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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years?
* Pi Computed To 10 Trillion Digits
* Amazon Bypassing Publishers By Signing Authors Directly
* Can the Hottest Peppers In the World Kill You?
* Comet May Have Missed Earth By a Few hundred Kilometers
* All-Electric DeLorean Car To Hit the Streets In 2013
* Time Zone Database Has New Home After Lawsuit
* Verizon Wireless Changes Privacy Policy
* Electrical Power From Humans
* Google Improves Android Translator To Battle Siri
* SF Authors Predict Computing's Future
* William Shatner Answers, in 826 Words
* Dutch Court Rejects Samsung Patent Claims Against Apple
* RIM Offers Free Apps Following Outage
* NoScript For Android Devices Released
* Verizon's 'Can You Hear Me Now' Fleet Testing 4G
* Original Content Coming To YouTube?
* NASA Charters Flights Aboard Virgin's SpaceShipTwo
* Analysis of 250,000 Hacker Conversations
* Nanomaterial May Allow Devices to Rewire Themselves
* Book Review: The Information: a History, a Theory, a Flood
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| What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years?
| from the first-century-is-the-best dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @08:07 (Medicine)
| with 800 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/0333248/what-happens-when-the-average-lifespan-is-150-years?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter Macgrrl writes "It was reported today in
The Age newspaper that scientists believe they will have a drug within
the next 5-10 years that will [0]extend the average human lifespan to 150
years. Given the retirement age is 65, that would give you an extra 85
years, meaning you would probably have to extend the average working life
to 100 or 120 years to prevent the economy becoming totally unbalanced
and pensions running out. That assumes that the life extension is all
'good years', and not a prolonged period of dementia and physical
decline. Would you want to live to 150? What do you see as being the most
likely issues and what do you think you would do with all the extra
years?"
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Links:
0. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/drugs-may-let-us-live-to-150-20111016-1lrm5.html
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| Pi Computed To 10 Trillion Digits
| from the because-he-can dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @02:07 (Math)
| with 389 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/0320259/pi-computed-to-10-trillion-digits?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "A Japanese programmer that goes by the handle
JA0HXV announced that he has [0]computed Pi to 10 trillion digits. This
breaks the previous world record of 5 trillion digits. Computation began
in October of 2010 and finished yesterday after multiple hard disk
problems, he said. Details in English are not fully available yet, but
[1]the Japanese page gives further details. JA0HXV has held computation
records for Pi in the past."
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Links:
0. http://ja0hxv.calico.jp/pai/estart.html
1. http://ja0hxv.calico.jp/pai/pietc.html
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| Amazon Bypassing Publishers By Signing Authors Directly
| from the it-was-the-spring-of-hope,-it-was-the-winter-of-despair dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 17, @15:02 (Books)
| with 341 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1821244/amazon-bypassing-publishers-by-signing-authors-directly?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "David Streitfeld reports that [1]Amazon is
aggressively wooing top authors, gnawing away at the services publishers,
critics and agents used to provide. 'Everyone's afraid of Amazon,' says
Richard Curtis, a longtime agent who is also an e-book publisher. 'The
only really necessary people in the publishing process now are the writer
and reader,' adds Russell Grandinetti, one of Amazon's top executives.
'Everyone who stands between those two has both risk and opportunity.'
But [2]publishers are fighting back at writers who publish with Amazon.
In 2010 Kiana Davenport signed with a division of Penguin for The Chinese
Soldier's Daughter, a Civil War love story, and received a $20,000
advance. In the meantime Davenport packaged several award-winning short
stories she had written 20 years ago and packaged them in an e-book,
Cannibal Nights, available on Amazon. When Penguin found out, it went
'ballistic,' accusing her of breaking her contractual promise to avoid
competition, canceling her novel, and suing Davenport to recover her
advance. Davenport knows her crime: '[3]Sleeping with the enemy? Perhaps.
But now I know who the enemy is.'"
