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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Senator Rand Paul Detained By the TSA
* Filesonic Removes Ability To Share Files
* Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture
* Supreme Court Rules Warrants Needed for GPS Monitoring
* Google Updates Algorithm To Punish Websites With Excessive Ads
* Apple Nets 350K Textbook Downloads In 3 Days
* Russian Scientist Claims Signs of Life Spotted On Venus
* The Coda Electric Car at the Detroit International Auto Show (Video)
* Air Force Says Iran Didn't Down Drone
* NinjaVideo.net Founder Gets 14 Months
* Startup Combines CPU and DRAM
* Nano-Scale Terahertz Antenna May Make Tricorders Real
* MediaFire CEO: We Don't Depend On Piracy
* Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace To Google: Don't Be Evil
* CEOs of RIM Step Down
* Tales of IT Idiocy
* The Behind-the-Scenes Campaign To Bring SOPA To Canada
* Star Wars Uncut Project Complete
* Russia Talks Moon Base With NASA, ESA
* Professor Resigns From Stanford To Launch Online Education Project
* How Much LTE Spectrum Do Big Carriers Have?
* Carl Malamud Answers: Goading the Government To Make Public Data Public
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| Senator Rand Paul Detained By the TSA
| from the your-dad's-not-president-yet dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @12:19 (Privacy)
| with 861 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1645201/senator-rand-paul-detained-by-the-tsa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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cervesaebraciator writes "Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has been [0]detained
by the TSA in Tennessee for refusing a pat-down. Apparently an anomaly
appeared when he received the full body scan. While he offered to undergo
the body scan once more, he was informed that only a pat-down would be
sufficient to clear him. He has since been detained and the story is
developing."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1645201/senator-rand-paul-detained-by-the-tsa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71818.html
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| Filesonic Removes Ability To Share Files
| from the closing-shop dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @00:00 (Your Rights Online)
| with 393 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/0152207/filesonic-removes-ability-to-share-files?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Ihmhi writes "In the wake of the Megaupload takedown, [1]Filesonic has
elected to take preventative measures against a similar fate. The front
page and all files now carry the following message: 'All sharing
functionality on FileSonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used
to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally.' Whether
or not this will actually [2]deter the U.S. government from taking action
remains to be seen."
Discuss this story at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/0152207/filesonic-removes-ability-to-share-files?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. mailto:i_have_mental_health_issues@yahoo.com
1. http://www.filesonic.com/
2. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/filesonic-shutters-another-file-sharing-site-bites-the-dust/67670
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| Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture
| from the one-of-us-one-of-us dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @10:55 (Canada)
| with 363 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1440248/outgoing-crtc-head-says-technology-is-eroding-canadian-culture?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Patchw0rk F0g writes "Canada's outgoing CRTC head, Konrad von
Finckenstein, has some choice words for his successor: [1]Internet and
wireless technology has disarmed federal regulators of their weapons to
protect cultural identity. The retiring Finckenstein cites over-the-top
broadcasting, new Internet technologies and (perhaps most importantly)
the fact that the CRTC is antiquated and can't keep up with these
emerging technologies as factors in the (still)-growing culture-loss of
Canada to the U.S. 'We have now moved into an era where the consumer is
in control, and where thanks to the Internet and mobile devices, you
cannot control access any more,' he said in one of his last interviews."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://seanmurphy.co.cc/
1. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canada-needs-to-reinvent-crtc-outgoing-head-says/article2310806/
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| Supreme Court Rules Warrants Needed for GPS Monitoring
| from the get-your-paperwork-in-order dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @12:59 (Privacy)
| with 307 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1622254/supreme-court-rules-warrants-needed-for-gps-monitoring?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]gambit3 writes "The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in the case of
Washington, D.C. nightclub owner Antoine Jones, saying [1]police must get
a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects.
A federal appeals court in Washington overturned his drug conspiracy
conviction because police did not have a warrant when they installed a
GPS device on his vehicle and then tracked his movements for a month."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.neolibrarium.com/
1. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-gps-ruling/
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| Google Updates Algorithm To Punish Websites With Excessive Ads
| from the killing-the-Interstitial-ads dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @08:11 (Google)
| with 302 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1242247/google-updates-algorithm-to-punish-websites-with-excessive-ads?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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hypnosec writes "Google has decided to take punitive actions against
those [0]websites that flood the top of their web pages with ads due to
which the visitors have to scroll down to finally view the relevant
contents on the page. According to Google, this type of layouts annoys
the users and thus the web search company will be penalizing those
websites through search results. The company [1]disclosed this on its
blog. According to Google over the top ads is not good for user
experience and thus such websites might not get high ranking on Google
web search."
