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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Age Bias In IT: the Reality Behind the Rumors
* Mr. President, There Is No (US) Engineer Shortage
* How Do You Explain Software Development To 2nd Graders?
* Details About Raspberry Pi Foundation's $25 PC
* Starz To Pull Content From Netflix
* Anonymous Retaliates, Leaks Texas Police Emails
* WikiLeaks Publishes Cable Archive In Full
* Did Apple Impersonate Police To Recover the Lost iPhone 5?
* Why Microtransactions In Games Are Amoral
* Astronomers Find Unusual Star
* Journal Editor Resigns Over Flawed Global Warming Paper
* Android Tricorder Killed By CBS
* NYT Working On 'Magic Mirror' For Bathroom Surfing
* Atari C&Ds Emulators, Site About Asteroids
* Man Becomes Artist When He Sleeps
* The Guardian and the Wikileaks Encryption Key
* China Calls For Even Firmer Internet Control
* Biological 'Logic Circuit' Destroys Cancer Cells
* Report Warns of Space Junk Reaching a Tipping Point
* UK To Get Whitespace Radio
* Chinese Submersible Planning For Record Dive
* Portable Microscope Uses Holograms Instead of Lens
* Canadian Court Sides With Online Anonymity
* Bezos Discloses Failure of Blue Origin Rocket Test Flight
* "Apache Killer" Web Server Hole Plugged
* What Google+ Games Needs To Beat Facebook
* Mining Browsing History With Google Cookie Data
* Hubble Shoots Movies of Stellar Jets
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| Age Bias In IT: the Reality Behind the Rumors
| from the get-off-my-lawn dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @08:45 (Businesses)
| with 541 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1220240/Age-Bias-In-IT-the-Reality-Behind-the-Rumors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "Is high tech [1]really that tough on older workers, or
are they simply not pulling their weight in an industry that never stops
innovating? Age bias: Some consider it IT's dirty little secret, or even
IT's big open secret. Older workers have been [2]hit harder by the
recession. '[Age bias is] something that no [employer] talks about. But
it's a reality in tech that if you're 45 years of age and still writing C
code or Cobol code and making $150,000 a year, the likelihood is that you
won't be employed very long,' says Vivek Wadhwa, who currently holds
academic positions at several universities, including UC Berkeley, Duke
and Harvard. Wadhwa's observation indicates that age bias is a simplistic
label for a complicated set of factors that influence the job prospects
for senior tech employees."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1220240/Age-Bias-In-IT-the-Reality-Behind-the-Rumors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9219187/Age_bias_in_IT_The_reality_behind_the_rumors?taxonomyName=Careers&taxonomyId=10
2. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9206360/Recession_hit_older_tech_workers_harder_labor_data_shows
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| Mr. President, There Is No (US) Engineer Shortage
| from the just-a-philosophy-major-surplus dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @12:56 (United States)
| with 488 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1651252/Mr-President-There-Is-No-US-Engineer-Shortage?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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McGruber writes "Vivek Wadhwa has written an article in the Washington
Post titled, '[0]Mr. President, there is no engineer shortage,' which
addresses the perceived national [1]shortage of engineers. Wadhwa slams
China for its practice of applying the 'engineer' label to auto mechanics
and technicians, yet fails to slam the U.S. for its practice of applying
the 'engineer' label to sanitation workers, building janitors, boiler
operators, FaceSpace coders, MSCEs and DeVry graduates. He also says,
'Some of [the U.S.'s] best engineers are not doing engineering, and some
of its best potential engineers are not even studying engineering,
leaving us short-changed in solving the important problems of the day.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1651252/Mr-President-There-Is-No-US-Engineer-Shortage?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/president-obama-there-is-no-engineer-shortage/2011/09/01/gIQADpmpuJ_story.html
1. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/06/15/0234208/Obama-We-Dont-Have-Enough-Engineers
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| How Do You Explain Software Development To 2nd Graders?
| from the it's-all-about-the-games dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 02, @00:21 (Education)
| with 404 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0133252/How-Do-You-Explain-Software-Development-To-2nd-Graders?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter zimania writes "At the start of every
school year, my kids' teachers invariably ask if any parents have any
special skills they can present to the students. As a software engineer,
I'd like to give a presentation to the classes about developing software.