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Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/technology/amazon-rewrites-the-rules-of-book-publishing.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all
2. http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/publishers-find-amazon-self-publishing-threatening-self-published-writer-suggests/
3. http://kianadavenportdialogues.blogspot.com/2011/08/sleeping-with-enemy-cautionary-tale.html
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| Can the Hottest Peppers In the World Kill You?
| from the dead-man's-chili dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @11:12 (Biotech)
| with 305 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1358244/can-the-hottest-peppers-in-the-world-kill-you?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Katharine Gammon writes that last week, the
Kismot Indian restaurant in Edinburgh, Scotland, held a competition to
eat the extra-hot Kismot Killer curry and several ambulances were called
after some of the competitive eaters [1]were left writhing on the floor
in agony, vomiting and fainting. Paul Bosland, professor of horticulture
at New Mexico State University and director of the [2]Chile Pepper
Institute, says that chili peppers can indeed cause death ��� but most
people's bodies would falter long before they reached that point.
'Theoretically, one could eat enough really hot chiles to kill you,' says
Bosland adding that a research study in 1980 calculated that three pounds
of the [3]hottest peppers in the world ��� something like the Bhut Jolokia
��� eaten all at once could kill a 150-pound person. Chili peppers cause
the eater's insides to rev up, activating the sympathetic nervous system
��� which helps control most of the body's internal organs ��� to expend more
energy, so the body burns more calories when the same food is eaten with
chili peppers. But tissue inflammation could explain why the contestants
in the Killer Curry contest said they felt like chainsaws were ripping
through their insides. As for the contest, restaurant owner Abdul Ali
[4]admitted the fiery dish may have been too spicy after the Scottish
Ambulance Service warned him to review his event. 'I think we'll tone it
down, but we'll definitely do it next year.'"
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Links:
0. http://poncacityweloveyou.com/
1. http://www.livescience.com/16556-spicy-food-fatal-chili-peppers.html
2. http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/
3. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-06/fyi-what-hottest-pepper-world?page=1
4. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045467/Hottest-chilli-contest-participants-left-vomiting-pain-2-hospitalised-Edinburgh.html#ixzz1a7lzlNCK
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| Comet May Have Missed Earth By a Few hundred Kilometers
| from the old-news dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @10:09 (Earth)
| with 232 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1321225/comet-may-have-missed-earth-by-a-few-hundred-kilometers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]afree87 writes "A re-analysis of
historical observations at a Mexican observatory suggests [1]Earth
narrowly avoided an extinction event just over a hundred years ago. On
August 12th and 13th 1883, an astronomer at a small observatory in
Zacatecas in Mexico made an extraordinary observation, some 450 objects,
each surrounded by a kind of mist, passing across the face of the Sun.
This month, Hector Manterola at the National Autonomous University of
Mexico suggests these were fragments of a comet. 'If they had collided
with Earth we would have had 3275 Tunguska events in two days, probably
an extinction event.'"
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Links:
0. http://aya.shii.org/
1. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27264/
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| All-Electric DeLorean Car To Hit the Streets In 2013
| from the great-scot dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 17, @19:17 (Transportation)
| with 231 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/2217221/all-electric-delorean-car-to-hit-the-streets-in-2013?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "The DeLorean Motor Company just announced
plans to launch an [0]all-electric version of its gull-winged [1] Back to
the Future car in 2013. While it doesn't run on fusion power (yet), it
still has a top speed of 125 mph driven by a 260 horsepower electric
motor."
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Links:
0. http://inhabitat.com/all-electric-delorean-car-to-hit-the-streets-in-2013/
1. http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/atascocita/news/delorean-motor-company-heads-back-to-the-future-electric-delorean/article_72888150-2eef-51d8-b1c6-23477ac92fc8.html
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| Time Zone Database Has New Home After Lawsuit
| from the let-us-handle-this dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @12:15 (The Courts)
| with 219 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1555201/time-zone-database-has-new-home-after-lawsuit?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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networkBoy writes "ICANN has taken stewardship of the time zone database
after its original operators were [0]sued for copyright infringement by
an astrology software company, saying they will '[1]deal with any legal
matters as they arise'. From the article: 'Without this database and
others like it, computers would display Greenwich Mean Time, or the time
in London when it isn't on summer time. People would have to manually
calculate local time when they schedule meetings or book flights.'"
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Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/06/1743226/civil-suit-filed-involving-the-time-zone-database
1. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/time-zone-database-home-lawsuit-14748312
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| Verizon Wireless Changes Privacy Policy
| from the changing-the-rules dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday October 16, @22:46 (Privacy)
| with 197 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/0046253/verizon-wireless-changes-privacy-policy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter flash2011 writes "Recently Verizon changed
its home internet TOS to by default [0]share your location with
advertisers. Now Verizon Wireless has also changed its privacy policy to
by default share your [1]web browsing history, cell phone location and
app usage as well. Whilst there have been a few stories on these changes,
internet forums have largely been quiet. Where is the outrage? Or have we
just come to accept that ISPs are going to sell our personal information
and web browsing habits?"
