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Author: alberm Tags: 2009 Academy Sciences Posted: 07 November 2009 Rating: 5.0 Votes: 1

Author: alberm Tags: 2009 Academy Sciences Posted: 07 November 2009 Rating: 5.0 Votes: 1

Author: alberm Tags: 2009 Academy Sciences Posted: 07 November 2009 Rating: 5.0 Votes: 1

Author: alberm Tags: 2009 Academy Sciences Posted: 07 November 2009 Rating: 5.0 Votes: 1

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Apparently the Large Hadron Collider is doomed. It can't even survive a bread bombing by birds. The Droid arrived on the scene though, and people actually lined up. However tethering is gonna cost you on the thing. Are you still in love? And Gwen Stefani doesn't like you making her sing Honky Tonk Women. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1101 Episode Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10392128-266.html Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181590/verizon_droid_tethering_will_cost_you.html http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/06/psa-sears-charging-50-less-for-new-droid-activations-than-veri/ Windows 7 sales exceed Vista sales by 234%, new PC sales not as strong http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_091105a.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10391484-75.html Confirmed: Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10% http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/06/confirmed-skype-founders-settle-with-ebay-and-others-get-14-stake-in-skype-not-10/ Twitter Cleaning Up Trending Topics Spam http://mashable.com/2009/11/05/twitter-trending-topics-spam/ No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero [Updated] http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/no-doubt-sues-activision-over-band-hero.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10391715-17.html Judge Halts Online Sale of Beatles Songs http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/bluebeat-claims-to-own-new-copyrights-to-old-beatles-songs/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/about-those-beatles-songs-its-weirder-than-you-thought.ars?utm_source=rss s lineup..but just in case: Comcast s new throttling policies. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/04/2026206/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking Its network throttling implements a two-tier packet queueing system at the routers, driven by two trigger conditions. Comcast s first traffic throttling trigger is tripped by using more than 70 per cent of your maximum downstream or upstream bandwidth for more than 15 minutes. Its second traffic throttling trigger is tripped when the Cable Modem Termination System you re hooked-up to - along with up to 15,000 other Comcast subscribers - gets congested, and your traffic is somehow identified as being responsible. Tripping either of Comcast s high bandwidth usage rate triggers results in throttling for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes. So by analogy, will cops start giving out speeding tickets if you travel =70% of the posted speed limit for more than 15 minutes as well? Wasn t there a recent story about the FTC/FCC rules about Truth in advertising about ISP speeds? Now Comcast pretty much says, that whatever the ADVERTISED bandwidth, you will be punished for using more than 70% of your ACTUAL bandwidth. Lima Tango Sierra! Bob in NJ ********** Hey, First off, Love the Show My brother just alerted me to the Darpa Network Challenge, http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/, which is to mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet. The goal of the Challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 large red weather balloons scattered throughout the continental united states. One person can t do it alone, so the winner will be the best one to use Social Networking to solve the challenge, and what better then getting the word out on BOL? I ve seen others on Facebook with the same idea, but I m also shamelessly running a contest website at http://www.mgatelabs.com/wiki/Darpa_Network_Challenge Thanks, Michael Fuller Graduate Student of Software Engineering @ Auburn University Developer of Port Defender on the AppStore ********** Greetings buzztown, Tom, you were concerned about the lack of competition in the chip market. Well actually there was more in the early days of Windows NT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windo NT was initially available on these platforms: Intel X86, MIPS R3000/R4000 DEC Alpha, IBM PowerPC, Itanium and AMD64. I was in software development back then. With four Unix platforms, we had 10 platforms to develop and support. Expensive! With the market consolidation, It is so much easier now. We support Windows X86, OS X, Solaris and HP-UX. Any new chip maker is going to have to emulate the X86 instruction set. AMD, in 1982 licensed the X86 architecture. That, I believe, is why they still exist today. I can t imagine Intel would do that again, Unless the Government ordered it. It is nice to have a standard PC that can boot Windows, OS X and Linux as needed. There is more competition in electrical outlets around the world. There are 12 different connectors and about 6 different voltages. It s tough charging you laptop around the world. Love the Show, Henry C. Livonia MI