The tricky part is making a presentation fun, inspirational, and easy
enough for 2nd and 4th graders to grasp. Has anybody been brave enough to
attempted such a thing? Are there kid-tested prepackaged presentations
freely available? Would it be best to present the development of a simple
game? Web page? Any advice is welcome."
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0133252/How-Do-You-Explain-Software-Development-To-2nd-Graders?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Details About Raspberry Pi Foundation's $25 PC
| from the disposable-computing dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 02, @05:34 (Education)
| with 325 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0156214/Details-About-Raspberry-Pi-Foundations-25-PC?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter salcan writes "There is growing interest
surrounding the Raspberry Pi Foundation and their promise of a PC that
will cost just $25. We've seen how the OLPC has struggled to deliver a
$100 laptop for developing countries, and yet Raspberry Pi is confident
in delivering the $25 PC by November this year. Eben Upton, director of
the foundation, recently gave a talk at Bletchley Park regarding
Educating Programmers, which focused on [0]the thinking behind the $25 PC."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0156214/Details-About-Raspberry-Pi-Foundations-25-PC?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/why-a-25-pc-because-its-the-price-of-a-textbook-2011091/
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| Starz To Pull Content From Netflix
| from the no-movies-for-you dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 02, @08:03 (Movies)
| with 303 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0311249/Starz-To-Pull-Content-From-Netflix?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]tekgoblin writes "[1]Starz plans to remove all of its movies and TV
shows from the Netflix streaming library after negotiations failed.
Starz, which is owned by John Malone's Liberty Media, said they have
ended talks with Netflix to renew a deal that ends February 28th.
[2]Netflix stands to lose a large amount of content, as Starz has
licenses for first run Sony and Walt Disney movies."
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0311249/Starz-To-Pull-Content-From-Netflix?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.twitter.com/tekgoblin
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/01/us-netflix-starz-idUSTRE78063S20110901
2. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/09/01/starz-to-pull-content-from-netflix/
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| Anonymous Retaliates, Leaks Texas Police Emails
| from the messing-with-texas dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @09:26 (Security)
| with 302 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1256215/Anonymous-Retaliates-Leaks-Texas-Police-Emails?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader sends word that hacking group Anonymous has breached
servers and accounts belonging to "dozens" of Texas police departments,
[0]leaking emails, documents and personal information. They say [1]the
attacks are in retaliation for "the arrests of dozens of alleged
Anonymous suspects," and were done in solidarity with "the 'Anonymous 16'
PayPal LOIC defendants, [2]accused LulzSec member Jake Davis 'Topiary,'
protesters arrested during [3]#OpBart actions, Bradley Manning, Stephen
Watt, and other hackers and leakers worldwide." Predictably, some of the
leaked emails [4]paint an unflattering picture of internal operations at
the police departments.