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Links:
0. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/verizon-tweaks-privacy-policy-for-ad-targeting-based-on-physical-address/60629
1. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394625,00.asp
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| Electrical Power From Humans
| from the don't-give-them-any-ideas dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 17, @14:19 (Biotech)
| with 193 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1749258/electrical-power-from-humans?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Coisiche writes "The BBC covers a team of scientists who are working on
[0]a new way to power medical implants: an internal biofuel cell. From
the article: 'Their gadget, called a biofuel cell, uses glucose and
oxygen at concentrations found in the body to generate electricity. They
are the first group in the world to demonstrate their device working
while implanted in a living animal. If all goes to plan, within a decade
or two, biofuel cells may be used to power a range of medical implants,
from sensors and drug delivery devices to entire artificial organs. All
you'll need to do to power them up is eat a candy bar, or drink a coke.
... In 2010, they tested their fuel cell in a rat for 40 days and
reported that it worked flawlessly, producing a steady electrical current
throughout, with no noticeable side effects on the rat's behavior or
physiology.' Of course, there's never been a sci-fi movie using such
technology as a plot device..."
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Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15305579
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| Google Improves Android Translator To Battle Siri
| from the let-your-phone-do-the-talking dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @09:28 (Google)
| with 175 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1223232/google-improves-android-translator-to-battle-siri?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]judgecorp writes "Google Translate for Android, the mobile version of
Google's machine translation software, now [1]translates speech back and
forth between 14 languages, the company claims. Earlier this year the
company added Conversation Mode, which lets users to translate chats
between English and Spanish. Now Google has made the tool available from
Android 2.2 handsets and later in Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Dutch,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish,
Russian and Turkish. The arrival of Siri on the iPhone could spark
serious competition in translation systems on phones."
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Links:
0. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/
1. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/google-tweaks-android-translation-tool-42455
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| SF Authors Predict Computing's Future
| from the mentalnet-is-like-a-series-of-tubes dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 17, @16:25 (Sci-Fi)
| with 167 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/195244/sf-authors-predict-computings-future?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Esther Schindler writes "'Over the past century a lot of science
fiction has been published, showcasing a lot of wild ideas, and if you
sit enough authors at enough typewriters or word processors, somebody is
bound to get a few things right. Science fiction's greater influence,
though, goes beyond whether or not the authors can make a good guess,'
writes Kevin J. Anderson in [1]Science Fiction's Take on the Future of
Computers: Visionaries and Imaginaries. 'Rather than predicting the
future, the SF genre is much better at inspiring the future. Visionaries
read or see cool ideas in their favorite SF books or films, then decide
how to make it a reality.' So Anderson assembled a set of visionaries,
and asked them where they thought computing is headed: Mike Resnick,
Robert J. Sawyer, Greg Bear, Michael A. Stackpole, Dr. Gregory Benford,
and Christopher Paolini gaze into their crystal balls. 'Forget artificial
intelligence. The future of computing is artificial consciousness, and it
will be here within 20 years, and maybe much sooner than that,' says
Sawyer. 'Our future wired world will have smart, wireless robots ��� gofers
in hospitals, security guards with IR vision at night, lawn mowers, etc.
We ourselves will be wired, with devices and embedded sensors taking in
data and giving it out ��� a two way street,' contributes Benford."
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Links:
0. mailto:esther@bitranch.com
1. http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Science-Fiction-s-Take-on-the-Future-of-Computers-Visionaries/ba-p/556
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| William Shatner Answers, in 826 Words
| from the time-and-space-mean-nothing-and-everything dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday October 17, @12:57 (Books)
| with 154 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/150212/william-shatner-answers-in-826-words?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]You asked William Shatner questions, and Shatner replied. It's not the
[1]first time he's answered questions for Slashdot (that was in 2002),
but Shatner's given a bit more insight this time into what makes an
80-year-old actor-author-sportsman-father-filmmaker tick as fast as ever.
