Japan: Stop Storing Nuclear Waste By Schools

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action alert! Japan can't get away with legally storing nuclear waste in schools, parks and residential areas where kids play. Japan: Get Nuclear Waste Out of Communities please share it helps!     Dear Annisa, We all deeply understand the catastrophic consequences of nuclear waste contaminating our communities. But residents of Koriyama, Japan face the real possibility of nuclear pollution of their parks, schools and neighborhoods -- but they don't know exactly where. Tell Japanese Nuclear officials to stop secret storage plans of nuclear waste. Japanese law does not require nuclear storage sites to be labeled or groundwater to be tested for contamination. In Koriyama, more than 1,000 schools and hundreds of parks and residential areas where kids play are nuclear storage sites. The affects of radiation pollution is far too serious to tolerate such laissez-faire regulation of waste storage. It's time for Japanese officials to come up with a new, transparent way to store nuclear waste. Tell Japan to stop its under-the-radar and dangerous nuclear storage near schools, parks and homes. Thank you for taking action, Emily V. Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team
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IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US; Server Room Toolbox Suggestions?

The Coming Wave of In-Dash Auto System Obsolescence   |  Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Now On Sale; Costs $50 More Than Windows Version     Fortran expert Steve Lionel gives free webinar on parallelism. Explore DO CONCURRENT and coarrays with Doctor Fortran. Tuesday, December 4, 9 a.m. PDT. Attend and get a free book on parallelism  Learn More! IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US  The Coming Wave of In-Dash Auto System Obsolescence  Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox?  Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Costs $50 More Than Windows Version  Critic Cites Revenge of the Sith As "Generation's Greatest Work of Art"  Virus Eats School District's Homework  NASA: Curiosity Has Found Plastic On Mars  NPD Group Analysts Say Windows 8 Sales Sluggish  Anthropologist Spends Three Years Living With Hackers  Ask Slashdot: Best File System For Web Hosting?  The Secret To Iranian Drone Technology? Just Add Photoshop  Carl Sagan Was On US Team To Nuke the Moon  How Can Linux Gain (Even) More Enterprise Acceptance? (Video)  Syria Drops Off the Internet Grid  Ask Slashdot: What Web Platform For a Small Municipality?    Share Your Opinions with Geeknet Exercise influence on content enhancements, product development and identifying critical technology trends by joining the Geeknet Thought Leadership Panel. Also, join today to enter for a chance to win a cash prize of $1,000, $500 or $200. Learn More!    IBM's India Workforce Likely Exceeds That In US  From the rising-tide-lifting-boats department dcblogs writes "IBM has 112,000 employees in India, up from 6,000 in 2002, with an average wage of about $17,000, according to an internal company document. That wage level may seem shockingly low to U.S. IT workers, but it is in alignment with IT...   The Coming Wave of In-Dash Auto System Obsolescence  From the new-din-standard-called-for department jfruh writes "Automakers are striving mightily to bring their in-dash systems into the modern age, providing integration with smartphones and other advanced features. The problem: while smartphones go in and out of vogue every few years, modern...   Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox?  From the get-your-tools department jandersen writes "I am the system manager in charge of a smallish server room (~50 servers, most in racks), and I am going to buy a set of tools; but first I want to hear what other people think would be a good idea. Certainly a range of good...   Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook Costs $50 More Than Windows Version  From the all-prices-are-experiments department nk497 writes "Dell's 'Project Sputnik' laptop is now on sale. The XPS 13 Developer Edition comes with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed, and costs $1,549 — $50 more than the same model running Windows. The Ubuntu Ultrabook is the result of a...   Critic Cites Revenge of the Sith As "Generation's Greatest Work of Art"  From the you-keep-using-that-word-I-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means department eldavojohn writes "Art critic and University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia Camille Paglia has written a book that not only claims George Lucas is the 'World's Greatest Living Artist' but...   Virus Eats School District's Homework  From the will-this-be-on-the-test? department theodp writes "Forget about 'snow days' — the kids in the Lake Washington School District could probably use a few 'virus days.' Laptops issued to each student in grades 6-12 were supposed to accelerate learning ('Schools that piloted the...   NASA: Curiosity Has Found Plastic On Mars  From the mars-needs-organic-polymers department dsinc writes "Last week Curiosity was able to use its SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) device to confirm the discovery. A robotic arm with a complex system of Spectral Analysis devices was able to vaporize and identify gasses from the sample,...   NPD Group Analysts Say Windows 8 Sales Sluggish  From the whiffling-through-the-tulgey-wood department Nerval's Lobster writes "While Microsoft claims it's sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in the month since launch—a more rapid pace than Windows 7—new data from research firm The NPD Group suggests that isn't helping sales of actual...   Anthropologist Spends Three Years Living With Hackers  From the going-native department concealment writes "Coleman, an anthropologist who teaches at McGill University, spent three years studying the community that builds the Debian GNU/Linux open source operating system and hackers in the Bay Area. More recently, she's been peeling...   Ask Slashdot: Best File System For Web Hosting?  From the use-the-one-with-the-bits department An anonymous reader writes "I'm hoping for a discussion about the best file system for a web hosting server. The server would serve as mail, database, and web hosting. Running CPanel. Likely CentOS. I was thinking that most hosts use ext3 but...   The Secret To Iranian Drone Technology? Just Add Photoshop  From the innocent-whistling-of-tail-fins department garymortimer writes "Earlier this month, Iran's news agency provided visual evidence that its government had figured out to make a fancy new drone that could take off and land vertically. What they didn't tell us is that they used Photoshop to...   Carl Sagan Was On US Team To Nuke the Moon  From the only-a-light-nuking-around-the-edges department First time accepted submitter novakom writes "Apparently during the cold war, one fall-back position the U.S. was looking at to ensure mutual assured destruction was to put nukes on the moon. This would ensure that the U.S. could retaliate...   How Can Linux Gain (Even) More Enterprise Acceptance? (Video)  From the embracing-and-extending-forever department This is what we asked Jason Perlow. He wrote a Linux Magazine column for many years and now writes for ZDNet. The ZDNet blurb describes him as "a technologist with over two decades of experience integrating large heterogeneous multi-vendor...   Syria Drops Off the Internet Grid  From the what-bad-governments-do-fig-1 department hypnosec writes "Amidst the ongoing civil war, Syria has gone off the Internet as of a few hours ago, with all the 84 IP block within the country unreachable from the outside. Renesys, a research firm keeping tabs on the health of the Internet,...   Ask Slashdot: What Web Platform For a Small Municipality?  From the right-here-in-river-city department First time accepted submitter r3dR0v3r writes "I have the opportunity to help improve / replace the website of my small U.S. town (~6000 people). The town leaders are open to most any suggestions, and are open to the idea of having the website...

