adjkuycaslashdotorg facing shenanigans watch ibm tivoli survival guide infrastructure attacks httpaddoubleclicknetclk20111227513503038jhttpwww306ibmcomsoftwaretivolifeaturesitsurvivalguide slashdot daily newsletter issue last pinball machine factory senate proposal clarify state secrets doctrine backup tapes 2 million medical records stolen selfhealing computers nasa spacecraft att denies resetting p2p connections physics zerog whipped cream nanomicroscopic image modern art five days locked room gta iv donald knuth rips unit tests call open source awards 2008 nominations competition free textbook market congress considers reform orphaned works mathematics discovered invented phantom lapboard may actually ship last pinball machine factory producingatfulltilt dept posted soulskill friday april 25 2127 games httpgamesslashdotorgarticleplsid0804252349256 new york times running story stern pinball inc say 0last pinball factory left worldwide story describes working game geeks fantasy job company president gary stern acknowledges lack demand plans sticking around also expects industry rebound within next 10 years weve previously discussed 1slightly smaller version pinball corner shops pubs arcades bowling alleys stopped stocking pinball machines younger audience turned video games men certain age said pinball hall fame operator tim arnold 52 became reliable audience chicks announced dont get mr stern pinball buyer shifting united states mr stern said half new machines cost 5000 bought distributors go directly peoples homes corner arcade discuss story httpgamesslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804252349256 links 0 httpwwwnytimescom20080425us25pinballhtml_r2hpadxnnl1orefsloginadxnnlx1209115080trrtfyz2adqpghxajsqlaorefslogin 1 httpscienceslashdotorgarticleplsid0306201443208tid14 senate proposal clarify state secrets doctrine youcantrustus dept posted soulskill friday april 25 2340 courts httpnewsslashdotorgarticleplsid0804260053213 0i dont believe imaginary property writes sen edward kennedy dma lawmakers pushing legislation 1limit power state secrets doctrine blocking lawsuits doctrine used get jail free card cases like 2effs warrantless wiretapping lawsuit new legislation would make harder administration invoke doctrine provide new allowances using attorneys security clearances enable lawsuits go forward even issue appropriately raised update 0428 1658 gmt 3kd new yorker running detailed piece 4state secrets patrick radden keefe use state secrets doctrine playing one particular case discuss story httpnewsslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804260053213 links 0 httpwwwefforgsupport 1 httparstechnicacomnewsarspost20080425senatorsseektostymiestatesecretshenaniganshtml 2 httpyroslashdotorgarticleplsid0711182225247tid158 3 httpslashdotorgkdawson 4 httpwwwnewyorkercomreporting20080428080428fa_fact_keefe backup tapes 2 million medical records stolen doctorpatientthiefconfidentiality dept posted soulskill saturday april 26 0158 security httpnewsslashdotorgarticleplsid0804260115227 0lucas123 writes vehicle used offsite archive company transport patient data broken march 17 university miami made theft public last week saying thieves removed transport case carrying schools six computer backup tapes tapes 12 million medical records fact archive company waited 48 hours notifying university university spokeswoman said school stopped shipping backup tapes offsite discuss story httpnewsslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804260115227 links 0 httpwwwcomputerworldcom 1 httpwwwcomputerworldcomactionarticledocommandviewarticlebasictaxonomynamestoragearticleid9080322taxonomyid19intsrckc_top selfhealing computers nasa spacecraft itworkedfortheborg dept posted soulskill saturday april 26 0507 nasa httpscienceslashdotorgarticleplsid0804260539239 0roland piquepaille writes guess hardwired computer systems much faster generalpurpose ones designed single task fail need totally reconfigured costly problem lab earth vital space university arizona ua team working nasa design 1selfhealing computer systems spacecraft ua engineers working hybrid hardwaresoftware systems using field programmable gate arrays fpgas develop 2reconfigurable processing systems lead researcher said objective go beyond predicting fault using selfhealing system fix predicted fault occurs discuss story httpscienceslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804260539239 links 0 httpwwwprimidicom20080425html 1 httpuanewsorgnode19382 2 httpblogszdnetcomemergingtechp903 att denies resetting p2p connections itwastheonearmedisp dept posted soulskill saturday april 26 0814 networking httpyroslashdotorgarticleplsid0804260419234 betaville points comments att filed fcc 0denied