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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Tensions Over Hormuz Raise Ugly Possibilities For War
* Actual Damages For 1 Download = Cost of a 1 License
* Is Twitter Aiding and Abetting Terrorism?
* Ford System Will Warn, Correct Lane-Drifting Drivers
* Edison Would Have Loved New Light Bulb Law, Says His Great-Grandson
* Speculating On What a Microsoft Superphone Might Mean
* EA, Nintendo, Sony Quietly Withdraw SOPA Support
* Running Great Britain? There's an App For That!
* Arise SIR Jonathan Ive
* Before the iPhone, Apple's Stunning Phone From 1983
* Open Source IDE GAMBAS Reaches 3.0
* How the Year Looked On Slashdot
* Best Software For Putting Lectures Online?
* Transforming Any Flat Surface Into a Control Panel With Sound
* Soyuz Lifts Off Again, Delivers Globalstar Satellites
* Vision and Sound From the Ideally Bare Numeric Impression giZmo
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| Tensions Over Hormuz Raise Ugly Possibilities For War
| from the good-time-to-be-ex-navy dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @08:25 (The Military)
| with 782 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/0241240/tensions-over-hormuz-raise-ugly-possibilities-for-war?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The high stakes standoff between Iran and the
U.S. over the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the
world's oil, escalated this week as Iran's navy [1]claimed to have
recorded video of a U.S. aircraft carrier entering the Port of Oman and
the deputy chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Hossein Salami rejected
U.S. claims that it could prevent Iran from closing the strait. To drive
the point home, Iran has started a 10-day naval exercise in the Persian
Gulf to show off how it could [2]use small speedboats and a barrage of
missiles to combat America's naval armada while in a report for the Naval
War College, U.S. Navy Commander Daniel Dolan wrote that [3]Iran has
acquired 'thousands of sea mines, wake homing torpedoes, hundreds of
advanced cruise missiles (PDF) and possibly more than one thousand small
Fast Attack Craft and Fast Inshore Attack Craft.'" (Read more, below.)
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Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/12/what-war-over-hormuz-strait-would-look/46769/
2. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/29/opinion/nasr-iran-oil-hormuz/index.html
3. http://timemilitary.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/dolan-2010.pdf
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| Actual Damages For 1 Download = Cost of a 1 License
| from the that's-refreshing dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @12:27 (Piracy)
| with 494 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/1644229/actual-damages-for-1-download--cost-of-a-1-license?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In Real View v 20-20 Technologies, it was
held that the actual copyright infringement damages for a single
unauthorized download of a computer program [1]was the lost license fee
that would have been charged. The judge, in the District Court of
Massachusetts, granted [2]remittitur, reducing the jury's verdict from
$1,370,590.00 to $4200 unless the plaintiff seeks a new trial. Something
tells me the plaintiff will seek a new trial."
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Links:
0. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
1. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2011/12/actual-damages-for-single-unauthorized.html
2. http://definitions.uslegal.com/r/remittitur/
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| Is Twitter Aiding and Abetting Terrorism?
| from the xerox-is-next-and-then-faber-castell dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday December 30, @22:18 (Social Networks)
| with 293 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/0255237/is-twitter-aiding-and-abetting-terrorism?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wiredmikey writes with word (and the following extract from a CNN report)
that "Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of the Shurat HaDin Israel Law
Center, sent a letter to Twitter on Thursday [0]asserting that the
company is violating U.S. law by allowing groups such as Hezbollah and al
Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab to use its popular online network. ... In her
letter, Darshan-Leitner noted that Hezbollah and al-Shabaab are
officially designated as terrorist organizations under U.S. law. She also
cited a 2010 Supreme Court case ��� Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project ���
which upheld a key provision of the Patriot Act prohibiting material
support to groups designated as terrorist outfits."
