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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Playstation Phone "Zeus" Revealed
* 'I Just Need a Programmer'
* Medical Researcher Rediscovers Integration
* Homemade Robotic Xylophone Plays Holiday Melodies
* Keeping Google's Consumer OS Options Straight
* Facebook Rolls Out Redesigned Profile Pages
* Is Twitter Censoring Wikileaks Trends?
* Amazon Web Services Launches DNS Service
* Sites Guilty of Hi-Jacking History
* Single Software Licence Shared 774,651 Times
* Google Launches Nexus S Phone In UK and US
* Beginning Blender
* Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables
* DOJ Ramping Up Crackdown On Copyright-Infringing Sites
* Apple Impasse With Magazines Over Subscriber Data
* Google eBookstore Launched
* One Night Stands May Be Genetic
* NASA Launches Micro Solar Sail
* A Nude Awakening — the TSA and Privacy
* Explosive-Laden California Home To Be Destroyed
* Researchers Tracking Emerging 'Darkness' Botnet
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| Playstation Phone "Zeus" Revealed
| from the two-birds-one-rock dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @19:54 (Cellphones)
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0043241/Playstation-Phone-Zeus-Revealed?from=newsletter
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tekgoblin writes with this excerpt from Tekgoblin: "A video has surfaced
on YouTube which shows the new Playstation Phone now called the Zeus.
Rumors had surfaced that the phone would be announced on [0]December 9th
but with this leak [1]the rumors have now been made fact. The phone is
called the Sony Ericsson ZEUS (Playstation Phone). The demo video shows
the phone running Android 2.3 codename Gingerbread. The video also shows
the phone with the standard Playstation buttons along with a touch pad in
the center. The controller for the phone is placed normally where a
physical keyboard would be."
Discuss this story at:
https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0043241/Playstation-Phone-Zeus-Revealed?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2010/11/24/playstation-phone-to-be-unveiled-december-9th/
1. http://www.tekgoblin.com/2010/12/04/playstation-phone-zeus-has-been-revealed-video/
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| 'I Just Need a Programmer'
| from the next-step-solve-all-problems dept.
| posted by timothy on Sunday December 05, @23:03 (Businesses)
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0124241/I-Just-Need-a-Programmer?from=newsletter
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theodp writes "As head of the CS Department at the University of Northern
Iowa, [0]Eugene Wallingford often receives e-mail and phone calls from
eager entrepreneurs with The Next Great Idea. They want to change the
world, and they want Prof. Wallingford to help them. [1]They just need a
programmer. 'Many idea people,' observes Wallingford, 'tend to think most
or all of the value [of a product] inheres to having the idea.
Programmers are a commodity, pulled off the shelf to clean up the
details. It's just a small matter of programming, right?' Wrong. 'Writing
the program is the ingredient the idea people are missing,' he adds.
'They are doing the right thing to seek it out. I wonder what it would be
like if more people [2]could implement their own ideas.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0124241/I-Just-Need-a-Programmer?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/
1. http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2010-12.html#e2010-12-01T15_45_40.htm
2. http://gawker.com/5507651/facebook-wannabes-not-happy-with-65-million
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| Medical Researcher Rediscovers Integration
| from the it's-all-mathy dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday December 06, @02:02 (Math)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0416250/Medical-Researcher-Rediscovers-Integration?from=newsletter
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parallel_prankster writes "I find [0]this paper very amusing. From the
abstract: 'To develop a mathematical model for the determination of total
areas under curves from various metabolic studies.' Hint! If you replace
phrases like 'curves from metabolic studies' with just 'curves,' then
you'll note that Dr. Tai [1]rediscovered the rectangle method of
approximating an integral. (Actually, Dr. Tai rediscovered the
[2]trapezoidal rule.). Apparently this is called 'Tai's Model.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0416250/Medical-Researcher-Rediscovers-Integration?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/17/2/152.abstract
1. http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/medical-researcher-discovers-integration-gets-75-citations/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapezoidal_rule
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| Homemade Robotic Xylophone Plays Holiday Melodies
| from the percussion-from-a-distance dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday December 06, @05:04 (Hardware Hacking)
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0441233/Homemade-Robotic-Xylophone-Plays-Holiday-Melodies?from=newsletter
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compumike writes "Just in time to add a bit of geeky holiday cheer to
your office, this video demonstrates how to [0]build a robotic xylophone
featuring handmade solenoids and aluminum bars, and shows it playing
several classic holiday tunes. New songs can be programmed in with C
macros, and this project could even be extended to perhaps play a melody
when a new e-mail arrived or a software build has finished compiling!"
