I emailed an old friend around his birthday at the ending of November. This is the person that used to be my friend and that i had a very bad ending of a 18 year friendship with. A lot of stuff went down between us 2 years ago. I felt bad for my part in it so i emailed him and asked him to call me. He did about 2 weeks after the email.
He told me that he wondered if i was just messing with him or did i really mean that i wanted to talk to him as only 3 people called him for his birthday, hip parents, me and an old girlfriend. He berated me for about 30 minutes as was his nature about the occurrence and then tried to talk to me in his usual fashion. I was not at a place that i could talk as we were out shopping. Let me say he used to call at odd hours of the night all the time when we were friends. He was always an odd person but i overlooked that. He called me several other times that evening and i said finally that i could not talk as it was very obsessive to call that many times and could he call the next day.
When i got home, i did another email asking him not to call at odd hours of the day or night which i thought was not a strange request. He replied and said that we would have no more contact and it was left at that...
I started to think about this event and what had been said and exchanged between us during that several calls and i realized that i was not me but that it was him. It struck em very odd that only 3 people called him for his birthday and that one was me an ex friend.
Had no professional colleagues called, had no other friends called? He has or had other friends because i know them as well. Has he so totally fallen off the deep end that he has pushed everyone away from him? I guess that only time will tell but as far as i am concerned am finished with this event.
What is your opinion?
Blogroll Me!
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
A Few [Slashdot] Stories for you on this new year...
Here are a few for you to look at and read. Enjoy!
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| Data Theft Soars to Unprecedented Levels |
| from the never-been-easier-to-be-someone-else dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday December 30, @20:17 (Privacy) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/31/0034252 |
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A Wired article reports on data loss in 2007, and the numbers aren't good. [0]Credit card and social security theft was at an all-time high, with even more losses expected in 2008. Information thieves, it seems, are just one step ahead of IT security. "While companies, government agencies, schools and other institutions are spending more to protect ever-increasing volumes of data with more sophisticated firewalls and encryption, the investment often is too little too late. 'More of them are experiencing data breaches, and they're responding to them in a reactive way, rather than proactively looking at the company's security and seeing where the holes might be,' said Linda Foley, who founded the San Diego-based Identity Theft Resource Center after becoming an identity theft victim herself."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/31/0034252
Links:
0. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/topheadlines/~3/208658703/DATA_BREACHES
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| How To Lose Your Job, Thanks To The Internet |
| from the it's-easy-if-you-know-how dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday December 30, @22:25 (The Internet) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/31/0111255 |
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The New York Times has up an article discussing the trend of employers tracking the 'free time' activities of their employees via their web presence. "When they do go off the clock and off the corporate network, how they spend their private time should be of no concern to their employer, even if the Internet, by its nature, makes some off-the-job activities more visible to more people than was previously possible. In the absence of strong protections for employees, poorly chosen words or even a single photograph posted online in one's off-hours can have career-altering consequences." The piece [0]likens this activity to the 'Sociological Department' that the Ford Company ran to monitor the home lives of their workers. Overstatement, or the corp as Big Brother?
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/31/0111255
Links:
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| Most Consumers Sitting Out The High-Def War |
| from the might-be-early-to-choose-sides dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Monday December 31, @08:11 (Media) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/31/0620249 |
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The New York Times notes that, despite the increasing variety of programs on the Blu-ray and HD-DVD formats, most US consumers are [0]staying out of the DVD format war. This is a wise decision, the article states, because the two formats are essentially at a stalemate. "The two camps are victims of their own earlier success with DVD. The standard DVDs offered a quantum leap in quality from the picture and sound of VHS videotape, and for many that was more than adequate. In addition, DVD players that can convert images to near high-definition quality can be found for under $100, hundreds less than a true high-definition DVD player, further reducing the urgency to upgrade to one of the new formats."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/31/0620249
Links:
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| Wii Hacked for Better Homebrew Games |
| from the playing-with-your-own-toys dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 31, @14:17 (Wii (Games|
| http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/31/1834204 |
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[0]arbourp writes to mention that hackers Michael Steil and Felix Domke have demonstrated a way to [1]hack the Wii that makes running homebrew code much easier. "The hack advances the possibility of running homebrew code with access to full system resources on the device, not just programs that Nintendo has sanctioned. Such games might be developed to run from a DVD drive, at least in theory. No such games are available as yet and Nintendo may respond by attempting to revoke compromised encryption keys. However history shows such countermeasures are likely to ultimately prove futile."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/31/1834204
Links:
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/31/nintendo_wii_hack/
RMStringer
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IMBA Member: Dec 2007
Monday, December 31, 2007
Ending of The Year 2007
I just want to wish each and every one of you Happy New Year!!