Discuss this story at:
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1242247/google-updates-algorithm-to-punish-websites-with-excessive-ads?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.itproportal.com/2012/01/23/google-updates-algorithm-punish-websites-excessive-top-page-ads/#ixzz1kH7MIOYs
1. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2012/01/page-layout-algorithm-improvement.html
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| Apple Nets 350K Textbook Downloads In 3 Days
| from the but-what-do-we-leave-on-the-teacher's-desk dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 23, @17:57 (Books)
| with 254 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/2248226/apple-nets-350k-textbook-downloads-in-3-days?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]redletterdave writes "On Jan. 19, Apple [1]introduced iBooks 2, its
digital solution to the physical textbook. In the first three days of
release, users have [2]downloaded more than 350,000 e-textbooks from the
new platform, and more than 90,000 users have downloaded the authoring
tool to make those e-textbooks, called iBooks Author. It makes sense that
Apple's iBooks 2 platform is taking off in such a short period of time;
there is very little merit to the physical textbook, and the education
industry has been waiting for a viable solution like this for some time.
Physical textbooks lack portability, durability, accessibility,
consistent quality, interactivity and searchability, and they're not
environmentally friendly."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. mailto:davesmith229@gmail.com
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/01/19/1625207/apple-unveils-software-to-reinvent-the-textbook
2. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/286274/20120123/apple-ibooks-2-users-downloaded-350k-ipad.htm
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| Russian Scientist Claims Signs of Life Spotted On Venus
| from the we-are-not-alone dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @10:16 (Space)
| with 247 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1432222/russian-scientist-claims-signs-of-life-spotted-on-venus?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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flergum writes "Leonid Ksanfomaliti, an astronomer based at the Space
Research Institute of Russia's Academy of Sciences, analyzed photographs
taken by a Russian landing probe during 1982 and [0]claims to have found
signs of life. Ksanfomaliti says the Russian photographs depict objects
resembling a 'disk,' a 'black flap' and a 'scorpion.'"
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://news.yahoo.com/russian-scientist-claims-signs-life-spotted-venus-070321311.html
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| The Coda Electric Car at the Detroit International Auto Show (Video)
| from the maybe-enough-battery-life-to-get-you-to-work-and-back dept.
| posted by Roblimo on Monday January 23, @08:55 (Technology)
| with 244 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/22/2022222/the-coda-electric-car-at-the-detroit-international-auto-show-video?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Last week Timothy Lord [0]looked at the Tesla Model S. He also took a
quick look at the [1]CODA electric car. Like Tesla, CODA is based in
California. Like Tesla, CODA is building purely electric, "plug-in" cars.
But unlike Tesla, CODA is making a bland but practical sedan that can go
up to 150 miles on a charge and costs about $37,000. That's not exactly a
Kia-competitive price, even though Tim says it looks kind of like a Kia.
But it's 100% electric and costs less than a Tesla -- really, hardly more
than a [2]Nissan Leaf. And it has a fully-usable back seat and a
decent-sized trunk. And unlike the Nissan Leaf, it's made right here in
the good old USA.
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Links:
0. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/20/2012245/see-the-tesla-s-at-the-detroit-international-auto-show-video
1. http://www.codaautomotive.com/
2. http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index#/leaf-electric-car/index
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| Air Force Says Iran Didn't Down Drone
| from the pilot-error dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday January 22, @19:05 (The Military)
| with 239 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/22/238227/air-force-says-iran-didnt-down-drone?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter QQBoss writes "The Air Force is not saying
what caused the RQ-170 UAV to crash in Iran, but that [0]Iran's claim to
have forced it down is erroneous. The drone didn't come down and land
gently as Iran had suggested it did. At least Iran got a good photo op,
though the more interesting question is what technology will they be able
to glean from what they did capture."