Discuss this story at:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0441233/Homemade-Robotic-Xylophone-Plays-Holiday-Melodies?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nerdkits.com/videos/robotic_xylophone/
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| Keeping Google's Consumer OS Options Straight
| from the who-would-ever-want-local-storage dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday December 06, @08:00 (Cellphones)
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0533233/Keeping-Googles-Consumer-OS-Options-Straight?from=newsletter
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According to Engadget, among others, Google is [0]expected to show off
the state of the [1]Chrome OS on Tuesday of this week, and perhaps even
to show off a netbook running the cloud-centric system. Since many of the
things that Chrome OS does are also within the scope of Google's other
consumer OS, Android, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has written a [2]guide to
the differences, as he sees them, between Android and Chrome OS.
Discuss this story at:
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/0533233/Keeping-Googles-Consumer-OS-Options-Straight?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/03/sources-google-branded-chromebook-to-launch-on-december-7th/
1. http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
2. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-three-differences-between-chrome-os-and-android/7924
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| Facebook Rolls Out Redesigned Profile Pages
| from the we-fear-change dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 06, @08:46 (Social Networks)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1325211/Facebook-Rolls-Out-Redesigned-Profile-Pages?from=newsletter
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alphadogg writes "The [0][Facebook Profile] changes include a clustered
listing of biographical information [1]under the user name at the top of
the page, including such details as the person's job, hometown,
relationship status, where they went to college, what languages they
speak and birthdate. Beneath that will appear a set of the five most
recent photos that a user allows to be posted at their profile page." The
changes unsurprisingly are being met with mixed opinions ranging from
rage to anger.
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1325211/Facebook-Rolls-Out-Redesigned-Profile-Pages?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/120610-facebook-rolls-out-redesigned-profile.html
1. http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=462201327130
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| Is Twitter Censoring Wikileaks Trends?
| from the or-just-sick-of-it dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 06, @09:28 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1329222/Is-Twitter-Censoring-Wikileaks-Trends?from=newsletter
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comforteagle writes "There are suspicions coming to the surface this
morning that [0]Twitter may be censoring WikiLeaks-related tweets from
forming a trending topic. Why is still unclear at this point, as during
Iranian protests a short while ago Twitter appeared to be in the fray of
helping to spread the word. As of this morning it appears that Twitter
may have some explaining to do. One of Twitter's engineers has chimed in
over the weekend, but some aren't convinced."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1329222/Is-Twitter-Censoring-Wikileaks-Trends?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://osdir.com/Article10586.phtml
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| Amazon Web Services Launches DNS Service
| from the welcome-to-the-holiday-dolldrums dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 06, @10:11 (The Internet)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1432250/Amazon-Web-Services-Launches-DNS-Service?from=newsletter
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wiredmikey writes "Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced a highly
[0]available and scalable Domain Name System service designed to give
developers and businesses a reliable and cost effective way to route end
users to Internet applications. The service, 'Route 53,' effectively
connects user requests to infrastructure running in AWS ��� such as an
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instance, an Amazon Elastic Load Balancer,
or an Amazon Simple Storage Service bucket ��� and can also be used to
route users to infrastructure outside of AWS."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1432250/Amazon-Web-Services-Launches-DNS-Service?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.securityweek.com/amazon-web-services-launches-dns-service
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| Sites Guilty of Hi-Jacking History
| from the break-out-the-foil-hats dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 06, @10:56 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1537203/Sites-Guilty-of-Hi-Jacking-History?from=newsletter
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Gunkerty Jeb writes "A recent study launched by the UC San Diego
Department of Computer Science to determine the scope of
privacy-violating information flows at popular websites shows that
popular Web 2.0 applications such as mashups, aggregators, and
sophisticated ad targeting are [0]teeming with various kinds of
privacy-violating flows. Ultimately the researchers determined that such
attacks are not being adequately defended against."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1537203/Sites-Guilty-of-Hi-Jacking-History?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/study-finds-popular-sites-guilty-hi-jacking-history-120610
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| Single Software Licence Shared 774,651 Times
| from the running-rampant dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 06, @11:37 (Piracy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1627223/Single-Software-Licence-Shared-774651-Times?from=newsletter
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nk497 writes "A single licence for [0]Avast security software has been
used by 774,651 people after it went viral on a file-sharing site. Avast
noticed that a license for its paid-for security software, sold to a
14-user firm in Arizona, was being distributed online. Rather than shut
down the piracy, the company decided to see how far the software would
spread ��� it's since popped up in 200 countries, including the Vatican
City. Now, the company is turning it into a marketing opportunity, with a
pop-up encouraging users of the pirated copy to download a legal copy of
the free or paid-for version. Avast isn't sure how many pirates have gone
legal, but said some have made the switch."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1627223/Single-Software-Licence-Shared-774651-Times?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/363379/single-software-licence-shared-774-651-times
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| Google Launches Nexus S Phone In UK and US
| from the better-battery-this-time-maybe dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 06, @12:08 (Google)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1629239/Google-Launches-Nexus-S-Phone-In-UK-and-US?from=newsletter
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siliconbits writes "Google has made its [0]second bid for a slice of the
mobile phone market, with the launch of its Nexus S phone. The
Samsung-built device comes less than 12 months after the launch of the
firm's Nexus One, built by HTC, which failed to win over many consumers.
