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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Apple Deemed Top of Movie Product Placement Charts
* Playing Around With Tracking Protection In IE9
* Campaign Saves Unique Turing Archive
* Is Attending a CS Conference Worth the Time?
* Telco CEO Asks For "Baby Bell Solution" For Australia
* Gmail Accidentally Resets 150,000 Accounts
* China Cleans Up Spam Problem
* No P = NP Proof After All
* What Would You Do With Open.org?
* Cracks Showing in the Libyan Firewall?
* Backdoor Trojan For Windows Ported To Mac OS
* Firefox 4 the Last Big Release From Mozilla
* Book Review: Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers
* 20 Years of Innovative Windows Malware
* Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend
* Comcast-NBC Deal Accidentally Protects Internet?
* HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down
* Linus Goes Hollywood At Pre-Oscars Party
* New MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals 'Shoddy Assembly'
* Scientists, Not Just Tourists, Are Getting Tickets to Ride Into Suborbital Space
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| Apple Deemed Top of Movie Product Placement Charts
| from the getting-your-name-out-there dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 27, @19:17 (Advertising)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/27/2249235/Apple-Deemed-Top-of-Movie-Product-Placement-Charts?from=newsletter
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adeelarshad82 writes "Apple was deemed [0]top of the product placement
charts last week after getting its computers, iPads, iPods and other
items featured in 30 percent of the top movies at the U.S. box office in
2010. Apple had roles in movies last year ranging from 'Kick Ass' to 'The
Other Guys' and 'Toy Story 3.' The strategy is obviously not a new one
for Apple; they've had [1]successful product placements in a number of TV
Shows and movies over the last three decades like 'Star Trek IV,' 'Batman
& Robin' and 'Dexter.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/27/2249235/Apple-Deemed-Top-of-Movie-Product-Placement-Charts?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/22/us-productplacement-idUSTRE71L69920110222
1. http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/261067/Apple-Product-Placement:-They%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2re-Everywhere
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| Playing Around With Tracking Protection In IE9
| from the accessing-the-defences dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 27, @21:44 (Internet Explorer)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/27/231223/Playing-Around-With-Tracking-Protection-In-IE9?from=newsletter
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[0]Roberto123 writes "I have tried out the [1]Tracking Protection feature
in the coming Internet Explorer 9 browser from Microsoft. While the
feature does effectively block ads from Web sites, I'm not yet convinced
that giving the users the options to select content to 'Block' or 'Allow'
will be that effective."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/27/231223/Playing-Around-With-Tracking-Protection-In-IE9?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/nwblogs_arch
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/playing-around-tracking-protection-ie9
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| Campaign Saves Unique Turing Archive
| from the posterity-plan dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday February 28, @00:36 (Education)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/0122225/Campaign-Saves-Unique-Turing-Archive?from=newsletter
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[0]99luftballon writes "[1]A near-complete collection of Alan Turing's
offprints have been bought for Bletchley Park following an online
campaign and funds from Google and the UK government. They will go on
display in the next few months. From the article: 'The collection
contains offprints of 15 of Turing's 18 published papers assembled by his
friend and colleague Max Newman. It includes Turing's first published
paper, as well as his initial plans for computing and artificial
intelligence.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/0122225/Campaign-Saves-Unique-Turing-Archive?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:iainthomson@gmail.com
1. http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2274980/campaign-turing-bletchley-park
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| Is Attending a CS Conference Worth the Time?
| from the meet-and-greet dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday February 28, @03:19 (Businesses)
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/041226/Is-Attending-a-CS-Conference-Worth-the-Time?from=newsletter
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An Anonymous Coward writes"Hello Slashdot readers, I am a CS student
nearing graduation and i had a couple of questions. One of my professors
is recommending submitting a paper to the CCSC (consortium of computing
sciences in colleges) in Utah this year for a chance to have my work
published in a journal. I realize the value in having thesis work
published but i don't really have the money to travel to Utah and stay
for two nights. So i guess i am wondering, has anyone ever attended a
conference of this nature and if so was it worth the time and money?"