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1256215/Anonymous-Retaliates-Leaks-Texas-Police-Emails?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/09/01/group_says_it_hacked_texas_law_enforcement_sites/
1. http://pastebin.com/LGyeLcun
2. http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/08/01/019245/UK-Police-Charge-Suspected-Anonymous-Spokesman
3. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/08/14/0334231/After-Cell-Phone-Switch-Off-Anonymous-Promises-BART-Protest
4. http://gizmodo.com/5836741/anonymous-roars-back-with-3gb-leak-of-texas-police-chief-emails
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| WikiLeaks Publishes Cable Archive In Full
| from the letting-it-all-hang-out dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @12:13 (Communications)
| with 254 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/155208/WikiLeaks-Publishes-Cable-Archive-In-Full?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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We recently discussed news that WikiLeaks had [0]complained of a password
leak which threatened the encryption of unredacted documents contained in
the Cablegate archive. Now, reader solanum writes with this update:
"According to the Guardian, 'WikiLeaks has [1]published its full archive
of 251,000 secret US diplomatic cables, without redactions, potentially
exposing thousands of individuals named in the documents to detention,
harm or putting their lives in danger. The move has been strongly
condemned by the five previous media partners ��� the Guardian, New York
Times, El Pais, Der Spiegel and Le Monde ��� who have worked with WikiLeaks
publishing carefully selected and redacted documents.' In the same
article The Guardian gives further explanation of the controversy
reported earlier, suggesting that Assange went against standard protocol
in providing the master password to the newspaper."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/155208/WikiLeaks-Publishes-Cable-Archive-In-Full?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/01/0153200/WikiLeaks-Sues-the-Guardian-Over-Leak
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/02/wikileaks-publishes-cache-unredacted-cables
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| Did Apple Impersonate Police To Recover the Lost iPhone 5?
| from the yes-no-maybe dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @16:34 (Iphone)
| with 192 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2027210/Did-Apple-Impersonate-Police-To-Recover-the-Lost-iPhone-5?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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zacharye writes "This whole [0]lost iPhone 5 prototype story just got
whole lot more interesting. According to SF Weekly, six investigators
claiming to be members of the San Francisco police department descended
upon one Bernal Heights, San Francisco man's home in search of a lost
iPhone 5 prototype that CNET originally reported had been left in a bar.
The scary part? [1]The SFPD does not seem to be aware of such an
investigation. Instead, it appears as though they [2]may have actually
been members of Apple's security team allegedly impersonating police
officers." So far this claim seems to be developing solely through media
communications; in order for the SFPD to start an investigation, the man
whose house was searched would need to speak with the police directly.
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2027210/Did-Apple-Impersonate-Police-To-Recover-the-Lost-iPhone-5?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/story/11/08/31/2132203/Another-Unreleased-iPhone-Lost-by-Employee-In-a-Bar
1. http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/09/lost_iphone_5_apple.php
2. http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/02/apple-accused-of-impersonating-police-during-effort-to-recover-lost-iphone-5-prototype/
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| Why Microtransactions In Games Are Amoral
| from the there-are-good-hats-and-evil-hats dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @11:33 (Businesses)
| with 189 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1442235/Why-Microtransactions-In-Games-Are-Amoral?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Sludge writes "Graham Jans, a founder of the Vancouver Design Dojo and
designer of [1]Zombie Minesweeper, provides well-thought-out reasons why
[2]microtransactions in games are an amoral concept that can be used for
good or evil, defying the typical knee-jerk reaction to Zynga-style use
of microtransactions as a cynical tool designed to siphon the maximum
amount of money from your wallet. Quoting: 'As well, such a thing could
be a tool for benevolence. A developer could tune the length between
releases to offer just a little more content for the same price, if they
felt that was the right thing to do. In fact, most of the factors in
microtransactions work this way. The negative reputation these systems
have comes from factors that are tuned to maximize profit and abuse
players for their money. But that's not an inherent trait in the system;
you could just as easily use it to ensure your own bankruptcy!'"
