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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Should Science Be King In Politics?
* Microsoft Killed the Start Menu Because No One Uses It
* NY Senators Want To Make Free Speech A Privilege
* News From Apple's iPhone Event
* Is Off-Shoring a National Security Threat?
* So Far, More Than 50,000 Kindle Fire Pre-Orders Per Day
* OCaml For the Masses
* Zune Dead, Then Not Dead, Then Officially Dead
* id Software Releases <em>RAGE</em>
* SAIC Loses Data of 4.9 Million Patients
* Spock Gives Up the Con
* One More Thing For Apple Stores: Food?
* Ask Slashdot: Advice For Using a Cell Phone In China?
* Airline Offering Plane Crash Survival Course to Frequent Flyers
* Paris Launches World's First Electric Car Share Program
* Anti-Piracy PI Talks About Building Cases Against File-Sharers
* Climate Change Driving War?
* For Academic Publishing, Princeton Goes Open Access By Default
* Facebook Forming a PAC
* Deadline Approaches For Registration In Stanford's Free CS Classes
* Borders Books Customers, Watch For Database Opt-Out Email
* Amazon Re-Opens Affiliate Program In California
* Belgian ISP Ordered to Block The Pirate Bay; Telecomix and TPB Offer Workarounds
* AMD Brings New Desktop Chips Down To 65W
* Wikimedia Foundation Enables HTTPS For All Projects
* 3D Helicopter View Added To Google Maps
* China's Alibaba Interested In Buying Yahoo
* Sony Ericsson Helps Out FreeXperia Developers
* Adapteva Announces Epiphany Mesh Processor
* R7RS Scheme Progress Report
* Inside ICS-CERT's War Room
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| Should Science Be King In Politics?
| from the instead-of-the-court-jester dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 04, @08:14 (Earth)
| with 639 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/063231/should-science-be-king-in-politics?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Layzej writes "According to former Republican representative Bob Inglis,
being conservative means dealing in facts. He suggests that energy and
climate policy warrants a conservative approach based on science and
accountability, [0]rather than a populist approach based on denial and
wishful thinking. He also proposes an intriguing free market solution to
our energy and climate challenges."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/063231/should-science-be-king-in-politics?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Microsoft Killed the Start Menu Because No One Uses It
| from the apple-responds-with-stop-menu dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 04, @16:52 (Microsoft)
| with 591 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/206252/microsoft-killed-the-start-menu-because-no-one-uses-it?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft recently killed the Start Menu, and
their explanation for it seems fairly straightforward: [0]no one used it.
This may be a bit of an exaggeration, but Microsoft explains that [1]use
of the Start menu dipped by 11 percent between Windows Vista and Windows
7, with many specialized Start functions ��� such as exploring pictures ���
declining as much as 61 percent."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/206252/microsoft-killed-the-start-menu-because-no-one-uses-it?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394101,00.asp
1. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/03/evolving-the-start-menu.aspx
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| NY Senators Want To Make Free Speech A Privilege
| from the silence-will-still-be-permitted dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 04, @18:20 (Censorship)
| with 388 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/219218/ny-senators-want-to-make-free-speech-a-privilege?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A group of four NY state senators have
written a paper suggesting that [0]free speech should be looked upon as a
government granted privilege rather than a right. They're specifically
concerned about cyberstalking and cyberbullying, and are introducing
legislation to make both of those against the law. Among other troubling
concepts, they argue that merely 'excluding' someone from a group is a
form of cyberbullying."
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/219218/ny-senators-want-to-make-free-speech-a-privilege?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| News From Apple's iPhone Event
| from the lots-and-lots-of-flavorful-apples dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 04, @13:12 (Iphone)
| with 338 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1714238/news-from-apples-iphone-event?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Apple is currently announcing various things about a new iPhone; the
[0]CNN Live has coverage as it is happening. Watch for updates as more
information comes in. For those of you who like to read instead of watch,
PC Magazine is^W was^W is running a [1]live commentary stream (it broke
and then unbroke). The New York Times also [2]has a working live stream
which seems more reliable. Update: 10/04 19:04 GMT by [3]U L
:Unexpectedly, Apple did not announce an iPhone 5, but rather an
incremental update. CNet has a decent article about [4]the features of
the iPhone 4S. Additionally, [5]all major carriers except T-Mobile will
be getting the phone October 14th.
