A Suicide Goes Viral On the Internet; Aircraft Carriers In Space

Ask Slashdot: Hacking Urban Noise?   |  New Content-Delivery Tech Should Be Presumed Illegal, Says Former Copyright Boss     A Suicide Goes Viral On the Internet  Ask Slashdot: Hacking Urban Noise?  Aircraft Carriers In Space  New Content-Delivery Tech Should Be Presumed Illegal, Says Former Copyright Boss  Notch Won't Certify Minecraft For Windows 8  Slackware 14.0 Arrives  US Court Says Motorola Can't Enforce Microsoft Injunction In Germany  Free Font Helps People With Dyslexia  Python 3.3.0 Released  Iran's News Agency Picks Up Onion Story  Blender Debuts Fourth Open Source Movie: Tears of Steel  Newly Spotted Comet May Shine Among Brightest In History  A Black Hole's Spinning Heart of Darkness  Illinois Prof Calls for a Federal Law To Safeguard Digital Afterlives  Teachers Write an Open Textbook In a Weekend Hackathon     A Suicide Goes Viral On the Internet  From the modicum-of-decency department Hugh Pickens writes "Will Oremus reports that Fox News showed a grisly spectacle Friday afternoon during a live car chase when the suspect got out of his car, stumbled down a hillside, pulled a gun, and shot himself in the head. As the scene...   Ask Slashdot: Hacking Urban Noise?  From the simply-remove-eardrums department b1tbkt writes "I live at the corner of one of the busiest intersections in my city (pop. 350k). Although I've replaced all windows, insulated, and caulked every square inch of the place, the fire trucks and cars with obnoxious stereos still...   Aircraft Carriers In Space  From the way-beyond-the-red-line department An anonymous reader writes "Real-world military conventions have had obvious effects on many sci-fi books, movies, and TV shows. But how does their fictional representation stack up against the evolving rules of high-tech warfare? In an interview...   New Content-Delivery Tech Should Be Presumed Illegal, Says Former Copyright Boss  From the opting-out-of-common-sense department TrueSatan writes "Reminiscent of buggy whip manufacturers taking legal action against auto makers, the former U.S. Register of Copyrights, Ralph Oman, has given an amicus brief in the Aereo case (PDF) stating that all new content-delivery...   Notch Won't Certify Minecraft For Windows 8  From the taking-a-stand department MojoKid writes "The backlash against Windows 8 from various developers continues, but this time a game's creator isn't just expressing discontent. Notch, the developer behind smash hit Minecraft, has declared that he won't be working with...   Slackware 14.0 Arrives  From the significant-digits department First time accepted submitter SgtKeeling writes "After 5 release candidates, a new version of Slackware has been released. From the website: 'Yes, it is that time again! After well over a year of planning, development, and testing, the Slackware...   US Court Says Motorola Can't Enforce Microsoft Injunction In Germany  From the was-meinst-du? department First time accepted submitter Chris453 writes "A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit cannot enforce a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft Corp in Germany, diminishing Google's leverage in...   Free Font Helps People With Dyslexia  From the in-the-interest-of-manknid department Thornburg writes "There is a free font available which has been designed to make it easier for people with dyslexia to read. DailyTech has a piece which pulls together a BBC interview and blog postings by the designer, Abelardo Gonzalez, who...   Python 3.3.0 Released  From the onward-and-upward department An anonymous reader writes "After just over a month of release candidates, the final version of Python 3.3 launched today. This version includes new syntax, including the yield from expression for generator delegation; new library modules,...   Iran's News Agency Picks Up Onion Story  From the makes-them-cry department J053 writes "FARS, the Iranian news agency, ran a story about a Gallup poll which showed that 'the overwhelming majority of rural white Americans said they would rather vote for Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than U.S. president Barack...   Blender Debuts Fourth Open Source Movie: Tears of Steel  From the heat-tear-ducts-to-1200C department An anonymous reader writes "On September 26th the Blender Foundation released their fourth open source short movie called Tears of Steel. This time around, Blender, the fantastic open source 3d modeling/animation/shading/rendering package, was...   Newly Spotted Comet May Shine Among Brightest In History  From the until-bruce-willis-destroys-it department Reader intellitech points to an article at National Geographic, from which he excerpts: "If astronomers' early predictions hold true, the holidays next year may hold a glowing gift for stargazers—a superbright comet, just discovered...   