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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Schmidt: G+ 'Identity Service,' Not Social Network
* A Custom Objectionable Word List Ate My Homework
* Mass. Court Says Constitution Protects Filming On-Duty Police
* Russian Resupply Crash Could Mean Leaving ISS Empty
* Ask Slashdot: Math Curriculum To Understand General Relativity?
* LHC Data Continues To Disagree With Supersymmetry
* New Worm Morto Using RDP To Infect Windows PCs
* Google Is Grooming Chrome As a Game Platform
* Apple's A6 Details and Timeline Emerge
* Raspberry Pi Running Quake 3
* Python Fiddle, an IDE That Runs In Your Browser
* Low-Cost DIY Cell Network Runs On Solar
* Antenna-Clothing Outperforms Regular Antennas
* Automatic Spelling Corrections On Github
* <em>Deus Ex</em> Eyeborg Documentary Shows Today's Cyborgs
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| Schmidt: G+ 'Identity Service,' Not Social Network
| from the not-my-favorite-of-google-moves dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @11:37 (Google)
| with 344 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/1536235/Schmidt-G-Identity-Service-Not-Social-Network?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]David Gerard writes "Eric Schmidt has revealed that [1]Google+ is an
identity service, and the 'social network' bit is just bait. Schmidt says
'G+ is completely optional,' not mentioning that Google has admitted that
deleting a G+ account [2]will seriously downgrade your other Google
services. As others have noted, Somewhere, there are two kids in a garage
building a company whose motto will be '[3]Don't be Google.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/1536235/Schmidt-G-Identity-Service-Not-Social-Network?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://newstechnica.com/
1. https://plus.google.com/u/0/117378076401635777570/posts/2y7vqXBtLny
2. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20096313-264/what-happens-when-google-cuts-you-off/
3. http://botgirl.blogspot.com/2011/08/executive-chairman-eric-schidt-admits.html?showComment=1314459245940#c7744671925115289782
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| A Custom Objectionable Word List Ate My Homework
| from the george-carlin-would-need-a-longer-list dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @08:31 (Censorship)
| with 327 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/0626239/A-Custom-Objectionable-Word-List-Ate-My-Homework?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "Among the [0]first three schools using Chromebooks for
Education is the Merton Community School District, which decided to go
Chromebook after the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (WDPI) issued
a [1]news release (created [2]using PDFMaker for Word) announcing that
[3]all Wisconsin schools can have access to Google Apps for Education by
simply downloading a [4]Google Consent Form (Microsoft Word format,
oddly) from the [5]WDPI website, completing & signing it, and submitting
it to Google. And to help get the schools going, a separate [6]Wisconsin
Google Apps for Education website aims to jumpstart things with weekly
webinars, the first of which ��� [7]Getting started with the Google Apps
for Education Control Panel ��� shows school officials how they can
[8]sandbox 'Naughty Students' and [9]filter objectionable content. While
Google illustrates how a list of 'custom objectionable words' can be used
to flag and/or block students' e-mail with some cute examples ���
[10]different spellings of 'booger' and [11]a regex to block variants
like 'b00g3r' ��� things get considerably nastier in the real world, as
this [12]NSFW custom objectionable word list used by the North Canton
City Schools shows."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/0626239/A-Custom-Objectionable-Word-List-Ate-My-Homework?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/08/back-to-school-with-chromebooks-for.html
1. http://dpi.wi.gov/eis/pdf/dpinr2011_69.pdf
2. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6087951894_8a0c622bcf_b.jpg
3. http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/06/americas-dairyland-schools-moooove-to.html
4. http://dpi.wi.gov/doc/google_consent.doc
5. http://dpi.wi.gov/google.html
6. https://sites.google.com/site/wiscgapps/professional-development/wisconsin-google-webinars
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bNLk0fJIHI
8. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6075/6087951944_c2eb91ff3a_b.jpg
9. http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2011/07/email-security-for-google-apps.html
10. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6064/6087951856_78ba7fd916_b.jpg
11. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6073/6087951808_e4bd720a13_b.jpg
12. https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=wise&passive=1209600&continue=https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key%3D0AtNBY_GGSzrPdFhBWEFvajFSY3hwMnY1T0xVNjR6MUE%26amp;hl%3Den%26pref%3D2&followup=https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key%3D0AtNBY_GGSzrPdFhBWEFvajFSY3hwMnY1T0xVNjR6MUE%26amp;hl%3Den%26pref%3D2
