Craig Oldham's "Nudist" typeface has its naughty bits pixellated (in other weights, the same spots are covered by tasteful figleaves or black CENSORED bars).
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MIT Technology Review describes a new Wi-Fi router from Intel capable of sending a Wi-Fi signal tens of miles with 6-Mbps performance. This is perfect for rural areas without Internet service, and for less developed countries interested in building out their Internet infrastructure but no means to lay expensive cable or fiber optics. The routers cost about $500 each, and you need two of them for a point-to-point connection. Quoting: "Intel's RCP platform rewrites the communication rules of Wi-Fi radios. Galinvosky explains that the software creates specific time slots in which each of the two radios listens and talks, so there's no extra data being sent confirming transmissions. 'We're not taking up all the bandwidth waiting for acknowledgments,' he says. Since there is an inherent trade-off between the amount of available bandwidth and the distance that a signal can travel, the more bandwidth is available, the farther a signal can travel."
By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Mar. 19--A metro-east bread crumb manufacturer will pay a fine and pay more to replace refrigeration units that had leaked ozone-depleting substance. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Chelsea Phua, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Mar. 19--An unknown amount of raw sewage leaked into Dry Creek from a Rio Linda meat packing plant late Tuesday, according to authorities. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan. Mar. 19--The city's annual Spring Compost Giveaway will take place this week. Area residents who want the rich organic material to improve their gardens or flower beds have three opportunities this week to get a free truckload. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Frank D. Roylance, The Baltimore Sun Mar. 19--Cool, efficient and environmentally correct, compact fluorescent light bulbs are selling by the hundreds of millions. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By David Bracken, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Mar. 19--RALEIGH -- Property rights and the shaky economy were the two most frequently mentioned items at a packed public hearing Tuesday night. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
ZTE, a provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has won a tender from Pakistan Telecommunication to build part of its WDM backbone transmission network. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
US-based information security provider SafeNet has partnered with Israel-based Radvision, a provider of products and technologies for unified visual communications over IP and 3G networks, to secure and enable next-generation fixed and mobile IP communications. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
IBM has introduced ProAct software, a business intelligence tool designed to help companies automate customer interaction tasks and boost sales. The software, developed by IBM's India Research Laboratory (IRL), mines both structured and unstructured data. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By George Pawlaczyk, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Mar. 19--COLLINSVILLE -- Police are asking the U.S. attorney's office to charge a former Collinsville High School teacher in connection with sending improper computer text messages to his female students. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Mark Melnicoe, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Mar. 19--Researchers from the University of California, backed by technology titans Intel and Microsoft, said Tuesday they are embarking on a project to bring the power of supercomputers to people's laptops and mobile devices. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Al Gibes Techno-anxiety part two, a great site for a global view of what's in the news and online contests fill today's edition of Net Notes. Although fear of new technology is the most recognized definition of techno-anxiety, another school of thought addresses the flip side. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85952) has announced the addition of "Africa - Convergence, NGN, WiMAX" to their offering. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, today introduced the newest member in its xStack(TM) Storage series product line for small- to medium-sized businesses seeking a reliable, economical network data storage solution and enhanced data recovery with the 8-bay iSCSI SAN Array capable of handling more than 80,000 input/outputs (I/Os) per second. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Sun Microsystems, in co-ordination with NetBeans, has launched an integrated development environment beta for the creation of next generation web applications. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 19 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Pioneering science fiction writer and visionary Arthur C. Clarke, best known for his work on the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", has died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
By Andrew Liszewski I’m not going to accuse anyone from stealing yet another idea from The Simpsons because quite frankly I think the idea of a toy gun filled with ketchup or mustard is a great idea... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:24 am
Japanese households and businesses could end up paying more than $500 billion to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 11 percent over the next decade, the trade and industry ministry said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:20 am
More blogs are raising venture capital, we’re hearing from people they’ve pitched. Newcomer Silicon Alley Insider is looking for a $2 - $3 million round, if reports are correct. And PaidContent... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:52 am
By Evan Ackerman If you thought this or this was cool, you’ll definitely be impressed by this 60x cell phone microscope attachment. But it’s not a novelty cell phone accessory… It was... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:46 am
By Andrew Liszewski There are a lot of items that get wet that you just can’t stick in the dryer. Whether it be shoes, umbrellas, small animals or even expensive pieces of clothing that you don’t... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:37 am
mernil sends in an article from the NYTimes that casts a glance at a study done in the Czech Republic (natch) on what divides the successful scientists from the duffers. "Ever since there have been scientists, there have been those who are wildly successful, publishing one well-received paper after another, and those who are not. And since nearly the same time, there have been scholars arguing over what makes the difference. What is it that turns one scientist into more of a Darwin and another into more of a dud? After years of argument over the roles of factors like genius, sex, and dumb luck, a new study shows that something entirely unexpected and considerably sudsier may be at play in determining the success or failure of scientists — beer."