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Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/30/world/meast/israel-twitter-lawsuit/index.html
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| Ford System Will Warn, Correct Lane-Drifting Drivers
| from the please-be-safe-out-there dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @16:34 (AI)
| with 281 comments
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/2128230/ford-system-will-warn-correct-lane-drifting-drivers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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PolygamousRanchKid writes "Ford says its new Fusion, which will debut at
the North American International Auto Show in a couple weeks, will be the
[0]first mainstream midsize sedan in North America to offer a lane
departure system. Lane departure systems are aimed at warning drivers,
especially drowsy ones, if their vehicles wander out of their lane. A
digital camera mounted on the windshield ahead of the rear-view mirror
keeps a watch. The system not only causes the steering wheel to vibrate
if it senses an unintentional lane departure, it will also steer the car
back into the right lane. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration estimates that 100,000 police-reported crashes occur every
year as a result of drowsy drivers, leading to 1,500 deaths, 71,000
injuries and $12.5 billion in monetary losses." I'd just like to know how
hard the AI will fight if it misinterprets a driver's intentional lane
change.
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Links:
0. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/12/ford-says-fusion-sedan-will-get-lane-departure-system/1
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| Edison Would Have Loved New Light Bulb Law, Says His Great-Grandson
| from the free-to-disagree dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @17:41 (United States)
| with 253 comments
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/2234248/edison-would-have-loved-new-light-bulb-law-says-his-great-grandson?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter futuristic writes with a link to [0]Thomas Edison's
great-grandson's take on Thomas Edison and the alleged demise of the
incandescent light bulb. From the article: "My great grandfather's
100-watt incandescent will be replaced with new energy-efficient
versions, including CFLs, LEDs, and ��� yes ��� new and improved incandescent
bulbs. ... And my great-grandfather wouldn't have it any other way."
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Links:
0. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/31/opinion/sloane-edison-bulbs/index.html?hpt=hp_c4
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| Speculating On What a Microsoft Superphone Might Mean
| from the it's-gotta-have-super-powers-and-ruthless-enemies dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @14:29 (Microsoft)
| with 247 comments
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/1743243/speculating-on-what-a-microsoft-superphone-might-mean?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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smitty777 writes "Forbes is running an [0] intriguing story on a new
'Superphone' under development by the folks at Microsoft. According to
[1]this leaked MS roadmap document, the plan is to build the Apollo-based
phone in the 4th quarter of 2012. FTA: 'In the end, however, none of this
matters. Microsoft's "peek into the future" is barely a glimpse into what
the company may or may not have planned for 2012. While the "superphone"
bullet is worth noting, it is not the confirmation of a revolutionary new
product. At best, it indicates that Microsoft wishes to compete with
Apple by offering a product that is, well, super.' It's also interesting
that Sony and AT&T also [2]appear to be working on [3]superphones of
their own."
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https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/1743243/speculating-on-what-a-microsoft-superphone-might-mean?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.forbes.com/sites/benzingainsights/2011/12/30/iphone-5-to-be-dethroned-by-microsofts-superphone/
1. http://wmpoweruser.com/leaked-windows-phone-roadmap-gives-us-a-peak-into-the-future/
2. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/12/sony-ericsson-superphone-xperia-ion/
3. http://www.mobilebloom.com/htc-vivid-4g-launches-as-first-att-lte-superphone/228026/
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| EA, Nintendo, Sony Quietly Withdraw SOPA Support
| from the revising-their-ok-cupid-profiles dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @10:24 (Censorship)
| with 173 comments
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/1434225/ea-nintendo-sony-quietly-withdraw-sopa-support?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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wbr1 writes "Electronista reports that Sony, Nintendo, and Electronic
Arts have all [0]pulled their support for SOPA, but have not issued any
statements as to why. [1]The house.gov list of SOPA supporters is here."
