wessman
August 27th, 2002, 05:10 PM
Toshiba, NEC working on new DVD format
The companies are planning a new format for next-generation
DVDs that would cut costs, but be incompatible with a format
proposed by Sony and other industry giants.
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=ac-RbKtQ0UZm8PhUtZdW_DzJS7VVjeR
USB vs. FireWire: Which one is right for you?
AnchorDesk's David Coursey says you have two options when it
comes to connecting high-bandwidth peripherals like hard
drives, video cameras, and digital music players to your PC
or Mac. Which one to choose? Here's how to decide.
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=c1-PIljQpWrp44SFU3wi5r7s89Buj4R
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| Web Profits in the Gutter |
| from the storm-drains-clogged-with-spam dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @22:26 (money) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/0053201 |
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The New York Times has an article about the web's one true growth
industry: [0]spam, fraud and porn. Societal meltdown or flourishing
ecosystem? The talking heads debate.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/0053201
Links:
0. http://nytimes.com/2002/08/26/technology/26CYBE.html
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| KPIG is Back - By Subscription Only |
| from the pay-to-play dept. |
| posted by michael on Monday August 26, @01:16 (music) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/0120208 |
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We've noted before that [0]KPIG, one of the oldest internet broadcasters,
was one of many to shut down their netcasts after the recent CARP ruling
on copyright royalties. Well, [1]they're back, but 128kbit mp3 streams
have been replaced with with lower-quality Real streams, and free has
been replaced with subscription-only. Gotta do what you gotta do, I
guess.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/0120208
Links:
0. http://www.kpig.com/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56015-2002Aug24.html
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| Liquid Audio: Better off dead? |
| from the well-yeah dept. |
| posted by chrisd on Monday August 26, @06:18 (news) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/0512229 |
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mgeneral writes "It seems so for the shareholders. [0]Liquid Audio, had
only $150,000 in revenue but managed to lose $5.6 million last quarter.
Its main asset: A pile of cash. In fact, so much cash, that if they close
the doors, they could pay back the shareholders more per share than the
current stockprice...[1]and thats exactly what some investors want them
to do." We've run stories on Liquid Audio [2]before...
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/0512229
Links:
0. http://www.liquidaudio.com/
1. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3935346.htm
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/16/0613251&tid=155
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| Police Database Lists 'Future Criminals' |
| from the shape-of-things-to-come dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday August 26, @13:03 (privacy) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/1655256 |
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Rio writes: "A Local6.com article tells us about a database that contains
a list of people who [0]police believe are likely to break the law. It
features names, addresses and photographs of potential suspects --many of
whom have clean slates. Since the system was introduced in Wilmington in
June, most of the 200 people included in the file have been minorities
from poor, high-crime neighborhoods."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/1655256
Links:
0. http://www.local6.com/sh/technology/stories/national-technology-163299720020826-110826.html
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| Competing (Commercial) Visions For The Internet Future |
| from the there's-not-even-a-free-snack dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday August 26, @18:18 (internet) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/226235 |
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[0]Stirland writes: "This [1]article in today's NYTimes says that AOL's
new plan focussed on creating content for broadband could have cable
companies over a barrel. It tries to compare programming on cable to
'programming' on the Internet. It's an important article to read because
it gives us an idea of what cable companies' potential plans are for the
broadband Internet. Given that they're not regulated like DSL, and
they're the fastest growing providers of broadband Internet access, this
has profound implications for the next generation of the Internet. This
article omits the fact that Excite@Home tried this 'programming' approach
on broadband. It failed. Another reason this article is important:
Contrast AOL's approach described here with Amazon.com and Microsoft's
.Net strategy. These are two polar opposite visions of the way the
Internet will develop. The media vision vs. computing vision. The
interesting story here is that it isn't that one is 'open' and the other
'closed.' They're just open and closed in different places -- places,
obviously, that suit the companies' strategies. Why should you care, and
what's in it for you? These competing visions are currently duking it out
at the FCC under open-access proceedings. So the future of the Internet
is hanging in the balance."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/226235
Links:
0. mailto:s@sarahstirland.com
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/26/technology/26NECO.html
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| HMV to Sell Digital Downloads |
| from the hear-no-evil dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @12:30 (music) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/161226 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Sales of digital music downloads on sites
like PressPlay and MusicNet have been a bust so far and for good reason.