It's Tuesday, so that means it's time for the Tuesday Night Guide to Financial Criminality: Things to watch for if you want to avoid being caught, Spitzer-style, by anti-money-laundering technology... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:24 am
Wildlife conservationists in Cambodia on Wednesday opened Asia's first centre to preserve local bear populations, under severe threat from poachers and exotic pet traders. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:18 am
Okay, slumming a bit tonight and watching Die Hard (again). It remains the source of one of the best movie lines ever: Dwayne: [Watching as FBI helicopter is destroyed] We're gonna need some more... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:18 am
By Evan Ackerman Reading is such hard work without the internet at your disposal to cross reference anything that you don’t immediately understand. Until now, people had to read books while at the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:16 am
There’s been much discussion lately around ways to follow and keep up with friends and the latest news in the tech world. There are plenty of new startups looking to make life easier; many have merit,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:01 am
Dextre the robot got a prime parking spot at the international space station and should be able to keep it for at least a few months. Astronauts moved the mechanical hulk to its new... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:52 am
Astronomer Patrick Moore and author Terry Pratchett praise pioneering science fiction writer best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, who has died, aged 90 Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:51 am
We've all had one of those days when the universe seems to be playing games with us. Things haven't quite worked out all day, there's nothing good on TV, all your friends are out with each other and forgot... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:38 am
We've all had one of those days when the universe seems to be playing games with us. Things haven't quite worked out all day, there's nothing good on TV, all your friends are out with each other and forgot... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:38 am
PALO CEDRO, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- At the young age of 25, Dr. Rev. Narayan Uchigaki began to seek the salvation of humanity by immersing himself in religious... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:35 am
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Avineon, Inc. ( href="http://www.avineon.com">www.avineon.com ), a successful provider of IT, geospatial, engineering and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:33 am
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today honored three suppliers with its Best-In-Class Supplier Award and recognized 13... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the nation's most reliable wireless voice... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
VANCOUVER, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CounterPath Corporation (OTCBB: CPAH, formerly COPA), a leading provider of desktop and mobile VoIP software products and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New Momentum, provider of supply chain risk management (SCRM) software for companies that make or use electronic components Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
By Wray, Tom In-shift sanitation can make a difference in protecting consumers and employees. Most sanitation takes place between shifts. It's the most logical time. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Precision BioSciences, Inc. today reacted to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Cellectis SA, of Romainville, France. Precision's management described Cellectis' allegations as unfounded and stated that no such infringement has occurred. "Precision has reviewed Cellectis' patent claims. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Anonymous The Homeowners Protection Act qualified for the June 2008 ballot. The Homeowners Protection Act would prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire a single-family, owner-occupied home and transfer the property to a private party. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Bethania Palma EL MONTE - The city has decided it's time to rethink trash. While businesses and multifamily residences will see a hike in trash collection rates, officials said, increased recycling will lower bills. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
By Barnett, Cynthia A little more than two years ago, Brian Hess, director of operations for Niagara Bottling Co., e-mailed state economic development offices from Florida to Texas as a first step toward building a plant to help his company go national. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
John860 writes "The US company Boston Dynamics has released an amazing new video of its quadruped robot BigDog. The highlight of the video (at 1:24) shows how the robot starts slipping on ice, almost falls several times, but finally regains its balance and continues walking. The video also shows the robot's ability to cope with different types of terrains, climb and descend steep slopes, and jump. Two years ago, the older version of BigDog was already able to climb slopes, keep its balance after a strong kick, and walk on rough terrain like stones, mud, and snow. The new version weighs 235 lbs and can carry a payload of up to 340 lbs, a factor of 4 better than its predecessor."
