Senin, 26 Maret 2012

Slashdot Newsletter 2012-03-26

 
 
The Risks of Using Spreadsheets for Statistical Analysis
Are spreadsheets more hindrance than help in data analysis? Download a free whitepaper to learn more  
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Secure Content Sharing and Collaboration in 2012
Learn what IT leaders have to say about this pivotal IT transformation and get access to cases and key learning\'s that will help you move your organization forward. This webcast will cover all the topics related to these top trends, including: Serving files over the cloud, sharing content and media across disparate departments, managed file transfer, IT project management, real-time collaboration, and the evolution of file serving systems like FTP. This LIVE webcast airs on Wednesday March 28, 2012 at 11:00am Pacific/2:00pm Eastern  
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From the Department of but-officer-my-hands-are-on-the-wheel
antdude writes "This MSNBC Bottom Line story/article says that 'If you're a conscientious motorist who still does everything the way your driver's-ed instructor told you to, you're doing it all wrong. For decades, the standard instruction was that...
 
From the Department of let-him-count-the-ways
Hugh Pickens writes "With 3 million sold over the last week what's not to like about the new iPad? Michelle Maltais at the LA Times does a good job of putting together a compendium of gripes about the new device, justified or otherwise. Most...
 
From the Department of this-must-just-be-a-bad-dream
bricko writes "The recently issued National Highway Transportation Safety Agency guidelines for automakers to minimize distraction for in-vehicle electronics included a proposal to freeze maps on navigation systems. No more scrolling maps...just...
 
From the Department of it's-2012-how-do-you-back-up?
New submitter multimediavt writes "Ok, here's my problem. I have a lot of personal data! (And, no, it's not pr0n, warez, or anything the MPAA or RIAA would be concerned about.) I am realizing that I need to keep at least one spare drive the same...
 
From the Department of I'd-care-more-about-electric-cars
Bananatree3 writes "While we have sci-fi visions of room temperature superconductors like in the movie Avatar, the question still remains: How would the discovery of a such a material impact our everyday lives? How would the nature of warfare...
 
From the Department of have-you-considered-the-patch?
An anonymous reader writes "China said that it planned to end the practice of taking organs from executed prisoners within five years, according to the state media report on Friday. Instead, China's vice minister of health Dr. Huang Jiefu said...
 
From the Department of such-nice-apples-you've-got-there
New submitter themib writes "After only two release candidates XBMC v11.0 Eden has been released. The latest version contains many updates and new features, including: Addon Rollbacks, Confluence improvements, Dirty region rendering, a new JPEG...
 
From the Department of complaints-department
no_such_user writes "It's easy to ignore the controversy surrounding software patents, especially if you don't have the passion for technology which Slashdot readers do. But as Dana Nieder discovered, it's not all about major corporations and...
 
From the Department of ok-you're-jealous-and-so-am-I
James Cameron is on his way down. The director's long-planned trip to the deepest spot on Earth — the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep — is in progress; by the time you read this, if all goes well, Cameron will be navigating around in...
 
From the Department of and-ya-takes-yer-chances
itwbennett writes "The recent Slashdot discussion on the open source community's attitude on profits neglected an important point: 'no profits' doesn't mean 'no money.' There are plenty of open source not-for-profit organizations that take in...
 
From the Department of tattoo-sized
Have you upgraded your hardware to play something beefier than 140-byte Tetris? New submitter alokmenghrajani writes with "a detailed view of how we size-optimized a game of Tron to just 226 bytes." It's also optimized for Chrome, and very fast.
 
From the Department of antisocial-networking
An anonymous reader writes "Many people have called for a 'dislike' button on Facebook, but the service has not allowed it. A professor's app lets users add 'enemies,' in what he says is critique of the service's advertiser-friendly niceness. Will...
 
From the Department of april-fools!
According to a story from CNN, "A piece of a debris from a Russian Cosmos satellite passed close enough to the International Space Station on Saturday that its crew was ordered into escape capsules as a precaution, NASA said. The six crew members...
 
From the Department of be-sure-to-preview-your-comment-below
New submitter lulalala writes "Writing documents using markup languages isn't always easy. Take Wikipedia, for example: one often needs time to relocate the current focus when they switch between previewing and editing mode. Now with Gliimpse, one...
 
From the Department of where's-that-stupid-fat-lady
angry tapir writes "Although earlier reports claimed that a scientific panel recommended South Africa over Australia as the best site for the proposed Square Kilometre Array, the SKA board of directors is still debating which country will host the...
 
 
 
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