http://slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2012, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2012-05-17T00:34:21+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/lvbi1rSuBg0/ask-slashdot-holding-isps-accountable-for-contracted-dsl-bandwidth <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vp1whWA4qvGj0_m3HV7I0QCS1dA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vp1whWA4qvGj0_m3HV7I0QCS1dA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vp1whWA4qvGj0_m3HV7I0QCS1dA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vp1whWA4qvGj0_m3HV7I0QCS1dA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>mcleland writes "I'm not getting the bandwidth I paid for from my DSL connection. My '3mbps' fluctuates between about 2.7 during the day down to 0.1 or 0.2 in the evening according to speedtest.net. Let's assume DSL is the only viable option for broadband at my house and I can't really move right now (rural area, on north face of the mountain, no cable service, very poor cell coverage). This was discussed 6 years ago, but I'd like to see if there are any current thoughts on whether I'm just stuck or if there is some way to make the ISP hold up its end."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Ask+Slashdot%3A+Holding+ISPs+Accountable+For+Contracted+DSL+Bandwidth%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FL80bhM"><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%2F05%2F16%2F228219%2Fask-slashdot-holding-isps-accountable-for-contracted-dsl-bandwidth%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/12/05/16/228219/ask-slashdot-holding-isps-accountable-for-contracted-dsl-bandwidth?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/12/05/16/228219/ask-slashdot-holding-isps-accountable-for-contracted-dsl-bandwidth?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=2854879&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/lvbi1rSuBg0" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-17T00:17:00+00:00 internet fight-the-power askslashdot 11 11,11,10,4,0,0,0 http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/228219/ask-slashdot-holding-isps-accountable-for-contracted-dsl-bandwidth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/DKEXnr-_8Fk/superflares-found-on-sun-like-stars <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R2dQ8psK2opibo9OCJXoHpgnGWE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R2dQ8psK2opibo9OCJXoHpgnGWE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R2dQ8psK2opibo9OCJXoHpgnGWE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/R2dQ8psK2opibo9OCJXoHpgnGWE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>astroengine writes "Scientists have found superflares more than 1 million times more powerful than flares generated by the sun occurring on sun-like stars being studied by NASA's Kepler space telescope. The finding, culled from 120 days of observations of 83,000 stars, is the first to detail how often and how energetic flares on other stars can be. The discovery, however, raises a question about how the massive outbursts, believed to be caused by complex magnetic interactions, can physically occur."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Superflares+Found+On+Sun-Like+Stars%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJwSx6y"><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%2F05%2F16%2F221209%2Fsuperflares-found-on-sun-like-stars%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/12/05/16/221209/superflares-found-on-sun-like-stars?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/12/05/16/221209/superflares-found-on-sun-like-stars?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=2854875&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/DKEXnr-_8Fk" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T23:55:00+00:00 space get-ready-for-the-big-one science 7 7,7,3,3,0,0,0 http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/221209/superflares-found-on-sun-like-stars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/szhDdD9o9jg/wil-wheaton-bittorrent-isnt-only-for-piracy <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QatT-laQAagDwSuXU9zwWfdoCXs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QatT-laQAagDwSuXU9zwWfdoCXs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QatT-laQAagDwSuXU9zwWfdoCXs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QatT-laQAagDwSuXU9zwWfdoCXs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>itwbennett writes "Geek advocate Wil Wheaton has written a blog post on the (legal) usefulness of BitTorrent, saying that the speed of his recent download of Ubuntu 12.04 should serve as a reminder that BitTorrent fills an important niche. Wheaton compares blocking BitTorrent to closing freeways because bank robbers could get away."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Wil+Wheaton%3A+BitTorrent+Isn't+Only+For+Piracy%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FL1otdQ"><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%2F05%2F16%2F2147213%2Fwil-wheaton-bittorrent-isnt-only-for-piracy%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/12/05/16/2147213/wil-wheaton-bittorrent-isnt-only-for-piracy?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/12/05/16/2147213/wil-wheaton-bittorrent-isnt-only-for-piracy?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=2854855&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/szhDdD9o9jg" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T23:35:00+00:00 piracy not-just-for-evil-anymore yro 79 79,76,51,39,10,1,0 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/2147213/wil-wheaton-bittorrent-isnt-only-for-piracy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/bdjuV3bQ6ss/broadcast-industry-wades-in-on-dish-networks-hopper <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HU9G8FF7CzhYXxDYsaE3zP0sjZU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HU9G8FF7CzhYXxDYsaE3zP0sjZU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HU9G8FF7CzhYXxDYsaE3zP0sjZU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HU9G8FF7CzhYXxDYsaE3zP0sjZU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>gollum123 writes "As with past technological threats, network executives are closing ranks against a Dish Network device that undermines the broadcast business model. The disruptive technology at hand is an ad-eraser, embedded in new digital video recorders sold by Charles W. Ergen's Dish Network, one of the nation's top distributors of TV programming. Turn it on, and all the ads recorded on most prime-time network shows are automatically skipped, no channel-flipping or fast-forwarding necessary. Some reviewers have already called the feature, called the Auto Hop, a dream come true for consumers. But for broadcasters and advertisers, it is an attack on an entrenched television business model, and it must be strangled, lest it spread elsewhere."