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All Rights Reserved. 2012-02-17T09:18:20+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://slashdot.org/ http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/4BDRD3H4dT8/james-randis-latest-debunking-operation <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hd6VJulSm9Z-mulVSddsf6FmuBw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hd6VJulSm9Z-mulVSddsf6FmuBw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hd6VJulSm9Z-mulVSddsf6FmuBw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Hd6VJulSm9Z-mulVSddsf6FmuBw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "The pair of documentarians behind An Honest Man &mdash; The Story of the Amazing James Randi will not only talk to the likes of like Adam Savage, Bill Nye, Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Penn and Teller about the life of famous magician/skeptic, but they'll also follow Randi's latest operation as he assembles 'an Ocean's Eleven-type team for a carefully orchestrated exposure of a fraudulent religious organization.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=James+Randi's+Latest+Debunking+Operation%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fyibv7c"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fentertainment.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F17%2F0113220%2Fjames-randis-latest-debunking-operation%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/0113220/james-randis-latest-debunking-operation?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/0113220/james-randis-latest-debunking-operation?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676319&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/4BDRD3H4dT8" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-02-17T08:58:00+00:00 movies liars-and-cheats entertainment 4 4,3,2,2,0,0,0 http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/0113220/james-randis-latest-debunking-operation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/f7vgxPgA3vM/are-uk-police-hacking-file-sharers-computers <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Jjw0Lc_4ycSNcH2kPUqsa_ceY4w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Jjw0Lc_4ycSNcH2kPUqsa_ceY4w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Jjw0Lc_4ycSNcH2kPUqsa_ceY4w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Jjw0Lc_4ycSNcH2kPUqsa_ceY4w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>superglaze writes "Following its takedown earlier this week of the music blog RnBXclusive, the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has claimed that "a number of site users have deleted their download histories" in response. Given that the site didn't host copyright-infringing files itself, how do they know? We've asked, but SOCA refuses to discuss its methods. A security expert has pointed out that, if they were hacking using Trojans, the police would themselves have been breaking the law. Added fun fact: SOCA readily admits that the scare message it showed visitors to the taken-down site was written 'with input from industry.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Are+UK+Police+Hacking+File-Sharers'+Computers%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FwarOpP"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F17%2F0118219%2Fare-uk-police-hacking-file-sharers-computers%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/0118219/are-uk-police-hacking-file-sharers-computers?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/0118219/are-uk-police-hacking-file-sharers-computers?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676321&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/f7vgxPgA3vM" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-02-17T08:03:00+00:00 security cop-in-the-machine it 30 30,29,21,16,7,1,0 http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/0118219/are-uk-police-hacking-file-sharers-computers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tyzgekQIR6Q/pharmacy-on-a-chip-dispenses-drugs-automatically <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2XP5Ol3nlR52OTpMWcDtboYFAmY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2XP5Ol3nlR52OTpMWcDtboYFAmY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2XP5Ol3nlR52OTpMWcDtboYFAmY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2XP5Ol3nlR52OTpMWcDtboYFAmY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "The idea is simple--load up a microchip with a whole pharmacy of drugs that are dispensed as needed automatically. The devil has been in the details, since mistakes could kill the patient if, say, a leak developed dumping dangerous cocktails into the bloodstream. This MIT sponsored company, however, claims to have perfected wireless control of a pharmacy-on-a-chip and has just completed the clinical trials to prove it. The test microchip has just 20 doses of a single drug, but their new prototype will house thousands of pin-prick sized drug reservoirs, after which they will seek FDA approval. The elderly who have complicated drug regimes, and soldiers could both benefit from these smart pharmacies on-a-chip since drugs can be dispensed even if the patient is unconscious!"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Pharmacy+On-a-chip+Dispenses+Drugs+Automatically%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzkSCji"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F17%2F017208%2Fpharmacy-on-a-chip-dispenses-drugs-automatically%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/017208/pharmacy-on-a-chip-dispenses-drugs-automatically?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/017208/pharmacy-on-a-chip-dispenses-drugs-automatically?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676309&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/tyzgekQIR6Q" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-02-17T05:35:00+00:00 medicine time-for-your-medicine hardware 39 39,39,28,25,6,3,2 http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/017208/pharmacy-on-a-chip-dispenses-drugs-automatically?