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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Anonymous Hacks US Think Tank Stratfor
* Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day
* Ask Slashdot: How Best To Deal With a GPLv2 License Infringement?
* The Looming Library Lending Battle
* NASA To Investigate Mysterious 'Space Ball'
* Russia, Europe Seek Divorce From U.S. Tech Vendors
* The Science of Santa
* Google and Mozilla: Partners, Not Competitors
* Amazon Patents Deducing Religion From Gift Wrap
* Android Approved By Pentagon
* Television White Space Spectrum Approved For Use By FCC
* Linux-Powered Christmas Display Puts Rudolph To Shame
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| Anonymous Hacks US Think Tank Stratfor
| from the looking-behind-the-curtain dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 25, @12:02 (Crime)
| with 248 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/1438243/anonymous-hacks-us-think-tank-stratfor?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Frankie70 writes "At 11:45 PST on Christmas Eve, hacking collective
[0]Anonymous disclosed that not only has it hacked the Stratfor website
(since confirmed by Friedman himself), but has also obtained the full
client list of over 4000 individuals and corporations, including their
credit cards (which supposedly have been used to make $1 million in
'donations'), as well as over 200 GB of email correspondence."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/1438243/anonymous-hacks-us-think-tank-stratfor?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
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| Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day
| from the reaping-what-you-sow dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 25, @14:08 (The Internet)
| with 240 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/1452251/go-daddy-loses-over-21000-domains-in-one-day?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter expo53d writes "CNET reports that yesterday
[0]21,054 domains were pulled off Domaincontrol.com, a subsidiary of
GoDaddy. While this maybe a coincidence, it is likely to be caused by
[1]GoDaddy's controversial support for SOPA. It seems that GoDaddy's
attempts at [2]remedying the problem were of no use."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57348183-93/21000-domains-transfer-out-of-go-daddy-in-1-day/
1. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/0253207/godaddy-backs-sopa
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/23/198234/go-daddy-reverses-course-on-sopa
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| Ask Slashdot: How Best To Deal With a GPLv2 License Infringement?
| from the napalm-solves-many-problems dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @23:41 (GNU is Not Unix)
| with 210 comments
| https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/2355249/ask-slashdot-how-best-to-deal-with-a-gplv2-license-infringement?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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cultiv8 writes "I am a developer and [0]released some code at one point
under GPLv2. It's nothing huge ��� a small Drupal module that integrates a
Drupal e-commerce system (i.e. [1]Ubercart) with multiple Authorize.net
accounts ��� but very useful for non-profits. Earlier today I discovered
that [2]a Drupal user was selling the module from their [3]website for
$49 and claiming it was their custom-made module. I'm no lawyer, but my
perspective is this violates both the spirit and law of GPLv2, most
specifically clause 2-b: 'You must cause any work that you distribute or
publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program
or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
parties under the terms of this License.' Am I correct in my
understanding of GPLv2? Do I have any recourse, and should I do anything
about this? I don't care about money, I just don't want someone selling
stuff that I released for free. How do most developers/organizations deal
with licensing infringements of this type?"
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https://ask.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/2355249/ask-slashdot-how-best-to-deal-with-a-gplv2-license-infringement?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://drupal.org/sandbox/rj/1105962
1. http://drupal.org/project/ubercart
2. http://drupal.org/user/1398390
3. http://www.crossmediaglobal.com/html/drupal-ubercart-multiauthorizenet-module.html
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| The Looming Library Lending Battle
| from the price-of-lending dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 25, @18:00 (Books)
| with 205 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/2117232/the-looming-library-lending-battle?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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smitty777 writes "The NY Times is running a piece on the [0]tug of war
between publishers and libraries for e-book lending. In one corner are
the publishers, who claim that unlimited lending of e-books 'without
friction is not a sustainable business model for us.' For example, Harper
Collins claims in [1]this corporate statement that unlimited lending
would lead to a decrease in royalties for both the publisher and the
writers. The NYT author further states that 'To keep their overall
revenue from taking a hit from lost sales to individuals, publishers need
to reintroduce more inconvenience for the borrower or raise the price for
the library purchaser.' Their current solution is to limit the number of
readings to 26 before a book license must be renewed. In the other corner
are the libraries, who are happy that [2]e-books are luring people back
to libraries, bringing with them desperately needed additional funding.
