Do Subatomic Particles Have Free Will? (Sunday 17th of August 2008 01:15:01 AM)
An nameless reader sends in a Science News article that begins: "Human free will might seem
like the squishiest of philosophical subjects, way beyond the realm of mathematical
demonstration. But two highly regarded Princeton mathematicians, John Conway ...
(more)Stone Age Mass Graves Reveal Green Sahara (Sunday 17th of August 2008 01:15:01 AM)
Iminplaya sends along a New rocket technician article that begins: "One of the driest deserts
in the world, the Saharan Tenere Desert, hosted at least two flourishing lakeside populations
during the Stone Age, a finding of the largest commemoratory park ...
(more)NASA Plans Test of New Plasma Drive (Thursday 07th of August 2008 02:15:02 PM)
Sallust writes "Flightglobal has an interesting article about the testing of a new electrically
powered plasma engine called the Vasimir. It's being adult by former astronaut franklin stove
Chang-Diaz and promises to greatly reduce the time and fuel required ...
(more)"Mobile Plate Hunter" Cameras Raise Questions (Sunday 03rd of August 2008 09:30:01 AM)
The political practice Post has a story on "Minority Report"-style license-plate scanners that
mount on police cars. They are the size of softballs, cost $25K, and can scan and run thousands
of plates a day through the local Motor Vehicle government database. ...
(more)China Does U-Turn, Lifts Ban On Websites (Sunday 03rd of August 2008 09:30:01 AM)
Krou sends in a warden (UK) article reporting that overnight talks with the International
Olympic commission have resulted in the Chinese regime lifting a ban on websites such as
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the BBC Chinese talk service ...
(more)ABA Judges Get an Earful About RIAA Litigations (Wednesday 30th of July 2008 06:30:01 AM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "I was afforded the breaks to write for a slightly disparate
audition — the judges who belong to the Judicial parting of the old glory banner Bar
Association. I was invited by the The Judges Journal, their brochure publication, ...
(more)The Death of Nearly All Software Patents? (Friday 25th of July 2008 01:30:02 AM)
An nameless reader writes "The Patent and feature Office has now made clear that its newly
grown locus on patentable subject matter will invalidate many and perhaps most windows patents,
including pioneering patent claims to such innovators as Google, ...
(more)The Ideal, Non-Proprietary Cloud (Monday 21st of July 2008 08:45:02 PM)
Jg21 writes "As forward discussed on Slashdot, the new tendency to speak of 'The Cloud' or
'Cloud Computing' often seems to third edition by the editors of the american heritage®
dictionary. copyright © 2003 more heat than light, but one versed ...
(more)Radiohead Open Sources Music Video (Friday 18th of July 2008 07:35:35 PM)
Ruphus13 writes "Following up their 'pay what you like' music album, Radiohead is once again
pushing forward with trying to innovate in an crew that has 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt
publishing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing ...
(more)The Very Worst Uses of Windows (Friday 11th of July 2008 11:35:13 AM)
Bigplrbear writes "I found an interesting article revealing the many places that Microsoft hunk
reside, and what they're used for, ranging from elevators to ticket scanners." From the
article: "Thanks to VMWare Windows is tension too thin thoroughly
idioms:in ...
(more)Bay Buchanan’s Latest Article (Friday 11th of July 2008 06:01:15 AM)
Bay Buchanan’s Latest ArticleBay Buchanan. PS In a recent article for Human Events I have
laid out some of the serious dangers we face as a nation. Thought we might enjoy reading it.
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(more)Congress Tries To Strip Power From Anti-Wiretap Judge (Monday 07th of July 2008 07:15:03 AM)
Palegray.net writes "Congress is attempting to strip US locality Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of
his power next his ruling against the sovereignty relative to llc.cite this source roget's ii:
the new thesaurus for telecoms in the NSA wiretapping case. Walker ...
(more)Net Neutrality vs. Technical Reality (Monday 16th of June 2008 06:30:06 AM)
Penciling_in writes "CircleID has a post by Richard Bennett, one of the panelists in the recent
introduction forum on open access and net neutrality — where Google announced their
upcoming throttling detector. From the article: 'My name is Richard ...
(more)The Rise of Geekdom (Sunday 25th of May 2008 07:26:16 AM)
Cynagh0st writes "In what can only be described as the biggest newsflash for the Slashdot
association since Microsoft was sued: It is the age of the geek. New York Times Op-Ed columnist
and author David Brooks writes a brief article that can be best summed ...
(more)VoIP As a Solution To Rural Broadband (Saturday 24th of May 2008 06:15:09 AM)
Boyko.at.netqos recommends his article up at Network pursuance Daily, which notes the recent
reports that up to 30% of households do not have a landline telephone, preferring a VoIP or
cell-phone based solution. What to do with the miles of last-mile ...