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1442235/Why-Microtransactions-In-Games-Are-Amoral?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.tossed.org/
1. http://www.zombieminesweeper.com/
2. http://www.grahamjans.com/blog/2011/8/31/microtransactions-under-the-microscope.html
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| Astronomers Find Unusual Star
| from the one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 02, @01:05 (Space)
| with 167 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0318250/Astronomers-Find-Unusual-Star?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]JoshuaZ writes "Astronomers have [1]
found an unusual small star. SDSS J102915+172927 is a small faint star
with very little of any elements other than hydrogen or helium. [2]The
star's composition is surprising (Pdf) since standard theories of star
formation require heavier elements in small stars in order to allow the
stars to be heavy enough to come together. Possibly the most unusual
aspect of this star is the complete non-detection of lithium which would
be expected in a star of this size. The only elements created shortly
after the Big Bang were lithium, hydrogen and helium, and the star should
have lithium levels much higher since they should correspond closely with
the levels believed to have been formed shortly after the Big Bang."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0318250/Astronomers-Find-Unusual-Star?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://religionsetspolitics.blogspot.com/
1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110831155340.htm
2. http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1132/eso1132.pdf
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| Journal Editor Resigns Over Flawed Global Warming Paper
| from the owning-up dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @17:21 (Earth)
| with 164 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2037209/Journal-Editor-Resigns-Over-Flawed-Global-Warming-Paper?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Layzej writes "Remote Sensing Editor-in-Chief Wolfgang Wagner [0]resigned
earlier today (PDF) over a global warming study published in his journal
that was said to [1]cast doubt on global warming models but was later
[2]found to be flawed. Wagner stated that the paper [3]most likely
contained fundamental methodological errors and false claims. He further
expressed dismay over how 'the authors and like-minded climate skeptics
have much exaggerated the paper's conclusions in public statements.' The
author of the paper, Dr. Roy Spencer, [4]has responded to the resignation."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2037209/Journal-Editor-Resigns-Over-Flawed-Global-Warming-Paper?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/3/9/2002/pdf
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/07/28/2249238/New-NASA-Data-Casts-Doubt-On-Global-Warming-Models
2. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/07/29/1844224/Followup-Anti-Global-Warming-Story-Itself-Flawed
3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/02/journal-editor-resigns-climate-sceptic-paper
4. http://www.drroyspencer.com/2011/09/editor-in-chief-of-remote-sensing-resigns-from-fallout-over-our-paper/
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| Android Tricorder Killed By CBS
| from the was-about-to-grab-it-actually dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday September 02, @19:10 (Android)
| with 136 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2229200/Android-Tricorder-Killed-By-CBS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter josn writes "Today I found out that
Moonlight's Tricorder app, which I always install on Android devices, is
gone. [0]Google received a DMCA letter from CBS. I think it is a shame
that CBS thinks it needs to kill a free and open source project giving a
add-less app. I for one sent a message to CBS explaining that this
fan-supported app is not bad, but good for them, and asked them to
reconsider. I hope, especially for the author who must have spent a lot
of time in this app, that they do."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2229200/Android-Tricorder-Killed-By-CBS?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://code.google.com/p/moonblink/wiki/Tricorder
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| NYT Working On 'Magic Mirror' For Bathroom Surfing
| from the in-case-you-didn't-have-enough-webcams-by-your-toilet dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @10:09 (Advertising)
| with 129 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1327215/NYT-Working-On-Magic-Mirror-For-Bathroom-Surfing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "If the New York Times Research & Development Lab has its
wicked way, you will soon be able to stop taking your mobile computer of
choice [1]into the bathroom ��� and [2]use a 'magic mirror' instead. On
average we spend an hour in the bathroom every day, and the magic mirror
��� which is built from a 'data-bearing' mirror, Microsoft Kinect, and a
healthy dollop of ingenuity ��� is designed to [3]capitalize on that time
by letting you surf the web and increase the New York Times' advertising
revenue."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1327215/NYT-Working-On-Magic-Mirror-For-Bathroom-Surfing?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/08/23/1613203/Using-Tablets-Becoming-Popular-Bathroom-Activity
2. http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/08/mirror-mirror-the-new-york-times-wants-to-serve-you-info-as-youre-brushing-your-teeth/
3. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/94751-the-new-york-times-magic-mirror-will-bring-shopping-to-the-bathroom
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| Atari C&Ds Emulators, Site About Asteroids
| from the screaming-into-the-abyss dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @14:44 (Emulation (Games))
| with 126 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1825230/Atari-CampDs-Emulators-Site-About-Asteroids?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Atari Inc. has launched another round of
cease-and-desist letters targeted at what remains of its fan community.