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ebYI-n-ZCO4/man-digs-out-basement-using-radio-controlled-toy-tractors <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/O-XHwQrkq2d9Woo7jxmn4jHBjmM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/O-XHwQrkq2d9Woo7jxmn4jHBjmM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/O-XHwQrkq2d9Woo7jxmn4jHBjmM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/O-XHwQrkq2d9Woo7jxmn4jHBjmM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Phurge pointed out a story about a man with a fleet of remote control toys and a lot of patience. "Excavating a basement using professional machinery is nothing new but doing it with radio controlled (RC) scaled models is something unheard of. Welcome to the little big world of Joe, from Saskatchewan, Canada. For the past 7 years, Joe has been digging out his basement at an average annual rate of 8 to 9 cubic feet using nothing more than RC tractors and trucks. And we're talking about the whole nine yards here &mdash; he starts by transporting the excavator on an RC truck to the basement, unloads it, digs and uses other trucks to transfer the dirt up to the ground through a spiral ramp! He even has a miniature rock crusher! 'I feel quite fortunate to have stumbled onto this basement excavation idea, it's been a great past time to date dreaming up new ideas to tackle different projects along the way,' Joe wrote on the Scale4x4rc forums where he also posted pictures and videos of his feat"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Man+Digs+Out+Basement+Using+Radio+Controlled+Toy+Tractors%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FwQNLD0"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fidle.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F2320224%2Fman-digs-out-basement-using-radio-controlled-toy-tractors%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2320224/man-digs-out-basement-using-radio-controlled-toy-tractors?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2320224/man-digs-out-basement-using-radio-controlled-toy-tractors?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676203&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/ebYI-n-ZCO4" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-02-17T04:02:00+00:00 toy a-boy-and-his-toys idle 97 97,96,72,56,22,12,10 http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2320224/man-digs-out-basement-using-radio-controlled-toy-tractors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tYhqrr1k8rM/optimizing-your-caffeine-intake-with-an-app <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qRy6zGqxptEO88fVLCRlPnrMdX4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qRy6zGqxptEO88fVLCRlPnrMdX4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qRy6zGqxptEO88fVLCRlPnrMdX4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qRy6zGqxptEO88fVLCRlPnrMdX4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>MrSeb writes "Two doctors at Penn State University have developed Caffeine Zone, a free iOS app that tells you the perfect time to take a coffee break to maintain an optimal amount of caffeine in your blood &mdash; and, perhaps more importantly, it also tells you when to stop drinking tea and coffee, so that caffeine doesn't interrupt your sleep. By reading through lots of peer-reviewed studies, doctors Frank E. Ritter and Kuo-Chuan Yeh found that a caffeine level of between 200 and 400mg in your bloodstream provides optimal mental alertness, and that you should be below 100mg when you try to sleep. Caffeine Zone plots your caffeination level after you consume caffeine, and warns you if that big afternoon coffee will keep you up at night. It also lets you change the 'optimal' and 'sleep' values if you're particularly resistant or weak to caffeine."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Optimizing+Your+Caffeine+Intake+With+an+App%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FwX1FY3"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F17%2F004229%2Foptimizing-your-caffeine-intake-with-an-app%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/004229/optimizing-your-caffeine-intake-with-an-app?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/004229/optimizing-your-caffeine-intake-with-an-app?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676251&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/tYhqrr1k8rM" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-02-17T03:02:00+00:00 software take-another-shot science 79 79,77,60,49,12,7,2 http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/02/17/004229/optimizing-your-caffeine-intake-with-an-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tlpNJ3VKpHo/study-says-fracking-is-safe-in-theory-but-often-not-in-practice <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pcCZRlPB90zZzfeI-SKCNfvwDLs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pcCZRlPB90zZzfeI-SKCNfvwDLs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pcCZRlPB90zZzfeI-SKCNfvwDLs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pcCZRlPB90zZzfeI-SKCNfvwDLs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>First time accepted submitter chadenright writes "A university study asserts that the problems caused by the gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking,' arise because drilling operations aren't doing it right. The process itself isn't to blame, according to the study, released today by the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Study+Says+Fracking+is+Safe+In+Theory+But+Often+Not+In+Practice%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzvzKBU"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F2336213%2Fstudy-says-fracking-is-safe-in-theory-but-often-not-in-practice%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2336213/study-says-fracking-is-safe-in-theory-but-often-not-in-practice?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2336213/study-says-fracking-is-safe-in-theory-but-often-not-in-practice?