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1714238/news-from-apples-iphone-event?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://live.cnn.com/
1. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394084,00.asp
2. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/live-blogging-the-apple-iphone-5-announcement/
3. http://unknownlamer.org/
4. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20115460-1/apple-unveils-iphone-4s/
5. http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-launch-iphone-4s-oct-12-along-att-verizon/2011-10-04
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| Is Off-Shoring a National Security Threat?
| from the never-buy-outside-your-zip-code dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @11:05 (Security)
| with 286 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1411208/is-off-shoring-a-national-security-threat?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Should the U.S. government hold developers
more responsible for the quality of their code? One top cyber security
analyst says more regulations would be a mistake. 'Any attempt to
regulate software quality and security simply [0]drives the software
industry off-shore for good,' he says. 'Similarly, requiring trusted
on-shore production ensures two things: (1) falling behind world progress
as we aren't the only smart people and we are a minority, and (2) costs
rise in a way that makes on-shore-mandated software cost-uncompetitive on
the world market.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1411208/is-off-shoring-a-national-security-threat?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://the-diplomat.com/new-leaders-forum/2011/10/03/off-shoring-and-cyber-security/
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| So Far, More Than 50,000 Kindle Fire Pre-Orders Per Day
| from the any-3-points-on-a-circle dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @10:23 (Android)
| with 241 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/147219/so-far-more-than-50000-kindle-fire-pre-orders-per-day?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "[0]Leaked screens from Amazon's internal
stock monitoring and assignment system (Alaska) has revealed just how
popular the Kindle Fire tablet is already. In just 5 days of being up for
pre-order there have been 250,000 reserved. That's more than [1]50,000
per day or 2,000 sold every hour. If that continues to launch day Amazon
will need to have 2.5 million ready to ship to meet demand. To put that
in context, the original iPad managed to ship 1 million in its first
month." The key phrase seems to be "if this level of consumer demand
continues" ��� but given the success of the e-ink Kindle line, that might
not be crazy. Do you want one, or not?
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Links:
0. http://cultofandroid.com/257/leaked-sales-numbers-suggest-amazon-kindle-fire-on-track-to-outsell-ipad-exclusive/
1. http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/kindle-fire-pre-orders-exceeding-2000-per-hour-2011104/
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| OCaml For the Masses
| from the cue-up-the-language-bigots dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @13:55 (Programming)
| with 231 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1557206/ocaml-for-the-masses?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]CowboyRobot writes "Yaron Minsky of [1]Jane Street argues that the
[2]time has come for statically-typed functional languages like OCaml and
Haskell. He cites many reasons and illustrates what he says is the most
important, concision: 'The importance of concision is clear: other things
being equal, shorter code is easier to read, easier to write, and easier
to maintain.'"
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Links:
0. http://acetio.com/
1. http://janestreet.com/
2. http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2038036
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| Zune Dead, Then Not Dead, Then Officially Dead
| from the now-that's-longevity dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @09:40 (Microsoft)
| with 178 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1332223/zune-dead-then-not-dead-then-officially-dead?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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UnknowingFool writes "On Monday Microsoft updated webpages to announce a
price drop for the Zune pass subscription, and it [0]removed all
references to the Zune hardware. This prompted many to suspect the Zune
was dead. A MS spokesman then [1]tweeted that the updates were in error
and the Zune was not dead. Then MS later admitted that they [2]will no
longer produce hardware but would honor any existing orders. It appears
MS has trouble with managing their PR."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1332223/zune-dead-then-not-dead-then-officially-dead?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-restores-zune-hd-page-not-axed-yet-03185005/
1. https://twitter.com/yegr/statuses/120929740621225984?_escaped_fragment_=/yegr/status/120929740621225984#!/yegr/status/120929740621225984
2. http://www.zune.net/en-US/support/zuneplayers/supportzuneplayers.htm
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| id Software Releases <em>RAGE</em>
| from the back-in-the-post-apocalyptic-saddle dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 04, @06:20 (First Person Shooters (Games))
| with 177 comments
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/0651231/id-software-releases-rage?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Today marks the launch of RAGE, id Software's post-apocalyptic
first-person shooter that's been in development for at least four years.
