Slashback: Porntrusion, Greenness, Rollercoaster

Tonight's Slashback includes updates on the state of MPlayer, Google's API release, DIY backyard transportation, and (thanks to politech) the "hidden camera" bill. Oh, and apparently, Mars is not the lush, green paradise you thought it might be. Read on for the details.

But what about the nude Russian girls who apparently need me? happyclam writes: "The text of the "hidden camera" bill has been posted at politechbot.com. Although we have already beat this one to death, I found the actual bill worth reading. One thing that had not been mentioned is that it allows for civil and criminal liability for spammers who email sexual advertisements without proper markings. Although I still prefer positive labeling (e.g. "kid-safe(tm)") to negative labeling (e.g. "socially questionable"), this bill does, I think, have a few good points to it. Read it."

DVDs want to be free. An Anonymous Coward writes: "According to this email and the latest news the mplayer source code is finally 100% GPL compliant. Maybe an official Debian package will finally be released as well instead of the marillat release. Work on integrating the open source Xvid MPEG4 codec is coming along nicely as well."

Gravity always wins, but likes to play. mzdial writes: "On March 14 you did a piece on this Southern Indiana's man love of roller coasters and how he created his own in his backyard! The Indianapolis Star has done a wonderful story with video and photos about this wonderful contraption. You can find the article here."

They're greedy for hits. ruvreve writes "A follow-up to the recent article about Google's release of an API. This article talks about the apparent success of releasing the API. It mentions that about 10,000 people have signed up and they have received 25 implementations in the first week. It goes on to talk about how Google needs to capitalize on the ability to provide a 'profitable' web service and maintain its position as the number-one search engine."

Chasing green, wet shadows. young-earth writes "In a disappointing followup to this story, an article on astronomy.com shows that what was thought to be chlorophyll on Mars found in the Pathfinder expedition was most probably artifacts of the processing model used. However future missions will profit from the work being done now: "...developing new methods to enable future rovers to select appropriate targets on the martian surface for further spectroscopic or close-up microscopic examination". So maybe in another mission..."

Comments

Nude Russian Girls

[ramoth4]

Why must we exploit our Comrades so...

mars

[joeldg]

That is disappointing about mars... I was really hoping to take my naked russian girls there with my dvd's and ride my rollercoaster.. oh.. I need some coffee....

Re:mars

[Anonymous Coward]

How do you think he found those naked russian girls in the first place???

Re:Welcome to BankofAmerica_ATM

[Anonymous Coward]

My ex's PIN was 1979. It was also her year of birth. What a silly whore!

Build your own....rice toilet?

[Racine]

Here's another DYI project that might be of interest to some people. A true 6.0 Litre, tuned exhaust, pimped out Rice Toilet . Some people really have too much time.

oops!

[flynt]

On March 14 you did a piece on this Southern Indiana's man love of roller coasters

There's a Freudian slip if there ever was one.

Re:Holy Shit! We're In The News!

[sharkey]

And now, Yahoo has shut down the pictures due to exceeded bandwidth.

Cry Havoc! And let loose the DoS of Slashdot!

Re:bah

[Afrosheen]

Yeah, screw the founding fathers. What did they know anyway, people act like they built the foundation for america or something. Retards.