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676227&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/tlpNJ3VKpHo" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-02-17T01:06:00+00:00 business are-you-sure-you're-using-that-right? news 151 151,145,107,92,33,16,10 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2336213/study-says-fracking-is-safe-in-theory-but-often-not-in-practice?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/QDVqZdRG76o/school-sends-childs-lunch-home-after-determining-it-unhealthy <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pnMcUQmNmWiRFnkb0rile3_pYQE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pnMcUQmNmWiRFnkb0rile3_pYQE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pnMcUQmNmWiRFnkb0rile3_pYQE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pnMcUQmNmWiRFnkb0rile3_pYQE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>halfEvilTech writes "A North Carolina mom is irate after her four-year-old daughter returned home late last month with an uneaten lunch the mother had packed for the girl earlier that day. But she wasn't mad because the daughter decided to go on a hunger strike. Instead, the reason the daughter didn't eat her lunch is because someone at the school determined the lunch wasn't healthy enough and sent it back home. What was wrong with the lunch? That's still a head-scratcher because it didn't contain anything egregious: a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice. But for the inspector on hand that day, it didn't meet the healthy requirements."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=School+Sends+Child's+Lunch+Home+After+Determining+it+Unhealthy%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzkBgLB"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fidle.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F2311255%2Fschool-sends-childs-lunch-home-after-determining-it-unhealthy%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2311255/school-sends-childs-lunch-home-after-determining-it-unhealthy?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2311255/school-sends-childs-lunch-home-after-determining-it-unhealthy?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676185&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/QDVqZdRG76o" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-02-17T00:38:00+00:00 education no-lunch-for-you idle 371 371,352,272,233,73,38,22 http://idle.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2311255/school-sends-childs-lunch-home-after-determining-it-unhealthy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ZjUvTo87lDI/fcc-cracks-down-on-robocalls <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/j4wsM_-IAEwsJPku4WPOgTyqvk8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/j4wsM_-IAEwsJPku4WPOgTyqvk8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/j4wsM_-IAEwsJPku4WPOgTyqvk8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/j4wsM_-IAEwsJPku4WPOgTyqvk8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Cara_Latham writes "If you want to receive annoying robocalls from telemarketers you will have to opt in. Federal Communications Commission rules now require that telemarketers get your consent before dialing your number. Telemarketers will also have to obtain consent even if they had previously 'done business with' the consumer on the receiving end of a call."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=FCC+Cracks+Down+on+Robocalls+%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzJCuZU"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F236219%2Ffcc-cracks-down-on-robocalls%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/236219/fcc-cracks-down-on-robocalls?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/236219/fcc-cracks-down-on-robocalls?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676179&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/ZjUvTo87lDI" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-02-17T00:15:00+00:00 government talk-to-the-machine yro 148 148,147,115,102,42,20,11 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/236219/fcc-cracks-down-on-robocalls?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/ERt1tkoh2FQ/jotformcom-gets-shut-down-sopa-style <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MJYlSB3LMFDVfv6jRTynRi-RJ-k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MJYlSB3LMFDVfv6jRTynRi-RJ-k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MJYlSB3LMFDVfv6jRTynRi-RJ-k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MJYlSB3LMFDVfv6jRTynRi-RJ-k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>itwbennett writes "In a post on the company blog, JotForm.com cofounder Aytekin Tank alerts users that 'a US government agency has temporarily suspended' the jotform.com domain. He explains that it is part of an 'ongoing investigation' of content posted to its site by a user. Although which user and what content haven't yet been disclosed, there is speculation about forms used for a phishing attack on a South African bank. JotForm hosts over two million user-generated forms, and uses software to block fraudulent accounts (65,000 so far), so you can see there's plenty of opportunity for mischief."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=JotForm.com+Gets+Shut+Down+SOPA-Style%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fxx1QWH"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F231212%2Fjotformcom-gets-shut-down-sopa-style%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/231212/jotformcom-gets-shut-down-sopa-style?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/231212/jotformcom-gets-shut-down-sopa-style?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676173&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/ERt1tkoh2FQ" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-02-16T23:33:00+00:00 security it-was-nice-knowing-you it 145 145,144,104,90,38,23,13 http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/231212/jotformcom-gets-shut-down-sopa-style?