The Nexus S will initially be launched in the UK and US, and will be
available 'from the end of the month'."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1629239/Google-Launches-Nexus-S-Phone-In-UK-and-US?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11930190
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| Beginning Blender
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday December 06, @12:51 (Book Reviews)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1328248/Beginning-Blender?from=newsletter
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terrywallwork writes "Lance Flavell and Apress have been busy writing
another Blender 2.5 based book. Lance Flavell (known as Lancer in the
Blender community) is a very knowledgeable Blender user. So I was very
interested to find out about this book when Apress announced its
availability. So off I went and ordered the Ebook version of the book in
PDF format." Read on for the rest of Terry's review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1328248/Beginning-Blender?from=newsletter
Discuss this story at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1328248/Beginning-Blender?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables
| from the story-that-never-ends dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @13:33 (Security)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1813236/Digging-Into-the-WikiLeaks-Cables?from=newsletter
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A number of readers have sent in new WikiLeaks stories today, many of
which focus on the content of the leaked diplomatic cables. The documents
showed how the US government [0]bullied and manipulated other countries
to gain support for its Copenhagen climate treaty (though [1]behavior
from the US wasn't all negative), how copyright negotiations largely
[2]meet the expectations of critics like Michael Geist, and how Intel
[3]threatened to move jobs out of Russia if the Russian government didn't
loosen encryption regulations. Perhaps the biggest new piece of
information is [4]a list of facilities the US considers 'vital to
security.' Meanwhile, the drama surrounding WikiLeaks continues; Julian
Assange's [5]Swiss bank account has been frozen and the UK has
[6]received an arrest warrant for the man himself; the effort to
[7]mirror the site has gained support from Pirate Parties [8]in Australia,
[9]in the UK and elsewhere; and [10]PayPal was hit with a DDoS for their
decision not to accept donations for WikiLeaks.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1813236/Digging-Into-the-WikiLeaks-Cables?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/03/wikileaks-us-manipulated-climate-accord
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/weekinreview/05wikileaks-sanger.html
2. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5504/125/
3. http://www.infoworld.com/t/regulation/wikileaks-intel-threatened-move-russian-jobs-india-621
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11923766
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11929034
6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11930488
7. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/04/229233/WikiLeaks-Starts-Mass-Mirroring-Effort
8. http://pirateparty.org.au/wikileaks-mirror
9. http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/press/releases/2010/dec/5/pirate-parties-mirror-wikileaks-support-whistleblo/
10. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/12/6/paypal-ddosed-after-shafting-wikileaks/
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| DOJ Ramping Up Crackdown On Copyright-Infringing Sites
| from the let-joe-pesci-sort-'em-out dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @14:16 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1843235/DOJ-Ramping-Up-Crackdown-On-Copyright-Infringing-Sites?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "The Obama administration is just getting
started in its mission to [0]shut down rogue websites that illegally
share copyrighted content such as movies and music. The White House's
intellectual property czar, Victoria Espinel, said Monday that the
Internet community should [1]'expect more of that' pre-emptive action as
the administration ramps up its efforts to combat online copyright
infringement ��� especially the illegal copying and sale of pharmaceutical
drugs."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1843235/DOJ-Ramping-Up-Crackdown-On-Copyright-Infringing-Sites?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/27/1910232/DHS-Seizes-75-Domain-Names
1. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46003.html
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| Apple Impasse With Magazines Over Subscriber Data
| from the users-stuck-wondering-what-magazines-are dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @14:58 (Businesses)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1914205/Apple-Impasse-With-Magazines-Over-Subscriber-Data?from=newsletter
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[0]Pickens writes "Peter Kafka reports at All Things Digital that Apple
and the publishing industry [1]haven't been able to come to terms over
magazine app subscriptions. Publishers want the ability to sell the
subscriptions themselves, or at least the opportunity to hang on to
subscribers' personal data, and Steve Jobs won't let them. Publishers
also don't like the 30 percent cut that Apple wants to take in the iTunes
store, but their real hang-up is lack of access to credit card and
personal data. It's valuable to them for marketing because the
demographic data helps magazines sell advertising, and without it they