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Ask Richard Stallman Anything; Will Intel Kill Enthusiast PCs?

Don't miss a single issue of Slashback. Add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your address book. Ask Richard Stallman Anything Will Intel Kill Enthusiast PCs? Windows 8 PCs Still Throttled by Crapware Is Ad Blocking the Next Legal Battleground? How Do We Program Moral Machines? Hot Comment: Quick, calculate me another way to profit From the Vault: Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft? Watch It: DIY Plate Reverb  Poll Booth: I double check my spam filters ... Ask Richard Stallman Anything Richard Stallman (RMS) founded the GNU Project in 1984, the Free Software Foundation in 1985, and remains one of the most important and outspoken advocates for software freedom. He's agreed to answer your questions about GNU/Linux, free software, and anything else you like. Sound Off>> Will Intel Kill Enthusiast PCs? Intel's next generation of x86 CPUs, Broadwell, will not come in a package having pins, according to a report on SemiAccurate. Hence, manufacturers will have to solder it onto motherboards. That will likely seriously wound the enthusiast PC market. Sound Off>> Windows 8 PCs Still Throttled by Crapware Lurking below the surface of Windows 8's clean and spiffy new Metro UI is one of the operating system's oldest and most hated problems--crapware. After all this time and negative press, you'd think we'd see the end of it with the new Windows 8 PCs. Wrong. Sound Off>> Is Ad Blocking the Next Legal Battleground? While there is little cause for concern right now, what would happen if big advertisers declare AdBlock Plus a clear and present danger to online business models? Hint: it will probably involve lawyers. Sound Off>> How Do We Program Moral Machines? If your driverless car is about to crash into a school bus, should it veer off a bridge? The computer will have to make the call. NYU Prof. Gary Marcus writes about the need to program ethics and morality into our future machines. Sound Off>> Quick, calculate me another way to profit. "My parents won't let me mooch off their electricity forever." --by Anonymous Coward Read More>> Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft? Six years ago, MrSplog did a project on Microsoft's impact on society that included a look at people's perceptions of the company. So, naturally, MrSplog turned to fellow Slashdotters to ask for reasons you hate Microsoft as well as counter-arguments. And, as usual, you didn't disappoint. Read More>> DIY Plate Reverb Many audio purists prefer the analog sound of vinyl records to the digital sound of MP3s or CDs insist on real analog reverb. And among the many types of analog reverbs, Jim Cunnigham's Ecoplate is considered by many to be the best. Mike Storey wanted an Ecoplate so badly that he spent eight months building one. Find out how he did it. Watch the Video>> I double check my spam filters ... Never! I figure they work well enough. Rarely, by happenstance - once in a blue moon. Regularly but not frequently (6 months, say) Somewhat regularly (every several weeks) Once a week Once a day or more often. I don't use any spam filters. Cast Your Vote>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.