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| Mass. Court Says Constitution Protects Filming On-Duty Police
| from the good-setting-for-the-scene dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @17:03 (Government)
| with 282 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/2030243/Mass-Court-Says-Constitution-Protects-Filming-On-Duty-Police?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Even in a country and a world where copyright can be claimed as an excuse
[0]to prevent you from taking a photo of a giant sculpture in a public,
tax-paid park, and [1]openly recording visiting police on your own
property can be construed as illegal wiretapping, it sometimes seems like
the overreach of officialdom against people taking photos or shooting
video knows no bounds. It's a special concern now that seemingly everyone
over the age of 10 is carrying a camera that can take decent stills and
HD video. it's refreshing, therefore, to read that a [2]Federal Appeals
Court has found unconstitutional the arrest of a Massachusetts lawyer who
used his phone to video-record an arrest on the Boston Common. (Here's
[3]the ruling itself, as a PDF.) From the linked article, provided by
reader schwit1: "In its ruling, which lets Simon Glik continue his
lawsuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston said
the wiretapping statute under which Glik was arrested and the seizure of
his phone violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/2030243/Mass-Court-Says-Constitution-Protects-Filming-On-Duty-Police?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/05/02/12/179212/Public-Park-Designated-Copyrighted-Space
1. http://slashdot.org/story/06/06/29/188221/NH-Man-Arrested-for-Videotaping-Police
2. http://www.universalhub.com/2011/court-says-state-law-banning-recording-police-offi
3. http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/10-1764P-01A.pdf
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| Russian Resupply Crash Could Mean Leaving ISS Empty
| from the needs-a-good-cat-sitter dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @10:28 (ISS)
| with 251 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/1319228/Russian-Resupply-Crash-Could-Mean-Leaving-ISS-Empty?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "In the wake of the [1]Russian Progress vehicle
crash shortly after launch on Aug. 24, a chain of events has been set
into motion that could result in the decision not to fly astronauts into
orbit. If this happens, the ISS will be [2]temporarily mothballed before
the end of the year to avoid landing astronauts during the harsh Kazakh
winter."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/1319228/Russian-Resupply-Crash-Could-Mean-Leaving-ISS-Empty?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/182257/Russian-Supply-Vehicle-To-ISS-Burns
2. http://news.discovery.com/space/will-the-space-station-be-abandoned-110827.html
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| Ask Slashdot: Math Curriculum To Understand General Relativity?
| from the braver-man-than-I-am dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @14:52 (Math)
| with 249 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/186236/Ask-Slashdot-Math-Curriculum-To-Understand-General-Relativity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]sjwaste writes "Slashdot posts a fair
number of physics stories. Many of us, myself included, don't have the
background to understand them. So I'd like to ask the Slashdot
math/physics community to construct a curriculum that gets me, an average
college grad with two semesters of chemistry, one of calculus, and maybe
2-3 applied statistics courses, all the way to understanding the
mathematics of general relativity. What would I need to learn, in what
order, and what texts should I use? Before I get killed here, I know this
isn't a weekend project, but it seems like it could be fun to do in my
spare time for the next ... decade."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/186236/Ask-Slashdot-Math-Curriculum-To-Understand-General-Relativity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:sjwaste@gmail.com
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| LHC Data Continues To Disagree With Supersymmetry
| from the good-because-I'm-not-super-symmetrical dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @00:06 (Science)
| with 172 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/0125257/LHC-Data-Continues-To-Disagree-With-Supersymmetry?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]decora writes "Pallab Ghosh of the BBC reports on another piece of
evidence hitting the beleaguered [1]Supersymmetry community. Scientists
at the [2]Lepton Photon conference in Mumbai, India confirmed that
[3]extra levels of B-Meson decay have not been found in the [4]LHC beauty
experiment. Coming on the heels of a [5]March report in Nature , this
news seems to reinforce what many have suspected all along. Dark Matter
