MagLev Trains Annoyingly Loud

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Virginia MagLev Project Back on Track

Virginia MagLev Project Back on Track 04/18/2004 08:17 AM
Slashdot Apr 18 2004 12:21PM GMT

Money Problems May Derail First U.S.
MagLev Train

Money Problems May Derail First U.S.
MagLev Train 12/14/2003 04:02 PM

Japan's maglev train sets speed record

Japan's maglev train sets speed record 12/02/2003 12:16 PM
Boston Globe Dec 2 2003 10:45AM ET

Japan's Maglev Train Sets Speed Record

Japan's Maglev Train Sets Speed Record 12/02/2003 05:27 AM
AP via Newsday Dec 2 2003 4:22AM ET

China Abandons Long-Distance Maglev
Effort

China Abandons Long-Distance Maglev
Effort 01/18/2004 08:12 AM

This Linux Box Is too Loud!

This Linux Box Is too Loud! 07/13/2004 05:11 AM
Building a quiet Linux system doesn't have to mean tearing up your box and starting over. Follow a few simple tips for a placid work environment.

E3: Loud and Garish as Ever

E3: Loud and Garish as Ever 05/14/2004 04:46 AM
Anyone with even a passing interest in video games would consider the Los Angeles Convention Center heaven this week -- at least for a few hours. Check out some of the action from the E3 show floor. Wired News reports from Los Angeles.

ThoughtsOnThinking : Designing Out
Loud...

ThoughtsOnThinking : Designing Out
Loud... 06/22/2004 04:03 AM

Did Google Get Loud On Purpose?

Did Google Get Loud On Purpose? 08/13/2004 06:07 PM
Well, it's a ridiculously slow news day, so it's really no surprise that something like this might boil up. Following yesterday's efforts to give techies and investment types an extra reason to buy a copy of Playboy, IPO pundit Tom Taulli is (half jokingly... I think) rolling out the rumor that Google purposely pushed Playboy to get the interview out in order to have the SEC delay their IPO until slightly more favorable conditions existed. That would seem especially sneaky, and it's unlikely it's actually what happened. Though, if it is what they tried to do, it appears the plan didn't work. The SEC has made Google explain away the difference between their filings and the Playboy article, but otherwise has let the IPO move forward.

Pavitr Prabhakar. Say it out loud.

Pavitr Prabhakar. Say it out loud. 06/21/2004 05:33 PM
Forget transla tions. Spiderman gets remade, bottom-to-top, for the subcontinent.

Just Upgrade, For Crying Out Loud

Just Upgrade, For Crying Out Loud 05/28/2004 03:36 PM

From the 'Let it Die' Department: A couple of Apple hackers have modded up their Apple ]['s so that they can run web browsers (yes, you read that right).

Oliver Schmidt and Glenn Jones have made a working prototype Apple ][ port of Contiki that works with Glenn's self-built Apple ][ Ethernet card. Thanks to Tim Haynes, a video capture of the port is available for download (9 megabytes, DivX encoded). The video shows an Ethernet-equipped Apple ][e loading and running Contiki, the network configuration process, and the web browser surfing to www.apple2.org! Oliver did the porting of Contiki to the Apple ][ and Glenn made device drivers for his Ethernet hardware.

Apple should ship those guys an iMac, just out of admiration.

Tune in next week when we play Unreal Tournament on an Atari 2600.

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A loud quiet launch

A loud quiet launch 04/15/2004 11:51 AM
The first line of the news.com article on A9 says that "Amazon.com has quietly launched a test version of its long-awaited search engine" (emphasis mine). Curious. I wonder if news.com felt slighted at the way A9 chose to initially publicize the site, breaking the story via a weblog instead of a traditional media outlet (like, say, news.com) and the "quietly launched" is a displeased rejoinder to the strategy. Judging from...

Thief 3 No Longer Only for the Loud &
Clumsy

Thief 3 No Longer Only for the Loud &
Clumsy 06/18/2004 04:17 PM

MATT GALLANT -- Well, for PC users anyway. The bug in Thief: Deadly Shadows that caused saved games started on Expert difficulty to revert to Normal upon loading has been patched out.

Still no word on a means of recourse for owners of the Xbox version though, which suffers from the same bug. Since Thief is a single player game, it was not made for Xbox Live and therefore doesn't have any easy means of patching. So you Xbox people, you'll still be able to do stuff like shown above and still pretend you're playing on Expert for a while longer.

