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from the bang-bang dept. AhabTheArab writes "IGN is reporting that Half Life 2 has gone gold. After months of speculation and delays, it is finally true this time." ( Read More... | 21 of 38 comments | games.slashdot.org )
from the your-father-can-never-be-turned-from-the-Dark-Side dept. KefabiMe writes "George Lucas is receiving the AFI Lifetime Achievement award. I will make no other comment." ( Read More... | 67 of 86 comments )
from the more-interesting-than-you-think dept. CowboyRobot writes "The inimitable Gordon Bell has a 5-page article at ACM Queue on the difficulties and necessities of standards adoption, in which he lays out 11 axioms on how to best establish and adopt standards. He quotes MIT's Dave Clark, 'Standards setting sits in a boring trough between two exciting peaks. The first is the peak of technical innovation, and the second is the billion-dollar investment or market.' It's often the rush for money that makes us move to fast to do the job right." ( Read More... | <#qA4 B B P ` E 4w@ @ڊ B#z P ھKYkK ƹ4#qAdy ` P E l@ -}B# PzKY ھɂ 4 A HREF="//slashdot.org/articles/04/10/15/2150232.shtml?tid=185">34 of 49 comments )
from the handy-stuff dept. An anonymous reader writes "This article shows how to access a non-booting Linux system with a Knoppix CD, get read-write permissions on configuration files, create and manage partitions and filesystems, and copy files to various storage media and over the network. You can use Knoppix for hardware and system configuration d#qAy B B P ` E 4x@ @ډ B#z P ھKYZ8 4#qA ` P E l@ -|B# PzKY ھ΄ 4 etection and for creating and managing partitions and filesystems. You can do it all from Knoppix's excellent graphical utilities, or from the command line." ( Read More... | 114 of 153 comments | linux.slashdot.org )
from the scratch-paper dept. NTK was kind enough to point out the Inkulator 9000, software to render pen-and-ink style drawings from 3D meshes. NTK also points to a number of other handy tools and papers. ( Read More... | 114 of 155 comments )
from the rimshot dept. libertynews writes "Here is a #qA*6 B B P ` E 4z@ @ڇ B#z P ھKY#8 4#qA S ` P E l@ -zB# PzKY# ھ 4 project called P.E.A.R.T. where EE students constructed a drum playing robot using USB controlled pneumatic actuators and MIDI files." ( Read More... | 102 of 143 comments )
from the mr.-wizard dept. AVIDJockey writes "Wired News has an article about a new science television network. As someone who is a fan of TV shows that lack a shiny veneer of stupid, such as those found on UWTV, UCTV and ResearchChannel, I've wondered if hard science or technology programming will ever catch on with the general public. What do you think?" ( Read More... | 270 of 348 comments | science.slashdot.org )
from the insert-grunting-noise-here dept. A user writes, "A company called Small Tree just announced the release of InfiniBand drivers for the Mac, for more supercomputing speed. People have already been making supercomputer clusters for the Mac, including Virginia Tech's third-fastest supercomputer in the world, but InfiniBand is supposed to make the latency drop. A lot. Voltaire also makes some sort of Apple InfiniBand products, though it's not clear whether they make the drivers or hardware." ( Read More... | 65 of 107 comments | apple.slashdot.org #qA/ B B P ` E 4}@ @ڄ B#z P ھKY4ˠ S4#qA09 U U ` P E Gl@ - B# PzKY: ھ' 4 Ɖhold=-1&tid=159&tid=133">185 comments )
from the do-you-get-to-use-the-HOV-lane? dept. gomaze writes "If you are like me, you don't look forward to conference meetings. Until now. We are going to be getting a Conference Bike. They even have a movie on how you can find love with the bike, very interesting. Great way for everyone to get out of the office and still get work done." ( Read More... | 137 of Your Rights Online: Google Desktop Search Functions As Spyware |
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from the multi-talented dept.
dioscaido writes "Users of the Google Desktop Search software beware -- it indexes your files across all users on your PC, bypassing user protections. The Google cache feature allows all users to browse the contents of messages and files it has indexed, irrespective of who is logged in. 'This is not a bug, rather a feature,' says Marissa Mayer, Google's director of consumer Web products. 'Google Desktop Search is not intended to be used on computers that are shared with more than one person.'" Reminds me of a Neal Stephenson essay: "The Hole Hawg is dangerous because it does exactly what you tell it to. It is not bound by t#qAF B B P ` E 4@ @ځ B#z P ھKYAE@ lj4#qA|a ` P E l@ -tB# PzKYAE ھ1 4 ơhe physical limitations that are inherent in a cheap drill, and neither is it limited by safety interlocks that might be built into a homeowner's product by a liability-conscious manufacturer. The danger lies not in the machine itself but in the user's failure to envision the full consequences of the instructions he gives to it."
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