RMStringer
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IMBA Member: Dec 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Great Little Application...
I have used this app since way before Microsoft purchased the company. It is called Process Explorer and it was originally created by Sysinternals.
What's new in Version 11.04:
* New treelist control for better UI responsiveness
* Asynchronous thread symbol resolution on threads tab of process properties
* More flags on groups in security tab and SID display
* Thread IDs on threads tab
* On-line search uses default web browser and search engine
* Vista ASLR column for processes and DLLs
* Vista Process and thread I/O and memory priorities in process and thread properties
* Vista Process and thread I/O and memory columns
* PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION support on process permissions on Vista
* Run as limited user runs with low IL on Vista
* Reports information for all object types on Vista
* Show details for all processes elevation menu item on Vista
* Supports replacement of task manager on Vista
* /e to launch elevated
* /s switch to select a process at startup
* Compiled w/ASLR, DEP
* Faster startup
* Miscellaneous bug fixes and minor improveme
What is your opinion?
Blogroll Me!
Process Explorer v11.04
By Mark Russinovich
Published: November 5, 2007
Introduction
Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.
The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.
Process Explorer works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, and 64-bit versions of Windows for x64 and IA64 processors, and Windows Vista.
What's new in Version 11.04:
* New treelist control for better UI responsiveness
* Asynchronous thread symbol resolution on threads tab of process properties
* More flags on groups in security tab and SID display
* Thread IDs on threads tab
* On-line search uses default web browser and search engine
* Vista ASLR column for processes and DLLs
* Vista Process and thread I/O and memory priorities in process and thread properties
* Vista Process and thread I/O and memory columns
* PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION support on process permissions on Vista
* Run as limited user runs with low IL on Vista
* Reports information for all object types on Vista
* Show details for all processes elevation menu item on Vista
* Supports replacement of task manager on Vista
* /e to launch elevated
* /s switch to select a process at startup
* Compiled w/ASLR, DEP
* Faster startup
* Miscellaneous bug fixes and minor improveme
What is your opinion?
Blogroll Me!
Computer Work Finished...
Well folks i got the computer work finished. I installed a WD500GB SATA300 drive, did away with an 80GIG and a 160GIG drive. I installed 2GIGs of Kingston KVR DDR2700 ram and added a KVR 512MB stick. I also added an Antec Truepower Trio 650watt power supply to the old box and BOY it made a big differeance. I think that i am going to get another 80-100 gig WD drive to change out the 40GIG system drive.
What is your opinion?
Blogroll Me!
What is your opinion?
Blogroll Me!
A few choice [Slashdot] Stories.
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| AOL to Shut Down Netscape Support/Development |
| from the lizard-had-a-good-run dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @16:42 (Netscape) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/2139209 |
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[0]Kelson writes "After years of trying to figure out what to do with it,
AOL is officially [1]discontinuing the Netscape browser. In the four and
a half years after they dismantled the development team and spun off the
[2]Mozilla Foundation as a lost cause, only to see [3]Firefox take off,
AOL has tried twice to reinvent Netscape. There was the chimera-like
Netscape 8, which used both Mozilla's and IE's rendering engines, and
just months ago they released Netscape 9, trying to ride the social
networking wave. AOL will release security fixes through February 1,
2008, after which the browser will officially be dead. For the
"nostalgic," they suggest using Firefox and installing a Netscape theme."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/2139209
Links:
0. http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/
1. http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/
3. http://mozilla.com/products/firefox/
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| TSA Limits Lithium Batteries on Airplanes |
| from the best-kind-of-theatre-is-the-funny-kind dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @15:26 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1944208 |
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yali writes "The U.S. Transportation and Security Administration has
issued new rules [0]limiting travel with lithium batteries. As of January
1, [1]no spare lithium batteries are allowed in checked luggage.