Did he mention that he's got a one-man show about to open? And a new
album? Note: Typically Shatner, he's also chosen to ignore (or transcend)
the usual Slashdot interview structure, and written his answers in his
own style, which is why the format looks a little different from most of
our interviews. Thanks, Bill. (Read on for his answers.)
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Links:
0. http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/10/03/1616200/ask-william-shatner-whatever-youd-like
1. http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/02/12/05/1444246/William-Shatner-Replies
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| Dutch Court Rejects Samsung Patent Claims Against Apple
| from the we-don't-think-so dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @05:14 (Patents)
| with 132 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/0325220/dutch-court-rejects-samsung-patent-claims-against-apple?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "A judge at the district court in the Hague has
[1]rejected claims that Samsung had made against Apple regarding four
patents. Samsung wanted Apple to pay for licensing the patents in
question, and the court to issue an injunction banning the import and
sale of Apple's iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, as well as upcoming
products, until licensing terms are in place. But the latter won't happen
at this point. The ruling came in the in the same week [2]that an
Australian court blocked sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1."
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Links:
0. http://www.techworld.com.au/
1. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/404221/
2. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/10/13/029231/australian-court-blocks-sales-of-samsung-galaxy-tablet
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| RIM Offers Free Apps Following Outage
| from the please-come-back dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @10:50 (Blackberry)
| with 121 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1348230/rim-offers-free-apps-following-outage?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wiredmikey writes "Following a series of outages last week that affected
BlackBerry users around the word over a three day period, RIM has come
forward with its plans to "make good" on the incidents that frustrated
millions of users who bashed the mobile technology provider. Research In
Motion today said it would offer [0]a selection of premium apps worth
more than US $100 free of charge to subscribers as 'an expression of
appreciation for their patience during the recent service disruptions.'
The company also announced that its enterprise customers will also be
offered one month of free Technical Support."
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Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/rim-offers-free-apps-and-support-following-service-interruptions
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| NoScript For Android Devices Released
| from the temporarily-allow-dept-line dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 17, @15:42 (Android)
| with 90 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1852219/noscript-for-android-devices-released?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Trailrunner7 writes "The [0]new version of NoScript, the popular browser
add-on that blocks JavaScript and other embedded objects from running on
Web pages, is out in alpha form. It [1]can now run on Android-based
smartphones, giving users protection against script-based attacks on
their mobile devices. The release of NoScript Anywhere includes a variety
of new features, but [2]it's the support for Firefox Mobile that is the
big attraction. The add-on for Android devices is meant to mimic the
desktop version, giving users the ability to set permissions for each
individual site and use a default policy for restricting content.
NoScript also now includes an anti-clickjacking feature and an anti-XSS
filter designed to protect users from cross-site scripting attacks. The
new version also works on Maemo-based phones and tablets."
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Links:
0. http://noscript.net/nsa/
1. http://hackademix.net/2011/10/15/noscript-for-mobile-is-complete/
2. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/noscript-anywhere-released-supports-firefox-mobile-android-devices-101711
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| Verizon's 'Can You Hear Me Now' Fleet Testing 4G
| from the wardriving-for-the-man dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @11:33 (Verizon)
| with 80 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1448208/verizons-can-you-hear-me-now-fleet-testing-4g?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "On the sidelines of the CTIA trade show in San
Diego last week, Verizon [1]showed off one of its test vehicles, a Chevy
Tahoe equipped with a variety of phones and mobile data devices. The
devices make voice and data calls over the air and are wired up to
testing equipment in the back of the truck. The carrier has about 100
such vehicles around the U.S., and testers drive about 1 million miles
(1.6 million kilometers) per year while conducting ongoing network tests,
said Tom Badger, director of network system performance. One thing
Verizon doesn't use: the well-known phrase from its TV commercials."
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/networking/213531/verizons-can-you-hear-me-now-fleet-testing-4g
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| Original Content Coming To YouTube?
| from the blurring-content-platforms dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 17, @17:48 (Youtube)
| with 73 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/2043252/original-content-coming-to-youtube?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]itwbennett writes "Rumors of original, professionally-produced content
channels coming to YouTube are heating up. Earlier this month, the Wall
Street Journal reported on it, invoking pro skateboarder Tony Hawk as one
of the star attractions. Now The Hollywood Reporter is saying the
channels may be [1]launched early next year, with an official
announcement coming later this month. 'Originally the story was that
YouTube was going to invest $100 million in this content, but now that
number has been bumped up to $150 million,' says blogger Peter Smith.