is probably not explainable through [6]massive shadow particles like
[7]squarks and selectrons, and for all practical purposes, the
[8]Supersymmetric Extension of the [9]Standard Model of Physics is dead."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/0125257/LHC-Data-Continues-To-Disagree-With-Supersymmetry?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:decorat@mail.com
1. http://hitoshi.berkeley.edu/public_html/susy/susy.html
2. http://www.tifr.res.in/~lp11/
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14680570
4. http://lhcb.web.cern.ch/lhcb/
5. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/03/01/1647231/Will-the-LHC-Smash-Supersymmetry
6. http://particleadventure.org/supersymmetry.html
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfermion
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_Supersymmetric_Standard_Model
9. http://physics.info/standard/
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| New Worm Morto Using RDP To Infect Windows PCs
| from the my-heart-goes-out-to-you dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @13:46 (Security)
| with 151 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/1745211/New-Worm-Morto-Using-RDP-To-Infect-Windows-PCs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes "A new worm called [0]Morto has begun making the
rounds on the Internet, infecting machines via Remote Desktop Protocol.
The worm is generating a large amount of outbound RDP traffic on networks
that have infected machines, and Morto is capable of compromising both
servers and workstations running Windows. Users who have seen Morto
infections are reporting in Windows help forums that the worm is
infecting machines that are completely patched and are running clean
installations of Windows Server 2003."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/1745211/New-Worm-Morto-Using-RDP-To-Infect-Windows-PCs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-worm-morto-using-rdp-infect-windows-pcs-082811
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| Google Is Grooming Chrome As a Game Platform
| from the ok-you'll-need-these-special-dice dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @15:57 (Chrome)
| with 107 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/192257/Google-Is-Grooming-Chrome-As-a-Game-Platform?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Conceivably Tech: "On
Friday I noticed that [0]Google is heavily pushing [1]New Game, a game
developer conference that is focused on HTML5-based gaming content ��� and,
of course, content that runs in web browsers. The fact that such an event
already exists and that there is game content being developed in HTML5,
is quite stunning by itself. However, Google also noted that a
[2]sandboxed native client (NaCl) with 3D (in addition to 2D) will be
available in Chrome soon, which will allow the browser to connect to
traditional C and C++ code via its integrated Pepper API."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/192257/Google-Is-Grooming-Chrome-As-a-Game-Platform?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.conceivablytech.com/9108/products/google-is-preparing-chrome-to-become-a-game-platform
1. http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/08/register-now-for-new-game-conference.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FDcni+(Google+Code+Blog)
2. http://blog.chromium.org/2011/08/native-client-brings-sandboxed-native.html
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| Apple's A6 Details and Timeline Emerge
| from the from-deep-in-the-bowels-of-cupertino dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @03:11 (Portables)
| with 105 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/056256/Apples-A6-Details-and-Timeline-Emerge?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MojoKid writes "For a CPU that hasn't seen the light of day, there's a
great deal of debate surrounding Apple's A6 and the suggestion that it
may not appear until later in 2012. The A6 is a complex bit of hardware.
[1]Rumors indicate that the chip is a quad-core Cortex-A9 CPU built on
28nm at TSMC and utilizing 3D fabrication technology. While the Cortex-A9
is a proven design, Apple's A6 will be one of the first 28nm chips on the
market. The chip will serve as a test case for TSMC's introduction of
both 28nm gate-last technology and 3D chip stacking. This is actually
TSMC's first effort with an Apple device. The A4 and A5 have both
historically been manufactured by Samsung."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/News/Apples-A6-Wont-Reach-iPad-Until-Later-in-2012/
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| Raspberry Pi Running Quake 3
| from the your-coffee-mug-is-your-computer dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @09:35 (Portables)
| with 87 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/1259236/Raspberry-Pi-Running-Quake-3?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]phonewebcam writes "Here's something to
liven up your weekend: a video of the [1]Raspberry Pi running Quake 3.