Batteries carried in the cabin are subject to limitations on per-battery
and total lithium content, and spare batteries must have the terminals
covered. If you're returning home from the holidays with new toys, be
sure to check out the new restrictions before you pack."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/1944208
Links:
0. http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_batteries.html
1. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h74l-BiD30YO0rsScUm-HdpKRTuAD8TQK0CO0
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| Wal-Mart Closes Online Movie Download Service |
| from the hard-to-fight-the-flix dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @13:34 (Businesses) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1638230 |
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[0]eldavojohn writes "A year after [1]opening its movie download service,
[2]Wal-Mart has abandoned the endeavor. They claim this is a result of
HP's decision to stop supporting its video download store software. The
article also notes that, unlike iTunes, Wal-Mart offered variable pricing
which attracted a lot of studios. 'The world's largest retailer instead
turned its rental service over to Netflix Inc. Wal-Mart still operates a
music download service and continues to sell CDs and DVDs at retail
stores and over the Internet for shipping by mail.' Is this evidence of
the strength of unified pricing in media downloads or just another
company being squished by the giant Netflix & Apple?"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/1638230
Links:
0. mailto:my/.username@@@gmail.com
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/06/0836259&tid=97
2. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Wal-Mart-Movie-Downloads.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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| Domains May Disappear After Search |
| from the risky-business-out-here dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @11:36 (Security) |
| http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1458247 |
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[0]Ponca City, We Love You writes "Daily Domainer has a story [1]alleging
that there may be a leak that allows domain tasters to intercept, analyze
and register your domain ideas in minutes. 'Every time you do a whois
search with any service, you run a risk of losing your domain,' says one
industry insider. ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC
) has not been able to find hard evidence of Domain Name Front Running
but [2]they have issued an advisory (pdf) for people to come forward with
hard evidence it is happening. Here is how domain name research theft
crimes can occur and [3]some tips to avoiding being a victim."
Discuss this story at:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/1458247
Links:
0. http://poncacityweloveyou.com/
1. http://www.dailydomainer.com/2007173-who-is-monitoring-your-domain-searches-update.html
2. http://img.domaintools.com/blog/domain-name-front-running.pdf
3. http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/03/stealing-domain-name-research/
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| Warner Music Group Drops DRM for Amazon |
| from the step-in-the-right-direction dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Thursday December 27, @19:58 (Music) |
| http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/27/2327239 |
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SirLurksAlot sends us to Ars Technica for an article about the Warner
Music Group's [0]decision to allow DRM-free music downloads through
Amazon. This reversal of [1]Warner's former position has been [2]underway
for some time, and it boosts the number of DRM-free songs available from
Amazon to 2.9 million. Quoting: "Warner's announcement says nothing about
offering its content through other services such as iTunes, and
represents the music industry's attempt to make life a bit more difficult
for Apple after all the years in which the company held the keys to
music's digital kingdom.
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/27/2327239
Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071227-3down-1-to-go-warner-music-group-drops-drm.html
1. http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/09/1653255&tid=141
2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/16/1733216&tid=141
RMStringer
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"To open the eternal worlds, to
open the immortal eyes Of man
Inwards, into the worlds of thought, into Eternity". ITN
Friday, December 28, 2007
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
Jesus Built My Hotrod is a 1991 single by Ministry and was the band's most popular song up to that point. The track features a driving beat and speed metal guitar work backing Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes gonzo vocal stylings.
The Band:
Al Jourgensen
Paul Barker
M Balch
Gibby Haynes
Bill Rieflin
PANINARO '95 PET SHOP BOYS
The remix released in 1995 was not as good as the original track from 1986.
Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro
The video depicts this very well.
I love the long version on the "Disco" album from 1986.
An Italian youth cult of the 1980s named from the sandwich bars where its members gathered. They wore expensive ‘designer’ clothes (from the US and Italy), presenting a tough militaristic image - leather jackets, belts with large buckles, dark glasses - which accorded with their right-wing views.
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities - (Let's make lots of money)
1985!! They hit the music scene like a ton of bricks!! I so love the Trench Coat that they had....
The KLF - 3am Eternal
This is taken from The Stadium House VHS tape. I have this on VHS and also a video file. 1991 was the year it came out. I always wanted a phone like the one in the video!
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds...
I got to see them live in DC early this year. I also got to meet them as well at that same show at the 930pm Club.
Computer Issues...
I am still having issues but I hope to have them solved tonight. I have upgraded my RAM and I am now running about 2.5Gigs of DDR 2700 and I am working out the new SATA drive issues. I might replace my power supply with a 560watt also. I will keep everyone informed as things unfold. Thank you for your patience. I have a neat pic to place on the Blog of the Buttermilk Trail superimposed over a Google map.
RMStringer
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Let teachers and priests and philosophers brood
over questions of reality and illusion.
I know this: if life is an illusion, then I
am no less an illusion, and being thus, the
illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I
love, I slay, and I am content.
(Robert E. Howard, Queen of the Black Coast, Weird Tales, May 1934)
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Computer problems...
