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In this issue:
* WikiLeaks Starts Mass Mirroring Effort
* Rear-View Cameras On Cars Could Become Mandatory In the US
* Australian R18 Games Rating Gets Gov't Support
* People With University Degree Fear Death Less
* Silverlight 5 — Back From the Dead?
* Paid Developers Power the Linux Kernel
* Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Makes a First Appearance
* Using the Web To Turn Kids Into Autodidacts
* WikiLeaks Took Advice From Media Outlets
* Avoiding DMCA Woes As an Indy Game Developer?
* Japanese Robot Picks Only the Ripest Strawberries
* Report Finds More Aussie Gov't Workers Misusing Internet
* With Better Sharing of Intel Comes Danger
* FTC Is In Talks With Adobe About the 'Flash Problem'
* Gentlemen Prefer Androids, Ladies iOS
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| WikiLeaks Starts Mass Mirroring Effort
| from the mirror-mirror-on-the-net dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 04, @19:01 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/04/229233/WikiLeaks-Starts-Mass-Mirroring-Effort?from=newsletter
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A beautiful mind writes "WikiLeaks is [0]asking for hosting space on
Unix-based servers. The replication is implemented by a rsync+ssh based
push that copies static files to a known path, authenticated via the
private half of this [1]public key. The complete website is a few GB in
size, making it feasible to replicate on a large scale. The [2]mirror
list will be published when the number of independent mirrors reaches
50." Note: wikileaks.ch seems to be down for the moment, but eventually
the above links may require that instead of 213.251.145.96. See also this
[3]WikiLeaks address finder. And for even more news, try [4]this Twitter
search.
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/04/229233/WikiLeaks-Starts-Mass-Mirroring-Effort?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://213.251.145.96/mass-mirror.html
1. http://213.251.145.96/id_rsa.pub
2. http://213.251.145.96/mirrors.html
3. http://savewikileaks.net/another-wikileaks-address/
4. http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23imwikileaks
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| Rear-View Cameras On Cars Could Become Mandatory In the US
| from the phase-in-period dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 04, @20:14 (Transportation)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0115234/Rear-View-Cameras-On-Cars-Could-Become-Mandatory-In-the-US?from=newsletter
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According to the Los Angeles Times, "The federal government [0]wants
automakers to install back-up cameras in all new vehicles starting in
late 2014. The plan, announced Friday, received a strong endorsement from
insurance industry and other analysts and is likely to get some level of
support from car manufacturers. ... The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration estimates that, on average, 292 fatalities and 18,000
injuries occur each year as a result of back-over crashes. The agency
said children and the elderly were the most common victims. About 44% of
the fatalities in such accidents are children and 33% are people over 70,
it said. NHTSA said its proposal was designed to keep drivers from
running over pedestrians who might be crossing behind their vehicles. It
could also prevent parking-lot bumper thumpers. The camera systems show
motorists what's behind them via a video display on the dashboard. They
typically feature a bell or alarm that alerts the driver if an object is
within the camera's field of view."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0115234/Rear-View-Cameras-On-Cars-Could-Become-Mandatory-In-the-US?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-autos-backup-camera-20101204,0,5263647.story
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| Australian R18 Games Rating Gets Gov't Support
| from the gaming-by-permission dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 04, @23:19 (Australia)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0133245/Australian-R18-Games-Rating-Gets-Govt-Support?from=newsletter
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dotarray writes "Even with the news last week that an Australian
Government study found no conclusive link between video games and
violence, it's still a little surprising that the federal Labor
government has announced today that [0]they support the move for an adult
R18+ rating for video games in that country."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0133245/Australian-R18-Games-Rating-Gets-Govt-Support?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.gamepron.com/news/2010/12/04/australian-r18-games-rating-gets-closer/
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| People With University Degree Fear Death Less
| from the say-goodbye-to-student-debt dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @02:17 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0520213/People-With-University-Degree-Fear-Death-Less?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "People with a university degree [0]fear death
less than those at a lower literacy level. In addition, fear of death is
more common among women than men, which affects their children's
perception of death."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0520213/People-With-University-Degree-Fear-Death-Less?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Silverlight 5 — Back From the Dead?