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Links:
0. http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/20120122.aspx
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| NinjaVideo.net Founder Gets 14 Months
| from the do-not-pass-go dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Sunday January 22, @21:31 (Piracy)
| with 234 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/22/2354254/ninjavideonet-founder-gets-14-months?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]angry tapir writes "A Virginia judge has sentenced Matthew David
Howard Smith, a founder of the NinjaVideo.net website, [1]to 14 months in
prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. Smith was
indicted [2]along with four others late last year. The DOJ charged that
they illegally provided copyright-protected movies and TV programs for
download from the NinjaVideo.net website. The site operated from February
2008 until authorities shut it down in June 2010."
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Links:
0. http://www.techworld.com.au/
1. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/413022/ninjavideo_net_founder_gets_14_months
2. http://www.techworld.com.au/article/406327/another_ninjavideo_net_founder_pleads_guilty/
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| Startup Combines CPU and DRAM
| from the two-in-one dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @05:27 (Technology)
| with 192 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/0419242/startup-combines-cpu-and-dram?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MojoKid writes "CPU design firm Venray Technology announced a new
product design this week that it claims can deliver enormous performance
benefits by combining CPU and DRAM on to a single piece of silicon.
[1]Venray's TOMI (Thread Optimized Multiprocessor) attempts to redefine
the problem by building a very different type of microprocessor. The TOMI
Borealis is built using the same transistor structures as conventional
DRAM; the chip trades clock speed and performance for ultra-low low
leakage. Its design is, by necessity, extremely simple. Not counting the
cache, TOMI is a 22,000 transistor design. Instead of surrounding a CPU
core with L2 and L3 cache, Venray inserted a CPU core directly into a
DRAM design. A TOMI Borealis core connects eight TOMI cores to a 1Gbit
DRAM with a total of 16 ICs per 2GB DIMM. This works out to a total of
128 processor cores per DIMM. That said, when your CPU has fewer
transistors than an architecture that debuted in 1986, there is a good
chance that you left a few things out--like an FPU, branch prediction,
pipelining, or any form of speculative execution. Venray may have created
a chip with power consumption an order of magnitude lower than anything
ARM builds and more memory bandwidth than Intel's highest-end Xeons, but
it's an ultra-specialized, ultra-lightweight core that trades 25 years of
flexibility and performance for scads of memory bandwidth."
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Links:
0. http://hothardware.com/
1. http://hothardware.com/News/CPU-Startup-Combines-CPUDRAMAnd-A-Whole-Bunch-Of-Crazy/
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| Nano-Scale Terahertz Antenna May Make Tricorders Real
| from the welcome-to-the-future dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @09:36 (Medicine)
| with 175 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1340231/nano-scale-terahertz-antenna-may-make-tricorders-real?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]MrSeb writes "Researchers from Imperial College London and A*STAR in
Singapore have shown off a terahertz antenna that's just 100 nanometers
across ��� about 30,000 times smaller than existing terahertz antennae ���
and two orders of magnitude stronger than other T-ray beam-forming
techniques. T-rays are a lot like EHF (extremely high frequency), which
is used by millimeter wave scanners in airports, medical imaging, and
emerging wireless networking standards like WiGig ��� but stronger, faster,
and more detailed. Where EHF radiation can see through your clothes,
T-rays can penetrate a few millimeters of skin. Furthermore, because
atoms and molecules have a unique terahertz-range signature, T-ray
scanners can detect toxic substances, bombs, drugs ��� or even cancerous
tumors under your skin. Most importantly, though, due to the nano scale
of these antennae, it's possible to create huge antennae arrays on a
single silicon chip, meaning [1]hand-held T-ray scanners are now a
possibility. In the not so distant future, every household might have a
Star Trek-like tricorder capable of detecting cancer or other diseases."
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Links:
0. http://mrseb.co.uk/
1. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/114975-nano-scale-terahertz-antenna-created-hand-held-tricorders-incoming
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| MediaFire CEO: We Don't Depend On Piracy
| from the everyone's-entitled-to-an-opinion dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 23, @13:41 (Piracy)
| with 171 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/188217/mediafire-ceo-we-dont-depend-on-piracy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter libertyernie writes "Although FileSonic has [0]disabled
sharing and Uploaded.to has [1]blocked access to the U.S., the CEO of
Texas-based MediaFire is not concerned about government action against
his company. '[2]We don't have a business built on copyright infringement,'
says Derek Labian. 'Like many other cloud-based sharing services like
Box.net and Dropbox, we're a legitimate business targeting
professionals.'"