A new feature allows users to choose which of their contacts will have access to their personal information and which won't. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
On a Baghdad street lined with electronics shops, freedom to access the world has fueled a boom in business, but one dogged by fear and violence. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
Arthur C. Clarke, who peered into the heavens with a homemade telescope as a boy and grew up to become a visionary titan of science-fiction writing and collaborated with director Stanley Kubrick on the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
Demand for design tools like Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver and for its Acrobat publishing tool pushed Adobe Systems Inc.'s profit up 52 percent in the first quarter, but the software maker still... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 6:11 am
The July, 1934 ish of Popular Science reported on this wonderful plan to exploit Soviet Turkestan by means of twin-barrelled, streamlined amphibious monorails to "whiz above desert sands on an overhead rail, or plunge into the water to ford a river."
A single overhead rail on concrete standards could be erected at low cost along these routes, engineers estimate. Air-propelled cars with twin, cigar-shaped hulls could straddle the track and glide along it, at speeds reaching 180 miles an hour, according to calculations based on tests of models at Moscow. The cars would be equipped with Diesel-electric drive, and each one would carry forty passengers or an equivalent freight load. Where the longest of the projected routes crosses the river Amu-Daria, a mile and a quarter wide, it is proposed that amphibian cars be used. On arriving at the shore the cars would leave the overhead rail and cross the river as a boat. Soviet engineers are reported already surveying the route.
Further to last night's post about Sequoia, the voting machine vendor that sent a legal threat to Ed Felten, the renowned Princeton prof who was tapped by the New Jersey's Union County to audit their Sequoia machines and make sure they're secure enough to use:
Union County has backed off a plan to let a Princeton University computer scientist examine voting machines where errors occurred in the presidential primary tallies, after the manufacturer of the machines threatened to sue, officials said today...
On the advice of county's attorneys, however, Rajoppi said today she must forego all plans for independent analysis.
"Wikihistory" is a delightful science fiction short story by Desmond Warzel in the form of a series of messages posted to a time-travellers' forum -- it's basically a Wikipedia edit war, where the old hands have to keep on slapping down the noobs for killing Hitler:
International Association of Time Travelers: Members' Forum Subforum: Europe – Twentieth Century – Second World War
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11/15/2104
At 14:52:28, FreedomFighter69 wrote:
Reporting my first temporal excursion since joining IATT: have just returned from 1936 Berlin, having taken the place of one of Leni Riefenstahl's cameramen and assassinated Adolf Hitler during the opening of the Olympic Games. Let a free world rejoice!
At 14:57:44, SilverFox316 wrote:
Back from 1936 Berlin; incapacitated FreedomFighter69 before he could pull his little stunt. Freedomfighter69, as you are a new member, please read IATT Bulletin 1147 regarding the killing of Hitler before your next excursion. Failure to do so may result in your expulsion per Bylaw 223.
At 18:06:59, BigChill wrote:
Take it easy on the kid, SilverFox316; everybody kills Hitler on their first trip. I did. It always gets fixed within a few minutes, what's the harm?
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is about to follow Norway's NRK and become the first major North American broadcaster to release one of its shows as a DRM-free torrent:
Sources indicate that the CBC is set to become the first major North American broadcaster to freely release one of its programs without DRM using BitTorrent. This Sunday, CBC will air Canada Next Great Prime Minister. The following day, it plans to freely release a high-resolution version via peer-to-peer networks without any DRM restrictions. This development is important not only because it shows that Canada's public broadcaster is increasingly willing to experiment with alternative forms of distribution, but also because it may help crystallize the net neutrality issue in Canada.
The CBC's mandate, as provided in the Broadcasting Act, requires it to make its programming "available throughout Canada by the most appropriate and efficient means." Using BitTorrent allows the CBC to meet its statutory mandate, yet with ISPs such as Rogers engaging in non-transparent traffic shaping, millions of Canadians may be unable to fully access programming funded by tax dollars. If the CBC experiment is successful, look for more broadcasters to do the same and for the CRTC to face mounting pressure to address net neutrality concerns.