| from the undying-support dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @05:11 (Microsoft)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0449259/Silverlight-5-mdash-Back-From-the-Dead?from=newsletter
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Barence writes "When Microsoft executive Bob Muglia recently revealed
that Microsoft saw HTML5 as the future for universal in-browser
development while Silverlight was being repositioned as a native
application development platform for Windows Phone 7 devices, most
pundits saw this as an admission of defeat. Now Microsoft has released a
beta of Silverlight 5, PC Pro's Tom Arah asks if Microsoft has managed to
[0]bring Silverlight back from the dead. With a flurry of Android and
Linux-based tablets, smartphones, set-top boxes and other devices set to
arrive on the market, Arah argues that Silverlight's time will come.
'Crucially, they will also want to integrate their desktop (Windows) and
their main applications (Office and other WPF-based applications). Thanks
to its work on HTML5, WPF and especially Silverlight, Microsoft and its
army of desktop developers will be well set to deliver,' he argues."
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0449259/Silverlight-5-mdash-Back-From-the-Dead?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2010/12/03/silverlight-5-back-from-the-dead/
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| Paid Developers Power the Linux Kernel
| from the back-in-your-day-maybe dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @08:22 (GNU is Not Unix)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0441216/Paid-Developers-Power-the-Linux-Kernel?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Believe it or not, there is still this illusion
that Linux and open-source software is written by counter-culture, C++
programming cultists living in their parents' basements or huddled
together in Cambridge, Mass. group-houses. Now CNet reports that the
Linux Foundation has found that 'over 70% of all [Linux] kernel
development is demonstrably done by [1]developers who are being paid for
their work.' That Linux is primarily developed by paid developers should
come as no surprise considering that Linux enables many companies ���
hardware, software, and online services ��� to be more competitive in their
markets and to find new ways to generate revenue. 'What's important about
how Linux and open-source software is created isn't the side issues of
politics or how its developers are perceived; it's that [2]its
fundamental methodology produces better software,' writes Stephen
Vaughan-Nichols."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/0441216/Paid-Developers-Power-the-Linux-Kernel?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-20024219-62.html
2. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/big-business-backs-linux/7909
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| Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Makes a First Appearance
| from the depends-what-you-want-to-produce dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @09:34 (Ubuntu)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1419256/Ubuntu-1104-Natty-Narwhal-Makes-a-First-Appearance?from=newsletter
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srimadman writes "The [0]Alpha 1 Release of Ubuntu 11.04, often known as
'Natty Narwhal,' is intended as a developer snapshot of the next major
Ubuntu version, which is due in April." So, if you want to try [1]Unity
and [2]Wayland before your neighbors do, this is the time.
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1419256/Ubuntu-1104-Natty-Narwhal-Makes-a-First-Appearance?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.softview.co.in/2010/12/ubuntu-1104-aka-natty-narwhal-alpha-1.html
1. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/12/02/1649204/Preview-of-Ubuntus-Unity-Interface
2. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/05/137212/Ubuntu-Dumps-X-For-Unity-On-Wayland
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| Using the Web To Turn Kids Into Autodidacts
| from the not-quite-unschooling dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @10:42 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1542231/Using-the-Web-To-Turn-Kids-Into-Autodidacts?from=newsletter
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theodp writes "[0]Autodidacticism ��� self-education or self-directed
learning ��� is nothing new, but the Internet holds the promise of taking
it to the masses. [1]Sugata Mitra, an Indian physicist whose [2]earlier
educational experiments inspired the film 'Slumdog Millionaire,' is
convinced that, with the Internet, [3]kids can learn by themselves so
long as they are in small groups and have well-posed questions to answer.