Discuss this story at:
https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/041226/Is-Attending-a-CS-Conference-Worth-the-Time?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Telco CEO Asks For "Baby Bell Solution" For Australia
| from the solomon-approved dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday February 28, @05:23 (Australia)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/0410223/Telco-CEO-Asks-For-Baby-Bell-Solution-For-Australia?from=newsletter
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natecochrane writes "The CEO of Australia's No.2 telco, Optus, has called
for a [0]"Baby Bell" solution to handle what he says is a growing threat
to competition in the emerging $43 billion Australian national
fibre-broadband network. Paul O'Sullivan says that only by breaking up
the network architect NBN Co and tendering out its services, overseen by
an independent board (much like Australia's Reserve Bank the Fed), can
competition be preserved. And he had a few choice words to say about
Australia's 'No.2' ISP, iiNet: 'If you take into account we operate a
cable network and not ADSL [primarily] we're still significantly larger
than iiNet.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/0410223/Telco-CEO-Asks-For-Baby-Bell-Solution-For-Australia?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/249441,optus-calls-to-break-nbn-co-into-baby-telcos.aspx
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| Gmail Accidentally Resets 150,000 Accounts
| from the did-you-need-that-mail? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday February 28, @08:08 (Cloud)
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/0420203/Gmail-Accidentally-Resets-150000-Accounts?from=newsletter
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tsj5j writes "Many users have reported loss of their Gmail accounts, as
they signed in to find their email accounts reset ��� [0]losing years of
email history. This appears to be a result of a bug which treats existing
owners as new users. For those affected, Google is currently trying to
resolve the problem. For the rest of us, perhaps this is a timely
reminder to backup our data and be less trusting of the cloud."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/0420203/Gmail-Accidentally-Resets-150000-Accounts?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/27/gmail-accidentally-resetting-accounts-years-of-correspondence-v/
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| China Cleans Up Spam Problem
| from the i'm-feeling-much-better dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @08:49 (Spam)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1319237/China-Cleans-Up-Spam-Problem?from=newsletter
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[0]angry tapir writes "It's been a few years coming, but it looks like
[1]China may finally be getting a handle on its spam problem. Once the
largest source of the world's spam, China has been gradually fading off
the list of the world's top spam-producers. Right now Cisco Systems'
IronPort group ranks it at number 18 in terms of spam-producing
countries. That's a big drop from two years ago, when it consistently
ranked in the top five."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1319237/China-Cleans-Up-Spam-Problem?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com.au/
1. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/378046/china_cleans_up_spam_problem/
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| No P = NP Proof After All
| from the big-o-my-god dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @09:38 (Math)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/149244/No-P--NP-Proof-After-All?from=newsletter
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[0]00_NOP writes "Internet commerce seems safe for now as Russian
computer scientist Vladimir Romanov has conceded that his previously
published solution to the '3 SAT' problem of boolean algebra [1]does not
work. If his solution did work it would have shown that many problems
thought to be unsolvable with conventional computers ��� including
decrypting your HTTPS encoded credit card number ��� would have been
solvable in polynominal time. Romanov, who is very far from the sort of
crank who normally claims to have proved P = NP or the opposite, is not
giving up though..."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/149244/No-P--NP-Proof-After-All?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:adrianmcmenamin@gmail.com
1. http://cartesianproduct.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/no-proof-of-pnp-after-all-yet/
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| What Would You Do With Open.org?
| from the whats-wrong-with-porn dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @10:18 (Open Source)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/159200/What-Would-You-Do-With-Openorg?from=newsletter
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[0]itwbennett writes "The Linux Fund recently [1]bought the open.org
domain at auction for an undisclosed sum. Now begins the challenge of
doing something with it ��� something that generates enough revenue to be
self-sustaining."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/159200/What-Would-You-Do-With-Openorg?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itworld.com/
1. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/138330/what-would-you-do-openorg
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| Cracks Showing in the Libyan Firewall?
| from the i-want-to-break-free dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @11:04 (Censorship)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1545255/Cracks-Showing-in-the-Libyan-Firewall?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "Most Libya Internet traffic has been blocked
since the start of the uprisings on February 17. In what may be the first
cracks in the Libya Internet firewall and a sign of the rapidly evolving
political situation, [0]Libya Internet traffic climbed over the weekend
according to Arbor. Twitter updates also suggest the Internet is now
working in eastern cities like Benghazi. Gaddafi may be losing control of
his state telecom (Libya Telecom and Technology)?"
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1545255/Cracks-Showing-in-the-Libyan-Firewall?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.monkey.org/~labovit/blog/
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| Backdoor Trojan For Windows Ported To Mac OS
| from the run-for-cover dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @11:49 (Desktops (Apple))
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1559229/Backdoor-Trojan-For-Windows-Ported-To-Mac-OS?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A Remote Access Trojan (RAT) for Windows,
known as darkComet, has been ported to Mac OS X. The new backdoor Trojan
is not yet finished, but it could be indicative of more underground
programmers attempting to take advantage of Apple's growing market
share."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1559229/Backdoor-Trojan-For-Windows-Ported-To-Mac-OS?from=newsletter#commentlisting
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| Firefox 4 the Last Big Release From Mozilla
| from the release-early-release-often dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @12:36 (Firefox)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1656258/Firefox-4-the-Last-Big-Release-From-Mozilla?from=newsletter
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[0]nk497 writes "Firefox 4 will be the [1]last major browser release from
Mozilla, as it looks to mimic Chrome's speedy release schedule ��� echoing
previous statements that [2]Firefox 7 would arrive this year. "What we
want to do is get the power into users' hands more quickly," said vice
president of products Jay Sullivan. "For example, the video tag was
shippable in June ��� we should have shipped it." That new schedule is also
why Firefox 4 has had 12 betas, he said. Mozilla also said [3]future
versions of Firefox would feature a stronger "do not follow tool", as the
current one is a "non-technical solution"," Sullivan said. "All you're
doing is raising your hand and saying 'I don't want to be tracked.'
