Water |
| from the something-about-tigger-goes-here dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 10, @12:24 (Robotics) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1555258 |
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[0]inghamb87 writes "The way water striders walk on water was discovered
years ago. The insect uses its long legs to help evenly distribute its
tiny body weight. The weight is distributed over a large area so that the
fragile skin formed by surface tension supports the bug on the water.
However, the ability of water striders to jump onto water without sinking
has baffled scientists, [1]until now." If nothing less, you need to see
the picture: it's awesome.
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1555258
Links:
0. mailto:chrisinghambrooke@hotmail.co.uk
1. http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=592
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| Kidney Cells Make Implantable Power Source |
| from the black-market-batteries dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 10, @13:06 (Power) |
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1727210 |
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Galactic_grub writes "New Scientist has an interesting round-up of
[0]patents related to green power technology. The ideas mentioned include
an implantable power source made from stacks of kidney cells that could
drive implanted devices like pacemakers, a chemical way to purifying
hydrogen, a buckyball-based filter for methane fuel cells and an organism
that turns grass cuttings (and other bio-waste) into ethanol."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1727210
Links:
0. http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13026-invention-green-power-special.html
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| New Wheel of Time Author Chosen |
| from the better-late-than-never dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 10, @13:49 (Books) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1752244 |
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[0]kdean06 writes "Brandon Sanderson has been chosen by Tor Books to
[1]finish the best-selling Wheel of Time fantasy series by the late
Robert Jordan. Harriet, Jordan's widow, chose him after reading his
Mistborn series. [2]An interview is also available via Dragonmount.com."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1752244
Links:
0. http://www.foreverdean.info/kevin/
1. http://www.dragonmount.com/News/?p=326
2. http://www.dragonmount.com/Books/Memory_of_Light/brandon_interview_01.php
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| Hacking VIM |
| from the read-all-about-it dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Monday December 10, @14:32 (Book Reviews) |
| http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1512242 |
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[0]Craig Maloney writes "Throughout the years, there have been many
clones and re-implementations of the venerable vi editor. One variant of
vi that emerged and stayed with us is VIM. Since it's introduction, VIM
has proven itself a worthy successor to the traditional vi editor. VIM
has rightfully taken the place of standard vi implementations as the
spiritual successor to vi, completely replacing the vi editor on many, if
not all of the current Linux distributions. Many improvements have been
made to VIM such as tabs, spell checking, folding, and many, many more.
However many of these new enhancements may still remain hidden to anyone
who isn't keeping up on the cutting edge of VIM development. Hacking VIM
is a good resource for becoming more familiar with the new features of
VIM and how to make them work best for you." Read below for the rest of
Craig's review.
This story continues at:
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1512242
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1512242
Links:
0. http://decafbad.net/
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| The 305 RAMAC — First Commercial Hard Drive |
| from the looking-back-for-perspective dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 10, @15:15 (Data Stora|
| http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1756252 |
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[0]Captain DaFt writes "Snopes.com has an article that gives an
interesting look back at the [1]first commercial hard drive, the IBM 350.
Twice as big as a refrigerator and weighing in at a ton, it packed a
whopping 4.4MB! Compare that to the 1-4GB sticks that most of us have on
our keychains today."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1756252
Links:
0. mailto:captain_daftNO@SPAMgmail.com
1. http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/storage.asp
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| Will ISP Web Content Filtering Continue To Grow? |
| from the altered-beast dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 10, @16:01 (Censorship|
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1812245 |
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[0]unixluv writes to tell us that another ISP is testing web content
filtering and content substitution software. One example sees a system
message that is [1]pre-pended to an existing web page. While it seems
innocent enough, is this the wave of the future? Will your ISP censor or
alter your web experience at will? There have been many instances of
[2]content filtering lately and it seems to be a [3]popular idea on the
other side of the fence.
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1812245
Links:
0. mailto:unixluv@gm%5B%5D.com%5B'ail'ingap%5D
1. http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000337.html
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/23/1314222&tid=153
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/06/186255&tid=158
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| Yahoo! Answers, A Librarian's Worst Nightmare |
| from the group-think-not-good-think dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 10, @16:44 (The Intern|
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/1953206 |
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Slate has an interesting look at the realm of online question and answer
forums. Yahoo! Answers is boasting over 120 million users and 400 million
answers placing it just behind Wikipedia for most visited
education/reference site on the internet. While this may be a great
insight into crowd mentality and search preferences, it seems to be a "[0]complete
disaster as a traditional reference tool." "For educators fretting that
the Internet is creating a generation of 'intellectual sluggards,' the
problem isn't just that Yahoo!'s site helps ninth-graders cheat on their
homework. It's that a lot of the time, it doesn't help them cheat all
that well. [...] Like Yahoo! Answers, Wikipedia isn't perfect. But for
savvy browsers who know how to use it, Wikipedia is an invaluable source
of factual information. In the last two years, there's been a heated
debate over whether Wikipedia is as trustworthy as Encyclopedia
Britannica. This obscures a crucial point: Wikipedia is at least reliable
enough that such a question can be asked. Take my word for it--no one is
going to make any such claims about Yahoo! Answers any time soon."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/1953206
Links:
0. http://www.slate.com/id/2179393/pagenum/2/
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| NASA Snaps Mysterious "Night-Shining" Clouds |
| from the pretty-pictures dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 10, @17:27 (NASA) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/2128214 |
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[0]coondoggie writes to tell us that NASA has captured some [1]pretty
impressive images of the [2]Alluring noctilucent (or "night-shining")
clouds. These clouds are made up of ice crystals and dust and are formed
at high altitudes near the poles. "Very little is known about how these
clouds form over the poles, why they are being seen more frequently and
at lower latitudes than ever before, or why they have been growing
brighter. AIM will observe two complete cloud seasons over both poles,
documenting an entire life cycle of the shiny clouds for the first time.
'It is clear that these clouds are changing, a sign that a part of our
atmosphere is changing and we do not understand how, why or what it
means,' stated AIM principal investigator James Russell III of Hampton
University, Hampton, Va. 'These observations suggest a connection with
global change in the lower atmosphere and could represent an early
warning that our Earth environment is being changed.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/2128214
Links:
0. http://networkworld.com/
1. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aim/multimedia/first_view.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctilucent_clouds
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| Dutch ODF Plan Could Sideline Microsoft |
| from the because-it's-our-data dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday December 10, @18:21 (Government) |
| http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/10/2317232 |
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[0]Yeti7226 sends word of a discussion coming up Wednesday in the
parliament of The Netherlands that could result in [1]mandated use of
Open Document Format at government agencies there. If the plan is
enacted, public-sector organizations, as well as the government, would
have to transition to using ODF by 2010. Microsoft Netherlands has
lobbied hard against the provision. Backers say it doesn't exclude
Microsoft, because ODF can be produced out of MS Office via the use of
plugins. A funder of the OpenDoc Society invited Microsoft to join that
organization, saying: "This plan is not about Microsoft, it's about
ensuring the perpetual availability of data without any obstacles."
Discuss this story at:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/10/2317232
Links:
0. mailto:arjen@kmphs.com
1. http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/12/10/dutch/index.php
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