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Links:
0. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/0152207/filesonic-removes-ability-to-share-files
1. http://torrentfreak.com/uploaded-to-blocks-us-visitors-120121/
2. http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/22/mediafire-megaupload-business-model-piracy/
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| Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace To Google: Don't Be Evil
| from the you-guys-should-team-up-and-start-a-search-engine dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 23, @17:14 (Cloud)
| with 169 comments
| https://search.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/2045235/facebook-twitter-and-myspace-to-google-dont-be-evil?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "Over the weekend, Blake Ross, Facebook's
product director and co-founder of Firefox, worked with Facebook
engineers Tom Occhino and Marshall Roch to demonstrate how evil they
think Google's newly launched [0]Search plus Your World (SPYW) feature
really is, and [1]created a 'proof of concept' showing how it should
really work. His team got some help from Twitter engineers and Myspace
engineers, and consulted other social networks as well to really make
sure the message hits home: SPYW should surface results from all social
networks, not just Google+. By leveraging Google's own algorithms, the
group built a bookmarklet called 'don't be evil' (a jab at Google's
informal motto) and released it on a new website named [2]Focus on the
User."
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Links:
0. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/01/10/1627213/google-merges-google-into-search
1. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-twitter-myspace-to-google-dont-be-evil/7908
2. https://www.focusontheuser.org/
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| CEOs of RIM Step Down
| from the so-long-farewell-aufwiedersehn-goodbye dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @02:43 (Businesses)
| with 161 comments
| https://slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/0317244/ceos-of-rim-step-down?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "After two decades of leading the BlackBerry
maker, [0]Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balisillie are stepping down from their
roles as Co-CEOs at Canada's Research In Motion Limited. Thorsten Heins
will now lead RIM as it attempts to beat the likes of Apple and Google."
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Links:
0. http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=5358
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| Tales of IT Idiocy
| from the was-that-wrong? dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @11:56 (It's funny. Laugh.)
| with 160 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1631212/tales-of-it-idiocy?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]snydeq writes "IT fight club, dirty dev data, meatball sandwiches ���
InfoWorld offers [1]nine more tales of brain fail beyond belief. 'You'd
think we'd run out of them, but technology simply hasn't advanced enough
to take [2]boneheaded users out of the daily equation that is the IT
admin's life. Whether it's clueless users, evil admins, or just
completely bad luck, Mr. Murphy has the IT department pinned in his
sights ��� and there's no escaping the heartache, headaches, hassles, and
hilarity of cluelessness run amok.'"
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Links:
0. http://www.infoworld.com/
1. http://www.infoworld.com/t/misadventures/stupid-user-tricks-6-it-idiocy-loves-company-184491
2. http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/08/06/16/198246/bone-headed-it-mistakes
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| The Behind-the-Scenes Campaign To Bring SOPA To Canada
| from the sneak-it-in-during-hockey-season dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 23, @15:49 (Canada)
| with 150 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1942237/the-behind-the-scenes-campaign-to-bring-sopa-to-canada?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "SOPA may be dead (for now) in the U.S., but
lobby groups are likely to intensify their efforts to export SOPA-like
rules to other countries. With the Canadian DMCA back on the legislative
agenda at the end of the month, Canada will be a prime target for SOPA
style rules. In fact, Michael Geist reports that the recording industry
wants [0]language to similar to that found in SOPA on blocking access to
websites, new termination policies for subscribers, and an expanded
SOPA-style liability for sites that could include YouTube and cloud-based
services." Another reader points out that [1]similar mischief is afoot in
Ireland: "The Irish government's new 'statutory instrument' threatens to
do some of the same things as SOPA, mainly introducing the power to force
ISPs to block websites suspected of having copyrighted material on them."
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Links:
0. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6257/125/
1. http://www.tjmcintyre.com/2012/01/adrian-weckler-confims-that-irelands.html
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| Star Wars Uncut Project Complete
| from the she's-got-it-where-it-counts dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 23, @15:06 (Movies)
| with 149 comments
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1835202/star-wars-uncut-project-complete?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "In 2009 we discussed the [0]Star Wars Uncut
Project, a crowd-sourced effort to re-create the entirety of Episode IV
as series of 15-second clips filmed and submitted by fans. Well, it's
done at last, and CmdrTaco has [1]written his review of the two-hour film.