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The European Commission has decided that every citizen has a right to the Internet, but still made it fairly easy for the media industry to cut the Internet off. We also see that Intel is in hot water again. And we ask that perennial question, "Why can't I own a Canadian?" And Google answers. Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe with iTunes (audio) Subscribe with iTunes (video) Subscribe with RSS (audio) Subscribe with RSS (video) EPISODE 1100 Intel in threats and bribery suit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8343179.stm Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored privacy data http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10390941-265.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/transparency-choice-and-control-now.html EU Breaks deadlock in debate over right to Internet access http://www.pcworld.com/article/181472/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8344174.stm Tell the FCC to say no to Hollywood s insane Selectable Output Control kill-switch http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/tell-the-fcc-to-say.html Congress may require ISPs to block certain fraud sites http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10390779-38.html Verizon offers prepaid, no-contract 3G data bundled with a USB airstick http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10391153-94.html Man-In-the-Middle Vulnerability For SSL and TLS http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/144252/Man-In-the-Middle-Vulnerability-For-SSL-and-TLS eBay launches online fashion magazine http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/ebay-comes-out-of-the-attic-and-starts-a-fashion-magazine/ WoW may be banned in China http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5A32GE20091104 What does Google Suggest suggest about the state of humanity? http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49304156,00.htm VOICE MAIL Brent from Lake Elsinore on Paypal E-MAIL Hello Buzztronauts The NASA Space Elevator 2010 competition is currently ongoing at Edwards airforce base in California. There are now only 3 teams competing and well my university is one of those teams. There s some really cool tech involved with records being broken for the most power wirelessly beamed over a distance and also just some really cool stuff to see a robot climb 1 km vertically while being powered by a giant laser. The USST (University of Saskatchewan Space design Team) will get their first run tomorrow morning at 7 AM and the competition can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/space-elevator News of today s happenings can be found here. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/04/2117873.aspx Love the Show Scott The Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering Student Theede ********** Hi Buzz Crew, Listening to the commentary on episode 1099 about the ACTA treaty and the possible resulting three-strikes law, it occurred to me that perhaps what we need is a co-ordinated campaign against the lawmakers. In each country where these laws are enacted, people could make claims of copyright infringement against the legislators at both home and work. After receiving three such complaints the ISPs would have no choice but to cut off their internet connections. It would be interesting to see how quickly the laws would be repealed when those that made them became personally affected by the severe defects and opportunity for abuse in the legislation. Love the show, Doug ********** http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/04/latest_snow_leopard_build_resurrects_atom_compatibility.html You guys had a pretty good go at Apple on Monday for getting rid of Atom compatibility. Was that really warranted given that it was a private beta release given to select developers? Anyway, now they ve put it back in. I m about 99% sure they put it back because they heard Molly s rant. Love the show, scottjackson ********** Hey Buzz Crew, After watching the podcast last night I went to Google Maps and looked up this mythic town of Argleton. I was poking around the area and noticed something else. Just to the south of the supposed site of Argleton is a train station. The name of this train station is the Maghull Rail Station. It made me laugh because it reminded me of what Natalie said about not being able to see it because we are Muggles . I got a kick out of it anyway. LOVE LOVE LOVE the show, Aaron (Graphic artist from Garland, TX)

More beautiful weather! Friday Sunny, windy, and warm. High: 76 Friday night Mostly clear. Low: 55 Saturday - Mostly sunny. High: 77 Sunday - Partly cloudy. High: 74 Monday Partly cloudy with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. High: 65 Tuesday - Partly cloudy. High: 57 Music to head into the weekend Your Turn To Cry Whitney Steele Direct link to the audio a

The dark clouds have been rolling in over Malilangwe, but with nothing more than the promise of rain. It is November already and anytime from mid-month onwards we can expect the down pours to start. I can still remember last year, when I was caught in a heavy storm and the water was flowing straight through my clothes as I cautiously navigated the muddy roads– it makes one feel like a kid playing in the rain. I’ve been getting some daily exercise walking up and down the hyena hill to check on the new den. I eventually found the two older mothers using a den right on the top of the hill in a different den than I thought previously. When I first spotted one of the older cubs roaming the hill I used my “special call” to attract their attention so they wouldn’t freak out by my presence. They came straight away to inspect and then strolled over to a crack in the rocks. I followed and took up a position on a nearby rock. One big mother then came out the den to see what new clan member had arrived; surprisingly, she was completely relaxed with me being there. I stayed for the morning to observed and take photos and get them used to me being around the new den. The hyenas and wild dogs had a huge confrontation South of Manyuchi two mornings ago, but nothing serious enough for them to eat each other. I received an update on Magwaza the lioness and her three cubs. They were hanging around Chitindigova Hill just North of Bandama Pan, always in the hills these lions, the cubs are growing strong and the ex-Nduna lioness is still mixed up with the pride with one other lioness. This unknown lioness seems to be lactating, which means there might be some more little ones on the way. It may be too soon to jump to conclusions, there is really no way to tell for sure, unless some mad person climbs into the hill to take a look. I think I might camp out in my vehicle over next few days to see what I can spot.