And now, Mitra's [4]Self-Organized Learning Environments (SOLE) are going
global, with testing in schools in Australia, Colombia, England and
India. On their own, children can get about 30% of the knowledge required
to pass exams, so to go further, Dr. Mitra supplements SOLE with
e-mediators, amateur volunteers who use Skype to help kids learn online."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1542231/Using-the-Web-To-Turn-Kids-Into-Autodidacts?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodidacticism
1. http://sugatam.wikispaces.com?responseToken=07cfcac5f3bde07e4ea8605fc1b35d11f
2. http://sugatam.blogspot.com/2007/10/hole-in-wall-experiments-current-status.html
3. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704584804575645070639938954.html
4. http://solesandsomes.wikispaces.com/A+bit+about+SOLE+%26+SOME?responseToken=071f9090c142d0f23e6ad0d0973d774f9
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| WikiLeaks Took Advice From Media Outlets
| from the pentagon-papers-on-the-resume dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @11:50 (Censorship)
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1639253/WikiLeaks-Took-Advice-From-Media-Outlets?from=newsletter
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formfeed writes "According to the AP (through Google News), WikiLeaks
isn't just sitting on the recent material so they can release it bit by
bit to the press, as many people implied. On the contrary, it's quite the
other way around: '[0]only after considering advice from five news
organizations with which it chose to share all of the material' are they
releasing it themselves. These newspapers 'have been advising WikiLeaks
on which documents to release publicly and what redactions to make to
those documents.' AP questions whether WikiLeaks will follow these
redactions, but nevertheless seems quite impressed by this 'extraordinary
collaboration between some of the world's most respected media outlets
and the WikiLeaks organization.'" I wonder if some of the
[1]anti-WikiLeaks fervor evident among US lawmakers will also be brought
to bear against the AP and other mainstream media sources. Update: 12/05
17:42 GMT by [2]T : Yes, that's WikiLeaks, rather than (as originally
rendered) WikiPedia. HT to reader Mike Hearn.
Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1639253/WikiLeaks-Took-Advice-From-Media-Outlets?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i0Vruimmvy8loGklsz34QyGDKMDA?docId=120c7bf5d3a34dbaadf1280dace2e456
1. http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/131885-senators-unveil-anti-wikileaks-legislation
2. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
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| Avoiding DMCA Woes As an Indy Game Developer?
| from the jealously-guarded dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @12:54 (Games)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1736246/Avoiding-DMCA-Woes-As-an-Indy-Game-Developer?from=newsletter
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androidstevep writes "I was just on the receiving end of DMCA takedown
notice for my game in Android Market, '[0]Super Pac.' Namco Bandai have
filed the notice with Google, claiming breach of copyright of their game
'Pac-Man.' Although my version is obviously inspired by the original
arcade game, no original artwork or sound has been copied. The problem
from my point of view is that the DMCA notice is not clear where or why
the breach is alleged. My guess is that maybe the name is too similar,
although I did a [1]trademark search for 'Super Pac' before release and
came up with nothing. Furthermore, Google have disabled my access to this
app, presumably as required by the DMCA, so I am unable to even make
whatever modifications would be required. As a part-time developer with
limited means (i.e. can't afford expensive lawyers), but willing to make
best efforts to avoid legal issues, how does one negotiate what seems to
be a difficult minefield of trademarks, copyrights and DMCA? Does anyone
have tips in this area?"
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1736246/Avoiding-DMCA-Woes-As-an-Indy-Game-Developer?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://spwebgames.com/pacman/android.php
1. http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/
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| Japanese Robot Picks Only the Ripest Strawberries
| from the worry-when-it-starts-tasting-them dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @14:03 (Robotics)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1859239/Japanese-Robot-Picks-Only-the-Ripest-Strawberries?from=newsletter
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kkleiner writes "The Institute of Agricultural Machinery at Japan's
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, along with SI Seiko,
has developed a [0]robot that can select and harvest strawberries based
on their color. Ripened berries are detected using the robot's
stereoscopic cameras, and analyzed to measure how red they appear. When
the fruit is ready to come off the vine, the robot quickly locates it in
3D space and cuts it free. From observation to collection, the harvesting
process takes about 9 seconds per berry. Creators estimate that it will
be able to cut down harvesting time by 40%."