There's no technical teeth.""
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1656258/Firefox-4-the-Last-Big-Release-From-Mozilla?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365602/mozilla-firefox-4-will-be-our-last-big-release
2. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/07/1955241/Mozilla-Aims-To-Release-Four-Firefox-Versions-In-2011
3. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365590/mozilla-do-not-follow-systems-need-to-be-tougher
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| Book Review: Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web Designers
| from the read-all-about-it dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday February 28, @14:48 (Book Reviews)
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1430231/Book-Review-Inkscape-048-Essentials-for-Web-Designers?from=newsletter
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[0]JR0cket writes"[1]Inkscape is an open source 2D drawing tool that
helps you create graphic designs, from simple buttons and logos to full
blown posters and web page designs. Inkscape is similar to Adobe
Illustrator or CorelDraw and gives you a vector based graphics tool that
uses the W3C Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format. Inkscape is easy to
use, although learning the tricks that make designing a web site look
great are more involved. The Inkscape 0.48 Essentials for Web designers
is specifically focused on helping you to create your first web site
designs and does a great job of getting you started. Most if not all the
techniques covered are relevant to creating other graphic works too, so
its useful as a general Inkscape tutorial." Read on for the rest of
John's review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1430231/Book-Review-Inkscape-048-Essentials-for-Web-Designers?from=newsletter
Discuss this story at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1430231/Book-Review-Inkscape-048-Essentials-for-Web-Designers?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://jr0cket.com/
1. http://inkscape.org/
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| 20 Years of Innovative Windows Malware
| from the innovate-this dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @15:15 (Security)
| https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1946232/20-Years-of-Innovative-Windows-Malware?from=newsletter
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[0]snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Woody Leonhard takes a look at the [1]past
20 years of innovative Windows malware ��� an evolution that provides
insights into the kinds of attacks to come. From macro viruses, to
interstitial infections, to spray attacks, to industrial espionage,
'there's been a clear succession, with the means, methods, and goals
changing definitively over time,' Leonhard writes, outlining the rise of
Windows malware as a succession of ingenious breakthroughs to nefarious
ends."
Discuss this story at:
https://it.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1946232/20-Years-of-Innovative-Windows-Malware?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://infoworld.com/d/security/20-years-innovative-windows-malware-021
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| Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend
| from the scam-of-the-heart dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday February 28, @15:30 (Crime)
| https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1544212/Man-Pays-200000-To-Save-Fake-Online-Girlfriend?from=newsletter
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An anonymous reader writes "A 48-year-old Illinois man has experienced an
online scam that was particularly devastating, both financially and
emotionally. A woman he believed to be his online girlfriend turned out
to be a fake, and his money has disappeared with her. The scam was
recently revealed because he went to the police asking for help to rescue
the woman, insisting that she had been kidnapped in London. The online
'relationship' between the two began over two years ago, during which
[0]he wired about $200,000 to several different bank accounts in Nigeria,
Malaysia, England, and the US."
Discuss this story at:
https://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/1544212/Man-Pays-200000-To-Save-Fake-Online-Girlfriend?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techspot.com/news/42583-man-pays-200000-to-save-fake-girlfriend-in-online-scam.html
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| Comcast-NBC Deal Accidentally Protects Internet?
| from the now-wait-a-minute dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @16:00 (Government)
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/2039235/Comcast-NBC-Deal-Accidentally-Protects-Internet?from=newsletter
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[0]jfruhlinger writes "Details of the conditions that the Department of
Justice required to approve Comcast's purchase of NBC [1]have emerged
today. Blogger Kevin Fogarty looks at the details ��� Comcast is forbidden
from blocking Netflix over its pipes, and must sell NBC shows via iTunes
and other similar services ��� and concludes that Internet access for
everybody, including business users, has been protected, [2]more or less
by accident."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/2039235/Comcast-NBC-Deal-Accidentally-Protects-Internet?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://joshreads.com/
1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_comcast_nbc_online_video
2. http://www.itworld.com/internet/138431/comcast-nbc-approval-protects-business-internet-accidentally
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| HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down
| from the just-taking-a-break dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @16:46 (Security)
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/2117237/HBGary-Federal-CEO-Aaron-Barr-Steps-Down?from=newsletter
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Gunkerty Jeb writes "Embattled CEO Aaron Barr says he is [0]stepping down
from his post at HBGary Federal to allow the company to move on after
members of the online mischief making group Anonymous hacked into HBGary
Federal's computer network and published tens of thousands of company
e-mail messages on the Internet. In an interview with Threatpost, Barr
said that he is stepping down to allow himself and the company he ran to
move on in the wake of the high profile hack."
