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Toxi waste - computers have a very short life and lots of toxic materials.

Check out this NPR story on EHobbies. This is an example of what a company must do to become profitable. They need to get rid of their expensive digs and rent a corner of an abandoned warehouse.

Don't worry, I'm not going to get all corny and weepy. Yeah, the guy really was born on April 1st. If you met him, you'd know how well it fits. Happy Birthday, Kurt!

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For the groaners: waah. Slashdot isn't Democracy Now, The Progressive, and sure the hell isn't CNN, NPR, MSNBC or whatever "hard news" site you've been looking for. It's a pretty cool blog - it keeps me (and you) coming back.
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Anyway, at least there's one day a year everyone can act a fool - even better if it's your birthday!

As for the other 364 days...

Federally Funded Flea Dips for Fluffy
And there it is!

Besides the obvious places to get free music, NPR and PBS are both good ways to avoid the big entertainment industries. As a matter of fact NPR even streams all of their programming (current and past) for free. If you want music they even have that too, especially jazz.

Besides the obvious places to get free music, NPR and PBS are both good ways to avoid the big entertainment industries. As a matter of fact NPR even streams all of their programming (current and past) for free. If you want music they even have that too, especially jazz.

's a quick link.

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It is radio so you can't see it, but you CAN hear it.

If you go to NPR's home page http://www.npr.org/ they have the live stream in the right column. You are looking for Morning Edition. You will have to listen through the whole thing until it gets to the segment though.

Eventually ("The audio for this program will be available online after 12PM ET, 9AM PT.
"), they will put the show in the archive and you will be able to find the specific segment there.

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/

Obviously, I have no idea what they will be calling it, but I can imagine that it will have something to do with destruction and laptops... It was part of an overall report about heavy duty laptops in use in the military and by police. (laptop survives gunshot)

It is radio so you can't see it, but you CAN hear it.

If you go to NPR's home page http://www.npr.org/ they have the live stream in the right column. You are looking for Morning Edition. You will have to listen through the whole thing until it gets to the segment though.

Eventually ("The audio for this program will be available online after 12PM ET, 9AM PT.
"), they will put the show in the archive and you will be able to find the specific segment there.

http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/

Obviously, I have no idea what they will be calling it, but I can imagine that it will have something to do with destruction and laptops... It was part of an overall report about heavy duty laptops in use in the military and by police. (laptop survives gunshot)

All Things Considered from National Public Radio had a piece on these songs last year. It's pretty funny, with a good amount of historical background.

All Things Considered from National Public Radio had a piece on these songs last year. It's pretty funny, with a good amount of historical background.

All Things Considered from National Public Radio had a piece on these songs last year. It's pretty funny, with a good amount of historical background.

For a moment, I thought my favorite duo finally made it big-time on Slashdot...

I'll take fungus over soylent green anyday.

NPR has done two stories on this in the last couple the months. The first was a piece specifically about the 1935 audio recording. And the second talks about this latest attempt to locate any surviving members of the species.

NPR has done two stories on this in the last couple the months. The first was a piece specifically about the 1935 audio recording. And the second talks about this latest attempt to locate any surviving members of the species.

Also this morning's Morning Edition

Essentially, a biology teacher in Kansas used the free trial of this site to check the final projects of her 110 HS sophmore students. She found 28 had cheated on the project, and thus gave them zero's, which meant they all failed her class. One of the parents of the cheaters raised cain with the school board, which instructed the teacher to reverse her grading decision. The teacher resigned rather than make the change.

What does this all mean? Fear not. Stupid school boards will alway defend the rights of cheaters!

Coincidentally enough, I heard this story (RealAudio format) on Morning Edition on the drive to work. In summary: a Kansas teacher flunked many students in her sophomore biology class when turnitin.com flagged a bunch of her papers. The school board in this small Kansas community came out of a closed session and reversed the teacher's decision.