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/1859239/Japanese-Robot-Picks-Only-the-Ripest-Strawberries?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://singularityhub.com/2010/12/04/japans-robot-picks-only-the-ripest-strawberries-video/
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| Report Finds More Aussie Gov't Workers Misusing Internet
| from the surely-that-would-never-happen-here dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @15:13 (Australia)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/2013225/Report-Finds-More-Aussie-Govt-Workers-Misusing-Internet?from=newsletter
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destinyland writes "A new report to Australia's parliament [0]announces a
54% increase in government workers misusing the internet. In fiscal year
2010, 313 different federal workers came under investigation for improper
use of e-mail or the internet, up from just 202 in the previous year. The
report ��� available online as a PDF file ��� also discovered that nearly
half the investigated workers were in the Australian Tax Office,
according to an Australian technology blog. 'Maybe it's just a case of
particularly boring work making such distractions more attractive,' they
suggest, since the report blames most of the discovered cases on one-time
incidents of poor judgment."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/2013225/Report-Finds-More-Aussie-Govt-Workers-Misusing-Internet?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.freeaccess.com.au/Structure:%20/2010/11/30/public-servant-internet-misuse-rises-steeply/
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| With Better Sharing of Intel Comes Danger
| from the always-a-tradeoff dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @16:21 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/2117214/With-Better-Sharing-of-Intel-Comes-Danger?from=newsletter
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Ellen Nakashima writes in the Washington Post
that after the intelligence community came under heavy criticism after
9/11 for having failed to share data, officials sought to make it easier
for various agencies to share sensitive information giving intelligence
analysts wider access to government secrets but WikiLeaks has proved that
there's a [1]downside to better information-sharing. To prevent further
breaches, the Pentagon has ordered that a feature that allows material to
be copied onto thumb drives or other removable devices be [2]disabled on
its classified computer systems and will limit the number of classified
systems from which material can be transferred to unclassified systems,
as well as require that two people be involved in moving data from
classified to unclassified systems. The bottom line is that recent leaks
'have blown a hole' in the framework by which governments guard their
secrets. According to British journalist Simon Jenkins '[3]words on paper
can be made secure, electronic archives not.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/2117214/With-Better-Sharing-of-Intel-Comes-Danger?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/28/AR2010112804138.html
2. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45650.html
3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cables-wikileaks
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| FTC Is In Talks With Adobe About the 'Flash Problem'
| from the would-you-like-a-delicious-cookie dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @17:41 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/2240200/FTC-Is-In-Talks-With-Adobe-About-the-Flash-Problem?from=newsletter
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[0]jamie links to news that the FTC is [1]talking with Adobe about
persistent Flash cookies. "Flash isn't actually necessary to watch
YouTube videos, but the rest of this article is interesting."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/2240200/FTC-Is-In-Talks-With-Adobe-About-the-Flash-Problem?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:jamie@slashdot.org
1. http://m.paidcontent.org/article/419-ftc-is-in-talks-with-adobe-about-the-flash-problem-/
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| Gentlemen Prefer Androids, Ladies iOS
| from the gender-bias dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @18:50 (Cellphones)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/231218/Gentlemen-Prefer-Androids-Ladies-iOS?from=newsletter
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[0]Ponca City writes "PC World reports that [1]women are more likely to
buy an iPhone for their next smartphone purchase, while men prefer
Android devices. According to data collected in October 2010, 31 percent
of women wanted to buy an Apple iOS device next, followed by 22.8 percent
interested in a Google Android device while among men preferences were
reversed with 32.6 percent of men interested in an Android purchase and
28.6 desired an iOS phone. 'So where is the [2]extra appeal of Android to
men coming from?' asks Tracey E. Schelmetic. 'More male-targeted
commercials that emphasize cool gadgetry versus usability? More
techno-macho phone brand names like "Droid"? Extra advertising on the
Spike channel by phone makers using the Android platform?'"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/12/05/231218/Gentlemen-Prefer-Androids-Ladies-iOS?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://poncacityweloveyou.com/
1. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373680,00.asp
2. http://fixed-mobile-convergence.tmcnet.com/topics/mobile-communications/articles/122546-men-from-android-women-from-iphone.htm
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