 

Microsoft's Plan to Release a New Version of Windows Every Year; Ask Richard Stallman Anything

Seas Rising Faster Than Projected   |  Red Light Cameras Raise Crash Risk, Cost     Fortran expert Steve Lionel gives free webinar on parallelism. Explore DO CONCURRENT and coarrays with Doctor Fortran. Tuesday, December 4, 9 a.m. PDT. Attend and get a free book on parallelism  Learn More! 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Also, join today to enter for a chance to win a cash prize of $1,000, $500 or $200. Learn More!    Windows Blue: Microsoft's Plan To Release a New Version of Windows Every Year  From the operating-systems-shouldn't-have-subscription-fees department MrSeb writes "Way back in August, three months before the release of Windows 8, we learned about the existence of a project at Microsoft codenamed Blue. At the time it wasn't clear whether this was Windows 9, or some kind of interim update/service...   Seas Rising Faster Than Projected  From the invest-in-canoes department New submitter zenyu writes "IPCC's 2mm per year estimate for sea level rise at current CO2 levels has proven too optimistic. Sea levels have been rising 3.2mm per year in the last two decades. The IPCC's 50 cm — 100 cm projection for the...   Ask Richard Stallman Anything  From the ask-away department Richard Stallman (RMS) founded the GNU Project in 1984, the Free Software Foundation in 1985, and remains one of the most important and outspoken advocates for software freedom. RMS now spends much of his time fighting excessive extension of...   Red Light Cameras Raise Crash Risk, Cost  From the time-to-test-red-light-clown-technology department concealment writes with news of dissatisfaction with a pilot program for stoplight-monitoring cameras. The program ran for several years in New Jersey, and according to a new report, the number of car crashes actually increased while the cameras...   Ask Slashdot: Will You Shop Local Like President Obama, Or Online?  From the i-buy-local-businesses-off-amazon department theodp writes "President Obama and his daughters headed to an indie bookstore last Saturday to promote shopping local. 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Mr. Williamson promptly left Apple headquarters in Antarctica, and walked...   Canada Prepares For Crackdown On BitTorrent Movie Pirates  From the nothing-else-to-do-until-the-NHL-stops-being-stupid department New submitter dreamstateseven tips this Postmedia News report: "A forensic software company has collected files on a million Canadians who it says have downloaded pirated content. The company, which works for the motion picture and recording...   Ask Slashdot: Which OSS Database Project To Help?  From the flip-a-coin-or-flip-a-table department DoofusOfDeath writes "I've done a good bit of SQL development / tuning in the past. After being away from the database world for a while to finish grad school, I'm about ready to get back in the game. 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While it is possible that many will receive demand...   Why Facebook Is Stressing You Out  From the must-make-gradeschool-classmates-envious department Hugh Pickens writes "Megan Garber reports that the more friends you have on Facebook — or, perhaps more accurately, the more 'friends' you have on Facebook — the more stressed you're likely to be about actually having them. The wider...   British Skylon Engine Passes Its Tests  From the some-hope-for-humanity department An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports that the SABRE hybrid (part air-breathing jet, part rocket) that is intended to power the Skylon single-stage-to-orbit space plane has passed its final technical demonstration test, and is now looking...

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