| CARVIEW |
Select Language
HTTP/2 302
server: nginx
date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:13:30 GMT
content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
content-length: 0
x-archive-redirect-reason: found capture at 20100204113422
location: https://web.archive.org/web/20100204113422/https://slashdot.org/
server-timing: captures_list;dur=0.807733, exclusion.robots;dur=0.038363, exclusion.robots.policy;dur=0.024435, esindex;dur=0.011897, cdx.remote;dur=1032.035755, LoadShardBlock;dur=1150.081748, PetaboxLoader3.datanode;dur=216.849383, PetaboxLoader3.resolve;dur=272.729483
x-app-server: wwwb-app223-dc8
x-ts: 302
x-tr: 2381
server-timing: TR;dur=0,Tw;dur=576,Tc;dur=0
set-cookie: wb-p-SERVER=wwwb-app223; path=/
x-location: All
x-as: 14061
x-rl: 0
x-na: 0
x-page-cache: MISS
server-timing: MISS
x-nid: DigitalOcean
referrer-policy: no-referrer-when-downgrade
permissions-policy: interest-cohort=()
HTTP/2 200
server: nginx
date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:13:32 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
x-archive-orig-server: Apache/1.3.41 (Unix) mod_perl/1.31-rc4
x-archive-orig-slash_log_data: shtml
x-archive-orig-x-powered-by: Slash 2.005001286
x-archive-orig-x-fry: I have more important things to do today than laugh and clap my hands.
x-archive-orig-x-xrds-location: https://slashdot.org/slashdot.xrds
x-archive-orig-cache-control: no-cache
x-archive-orig-pragma: no-cache
x-archive-orig-content-length: 113383
x-archive-orig-date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:34:22 GMT
x-archive-orig-x-varnish: 786177017 786176993
x-archive-orig-age: 1
x-archive-orig-connection: close
x-archive-orig-vary: Accept-Encoding, User-Agent
x-archive-guessed-content-type: text/html
x-archive-guessed-charset: iso-8859-1
memento-datetime: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:34:22 GMT
link: Slashdot - News for nerds, stuff that matters
Jump to top of page
- AMD [e]
- Apache [e]
- Apple [e]
- Ask Slashdot [e]
- Backslash [e]
- Book Reviews [e]
- BSD [e]
- Developers [e]
- Entertainment [e]
- Features [e]
- Games [e]
- Geeks in Space [e]
- Hardware [e]
- Idle [e]
- Intel [e]
- Interviews [e]
- IT [e]
- Linux [e]
- Meta [e]
- Mobile [e]
- News [e]
- Oracle [e]
- Politics [e]
- Polls [e]
- Science [e]
- Search [e]
- SF.net Auth [e]
- Taco Hell [e]
- Technology [e]
- The 2000 Beanies [e]
- ThinkGeek [e]
- Vendors [e]
- YRO [e]
Stories
Become a fan of Slashdot on Facebook
9268086
story
Comments: 26 +- Your Rights Online: UK Government Crowd-Sourcing Censorship on Thursday February 04, @05:57AM
Posted
by
samzenpus
on Thursday February 04, @05:57AM
from the tell-us-everything dept.
from the tell-us-everything dept.
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topiccensorship.gif); width:44px; height:55px;
censorship
angry tapir writes "The UK public can report 'terrorism-related' Web sites to authorities for removal from the Internet under a new program launched by the British government. The program is a way in which the government is seeking to enforce the Terrorism Acts of 2000 and 2006. These laws make it illegal to have or to share information intended to be useful to terrorists, and ban glorifying terrorism or urging people to commit terrorist acts."
Read More...
26 comments
26 comments
9274100
story
Comments: 37 +- Games: Sony May Charge For PlayStation Network on Thursday February 04, @04:17AM
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicps2.gif); width:79px; height:55px;
playstation
In an interview with IGN, Sony's VP of marketing, Peter Dille, responded to a question about the PlayStation Network by saying that the company is considering charging for the service. He said, "It's been our philosophy not to charge for it from launch up until now, but Kaz recently went on the record as saying that's something we're looking at. I can confirm that as well. That's something that we're actively thinking about. What's the best way to approach that if we were to do that? You know, no announcements at this point in time, but it's something we're thinking about." This follows news of a customer survey from last month that listed possibilities for subscription-based PSN features.
Read More...
37 comments
37 comments
9265126
story
Comments: 24 +- Your Rights Online: Brokers Get Strict Social Networking Rules on Thursday February 04, @03:17AM
Posted
by
samzenpus
on Thursday February 04, @03:17AM
from the no-farmville-at-work dept.
from the no-farmville-at-work dept.