A Black Hole's Spinning Heart of Darkness  From the the-horror-the-horror department sciencehabit writes "Like all invisible things that are only partly understood, black holes evoke a sense of mystery. Astronomers know that the tremendous gravitational pull of a black hole sucks matter in, and that the material falling in causes...   Illinois Prof Calls for a Federal Law To Safeguard Digital Afterlives  From the you-don't-seem-to-be-using-this-account-any-more department An anonymous reader writes "A new paper from Professor Jason Mazzone at the University of Illinois calls for federal laws to regulate what happens to digital accounts after the account holder's death. Mazzone argues that Facebook and other online...   Teachers Write an Open Textbook In a Weekend Hackathon  From the get-it-right-the-first-time department linjaaho writes "A group of Finnish mathematics researchers, teachers and students write an upper secondary mathematics textbook in a three-day booksprint. The event started on Friday 28th September at 9:00 (GMT+3) and the book will be (hopefully)...

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Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed; Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes For Maps App, Recommends Alternatives

The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail   |  Sexism In Science     Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed  The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail  Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes For Maps App, Recommends Alternatives  Sexism In Science  California Employers Can't Ask For Your Facebook Password  Microsoft Calls For $5B Investment In U.S. Education  EU Set To Charge Microsoft Over Ruling Breach  Nebraska Sheriff Wardriving, Sending Letters About Unsecured Wi-Fi  Air Force Foresaw Fatal F-22 Problems; Rejected $100,000 Fix As Too Expensive  Astronomy Portfolio Review Recommends Defunding US's Biggest Telescope  Valve Blog Announces Dates For Steam Linux External Beta  Brown Signs California Bill For Free Textbooks  IPv6 Must Be Enabled On All US Government Sites By Sunday  Sugar Batteries Could Store 20% More Energy Than Li-Ions  ASIC Seeks Power To Read Your Emails     Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed  From the onward-with-the-conspiracy-theories department sycodon writes "Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind the film Innocence of Muslims, has been arrested and jailed in Los Angeles for probation violations. The situation is a win-win for the Obama administration, who can now appear to be...   The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail  From the auto-correct-going-on-the-offensive department Barence writes "A British man was jailed for 18 months for accidentally sending an explicit text message to his entire address book. 24-year-old swimming coach Craig Evans intended to send a text message to his girlfriend asking her for sex....   Apple CEO Tim Cook Apologizes For Maps App, Recommends Alternatives  From the just-rebrand-it-as-stylized-earth department TheBoat writes "Tim Cook has apologized for the company's Maps app in iOS 6. 'We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better.' Cook said the company is continuing to...   Sexism In Science  From the objectivity-is-tough-even-for-experts department An anonymous reader writes with news of a recent paper about the bias among science faculty against female students. The study, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, asked professors to evaluate applications...   California Employers Can't Ask For Your Facebook Password  From the californian-employees-like-this department J053 sends word that California has passed legislation making it illegal for both colleges and employers to request social media account access from students, employees, and prospective hires. "Assemblymember Nora Campos, who authored the bill,...   Microsoft Calls For $5B Investment In U.S. Education  From the throw-money-at-it department Dupple sends this quote from ComputerWorld: "Congress should invest $5 billion in the country's education system — particularly in math, science and technology education — over the next 10 years and pay for it with increased fees on...   EU Set To Charge Microsoft Over Ruling Breach  From the listen-to-the-law department New submitter quippe writes in with some bad news for Microsoft. "Microsoft Corp will be charged for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering it to offer a choice of web browsers, the European Union's antitrust chief said on Thursday, which...   