They cost too much, have too many restrictions and the palette of music
you get to download is too limited. They have almost nothing to offer
over what the various P2P networks give you for free. So why do record
chains like HMV want to [0]get in the game? Simple, these services cut
out the middlemen and if they should ever succeed record retailers would
be left out in the cold. [1]Research shows there is a percentage of
consumers who will pay for digital tunes if the conditions are right.
They aren't now, but market forces will push them to improve the terms or
die. PressPlay has already [2]capitulated to some of these limitations.
To protect their interests in the long term, retailers like HMV and Tower
records have jumped on board and signed on with [3]On Demand Distribution
(OD2) - a company co-founded by Peter Gabriel to be a wholesaler of
digital music tunes - to provide the music and the back end to their new
services. HMV's service launches in September at five pounds at month
(about 7 bucks), a price point which will mean nothing if the song
selection sucks."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/25/161226
Links:
0. http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/hmv.html
1. http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?cat_nb=2
2. http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/788514.asp
3. http://www.ondemanddistribution.com/eng/home/home.asp
Judge Throws Out Hyperlink Lawsuit
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Hyperlink-Patent.html?todaysheadlines
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| Pie-Menus in Mozilla |
| from the get-the-new-features-on dept. |
| posted by Hemos on Friday August 23, @00:34 (mozilla) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/1732201 |
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pronik writes "The [0]Optimoz project on [1]MozDev had two main
development branches. While the first one, [2]Mouse Gestures have been a
success, we had to wait for the second, also very promising one:
[3]PieMenus. Now the wait is over! First implementation of [4]PieMenus
for Mozilla - RadialContext - is available for installation and
testing!!!"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/22/1732201
Links:
0. http://optimoz.mozdev.org/
1. http://www.mozdev.org/
2. http://optimoz.mozdev.org/gestures/
3. http://www.piemenus.com/
4. http://optimoz.mozdev.org/piemenus/
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| OSS/FS Web Based Website Management? |
| from the managing-websites-using-the-web dept. |
| posted by Cliff on Friday August 23, @03:38 (internet) |
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/20/2038238 |
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[0]Captain Morgan asks: "I work at an engineering company where we have a
website for our engineering projects. The problem is that modifying our
internal website requires both file server access and the desire to
locate and edit html documents. It would be great to have some kind of
web based site management software that ran on apache to enable editing
and other tasks via a browser. Simplifying website management would also
enable more people to contribute to keeping webpages up to date. I've
found a few web based site management projects but nothing that stuck out
as being great. Does anyone have any experience with open source/free
software solutions to this problem?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/20/2038238
Links:
0. mailto:cmorgan@alum.[%20].edu%20['wpi'%20in%20gap]
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| Type With Your Eyes |
| from the type-from-a-full-suspension dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday August 23, @07:04 (tech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/045204 |
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hof writes: "Ever wanted to enter text by just looking at the screen?
Take a look at [0]Dasher. You [1]enter text by [2]looking or pointing to
letters or words which the program thinks you are about to enter. I
wonder how this can be optimized for coding -- a break for your wrists,
and the code is available under GPL."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/23/045204
Links:
0. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/
1. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/DasherSummary2.html
2. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/djw30/dasher/eye.html
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| Virtual Genetic Evolution |
| from the still-vulnerable-to-dandruff-shampoo dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @02:06 (science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/0133218 |
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[0]Sleeperservice writes "This story at New Scientist describes how,
using cell simulation in computers, [1]evolution can be simulated. How
long until we can work out what the DNA sequence for a Dragon should be I
wonder?"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/25/0133218
Links:
0. mailto:sleeperservice@easynet.co.uk
1. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992701
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| Solar Surgery |
| from the burning-ants dept. |
| posted by michael on Friday August 23, @12:40 (tech) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/162252 |
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[0]Chris writes "Scientists in Israel have developed a device based on a
concave dish that intensifies sunlight by a factor of 15,000. By focusing
this light into an optical fiber and delivering it to an operating
theatre, the team says its [1]solar-surgery setup promises to be a
low-cost alternative to laser surgery." Everyone who used to operate on
GI Joe figures with a magnifying glass is cheering for this to be
commercially successful.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/23/162252
Links:
0. http://optics.org
1. http://optics.org/articles/news/8/8/32/1
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| Going Back To The Past of the Internet |
| from the blast-from-the-past dept. |
| posted by Hemos on Friday August 23, @17:10 (internet) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/1650239 |
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[0]*no comment* writes "[1]deadly.org currently has a [2]story about a
new grassroot network springing up. It consists of free shell access, and
is trying to revitalize the olden days of the Internet. Free speech, free
information are the key features, but I wonder if this is jsut another
free DDoS drone as well."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/23/1650239
Links:
0. mailto:butthead.integrity@com
1. http://deadly.org/
2. http://deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20020823014822
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| Hack the Army, Brag About it, Get Raided |
| from the stupid-is-as-stupid-does dept. |
| posted by michael on Friday August 23, @23:51 (security) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/24/0130226 |
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[0]SunCrushr was one of many who submitted this. A security company
called ForensicTec decided to [1]explore the U.S. government's computer
systems, with particular emphasis on the Army. They talked to the press
and had their fifteen minutes of fame. And surprise surprise, they
[2]immediately got raided by the FBI. What did they expect?
