coondoggie writes “The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for a few good university-based computer science researchers who might be interested in developing systems for the US military. The move is seen, in part anyway, as a way for the agency to win more heart and minds of the advanced science community.”
Source: DARPA Issues Call For Computer Science Devotees
@10u8 writes “The Vatican Library plans to digtize 80,000 manuscripts and store them in the open data format FITS, originally developed for astronomy and maintained under the IAU. The result is expected to be 40 million pages and 45 petabytes. FITS was chosen because it ‘has been used for more than 40 years for the conservation of data concerning spatial missions and, in the past decade, in astrophysics and nuclear medicine. It permits the conservation of images with neither technical nor financial problems in the future, since it is systematically updated by the international scientific community.’”
Source: Vatican Chooses Open FITS Image Format
After weeks of e-mails and days of phone calls, yesterday I drove to San Jose for a demo of Michael David Crawford’s secret project. Michael was eager to show off his work, but urged me not to share my interest with the K5 community.
Source: The Secret: A Review of Dulcinea Technologies Corporation’s Debut Product
For as little as $1, automated sites will see if your virus is detected by any of 22 antivirus products, with a guarantee that the malware won’t be sent to the antivirus community.
Source: Underground Services Let Virus Writers Check Their Work
langelgjm sends in a piece from Wired, which details the background of a proposed treaty to allow cross-border sharing of books for the blind — a treaty which is opposed by an almost unified front of business interests in the US, with the exception of Google. “A broad swath of American enterprise ranging from major software makers to motion picture and music companies are joining forces to oppose a new international treaty that would make books more accessible to the blind. With the exception of Google, almost every major industry player has expressed disapproval of the treaty, which would allow cross-border sharing of digitized books accessible to the blind and visually impaired. Google’s chief copyright counsel believes the industry-wide opposition is mainly due to ‘opposition to a larger agenda of limitations and exceptions… We believe this is an unproductive approach to solving what is a discrete, long-standing problem that affects a group that needs and deserves the protections of the international community.’”
Source: Copyright Industries Oppose Treaty For the Blind
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