Why Darmok Is a Good Star Trek: TNG Episode; Ask Slashdot: How To Handle Unfixed Linux Accessibility Bugs?

The 3D Economy — What Happens When Everyone Prints Their Own Shoes?   |  Geologists Warned of Washington State Mudslides For Decades     How Secure Do You Feel? And what are you doing about it? We want to know about your IT security strategy. Take our two-question survey to let us know. Learn More! Why Darmok Is a Good Star Trek: TNG Episode  The 3D Economy — What Happens When Everyone Prints Their Own Shoes?  Ask Slashdot: How To Handle Unfixed Linux Accessibility Bugs?  Geologists Warned of Washington State Mudslides For Decades  Yahoo May Build Its Own YouTube  GCHQ and NSA Targeted World Leaders, Private German Companies  Classified X-37B Space Plane Breaks Space Longevity Record  5.1 Earthquake Hits California  Security Evaluation of the Tesla Model S  Judge OKs Class Action Suit Against Apple For E-Book Price Fixing  Crows Complete Basic Aesop's Fable Task  UK To Finally Legalize Ripping CDs and DVDs  Charter Challenges Comcast/Time Warner Merger  oVirt 3.4 Means Management, VMs Can Live On the Same Machine  Software Upgrade At 655 Million Kilometers    Slashback -- The Best of Slashdot Get a weekly roundup of the most-discussed stories from Slashdot delivered to your inbox. It is your one-stop shop for a recap of the top News for Nerds from the week.  Learn More!    Why Darmok Is a Good Star Trek: TNG Episode  From the i-always-wanted-to-see-a-Tamarian-Borg department An anonymous reader writes: "Last week, the Ars Technica ran an article listing their staff's least favorite Star Trek: the Next Generation episodes. They hit a few of the predictable ones, like Angel One — wherein Riker's chest hair takes...   The 3D Economy — What Happens When Everyone Prints Their Own Shoes?  From the anarchy-and-chaos-and-sore-feet department cold fjord writes: "According to Reason, 'Last May, Cody Wilson produced an ingeniously brief but nuanced manifesto about individual liberty in the age of the ever-encroaching techno-state-a single shot fired by a plastic pistol fabricated on a...   Ask Slashdot: How To Handle Unfixed Linux Accessibility Bugs?  From the linux-on-the-desktop department dotancohen (1015143) writes "It is commonly said that open source software is preferable because if you need something changed, you can change it yourself. Well, I am not an Xorg developer and I cannot maintain a separate Xorg fork. Xorg version...   Geologists Warned of Washington State Mudslides For Decades  From the always-better-in-retrospect department Hugh Pickens DOT Com (2995471) writes "The Seattle Times reports that since the 1950s, geological reports on the hill that buckled last weekend, killing at least 17 residents in Snohomish County in Washington State, have included pessimistic...   Yahoo May Build Its Own YouTube  From the nine-years-and-billions-of-videos-late department An anonymous reader writes "Re/code reports that Yahoo will soon be stepping into the realm of internet video. They're seeking to take advantage of complaints from users who make videos for YouTube that they don't make enough money for their...   GCHQ and NSA Targeted World Leaders, Private German Companies  From the caught-with-your-hand-in-the-cookie-jar department Advocatus Diaboli sends this news from Der Spiegel: "Documents show that Britain's GCHQ intelligence service infiltrated German Internet firms and America's NSA obtained a court order to spy on Germany and collected information about the...   Classified X-37B Space Plane Breaks Space Longevity Record  From the staying-power department itwbennett (1594911) writes "A little-known U.S. space plane quietly broke its own space endurance record this week as its current unmanned mission surpassed 469 days in space. What it was doing up there for so long is a secret closely held by the...   5.1 Earthquake Hits California  From the shake-rattle-and-roll department An anonymous reader writes "A 5.1 earthquake hit Southern California at 9:09PM local time on Friday. It was preceded by a 3.6 earthquake, then followed by 3.4 and 3.6 quakes, as well as 100+ smaller aftershocks. The United States Geological Survey...   Security Evaluation of the Tesla Model S  From the fob-it-off-on-somebody-else department An anonymous reader writes: "Nitesh Dhanjani has written a paper outlining the security mechanisms surrounding the Tesla Model S, as well as its shortcomings, titled 'Cursory Evaluation of the Tesla Model S: We Can't Protect Our Cars Like We...   Judge OKs Class Action Suit Against Apple For E-Book Price Fixing  From the opening-the-books department An anonymous reader writes "Reuters reports: 'A federal judge in New York granted class certification on Friday to a group of consumers who sued Apple Inc for conspiring with five major publishers to fix e-book prices in violation of antitrust...   Crows Complete Basic Aesop's Fable Task  From the just-so-science department jones_supa writes: "New Caledonian crows — already known to be smart — may also understand how to displace water to receive a reward, with the causal understanding level of a 5-7 year-old child, according to results published in the...   