throttling traffic resetting p2p filesharing connections earlier week 1study published vuze team found att 25th highest 13th highest extra comcast networks excluded median reset rate among sampled networks past att 2defended comcasts throttling practices said wants 3monitor network traffic ip violations att vice president internet network systems research charles kalmanek letter addressed vuze ceo gilles bianrosa said peertopeer resets arise numerous local network events including outages attacks reconfigurations overall trends internet usage att use false reset messages manage network kalmanek said letter kalmanek noted vuzes analysis said test conclude definitively particular network operator engaging artificial false reset packet behavior discuss story httpyroslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804260419234 links 0 httpwwwmultichannelcomarticleca6555207htmldesctopstory 1 httptechslashdotorgarticleplsid0804240128220tid230 2 httpslashdotorgarticleplsid0802192048219tid266 3 httpslashdotorgarticleplsid0801171413221tid187 physics zerog whipped cream governmentspendingatwork dept posted cmdrtaco saturday april 26 0910 nasa httpscienceslashdotorgarticleplsid0804261232259 0spaceadmiral writes 1an experiment space shuttle columbia analyzing ice cream sundae rather looked phenomenon shear thinning explains whipped cream comes like liquid sits atop sundae like solid experiment actually involved shear thinning xenon substance used ion rocket engines whipped cream tastes better im sure cost effective fly herb alpert tijuana brass low earth orbit either hey nasa judge discuss story httpscienceslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804261232259 links 0 httpwwwfanehendersoncom 1 httpsciencenasagovheadlinesy200825apr_cvx2htmlist832167 nanomicroscopic image modern art ilikepictures dept posted cmdrtaco saturday april 26 1017 graphics httptechslashdotorgarticleplsid0804261248227 sillyconcarbide writes every six months materials research society holds science art competition 0winners recent meeting particularly breathtaking materials researchers may struggle years stubborn instruments fragile crystals difficult chemical reactions obtaining bit precious data exotic substances study scrutiny samples yields potentially important data also artistic inspiration polymer films cerium oxide membranes tantalum oxide crystals look beautiful right light especially light electron beam discuss story httptechslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804261248227 links 0 httpwwwwiredcomsciencediscoveriesmultimedia200804gallery_nano_art five days locked room gta iv lookingforwradtothisone dept posted cmdrtaco saturday april 26 1129 xbox games httpgamesslashdotorgarticleplsid0804261253236 bippy writes five days one game rocky mountain news write 0five days spent playing grand theft auto iv recently san francisco hotel ends grand theft auto iv story isnt amalgam cut scenes cleverly written dialogue experiences create watching niko stand shoulders slumped depth game finally hits nikos journey one crafted rockstar may ended nikos adventures story creating begun anticipated game awhile sure im certainly looking forward busting heads jumping ramps discuss story httpgamesslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804261253236 links 0 httpkotakucom5006939fivedayswithgtaivanewspaperdiary donald knuth rips unit tests allhailknuth dept posted cmdrtaco saturday april 26 1246 programming httptechslashdotorgarticleplsid0804261627248 0eldavojohn writes may familiar donald knuth famous art computer programming books hes also father tex arguably one founders open source theres 1interesting interview says lot stuff wouldnt predicted one first surprises didnt seem huge proponent unit tests use junit test parts projects maybe 200 times day knuth calls kind practice waste time claims nothing needs mocked also states methods write software take advantage parallel programming hardware like multicore systems 2weve 3discussed 4too difficult tackle due ever changing hardware even goes far vent unhappiness toward chipmakers forcing us multicore realm pitches idea 5literate programming must admit ive never heard find intriguing end even remarks adage young people shouldnt things theyre trendy whether love hate sure interestingflamebait things say discuss story httptechslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804261627248 links 0 httpwwwmisrarecordscommp3php 1 httpwwwinformitcomarticlesarticleaspxp1193856 2 httpitslashdotorgarticleplsid0703221218238tid156 3 httpdevelopersslashdotorgarticleplsid0605021329251tid156 4 httpdevelopersslashdotorgarticleplsid0705290058246tid185 5 httpenwikipediaorgwikiliterate_programming call open source awards 2008 nominations