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---------------------------------------------------------------------- This newsletter is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- February 25, 2003 Slashdot Headlines Psychologist Consoles Data Loss Victims http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/25/0316231 (ok.whatever) writes "A former suicide prevention counselor is employed full-time by a data recovery firm to console its callers. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: 'When the company receives a call from someone who's clearly lost it -- which can happen several times an hour -- [0]Chessin comes on the line to help the caller rediscover their happy place.' Good grief!" Links 0. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/02/23/BU244981.DTL&type=business Sun To Use AMD Mobile Processor In Blade Servers http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/25/0310244 An anonymous reader writes "Looks like AMD is finally making some headway into supplying 1st tier business computer makers which the announcement that [0]Sun will use their chips in upcoming blade servers. Apparently CNET can't help but speculate what this means for AMD's 64 bit Hammer." Links 0. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-985733.html Computer Made Fom DNA And Enzymes http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/25/025215 [0]develop writes "Some folks from Israel have created a computer that runs on DNA and enzymes and is supposedly 100,000 times faster then today's PCs. Information at [1]National Geographic, [2]Telegraph UK and [3]United Press." According to the National Geographic story, this DNA-based computer "can perform 330 trillion operations per second, more than 100,000 times the speed of the fastest PC." However, be aware that most of this is still future tense, and what these researchers have now is just a proof-of-concept. Links 0. http://www.durrow.com 1. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0224_030224_DNAcomputer.html 2. http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/02/25/wdna25.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/02/25/ixworld.html 3. http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030224-045551-7398r Linus Has Harsh Words For Itanium http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/25/011217 [0]Anonymous Coward writes "As a follow up to the earlier story [1]"Intel: No Rush to 64-bit Desktop"... In words that Intel are likely to be far from happy with, the Finnish luminary has stuck the boot into Itanium. His responses to some questions on processor architecture are sure to be music to AMD's ears. Linus, in an [2]Inquirer interview concludes: "Code size matters. Price matters. Real world matters. And ia-64... falls flat on its face on ALL of these."" Of course, Linus works for a chip maker ;) Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/23/2050237&tid=118 2. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7966 Michigander Beats Spammer With "Junk Fax" Law http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/24/2158258 TastyWords writes "According to this link, [0]it's possible to apply the 'junk fax law' to successfully sue a spammer in small claims court. For those who are stuck in states which either have worthless (or near-worthless) anti-spam legislation, this creative approach of the law presents a creative method of turning the table on those who choose to spam first and ask questions later. All of the details are available for enterprising anti-spammers!" Update: 02/25 00:30 GMT by [1]T: OK, so it's Michigander, not Michiganian. Too long as a Texon, Marylandite and Tennesseenaut. Links 0. http://www.linxnet.com/misc/spam/mi_spamsuit.html 1. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/ Linux in High School Labs http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/24/2130246 lexbaby writes "The [0]Salt Lake Tribune has a story about how [1]Logan High School (Logan, Utah) is [2]using Linux in their student programming lab. The main use is for robotics. There is the old discussion about if Linux is truly cheaper to operate in the long run. Is Linux a legitimate solution to school districts facing a financial crunch?" I hope some of the students involved post pictures of the robots they're building in class. Links 0. http://www.sltrib.com/ 1. http://www.lhs.logan.k12.ut.us/ 2. http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Feb/02242003/monday/32333.asp Berman Bill Dead in the Water? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/24/2115216 Masem writes "Last summer, Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) [0]introduced a bill that would legitimize computer attacks by copyright owners on those users that they believed were illegally trading copyright material; the bill recieved a fair amount of criticism for the potental viligante tactics it suggested. That session of Congress ended without resolution of the bill, though Rep. Berman promised to reintroduce it this session. However, the LA Times reports that [1]support for the bill is nowhere as strong as before, and many believe that laws already exist that allow copyright owners to punish illegal traders; as a result, Berman appears to be unwilling to support the bill further. For example, while the MPAA supported the bill, some of the liabilities introduced into it to punish those copyright holders that went too far in their attacks were too much for the Hollywood group." Unfortunately, the LA Times site requires registration. Links 0. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/25/190235&tid=123 1. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-berman21feb21,1,4879496.story?coll=la-headlines-technology Do Scripters Suffer Discrimination? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/24/1956237 [0]TheTheologian writes "In his [1]InfoWorld column, Chad Dickerson says 'there is a level of quiet discomfort between the "scripting" versus "programming" factions in some corporate development environments in which I have participated. In some instances, executive-level technology management has held scripting languages in disdain as not being "real" languages for day-to-day problem solving, which has discouraged highly talented scripters on staff from practicing their craft. In such an environment, scripters are relegated to the lower ranks ... ' He goes on to say that some companies will assign Java and C++ programmers tasks that take them weeks but could be done by Perl or Python programmers in a few hours. Is it true that some companies are so overcome with code bias they'd assign weeks of unnecessary work rather than give it to the scripting untouchables?" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/21/08connection_1.html Using WiFi to Bridge the Digital Divide http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/24/1817243 andori writes "[0]CNN is running a story about how [1]WiFi is enabling low-income residents Internet access. The project is set at a public housing development in Boston, Massachusetts. Residents buy the WiFi NIC, and the access if free. It is nice to see people making an effort to expand the reach of the Internet to a broader audience." Links 0. http://www.cnn.com/ 1. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/02/24/housing.hotspot.ap/indexhtml Microsoft At Middle Age http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/24/184205 gordyf writes "The Seattle Times has an interesting article concerning [0]Microsoft's current position in the market. It describes how its customers and parners are reacting to its heavy-handed tactics, and how 'you can point to Linux being one of the major drivers for this decade.' An interesting read." Links 0. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134639839_microsoft23.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe - If you do not wish to subscribe to Slashdot, go to: http://www.osdn.com/newsletters/unsubscribe.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (c)1999-2002 Open Source Development Network. All rights reserved.