can't offer print/digital bundles. All Apple is willing to offer is an
opt-in form for subscribers that would ask them for a limited amount of
information: name, mailing address, email address."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1914205/Apple-Impasse-With-Magazines-Over-Subscriber-Data?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20101203/apple-publishers-still-miles-apart-on-itunes-subscriptions/
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| Google eBookstore Launched
| from the moving-the-pieces-into-place dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @15:43 (Books)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1929245/Google-eBookstore-Launched?from=newsletter
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angrytuna writes "The New York Times is running an article this morning
about [0]the launch of the Google ebook store. Independent bookstores
such as Powell's, based in Portland, OR, have [1]partnered with Google in
this, selling the format directly in addition to their other ebook
offerings. The ebooks appear to rely on Adobe Digital Editions for DRM;
[2]instructions are provided to transfer from the 'cloud' to a handheld
device. iOS and Android have a dedicated app for accessing the store, and
will download for offline immediately; other clients like the Nook and
Sony eReader seem to be relying on the ADE platform to manage the
transfer for offline reading." NPR [3]tried it out on a few different
devices and posted their experience.
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/1929245/Google-eBookstore-Launched?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/discover-more-than-3-million-google.html
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/business/media/07ebookstore.html?src=me&ref=business
2. http://books.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=179863
3. http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/12/06/131848462/test-driving-google-books-the-good-the-bad-and-the-competitive-spirit
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| One Night Stands May Be Genetic
| from the getting-in-your-genes dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday December 06, @15:51 (Medicine)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/133225/One-Night-Stands-May-Be-Genetic?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "So, he or she has cheated on you for the
umpteenth time and their only excuse is: 'I just can't help it.'
According to researchers at Binghamton University, they may be right.
[0]The propensity for infidelity could very well be in their DNA. In a
first of its kind study, a team of investigators led by Justin Garcia, a
SUNY Doctoral Diversity Fellow in the laboratory of evolutionary
anthropology and health at Binghamton University, State University of New
York, has taken a broad look at sexual behavior, matching choices with
genes and has come up with a new theory on what makes humans 'tick' when
it comes to sexual activity. The biggest culprit seems to be the dopamine
receptor D4 polymorphism, or DRD4 gene. Already linked to
sensation-seeking behavior such as alcohol use and gambling, DRD4 is
known to influence the brain's chemistry and subsequently, an
individual's behavior."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/133225/One-Night-Stands-May-Be-Genetic?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| NASA Launches Micro Solar Sail
| from the still-working-on-micro-astronauts dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @16:25 (NASA)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/2025235/NASA-Launches-Micro-Solar-Sail?from=newsletter
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greyarea67 writes with news that NASA has successfully used a
"microsatellite" (a term given to satellites weighing between 10kg and
100kg) to deploy a "nanosatellite" (a term given to satellites weighing
between 1kg and 10kg). The deployed object, the first of six in the
microsatellite's payload, was the NanoSail-D flight unit. NanoSail-D
masses 4kg and is "about the size of a loaf of bread" until it deploys
its solar sail. "...when the NanoSail-D sail is deployed it will use its
large sail made of thin polymer material, a material much thinner than a
single human hair, [0]to significantly decrease the time to de-orbit the
small satellite without the use of propellants as most traditional
satellites use. The NanoSail-D flight results will help to mature this
technology so it could be used on future large spacecraft missions to aid
in de-orbiting space debris created by decommissioned satellites without
using valuable mission propellants."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/2025235/NASA-Launches-Micro-Solar-Sail?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/fastsat/10-162.html
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| A Nude Awakening — the TSA and Privacy
| from the keep-it-above-the-waist dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @17:08 (Privacy)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/2045248/A-Nude-Awakening-mdash-the-TSA-and-Privacy?from=newsletter
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DIplomatic writes "The Oklahoma Daily has a well-written editorial about
the current state of airport security. Though the subject has
overly-commented on, this article is well worth the read. Quoting: 'The
risk of a terrorist attack is so infinitesimal and its impact so
relatively insignificant that [0]it doesn't make rational sense to accept
the suspension of liberty for the sake of avoiding a statistical anomaly.