Get [Thief 3 Patch - 425KB]

Piccolo Not Too Loud, Wis. Court Rules
(AP)

Piccolo Not Too Loud, Wis. Court Rules
(AP) 01/23/2004 02:22 PM
AP - The high-pitched sound of the piccolo is not unreasonably loud as far as Madison's concerned.

Loud Blasts Echo Across Central Baghdad

Loud Blasts Echo Across Central Baghdad 05/22/2004 09:58 AM
Reuters via Wired News May 22 2004 1:46PM GMT

Looking to appeal to young people, new
PCs are going loud and bold

Looking to appeal to young people, new
PCs are going loud and bold 09/12/2004 03:13 AM
Boston Globe Sep 12 2004 7:12AM GMT

Looking to appeal to young people, PCs
are going loud and bold

Looking to appeal to young people, PCs
are going loud and bold 09/12/2004 05:18 AM
Boston Globe Sep 12 2004 9:34AM GMT

Novell CEBIT announcements are loud and
clear

Novell CEBIT announcements are loud and
clear 03/14/2005 04:05 PM
Commentary: Novell made two major Linux-related announcements at CEBIT this week. They announced SUSE Professional 9.3, due to be released in April, and ZENworks 7 for Linux. Unlike many press releases in this industry, announcing a new customer contract or otherwise allowing marketing folk to message the masses (forgive me, Baud, for the babble-speak), these two actually have some weight to them. Novell's director of marketing for SUSE LINUX, Greg Mancusi-Ungaro, and ZENworks product management and marketing vice president Alan Murray combined to brief NewsForge on the news yesterday afternoon, following the SUSE Professional 9.3 announcement at CEBIT, but ahead of today's unveiling at CEBIT of the latest version of ZENworks.

Loud Blast Heard in Central Baghdad

Loud Blast Heard in Central Baghdad 07/31/2004 12:34 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 31 2004 4:41AM GMT

Loud Explosion Heard in Central Baghdad

Loud Explosion Heard in Central Baghdad 06/27/2004 03:23 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 27 2004 7:33AM GMT

Wi-Fi Use on UK Trains Popular

Wi-Fi Use on UK Trains Popular 09/21/2004 12:42 PM
Wi-Fi service on UK trains is seeing solid growth in usage: Use of the service is growing 77 percent week over week, but that figure is a bit misleading because the number of trains offering Wi-Fi is also increasing. However, users are also spending an increasing amount of time on the network and there seems to be an indication that passengers are deciding to buy first class tickets because the Wi-Fi access there is free. In other commuter Wi-Fi news, Sydney, Australia is considering offering Wi-Fi on Sydney ferries....

Bullet Trains

Bullet Trains 01/04/2004 12:23 AM

Japan's maglev train sets record: CNN had a story on Headline News about maglev trains and it got the geek in me all excited. They mentioned this one.

The experimental three-car maglev was carrying passengers when it set the world's top speed for a train, clocking at 581 kph (361 mph)...

Now, here's the deal: 600 m.p.h. in a plane is not really a problem, because there's nothing to run into in the air (I know, I know — other planes, buildings, the ground...don't get smart). But 361 m.p.h. on train tracks? On the ground? Where there are things like cars, and cows, and school buses full of little children that could end up on the tracks? That 361 m.p.h. would seem so much faster if you ran into something.

It happened in 1998 in Germany. One hundred twenty people died when abullet train derailed and hit an overpass. And it was only travelling at 175 mp.h.

I don't want to be alarmist or anything, but that kind of speed, that close to stuff that's as unforgiving as an overpass just makes me a little nervous. And it's only a matter of time before Jon Voight and Tom Cruise get into a fight on top of one of them, and then what happens?

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Trains vs. Airplanes

Trains vs. Airplanes 12/04/2003 01:29 AM
Tra ins vs. Airplanes. Amtrak has reported record ridership levels for the Thanksgiving season. But the success of the rails is indebted to post 9/11 air-travel anxiety. Maybe, it would be better for travelers to stop fearing hijackings and resume flying planes instead of riding intercity trains out of fear. On the other hand, it could be a good thing that rail travel is getting a second look after years of decline.

More Wi-Fi on European Trains

More Wi-Fi on European Trains 02/10/2004 02:40 AM
Eurostar, the train operator, will start testing Wi-Fi access on its cross-channel services this year: But service won't be available while in the tunnel under the English Channel. Another train operator, GNER, has been experimenting with Wi-Fi on its trains. It achieves coverage in tunnels by stringing together cell phone antennas to maintain the connection, which otherwise is backhauled via satellite. Apparently train operators are hoping that Wi-Fi services will draw customers back away from short-haul airlines....