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Broadcast+Industry+Wades+In+On+Dish+Network's+Hopper%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FLcB4Rp"><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%2F05%2F16%2F2137247%2Fbroadcast-industry-wades-in-on-dish-networks-hopper%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/12/05/16/2137247/broadcast-industry-wades-in-on-dish-networks-hopper?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/12/05/16/2137247/broadcast-industry-wades-in-on-dish-networks-hopper?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=2854839&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/bdjuV3bQ6ss" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T22:53:00+00:00 tv biggest-skip entertainment 70 70,67,56,49,14,9,6 http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/2137247/broadcast-industry-wades-in-on-dish-networks-hopper?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/IEoL3UJka6E/canadas-internet-surveillance-bill-not-dead-after-all <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/D4E7MIL0TRpZhaYLogygmN1TWGM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/D4E7MIL0TRpZhaYLogygmN1TWGM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/D4E7MIL0TRpZhaYLogygmN1TWGM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/D4E7MIL0TRpZhaYLogygmN1TWGM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>First time accepted submitter Maow writes "Despite a recent story claiming that Canada's Bill C-30, covering internet surveillance, has died a 'lonely' death, the minister responsible claims otherwise. 'Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is denying reports that the Harper government intends to quietly shelve its controversial online surveillance bill, C-30.' Speaking to reporters on Wednesday morning, Toews insisted the legislation was moving ahead. He has previously stated this is the bill that you either support, 'or you stand with the child pornographers.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Canada's+Internet+Surveillance+Bill%3A+Not+Dead+After+All%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FL1gu0y"><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%2F05%2F16%2F2127203%2Fcanadas-internet-surveillance-bill-not-dead-after-all%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/12/05/16/2127203/canadas-internet-surveillance-bill-not-dead-after-all?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/12/05/16/2127203/canadas-internet-surveillance-bill-not-dead-after-all?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=2854823&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/IEoL3UJka6E" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T22:10:00+00:00 canada not-so-fast news 27 27,27,22,17,11,4,1 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/2127203/canadas-internet-surveillance-bill-not-dead-after-all?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5DKoH9mV4EQ/fda-panel-backs-first-rapid-take-home-hiv-test <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VJB6bLUnrZzpTB8WeFA0TCH8Fw8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VJB6bLUnrZzpTB8WeFA0TCH8Fw8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VJB6bLUnrZzpTB8WeFA0TCH8Fw8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VJB6bLUnrZzpTB8WeFA0TCH8Fw8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>TheGift73 writes in with news about an over-the-counter HIV test getting the backing of a panel of FDA experts. "American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their own homes, after a panel of experts on Tuesday recommended approval of the first rapid, over-the-counter HIV test. The 17 members of the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously that the benefits of the OraQuick HIV test outweigh its potential risks for consumers. While the test, which uses a mouth swab to return a result in 20 minutes, does not appear to be as accurate as professionally-administered diagnostics, panelists said it could provide an important way to expand HIV testing. The FDA will make its final decision on whether to approve the product later this year, weighing the opinion of the panel."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=FDA+Panel+Backs+First+Rapid%2C+Take+Home+HIV+Test%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJ8IraJ"><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%2F05%2F16%2F2015219%2Ffda-panel-backs-first-rapid-take-home-hiv-test%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/12/05/16/2015219/fda-panel-backs-first-rapid-take-home-hiv-test?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/12/05/16/2015219/fda-panel-backs-first-rapid-take-home-hiv-test?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=2854735&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/5DKoH9mV4EQ" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T21:50:00+00:00 medicine privacy-of-your-own-home news 59 59,55,43,35,6,0,0 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/2015219/fda-panel-backs-first-rapid-take-home-hiv-test?