Discuss this story at:
https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/2117237/HBGary-Federal-CEO-Aaron-Barr-Steps-Down?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/hbgary-federal-ceo-aaron-barr-steps-down-022811
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| Linus Goes Hollywood At Pre-Oscars Party
| from the getting-his-mad-props dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @17:30 (Movies)
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/2121206/Linus-Goes-Hollywood-At-Pre-Oscars-Party?from=newsletter
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alphadogg writes "For those who feel like Linux and open source have been
slighted by Tinseltown in the face of its embrace of Facebook and The
Social Network, you'll be heartened to know that the Father of Linux,
Linux Torvalds, and his wife Tove were [0]among the beautiful people at
Saturday's pre-Oscars Night Before Party in Beverly Hills. [1]Torvalds
blogged about the Oscars party experience Monday, recounting a series of
awkward encounters with movie stars."
Discuss this story at:
https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/2121206/Linus-Goes-Hollywood-At-Pre-Oscars-Party?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/mr-linux-goes-hollywood-oscars
1. http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2011/02/pearls-before-swine.html
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| New MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals 'Shoddy Assembly'
| from the but-i-thought-appleness-was-next-to-godliness dept.
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 28, @18:12 (Apple)
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/233215/New-MacBook-Pro-Teardown-Reveals-Shoddy-Assembly?from=newsletter
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[0]CWmike writes "Apple's [1]new MacBook Pro shows some build-quality
problems that shouldn't be seen in a notebook that costs $1,800, a
teardown expert said on Monday. iFixit.com found several signs of
substandard assembly while disassembling a 15-in. MacBook Pro. Among
them: A stripped screw near the subwoofer enclosure and an unlocked ZIF
(zero insertion force) socket for the IR (infrared) sensor. '[These]
should not be things found inside a completely unmolested computer with
an $1,800 base price,' iFixit [2]said in the teardown description. iFixit
also spotted an unusual amount of thermal paste applied to both the CPU
and the GPU. 'Holy thermal paste! Time will tell if the gobs of thermal
paste applied to the CPU and GPU will cause overheating issues down the
road,' iFixit said. The refreshed MacBook Pro models launched last
Thursday in what [3]one analyst called a 'ho-hum' upgrade."
Discuss this story at:
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/233215/New-MacBook-Pro-Teardown-Reveals-Shoddy-Assembly?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://twitter.com/mikeatcw
1. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211839/Apple_s_new_MacBook_Pros_reveal_quality_concerns
2. http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody-Early-2011-Teardown/4990/2
3. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211220/Apple_boosts_MacBook_Pro_speeds_in_ho_hum_refresh
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| Scientists, Not Just Tourists, Are Getting Tickets to Ride Into Suborbital Space
| from the price-war-at-the-OK-space-corral dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Monday February 28, @18:50 (Space)
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/238202/Scientists-Not-Just-Tourists-Are-Getting-Tickets-to-Ride-Into-Suborbital-Space?from=newsletter
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"[0]Science, perhaps even more than tourism (free reg. may be required to
read), could turn out to be big business for Virgin Galactic and other
companies that are aiming to provide short rides above the 62-mile
altitude that marks the official entry into outer space, eventually on a
daily basis." Virgin is looking at ticket prices in the $200,000 range,
which is peanuts compared to the millions some scientific space
expeditions can cost, even for brief experiments. And if you don't even
have *that* much in your research budget, John Carmack has been
[1]touting $105,000 space flights for nearly a year now, and Xcor
Aerospace has been [2]taking $95,000 space ride reservations since 2008.
It looks like the biggest customer for short space flights for scientific
experiments so far is the [3]Southwest Research Institute, but many
others are lining up, especially since, the article quotes one scientist
as saying, ���It���s almost impossible to get research on the space station
at the moment." Of course, none of these commercial space ventures has
actually carried any paying passengers into space yet, but it's only a
matter of time before some of them do.
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/02/28/238202/Scientists-Not-Just-Tourists-Are-Getting-Tickets-to-Ride-Into-Suborbital-Space?from=newsletter#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/science/space/01orbit.html?src=mv
1. http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/05/12/2217204/John-Carmack-To-Cut-Space-Tourism-Prices-50
2. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/for-95000-xcor-aerospace-will-send-you-to-the-edge-of-space/
3. http://www.swri.org/
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