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  1. Mean while near Tokyo on Japan Doubles Fukushima Radiation Leak Estimate · · Score: 2

    It is most worrisome that there are reports of radiation level near Tokyo is increasing.

    "A group of Tokyo parents filed a request Tuesday asking the metropolitan government to change the way it determines radiation levels in the capital after their own study found relatively high levels of contamination around Koto Ward."
    http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110608a6.html

    5.77 microsieverts per hour of radiation measured near Tokyo at ground level
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9a0Q1v93SA

  2. Re:Roland MT-32 on Ask Slashdot: DOSBox, or DOS Box? · · Score: 3, Informative

    DOSbox provide MT-32 emulation, basically just pass the midi to the host OS midi driver.

  3. Not that special on A $25 PC On a USB Stick · · Score: 1

    Since 2 years ago you can already get those media player box like Patriot Box Office for around $50 that run Linux and can play many 1080p media, with network port, HDMI (cable included)+composite video, multiple USB port, IR remote and power brick.

  4. Re:So they invest in green energy on Google Invests In World's Largest Solar Power Tower Plant · · Score: 1

    They will use this tower to power their Archimedes II orbital laser.

  5. Re:epic FAIL on Samsung Keylogger Stories a False Alarm · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Indeed.

    - an antivirus software that rise alarm base on a two letter directory name inside \Windows , even when it is empty.

    - a "security researcher" that take the alarm at face value and never check if is actually there, check if the process run, what kind of content it was logging and where it is sending them.

    - a low level support manager confirm the software's existence, probably thinking about the fan speed and temperature monitoring software.

  6. Re:Computers are better than humans? on Top French Chess Players Suspended For Cheating · · Score: 3, Informative
    After submitting the story I found a more detail story from The Independent.

    It mention the chess program used is called "Firebird". From google there are many reference for it in various chess forums as an open source chess engine but I can't find an official page in English.

  7. So how well do they do against military GPS? on $30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok · · Score: 1
    I guess they are very hard to spoof but still easy to jam?

    Last week South Korea believes North Korea was testing their new GPS jammer from Russia.

    http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/03/07/2011030700567.html

  8. Re:'Apparently' China... on Foreign Hackers Attack Canadian Government · · Score: 1

    The anti-chinese xenophobia on this site has been obvious for years, but it just follow general western media trend.
    Take a look at this 'minor' item from wikileak that only got half a page of text:
    http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20027157-503543.html
    If the spy ranking is changed, do you think it will not show up in front pages on all media?

  9. Chatting on Watch IBM's Watson On Jeopardy Tonight · · Score: 2

    I will watch it to see if Alex can chit-chat with it with regular questions, like "Where are you from?", "What's your job?", "Married? Any kids?", "Do you like... human?"

  10. End user: Why do I need to upgrade, again? on Ars Thinks Google Takes a Step Backwards For Openness · · Score: 1

    Will I need to dump my GPU/laptop/phone to the landfill in 2 years if I want stable HD streaming because only new hardware support WebM? Can we stick with what is already working great without generating more e-waste?

  11. Tell them how you really feel on US To Host World Press Freedom Day · · Score: 1
    You may leave your feedback on their facebook page:

    http://www.connect.connect.facebook.com/WPFD2011

    But be polite or your post may be censored...

  12. Re:Just us, or ... on WikiLeaks Releases Cache of 400,000 Iraq War Documents · · Score: 1

    The Russian don't pretend to be nice guys - not much to hide for them.

  13. TV streaming neutrality on ABC, CBS, and NBC Block Google TV · · Score: 1

    The next big tech debate?

  14. Re:"China"? on China's Official Newspaper Pans iPad — Too Locked Down · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah. This is like attributing any comment from a member of the ruling party in USA as the official US policy. The whole article is just another Apple envy BS.

  15. Re:Tipping Point on Chinese Nobel Winner's Wife Detained · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Liu is going to love reading this when he get out of jail - he advocates peaceful reform but all you guys can talk about is war and violent uprising. It is like you guys are trying really hard to prove the Chinese government is right to lock him up - that his ideas are actually dangerous.

  16. Re:So.... on Against Apple, Ballmer Floats Microsoft Merger With Adobe · · Score: 1

    May be they will try to make a silverlight + flash hybrid that will suck even on latest Windows.

  17. BT depends on many thing. on Bittorrent To Replace Standard Downloads? · · Score: 1

    Some ISP do deep packet inspection and traffic pattern classification. With Bell Canada even encrypted BT traffic get throttled down to 30k/s.

  18. Re:Well duh....but.... on NASA Data Reveals China's Industrial Air Pollution · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What? You mean China should behave like Taiwan back in 2008, who threatened to attack Japanese ships with their military over a similar incident at the same island?

    Or do you mean the US sanctions against Cuba and Iran have any agenda other than political?

  19. Re:China shouldn't have been allowed to join the W on Google Warning Gmail Users On Spying From China · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Of course you don't know how else to see China since you are rather ignorant. What else can China do when their citizen was illegally captured in Chinese territory by a far superior military alliance of Japan/US Navy force? Retreat like a coward like 1930s? Japan is the bully here, not China. And guess what forced Japan to release the the captain? Obama told Japan to stop playing game, not China.

  20. Re:I can see the historians now on China Embargos Rare Earth Exports To Japan · · Score: 1

    It was not properly resolved because at the end of WWII USA intentionally leave the issue with the island unresolved.

  21. Re:I can see the historians now on China Embargos Rare Earth Exports To Japan · · Score: 1

    False. Japan's navy is very technologically advanced only second to US.

  22. Source? on European Parliament All But Rejects ACTA · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can we get a better source than a wiki page that anyone can edit and was last updated on March 8th?

  23. Re:Ridiculous submission on Sony Has Lost the PS3 Hacking War · · Score: 1

    Yeah. The bug is in the USB stack so it is easy to fix. Future game releases will requires the firmware update. What I wonder is if Sony will go further and brick your PS3 if the new game detects a plugged in exploit device?

  24. Re:XBMC + Acer Revo on Video Appliance For a Large Library On a Network? · · Score: 3, Informative

    And here is a newbie guide for installing XBMC on Acer Revo:
    http://lifehacker.com/5391308/build-a-silent-standalone-xbmc-media-center-on-the-cheap

  25. eBay had done that before against *bay.* on Facebook Says It Owns 'Book' · · Score: 1