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/HirbG9ilwOk/verizon-to-kill-all-unlimited-data-plans <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kqGLRw8IEdFzh2fRfZ2bHaiO3lM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kqGLRw8IEdFzh2fRfZ2bHaiO3lM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kqGLRw8IEdFzh2fRfZ2bHaiO3lM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kqGLRw8IEdFzh2fRfZ2bHaiO3lM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>afabbro writes "Verizon mentioned in an investor conference that it will be eliminating unlimited data plans, even for those it grandfathered in. From the article: 'Speaking at the J.P Morgan Technology Media and Telecom conference today, Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo told investors that the company's 3G unlimited data plans that customers were allowed to hang onto last year when Verizon switched to a tiered offering will soon go away entirely. Instead, the company will migrate its existing and new 4G LTE customers to a new "data share plan." The company has yet to announce the details of this new plan, but it has said previously that the data share plan will be introduced in midsummer. The plan will allow people on the same family plan to share buckets of data each month, much like they share voice minutes and text messaging. It will also allow individuals to share data across different 4G LTE devices. '"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Verizon+To+Kill+All+Unlimited+Data+Plans%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJKyduE"><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%2Fmobile.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F16%2F209201%2Fverizon-to-kill-all-unlimited-data-plans%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://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/209201/verizon-to-kill-all-unlimited-data-plans?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://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/209201/verizon-to-kill-all-unlimited-data-plans?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=2854713&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/HirbG9ilwOk" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T21:25:00+00:00 handheld no-data-for-you mobile 168 168,166,114,92,30,17,9 http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/209201/verizon-to-kill-all-unlimited-data-plans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/k3H2m6uz-gU/book-review-the-logic-of-chance <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JhX1RqIf5O3oHthiJXWM7O6u49E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JhX1RqIf5O3oHthiJXWM7O6u49E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JhX1RqIf5O3oHthiJXWM7O6u49E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JhX1RqIf5O3oHthiJXWM7O6u49E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>eldavojohn writes "The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution is a comprehensive snapshot of the latest research of biological evolution. The text is written by Eugene V. Koonin, an editor for a journal and researcher at NCBI. The book, although lacking in foundational knowledge and often foregoing explanation of research, presents a comprehensive and well-referenced view of modern evolutionary research. It is heavily laden with acronyms and jargon specific to biology and evolution. As a result, reading it requires either prior knowledge or a high tolerance for looking up these advanced topics with the reward of it being an extremely eye opening and enjoyable read worthy of your time." Keep reading for the rest of eldavojohn's review.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Book+Review%3A+The+Logic+of+Chance%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJNP009"><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%2Fbooks.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F16%2F1950216%2Fbook-review-the-logic-of-chance%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://books.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1950216/book-review-the-logic-of-chance?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://books.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1950216/book-review-the-logic-of-chance?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=2854691&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/k3H2m6uz-gU" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T20:42:00+00:00 medicine read-all-about-it bookreview 27 27,26,21,21,5,1,1 http://books.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1950216/book-review-the-logic-of-chance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/CqTjsVKxcD4/star-city-and-the-baikonur-cosmodrome <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/XyWhaNHzlxa3OeXi42jrcWhLE3o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/XyWhaNHzlxa3OeXi42jrcWhLE3o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/XyWhaNHzlxa3OeXi42jrcWhLE3o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/XyWhaNHzlxa3OeXi42jrcWhLE3o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>First time accepted submitter zyborg writes "Here's 44 photographs of the Baikonour Cosmodrome used by the ISS program. The pictures range from training, launch vehicle transport and assembly, launch, touchdown, pictures from space, etc. From the article 'Earlier today, a Soyuz-FG rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying an International Space Station (ISS) crew into orbit. Baikonur, Russia's primary space launch facility since the 1950s, is the largest in the world, and supports multiple launches of both manned and unmanned rockets every year. With the U.S. manned space program currently on hold, Baikonur is now the sole launching point for trips to the ISS. Gathered here is a look at the facility, some of the cosmonaut training programs in Star City outside of Moscow, and a few recent launches and landings &mdash; plus a bonus: 3 spectacular long-exposure images of Earth from the ISS.'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Star+City+and+the+Baikonur+Cosmodrome%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJhcj6b"><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%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F16%2F1919215%2Fstar-city-and-the-baikonur-cosmodrome%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://slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1919215/star-city-and-the-baikonur-cosmodrome?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://slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1919215/star-city-and-the-baikonur-cosmodrome?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=2854649&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/CqTjsVKxcD4" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T20:20:00+00:00 iss cool-pictures slashdot 40 40,38,30,24,7,2,1 http://slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1919215/star-city-and-the-baikonur-cosmodrome?