Having threatened homebrewers for the [0]Atari 2600 and [1]8-bit systems,
as well as emulator authors for mobile platforms like Android, they're
now upping the ante by menacing [2]Atari emulator authors on the
Dreamcast and [3]sites with Asteroids in the name (though in fairness,
that site apparently [4]once hosted a version of the Asteroids game). The
working theory is that the company is planning a big push into the mobile
market, and is trying to eliminate everything it believes could threaten
its latest attempts at reviving the brand name. However, the emulators in
question [5]appear to have no copyrighted content from Atari, so it's
unclear what exactly Atari believes the infringing material to be."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1825230/Atari-CampDs-Emulators-Site-About-Asteroids?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://atari2600.org/
1. http://www.ppsberlin.de/
2. http://www.dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=101370
3. http://www.asteroids.co.uk/
4. http://www.domaintools.com/research/screenshot-history/asteroids.co.uk/
5. http://www.dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=1028275#p1028275
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| Man Becomes Artist When He Sleeps
| from the talented-dreamer dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 02, @12:49 (Idle)
| with 118 comments
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1533207/Man-Becomes-Artist-When-He-Sleeps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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During the day 37-year-old Lee Hadwin is a nurse with no particular love
or talent for art, but when he sleeps it's a different story. [0]Lee has
been sleep-drawing since he was 4 and is now quite good. Some of his
pieces have sold for six figures. Despite numerous tests, doctors can't
explain how he's able to draw and paint while he's not conscious, or even
what stage of sleep he's in while he works. From the article: "Still, the
North Wales native doesn't want to make art his career. He never studied
art, and is lousy at drawing when awake. 'Art has never interested me at
all,' says Hadwin, as quoted by the BBC. But just in case, he now
prepares by leaving a sketchpad, brushes, and other art supplies in his
bedroom."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1533207/Man-Becomes-Artist-When-He-Sleeps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://theweek.com/article/index/218769/the-man-who-draws-in-his-sleep
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| The Guardian and the Wikileaks Encryption Key
| from the cascade-of-decisions dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday September 02, @18:50 (Encryption)
| with 113 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2210227/The-Guardian-and-the-Wikileaks-Encryption-Key?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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rtfa-troll writes "Bruce Schneier has a good article explaining how
[0]the Guardian released the encryption key for the Wikileaks cables and
destroyed the main protection against release of informer's personal
information. The [1]comments in Schneier's blog fill in details of how
exactly Wikileaks secondary file security protections were also bypassed.
Now the Guardian has an article that [2]Assange risks arrest by Australia
over the latest leaks which include information about an Australian
intelligence officer. They even say 'We deplore the decision of WikiLeaks
to publish the unredacted state department cables, which may put sources
at risk,' and go on to state that 'The decision to publish by Julian
Assange was his, and his alone,' something which seems clearly debunked
in the analysis on Schneier's blog."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2210227/The-Guardian-and-the-Wikileaks-Encryption-Key?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/09/unredacted_us_d.html
1. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/09/unredacted_us_d.html#comments
2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/02/julian-assange-arrest-australia-wikileaks
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| China Calls For Even Firmer Internet Control
| from the you're-doing-it-wrong dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @15:04 (Censorship)
| with 98 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1730232/China-Calls-For-Even-Firmer-Internet-Control?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]eldavojohn writes "Chinese state media has published a long article
detailing [1]why China needs to take even firmer stances on sites like
Twitter and the internet as a whole, or risk backlash to the Communist
Party from 'Internet opinion.' The commentary warned, 'Unless
administration is vigorous, criminal forces, hostile forces, terrorist
organizations and others could manipulate public sentiment by
manufacturing bogus opinion on the Internet, damaging social stability
and national security.' China [2]seized upon the [3]London riots recently
to justify tighter internet censorship. The article, of course, ends with
the conclusion that 'Clearly, in the future when developing and applying
new Internet technologies, there must first be a thorough assessment,
adopting even more prudent policies and enhancing foresight and forward
thinking in administration.' While this provides China with their
Emmanuel Goldstein and his Brotherhood, it should be noted that the
People's Daily is often [4]over the top."