The upshot: the teacher resigned in protest, the district attorney is suing the school board for violating state open meeting laws, and the small community/small school is "divided" now that the school's gained a reputation for being full of cheaters.

I wonder if some of the poster's concerns were aired with the school board's attorney in the closed session.

NPR is running a bit on this site right now, as it has apparently "divided" a small Kansas town.

http://news.npr.org/

The teacher gave the students F's because they had plagiarized and then the school board turned around and forced the teacher to give them passing grades.

Except our government doesn't mind when we seek alternative political points of view, there's does, in fact they kill people over it. Thats the difference. As for a major dissent movment, the simple fact that we live in a democracy means that any such movement can simply be expressed on election day. See here and here for examples. As for forien news sources, this one is quite popular. And although this one isn't forien, its quite un biased compaired to the other major news outlets.

Note: This post is illegal in China.

There was a good 4 minute piece on NPR's _All Things Considered_ on Friday. Here's a RealAudio link. The conclusion seems to be that the data is statistically relevant but its still a very small change to a small risk.

Apparently, folks feel pretty strongly about allowing their kids to aim a flamethrower on a Nazi in Return To Castle Wolfenstein, or to snipe the SS in Medal Of Honor. OK, that's cool - these are the parents that can afford to give their minor a computer and other amenities. (Less fortunate kids don't have this option and have to join a gang and plink at each other with a 9mm.)

Meanwhile, the real-life brown-shirt baddies are living in the United States and have an open policy of violence and hate. And don't gimme that free speech crap, either - the Aryan Nation lost it's main HQ last year due to criminal activities (nicities such as assasination and firebombing - I don't think free speech covers that). Now they're trying to set up a new compound in Pennsylvania - and some of the community leaders are advocating a policy of "ignore them and they'll go away".

Check the broadcast story out (RealPlayer) at NPR's All Things Considered. It aired yesterday. Creepy, man...creepy. Didn't we, uh, fight a war to stop this idiocy?

All Things Considered interviewed those involved yesterday.

What is Coltan
Coltan killing elephants, gorillas and people
The Coltan Rush
Minerals Fueling War
Guns, money and cell phones
.

Pretty easy to find on google. Go to article

I will agree that the depth of information is terrific. This is the first biography I've read that wasn't assigned in a class. A fascinating story. Definately see the movie. If not for the Nash story, but to understand a glimpse of what it might be like to have schizophrenea(sp?).

My disagreement in the book being written well stems from the constant re-referencing the author uses. I suppose if I was ten and needed to be reminded of what was stated previously and in what time frame, I could forgive the writing style. But, this is done constantly. I just hope it was the editor trying to be helpful. The style is so irritating, that I had to put it down. Fortunately for the author, I wanted to learn more about Nash and I kept picking it back up. Writing style aside, I really am impressed with the information she was able to put together about this amazing character.

Regarding the movie, Hollywood did a great job of putting together an enjoyable film. It should serve to peak viewers' interest learning more about such an interesting mathematician.

There was an interview with the author on Fresh Air via NPR a couple years ago and a couple other shows just recently. You should be able to find more easy information listenting to some of the streams at npr.org.

The Fresh Air program segment with the interview with Sylvia Nasar is here (RealAudio).

Disclaimer: I read the book a couple of years ago, so much of this is from memory.

Irony: People who discover the book because of the movie tend to be more critical of the movie.

I thoroughly enjoyed both the book and the movie. Sure I was aware of things that got left out, but as we all know from for example LOTR, when movies are made from books choices have to be made. I really appreciate the way them movie chose to emphasize the importance of relationships in Nash's li fe, as troublesome as they may have been at times.

Nash's bisexuality: The book shows this ambiguously, not as a well-developed preference. It reflects Nash's narcissism more than anything else.

Nash's divorce: Although they did separate for a short time after the divorce, they lived together for 25 years before getting remarried. When they were remarried last summer, Nash referred to the event as a retraction of the divorce, like a journal would retract a publication error.