Leaks from the secret negotiations of the ACTA treaty allege that ISPs worldwide would be required to lose safe-harbor protections, implement three-strike antipiracy policies, and worse. We think this is outrageous. AT s a lawyer for that http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10389960-266.html AT there s a map for that ads http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/atandt-sues-verizon-over-theres-a-map-for-that-ads/ T-Mobile USA says it has fixed voice, data outages http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091104-710151.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10390097-56.html Leaked ACTA Internet provisions: Three strikes and a global DMCA http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/leaked-acta-internet-provisions-three-strikes-and- http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html EMI sues Beatles-download Web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8342277.stm The Beatles catalog being released on limited-edition USB stick http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/the-beatles-catalog-being-released-on-limited-edition-usb-stick/ Nvidia confirms Intel chipsets won t support USB 3.0 until 2011 http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/nvidia-confirms-intel-chipsets-wont-support-usb-3-0-until-2011/ So, will Nvidia go rogue with its own x86 chipset? http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/11/nvidia-x86-cpu-rumors-resurfaceis-it-a-plausible-scenario.ars UPDATE: Personal Droid data will cost $30 http://www.gearlog.com/2009/11/personal_droid_data_will_cost.php Verizon looking to bump early termination fee to $350 on advanced devices http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/verizon-looking-to-bump-early-termination-fee-to-350-on-advanc/ Another Verizon Droid commercial, Stealth, and it's awesome http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/11/03/another-verizon-droid-commercial-stealth-and-its-awesome/ PayPal unveils plans to open payment service http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600183 In test, Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/03/2123258/In-Test-Windows-7-Vulnerable-To-8-Out-of-10-Viruses E-MAIL Hi BOL crew! I love the show but it can be hard to sit and listen to somebody for 5 minutes going on about a software licensing system that should be put into place, when it s been around for 15 years or so. It s called Microsoft Open Licensing with Software Assurance. http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/default.aspx Small and large corporations can purchase from this programme to license their applications and OS from Microsoft. They can opt in for Software Assurance which means they get any and all paid upgrades at no extra charge during the license period (Usually 3 years) They also get support and other benefits. Media is sent out when required. Some versions of the MS OLP allow companies to pay annually over the 3 years rather than up front if that helps their books. It does give you predictable IT expenditures. When it comes to home users, most IT experts will agree that it s usually best to use the OS that came with your computer and ignore major OS updates. Wait until you buy a new computer that comes with the new OS. Small updates like Snow Leopard on new computers like my March 2009 iMac make sense, especially at $30! However, I like Tom, do not want to pay monthly or annually for my software. If it was an option it might be ok, but not the only one I hope. I repeat, LTS! Cheers, Jay Rymal Toronto, Ontario, Canada ********** Re: Nook v. Alex. I am not sure what trade secrets were taken from Spring Design. Judging from the documents filed, Spring Design didn t even have a working prototype in the Feb 09 meeting, so the only thing they exchanged were probably concepts. If B s the big deal about dual screens Nintendo DS (hence the name) has been around for a long time with split screen functionality. Expanding it to a tablet size seems like an obvious expansion. Nintendo lawyers: start your engines. Dickson ********** Hey Buzz crew! Bryan the Insurance IT guy here in Springfield, Missouri. I've been listening to the show for several years without writing or calling in, but I was listening to the Verizon/Exchange discussion in episode 1098 on the way to work this morning and thought I'd finally chime in with a couple of tidbits! First, I administer Exchange and mobile devices for my office, and I can tell you there's no simple way for Verizon or any other carrier to detect and block Exchange ActiveSync traffic. ActiveSync encapsulates all device-server communications in HTTPS packets for security, so the only port that needs to be allowed for ActiveSync to work is port 443 - and you can bet all hell would break loose if any carrier tried to block port 443, as that's the port used for ALL SECURE WEBSITES! One thing they might try is to profile traffic patterns for ActiveSync and block based on that, but I'm guessing that's harder than it sounds and would get very messy, very quickly. Good luck to any carrier trying to pull THAT one off. Second, I've now been involved in setting up half a dozen users with iPhones in my office, some on personal plans, and some on our recently-established corporate account. NONE OF US is paying the 45 bucks for "Enterprise" data service on the iPhone. For the users who set it up on their personal accounts, that didn't surprise me. I DID expect to get some pushback on the iPhone data plans for the corporate accounts, but in every case, we looked the AT&T rep in the eye and said, "Yes, it's a corporate account, but I'm only going to check personal email", and in every case, they didn't even blink. Maybe this attitude varies by region, but here in Southwest Missouri, at least, I've never heard of a case of AT&T forcing the $15 premium on iPhone users, even on business accounts. Incidentally, there's only one time we've been required to pony up the $45 for the enterprise data plan - AND IT WAS TO SUPPORT OUR LONE BLACKBERRY USER. Maybe next time I'll call in, but I like to take serious relationships slowly. For now I'm still listening to other shows, but BOL holds a special place in my heart, and maybe one day I'll be able to commit.

The gorgeous autumn weather continues! Thursday Mostly sunny. Breezy. High: 65 Thursday night Partly cloudy. Low: 50 Friday Partly cloudy to mostly sunny. Windy and warm. High: 76 Saturday - Mostly sunny. High: 76 Sunday - Partly cloudy. High: 70 Monday Partly cloudy with a chance for showers and thunderstorms. High: 65 Direct link to the audio a

5 November: Scientists take a closer look at a star first spotted in 1680, how unrelated animals lend a helping hand, a 'Pleistocene Park' in the Netherlands, and a round-up of what's hot elsewhere in Nature.