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicbusiness.gif); width:64px; height:54px;
business
eldavojohn writes "If you're a broker or work for a brokerage firm then you better think twice before posting content to Facebook and Twitter. It seems the static parts of the pages like your profile must be approved and fall under the watch of FINRA. But a post to Facebook or a tweet might constitute a 'public appearance' representing your firm. Which means that 'firms must supervise these interactive electronic communications under NASD Rule 3010 in a manner reasonably designed to ensure that they do not violate the content requirements of FINRA's communications rules.' It's days like these I'm glad I don't work on Wall Street or have jury duty."
Read More...
24 comments
24 comments
9273848
story
Comments: 79 +- Games: Game Difficulty As a Virtue on Thursday February 04, @02:16AM
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicgames.gif); width:68px; height:77px;
games
The Wii and various mobile gaming platforms have done wonders for the trend toward casual or "easy" games. But the success of a few recent titles, despite their difficulty, has caused some to wonder whether the pendulum has swung too far; whether a little frustration can be seen as a good thing. Quoting:
"The evidence is subtle but compelling. For one example, look to major consumer website GameSpot's Game of the Year for 2009: Atlus' PS3 RPG Demon's Souls, which received widespread critical acclaim – none of which failed to include a mention of the game's steep challenge. GameSpot called it 'ruthlessly, unforgivingly difficult.' Demon's Souls was a sleeper hit, an anomaly in the era of accessibility. One would think the deck was stacked against a game that demanded such vicious persistence, such precise attention – and yet a surge of praise from critics and developers alike praised the game for reintroducing the experience of meaningful challenge, of a game that demanded something from its players rather than looked for ways to hand them things. It wasn't just Demon's Souls that recently flipped the proverbial bird to the 'gaming for everyone' trend. In many ways, the independent development scene can be viewed on the macro level as a harbinger of trends to come, and over the past year and into 2010, many indies have decided to be brutal to their players."
Read More...
79 comments
79 comments
9264964
story
Comments: 72 +- Science: The Journal of Serendipitous and Unexpected Results on Thursday February 04, @12:23AM
Posted
by
samzenpus
on Thursday February 04, @12:23AM
from the well-that-didn't-work dept.
from the well-that-didn't-work dept.
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/firehose/009/264/982-1-thumb.png); width:130px; height:97px;
idle
SilverTooth writes "Often, when watching a science documentary or reading an article, it seems that the scientists were executing a well-laid out plan that led to their discovery. Anyone familiar with the process of scientific discovery realizes that is a far cry from reality. Scientific discovery is fraught with false starts and blind alleys. As a result, labs accumulate vast amounts of valuable knowledge on what not to do, and what does not work. Trouble is, this knowledge is not shared using the usual method of scientific communication: the peer-reviewed article. It remains within the lab, or at the most shared informally among close colleagues. As it stands, the scientific culture discourages sharing negative results. Byte Size Biology reports on a forthcoming journal whose aim is to change this: the Journal of Serendipitous and Unexpected Results. Hopefully, scientists will be able to better share and learn more from each other's experience and mistakes."
Read More...
72 comments
72 comments
9264628
story
Comments: 124 +- Science: Europe's LHC To Run At Half-Energy Through 2011 on Wednesday February 03, @09:28PM
Posted
by
samzenpus
on Wednesday February 03, @09:28PM
from the part-time-collision dept.
from the part-time-collision dept.
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicscience.gif); width:62px; height:75px;
science
quaith writes "ScienceInsider reports that Europe's Large Hadron Collider will run at half its maximum energy through 2011 and likely not at all in 2012. The previous plan was to ramp it up to 70% of maximum energy this year. Under the new plan, the LHC will run at 7 trillion electron-volts through 2011. The LHC would then shut down for a year so workers could replace all of its 10,000 interconnects with redesigned ones allowing the LHC to run at its full 14 TeV capacity in 2013. The change raises hopes at the LHC's lower-energy rival, the Tevatron Collider at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, of being extended through 2012 instead of being shut down next year. Fermilab researchers are hoping that their machine might collect enough data to beat the LHC to the discovery of the Higgs boson, a particle key to how physicists explain the origin of mass."
Read More...
124 comments
124 comments
9265300
story
Comments: 199 +- Your Rights Online: Landmark Ruling Gives Australian ISPs Safe Harbor on Wednesday February 03, @07:33PM
Posted
by
samzenpus
on Wednesday February 03, @07:33PM
from the pick-on-someone-your-own-size dept.
from the pick-on-someone-your-own-size dept.