Early response to the game is mixed, but mostly positive. Eurogamer
wrote, "This certainly isn't a video game like the ones we're used to
playing in 2011, smothered in celebrity voice actors and
shoulder-grabbingly intense expository cut-scenes, and varnished by
psychologists so we never look in the wrong direction when we're
sprinting away from a set-piece. Instead [0]it's something simpler and
more old-fashioned. Judged on game design and content, then, it's
slightly anachronistic, but as a toy box full of things you can only do
in games, RAGE is warm-hearted and refreshing." The review at Opposable
Thumbs was much more critical, saying, "[1]None of the game's ideas are
thought out or fully explored, so the game feels like a series of dead
ends in a world that is hard to care about, in which you play a bland
character doing boring things against stock enemies using weak guns." If
you'd like to see a look at the actual gameplay, Giant Bomb has [2]a
lengthy video with commentary.
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-04-rage-review
1. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/10/rage-is-the-gamiest-game-that-ever-gamed.ars
2. http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-rage/17-4996/
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| SAIC Loses Data of 4.9 Million Patients
| from the keep-them-tapes-safe dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 04, @14:37 (Privacy)
| with 167 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1815256/saic-loses-data-of-49-million-patients?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Government contractor SAIC just can't seem to
get a break. Still fresh off of the [0]Citytime scandal, they've now had
a data breach in which [1]backup tapes holding 4.9 million personal
health records were stolen from an employee's car. To add insult to
injury, evidently the tapes were not encrypted either: 'Tricare did not
indicate whether SAIC encrypted the information on the stolen tapes, but
Raley said, "It's [2]very hard to encrypt a backup tape."'"
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Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/30/2025206/nyc-mayor-demands-600m-refund-on-software-project
1. http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/security-privacy/231700161
2. http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/Download/Forms/DataBreach_PublicStatement.pdf
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| Spock Gives Up the Con
| from the retire-long-and-prosper dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 04, @15:01 (Entertainment)
| with 166 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1827245/spock-gives-up-the-con?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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tverbeek writes "Leonard Nimoy announced at the Creation Con in Chicago,
celebrating the 45th anniversary of Star Trek, that this would be [0]his
last appearance at a Trek convention. He spoke for an hour, which at
least suggests that he's making this move by choice and not out of
necessity. He's 80 years old. 'Live long and prosper,' he told the
crowd."
Discuss this story at:
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1827245/spock-gives-up-the-con?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/04/ap/entertainment/main20115183.shtml
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| One More Thing For Apple Stores: Food?
| from the durn-good-idea dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @12:12 (Iphone)
| with 160 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1546232/one-more-thing-for-apple-stores-food?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mattnyc99 writes "Esquire raises an interesting question on iPhone 5 day:
[0]What if Apple stores had cafes? From an analyst cited in the article:
'In line with the Genius Bar concept, I could see them taking a part of
the store and making it a caf�� atmosphere where customers could interact
with technology in a relaxed environment.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1546232/one-more-thing-for-apple-stores-food?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/apple-store-cafes-6504152
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| Ask Slashdot: Advice For Using a Cell Phone In China?
| from the speak-loud-so-everyone-understands dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @10:44 (Cellphones)
| with 135 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1430244/ask-slashdot-advice-for-using-a-cell-phone-in-china?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter Oyjord writes "I am going to China in
March, and I was curious what kind of cell phone hardware and plans
American travelers use while there. I honestly don't like cell phones
(and I currently use the Drug Dealer Throwaway Special Du Jour) but I
thought I'd look into one with a good data plan, so I could perhaps take
pics and upload them on the spot, and perhaps use the phone's internal
GPS as opposed to taking my Garmin along, etc." (Note: it would be great
if you include in your answers some idea about their currency ��� if you're
in China right now, say, or if you were there more than a year ago.)
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| Airline Offering Plane Crash Survival Course to Frequent Flyers
| from the survivor-class-seating dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Tuesday October 04, @14:07 (Transportation)
| with 134 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1548211/airline-offering-plane-crash-survival-course-to-frequent-flyers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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British Airways is giving their best customers a competitive edge in the
event of disaster by offering [0]a course on surviving a plane crash.