There's no purpose in security if it debases the very life it intends to
protect, yet the forced choice one has to make between privacy and travel
does just that. If you want to travel, you have a choice between low-tech
fondling or high-tech pornography; the choice, therefore, to relegate
your fundamental rights in exchange for a plane ticket. Not only does
this paradigm presume that one's right to privacy is variable contingent
on the government's discretion and only respected in places that the
government doesn't care to look ��� but it also ignores that the
fundamental right to travel has consistently been upheld by the Supreme
Court. If we have both the right to privacy and the right to travel, then
TSA's newest procedures cannot conceivably be considered legal. The TSA's
regulations blatantly compromise the former at the expense of the latter,
and as time goes on we will soon forget what it meant to have those
rights.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/2045248/A-Nude-Awakening-mdash-the-TSA-and-Privacy?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://oudaily.com/news/2010/dec/06/column-nude-awakening-tsa-and-privacy/
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| Explosive-Laden California Home To Be Destroyed
| from the boom-boom dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @17:52 (The Military)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/2211207/Explosive-Laden-California-Home-To-Be-Destroyed?from=newsletter
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wiredmikey writes with this snippet from an AP report: "Neighbors gasped
when authorities showed them photos of the inside of the Southern
California ranch-style home: Crates of grenades, mason jars of white,
explosive powder and jugs of volatile chemicals that are normally the
domain of suicide bombers. ... Now authorities face the risky task of
getting rid of the explosives. The property is so dangerous and volatile
that [0]they have no choice but to burn the home to the ground this week
in a highly controlled operation involving dozens of firefighters,
scientists and hazardous material and pollution experts. ... Some 40
experts on bombs and hazardous material from across the country and at
least eight national laboratories are working on the preparations. They
have analyzed wind patterns to ensure the smoke will not float over homes
beyond the scores that will be evacuated. They have studied how fast the
chemicals can become neutralized under heat expected to reach 1800
degrees and estimate that could happen within 30 minutes, which means
most of the toxins will not even escape the burning home."
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Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101206/ap_on_re_us/us_explosive_house
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| Researchers Tracking Emerging 'Darkness' Botnet
| from the new-kid-on-the-block dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday December 06, @18:35 (Botnet)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/2217254/Researchers-Tracking-Emerging-Darkness-Botnet?from=newsletter
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Trailrunner7 writes "Researchers are tracking a new botnet that [0]has
become one of the more active DDoS networks on the Internet since its
emergence early last month. The botnet, dubbed 'Darkness,' is being
[1]controlled by several domains hosted in Russia and its operators are
boasting that it can take down large sites with as few as 1,000 bots. The
Darkness botnet is seen as something of a successor to the older Black
Energy and Illusion botnets and researchers at the Shadowserver
Foundation took a look at the network's operation and found that it is
capable of generating large volumes of attack traffic. 'Upon testing, it
was observed that the throughput of the attack traffic directed
simultaneously at multiple sites was quite impressive,' Shadowserver's
analysts wrote in a report on the Darkness botnet. 'It now appears that
"Darkness" is overtaking Black Energy as the DDoS bot of choice. There
are many ads and offers for DDoS services using "Darkness." It is
regularly updated and improved and of this writing is up to version 7.
There also appear to be no shortage of buyers looking to add "Darkness"
to their botnet arsenal.'"
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https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/06/2217254/Researchers-Tracking-Emerging-Darkness-Botnet?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/researchers-tracking-emerging-darkness-botnet-120610
1. http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20101205
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