More Wi-Fi on British Trains

More Wi-Fi on British Trains 01/22/2004 02:02 PM
BT OpenZone is building Wi-Fi on 13 more railway stations: Virgin also covers a few stations. One route between London and Scotland offers access onboard as part of a trial. In addition, Broadreach and PointShot are building the backbone for a Wi-Fi network that can be offered to the rail network operators. They will use the platform to manage the onboard Wi-Fi access....

Loud Blast Heard Near U.S. HQ in Baghdad
-Witnesses (Reuters)

Loud Blast Heard Near U.S. HQ in Baghdad
-Witnesses (Reuters) 06/13/2004 12:47 AM
Reuters - A loud blast echoed at the U.S. administration's headquarters in Baghdad Sunday and sirens went off to warn staff to take cover, witnesses said.

Loud Blast Heard in Central Baghdad
(Reuters)

Loud Blast Heard in Central Baghdad
(Reuters) 07/30/2004 03:30 PM
Reuters - A loud blast was heard in central Baghdad close to midnight on Friday, a Reuters witness said.

Creative and id Software make loud Doom
noise

Creative and id Software make loud Doom
noise 07/26/2004 10:59 AM

Loud Blasts Echo Across Central Baghdad
(Reuters)

Loud Blasts Echo Across Central Baghdad
(Reuters) 05/22/2004 06:52 AM
Reuters - Several loud blasts sounded across central Baghdad on Saturday, not far from the "Green Zone" headquarters of the U.S.-led administration, witnesses said.

Brief: Siemens warns of ear damage from
loud mobile tune

Brief: Siemens warns of ear damage from
loud mobile tune 08/27/2004 05:20 PM
Siemens warned customers of a software defect in a range of mobile phones that could cause hearing damage.

Logitech Premium USB Headset 350
Reviewed (Verdict: Loud)

Logitech Premium USB Headset 350
Reviewed (Verdict: Loud) 06/22/2005 01:57 AM

Logitech's new Premium USB Headset 350 gets a glowing review from Everything USB, who claims its slim construction is light and comfortable and not just a fragile $50 headset. One benefit they don't exactly mention is that a USB headset serves as a separate sound device in Windows, allowing you to run just the headphone chatter in multiplayer games like Battlefield 2 to the headphones alone, while keeping the sounds from the game, explosions and such, in your booming surround sound speakers.

Logitech Premium USB Headset 350 [EverythingUSB]

After loud lows, Gateway hopes to moove
into black

After loud lows, Gateway hopes to moove
into black 09/13/2004 02:45 PM
Not to be cowed by string of losses, PC maker enacts sweeping changes designed to quickly return it to profitability.

Trains with Wi-Fi May Tempt Travelers

Trains with Wi-Fi May Tempt Travelers 05/20/2004 09:53 AM
Survey says that most business travelers would opt for a train over a car or plane ride if Wi-Fi were available: Fifty percent of existing business train travelers already carry a laptop, the survey found, and most already work during train trips making calls or handling electronic files. Users would pay up to £12 (about US$20) for longer trips....

Getting Started with Lego Trains

Getting Started with Lego Trains 04/09/2004 04:11 PM

MPs call for action on new trains

MPs call for action on new trains 07/27/2004 02:36 AM
Ministers must tackle the problems which have dogged the introduction of new trains, an MPs committee says.

Automated NYC trains debut

Automated NYC trains debut 04/10/2005 09:52 PM
USA Today Apr 10 2005 11:36PM GMT

Man Gesturing at Trains Gets Too Close
(AP)

Man Gesturing at Trains Gets Too Close
(AP) 07/21/2004 06:06 PM
AP - A man in a wheelchair who makes obscene gestures to the crews of passing trains was injured when he got a little too close to one of them, police said.

First full run for tilting trains

First full run for tilting trains 09/26/2004 09:05 PM
Virgin's high-speed tilting trains finally come into passenger service on the West Coast Main Line.

Could SA trains have WiFi in the future?

Could SA trains have WiFi in the future? 05/26/2004 10:34 PM
Sunday Times South Africa May 27 2004 2:24AM GMT
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Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing
politics.slashdot.org

Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing
politics.slashdot.org 09/07/2004 12:10 PM

Slashdot for WAP phones 1.0

Slashdot for WAP phones 1.0 02/17/2004 11:50 AM
An adapter that lets you read Slashdot articles on a WAP enabled mobile phone.