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicdoj.gif); width:50px; height:79px;
court
omnibit writes "Today, the Federal Court of Australia handed down its ruling in favor of the country's third largest ISP, iiNet. The case was backed by some of the largest media companies, including 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. They accused iiNet of approving piracy by ignoring thousands of infringement notices. Justice Cowdroy said that the 'mere provision of access to internet is not the means to infringement' and 'copyright infringement occurred as result of use of BitTorrent, not the Internet... iiNet has no control over BitTorrent system and [is] not responsible for BitTorrent system.' Many Internet providers had been concerned that an adverse ruling would have forced themselves to police Internet traffic and comply with the demands of copyright owners without any legislative or judicial oversight."
Read More...
199 comments
199 comments
9263994
story
Comments: 66 +- Hardware: Giving CubeSats Electric Propulsion on Wednesday February 03, @06:22PM
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicpower.gif); width:59px; height:66px;
power
eldavojohn writes "Thirteen picosatellites were launched back in June of 2006 with the price coming down dramatically in the years since. But the Rubik's cube sized devices have no mobility, meaning once they're put in orbit, they stay in that orbit. The big problem is that traditional chemical propulsion systems are too large for ten-centimeter sided cubes weighing a kilogram. A new electric propulsion system designed by Paulo Lozano of MIT might change that. "
Read 1129 More Bytes...
66 comments
66 comments
9262278
story
Comments: 132 +- Mobile: Nexus One Update Fixes 3G, Adds Multitouch on Wednesday February 03, @05:38PM
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topiccellphone.gif); width:75px; height:74px;
cellphones
snydeq writes "Google is pushing out an update for the Nexus One that will fix a 3G connectivity problem and add limited support for multitouch. After receiving over 1,500 messages in a support forum from people complaining about trouble connecting to 3G, Google said it has identified the problem and has started delivering the fix. In addition to fixing 3G, the update adds the first applications to support multitouch. While the recent versions of the Android OS include multitouch capability, no phone in the US has supported it."
Read More...
132 comments
132 comments
9261438
story
Comments: 490 +- Entertainment: Dune Remake Could Mean 3D Sandworms on Wednesday February 03, @04:54PM
background: url(//a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicmovies.gif); width:63px; height:70px;
movies
bowman9991 writes "The new Dune remake is becoming as epic as Frank Herbert's Dune series itself. Now that director Peter Berg has been ousted, new director Pierre Morel has decided to throw out Peter Berg's script entirely, starting afresh with his own ideas and vision. 'We're starting from scratch,' said Morel. 'Peter had an approach which was not mine at all, and we're starting over again.' Morel also reveals that 'It's the kind of movie that has the scope to be 3D.' He's also keen on sticking to the original material and recognises that he must try to delete the images associated with David Lynch's 1984 version of Dune from the public's consciousness."
Read More...
490 comments
490 comments
Slashdot Login
- Adium - Great
- Drupal - Great
the best - Zimbra Collaboration Suite -
the best! Better than Exchange. - Audacity - Great
- Cyberduck - Great
great.
Recent reviews from Slashdot readers:
- Advanced Excel for Scientific Data Analysis Learn to turn Excel into something that rivals Mathematica using VBA, brains, and a heaping helping of fortitude.(Jack Herrington's review.)
- Nagios 3 Enterprise Network Monitoring A great book for anyone using Nagios as more than a casual user.(jgoguen's review.)
- Schneier on Security Schneier argues that security is not something you can buy; it is something you must get.(Ben Rothke's review.)
Submitting a review for consideration is easy; please first read Slashdot's book review guidelines. Updated: 2008114 by samzenpus
Cool Sites:
· XKCD (It's teh funz0rz)
· AnimeFu (Addicted to Anime?)
· Penny Arcade (The First one is always Free)
· Everything (Blow your Mind)
· Themes.freshmeat.net (Make X Perty)
· Slashdot.jp (So familiar...)
· CmdrTaco.net (I used to be in charge)
· XKCD (It's teh funz0rz)
· AnimeFu (Addicted to Anime?)
· Penny Arcade (The First one is always Free)
· Everything (Blow your Mind)
· Themes.freshmeat.net (Make X Perty)
· Slashdot.jp (So familiar...)
· CmdrTaco.net (I used to be in charge)
Support Slashdot:
· ThinkGeek (Clothe Yourself in Slashdot)
Twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of
marriage make her something like a public building.
-- Oscar Wilde
All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest © 1997-2010 Geeknet, Inc.