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To image a comet as a raven-black object, without its bright [1]dust tail (coma), is equivalent to seeing a lump of coal at the distance between the Earth's poles and to do so in the evening twilight. The last gasp seen from [2]Halley's Comet was 1991, when a [3]gigantic explosion happened, providing it with an expanding, extensive cloud of dust for several months. It is not known whether this event was caused by a collision with an unknown piece of rock or by internal processes (a last 'sigh' on the way out). Halley has an orbital period just over 76 years and will return in 2062." Links 0. http://www.astrobio.net/news/article579.html 1. http://www.astronomysight.com/as/images/halley.gif 2. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solar/picsol/halleynuc.jpg 3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2153650.stm Reinventing The Transistor For Molecular Computing http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/03/0059232 unnique writes "MIT's [0] Technology Review, has an article on HP's research into finding [1]a new way to make transistors smaller, and further stretching Moore's law." The article has some nice illustrations of the nano-componentry they're working on, too. Links 0. http://techreview.com/ 1. http://techreview.com/articles/tristram0903.asp Spammer Hangout's Membership Roster Left Exposed http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/03/0044242 [0]MikeCapone writes "According to an [1]article at Wired News, spammers feel the need to be part of a community too. [2]The Bulk Club is one such community. A [3]message on the site states that it offers, for a $20 monthly fee, a variety of how-to articles, spamming software, a members' message board area, and 300,000 FRESH e-mails/week. Unsurprisingly, the 'Law & Ethics' section is 'Members Only.' The good part is that, because of a glitch, the membership list of this charming organization was left exposed on the website." Links 0. http://www.MusiqueMachine.com 1. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,60224,00.html 2. http://www.thebulkclub.com/ 3. http://www.thebulkclub.com/benefits.asp How Do You Organize Your Data? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/2321248 [0]kpellegr asks: "After returning from a well deserved holiday, I was faced with an exploding inbox. While organizing and deleting my mail, I realised I was having trouble classifying each mail into one specific folder. I had the feeling I should be able to link to one email from several folders (e.g. product information should be linked to from the 'vendor' folder, as well as from a specific project folder where this product is used). The more I thought about this, the more I realised that trees (such as the Windows filesystems) are not really ideally suited for organizing data. On UNIX-like filesystems, symbolic links allow the creation of simple graphs for organising data, but I have the feeling data could be organized more efficiently. How does the Slashdot crowd organize their data? How do you manage files, email, contacts, meetings and all the relationships that might exist between them?" Links 0. mailto:koen...pellegrims@@@telindus...be Fuel Cells To Appear In Laptops In 2004 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/2316205 [0]prostoalex writes "The overhyped fuel cells will finally be delivered to the portable computing market. [1]Toshiba and NEC will incorporate fuel cells into the laptops by 2004. Sony, Hitachi and Casio are expected to follow the suit. The tests show a fuel cell lasting 10 hours. With the form-factor of a Bic lighter, it allows the laptop user to carry a few extra cells in the laptop bag all the time. Battery prices are expected to run at about $200." Links 0. http://www.moskalyuk.com/deals/ 1. http://news1.iwon.com/tech/article/id/58731%7Ctechnology%7C09-02-2003::17:06%7Creuters.html A Galaxy of Possibility: Mandrake 9.1 ProSuite http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/2257253 [0]uninet writes "Our [1]last consideration of Mandrake Linux was early this year when my colleague Eduardo Sanchez thoroughly reviewed Mandrake 9.0. In that review, Sanchez noted the numerous advances made in 9.0, but also reported some serious flaws that somewhat limited his enthusiasm. With that considered, we were anxious to find out if 9.1 could again return Mandrake to the amazing quality achieved in release 8.2. [2]See what we found (including a look at features exclusive to the ProSuite edition)." Links 0. http://www.ofb.biz 1. http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=189 2. http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=262 The Business Case for Reusable Launch Vehicles http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/2150207 An anonymous reader writes "Remember the failures of "shuttle replacements" like [0]VentureStar? A [1]Space Review article argues that even if VentureStar succeeded technically, it and other proposed big RLVs would never have made it financially: they cost too much to develop and wouldn't have made it up through increased launches. What's the solution? The author says that suborbital RLVs, like what [2]Carmack, [3]Rutan, and the other [4]X Prize contenders are working on, will create a business cycle that will eventually lead to orbital vehicles." Links 0. http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/rlvs/venturestar_sum.shtml 1. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/44/1 2. http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home 3. http://www.scaled.com/ 4. http://www.xprize.org/ Games and the 'Geek Stereotype' http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/2056213 ChinoH81 writes "Video games are never going to be as popular as films or music unless the people who make them [0]concentrate on making them fun, says a leading game expert." Links 0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3197911.stm Current Thoughts in String Theory http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1918210 DrLudicrous writes "The NYTimes is running a nice little synopsis of the [0]current ideas in string theory. Apparently, there is still quite a bit of disagreement about how to interpret the various theories, with some string theorists supporting a semi-deterministic worldview a la Einstein (God does not play dice), while others believe our universe is just one possibility among many, with respect to various physical parameters." Links 0. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/02/science/space/02STRI.html Facial Recognition Fails in Boston, Too http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/02/1849210 [0]bryan writes "Only a few weeks after cameras were found to be ineffective in catching criminals in Tampa, FL, a test of a facial-recognition system in Boston's Logan airport also [1]came up disappointing. The cameras which were given photos of employees to detect, were only successful in 153 out of 249 random tests over the past year (about 61%). The article did not say how many false positives the tests generated. The companies involved were Indentix and Visage." 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