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It seems that 'disputes over claimed sightings of new elements have [previously] led to acrimonious and nationalistic battles over naming', but not in this case." Links 0. http://www.nature.com/nsu/030811/030811-8.html 1. http://www.gsi.de/ Los Alamos to Use AMD's Opteron in Linux Clusters http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/0347203 [0]nuke-alwin writes "[1]eWeek is reporting that [2]Los Alamos National Laboratory announced it will use more than 3,300 Opteron chips in two of its Linux clusters. According to the article 'The key to Opteron, as it tries to gain traction not only against Intel Corp.'s 64-bit Itanium chip but also its 32-bit Xeon offerings, is its ability to run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications equally well.'" Links 0. http://www.karenalwin.f2s.com 1. http://www.eweek.com/ 2. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1220701,00.asp Pulse Detonation Engines: The Future of Aviation http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/1410246 noah_fense writes "[0]Popular Science is running an interesting article about the race to replace the jet turbine with a more efficient source of Mach-breaking airpower: the [1]pulse-detonation engine. It works by detonating (instead of slow burning) fuel hundreds to thousands of times a second. PDE technology is poised to make supersonic passenger flights and space travel affordable. 'Pulse detonation is a hot topic in combustion research,' says Gabriel Roy of the Office of Naval Research. 'Compared with gas turbines, the PDE has a much simpler configuration. It has the capability of going from subsonic to supersonic using less fuel, and it's thermodynamically more efficient. But there are big engineering issues--thermal fatigue, noise. It's very challenging research.'" Links 0. http://www.popsci.com/ 1. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviation/article/0,12543,473272-1,00.html LovSan Clone Let Loose http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/2241213 [0]JMullins writes "According to [1]Kaspersky Labs the LovSan virus has been [2]re-released in a new form that has changed the appearance of the worm. It looks like the outbreak continues to get worse and worse, with no real end in sight until people can patch their systems. Net slowdowns are expected over the weekend when both versions of the virus start their attack." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.kasperskylabs.com/ 2. http://www.kasperskylabs.com/news.html?id=985370 Deregulation and Niagara Mohawk - Is There a Story? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/2213252 It's just a few hours after the Northeast U.S. power outage, and facts are trickling in; as of right now, it looks like an accidental overload knocked out a large part of the Niagara Mohawk power grid. A few years ago, California went through rolling blackouts that were largely due to a poorly-executed deregulation of that state's power industry. The question that's probably occurring to many of us is, did late-'90s deregulation play a role in today's power event? I don't know the answer, so I'm turning it over to you -- moderators, please check links and up-mod the most informative, pro or con. Here is some information to get you started: "[0]We support deregulation 100 percent..." (N-M spokesman, 1997; notes N-M wanted to sell generators and "concentrate on the transmission and distribution of energy" -- did it?); N-M made some bad investments and is [1]scheduled to request a rate hike (did it?); and N-M's own website says: "[2]Deregulation [has] changed the laws and regulations governing the electricity industry to promote competition..." (how so?). Links 0. http://www.oswegocountybusiness.com/issue28/28SpecialReport2.html 1. http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:KtuZY2O9Bi4J:www.pulpny.org/html/power_choice_2.html&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 2. http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:gLvoPPcSa4kJ:www.niagaramohawk.com/nimotod/quickfacts/dereg.html&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 OSDL Releases Q&A on SCO Legal Actions http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/2146232 [0]craigoda writes "OSDL [1]released a Q&A today written by Lawrence Rosen, noted expert on technology and intellectual property law. [2]The Q&A points to serious flaws in SCO's claims that end-users have to pay for Linux licenses." The press release is a little more diplomatic, saying that the document only helps one determine whether or not one should buy a license from SCO. Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/2003/2003_08_14_beaverton.html 2. http://www.osdl.org/docs/qa_re_sco_vs_ibm.pdf Power Outages Strike East Coast http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/2050243 fordp writes "CNN, CNBC and others are reporting that major power outages are happening just after 4:00PM EDT in New York, New Jersey, Detroit, Ottawa and Toronto, Toledo." There are reports of a Con Edison transformer on fire on 14th Street in NYC, and lots of people stuck in trains and elevators. [0]CNN is reporting that it is, according to power officials, most likely not related to terrorism, because you know you were wondering. The Niagra Mohawk power grid is overloaded, which feeds electricity throughout the northeast U.S. and into Canada. Update: 08/14 21:06 GMT by [1]P: The mayor said there was no fire, that it was black smoke brought on by an automatic shutdown because of the power grid failure. Links 0. http://www.cnn.com/ 1. http://pudge.net/ Sony Clie PEG-UX50 Review http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/1745208 [0]securitas writes "In case you can't wait until September to find out what it's like, [1]Walt Mossberg reviews the Sony Clie UX50 (as previously [2]discussed). He likes it, but with reservations. The keyboard lacks predictive text (unlike the [3]Handspring [4]Treo and [5]RIM [6]BlackBerry) and the Clie Mail e-mail software can't read graphical e-mails and has poor attachment support. The audio player only reads files from a particular directory. He likes the 802.11b WiFi and loves the 450x320 screen. The biggest problem? The $700 price tag ($600 for the non-wireless UX40 model) - equivalent to a low-end laptop - especially since it doesn't come with a Memory Stick. If you can read it, here's a [7]Japanese Clie UX50 review and [8]PalmInfocenter [9]press release rewrite." Links 0. http://geartest.com 1. http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20030807.html 2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/182209&tid=100 3. http://www.handspring.com/ 4. http://www.handspring.com/treo600/ 5. http://www.rim.net/ 6. http://www.blackberry.net/ 7. http://pocketgames.jp/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=110 8. http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=5680 9. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK1.story&STORY=/www/story/07-18-2003/0001984842&EDATE=FRI+Jul+18+2003,+01:00+PM Stimulated Gamma Decay Weapons http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/1456210 [0]ExRex writes "[1]New Scientist is [2]reporting on a [3]USDOD project to produce super explosives. 'An exotic kind of nuclear explosive being developed by the US Department of Defense could blur the critical distinction between conventional and nuclear weapons. The work has also raised fears that weapons based on this technology could trigger the next arms race.'" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] n c h.com 1. http://www.newscientist.com/ 2. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994049 3. http://www.dod.gov/ SCO Attorney Declares GPL Invalid http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/1521256 chrullrich writes "According to [0]heise (German, fishbait), SCO's chief counsel Mark Heise (unrelated) of [1]Boies, Schiller and Flexner has declared that the GPL violates the US copyright law and is thus null and void. SCO's legal position is actually a little too crazy to believe: The GPL allows unlimited copies, the copyright law allows one. Therefore, the GPL is invalid. Apparently, they try to argue that the copyright law, in giving consumers the right to make one backup of their software without any permission from the copyright holder, outlaws any contractual agreement that allows users to make more than one copy." There's an [2]Inquirer article in English. Apparently SCO is now using the [3]Chewbacca Defense. Other SCO news: [4]SCO reports a profit, examining [5]SCO's contributions to Linux, [6]an attorney summarizes the case. Links 0. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-14.08.03-000/ 1. http://www.boies-schiller.com/htm/flash.htm 2. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11031 3. http://www.connect-dots.com/Poofs/chewbacca.html 4. http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5063633.html 5. http://radio.weblogs.com/0120124/2003/08/11.html 6. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2914464,00.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.