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/YbqGXG_Ho1o/facebook-adds-96-million-shares-will-privacy-get-worse-after-ipo <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Nfk9J2wC2F9fEbNFmVkyuHxcUT8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Nfk9J2wC2F9fEbNFmVkyuHxcUT8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Nfk9J2wC2F9fEbNFmVkyuHxcUT8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Nfk9J2wC2F9fEbNFmVkyuHxcUT8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>AlistairCharlton writes "Facebook has made yet another amendment to its S-1 filing, adding a further 96 million shares, pushing its initial public offering up to a potential maximum of $18.4bn (&pound;11.5bn). In what is the eighth amendment to its S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Facebook has also increased the number of shares allowed for over allotment, up from 50.6 million to 63.2 million." Facebook will have a lot of pressure to increase revenue after it goes public. jfruh writes in with a story about how that will impact their privacy policies. "There's been a steady drumbeat of panics over the past few years involving how Facebook uses the personal information you give it; nevertheless, someday you'll look back at 2012 as the golden age of Facebook privacy. That's because, once Facebook has its IPO, it'll come under huge pressure from the markets to extract more revenue from its business. And with display advertising not generating game-changing amounts of money, Facebook has only one valuable resource: your data, which is going to be monetized as hard as possible."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Facebook+Adds+96+Million+Shares%2C+Will+Privacy+Get+Worse+After+IPO%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FIYtpQa"><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%2F05%2F16%2F194240%2Ffacebook-adds-96-million-shares-will-privacy-get-worse-after-ipo%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/12/05/16/194240/facebook-adds-96-million-shares-will-privacy-get-worse-after-ipo?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/12/05/16/194240/facebook-adds-96-million-shares-will-privacy-get-worse-after-ipo?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=2854611&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/YbqGXG_Ho1o" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T20:00:00+00:00 facebook ramping-up-farmville-production yro 148 148,144,109,94,38,20,12 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/194240/facebook-adds-96-million-shares-will-privacy-get-worse-after-ipo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/IxFixDP1Xxw/japanese-researchers-transmit-3gbps-using-terahertz-frequencies <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_gG_A2Fu44kcs59mVpv_QhSSfPI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_gG_A2Fu44kcs59mVpv_QhSSfPI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_gG_A2Fu44kcs59mVpv_QhSSfPI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_gG_A2Fu44kcs59mVpv_QhSSfPI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>MrSeb writes "Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new wireless transmission system that works above all currently regulated spectrum frequencies. The new system works at the range of 300GHz to 3THz (terahertz), which is the Far Infrared (FIR) frequencies of the infrared spectrum. That spectrum is currently totally unregulated by any country or standards organization in the world, making it ripe for development of new technologies. So far the Japanese researchers have transmitted data at 3Gbps, but in theory speeds of up to 100Gbps should be possible."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Japanese+Researchers+Transmit+3Gbps+Using+Terahertz+Frequencies%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FKPIgjj"><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%2Fmobile.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F16%2F1744218%2Fjapanese-researchers-transmit-3gbps-using-terahertz-frequencies%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://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1744218/japanese-researchers-transmit-3gbps-using-terahertz-frequencies?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://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1744218/japanese-researchers-transmit-3gbps-using-terahertz-frequencies?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=2854445&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/IxFixDP1Xxw" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T19:15:00+00:00 japan greased-lightning mobile 105 105,103,77,66,13,5,4 http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1744218/japanese-researchers-transmit-3gbps-using-terahertz-frequencies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/BJ1dCuy--J8/linuxmint13-rc-is-available-for-testing <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DJvooouBuQrvReVzcGVT6QoN1rM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DJvooouBuQrvReVzcGVT6QoN1rM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DJvooouBuQrvReVzcGVT6QoN1rM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DJvooouBuQrvReVzcGVT6QoN1rM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>donadony writes "LinuxMint13 RC is available for testing, this release comes with 2 versions in a separated dvd`s: Mate and Cinnamon. LinuxMint13 Cinnamon is very light and offers some customization, integration of new applets, extensions and themes that can be found on the official website."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=LinuxMint13+RC+Is+Available+For+Testing%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FIYm439"><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%2Flinux.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F16%2F1719208%2Flinuxmint13-rc-is-available-for-testing%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://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1719208/linuxmint13-rc-is-available-for-testing?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://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1719208/linuxmint13-rc-is-available-for-testing?