We're still working on ironing a few kinks out (specifically, there seems
to be a library issue which means our framerate, while good, isn't quite
as spectacular as we know it can be; we're working on it as I post this)
��� but this is what test boards are for, and we're making great progress
getting the boards running smoothly."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.androidacademy.com/
1. http://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=106
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| Python Fiddle, an IDE That Runs In Your Browser
| from the virtual-guido dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @18:08 (Programming)
| with 72 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/226256/Python-Fiddle-an-IDE-That-Runs-In-Your-Browser?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The site [0]Python Fiddle, like the similarly
named [1]jsFiddle, allows users to post code and share it with others.
However, unlike jsfiddle, pythonfiddle brings a major advancement with
the Python language, which fully runs in the browser."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/226256/Python-Fiddle-an-IDE-That-Runs-In-Your-Browser?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://pythonfiddle.com/
1. http://jsfiddle.net/
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| Low-Cost DIY Cell Network Runs On Solar
| from the seattle-wireless dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday August 27, @20:56 (The Internet)
| with 70 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/0048211/Low-Cost-DIY-Cell-Network-Runs-On-Solar?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Shareable writes with word of the intriguing work of a Berkeley
professor who has developed a "[1]low-cost, low-power cell base station
featuring easy, off-the grid deployment with solar or wind power; local
services autonomous from national carriers; and an impressive portfolio
of voice & data services (not just GSM). It's designed to connect rural
areas in the developing world, but could have wider application like
disaster recovery."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/0048211/Low-Cost-DIY-Cell-Network-Runs-On-Solar?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://shareable.net/
1. http://shareable.net/blog/a-low-cost-low-power-diy-cellular-data-network
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| Antenna-Clothing Outperforms Regular Antennas
| from the why-there-are-parkas dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @12:40 (Communications)
| with 56 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/1635251/Antenna-Clothing-Outperforms-Regular-Antennas?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes with a snippet from Gizmag: "In the recent past, we've
seen outfits that incorporate bio-sensors and batteries, and even a
bikini with integrated solar cells. One of the latest innovations in
smart fabrics, however, allows [0]a person's clothing to act as multiple
antennas. [1]Developed at Ohio State University, the system could prove
particularly useful to soldiers, who don't want to be encumbered by a
protruding whip antenna."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/1635251/Antenna-Clothing-Outperforms-Regular-Antennas?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/antennas-built-into-clothing/19616/
1. http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/antcloth.htm
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| Automatic Spelling Corrections On Github
| from the wye-wood-enny-wan-wan-thatte? dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @19:23 (AI)
| with 50 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/2323254/Automatic-Spelling-Corrections-On-Github?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Github projects may be seeing a different
kind of contributor than normal: a small bot is now [0]crawling through
projects, contributing spelling corrections. It builds on top of the
github API and existing documentation style-checking code. Future
directions for the project look beyond spelling mistakes and at automated
bug fixing on a large scale."
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/2323254/Automatic-Spelling-Corrections-On-Github?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://blog.holdenkarau.com/2011/08/automatic-spelling-corrections-on.html
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| <em>Deus Ex</em> Eyeborg Documentary Shows Today's Cyborgs
| from the mind-the-source-but-cool-images dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 28, @06:02 (Medicine)
| with 45 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/0719247/Deus-Ex-Eyeborg-Documentary-Shows-Todays-Cyborgs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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jjp9999 writes "A documentary commissioned by Eidos Montreal explores the
possibilities of cyborg technology found in Deus Ex: Human Revolution,
[0]comparing it to technology found today. The 12-minute film is narrated
by filmmaker Rob 'Eyeborg' Spence, known for his glowing prosthetic eye
that connects to an electronic receiver, and follows him around the world
as he meets with leaders in biotechnology and with people who have bionic
prosthetics ��� all the while comparing the technology to what's found in
Deus Ex."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/28/0719247/Deus-Ex-Eyeborg-Documentary-Shows-Todays-Cyborgs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://techzwn.com/2011/08/deus-ex-eyeborg-documentary-explores-real-world-cyborgs/
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