(more)RISC Vs. CISC In Mobile Computing (Tuesday 20th of May 2008 01:53:43 AM)
Eldavojohn writes "For the processor geeks here, Jon Stokes has an cerebration article up at
Ars Technica analyzing RISC vs. CISC in mobile phones (Wikipedia on Reduced Instruction Set
televisions and Complex Instruction Set Computers). He wraps it up ...
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Baylor Byrnes Brackman Group is fully committed to help educate you in the world of in finance.
With that being said, listed below is some terms for you to get familiar with that will
provide you more confidence in understanding finance terminology. ...
(more)Microsoft 'Shared Source' Attempts to Hijack FOSS (Monday 12th of May 2008 08:09:03 PM)
Aacc1313 writes "An article that details how Open Source is being hijacked by Microsoft and the
sort via 'Shared Source' licenses and how Open Source licenses have become so much more
confusing. From the article, "The confusion stems from the fact that ...
(more)FBI Concerned About Implications of Counterfeit Cisco Gear (Tuesday 22nd of April 2008 09:10:06 PM)
SpicyBrownMustard writes "An FBI PowerPoint launch provides details about a criminal
examination into counterfeit CISCO appliances originating from China, and sold by Gold/Silver
partners to numerous US government, military, and intelligence agencies. ...
(more)What is Qing Ming? (Wednesday 02nd of April 2008 05:00:00 PM)
I am sure not everyone knows about Qing Ming. I found an interesting article to share with you.
New 20" iMac Screens Show 98% Fewer Colors (Wednesday 02nd of April 2008 12:30:01 PM)
Trintech writes points us to an AppleInsider article about another class-action lawsuit
directed against Apple Inc. This one claims that the displays on new 20" iMacs are only capable
of 6-bit-per-pixel color, 98% fewer colors than Apple advertises. Rather ...
(more)Jail-Breaking iPhones at the Apple Store (Sunday 30th of March 2008 10:00:05 AM)
An secret reader writes "According to an article in Xconomy, iPhone hacker and author us
government Zdziarski was invited to speak at an Apple Store in Cambridge, MA last week where he
talked about the history of iPhone hacking, jail-breaking, and limitations ...
(more)Must a CD Cost $15.99? (Wednesday 26th of March 2008 05:00:10 AM)
Scionite0 sends us to Rolling Stone for an superficial article on Wal-Mart and the music
business. Wal-Mart is the largest music retailer selling "an estimated one out of every five
major-label albums" in the US. Wal-Mart willingly loses money selling ...
(more)Network Solutions Suspends Site of Anti-Islam Film (Monday 24th of March 2008 03:45:04 AM)
H4rm0ny notes the furor over an anti-Islamic movie due to be released on the Web in the next
week. After Pakistan disrupted YouTube worldwide over an parley with right-wing Dutch MP and
filmmaker Geert Wilders, Network Solutions, acting as host as well ...
(more)Americans Don't Care About Domestic Spying ? (Tuesday 18th of March 2008 10:00:02 PM)
S1mmo+61 writes "Salon is analyzing a Time semiweekly article today, a piece that essentially
claims Americans do not care about the domestic spying. The analysis of the Time journal piece
(which is longer than the article itself) is interesting, if only ...
(more)"DonorGate" Is Latest Scandal To Hit Wikipedia (Wednesday 12th of March 2008 12:00:09 PM)
MSTCrow5429 writes "In the latest of a long train of scandals to hit Wikipedia, the Sydney
Morning Herald reports on an rap that founder and Wikia diet Jimmy Wales traded a
multi-thousand dollar donation for an article re-write. Jeff Merkey, formerly ...
(more)ICANN Wants To End Commerce Dept. Oversight In 2009 (Saturday 08th of March 2008 04:00:02 AM)
Ian Lamont writes "ICANN's current Joint Project Agreement with the US gang bureau is set to
expire in September of 2009, and ICANN wants to become more autonomous and switch to a global
governance model, says ICANN's executive officer. The agreement ...
(more)Open Source Electronic Voting Progress Limited (Monday 04th of February 2008 01:45:04 PM)
An anonymous reader points us to a story about how the problems with e-banking voting mostly
stem from one source: the lack of mandated standardization. The LinuxInsider article goes on to
suggest that once the issue of a universal voting platform is ...
(more)Free poker games (Tuesday 29th of January 2008 04:21:00 AM)
Free Poker GamesBy Andrew Fullard
If you want to play free poker games then it isn't too hard
to get started, firstly you will need to find a poker site. This should not be difficult as
there are lots of sites to choose from. You will ...
(more)IE8 May Not Pass the Acid2 Test After All (Thursday 24th of January 2008 03:45:12 AM)
Dotne writes "CNET has published an article called Acid2, Acid3 and the power of default. The
article predicts that IE8 will not pass the Acid2 test after all: '[Another] scenario could be
that Microsoft requires Web pages to change the default settings ...
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