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=2854397&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/BJ1dCuy--J8" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T18:53:00+00:00 linux check-it-out linux 80 80,78,53,39,7,2,0 http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1719208/linuxmint13-rc-is-available-for-testing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/fso1hYXmyIA/apple-tells-siri-to-stop-recommending-nokia <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z3NWiDEfegOsaDYWd4pErSw2OMQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z3NWiDEfegOsaDYWd4pErSw2OMQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z3NWiDEfegOsaDYWd4pErSw2OMQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z3NWiDEfegOsaDYWd4pErSw2OMQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>judgecorp writes "Apple has changed the answer Siri gives to the question 'what is the best smartphone ever?' to prevent the voice-driven assistant from promoting the Nokia Lumia 900. Originally Siri trawled online reviews on the web using the wolfram Alpha search engine, to come up with the Lumia, much to Apple's embarrassment. Now, apple has intervened, replacing that answer with a joke: 'Wait there are other phones?'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Apple+Tells+Siri+To+Stop+Recommending+Nokia%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FKPzGB2"><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%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F16%2F1712243%2Fapple-tells-siri-to-stop-recommending-nokia%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://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1712243/apple-tells-siri-to-stop-recommending-nokia?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://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1712243/apple-tells-siri-to-stop-recommending-nokia?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=2854381&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/fso1hYXmyIA" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2012-05-16T18:33:00+00:00 ai pick-the-other-guy apple 246 246,242,184,152,49,35,26 http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1712243/apple-tells-siri-to-stop-recommending-nokia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/RxNAQlaFI00/kevin-bacon-meets-wikipedia-with-new-pathfinding-program <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lSA_j2PEaEXPxTMvkwIRyO6pEgI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lSA_j2PEaEXPxTMvkwIRyO6pEgI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lSA_j2PEaEXPxTMvkwIRyO6pEgI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lSA_j2PEaEXPxTMvkwIRyO6pEgI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>New submitter BLT2112 writes "Inspired by the Oracle of Bacon, the Oracle of Wikipedia finds the shortest path between two Wikipedia articles, as in Wikipedia Golf. As explained in the site, 'One selects one article as the tee and another article as the hole and then completes the course between them clicking as few links as possible. No typing is allowed. . . . The Oracle also allows you to search for the most challenging potential Wikipedia Golf courses. Can you find a longer course and merit a place in the "records" section?'"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Kevin+Bacon+Meets+Wikipedia+With+New+Pathfinding+Program%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FJgLTBt"><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%2F05%2F16%2F1247212%2Fkevin-bacon-meets-wikipedia-with-new-pathfinding-program%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/12/05/16/1247212/kevin-bacon-meets-wikipedia-with-new-pathfinding-program?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/12/05/16/1247212/kevin-bacon-meets-wikipedia-with-new-pathfinding-program?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=2853867&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/RxNAQlaFI00" height="1" width="1"/> Unknown Lamer 2012-05-16T17:51:00+00:00 wikipedia computers-are-ruining-everything news 37 37,37,19,14,6,3,3 http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1247212/kevin-bacon-meets-wikipedia-with-new-pathfinding-program?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/hQE9FVDoh6A/the-pirate-bay-suffering-global-outage-from-massive-ddos-attack <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vviq5I4doAMDxKMWOP02MYXFBhs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vviq5I4doAMDxKMWOP02MYXFBhs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vviq5I4doAMDxKMWOP02MYXFBhs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Vviq5I4doAMDxKMWOP02MYXFBhs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>MoldySpore writes "If anyone has tried to get to The Pirate Bay in the last 24 hours, they have most likely been met with a timeout. As an article on TorrentFreak notes, only a week ago The Pirate Bay scolded Anonymous for its attack on ISP Virgin Media, and now the site is currently the victim of a DDoS attack that is effectively keeping people from viewing the site. There is a lot of speculation as to whether this is retaliation from Anonymous, the work of an agency such as the RIAA and their associates, or an anti-pirate company such as PiratePay." Cyberwarfare? Pimple-faced teenagers? Someone screwed up the routing tables?<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"> <a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=The+Pirate+Bay+Suffering+Global+Outage+From+Massive+DDoS+Attack%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FKPkkwr"><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%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F05%2F16%2F1638200%2Fthe-pirate-bay-suffering-global-outage-from-massive-ddos-attack%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://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1638200/the-pirate-bay-suffering-global-outage-from-massive-ddos-attack?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://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1638200/the-pirate-bay-suffering-global-outage-from-massive-ddos-attack?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=2854341&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/hQE9FVDoh6A" height="1" width="1"/> Unknown Lamer 2012-05-16T17:10:00+00:00 networking dvd-sales-up-500-percent technology 167 167,161,104,78,33,19,13 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/05/16/1638200/the-pirate-bay-suffering-global-outage-from-massive-ddos-attack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Search Slashdot stories query http://slashdot.org/search.pl