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Links:
0. http://patternizer.com/
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/02/us-china-internet-idUSTRE78110S20110902
2. http://english.people.com.cn/90780/91343/7572193.html
3. http://english.people.com.cn/90780/7574975.html
4. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90780/7443254.html
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| Biological 'Logic Circuit' Destroys Cancer Cells
| from the just-don't-teach-them-how-to-hate dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @14:20 (Biotech)
| with 86 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/187248/Biological-Logic-Circuit-Destroys-Cancer-Cells?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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intellitech writes "Researchers led by ETH professor Yaakov Benenson and
MIT professor Ron Weiss have successfully [0]incorporated diagnostic
biological information processing in human cells. In a study recently
published in Science ([1]abstract), they describe a multi-gene synthetic
'logic circuit' whose task is to distinguish between cancer and healthy
cells, and subsequently target cancer cells for destruction. This circuit
works by sampling and integrating five intracellular, cancer-specific
molecular factors and their concentration. The circuit makes a positive
identification only when all factors are present in the cell, resulting
in highly precise cancer detection. Researchers hope it can serve a basis
for very specific anti-cancer treatments."
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Links:
0. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/cancer-detection-circuit-0902.html
1. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6047/1307
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| Report Warns of Space Junk Reaching a Tipping Point
| from the bad-news-for-the-shuttle-oh-wait dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @18:07 (China)
| with 72 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2132254/Report-Warns-of-Space-Junk-Reaching-a-Tipping-Point?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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intellitech sends this excerpt from a Reuters report: "The amount of
debris orbiting the Earth has [0]reached a tipping point for collisions,
which would in turn generate more of the debris that threatens astronauts
and satellites, according to [1]a U.S. study released on Thursday (PDF).
... The amount of orbital debris tracked by the U.S. Space Surveillance
Network jumped from 9,949 cataloged objects in December 2006 to 16,094 in
July 2011, with nearly 20 percent of the objects stemming from the
destruction of the [2]Chinese FENGYUN 1-C satellite, the National
Research Council said. ... the panel made two dozen recommendations for
NASA to mitigate and improve the orbital debris environment, including
collaborating with the State Department to develop the legal and
regulatory framework for removing junk from space. The study, 'Limiting
Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASA's Meteoroid
and Orbital Debris Programs,' was sponsored by NASA."
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Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/01/us-space-debris-idUSTRE7805VY20110901
1. http://sites.nationalacademies.org/xpedio/groups/depssite/documents/webpage/deps_064361.pdf
2. http://science.slashdot.org/story/07/01/18/0235229/China-Tests-Anti-Satellite-Laser-Weapon
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| UK To Get Whitespace Radio
| from the in-the-ditch dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Friday September 02, @02:54 (Communications)
| with 71 comments
| https://radio.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0143251/UK-To-Get-Whitespace-Radio?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]judgecorp writes "The UK's telecom regulator, Ofcom, will [1]approve
whitespace radio, allowing systems that use vacant spaces in the TV
broadcast spectrum on the same 'license' exempt basis as Wi-Fi. It is
hoped that white space radio will solve the rural broadband crisis in the
country. From the article: 'Ofcom hopes for deployments by 2013, putting
the UK ahead of other countries, and proposes it be used for a
higher-power variant of Wi-Fi as well as for rural broadband connections
and machine-to-machine communication.'"
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https://radio.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0143251/UK-To-Get-Whitespace-Radio?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/
1. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/ofcom-proposes-enhanced-wi-fi-on-whitespace-radio-38423
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| Chinese Submersible Planning For Record Dive
| from the under-miles-of-water dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @10:51 (China)
| with 67 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1343205/Chinese-Submersible-Planning-For-Record-Dive?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "You may have heard that China sent a manned
research sub [0]down to the ocean deep this summer, marking a personal
depth record of 5,000 meters (next year it will aim for a world record of
7,000 meters). Here's a story about the sub based on an interview with
its designer in Wuxi, China. It's got some interesting new details:
[1]the designer had never actually seen a submersible before he set out
to build the deepest diving research sub in the world; all the stuff he's
built before has ended up in warehouses because the Chinese government
only funded technological development, not use."