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/24/0130226
Links:
0. mailto:robremovethis@andthisbbutton.com
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24191-2002Aug15.html
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42019-2002Aug20.html
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| Electric Armor |
| from the everything-is-better-with-electricity dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @17:44 (tech) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/2036234 |
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Ch_Omega and others wrote in about a [0]new type of reactive armor in
development. As far as I can tell, what they're talking about is
essentially large capacitors on the outside of the vehicle, charged up by
the vehicle's electrical system. Anti-tank warheads use a shaped charge
to create a jet of molten copper that pierces armor, but in this case,
when the jet bridges the capacitor plates, it immediately becomes a
conductor for X coulombs of current, which effectively vaporizes and
disrupts it enough that it won't pierce the vehicle's armor.
(Conventional reactive armor does the same thing with explosives.)
Interesting idea, if it works.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/25/2036234
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54641,00.html
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| How to Build a Time Machine |
| from the mad-scientist dept. |
| posted by michael on Saturday August 24, @17:00 (science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/24/1921239 |
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frank249 writes "The September issue of [0]Scientific American has an
[1]article discussing the possibility of time travel. They say that it
wouldn't be easy, but it might be possible. It could be a while until we
can expand worm holes and tow them to a neutron star but didn't someone
say that if it is possible it will happen. If it is impossible it will
just take a little longer."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/24/1921239
Links:
0. http://www.sciam.com/
1. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0004226A-F77D-1D4A-90FB809EC5880000&catID=2
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| Interview with Battlebots Champion |
| from the rip-mix-burn dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @15:05 (toys) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/170201 |
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[0]Scoop writes "With the fifth season of BattleBots debuting a few days
ago on Comedy Central, UGO.com [1]chatted up contestant Jim Smentowski,
creator of champion BattleBot, Nightmare. Jim shared his views on the hit
show, his experience with Gary Coleman and robotics in general. No word
yet on the rumored love-child between Smentowski and BB host, Carmen
Electra."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/25/170201
Links:
0. http://www.ugo.com
1. http://www.ugo.com/channels/tech/features/battlebots/
Why Larry Lessig gets an "F" in copyrights
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the Stanford professor's
prescriptions for software copyright limitations will only
further weaken an already hurting contingent of independent
software coders.
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=fb-aWErQkgrjDt0XAXoF2SrAKQkoViR
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| Fax-Spammers fax.com Sued For 2.2 Trillion |
| from the let's-think-this-through dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 22, @22:48 (spam) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/028212 |
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linuxwrangler writes "Fed up with junk faxes which have been illegal
since 1991, a Silicon Valley businessman has [0]launched a lawsuit
against junk faxer fax.com. Steve Kirsch seeks the damages provided in
the law: $500/fax for the last four years. If certified as a class-action
on behalf of the 3 million receipients of the faxes that fax.com claims
to send each day the total damages would reach 2.2 billion even without
invoking the "triple-damages" clause for "willful" violations. Federal
regulators hit fax.com with a [1]5.4 million fine just two weeks ago
after the company ignored numerous warnings from the FCC and was found to
be in "flagrant violation" of the law. Fax.com maintains that their
actions are protected by the constitution and court decisions in this
case could lay the foundation for the future of junk email regulation"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/23/028212
Links:
0. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/22/MN244534.DTL
1. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/08/07/national1833EDT0717.DTL
:sw
The companies are planning a new format for next-generation
DVDs that would cut costs, but be incompatible with a format
proposed by Sony and other industry giants.
