Is the Speed of Light Slower Than We Think?; FAA Shoots Down Amazon's Drone Delivery Plans

The Rise and Fall of the Cheat Code | Wikipedia Editors Hit with $10M Defamation Suit To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Is the Speed of Light Slower Than We Think? FAA Shoots Down Amazon's Drone Delivery Plans The Rise and Fall of the Cheat Code Wikipedia Editors Hit with $10M Defamation Suit George Lucas Picks Home for New Star Wars Museum Hot Comment: "To see how workaholism saps productivity and rarely leads to ..." From the Vault: Easiest Linux Distro for a Newbie? Watch It: Self-Balancing Electric Motorcycle Looks Like a Car  Poll Booth: I suffer from jet lag ... Sponsored Resource: How SOC/NOC Collaboration Creates a Secure Infrastructure Is the Speed of Light Slower Than We Think? The Physics arXiv Blog reports that "when astronomers first observed light from a supernova arriving 7.7 hours after the neutrinos from the same event, they ignored the evidence. Now one physicist says the speed of light must be slower than Einstein predicted and has developed a theory that explains why." Sound Off>> FAA Shoots Down Amazon's Drone Delivery Plans Amazon may not employ drones to deliver packages, at least anytime soon, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Ars Technica reports that the revelation was buried in an FAA document unveiled this week seeking public comment on its policy on drones, or what the agency calls "model aircraft." Sound Off>> The Rise and Fall of the Cheat Code A new feature published this week takes a deep-dive look at the history of the cheat code and its various manifestations over the years, from manual "pokes" on cassettes to pass phrases with their own dedicated menus. Today's era of online play has all but done away with them, but the need for a level playing field isn't the only reason for their decline. Sound Off>> Wikipedia Editors Hit with $10M Defamation Suit The Daily Dot reports that Canadian businessman and musician Yank Barry and the Global Village Champions Foundation are suing four Wikipedia editors for defamation. The lawsuit claims that the editors have maliciously conspired to keep Barry's Wikipedia biography unduly negative. Sound Off>> George Lucas Picks Home for New Star Wars Museum George Lucas has selected Chicago over San Francisco and Los Angeles as the future home of The Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts, which will house his collection of Star Wars art and movie memorabilia along with exhibits of the technology of Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). Plus, the Chicago Lakefront will make it easy to recreate the ice planet of Hoth. Sound Off>> Look to Japan as a model for what not to do "To see how workaholism saps productivity and rarely leads to better results, look at Japan. Overtime is sacrosanct in Japan, at the company I worked at previously it was a badge of honor that the average amount of overtime was 60 hours a month. Japan has the lowest per-hour output in the G7, and it's a small wonder why. Managers will often times not buy hardware that can increase productivity because hey, you can simply make the workers work longer hours for free, whereas hardware costs money. The result is a populace that is unhappy, unhealthy, and well dying. The low birth rate is well known, what is less well known is that the Japanese have the least amount of ..." --by antifoidulus Read More>>   Easiest Linux Distro for a Newbie Three years ago, anymooseposter asked Slashdot, "what is the easiest version based on Linux for me to put on CD and try? ... What Linux Distro would be easiest to set up without having to resort to dual booting and/or driver issues?" And the community had plenty of advice. Read More>> Self-Balancing Electric Motorcycle Looks Like a Car Two gyros under the seat keep this vehicle standing up at a stop, which is easier on the driver's legs than putting a foot down the way you do while riding most motorcycles. And it sports a shell made of AKDQ steel--the same steel used on nearly every car on the road. Timothy Lord brings you a look at a new electric motorcycle that could be hitting the road soon. Watch the Video>>   I suffer from jet lag ... Not a bit, though I fly between time zones. Just a touch -- nothing serious. To sort of average degree, as far as I can tell More than most people, but it's bearable Terribly Jet lag is for people who fly Cast Your Vote>>    How SOC/NOC Collaboration Creates a Secure Infrastructure Integrating your log management solution with IT operations is beneficial to both your network operations center (NOC) and security operations center (SOC). 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