singingtheunsung dept posted kdawson saturday april 26 1400 software httptechslashdotorgarticleplsid0804261748204 0chromatic writes google oreilly published 1call open source awards 2008 nominations awards given 2oscon 2008 recognize individual contributors demonstrated exceptional leadership creativity collaboration development open source software nomination process open entire open source community nominations close may 15 heres chance sing praises previously unsung hackers discuss story httptechslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804261748204 links 0 httponyxneoncombooksgravitas 1 httpradaroreillycomarchives200804opensourceawardnominationshtml 2 httpwwwconferencesoreillycomoscon competition free textbook market disintermediatingecducation dept posted kdawson saturday april 26 1514 education httpnewsslashdotorgarticleplsid0804261823250 0bcrowell writes nytimes 1editorial plugging 2flat world knowledge startup offer college textbooks inexpensively 30 print free pdfs plan make profits addons like podcast study guides mobile phone flashcards books licensed 3cc attributionnoncommercialshare alike mashups customizations encouraged nc license incompatible strong copyleft licenses gfdl used wikipedia companies trying find workable business model free textbooks include 4ink textbooks revenue online homework 5freeload press revenue ads inside books far none companies seems succeeded building much catalog books seems common authors free textbooks take diy approach putting pdfs web pages sometimes arranging ondemand printing vanitypress publishers like lulucom 6lots 7and 8lots web sites exist help people find free textbooks calpirg active 9campaign pushing affordable textbooks discuss story httpnewsslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804261823250 links 0 httpwwwlightandmattercom 1 httpwwwnytimescom20080425opinion25fri4html 2 httpwwwflatworldknowledgecom 3 httpcreativecommonsorglicensesbyncsa30 4 httpwwwinktextbookscom 5 httpfreeloadpresscom 6 httptextbookrevolutionorg 7 httpwwwopentextbookorg 8 httptheassayerorg 9 httpwwwcalpirgorgissuesaffordablehighereducationaffordabletextbooks congress considers reform orphaned works mashupwithdaringandwhimsy dept posted kdawson saturday april 26 1627 almighty buck httpyroslashdotorgarticleplsid0804261946253 0i dont believe imaginary property writes bills introduced house senate liberalize copyright law case 1orphaned works almostidentical bills would limit penalties infringement cases copyright holder could longer identified idea one could declare intent use work copyright office copyright holder didnt care respond would able get reasonable compensation instead excessive statutory penalties public knowledge 2more details bills discuss story httpyroslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804261946253 links 0 httpwwwefforgsupport 1 httparstechnicacomnewsarspost20080425neworphanedworksactwouldlimitcopyrightliabilityhtml 2 httpwwwpublicknowledgeorgnode1537 mathematics discovered invented platosaysyeahbut dept posted kdawson saturday april 26 1742 math httpscienceslashdotorgarticleplsid080426210230 anonymous reader points article science news question remarkably still debated thousand years 0is mathematics discovered invented answer discovered intellectual descendants plato number includes roger penrose article notes one difficulty platonic view mathematical ideas exist way independent humans minds human minds engaged mathematics must somehow able connect nonphysical state european mathematical society recently devoted space debate one papers 1let platonism die found page 24 pdf author believes platonism common mystical religions modern science discuss story httpscienceslashdotorgcommentsplsid080426210230 links 0 httpwwwsciencenewsorgviewgenericid31392titlestill_debating_with_plato 1 httpwwwemsphorgjournalsnewsletterpdf20070664pdf phantom lapboard may actually ship useittoplaydukenukemforever dept posted kdawson saturday april 26 1854 input devices httphardwareslashdotorgarticleplsid0804262115211 notthatwillsmith writes despite never actually releasing phantom console looks like phantom entertainment company formerly known infinium labs 0may actually ship sofafriendly mousekeyboard combo controller lapboard sometime decade lapboard currently scheduled midjune release price 130 included laser mouse weve mulling 1much 2delayed phantom console years discuss story httphardwareslashdotorgcommentsplsid0804262115211 links 0 httpwwwmaximumpccomarticlefirst_look_the_phantom_lapboard 1 httpgamesslashdotorgarticleplsid0310241953252tid206 2 httpgamesslashdotorgarticleplsid060222192240tid10 copyright 19972008 sourceforge inc rights reserved received 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