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=ac-RbKtQ0UZm8PhUtZdW_DzJS7VVjeR
USB vs. FireWire: Which one is right for you?
AnchorDesk's David Coursey says you have two options when it
comes to connecting high-bandwidth peripherals like hard
drives, video cameras, and digital music players to your PC
or Mac. Which one to choose? Here's how to decide.
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=c1-PIljQpWrp44SFU3wi5r7s89Buj4R
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| Web Profits in the Gutter |
| from the storm-drains-clogged-with-spam dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @22:26 (money) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/0053201 |
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The New York Times has an article about the web's one true growth
industry: [0]spam, fraud and porn. Societal meltdown or flourishing
ecosystem? The talking heads debate.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/0053201
Links:
0. http://nytimes.com/2002/08/26/technology/26CYBE.html
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| KPIG is Back - By Subscription Only |
| from the pay-to-play dept. |
| posted by michael on Monday August 26, @01:16 (music) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/0120208 |
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We've noted before that [0]KPIG, one of the oldest internet broadcasters,
was one of many to shut down their netcasts after the recent CARP ruling
on copyright royalties. Well, [1]they're back, but 128kbit mp3 streams
have been replaced with with lower-quality Real streams, and free has
been replaced with subscription-only. Gotta do what you gotta do, I
guess.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/0120208
Links:
0. http://www.kpig.com/
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56015-2002Aug24.html
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| Liquid Audio: Better off dead? |
| from the well-yeah dept. |
| posted by chrisd on Monday August 26, @06:18 (news) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/0512229 |
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mgeneral writes "It seems so for the shareholders. [0]Liquid Audio, had
only $150,000 in revenue but managed to lose $5.6 million last quarter.
Its main asset: A pile of cash. In fact, so much cash, that if they close
the doors, they could pay back the shareholders more per share than the
current stockprice...[1]and thats exactly what some investors want them
to do." We've run stories on Liquid Audio [2]before...
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/0512229
Links:
0. http://www.liquidaudio.com/
1. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3935346.htm
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/16/0613251&tid=155
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| Police Database Lists 'Future Criminals' |
| from the shape-of-things-to-come dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday August 26, @13:03 (privacy) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/1655256 |
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Rio writes: "A Local6.com article tells us about a database that contains
a list of people who [0]police believe are likely to break the law. It
features names, addresses and photographs of potential suspects --many of
whom have clean slates. Since the system was introduced in Wilmington in
June, most of the 200 people included in the file have been minorities
from poor, high-crime neighborhoods."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/1655256
Links:
0. http://www.local6.com/sh/technology/stories/national-technology-163299720020826-110826.html
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| Competing (Commercial) Visions For The Internet Future |
| from the there's-not-even-a-free-snack dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday August 26, @18:18 (internet) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/26/226235 |
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[0]Stirland writes: "This [1]article in today's NYTimes says that AOL's
new plan focussed on creating content for broadband could have cable
companies over a barrel. It tries to compare programming on cable to
'programming' on the Internet. It's an important article to read because
it gives us an idea of what cable companies' potential plans are for the
broadband Internet. Given that they're not regulated like DSL, and
they're the fastest growing providers of broadband Internet access, this
has profound implications for the next generation of the Internet. This
article omits the fact that Excite@Home tried this 'programming' approach
on broadband. It failed. Another reason this article is important:
Contrast AOL's approach described here with Amazon.com and Microsoft's
.Net strategy. These are two polar opposite visions of the way the
Internet will develop. The media vision vs. computing vision. The
interesting story here is that it isn't that one is 'open' and the other
'closed.' They're just open and closed in different places -- places,
obviously, that suit the companies' strategies. Why should you care, and
what's in it for you? These competing visions are currently duking it out
at the FCC under open-access proceedings. So the future of the Internet
is hanging in the balance."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/26/226235
Links:
0. mailto:s@sarahstirland.com
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/26/technology/26NECO.html
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| HMV to Sell Digital Downloads |
| from the hear-no-evil dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @12:30 (music) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/161226 |
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An anonymous reader writes "Sales of digital music downloads on sites
like PressPlay and MusicNet have been a bust so far and for good reason.