UK To Finally Legalize Ripping CDs and DVDs  From the only-20-years-too-late department An anonymous reader writes with news that the U.K. government will finally legalize the copying of data from CDs, DVDs, and other types of media for personal use. This will allow U.K. citizens to legally make backups and digital copies of their...   Charter Challenges Comcast/Time Warner Merger  From the until-they-get-bought-by-comcast-too department An anonymous reader writes "Regional ISP Charter Communications is fighting back against the potential merger between Time Warner Cable and Comcast. Charter had been bidding for TWC before Comcast got involved, and now they're urging shareholders...   oVirt 3.4 Means Management, VMs Can Live On the Same Machine  From the right-there-in-the-open department darthcamaro (735685) writes "Red Hat's open source oVirt project hit a major milestone this week with the release of version 3.4. It's got improved storage handling so users can mix and match different resource types, though the big new feature is...   Software Upgrade At 655 Million Kilometers  From the not-the-time-to-test-in-production department An anonymous reader writes "The Rosetta probe was launched in 2004 with a mission that required incredible planning and precision: land on a comet. After a decade in space, the probe woke from hibernation in January. Now, Rosetta has spotted its...       Follow us on Facebook Twitter Google+

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Wal-Mart Sues Visa For $5 Billion For Rigging Card Swipe Fees; Tesla Model S Gets Titanium Underbody Shield, Aluminum Deflector Plates

Gunshot Victims To Be Part of "Suspended Animation" Trials   |  U.S. Court: Chinese Search Engine's Censorship Is 'Free Speech'     How Secure Do You Feel? And what are you doing about it? We want to know about your IT security strategy. Take our two-question survey to let us know. Learn More! Wal-Mart Sues Visa For $5 Billion For Rigging Card Swipe Fees  Gunshot Victims To Be Part of "Suspended Animation" Trials  Tesla Model S Gets Titanium Underbody Shield, Aluminum Deflector Plates  U.S. Court: Chinese Search Engine's Censorship Is 'Free Speech'  One Person Successfully Removed From US No-Fly List  Michael Abrash Joins Oculus, Calls Facebook 'Final Piece of the Puzzle'  Toward Better Programming  The Highest-Flying Wind Turbine  Microsoft Promises Not To Snoop Through Email  3-D Printed Skull Successfully Implanted In Woman  Kim Dotcom Launches Political Party In New Zealand   CISPA's Author Has Another Privacy-Killing Bill To Pass Before He Retires  North Korea: Male University Students Required To Get Kim Jong-un Haircuts  Synthetic Chromosomes Successfully Integrated Into Brewer's Yeast  How the FBI and Secret Service Know Your Network Has Been Breached Before You Do    Slashback -- The Best of Slashdot Get a weekly roundup of the most-discussed stories from Slashdot delivered to your inbox. It is your one-stop shop for a recap of the top News for Nerds from the week.  Learn More!    Wal-Mart Sues Visa For $5 Billion For Rigging Card Swipe Fees  From the poor-beleaguered-wal-mart department Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: "Reuters reports that Wal-Mart has sued Visa for $5 billion, accusing the credit and debit card network of excessively high card swipe fees. Wal-mart is seeking damages from price fixing and other antitrust violations...   Gunshot Victims To Be Part of "Suspended Animation" Trials  From the between-life-and-death department New submitter Budgreen writes: "Knife-wound or gunshot victims will be cooled down and placed in suspended animation later this month. The technique involves replacing all of a patient's blood with a cold saline solution, which rapidly cools the...   Tesla Model S Gets Titanium Underbody Shield, Aluminum Deflector Plates  From the responding-to-a-challenge department An anonymous reader writes "Tesla Motors made headlines several times last year for a few Model S car fires. Elon Musk criticized all the attention at the time, pointing out that it was disproportionate to the 200,000 fires in gas-powered cars...   U.S. Court: Chinese Search Engine's Censorship Is 'Free Speech'  From the filtering-the-internet department jfruh writes: "You will probably not be surprised to learn that Chinese search giant Baidu censors a wide range of content, particularly political material deemed to be pro-democracy — and does so for users everywhere, not just in China. A...   One Person Successfully Removed From US No-Fly List  From the one-down,-countless-thousands-to-go department An anonymous reader writes "In February, Judge William Alsup ruled in favor of Rahinah Ibrahim, who sued the U.S. government in 2006 after she was mistakenly added to the no-fly list and subsequently denied entry to the country. Now, the...   Michael Abrash Joins Oculus, Calls Facebook 'Final Piece of the Puzzle'  From the go-big-or-go-home department trawg writes: "Programming legend Michael Abrash has announced that he has joined the Oculus team to work on the Rift VR headset as Chief Scientist, and will be once again working with John Carmack to bring VR to life. His post covers a lot of...   