Beginning next year, members of the airline's Executive Club can cash in
air miles to take the four-hour safety class. From the article: "Andy
Clubb, the BA manager running the course, told the Independent: 'It makes
passengers safer when travelling by giving additional skills and
information, it dispels all those Internet theories about the brace
position, and it just gives people so much more confidence in flying.'"
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| Paris Launches World's First Electric Car Share Program
| from the surrendering-to-efficiency dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 04, @02:05 (Power)
| with 131 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/0017238/paris-launches-worlds-first-electric-car-share-program?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Yesterday Paris took a big step towards clean
transportation as it launched the [0]world's first electric car share
program. Created by Vincent Bollore, the [1]Autolib electric car-share is
modeled off the city's popular bike share system, and it will be the
[2]largest program of its kind in the world. By December the program will
include 250 electric vehicles, and it's planned to expand in 2012 if the
first leg of the project is successful."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iI2eqAZ0q6I7ym72GvpK1rz773cQ?docId=CNG.947744aa7f2a9543ab7c4b0e24b9136c.81
1. http://www.autolib.fr/autolib/
2. http://inhabitat.com/paris-launches-worlds-largest-electric-car-share-program-autolib/
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| Anti-Piracy PI Talks About Building Cases Against File-Sharers
| from the full-clips-and-blank-cdrs dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 04, @04:16 (Piracy)
| with 103 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/0623255/anti-piracy-pi-talks-about-building-cases-against-file-sharers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Torrent Freak has an interesting interview
with a former private investigator who was hired to track people who
pirated software and movies. He relates [0]some of the tactics used to
make evidence more appealing to police, the media and lawmakers. He said,
'We discussed the formula for extrapolating the potential street value
earnings of "laboratories" and we were instructed to count all blank
discs in our seizure figures as if they were potential product. Mr. Gane
also explained that the increased loss approximation figures were derived
from all forms of impacts on decreasing cinema patronage right through to
the farmer who grows the corn for popping.' Regarding the head of AFACT,
the article notes, 'Gane understood that the media was an essential tool
towards AFACT's goal of getting tougher copyright legislation in place.
And for this purpose, it was a good idea to bend the truth a bit.'"
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Links:
0. http://torrentfreak.com/private-anti-piracy-investigator-spills-the-beans-111003/
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| Climate Change Driving War?
| from the driving-an-suv-is-now-an-act-of-war dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 04, @19:04 (Earth)
| with 95 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/2257211/climate-change-driving-war?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter [0]Stirling Newberry writes "You may have heard of [1]The
Great Moderation (PDF), which argues that business cycles have become
less volatile over time, and the [2]Green Revolution, a set of
initiatives that led to increased global food production. These, it has
been argued, have led to a marked decrease in war across the world. But
not so fast, says a study in Science. It may well be that [3]periods of
war, past and present, can be linked to changes in climate: 'The most
direct way in which extreme climate shifts influence human society is
through agriculture, Zhang says; a falling supply of crops will drive up
the price of gold and cause inflation. Similarly, epidemics can be
exacerbated by famine. And when people are miserable, they are [4]likely
to become angry with their governments and each other, resulting in war.
But golden ages rise out of these dark periods, the team argues. For
instance, a 100-year cold period beginning in 1560 caused shortened crop
growing seasons. The researchers found a causal linkage with a decline in
average human height by nearly an inch during this period, and the
century was rife with disease and conflict. But the world began to warm
in 1650; when Charles II was crowned king of England in 1660, the
coronation sparked the Enlightenment era in Europe.'"