Rob Cockerhamfrom Cockeyed.com is continuing his ongoing experiments with his Eyeclops magnifying digital camera, this time shooting high-mag photos of four different brands of ziploc seals.
The "double" seal is more robust, but it doesn't actually have more connection hooks. The "male" side of the single zipper seal is split, creating two independent hooks from one mushroom-cap shaft.
ohxten sends news from earlier this month that GCC 4.3.0's new behavior of not clearing the direction flag before a string operation on x86 systems poses problems with kernels — such as Linux and BSD — that do not clear the direction flag before a signal handler is called, despite the ABI specification.
It ended in a $19 billion whimper. The Federal Communication Commission posted this to its Web site this afternoon: 3/18/2008 05:14:26 PM Auction 73 Closed There were no bids, withdrawals, or proactive... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 3:35 am
An anonymous reader writes "In an internal JP Morgan document published recently, Wikileaks exposes JPM's efforts to circumvent insider trading regulations, enabling their wealthy clients to profit even when others are losing. The document reads like a how-to and explains how to take advantage of SEC Rule 10b5-1, which has long been considered ripe for abuse. Now this abuse is publicly documented and will be hard to ignore."
THE FACTS The claim is repeated so often that many people accept it as fact. But according to scientists, the notion that a body of cold water will reach boiling temperature more quickly than an identical... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 2:36 am
Why should the U.S. military have all the fun? Follow our guide and build radio-controlled machines for aeriel surveillance, bomb disposal and household pet annoyance.
From food to sex, the twin pillars of science and religion make their mark on everything that's important in our lives. Which one's your guiding light? Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.
Why should the U.S. military have all the fun? Follow our guide and build radio-controlled machines for aeriel surveillance, bomb disposal and household pet annoyance.
eldavojohn writes "If you're a Web developer, you should check out a quick post about the number of types, methods, & fields in the .NET framework. This was done using NDepend. The numbers are quite large — e.g. 39,509 types. The blogger went on to generate tree maps and a dependency matrix."
New Jersey prosecutors have subpoenaed records of JuicyCampus.com, a Web site that publishes anonymous, often malicious gossip about college students. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 19 Mar 2008 | 12:41 am
United States-based Cogent Communications broke links with Sweden's Telia, making it impossible for users on one side of the Atlantic to reach sites on the other company's network. Cogent argues that the net will be stronger for it later.
TimeZone writes "Apparently, even subliminal exposure to the Apple logo can make you 'think different.' Researchers at Duke University subjected participants to subliminal images of the iconic Apple and IBM logos (during what subjects thought was a visual acuity test), and those who were shown the Apple logo generated more creative ideas after the test than did those who were shown the IBM logo. In a second test, subjects exposed to the Disney logo acted more honestly than those who saw an E! Channel logo." Here's a preprint of the paper (PDF) due for publication in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Many readers are sending in word that Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka. He wrote over 100 books including 2001: A Space Odyssey and Rendezvous With Rama, and popularized the ideas of geosynchronous communications satellites and space elevators.
Reiser's long-winded answers visibly frustrate his defense attorney, who abruptly ends direct examination on Tuesday. Next up, the prosecutor has his turn questioning the murder defendant.
mutube writes "Open Source advocate Bruce Perens began petitioning for support in election to the OSI Executive Board. Because it's a self-electing board, demonstrable community support is needed to attain a seat. Perens is standing on a platform of reducing over-representation of vendors in OSI leadership in favor of developers. In his petition notice, Perens suggests that recent Open Source involvement by Microsoft could lead to their being offered a place on the board. With his background fighting SCO and the Novell-Microsoft patent agreements, Perens would be a good counter-balance."
adamengst sends in an article from TidBITS in which Macintosh security expert Rich Mogull explains why he doesn't use antivirus software on the Mac, and why most Mac users shouldn't bother with it either. The article also touches on the question of when an increasing Mac market share might tip it over an inflection point into more active attention from malware writers. (Last month Apple had 14% of PC sales, but 25% of dollar value.)
Wooster Collective posted these two nice examples of street art.
Here's a set of six "Drunken Salaryman" cellphone charms that depict increasing stages of intoxication. Shown above: Stage 5: The Barfing Drunk.