Terry Gross interviewed Sylvia Nasar on last night's Fresh Air (Real Audio). She was strongly supportive of the choices made while writing the screenplay. She suggested that if more emphasis had been put on Nash's sexuality or political views, it would have detracted from the more important stuff, ie, Nash's lifelong relationship with Alicia and his descent into schizophrenia.

Disclaimer: I read the book a couple of years ago, so much of this is from memory.

Irony: People who discover the book because of the movie tend to be more critical of the movie.

I thoroughly enjoyed both the book and the movie. Sure I was aware of things that got left out, but as we all know from for example LOTR, when movies are made from books choices have to be made. I really appreciate the way them movie chose to emphasize the importance of relationships in Nash's li fe, as troublesome as they may have been at times.

Nash's bisexuality: The book shows this ambiguously, not as a well-developed preference. It reflects Nash's narcissism more than anything else.

Nash's divorce: Although they did separate for a short time after the divorce, they lived together for 25 years before getting remarried. When they were remarried last summer, Nash referred to the event as a retraction of the divorce, like a journal would retract a publication error.

Terry Gross interviewed Sylvia Nasar on last night's Fresh Air (Real Audio). She was strongly supportive of the choices made while writing the screenplay. She suggested that if more emphasis had been put on Nash's sexuality or political views, it would have detracted from the more important stuff, ie, Nash's lifelong relationship with Alicia and his descent into schizophrenia.

According to today's Morning Edition article on it, Tezuka was inspired partly by seeing some stills from Lang's movie--there's no indication whether he actually saw the movie itself, but he did write his story based on similar themes.

Note that there is a trailer for the anime Metropolis in the trailers section of the first disc of the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within DVD. It looks pretty impressive to me.

They talked about this during a segment of Talk of the Nation Science Friday (on NPR) last week. It was a pretty interesting discussion. They also talked about how you could make a battery from some microbes, a fishtank, some mud, and graphite rods... pretty cool...

Jan 18 TOTN
(you can listen to it in RealAudio)

The principal investigator in this study, Derek Lovley was on NPR's Talk of the Nation Science Friday (Real Audio). He really encouraged people try microbial power for themselves. He admitted that it was a bit of a trick to keep everything properly insulated in the wet environment, but offered to give tips to those who contact him.

The principal investigator in this study, Derek Lovley was on NPR's Talk of the Nation Science Friday (Real Audio). He really encouraged people try microbial power for themselves. He admitted that it was a bit of a trick to keep everything properly insulated in the wet environment, but offered to give tips to those who contact him.

hear hear

here is an interview with the tick himself on npr's freshair. talks about the show among other things... interview is pre-cancelation however

If you look at the article, there's an email this story link which enables you to send the story off to someone of your choice, along with comments. My choices were: NPR and PBS, both organizations which rely heavily upon corporate donations, notably the Monsanto Corporation. In the comments, I requested that they consider refusing donations from Monsanto, which would have the dual effect of making a public stand for what is right as well as denying Monsanto a hefty tax write-off. Like they need it. I agree with a previous poster who compared them to Microsoft. No doubt a merger is in the works :)
Other good choices for the email link would, of course, be your state and national representatives, particularly if you live in a state which Monsanto has operations in (Like, almost anywhere?)
Fortunately, the Post is a big paper with a good reputation. Stories like this need to see the bright light of day. It is what evildoers fear most.

As you predicted, someone's going to disagree with you. :-)

The advantage of using Carnivore like this against terrorists is not so much in preventing attacks which are commanded via email, as tracking down the membership of the terrorist group, by seeing who communicated with a known terrorist after a terrorist has been identified.