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Links:
0. mailto:stirling.newberry@xigenics.net
1. http://www.nber.org/chapters/c11075.pdf
2. http://archive.irri.org/publications/today/borlaug.asp
3. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/got-war-blame-the-weather.html
4. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/09/29/1104268108.full.pdf+html
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| For Academic Publishing, Princeton Goes Open Access By Default
| from the congratulations-and-kudos dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @11:49 (Education)
| with 91 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1446216/for-academic-publishing-princeton-goes-open-access-by-default?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter crazyvas writes "Princeton University
[0]will prevent researchers from giving the copyright of scholarly
articles to journal publishers (except if a waiver is requested). The new
rule is part of an Open Access policy aimed at broadening the reach of
their scholarly work and encouraging publishers to adjust standard
contracts that commonly require exclusive copyright as a condition of
publication. Universities pay millions of dollars a year for academic
journal subscriptions. People without subscriptions are often prevented
from reading taxpayer funded research. This is a bold first step in
changing the face of how research (especially when taxpayer funded) works
in the country, and a step towards weakening the current culture of
charging increasingly exorbitant prices to view academic research
publications."
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| Facebook Forming a PAC
| from the politics-is-the-worst-kind-of-social-networking dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 04, @19:45 (Facebook)
| with 89 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/234220/facebook-forming-a-pac?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]DougDot writes "According to a recent SFGate article, 'Social
networking giant Facebook is expanding its political footprint,
confirming that it has filed the necessary paperwork to [1]open a
political action committee in advance of the 2012 elections. The move is
the latest in a series of maneuvers boosting the Palo Alto company's
political profile in recent years, joining a steady rise in lobbying
spending, several high-profile fundraisers and the failed statewide
candidacy of one of its key officers for attorney general last year.'
With 800 million users in its social network, and with very deep pockets,
we could have a new, powerful Congress-influencing entity steering
American politics."
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Links:
0. mailto:dougr@parrot-farm.net
1. http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-09-28/news/30211216_1_sheryl-sandberg-political-profile-chief-privacy-officer
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| Deadline Approaches For Registration In Stanford's Free CS Classes
| from the student-lounge-use-not-included dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @09:59 (AI)
| with 86 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1343217/deadline-approaches-for-registration-in-stanfords-free-cs-classes?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]Gastrobot writes "Stanford University is
offering [1]some computer science classes for free. This has been
[2]discussed here [3]twice before. The classes begin on Oct. 10th. At
this point in time I'm aware of Stanford offering an [4]Intro to
Databases course, an [5]Intro to AI course, and a [6]Machine Learning
course."
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Links:
0. mailto:gastrobot@gmail.com
1. http://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/2917-more-free-online-courses.html
2. http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/1646210/Stanford-Intro-To-AI-Course-Offered-Free-Online
3. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/21/1820240/More-Stanford-Computing-Courses-Go-Free
4. http://www.db-class.org/course/auth/welcome
5. http://www.ai-class.com/
6. http://www.ml-class.org/course/auth/welcome
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| Borders Books Customers, Watch For Database Opt-Out Email
| from the you'd-think-opt-in-would-be-more-polite dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @09:13 (Privacy)
| with 84 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1254231/borders-books-customers-watch-for-database-opt-out-email?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "That email you might be getting from Barnes
and Noble might not be spam, but rather [0]your only chance to prevent
the comprehensive record of your buying history at defunct arch-rival
Borders from ending up in B&N's data warehouse. You have15 days after the
email arrives, assuming that it ever does, since chances are the email
address you originally signed up with Borders is long gone." For that
very reason, this sounds like a good place for the terms of the
bankruptcy to require opting in, rather than opting out.
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Links:
0. http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/2011_1003former_borders_customers_beware/
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| Amazon Re-Opens Affiliate Program In California
| from the books-and-taxes dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 04, @16:10 (The Almighty Buck)
| with 82 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1939218/amazon-re-opens-affiliate-program-in-california?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Due to Governor Jerry Brown [0]temporarily
repealing the tax law opposed by Amazon, the [1]Amazon Associates Program
has been brought back to California." Amazon will still have to collect
sales tax in California in 2013 unless Congress intevenes before then.
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Links:
0. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576598883358407422.html
1. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/amazon-320137-california-state.html
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| Belgian ISP Ordered to Block The Pirate Bay; Telecomix and TPB Offer Workarounds
| from the when-will-politicians-learn dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 04, @15:26 (Censorship)
| with 76 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1855211/belgian-isp-ordered-to-block-the-pirate-bay-telecomix-and-tpb-offer-workarounds?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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bs0d3 writes "Today a court Belgium overruled an earlier judgment and
[0]ordered an ISP to block The Pirate Bay. The type of block to be used
by the ISP is a simple DNS filter, which is similar to ones used before
in Denmark. In Denmark, the DNS block was extremely easy to circumvent,
and the attention to The Pirate Bay actually increased [1]Danish site
traffic after the block. Today a hacktivist group called [2]Telecomix,
which is more recently known for helping to establish communications
during the [3]Internet blackout in Egypt, is offering their [4]help.