They cost too much, have too many restrictions and the palette of music
you get to download is too limited. They have almost nothing to offer
over what the various P2P networks give you for free. So why do record
chains like HMV want to [0]get in the game? Simple, these services cut
out the middlemen and if they should ever succeed record retailers would
be left out in the cold. [1]Research shows there is a percentage of
consumers who will pay for digital tunes if the conditions are right.
They aren't now, but market forces will push them to improve the terms or
die. PressPlay has already [2]capitulated to some of these limitations.
To protect their interests in the long term, retailers like HMV and Tower
records have jumped on board and signed on with [3]On Demand Distribution
(OD2) - a company co-founded by Peter Gabriel to be a wholesaler of
digital music tunes - to provide the music and the back end to their new
services. HMV's service launches in September at five pounds at month
(about 7 bucks), a price point which will mean nothing if the song
selection sucks."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/25/161226
Links:
0. http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/hmv.html
1. http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?cat_nb=2
2. http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/788514.asp
3. http://www.ondemanddistribution.com/eng/home/home.asp
Judge Throws Out Hyperlink Lawsuit
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Hyperlink-Patent.html?todaysheadlines
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| Pie-Menus in Mozilla |
| from the get-the-new-features-on dept. |
| posted by Hemos on Friday August 23, @00:34 (mozilla) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/1732201 |
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pronik writes "The [0]Optimoz project on [1]MozDev had two main
development branches. While the first one, [2]Mouse Gestures have been a
success, we had to wait for the second, also very promising one:
[3]PieMenus. Now the wait is over! First implementation of [4]PieMenus
for Mozilla - RadialContext - is available for installation and
testing!!!"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/22/1732201
Links:
0. http://optimoz.mozdev.org/
1. http://www.mozdev.org/
2. http://optimoz.mozdev.org/gestures/
3. http://www.piemenus.com/
4. http://optimoz.mozdev.org/piemenus/
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| OSS/FS Web Based Website Management? |
| from the managing-websites-using-the-web dept. |
| posted by Cliff on Friday August 23, @03:38 (internet) |
| http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/20/2038238 |
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[0]Captain Morgan asks: "I work at an engineering company where we have a
website for our engineering projects. The problem is that modifying our
internal website requires both file server access and the desire to
locate and edit html documents. It would be great to have some kind of
web based site management software that ran on apache to enable editing
and other tasks via a browser. Simplifying website management would also
enable more people to contribute to keeping webpages up to date. I've
found a few web based site management projects but nothing that stuck out
as being great. Does anyone have any experience with open source/free
software solutions to this problem?"
Discuss this story at:
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/20/2038238
Links:
0. mailto:cmorgan@alum.[%20].edu%20['wpi'%20in%20gap]
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| Type With Your Eyes |
| from the type-from-a-full-suspension dept. |
| posted by timothy on Friday August 23, @07:04 (tech) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/045204 |
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hof writes: "Ever wanted to enter text by just looking at the screen?
Take a look at [0]Dasher. You [1]enter text by [2]looking or pointing to
letters or words which the program thinks you are about to enter. I
wonder how this can be optimized for coding -- a break for your wrists,
and the code is available under GPL."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/23/045204
Links:
0. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/
1. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/DasherSummary2.html
2. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/djw30/dasher/eye.html
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| Virtual Genetic Evolution |
| from the still-vulnerable-to-dandruff-shampoo dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @02:06 (science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/0133218 |
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[0]Sleeperservice writes "This story at New Scientist describes how,
using cell simulation in computers, [1]evolution can be simulated. How
long until we can work out what the DNA sequence for a Dragon should be I
wonder?"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/25/0133218
Links:
0. mailto:sleeperservice@easynet.co.uk
1. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992701
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| Solar Surgery |
| from the burning-ants dept. |
| posted by michael on Friday August 23, @12:40 (tech) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/162252 |
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[0]Chris writes "Scientists in Israel have developed a device based on a
concave dish that intensifies sunlight by a factor of 15,000. By focusing
this light into an optical fiber and delivering it to an operating
theatre, the team says its [1]solar-surgery setup promises to be a
low-cost alternative to laser surgery." Everyone who used to operate on
GI Joe figures with a magnifying glass is cheering for this to be
commercially successful.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/23/162252
Links:
0. http://optics.org
1. http://optics.org/articles/news/8/8/32/1
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| Going Back To The Past of the Internet |
| from the blast-from-the-past dept. |
| posted by Hemos on Friday August 23, @17:10 (internet) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/1650239 |
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[0]*no comment* writes "[1]deadly.org currently has a [2]story about a
new grassroot network springing up. It consists of free shell access, and
is trying to revitalize the olden days of the Internet. Free speech, free
information are the key features, but I wonder if this is jsut another
free DDoS drone as well."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/23/1650239
Links:
0. mailto:butthead.integrity@com
1. http://deadly.org/
2. http://deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20020823014822
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| Hack the Army, Brag About it, Get Raided |
| from the stupid-is-as-stupid-does dept. |
| posted by michael on Friday August 23, @23:51 (security) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/24/0130226 |
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[0]SunCrushr was one of many who submitted this. A security company
called ForensicTec decided to [1]explore the U.S. government's computer
systems, with particular emphasis on the Army. They talked to the press
and had their fifteen minutes of fame. And surprise surprise, they
[2]immediately got raided by the FBI. What did they expect?