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/b8SgsC4-Gss/a-memory-of-light-to-be-released-january-8-2013 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vacNuV_6-lc_gwAL3pKpl7rt058/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vacNuV_6-lc_gwAL3pKpl7rt058/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vacNuV_6-lc_gwAL3pKpl7rt058/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vacNuV_6-lc_gwAL3pKpl7rt058/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>First time accepted submitter Hotawa Hawk-eye writes "Tor Books has announced that the release date for the final volume in the Wheel of Time series of books, A Memory Of Light, will be January 8, 2013. [Barring a Mayan apocalypse, of course.] The fantasy series, started by Robert Jordan and continued by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death, will span 15 books and over 10,000 pages."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=A+Memory+of+Light+To+Be+Released+January+8%2C+2013%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FA4V2MJ"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F2249235%2Fa-memory-of-light-to-be-released-january-8-2013%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2249235/a-memory-of-light-to-be-released-january-8-2013?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2249235/a-memory-of-light-to-be-released-january-8-2013?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676147&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/b8SgsC4-Gss" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-02-16T22:50:00+00:00 books photonic-release news 151 151,150,122,106,28,15,7 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2249235/a-memory-of-light-to-be-released-january-8-2013?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/WMckzOSKgC0/us-seismologist-testifies-against-scientists-in-quake-prediction-case <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Adr_2t22_kjFAMy3g9EFH6ipTpk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Adr_2t22_kjFAMy3g9EFH6ipTpk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Adr_2t22_kjFAMy3g9EFH6ipTpk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Adr_2t22_kjFAMy3g9EFH6ipTpk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>ananyo writes with this snippet from Nature (for which this earlier Nature article is also background): "'The courthouse in L'Aquila, Italy, yesterday hosted a highly anticipated hearing in the trial of six seismologists and one government official indicted for manslaughter over their reassurances to the public ahead of a deadly earthquake in 2009. .... During the hearing, the former head of the Italian Department of Civil Protection turned from key witness into defendant, and a seismologist from California criticized Italy's top earthquake experts.' Lalliana Mualchin, former chief seismologist for the Department of Transportation in California, criticized the Italian analysis, which he says was based on a poor model. If the court agrees with Mualchin, the defendants could face up to 12 years in jail."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=US+Seismologist+Testifies+Against+Scientists+In+Quake-Prediction+Case%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzOqx20"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F2129205%2Fus-seismologist-testifies-against-scientists-in-quake-prediction-case%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2129205/us-seismologist-testifies-against-scientists-in-quake-prediction-case?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2129205/us-seismologist-testifies-against-scientists-in-quake-prediction-case?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2676011&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/WMckzOSKgC0" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-02-16T21:53:00+00:00 earth perfect-certainty-isn't-an-option science 154 154,154,123,104,28,15,9 http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2129205/us-seismologist-testifies-against-scientists-in-quake-prediction-case?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/DkwNPXeoYMo/ssd-latency-error-rates-may-spell-bleak-future <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9oYko-merXFXp7OlYnQNnFyyjHA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9oYko-merXFXp7OlYnQNnFyyjHA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9oYko-merXFXp7OlYnQNnFyyjHA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/9oYko-merXFXp7OlYnQNnFyyjHA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Lucas123 writes "A new study by the University of California and Microsoft shows that NAND flash memory experiences significant performance degradation as die sizes shrink in size. Over the next dozen years latency will double as the circuitry size shrinks from 25 nanometers today, to 6.5nm, the research showed. Speaking at the Usenix Conference on File and Storage Technologies in San Jose this week, Laura Grupp, a graduate student at the University of California, said tests of 45 different types of NAND flash chips from six vendors using 72nm to 25nm lithography techniques showed performance degraded across the board and error rates increased as die sizes shrunk. Triple-Level NAND performed the worst, followed by Multi-Level Cell NAND and Single-Level Cell. The researchers said MLC NAND-based SSDs won't be able to go beyond 4TB and TLC-based SSDs won't be able to scale past 16TB because of the performance degradation, so it appears the end of the road for SSDs will be 2024."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=SSD+Latency%2C+Error+Rates+May+Spell+Bleak+Future%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fw09CKa"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F2038221%2Fssd-latency-error-rates-may-spell-bleak-future%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2038221/ssd-latency-error-rates-may-spell-bleak-future?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2038221/ssd-latency-error-rates-may-spell-bleak-future?