Nebraska Sheriff Wardriving, Sending Letters About Unsecured Wi-Fi  From the after-they-torrent-the-latest-episode-of-cops department An anonymous reader sends this quote from JournalStar.com: "The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office has seen an increase in scammers using unsecured Wi-Fi connections to steal identities and mask their crimes during the past six months,...   Air Force Foresaw Fatal F-22 Problems; Rejected $100,000 Fix As Too Expensive  From the ounce-of-prevention department McGruber writes "The Associated Press is reporting that years before F-22 stealth fighter pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more went on the '60 Minutes'...   Astronomy Portfolio Review Recommends Defunding US's Biggest Telescope  From the would-rather-by-half-a-jet-plane department derekmead writes "Data from the enormous Green Bank Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory has been used to test some of Einstein's theories, discover new molecules in space, and find evidence of the building blocks of life and of...   Valve Blog Announces Dates For Steam Linux External Beta  From the time-to-play department An anonymous reader writes "In the third post to the new Valve Linux Blog, the Linux team has announced that starting next week they will begin their internal beta, with an external beta of 1000 users to begin mid 'some time in October.' There...   Brown Signs California Bill For Free Textbooks  From the all-the-knowledge,-none-of-the-calories department bcrowell writes "California Governor Jerry Brown has signed SB 1052 and 1053, authored by state senator Darrell Steinberg, to create free textbooks for 50 core lower-division college courses. SB 1052 creates a California Open Education Resources...   IPv6 Must Be Enabled On All US Government Sites By Sunday  From the anybody-taking-wagers? department darthcamaro writes "Agencies of the U.S. Federal Government are racing to comply with a September 30th deadline to offer web, email and DNS for all public facing websites over IPv6. While not all government websites will hit the deadline,...   Sugar Batteries Could Store 20% More Energy Than Li-Ions  From the sweet-deal department An anonymous reader writes "Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science have developed a way to create sugar batteries that store 20% more energy than lithium-ion cells. Before it can be used as the anode in a sodium-ion battery, sucrose powder...   ASIC Seeks Power To Read Your Emails  From the let's-take-a-look-mate department nemesisrocks writes "ASIC, Australia's version of the SEC, has called for phone call and internet data to be stored by Australian ISPs, in a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into mandatory data retention. Not only does the authority want...

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US Military Designates Julian Assange an 'Enemy of State'; What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk?

Editor's Note: Slashdot is turning 15! And it's time to get this party started. Sign up to attend our geek get-togethers in New York, San Francisco and Ann Arbor or one of the several parties around the world organized by your fellow Slashdotters. But hurry! To be eligible for your very own special, limited edition Slashdot 15th anniversary t-shirt, you have to sign up to attend a party by tonight, September 28. Get the details.     Why Apple Replaced iOS Maps   |  Even Windows 8 Users Prefer Windows 7     US Military Designates Julian Assange an "Enemy of State"  Why Apple Replaced iOS Maps  What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk?  Even Windows 8 Users Prefer Windows 7  Why It's Bad That Smartphones Have Banished Boredom   NZ Broke the Law Spying On Kim Dotcom, PM Apologizes  AMD Trinity APUs Stack Up Well To Intel's Core 3  Game Review: Torchlight 2  File-Sharing For Personal Use Declared Legal In Portugal  Slashdot Turns 15, What Are You Doing Later? KDE Multi-Monitor Control Getting An Overhaul  Terabit Ethernet Is Dead, For Now  AMD Partners With BlueStacks To Bring Android Apps To PCs  Rover Finds Ancient Streambed On Martian Surface  Bitcoin Exchange BitFloor Says It Will Replace Stolen Coins     US Military Designates Julian Assange an "Enemy of State"  From the not-a-good-list department First time accepted submitter Cute and Cuddly writes in with some new Julian Assange news. "The U.S. military has designated Julian Assange and WikiLeaks as enemies of the United States — the same legal category as the al-Qaeda terrorist...   Why Apple Replaced iOS Maps  From the gnomes-in-the-glass-garden department tlhIngan writes "So why did Apple decide to ditch the (working) iOS maps app with one based on their own data (despite having one more year to the contract)? It turns out to be turn-by-turn voice navigation. It wasn't a feature in the original...   