Their custom made [5]'censorship proof' DNS service is designed for
situations just like this. ISP customers facing a block can simply use
Telecomix's DNS server instead of the ISP-provided one to access blocked
sites such as The Pirate Bay." The Pirate Bay also has [6]suggestions for
getting around the DNS block.
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Links:
0. http://activepolitic.com:82/News/2011-10-04a/Belgian_ISPs_Ordered_To_Block_The_Pirate_Bay.html
1. http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1659
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecomix
3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/29/anonymous-internet-egypt_n_815889.html
4. http://twitter.com/#!/telecomix/status/121241909942435840
5. http://dns.telecomix.org/
6. http://thepiratebay.org/blog/195
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| AMD Brings New Desktop Chips Down To 65W
| from the doing-more-with-less dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 04, @17:35 (AMD)
| with 75 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/2058247/amd-brings-new-desktop-chips-down-to-65w?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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crookedvulture writes "AMD's new Llano-powered A-series APUs have had a
difficult birth on the desktop. The first chips were saddled with a 100W
power rating, making them look rather unattractive next to Intel's 65W
parts. Now, AMD has rolled out a [0]65W version of Llano that's nearly as
fast as its 100W predecessor despite drawing considerably less power
under load. This A8-3800 APU doesn't skimp on integrated graphics, which
is key to Llano's appeal. If you're not going to be using the built-in
Radeon, the value proposition of AMD's latest desktop APUs [1]looks a
little suspect."
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Links:
0. http://techreport.com/articles.x/21730
1. http://techreport.com/articles.x/21730/9
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| Wikimedia Foundation Enables HTTPS For All Projects
| from the secure-citation-needed dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 04, @00:01 (Privacy)
| with 64 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/0010206/wikimedia-foundation-enables-https-for-all-projects?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The Wikimedia Foundation has [0]enabled HTTPS
for all of its projects (Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, etc.), to enable
secure log-in and browsing privacy. Their blog post goes into detail
about how the service is configured, linking to configuration files and
implementation documentation. It also mentions that HTTPS Everywhere will
have updated rules for this change soon."
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| 3D Helicopter View Added To Google Maps
| from the merging-the-flight-sims-and-directions dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 03, @21:56 (Google)
| with 53 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/03/2245241/3d-helicopter-view-added-to-google-maps?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "Those not content with getting a 2D top-down or
360-degree street level view of a planned route using Google Maps [0]can
now enjoy a virtual flight over the route thanks to Google [1]adding a
new Helicopter View. The new feature, which currently only works in a
full browser and requires the Google Earth plugin, lets users see 3D
view, and should come in particularly handy for walkers or bike riders
looking for a more intuitive view of potentially tiring hills."
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Links:
0. http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011/09/helicopter-view-of-your-driving.html
1. http://www.gizmag.com/google-maps-helicopter-view/20014/
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| China's Alibaba Interested In Buying Yahoo
| from the maybe-they'll-have-cuter-jingles dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @12:30 (Businesses)
| with 51 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1526254/chinas-alibaba-interested-in-buying-yahoo?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "Alibaba is a company that most Americans probably
haven't heard of, but it's a hugely important Internet player in China,
owning the Yahoo! China site as well as a host of other marketplace
Websites. It's 40 percent owned by Yahoo, but now, in what seems a bit
like a snake eating its own tail, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma has declared his
interest in [1]buying the embattled Internet portal outright." The San
Francisco Chronicle has a [2]Bloomberg News article with more details;
they report that Alibaba is actually one of three parties looking into a
joint bid for Yahoo, the others being the equity firm Silver Lake and
Russian tech investor [3]Digital Sky Technologies.
