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Links 0. http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1.htm 1. http://www.drudgereport.com/ During Blackout, Ham Radio Shined http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/2223242 [0]Mark Cantrell writes "An interesting bit on [1]AP through Yahoo today. Seems that ham radio (which recently had a bit of [2]backlash here on Slashdot from a few people thinking it was useless, outdated, technology), really shined through during the blackouts. When the power went, ham radio operators, using battery backup power, were able to help coordinate emergency workers while the cell phone networks were overloaded. For anyone wondering why [3]interference due to power line broadband is considered a bad thing, well, there ya go." Links 0. http://www.nwinfo.net/~mcantrell/ 1. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=1&u=/ap/20030819/ap_on_hi_te/blackout_ham_radio 2. http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=6651327&sid=74100&tid=193 3. http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/08/08/2/?nc=1 DNSSEC: Good Enough? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/20/0123255 [0]Phil Windley writes "[1]DNS Security Extension, or DNSSEC, is a set of extensions to DNS, which provide end-to-end authenticity and integrity. Paul Mockapetris, the [2]inventor of DNS believes DNSSEC is the answer to many of the identity problems on the Internet. He wants the IETF to get off the dime and approve the DNSSEC spec. A recent [3]article in ZDNet TechUpdate interviews Mockapertis on DNSSEC ([4]summary)." Links 0. http://www.windley.com 1. http://www.dnssec.net/ 2. http://www.windley.com/2003/06/27.html#a697 3. http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2914447,00.html 4. http://www.windley.com/2003/08/19.html#a781 Watercooling Drifting Mainstream http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/2330257 pacc writes "With Prescott said to dissipate [0]103 W and the dual Apple G5 playing in the same league, air cooling seems less than sensible. Nikkei Electronics has an article about [1]watercoolers getting standardized by Hitachi. A technology pioneered by [2]a NEC desktop last May." Links 0. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11092 1. http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/fw/260967 2. http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/247756 Codename Brutus: Chess-Playing FPGA PCI Card http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/2229238 [0]rockville writes "Brutus, a FPGA add-in PCI card developed by [1]ChessBase and Dr. Christian Donnegar, just dominated a strong field of human players at a [2]tournament in Germany. It's the first serious chess-playing FPGA architecture since Deep Blue was disassembled after its victory over Kasparov in 1997. Pictures of the card and a short description are [3]here." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.chessbase.com/ 2. http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1131 3. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=221 Network Blackout http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/2021244 An anonymous reader writes "[0]Renesys put together a [1]special report on the effects of the recent blackout on routing and network reachability on the Internet. It includes a [2]cool animation of networks dropping off the internet (presumably as a result of the power outage). It is interesting to see how localized some of the outage was--networks in New York state right up to the Vermont border go dark while everything on the other side of the border is quiet. New York City obviously gets clobbered." Links 0. http://www.renesys.com/ 1. http://www.renesys.com/news/ 2. http://www.renesys.com/news/2003-08-14/blackout.html FCC Lifts AOL IM Limits http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/1953252 [0]TypoNAM writes "'The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to [1]lift restrictions that have barred AOL Time Warner from offering advanced instant messaging services including videoconferencing, according to a source familiar with the decision.'" A couple of years ago, the FCC made a big fuss about how it was [2]watching out for the public interest in approving the AOL/TW merger. Links 0. http://slashdot.org/~TypoNAM 1. http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5065650.html 2. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Public_Notices/2001/fcc01011_fact.pdf Movie Industry Blames Texting for Bad Box Office http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/1918243 cybercuzco writes "The movie industry is [0]blaming poor sales of such movies as Gigli, The Hulk and Charlies Angels not on the fact that they were poor quality, but because people text message other people telling them that the movie stinks. Industry executives say that this undermines a carefully crafted marketing image. Expect texting to be banned by the MPAA in the near future." Links 0. http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=434778 Gov't Proposes Massive Homeless Tracking System http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/1714226 [0]Chris Hoofnagle writes "The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development is proposing a massive system of tracking for homeless people and others who are served by shelters and care centers. The system will track people by their SSN, and will collect health (HIV, pregnancy) and mental information. Secret Service and national security agents can gain access to the database by just asking for it! EPIC has released a [1]fact sheet on HMIS, and the public can comment on the [2]guidelines until September 22, 2003, but no electronic comments are being accepted." Links 0. http://choof.org 1. http://epic.org/privacy/poverty 2. http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/hmis/index.cfm A Fully Distributed Power Grid? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/1650235 [0]rleyton writes "There's an interesting and [1]topical black-out article on an "internet inspired" [2]hydrogen powered energy network. The premise is homes, cars, factories and offices store up hydrogen when energy is available, and supply it into the new energy network when it's not. Certainly an intriguing idea, with some interesting comments on future power management. Feasible in the next "three decades"? Perhaps." Links 0. http://www.leyton.org 1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/2050243&tid=99 2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1021298,00.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.