Toward Better Programming  From the forest-for-the-binary-trees department An anonymous reader writes "Chris Granger, creator of the flexible, open source LightTable IDE, has written a thoughtful article about the nature of programming. For years, he's been trying to answer the question: What's wrong with programming?...   The Highest-Flying Wind Turbine  From the not-recommended-for-hurricane-areas department Daniel_Stuckey writes: "In far-flung rural Alaska, where electricity can cost as much as $1 per kilowatt hour — more than 10 times the national average, according to the New York Times — a wind turbine encased in a giant helium balloon...   Microsoft Promises Not To Snoop Through Email  From the we-apologize-for-getting-caught department An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft took some much-deserved flack last week for admitting they examined the emails of a Hotmail user who received some leaked Windows 8 code. The company defended their actions at the time. Now, after hearing the...   3-D Printed Skull Successfully Implanted In Woman  From the new-head department First time accepted submitter djhaskin987 (2147470) writes "The first successful implantation of a 3-D printed skull has taken place in the Netherlands, according to NBC news: 'Doctors in the Netherlands report that they have for the first time...   Kim Dotcom Launches Political Party In New Zealand   From the strange-bedfellow department judgecorp (778838) writes "Fugitive entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has launched a political party in New Zealand although he himself cannot stand for election. Dotcom, founder of Megaupload is a German national, not a New Zealand citizen. He is also on...   CISPA's Author Has Another Privacy-Killing Bill To Pass Before He Retires  From the get-while-the-gettin's-good department Daniel_Stuckey writes: "You might remember House Intelligence Chair Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan, from his lovely, universally-hated CISPA cybersecurity bill that would have allowed nearly seamless information sharing between companies...   North Korea: Male University Students Required To Get Kim Jong-un Haircuts  From the I'll-get-an-un department An anonymous reader writes in with one more reason not to accept that full-ride scholarship to a North Korea University. "Male university students in North Korea are now required to get the same haircut as their leader Kim Jong-un, it is reported....   Synthetic Chromosomes Successfully Integrated Into Brewer's Yeast  From the origin-story-for-superyeast department New submitter dunnomattic writes: "Researchers at New York University School of Medicine have achieved a milestone in synthetic biology. A fully synthetic yeast chromosome, dubbed 'synIII,' has successfully replaced chromosome 3 of multiple...   How the FBI and Secret Service Know Your Network Has Been Breached Before You Do  From the they-care-before-it-impacts-your-bottom-line department coondoggie writes "By all accounts, many of the massive data breaches in the news these days are first revealed to the victims by law enforcement: the Secret Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation. But how do the agencies figure it out before...       Follow us on Facebook Twitter Google+

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Some Mozilla Employees Demand New CEO Step Down; Minnesota Teen Wins Settlement After School Takes Facebook Password

Ask Slashdot: Preparing For Windows XP EOL?   |  Why Movie Streaming Services Are Unsatisfying — and Will Stay That Way     How Secure Do You Feel? And what are you doing about it? We want to know about your IT security strategy. Take our two-question survey to let us know. Learn More! Some Mozilla Employees Demand New CEO Step Down  Ask Slashdot: Preparing For Windows XP EOL?  Minnesota Teen Wins Settlement After School Takes Facebook Password  Why Movie Streaming Services Are Unsatisfying — and Will Stay That Way  More Than 1 In 4 Car Crashes Involve Cellphone Use  Operation Wants To Mine 10% of All New Bitcoins  Prototype Volvo Flywheel Tech Uses Car's Wasted Brake Energy  Hacking Charisma  Anti-Game-Violence Legislator Arrested, Faces Gun Trafficking Charges  Introducing a Calendar System For the Information Age  Russian Officials Dump iPads For Samsung Tablets Over Spy Fears  Xbox One Reputation System Penalizes Gamers Who Behave Badly  Interview: Ask John McAfee What You Will  Homeopathic Remedies Recalled For Containing Real Medicine  Microsoft Launches Office For iPad: Includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint    Slashback -- The Best of Slashdot Get a weekly roundup of the most-discussed stories from Slashdot delivered to your inbox. It is your one-stop shop for a recap of the top News for Nerds from the week.  Learn More!    Some Mozilla Employees Demand New CEO Step Down  From the why-you-don't-say department _xeno_ (155264) writes "Mozilla recently named a new CEO, Brendan Eich, and as commentators in that article noted, there could be some backlash over his private contributions to political campaigns. Well, it turns out that they were correct, and...   