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Links:
0. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-07/26/c_131008829.htm
1. http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/mass-transit/chinas-research-sub-to-attempt-record-dive/0
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| Portable Microscope Uses Holograms Instead of Lens
| from the discount-medical-supply dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 01, @21:58 (Medicine)
| with 56 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/004259/Portable-Microscope-Uses-Holograms-Instead-of-Lens?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "While financial contributions are certainly a great
help to health care practitioners in developing nations, one of the
things that they really need is rugged, portable, [0]low-cost medical
equipment that is compatible with an often-limited local infrastructure.
Several such devices are currently under development, such as a
battery-powered surgical lamp, a salad-spinner-based centrifuge, and a
baby-warmer that utilizes wax. UCLA is now working on another appropriate
technology in the form of a small, [1]inexpensive microscope that uses
holograms instead of lenses to image what can't be seen by the human
eye."
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Links:
0. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/boe/abstract.cfm?uri=boe-2-9-2721
1. http://www.gizmag.com/cheap-microscope-uses-holograms/19679/
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| Canadian Court Sides With Online Anonymity
| from the probably-protecting-his-anti-bruins-rants dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @13:38 (Censorship)
| with 53 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1726212/Canadian-Court-Sides-With-Online-Anonymity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bs0d3 writes "Michael Geist said of a recent Canadian court ruling,
'Anonymous speech can be empowering ��� whistleblowers depend upon it to
safeguard their identity and political participants in some countries
face severe repercussions if they speak out publicly ��� but it also
carries the danger of posts that cross the line into defamation without
appropriate accountability.' Although I disagree that defamation is an
acceptable reason for a court to find someone's identity, the outcome of
this trial seems favorable. The court was [0]not asked to determine
whether the posts at issue were in fact defamatory. Rather, it simply
faced the question of whether it should order the disclosure of personal
information about the posters themselves so that someone could proceed
with a defamation lawsuit. The court relied on '[1]Warman v. Fournier,' a
previous Canadian defamation case and asked, '(1) Whether there was a
reasonable expectation of anonymity; (2) Whether the plaintiff
established a prima facie case of wrongdoing by the poster; (3) Whether
the plaintiff tried to identify the poster and was unable to do so; and
(4) Whether the public interest favoring disclosure outweigh the
legitimate interests of freedom of expression and right to privacy of the
persons sought to be identified if the disclosure is ordered." In this
case the order to identify the poster was denied. Since the plaintiff did
not identify the specific defamatory words, she failed to establish a
prima facie case of defamation. Moreover, the court also ruled that the
posters had a reasonable expectation of anonymity and that there were
insufficient efforts to try to identify them."
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1726212/Canadian-Court-Sides-With-Online-Anonymity?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://activepolitic.com:82/blog/2011-09-02/Canadian_Court_Sides_With_Protected_Identity_Online.html
1. http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onscdc/doc/2010/2010onsc2126/2010onsc2126.html
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| Bezos Discloses Failure of Blue Origin Rocket Test Flight
| from the discovering-ways-not-to-make-lightbulbs dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday September 02, @19:38 (Space)
| with 50 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2216216/Bezos-Discloses-Failure-of-Blue-Origin-Rocket-Test-Flight?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]astroengine writes "An experimental suborbital space vehicle developed
by Blue Origin, a space startup founded by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos,
[1]was lost during a test flight last week. During the secretive flight,
the vehicle reached an altitude of 45,000 feet and attained a velocity of
Mach 1.2. Soon after, things went horribly wrong. 'A flight instability
drove an angle of attack that triggered our range safety system to
terminate thrust on the vehicle,' said an upbeat Bezos [2]in Friday's
statement."