What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk?  From the put-them-in-management-with-the-other-jerks department First time accepted submitter glowend writes "Cliff Oxford writes in the New York Times 'I define Brilliant Jerks as specialized, high-producing performers. They are not, however, brilliant business people, and that is what companies need during...   Even Windows 8 Users Prefer Windows 7  From the 7-is-prime-of-course department judgecorp writes "Windows 8 is not proving an instant hit amongst the early adopters who have got their hands on it. More than half of them prefer Windows 7, according to a survey by a Windows 8 forum. Skeptics cited fears of price and...   Why It's Bad That Smartphones Have Banished Boredom   From the bvut-I-want-it-now department Hugh Pickens writes "Doug Gross writes that thanks to technology, there's been a recent sea change in how people today kill time. 'Those dog-eared magazines in your doctor's office are going unread. Your fellow customers in line at the deli...   NZ Broke the Law Spying On Kim Dotcom, PM Apologizes  From the no-hard-feelings-right? department Mad Hamster writes "In the latest installment of the megaupload saga, an official study has determined that New Zealand's Government Communications and Security Bureau broke NZ law by spying on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. NZ Prime Minister John...   AMD Trinity APUs Stack Up Well To Intel's Core 3  From the those-ndas-must-have-weighed-a-ton! department Barence writes "AMD's APUs combine processor and graphics core in the same chip. Its latest Trinity chips are more powerful than ever, thanks to current-generation Radeon graphics and the same processing cores as AMD's full-fat FX processors....   Game Review: Torchlight 2  From the play-it-if-you-got-it department CowboyNeal writes: "Last week was a big week for gamers, with the release of both Borderlands 2 as well as Torchlight 2. I already shared my thoughts on the former last week, so I got to playing the latter over the weekend. Torchlight 2 is the...   File-Sharing For Personal Use Declared Legal In Portugal  From the as-long-as-it-involves-kale department New submitter M0j0_j0j0 writes "After receiving 2000 complaints regarding 'illegal file sharing' from ACAPOR regarding P2P networks, the Portuguese prosecutor refused to take the case into court on the premise that file sharing is not illegal in...   Slashdot Turns 15, What Are You Doing Later?  From the party-like-it's-2012 department October marks Slashdot's 15th birthday. That's right, we're almost old enough to drive the PT Cruiser. Throughout October we'll be running a number of meta news articles about our history, plans for the future, and special interviews. We're also giving away T-shirts to people willing to organize and host the biggest Slashdot parties....   KDE Multi-Monitor Control Getting An Overhaul  From the the-gnus-smiled-upon-us-this-day department Multi-monitor support on Free systems has always been a pain (even after RANDR made it a lot less of a pain). GNOME2 had a great feature: you only had to configure a given pair of displays once and it would do-the-right-thing and remember their...   Terabit Ethernet Is Dead, For Now  From the slow-lane department Nerval's Lobster writes "Sorry, everybody: terabit Ethernet looks like it will have to wait a while longer. The IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus group met this week in Geneva, Switzerland, with attendees...   AMD Partners With BlueStacks To Bring Android Apps To PCs  From the just-pinch-your-mouse department eldavojohn writes "News outlets are reporting that AMD has partnered with BlueStacks to bring Android apps to AppZone Player, something that will apparently allow the more than 500,000 mobile apps to run on your PC. From their announcement:...   Rover Finds Ancient Streambed On Martian Surface  From the low-flow-planet department sighted writes "NASA reports that its Curiosity rover mission has found evidence that a stream once ran vigorously — and for a sustained amount of time — across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is, of course, earlier...   Bitcoin Exchange BitFloor Says It Will Replace Stolen Coins  From the fdic-never-replaces-bitcoins department angry tapir writes "Bitcoin exchanges generally don't seem to recover that easily after security breaches. However, BitFloor, which was hacked and had 24,000 Bitcoins stolen in early September, is coming back online, refunding account holders...

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