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/24/0130226
Links:
0. mailto:robremovethis@andthisbbutton.com
1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24191-2002Aug15.html
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42019-2002Aug20.html
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| Electric Armor |
| from the everything-is-better-with-electricity dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @17:44 (tech) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/2036234 |
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Ch_Omega and others wrote in about a [0]new type of reactive armor in
development. As far as I can tell, what they're talking about is
essentially large capacitors on the outside of the vehicle, charged up by
the vehicle's electrical system. Anti-tank warheads use a shaped charge
to create a jet of molten copper that pierces armor, but in this case,
when the jet bridges the capacitor plates, it immediately becomes a
conductor for X coulombs of current, which effectively vaporizes and
disrupts it enough that it won't pierce the vehicle's armor.
(Conventional reactive armor does the same thing with explosives.)
Interesting idea, if it works.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/25/2036234
Links:
0. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54641,00.html
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| How to Build a Time Machine |
| from the mad-scientist dept. |
| posted by michael on Saturday August 24, @17:00 (science) |
| http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/24/1921239 |
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frank249 writes "The September issue of [0]Scientific American has an
[1]article discussing the possibility of time travel. They say that it
wouldn't be easy, but it might be possible. It could be a while until we
can expand worm holes and tow them to a neutron star but didn't someone
say that if it is possible it will happen. If it is impossible it will
just take a little longer."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/24/1921239
Links:
0. http://www.sciam.com/
1. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0004226A-F77D-1D4A-90FB809EC5880000&catID=2
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| Interview with Battlebots Champion |
| from the rip-mix-burn dept. |
| posted by michael on Sunday August 25, @15:05 (toys) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/170201 |
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[0]Scoop writes "With the fifth season of BattleBots debuting a few days
ago on Comedy Central, UGO.com [1]chatted up contestant Jim Smentowski,
creator of champion BattleBot, Nightmare. Jim shared his views on the hit
show, his experience with Gary Coleman and robotics in general. No word
yet on the rumored love-child between Smentowski and BB host, Carmen
Electra."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/25/170201
Links:
0. http://www.ugo.com
1. http://www.ugo.com/channels/tech/features/battlebots/
Why Larry Lessig gets an "F" in copyrights
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the Stanford professor's
prescriptions for software copyright limitations will only
further weaken an already hurting contingent of independent
software coders.
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=fb-aWErQkgrjDt0XAXoF2SrAKQkoViR
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| Fax-Spammers fax.com Sued For 2.2 Trillion |
| from the let's-think-this-through dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 22, @22:48 (spam) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/028212 |
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linuxwrangler writes "Fed up with junk faxes which have been illegal
since 1991, a Silicon Valley businessman has [0]launched a lawsuit
against junk faxer fax.com. Steve Kirsch seeks the damages provided in
the law: $500/fax for the last four years. If certified as a class-action
on behalf of the 3 million receipients of the faxes that fax.com claims
to send each day the total damages would reach 2.2 billion even without
invoking the "triple-damages" clause for "willful" violations. Federal
regulators hit fax.com with a [1]5.4 million fine just two weeks ago
after the company ignored numerous warnings from the FCC and was found to
be in "flagrant violation" of the law. Fax.com maintains that their
actions are protected by the constitution and court decisions in this
case could lay the foundation for the future of junk email regulation"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=02/08/23/028212
Links:
0. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/22/MN244534.DTL
1. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2002/08/07/national1833EDT0717.DTL
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