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2675961&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/DkwNPXeoYMo" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-02-16T21:10:00+00:00 bug everything-counts-in-large-amounts hardware 223 223,222,182,153,52,33,27 http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/2038221/ssd-latency-error-rates-may-spell-bleak-future?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/-etYsOIOS40/ask-slashdot-dividing-digital-assets-in-divorce <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JVG94dB-0ZCcEHJg1dPewD-Ze44/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JVG94dB-0ZCcEHJg1dPewD-Ze44/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JVG94dB-0ZCcEHJg1dPewD-Ze44/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JVG94dB-0ZCcEHJg1dPewD-Ze44/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>An anonymous reader writes "I am a long time Slashdotter and currently find myself in the beginning of a divorce process. How have you dealt with dispersing of shared data, accounts and things online in such a situation? Domains, hosting, email, sensitive data backups and social media are just a few examples."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Ask+Slashdot%3A+Dividing+Digital+Assets+In+Divorce%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fxl07Xn"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fask.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F1955237%2Fask-slashdot-dividing-digital-assets-in-divorce%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1955237/ask-slashdot-dividing-digital-assets-in-divorce?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1955237/ask-slashdot-dividing-digital-assets-in-divorce?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2675873&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/-etYsOIOS40" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-02-16T20:27:00+00:00 storage don't-forget-your-malware askslashdot 371 371,369,292,240,74,34,21 http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1955237/ask-slashdot-dividing-digital-assets-in-divorce?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/hr1_UbqpKMU/double-fine-adventure-will-be-available-drm-free-for-ios-android <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/t_P3YZR1Wjf1wDFrPU4yYcIFQmw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/t_P3YZR1Wjf1wDFrPU4yYcIFQmw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/t_P3YZR1Wjf1wDFrPU4yYcIFQmw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/t_P3YZR1Wjf1wDFrPU4yYcIFQmw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>New submitter Garth Smith writes "Tim Schafer has a video update for his crowdsourced project, Double Fine Adventure. Because of the nearly $2 million in funding, the budget is now large enough for language translations, voice acting, music, and more platforms. The XBox and PS3 are absent. I wonder what would the chances of a DRM-free release have been if funding had come from a traditional publisher?"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Double+Fine+Adventure+Will+Be+Available+DRM+Free+For+IOS%2C+Android%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FzpJbdv"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F1942243%2Fdouble-fine-adventure-will-be-available-drm-free-for-ios-android%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1942243/double-fine-adventure-will-be-available-drm-free-for-ios-android?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1942243/double-fine-adventure-will-be-available-drm-free-for-ios-android?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2675845&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/hr1_UbqpKMU" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-02-16T19:43:00+00:00 business wishing-for-an-open-source-sunset-clause games 102 102,98,79,55,20,5,4 http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1942243/double-fine-adventure-will-be-available-drm-free-for-ios-android?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/1a0k110YsbE/oracle-claims-dramatic-mysql-performance-improvements <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rtLsPk8NffKAFcMM56DIIYC8-Ek/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rtLsPk8NffKAFcMM56DIIYC8-Ek/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rtLsPk8NffKAFcMM56DIIYC8-Ek/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rtLsPk8NffKAFcMM56DIIYC8-Ek/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>New submitter simula67 writes "Oracle wins back some karma from the open source community by releasing MySQL cluster 7.2 with ambitious claims of 70x performance gains. The new release is GPL and claims to have processed over 1 billion queries per minute. Readers may remember the story about Oracle adding commercial extensions to MySQL."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Oracle+Claims+Dramatic+MySQL+Performance+Improvements%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FAF2G6h"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F02%2F16%2F1832237%2Foracle-claims-dramatic-mysql-performance-improvements%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> <a class="nobg" href="http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1832237/oracle-claims-dramatic-mysql-performance-improvements?utm_source=slashdot&amp;utm_medium=googleplus" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href,'', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png" alt="Share on Google+"/></a> </div></p><p><a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1832237/oracle-claims-dramatic-mysql-performance-improvements?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=2675701&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/1a0k110YsbE" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2012-02-16T19:01:00+00:00 database breathing-in-those-sulfurous-fumes developers 115 115,114,87,73,30,15,10 http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12/02/16/1832237/oracle-claims-dramatic-mysql-performance-improvements?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Search Slashdot stories query http://slashdot.org/search.pl