I have installed a new 500gig SATA drive and i am now having to copy over another drive that is going bad. I hope to have this issue solved soon and be back to posting good stuff on the blog...
Thankx,
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RMSTringer
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Thankx,
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RMSTringer
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Today December 25, 2007
Well we had a wonderful Christmas with lots of presents and good times. We miss our family and that the fact that we were not able to be with them during this holiday season. I was able to go to Pocahontas Park today with Mark and we rode the Red and Blue trails riding about 7 miles which was a good thing. I have to go to work tomorrow until the end of the week. All have a wonderful rest of the night.
RMStringer
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The significant problems we face
cannot be solved at the same level
of thinking we were at when
we created them: Albert Einstein
Monday, December 24, 2007
Christmas in Mu
The idea of Mu first appeared in the works of the antiquarian Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), a 19th century traveler and writer who conducted his own investigations of the Maya ruins in Yucatán. He announced that he had translated the ancient Mayan writings, which supposedly showed that the Maya of Yucatán were older than the later civilizations of Atlantis and Egypt, and additionally told the story of an even older continent of Mu, which had foundered in a similar fashion to Atlantis, with the survivors founding the Maya civilization.
Le Plongeon actually got the name "Mu" from a mistranslation of what was then called the Troano Codex in 1864, using the de Landa alphabet. Mu was taken to mean Atlantis, which is what Le Plongeon thought; he also thought that Queen Moo was in Central America 30,000 years ago and founded civilizations in Atlantis and Egypt.
What is your opinion?
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Le Plongeon actually got the name "Mu" from a mistranslation of what was then called the Troano Codex in 1864, using the de Landa alphabet. Mu was taken to mean Atlantis, which is what Le Plongeon thought; he also thought that Queen Moo was in Central America 30,000 years ago and founded civilizations in Atlantis and Egypt.
What is your opinion?
Blogroll Me!
Merry Christmas
RMStringer
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"To open the eternal worlds, to
open the immortal eyes Of man
Inwards, into the worlds of thought, into Eternity". ITN
We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
J
The RMStringers
The "longer" you look at this picture, the "more" you see.
Look at the lines the artist used to draw this picture of Christ. There are scenes from Christ's life. Have you ever seen anything like this?
Share this with a friend or two. In the Circle of God's love, God's waiting to use your full potential.
May God Always Bless You.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Some Moon Night Shots...
I took these tonight. It is very windy and partly cloudy. The moon is full. I hope that you like them.
What is your opinion?
Blogroll Me!
What is your opinion?
Blogroll Me!
[Slashdot] Stories for 2007-12-23
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For those of you that do not read SLASHDOT, here are the stories that
They are reporting. They are a very good source of "Techie" information.
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For those of you that do not read SLASHDOT, here are the stories that
They are reporting. They are a very good source of "Techie" information.
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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Retail Store Scalping Wii Consoles on eBay
* Norway Mandates Government Use of ODF and PDF
* Could An ExtraTerrestrial Find Earth with a Telescope?
* Specs For the New KITT
* NASA's Invention of the Year Award Goes to Synthetic Muscles
* Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover
* Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard
* New Jersey Judge Shields Anonymous Blogger
* IRS Data Security Still a Concern
* Mystery Company Recruiting Talent With a Puzzle
* FBI Prepares Vast Database of Biometrics
* U.Maine Law Clinic Is First To Fight RIAA
* Analog Cellular Shutdown To Hit Built-In Devices
* GNU Octave 3.0 Released After 11 Years
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| Retail Store Scalping Wii Consoles on eBay |
| from the with-a-name-like-slackers-... dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 21, @20:55 (Wii (Games)) |
|
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/22/0159248
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C0rinthian writes "ArsTechnica reports that the games retailer Slackers
has been keeping their stock of the Nintendo Wii off their store shelves,
and is instead [0]selling the system on eBay for $400-500. (A $150-$250
markup)" This follows their look at the other side of the coin: [1]why
some retailers insist on Wii Bundles.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/22/0159248
Links:
0.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071220-exclusive-retail-chain-scalpin
g-wii-allotment-on-ebay.html
1.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/12/19/forced-wii-bundles-an-
independent-game-stores-perspective
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| Norway Mandates Government Use of ODF and PDF |
| from the playing-nice-with-everyone dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Friday December 21, @22:30 (Government) |
|
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/22/026216
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siDDis writes "Earlier this year Slashdot mentioned that Norway was
[0]moving towards mandatory use of ODF and PDF. Now it's official: the
Norwegian government has [1]mandated the use of open document formats
from January 1st, 2009. There are three formats that have been mandated
for all documentation between authorities, users and partners. HTML for
all public information on the Web, PDF for all documents where layout
needs to be preserved and ODF for all documents that the recipient is
supposed to be able to edit. Documents may also be published in other
formats, but they must always be available in either ODF or PDF."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/22/026216
Links:
0. http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/14/1616248&tid=185
1.