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Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/internet/209341/alibabas-jack-ma-interested-buying-yahoo
2. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/04/bloomberg_articlesLSJNS40D9L35.DTL
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Sky_Technologies
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| Sony Ericsson Helps Out FreeXperia Developers
| from the helping-hand dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 03, @23:15 (Android)
| with 49 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/03/2357228/sony-ericsson-helps-out-freexperia-developers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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hypnosec writes "Smartphone maker [0]Sony Ericsson has decided to work
closely with developers creating custom Android ROMs for devices in order
to learn from them. The company said in a blog post that it has decided
to [1]support an open source developer group called 'FreeXperia,' which
creates custom Android ROMs based on the CyanogenMod for several Sony
Ericsson phones like the Xperia ARC and Play. Sony Ericsson maintained
that it does not approve of some of the work carried out by independent
developers but was keen to work with people who were creating custom
ROMs."
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Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/2011/10/03/sony-ericsson-wants-learn-open-community-helps-out-freexperia-developers/#ixzz1Zj96r2Ht
1. http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/wp/2011/09/28/sony-ericsson-supports-independent-developers/
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| Adapteva Announces Epiphany Mesh Processor
| from the new-dog-in-the-fight dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 04, @03:12 (Technology)
| with 40 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/0614247/adapteva-announces-epiphany-mesh-processor?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MojoKid writes "A new company, Adapteva, has announced its own entry
into the field of many core, mesh-connected processors. The company's
[1]Epiphany architecture is an array of simple, RISC-based
microprocessors. Each processor contains ALU and FPU units, 32K of SRAM
cache and each processor node incorporates a router. Nodes communicate
with each other via mesh networking. The implementation is capable of
scaling up to a 64x64 array (4,096 processors). Adapteva claims that
Epiphany is capable of delivering unprecedented performance per watt,
with a 16-core array offering up to 19Gflops at 270mW on a 28nm process."
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0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/News/Rise-of-the-MultiCore-Mesh-Munchkins--Adapteva-Announces-New-Epiphany-Processor/
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| R7RS Scheme Progress Report
| from the quite-the-guile-scheme dept.
| posted by Unknown Lamer on Tuesday October 04, @16:40 (Programming)
| with 34 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1942209/r7rs-scheme-progress-report?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]John Cowan recently gave a [1]talk on the progress of R7RS ([2]slides),
the next revision of the [3]Scheme language standard, at [4]LispNYC.
After the R6RS [5]debacle, the community stepped back and is now basing
the next standard on [6]R5RS; the work has been split into two languages
��� R7RS-Small and R7RS-Large. The [7]first working group is preparing to
issue a final [8]draft of the R7RS-Small language (PDF; clocking in at 73
pages vs. R5RS's 50) within the next few weeks. Read on for a summary of
the planned changes to R7RS (more or less in the order of presentation).
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0. http://ccil.org/~cowan/
1. http://vimeo.com/29391029
2. http://ccil.org/~cowan/scheme-2011-09.pdf
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_(programming_language)
4. http://www.lispnyc.org/
5. http://lists.r6rs.org/pipermail/r6rs-discuss/2007-October/003351.html
6. http://www.schemers.org/Documents/Standards/R5RS/
7. http://trac.sacrideo.us/wg/wiki
8. http://trac.sacrideo.us/wg/raw-attachment/wiki/WikiStart/r7rs-draft-3.pdf
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| Inside ICS-CERT's War Room
| from the general-mckittrick's-around-somewhere dept.
| posted by timothy on Tuesday October 04, @08:52 (Government)
| with 28 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/1236250/inside-ics-certs-war-room?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "When Stuxnet first appeared in July 2010, the U.S.
response was gathered at the ICS-CERT facilities at Idaho National Labs
(INL). 'This is the classified building where phones will start ringing
should the next Stuxnet show up, and home to staffers who specialize in
IT and industrial systems,' said Robert McMillan, who was invited to
attend a [1]training exercise run by the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) and INL. 'It's small ��� there were just four analysts there
on Thursday ��� but it looks like the security operations centers you see
big companies such as Cisco and Symantec: people sitting in front of
computers, with a big screen showing a real time feed of any situations
that need to be handled.'"
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0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/government/209169/front-line-against-next-stuxnet
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