He says, 'A great number of shots demonstrate technology well beyond what
was available when the original Star Wars was made. Other shots are
stylishly animated in CG. Others are rotoscoped in mediums from chalk to
pencil to marker. There���s also a plethora of stop motion, claymation, and
even some puppetry to go around. [A] few shots are only slightly modified
from the originals, but those are the rarity, and generally done to pull
off a specific joke. ... It's a glorious achievement.'"
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Links:
0. http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/10/06/1647234/fans-come-together-to-complete-star-wars-uncut
1. http://cmdrtaco.net/2012/01/star-wars-uncut-the-directors-cut/
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| Russia Talks Moon Base With NASA, ESA
| from the sheer-luna-cy dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 23, @18:39 (Moon)
| with 129 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/2255232/russia-talks-moon-base-with-nasa-esa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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milbournosphere writes "Russia and NASA are reportedly [0]in talks to
create a base on the Moon. They're looking to create either a facility on
the Moon itself or a permanent space station in orbit around the moon.
'We don't want man to just step on the Moon,' agency chief Vladimir
Popovkin said in an interview with Vesti FM radio station. 'Today, [1]we
know enough about it. We know that there is water in its polar areas,' he
added. 'We are now discussing how to begin [the Moon's] exploration with
NASA and the European Space Agency.'"
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https://science.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/2255232/russia-talks-moon-base-with-nasa-esa?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/23/russia_nasa_moon_station/
1. http://rianovosti.com/science/20120119/170840782.html
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| Professor Resigns From Stanford To Launch Online Education Project
| from the distributing-bits-of-knowledge dept.
| posted by Soulskill on Monday January 23, @16:30 (Education)
| with 117 comments
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/2016202/professor-resigns-from-stanford-to-launch-online-education-project?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mikejuk writes "Professor Sebastian Thrun has [0]given up his Stanford
position to start [1]Udacity ��� an online educational venture. Udacity's
first two free courses are Building a Search Engine and Programming a
Robotic Car. In a moving speech at the Digital Life Design conference, he
explained that after presenting the online AI course to thousands of
students [2]he could no longer teach at Stanford: 'Now that I saw the
true power of education, there is no turning back. It's like a drug. I
won't be able to teach 200 students again, in a conventional classroom
setting.' Let's hope Udacity works out; Stanford is a tough act to
follow."
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Links:
0. http://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/3658-sebastian-thrun-resigns-from-stanford-to-launch-udacity.html
1. http://www.udacity.com/
2. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/23/udacity-and-the-future-of-online-universities/
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| How Much LTE Spectrum Do Big Carriers Have?
| from the piece-of-the-pie dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Monday January 23, @11:36 (AT&T)
| with 90 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1535212/how-much-lte-spectrum-do-big-carriers-have?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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alphadogg writes "The top U.S. carriers over the past year have stepped
up their efforts to grab more spectrum for 4G wireless data services
needed to accommodate a seemingly insatiable and exploding population of
iPhone, iPad and other mobile device users. Here's [0]a look at where
Verizon, AT&T and others are at on the spectrum acquisition front and
what they'll need in the future to deliver ubiquitous 4G service across
the United States as mobile users seek to view and exchange more video
and other bandwidth-hogging content."
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https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1535212/how-much-lte-spectrum-do-big-carriers-have?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/012312-lte-spectrum-255122.html
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| Carl Malamud Answers: Goading the Government To Make Public Data Public
| from the one-man-orchestra dept.
| posted by timothy on Monday January 23, @14:24 (Government)
| with 18 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1725231/carl-malamud-answers-goading-the-government-to-make-public-data-public?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]You asked Carl Malamud about his experiences and hopes in the
gargantuan project he's undertaken to prod the U.S. government into
scanning archived documents, and to make public access (rather than
availability only through special dispensation) the default for newly
created, timely government data. (Malamud points out that if you have
comments on what the government should be focusing on preserving, and how
they should go about it, [1]the National Archives would like to read them.)
Below find answers with a mix of heartening and disheartening information
about how the vast project is progressing.
This story continues at:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/23/1725231/carl-malamud-answers-goading-the-government-to-make-public-data-public?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Links:
0. http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/12/01/04/1922248/ask-carl-malamud-about-shedding-light-on-government-data
1. http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/?p=3903
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