Discuss this story at:
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Links:
0. http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/30/nintendo.and.sony.rethink.unpopular.sopa.bill/
1. http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/Rogue%20Websites/List%20of%20SOPA%20Supporters.pdf
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| Running Great Britain? There's an App For That!
| from the good-thing-it's-so-simple dept.
| posted by timothy on Friday December 30, @19:20 (Government)
| with 158 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/30/2333202/running-great-britain-theres-an-app-for-that?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]judgecorp writes "Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron will get a
personalised [1]iPad app to help him run the country. The 'government
dashboard' will include health waiting list figures, crime statistics,
economic statistics and a real-time news feed. Cameron is a committed
Apple user ��� but British members of Parliament have only been [2]allowed
iPads in the House of Commons since March 2011."
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https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/30/2333202/running-great-britain-theres-an-app-for-that?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email#commentlisting
Links:
0. http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/
1. http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/prime-minister-to-get-personalised-government-ipad-app-51637
2. http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/mps-allowed-twitter-and-ipads-in-the-commons-24830
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| Arise SIR Jonathan Ive
| from the there's-a-sword-for-that dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @07:09 (United Kingdom)
| with 148 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/0053238/arise-sir-jonathan-ive?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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mariocki writes "Steve Jobs' go-to design man Jonathan Ive, the creator
of modern computer design classics such as the iMac, MacBook Pro and
iPod/iPhone/iPad, [0]has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year's
Honours list, taking him from plain old 'Mr' straight to 'Sir' in one
fell swoop. This now puts him in the same league as Paul McCartney,
Michael Caine, Bob Geldof and Bill Gates. Ive said 'I discovered at an
early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design' and even for Apple
haters his designs have done more for personal computer design than the
mainstream PC manufacturers could imagine, taking the PC from the geek
den into the living room of even the most painfully trendy fashionista."
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Links:
0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367022
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| Before the iPhone, Apple's Stunning Phone From 1983
| from the just-in-time-for-1984-commercial dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @01:22 (Communications)
| with 128 comments
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/0518231/before-the-iphone-apples-stunning-phone-from-1983?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Several readers pointed out the story of [0]the Apple phone that never
was, from 1983. Pictures of the concept phone are impressive, as you'd
expect from Hartmut Esslinger, later founder of [1]Frog Design. Even more
interesting is that this phone is part of a much larger [2]collection of
Apple artifacts curated by Stanford.
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Links:
0. http://mashable.com/2011/12/30/apple-iphone-1983/
1. http://www.frogdesign.com/
2. http://mashable.com/2011/12/29/apple-stanford-archive/
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| Open Source IDE GAMBAS Reaches 3.0
| from the that's-ok-I've-reached-37.0 dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @11:28 (Open Source)
| with 101 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/1624236/open-source-ide-gambas-reaches-30?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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[0]Kevin Fishburne writes "After years of work, creator Beno��t Minisini
and friends are just in time for New Year's celebrations with the first
stable release of GAMBAS 3. Per their [1]web site, 'Gambas is a free
development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object
extensions, a bit like Visual Basic (but it is NOT a clone !).' GAMBAS is
component-based, so [2]check out the list for an idea of what you can do
with it."
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Links:
0. http://kevinfishburneateightvirtuesdotcom/
1. http://gambas.sourceforge.net/
2. http://gambasdoc.org/help/comp?v3
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| How the Year Looked On Slashdot
| from the that-was-the-year-that-was dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @18:59 (Cellphones)
| with 92 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/2356238/how-the-year-looked-on-slashdot?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Happy New Year! It's that time (as of now!) for the UK, and since the
Slashdot backend operates in Greenwich Mean Time, that seems as good a
reason as any to welcome 2012 now instead of local midnight for any of
the various U.S. time zones. Everyone has a different take on how to rank
the events of the last year; read on below for a few notes on some of the
goings on of the past 31,536,000 seconds (give or take). The list is
pretty arbitrary, drawn from the thousand-ish stories that hit the
Slashdot page in that time; please say in the comments what news hit you
the hardest this year.