With e-book sales [3]going extremely well this year and [4]the
introduction of more capable e-readers, this debate is likely to get
worse before it gets better. The Guardian also has an interesting related
piece on [5]the pricing practices of the Big Six publishers."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/2117232/the-looming-library-lending-battle?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/business/for-libraries-and-publishers-an-e-book-tug-of-war.html?_r=1
1. http://www.harpercollins.com/footer/release.aspx?id=938&b=&year=2011
2. http://www.forbes.com/sites/mobiledia/2011/12/21/e-book-lending-lures-readers-back-to-libraries/
3. http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/us-ebook-sales-doubled-in-september_b18289
4. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398030,00.asp
5. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/dec/23/ebook-price-swindle-publishing
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| NASA To Investigate Mysterious 'Space Ball'
| from the that's-gonna-leave-a-mark dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday December 25, @02:36 (NASA)
| with 174 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/002245/nasa-to-investigate-mysterious-space-ball?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]redletterdave writes "In mid-November, [1]a hollow space ball fell
from the sky and crashed into the earth in Namibia, the African nation
situated above South Africa and west of Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Authorities recovered the sphere in a grassy village north of Windhoek,
the country's capital. The hollow ball, which appears to be made of '[2]two
halves welded together,' has a rough surface, a 14-inch diameter and
measures 43 inches around. The strange globe created a crater 13 inches
deep and almost 12.5 feet wide, but was found almost 60 feet from the
landing spot. Paul Ludik, the police forensics director investigating the
case, says the dense ball weighs 13 pounds and is made of a 'metal alloy
known to man.' NASA and the European Space Agency will both help
investigate the strange occurrence."
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/002245/nasa-to-investigate-mysterious-space-ball?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:davesmith229@gmail.com
1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/272168/20111223/space-ball-namibia-nasa-esa-investigate-crash.htm
2. http://news.discovery.com/space/mystery-space-ball-crashes-in-nambia-111222.html
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| Russia, Europe Seek Divorce From U.S. Tech Vendors
| from the keep-the-kids dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @20:43 (Supercomputing)
| with 173 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/2339248/russia-europe-seek-divorce-from-us-tech-vendors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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dcblogs writes "The Russians are building a 10-petaflop supercomputer as
part of a goal to build an exascale system by 2018-20, in the same
timeframe as the US. The Russians, as well as Europe and China, [0]want
to reduce reliance on U.S. tech vendors and believe that exascale system
development will lead to breakthroughs that could seed new tech
industries. 'Exascale computing is a challenge, and indeed an opportunity
for Europe to become a global HPC leader,' said Leonardo Flores Anover,
who is the European Commission's project officer for the European
Exascale Software Initiative. 'The goal is to foster the development of a
European industrial capability,' he said. Think what Europe accomplished
with Airbus. For Russia: 'You can expect to see Russia holding its own in
the exascale race with little or no dependence on foreign manufacturers,'
said Mike Bernhardt, who writes The Exascale Report. For now, Russia is
relying on Intel and Nvidia."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222994/Russia_building_10_petaflop_supercomputer
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| The Science of Santa
| from the ho-ho-hypothesis dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 25, @10:06 (Science)
| with 127 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/1243230/the-science-of-santa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes writes "For decades, mystified scientists have
chalked up Santa's power to the inexplicable wonder of magic, but North
Carolina State University aerospace engineer Larry Silverberg, team
leader on a first-of-its-kind visiting scholars program at Santa's
Workshop-North Pole Labs (NPL), says that Santa is, in fact, a scientific
genius and that Silverberg looks forward to Christmas each year, so he
can ponder [1]the remarkable accomplishments of one of the greatest
pioneers in his field. 'Santa is not just a jolly old elf,' says
Silverberg. 'He really has an understanding of engineering, technology,
science that's far beyond our own.' It all starts at the North Pole where
Santa has an elaborate technical setup that rivals the nerve center of
the CIA including an underground antenna that listens to children's
thoughts. 'He takes those signals and finds out whether the child has
been naughty or nice, and ultimately, what present the child wants.'
[2]Santa's mastery of nanotechnology allows Santa to grow presents on the
spot eschewing the necessity of carrying them on the sleigh which would
be prohibitive because of the weight. Then there's Santa's sleigh itself,
an advanced aerodynamic structure equipped with laser sensors to find the
optimal path, and [3]covered by a nanostructured 'skin' that is porous
and contains its own low-pressure system, which holds the air flowing
around the airborne sled onto the body, reducing drag by as much as 90
percent. Finally there's Santa's greatest invention, the relativity
cloud, that [4]bends time and space to allow for his round-the-world
Christmas journey and explains why Santa is so seldom seen. 'Relativity
clouds are controllable domains ��� rips in time ��� that allow him months to
deliver presents while only a few minutes pass on Earth. The presents are
truly delivered in a wink of an eye.'"
Discuss this story at:
https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/1243230/the-science-of-santa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.wral.com/entertainment/holiday/story/10523973/
2. http://www.ncsu.edu/featured-stories/community-of-scholars/dec-2009/scienceofsanta/index.php
3. http://v3prod.news.ncsu.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/santa-sleigh_500.jpg
4. http://www.ncsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/bulletin/2011/12/the-science-of-santa-2/
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| Google and Mozilla: Partners, Not Competitors
| from the one-big-happy-family dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday December 25, @08:31 (Google)
| with 123 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/0652243/google-and-mozilla-partners-not-competitors?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Much has been said about the (perceived) rivalry between Chrome and
Firefox, but Google engineer Peter Kasting had enough when he read an
article trying to [0]discern Google's true motives for signing a new
Firefox search deal. Kasting posted to Google+ to [1]clarify what value
the company sees in funding a "rival" browser. Quoting: "People never
seem to understand why Google builds Chrome no matter how many times I
try to pound it into their heads. It's very simple: the primary goal of
Chrome is to make the web advance as much and as quickly as possible.