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Links:
0. http://www.astroengine.com/
1. http://news.discovery.com/space/bad-day-for-jeff-bezos-rocket-company-110902.html
2. http://www.blueorigin.com/letter.htm
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| "Apache Killer" Web Server Hole Plugged
| from the shields-up dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 01, @22:57 (Security)
| with 48 comments
| https://apache.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/0014222/Apache-Killer-Web-Server-Hole-Plugged?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CWmike writes "The Apache open-source project has patched its Web
server software to [1]quash a bug that a denial-of-service (DoS) tool has
been exploiting. Apache 2.2.20, released Tuesday, plugs the hole used by
an [2]'Apache Killer' attack tool. On Aug. 24, project developers had
promised a fix within 48 hours, then revised the timetable two days later
to 24 hours. The security advisory did not explain the delay."
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Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219650/Apache_patches_Web_server_DoS_vulnerability
2. http://apache.slashdot.org/story/11/08/24/2213201/Apache-Warns-Web-Server-Admins-of-DoS-Attack-Tool
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| What Google+ Games Needs To Beat Facebook
| from the zero-update-spam dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @18:29 (Facebook)
| with 48 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2140240/What-Google-Games-Needs-To-Beat-Facebook?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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donniebaseball23 writes "Google's new games offering on Google+ has only
been around a few weeks, and it's been getting mixed reactions. According
to veteran game designer Ed Del Castillo, [0]the potential is there to
beat Facebook at its own game, if Google improves in the right areas,
which he outlines as evolved content, player discovery and a push for
HTML5. 'Overall, the quality of Google+ gaming isn't bad. It's just
another Facebook with fewer games and fewer friends. It's a baby step in
a time where successful companies, like Apple, are taking huge strides.
The good news is that they didn't blow it. They have a good base to build
on,' he said."
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Links:
0. http://www.industrygamers.com/news/google-games-what-it-needs-to-beat-facebook/
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| Mining Browsing History With Google Cookie Data
| from the is-it-the-90s-again dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @15:48 (Google)
| with 35 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/1944217/Mining-Browsing-History-With-Google-Cookie-Data?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikejuk writes "[0]Recent research reveals details on how Google's SID
cookie can be [1]used to discover what websites a user has visited. In
principle, the cookie is a low security risk because it doesn't allow
acess to any data without authentication ��� thus it is sometimes
transmitted in the clear and easy to intercept. With a little help from
Google Search History and the 'Visited Pages' filter, researchers were
able to list up to 80% of the pages visited by volunteer victims. Throw
into the mix the 'social' filter and you can discover a lot more."
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Links:
0. http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.5864v1
1. http://www.i-programmer.info/news/149-security/2985-google-search-leaks-information.html
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| Hubble Shoots Movies of Stellar Jets
| from the pretty-pictures dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Friday September 02, @17:40 (NASA)
| with 21 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2056241/Hubble-Shoots-Movies-of-Stellar-Jets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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With his first accepted submission, [0]aglider writes "A number of
different [1]science publications are reporting on [2]a recent
announcement made by NASA and Hubblesite.org. Quoting: 'A team of
scientists [headed by Rice astronomer Patrick Hartigan] has collected
enough high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope images over a 14-year
period to stitch together time-lapse movies of powerful jets ejected from
three young stars. The jets, a byproduct of gas accretion around newly
forming stars, shoot off at supersonic speeds in opposite directions
through space.' [3]The report is also accompanied by a [4]number of
photos and, of course, [5]astounding small movies. The complete
scientific study, which dates back to 2011.07.20, has been published in
the [6] Astrophysical Journal (subscription needed) but is also available
on the [7]ESA's Space Telescope site (PDF)."
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https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/02/2056241/Hubble-Shoots-Movies-of-Stellar-Jets?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://127.0.0.1/
1. http://www.space.com/12785-hubble-videos-baby-stars-jets.html
2. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/supersonic-jets.html
3. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/20/full/
4. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/20/image/
5. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/20/video/
6. http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/736/1/29
7. http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/releases/science_papers/heic1113.pdf
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