Slashdot Down for Service

Slashdot Down for Service 07/16/2004 11:55 PM
Geeks of the world, relax! Slashdot, that uber-blog of open-source technology news isn't under attack. It is, however, undergoing a scheduled, but unannounced, code refresh.

Slashdot Humour

Slashdot Humour 04/20/2004 08:43 PM

Spotted in a thread about a newly discovered TCP/IP vulnerability:

No problem (Score:5, Funny)
by niom (638987) on Tuesday April 20, @03:18PM (#8920438)

I'll just switch to UDP.

Re:No problem (Score:5, Funny)
by TheTomcat (53158) on Tuesday April 20, @03:25PM (#8920559)

more like:
UDP just I. switch ll'll to I just

Slashdot for WAP phones 1.2

Slashdot for WAP phones 1.2 07/21/2004 09:26 AM
An adapter that lets you read Slashdot articles on a WAP enabled mobile phone.

Slashdot caído

Slashdot caído 08/02/2004 05:18 PM

The Slashdot Effect

The Slashdot Effect 12/17/2004 06:43 PM

Slashdot effect: Interesting comments and links about the Slashdot effect.

Few definitive numbers exist regarding the precise magnitude of the Slashdot effect, but estimates put the peak of the mass influx of page requests at anywhere from several hundred to several thousand hits per minute. The flood usually peaks when the article is at the top of Slashdot's front page and gradually subsides as the story is superseded by newer items. Traffic usually remains at elevated levels until the article is pushed off the front page, which can take from 12 to 18 hours after its initial posting.

Someday people will live in fear of "The Gadgetopia Effect."

Slashdot Gets Real

Slashdot Gets Real 09/14/2004 02:27 PM
Real Networks' CEO, Rob Glaser, talks Harmony, Freedom of Choice, and support for the Mac OS in a revealing Slashdot interview.

Gnomoradio on Slashdot

Gnomoradio on Slashdot 09/10/2004 12:59 PM

Last October we wrote about Gnomoradio, software that helps people share CC-licensed music.

Gnomoradio has made good progress since then. Check out the new screenshots.

One Gnomoradio screenshot. Click for more.

Now Slashdot has taken notice, with ensuing discussion.

Slashdot Is Worthless

Slashdot Is Worthless 01/07/2003 09:53 PM
There. I said it. Slashdot is worthless. OK, I'll admit that the headlines are useful, but the comments certainly are not. The sad thing about Slashdot is that there are still people posting useful and interesting comments, and they're utterly and completely lost among the utter crap that floods the site. Generally I make do by simply ignoring the comments section on Slashdot entirely, but after reading the comments on the Jhai PC yesterday, I realized that the comments section is not just worthless but actually a malign force. -- rafeco

I see it slightly differently. Slashdot is great as a black hole for all the stupid comments you have kept deep down inside you, a place you can let go of all your shit. Just like this weblog!

"tri" Link thanks to Archipelago.

"zeldman.honey"

Slashdot over IPv6

Slashdot over IPv6 02/13/2003 05:05 AM
This trick works for most sites by simply appending .sixxs.org to the domain part of a url, eg http://www.google.com.sixxs.org, the gateway will the rewrite ...

Legal uses for P2P catalogued on
Slashdot

Legal uses for P2P catalogued on
Slashdot 12/27/2004 10:38 AM
Cory Doctorow: The Supreme Court have agreed to hear the appeal on Grokster v MGM, the court case that EFF won, legalizing P2P networks. To help save the Internet's bacon, Slashdot users have clubbed together to catalog noninfringing uses for P2P networks.

Durring the beginning of the Iraq war, I used P2P to get video and pictures that were censored from the US. The instant I hear about pictures, recordings, etc. on another network they can't show in the US, I go find them on P2P. Along with that search, I also found pictures that solders had taken along the way. Then I found gunship video (de-classified and classified because it had altitude/other readings) showing people walking into a building. The order came, and they leveled the building. Then started firing on anyone leaving the scene. You could actually see the men get thrown around after getting hit with munitions. On, and this video just happened to show one man running into a mosque so he was let go. (sure it wasn't leaked on purpose)

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Slashdot | Windows 2000

Slashdot | Windows 2000 02/12/2004 06:13 PM
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/12/2114228 Neowin.net is reporting that Windows 2000 and Windows NT source code has been leaked to the internet.