That's it. It's completely irrelevant to this goal whether Chrome
actually gains tons of users or whether instead the web advances because
the other browser vendors step up their game and produce far better
browsers. Either way the web gets better. Job done. The end. So it's very
easy to see why Google would be willing to fund Mozilla: Like Google,
Mozilla is clearly committed to the betterment of the web, and they're
spending their resources to make a great, open-source web browser. Chrome
is not all things to all people; Firefox is an important product because
it can be a different product with different design decisions and serve
different users well."
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Links:
0. http://parislemon.com/post/14695710791/pay-to-stay
1. https://plus.google.com/114128403856330399812/posts/9dKsD7Mi7JU
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| Amazon Patents Deducing Religion From Gift Wrap
| from the judging-a-gift-by-its-cover dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 25, @11:36 (Christmas Cheer)
| with 123 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/1248257/amazon-patents-deducing-religion-from-gift-wrap?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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theodp writes "If you're the giver or recipient of presents
[0]gift-wrapped by Amazon, you may want to take a gander at U.S. Patent
No. 8,060,463, granted to Amazon last month for [1]Mining of User Event
Data to Identify Users with Common Interests. Among other things, Amazon
explains the invention can be used to identify recipients of gifts as
Christian or Jewish based on wrapping paper. From the patent: 'The gift
wrap used by such other users when purchasing gifts for this user, such
as when the gift wrap evidences the user's religion (in the case of
Christmas or Hanukkah gift wrap, for example.)'"
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Links:
0. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=746468
1. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=8,060,463
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| Android Approved By Pentagon
| from the getting-the-greenlight dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 25, @16:07 (Android)
| with 97 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/154225/android-approved-by-pentagon?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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sfcrazy writes "[0]The Pentagon has approved a version of Android running
on Dell hardware to be used by DoD officials, along with the BlackBerry.
The approval of Android by the DoD is a major setback for Apple's iPhone.
This doesn't mean that DoD employees can use any Android phone. The
Pentagon has approved only Dell's hardware running Android 2.2.
Interestingly [1]Dell recently discontinued its Streak phone which runs
Android 2.2. Dell is now offering Dell Venue which runs on Android 2.2.
So, this is the phone which DoD employees can use."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/154225/android-approved-by-pentagon?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.muktware.com/news/3145/android-approved-pentagon-dod-usage-major-setback-iphone
1. http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/06/1617246/dell-kills-streak-7-bails-on-android-tablets
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| Television White Space Spectrum Approved For Use By FCC
| from the new-wireless-acronym-time dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Sunday December 25, @05:34 (Wireless Networking)
| with 82 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/25/0319201/television-white-space-spectrum-approved-for-use-by-fcc?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter ptmartin01 writes "The unused spectrum now assigned to
television broadcast has been [0]made available for public use by the FCC.
This is going to be [1]used for wireless applications (PDF) with
implications that it will generate as much investment as the previous
Wi-Fi spectrum. It also happens to be the last available spectrum to be
exploited."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/04067c04-2ce8-11e1-aaf5-00144feabdc0.html
1. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db1222/DOC-311652A1.pdf
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| Linux-Powered Christmas Display Puts Rudolph To Shame
| from the happy-humbug dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 24, @19:25 (Christmas Cheer)
| with 63 comments
| https://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/12/24/2346205/linux-powered-christmas-display-puts-rudolph-to-shame?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]xmas2003 writes "[1]Over at Linux.com, Zonker writes about [2]Alek's
Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease. This annual Internet
tradition uses a hi/low-tech combo of LAMP'ed Redhat Web Servers, a 7+
year old Thinkpad running Ubuntu for the X10 control, and an old-school
webpage design that could be politely described as Web 0.0 ��� wait until
you see the animated cursor ��� D'OH! The site is free (and totally fun) as
it also raises awareness and donations for Celiac Disease ��� [3]over
$70,000 to the University of Maryland. Nifty pictures of the crazy
christmas display can be seen on the [4]Christmas Blog (notice Clifford
Stoll's The Cuckoo's Egg in post #220) plus [5]watch videos of it in
action with comedic history. Nothing quite says Christmas like a giant,
inflatable HULK wearing a Santa Hat... along with three wise men of Elmo,
SpongeBob, and Homer Simpson. The Slashdot Effect of turning 21,000
Christmas lights ON & OFF this evening should provide quite a Christmas
Eve show to Alek's neighbors... and also the International Space
Station."
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Links:
0. http://www.google.com/search?q=clement+moore
1. https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorial/528535-linux-powered-christmas-display-puts-rudolph-to-shame
2. http://www.komar.org/cgi-bin/christmas_webcam
3. http://somvweb.som.umaryland.edu/absolutenm/templates/?a=45&z=5
4. http://www.komar.org/cgi-bin/christmas-blog
5. http://www.komar.org/christmas/videos/
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