This is why successful terrorist groups organize themselves into cells: so that when secrecy is compromised somewhere in their organization (which it eventually is; the difficulty of maintaining perfect secrecy decreses exponentially with group size) the enemy's intelligence groups cannot use that compromise to determine the identities of everyone else in the terrorist organization. But if communication between members is accomplished via email, then complete Carnivore coverage will determine who sent who that email (even if the email is encrypted; it is enough that IP packets originated at some address are known to be destined for the known-terrorist's address), barring some form of packet-laundering or anonymous IP addressing (like using a computer at a public library once, and then never using that library again). Even a network which implements full IPSec encryption (ie, IP packets between each hop containing encrypted IP packets) is not secure against this kind of tracing, if coverage is complete.

I imagine the FBI will be watching India's efforts very, very closely and using what they learn to implement a complete Carnivore coverage over here, too, eventually. :-( And if the Civil Liberties poll NPR is touting is any indication, the American people will welcome such Orwellian efforts with open arms.

-- Guges --

I first heard about this on All Things Considered yesterday. NPR has more coverage and an interview with a biologist. Just listen to yesterdays broadcast (available from the link).

NPR's All Things Considered did a segment on DeBeer's single-handed building of a commodity market. Visit the web page, or listen to the segment via RealAudio.

NPR's All Things Considered did a segment on DeBeer's single-handed building of a commodity market. Visit the web page, or listen to the segment via RealAudio.

NPR's All Things Considered did a segment on DeBeer's single-handed building of a commodity market. Visit the web page, or listen to the segment via RealAudio.

NPR's All Things Considered did a segment on DeBeer's single-handed building of a commodity market. Visit the web page, or listen to the segment via RealAudio.

Don't let big corporations continue to buy up all the bandwidth and hold us hostage with it.

Or, in the case of LPFM, those hypocrits at NPR.

This story was looked at in depth on All Things Conisdered on National Public Radio a few days ago... click here for a real media archive of the recording.

As to the farmers getting sued and the agriculture giants alleged the farmers must have planted them, I'd make this statement michael. If the farmers didn't plant the seeds to cross polinate other plants in an area (and country) where GM seeds are illegal, who did? Black UN choppers?

This graph might help clear it up - it's a chart from NPR showing their funding sources.

I was listening to npr and they had an article about using ranchers land to generate electricity to convert water to hydrogen. artcle here First time posting didn't research enough to get the link right.

To avoid the dreaded Off-Topic markdown, let me just mention that, as one of the DVD-owners, I have access to the Star Wars site; they're still hyping November 9th as far as I know. For the moment, they have what can only be described as a trailer for the trailer posted--a 7-meg Quicktime slideshow called "Choices" that shows images and posits such gripping questions as "What is the cost of failure?" and, my favorite, "What do droids worry about?"

Since Quicktimes can easily be downloaded, I expect you could find it on Gnutella by now. It's not all that great, but at least it's something.

OPB mentioned last week during their pledge drive that they pay about $800,000 a year to NPR; NPR charges them based on how many listeners they have (according to surveys and such). Of course, OPB also buys radio programming from PRI and other organizations, and television programming from PBS and others.

Around 10% of OPB's radio listeners are contributing members. OPB gets 51% of their revenues from member contributions. Last week, 7,000 listeners pledged a little over $500,000.

These are the kinds of numbers we should be hearing from Slashdot.

" One guy wrote that we should take all these Legos and build giant robots with which to attack Afghanastan. " -- Rob Malda, Founder of Slashdot, a "News for Nerds" website, in a NPR report on post WTC gen-X, 10/22/2001

I, for one, would like to take a moment to thank Rob for setting us "Nerds" back where we belong. Way to make us look like a bunch of childish tech-heads with no conception of the real world!


P.S. -- I love you, man!

Implies "Nerd" are infantile idiots!

" One guy wrote that we should take all these Legos and build giant robots with which to attack Afghanastan. " -- Rob Malda, Founder of Slashdot, a "News for Nerds" website, in a NPR report on post WTC gen-X, 10/22/2001

I, for one, would like to take a moment to thank Rob for setting us "Nerds" back where we belong. Way to make us look like a bunch of childish tech-heads with no conception of the real world! (That was sarcasm, you nincompoop!)