'Does that sound like a lot? Consider Netflix is rumored to be spending
$100 million on House of Cards, a single original series that the company
is backing. [2]YouTube is said to be delivering 24 channels of original
content.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/youtube-add-tv-channels-premium-248876
2. http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/213859/youtubes-rumored-original-content-channels-becoming-official-soon
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| NASA Charters Flights Aboard Virgin's SpaceShipTwo
| from the branson's-upper-atmosphere-experience dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 17, @13:38 (NASA)
| with 66 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1728232/nasa-charters-flights-aboard-virgins-spaceshiptwo?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Zothecula writes "Although Virgin Galactic is generally known as a space
tourism company, it sees research experiments as a future mission segment
and significant business opportunity. To this end, the company has signed
a contract with NASA to [0]provide up to three charter flights on its
SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane. The deal follows the curtain closing
on the Space Shuttle program earlier this year and is part of NASA's
Flight Opportunities Program, which is charged with providing
reduced-gravity environments for research experiments while encouraging
the emerging commercial space industry." In related news, a 68,000-sq.
ft. facility has opened in California that will [1]assist in the assembly
of SpaceShipTwo spaceplanes.
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Links:
0. http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-charters-spaceshiptwo/20174/
1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44891410/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.Tpxdst5VTIk
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| Analysis of 250,000 Hacker Conversations
| from the strange-predilection-for-pancakes dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday October 17, @18:32 (Security)
| with 63 comments
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/2119255/analysis-of-250000-hacker-conversations?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Orome1 writes "Imperva [0]released a report (PDF) analyzing [1]the
content and activities of an online hacker forum with nearly 220,000
registered members, although many are dormant. The forum is used by
hackers for training, communications, collaboration, recruitment,
commerce and even social interaction. Commercially, this forum serves as
a marketplace for selling of stolen data and attack software. The chat
rooms are filled with technical subjects ranging from advice on attack
planning to solicitations for help with specific campaigns."
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Links:
0. http://www.net-security.org/dl/articles/Imperva_Oct2011.pdf
1. http://net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11794
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| Nanomaterial May Allow Devices to Rewire Themselves
| from the future-is-now dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @08:47 (Technology)
| with 60 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1131256/nanomaterial-may-allow-devices-to-rewire-themselves?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Researchers have developed a nanomaterial
that can 'steer' electrical currents. The discovery could lead to the
invention of [0]devices that can reconfigure their internal wiring and
evolve into an entirely different and new device, to reflect the changing
needs of consumers. From the article: 'The team is aiming to create a
single device able to reconfigure itself into a resistor, a rectifier, a
diode and a transistor based on signals from a computer. The
multi-dimensional circuitry could be reconfigured into new electronic
circuits using a varied input sequence of electrical pulses, the team
said. 'Our new steering technology allows use to direct current flow
through a piece of continuous material,' said Professor Bartosz
Grzybowski, who led the research. 'Like redirecting a river, streams of
electrons can be steered in multiple directions through a block of the
material; even multiple streams flowing in opposing directions at the
same time.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.telecoms.com/34884/future-phones-may-rewire-and-reinvent-themselves/
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| Book Review: The Information: a History, a Theory, a Flood
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday October 17, @17:07 (Books)
| with 30 comments
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/1426233/book-review-the-information-a-history-a-theory-a-flood?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]eldavojohn writes "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by
James Gleick has a rather nebulous title and the subtitle doesn't really
help one understand what this book hopes to be about. The extensive
citations are welcomed as the author barely scratches the surface of any
theory of information. It also cherry picks odd and interesting facets of
the history of information but presents them in a chronologically
challenged order. This book is, however, a flood and as a result it could
best be described as a rambling, romantic love note to Information ���
eloquently written and at times wondrously inspiring but at the same time
imparting very little actual knowledge or tools to the reader. If I were
half my age, this book would be the perfect fit for me (just like Chaos
was) but knowing all the punchlines and how the story ends ahead of time
rather ruined it for me. While wandering through interesting anecdotes,
Gleick masks the reader from most of the gory details." Read on for the
rest of eldavojohn's review.
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Links:
0. mailto:my/.username@@@gmail.com
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