Ask Slashdot: Preparing For Windows XP EOL?  From the stock-up-like-y2k department An anonymous reader writes "As most of us working in IT may know, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP on April 8th, 2014. Although this fact has been known for quite some time, XP is still relatively popular in companies and also enjoys...   Minnesota Teen Wins Settlement After School Takes Facebook Password  From the mandatory-everything department schwit1 (797399) writes "A Minnesota school district has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed school officials violated a student's constitutional rights by viewing her Facebook and email accounts without permission. The lawsuit,...   Why Movie Streaming Services Are Unsatisfying — and Will Stay That Way  From the shut-up-and-take-my-money department mendax sends this excerpt from a New York Times op-ed: "like Napster in the late 1990s, [torrent-streaming app Popcorn Time] offered a glimpse of what seemed like the future, a model for how painless it should be to stream movies and TV shows...   More Than 1 In 4 Car Crashes Involve Cellphone Use  From the keep-you-eyes-on-the-road-your-hands-upon-the-wheel department schwit1 (797399) writes "Texting and driving is dangerous but a new survey finds talking on a cellphone while behind the wheel may be even worse. The National Safety Council's annual report found 26 percent of all crashes are tied to phone use,...   Operation Wants To Mine 10% of All New Bitcoins  From the go-big-or-go-home department An anonymous reader writes: "Mining new Bitcoins is computationally expensive — you can't expect to do much on your standard home computer. Many miners have built custom rigs to mine more efficiently, but it was only a matter of time until...   Prototype Volvo Flywheel Tech Uses Car's Wasted Brake Energy  From the price-is-them-mother-of-invention department cartechboy (2660665) writes "Sometimes we get carried away with sexy moonshot car tech--whereas most everyday gains are about reducing inefficiencies, piece by piece. Volvo's flywheel energy-recovery prototype is a great example of the latter--not...   Hacking Charisma  From the check-your-dependencies department An anonymous reader writes: "Steve Jobs had it. George Clooney has it. So does Don Draper. Charisma is intangible but powerful: the personality trait that's used to win friends and influence people. Olivia Fox Cabane wasn't born with it. She was a...   Anti-Game-Violence Legislator Arrested, Faces Gun Trafficking Charges  From the should-have-stayed-home-and-played-GTA department Several readers sent word that California State Senator Leland Yee was arrested today. He's accused of conspiring to traffic guns and commit wire fraud, to defraud citizens of honest services, and bribery. The complant (PDF) also names 25 other...   Introducing a Calendar System For the Information Age  From the might-not-last-a-whole-week department First time accepted submitter chimeraha (3594169) writes "Synchronized with the northern winter solstice and the UNIX Epoch, the terran computational calendar contains 13 identical months of 28 days each in addition to a short Month Zero...   Russian Officials Dump iPads For Samsung Tablets Over Spy Fears  From the putin-actually-invented-it department wiredmikey writes: "Russian government officials have swapped their iPads for Samsung tablets to ensure tighter security, the telecoms minister told news agencies on Wednesday. Journalists spotted that ministers at a cabinet meeting were no longer...   Xbox One Reputation System Penalizes Gamers Who Behave Badly  From the good-news-for-everyone's-mothers department New submitter DroidJason1 writes: "Microsoft has added new 'player reputation scores' to each Xbox Live member's Gamercard. The scores are represented by icons consisting of the colors green, yellow, and red. The more hours you play fairly online...   Interview: Ask John McAfee What You Will  From the ask-me-anything department samzenpus (5) writes "Founder of the computer anti-virus company McAfee Associates, John McAfee gained world-wide attention eluding Belizean authorities in the jungle. Since we last sat down with John, he's been working on a device that blocks the...   Homeopathic Remedies Recalled For Containing Real Medicine  From the fake-fake-vs-real-fake department ananyo (2519492) writes "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled homeopathic remedies made by a company called Terra-Medica because they may contain actual medicine — possibly penicillin or derivatives of the antibiotic."...   Microsoft Launches Office For iPad: Includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint  From the to-a-tablet-near-you department An anonymous reader writes "At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft Office General Manager Julia White unveiled Office for iPad, featuring Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new suite, which supports viewing but not editing for free, will go...       Follow us on Facebook Twitter Google+

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