Slashdot bans ETCON

Slashdot bans ETCON 02/11/2004 08:33 PM
Slashdot has a script that bans your IP address if you pull their RSS too often. I'm at ETCON, where I'm sharing a public-facing IP with hundreds of Slashdot readers who are all pulling /.'s RSS. So I have been banned, along with all of them, for 72 hours. Link

Slashdot Commentors on SuprNova

Slashdot Commentors on SuprNova 12/22/2004 01:03 AM

Following up on Torrent Shutdowns: Slashdot has posted a bit on Sup rNova being shutdown. What I found interesting were the comments: they are generally very anti-SuprNova, very pro-copyright. An example:

Furthermore, this is exactly what should be happening: the government attacks those who break the law, rather than those who create the tools. Bit torrent and p2p applications have legal, useful purposes; by seeking those who use them in illegal ways rather than banning them altogther is appropriate, rather than trying to ban them.

I find this odd (notice I said "odd," not "wrong") for a site like Slashdot.

Slashdot Weekend Roundup

Slashdot Weekend Roundup 04/26/2004 07:40 AM
Slashdot had some good gadget news this weekend (I know! They must have changed the mix in their daily free Thinkgeek Crazy Caffeine Slurry). The first was a tongue-in-cheek homemade mod which stuffs the cooling power of case fans into a gel mousepad, dubbed the 'BreezePad.' Then there was the...

RSS abuse and Slashdot IP banning

RSS abuse and Slashdot IP banning 05/12/2004 03:50 PM

I've had a number of people ask me about t his blog entry, whose title suggests that FeedDemon was banned from Slashdot. If you read the entire entry you'll find out that the subject is misleading - it's really about how Slashdot tries to protect itself from people who make too many requests on their feed.

Given the un necessary bandwidth consumption caused by some RSS readers, Slashdot certainly has every right to try to protect themselves from RSS abuse. The problem is that they ban based on IP address - which obviously causes problems for those behind a proxy server that shares a single IP address with dozens of other users. In all fairness, though, I'm not sure of a better solution to Slashdot's valid concerns.

Anyway...since some who read the aforementioned article thought it might be due to a problem in FeedDemon, I just wanted to make it clear that this will happen regardless of which RSS reader you use if you're behind an IP-sharing proxy. As I pointed out in an earlier post, FeedDemon employs a number of techniques to keep bandwidth consumption to a minimum - which not only keeps it 'Net-friendly, but also makes it extremely fast since it doesn't waste time performing unnecessary updates.

Slashdot: The Hardened-PHP Project

Slashdot: The Hardened-PHP Project 05/17/2004 02:44 AM
Stefan Esser is the author of the Hardened PHP project. Reading through the feature-list, i cannot help but feel that some of these features should have been rolled into PHP's standard safe-mode. Implementing it as a set of patches just means a lot more work for everyone, particularly the maintainer.

Some of the responses to this post were quite interesting. Among other things, PHP appears to be a great programming tool for Porn.

Slashdot Goes Dark, Briefly

Slashdot Goes Dark, Briefly 07/19/2004 02:49 AM
Extreme Tech Jul 19 2004 7:08AM GMT

Slashdot Reviews 'We the Media'

Slashdot Reviews 'We the Media' 08/04/2004 06:58 PM
On Slashdot, Ernie Miller has positive thoughts in a review of We the Media. Then the Slashdot readers chime in with their typically wide-ranging assortment of comments.

Michael Badnarik on Slashdot

Michael Badnarik on Slashdot 09/21/2004 01:07 AM
Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Badnarik an swers Slashdot's qu estions.

Firefox and Rendering Slashdot

Firefox and Rendering Slashdot 12/19/2004 03:25 PM
I've been getting this error viewing various pages at Slashdot with Firefox on and off since about version 0.8. Hitting refresh renders the page properly though. Is this an issue with Firefox or with Slashdot's ancient markup?

Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards

Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards 02/10/2004 02:35 AM
A look at the markup behind Slashdot.org that demonstrates how simple -- and cost-effective -- the switch to a standards-compliant Slashdot could be. (Part I of a two-part series.)

Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards

Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards 01/07/2004 07:09 PM
A look at the markup behind Slashdot.org that demonstrates how simple -- and cost-effective -- the switch to a standards-compliant Slashdot could be. (Part I of a two-part series.)

MagLev Trains Annoyingly Loud

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