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/20/norway-mandates-gover
nment-odf
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| Could An ExtraTerrestrial Find Earth with a Telescope? |
| from the helloooo-up-there dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday December 22, @00:38 (Space) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/22/0454227
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[0]Active Seti writes "If aliens were hunting life outside their own
planet, could they peer through the vastness of space and lock onto
[1]Earth as a likely home for life? Researchers say with a roughly
Hubble-sized array observers could measure Earth's 24-hour rotation
period, possibly leading to observations of oceans and the chance of
life. 'They would only be able to see Earth as a single pixel, rather
than resolving it to take a picture,' said Astronomer Eric Ford. 'But
that could be enough for them to identify our planet as one that likely
contains clouds and oceans of liquid water.' The research will be useful
to astronomers designing the next generation of space telescopes on our
planet, because it provides an outline of the capabilities required for
studying the surfaces of Earth-like worlds."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/22/0454227
Links:
0. http://activeseti.com/
1. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-12/uof-tca122107.php
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| Specs For the New KITT |
| from the a-shadowy-flight-into-the-dangerous-world dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday December 22, @02:22 (Television) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/22/0647213
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An anonymous reader writes "The upcoming made-for-TV Knight Rider movie
features an [0]all-new version of the Knight Industries Two Thousand
(KITT). Popular Mechanics has the 'specs' for the original
Hasslehoff-mobile, as well as for the digital-effects enhanced version in
[1]the 2008 production. 'Designer Harald Belker, who has created the
Batmobile for Batman and Robin and a next-gen space shuttle for
Armageddon, came onboard to give the new KITT. a unique look. "The goal
was to make it look more aggressive without being hokey or garish,"
Belker says.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/22/0647213
Links:
0. http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4237588.html
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/29/0621228&tid=129
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| NASA's Invention of the Year Award Goes to Synthetic Muscles |
| from the we're-so-close-to-cyborgs dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday December 22, @04:28 (NASA) |
|
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/22/0655243
|
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[0]coondoggie writes "It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie:
technology that can [1]act like muscle and nerves to expand and contract.
The invention has been named the NASA Government Invention of the Year
for 2007. 'The Macro-Fiber Composite, or MFC, is made up of ceramic
fibers and can be attached to a structure to bend it, reduce vibrations
and monitor force. By applying voltage to the MFC, the ceramic fibers
change shape to expand or contract and turn the resulting force into a
bending or twisting action on the material. MFC technology could also
find its way into inflatable space structures can be used for antennas,
communication satellites, space station trusses, and solar sail support
structures, NASA said.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/22/0655243
Links:
0. http://networkworld/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23284
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| Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover |
| from the it's-coming dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday December 22, @06:19 (Television) |
|
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/22/0657258
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A recent poll of TV watchers shows that many Americans aren't aware
[0]the end times are coming for analog broadcast signals. "The survey
found that the group most affected by the analog cutoff -- those with no
cable or satellite service -- are most in the dark about what will happen
to their sets: Only one-third of them had heard that their TVs are set to
stop receiving programs. Of course, there are solutions. Congress is
subsidizing the purchase of digital television receivers. And the cable
TV industry is hoping that this will spur the last holdouts to buy pay
TV."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/22/0657258
Links:
0.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/rabbit-ear-users-dont-know-the-end-
of-analog-tv-is-near/index.html?ex=1356066000&en=95ec892a3d55c747&ei=5088&pa
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| Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard |
| from the living-in-the-wacky-future dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Saturday December 22, @08:24 (Portables) |
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/22/076211
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akintayo writes "Digitimes reports that first-tier notebook manufacturers
are [0]increasing the standard installed memory from the current 1 GB to
4GB. They claim the move is an attempt to shore up the costs of DRAM
chips, which are currently depressed because of a glut in market. The
glut is supposedly due to [1]increased manufacturing capacity and the
slow adoption of Microsoft's Vista operating system. The proposed move is
especially interesting, given that [2]32-bit Vista and XP cannot access 4
GB of memory. They have a practical 3.1 b
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