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| Best Software For Putting Lectures Online?
| from the taking-away-sick-day-as-an-excuse dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @15:31 (Data Storage)
| with 87 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/2022225/best-software-for-putting-lectures-online?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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An anonymous reader writes "I'm trying to help a school put their classes
online in the way most minimally invasive to the teachers. A few
environmental considerations: They don't always have live internet in the
classroom, or I'd just run to Skype. I'm hoping to make it as much
one-touch start/stop as possible to start recording, stop recording, and
upload to a server. I'd like to believe others here have already done
something similar, so if a package or process worked for you, that would
be great to hear. Not sure what if it's all PowerPoint lectures, or if
they actually use a whiteboard, and if so what the best camera would be
to use (on a school budget!)."
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| Transforming Any Flat Surface Into a Control Panel With Sound
| from the scritcha-scritcha dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @09:28 (Input Devices)
| with 48 comments
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/1419252/transforming-any-flat-surface-into-a-control-panel-with-sound?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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New submitter [0]brunozamborlin writes "I just published [1]a short video
that shows how a [2]very cheap contact microphone can be used to
recognize different types of fingers touch and transform any surface into
an interactive board. In the video we put the microphone over different
surfaces such as kitchen tables and balloons and through realtime gesture
recognition we show how we can play different virtual music instruments
using a technique called [3]physical modeling . A mobile version would be
definitely possible." The [4]project's Web page shows several more
examples. Update: 12/31 15:17 GMT by [5]T : Bruno Zamborlin points out
that the surfaces don't need to be flat; instead, they simply need to be
rigid.
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Links:
0. http://www.brunozamborlin.com/
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erz-9f4M9B4&feature=youtu.be
2. http://www.google.com/search?q=buy+contact+microphone#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&tbm=shop&source=hp&q=piezo+contact+microphone&pbx=1&oq=piezo+contact+microphone&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2348l2853l1l3052l5l3l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=f3c15a1f25b5b067&biw=1440&bih=779
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_modelling_synthesis
4. http://www.brunozamborlin.com/mogees/
5. http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
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| Soyuz Lifts Off Again, Delivers Globalstar Satellites
| from the russian-to-space dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @04:12 (Communications)
| with 38 comments
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/0549216/soyuz-lifts-off-again-delivers-globalstar-satellites?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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First time accepted submitter [0]ZoCool writes "No doubt to the deep
relief of the Russian and Arianespace engineers, and the investors buying
their services, Anatoly Zac's RussianSpaceWeb reports that on Wednesday,
Dec. 28, 2011, at 21:09 Moscow Time (17:09 GMT) a Soyuz-2-1a launch
vehicle carrying the third tranche of the 2nd Generation Globalstar
network, in the form of 6 satellites, was [1]delivered successfully to
orbit. This launch from Baikonur's Site 31, pad 6, has broken the recent
unusual string of malfunctions that has bugged this usually rock solid
workhorse. I imagine that [2]the troops in the space station might be
breathing a little more easily too, as the Soyuz is the backbone of the
world's space missions these days, when it comes to medium lift."
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Links:
0. mailto:jencluse@optusnet.com.au
1. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/globalstar2.html
2. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss_soyuz_tma03m.html
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| Vision and Sound From the Ideally Bare Numeric Impression giZmo
| from the bizarre-and-fascinating dept.
| posted by timothy on Saturday December 31, @13:30 (Graphics)
| with 32 comments
| https://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/12/31/1726251/vision-and-sound-from-the-ideally-bare-numeric-impression-gizmo?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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jones_supa writes "Ville 'viznut' Heikkil�� presents us with an
interesting project. 'As demonstrated by the video, IBNIZ (Ideally Bare
Numeric Impression giZmo) is a virtual machine and a programming language
that [0]generates video and audio from very short strings of code.
Technically, it is a two-stack machine somewhat similar to Forth, but
with the major exception that the stack is cyclical and also used at an
output buffer.' The main goal of IBNIZ is to provide a new platform for
the demoscene. Something that would have the potential to displace MS-DOS
as the primary platform for sub-256-byte productions."
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Links:
0. http://countercomplex.blogspot.com/2011/12/ibniz-hardcore-audiovisual-virtual.html
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