The 2 strong earthquakes of July 14, 2019 – the first a 6.6-magnitude off the western coast of Australia and the second a 7.3-magnitude in Indonesia – happened along the Pacific Ring of Fire. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/earthquakes-australia-indonesia-ring-of-fire-july-14-2019…
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Today in 2015: New Horizons at Pluto
The small, fast-moving New Horizons spacecraft is likely to be the only Pluto mission in the lifetimes of many of us. It changed forever the way we on Earth perceive this outermost world and its moons. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/july-4-2015-new-horizons-at-pluto…
Is It Time To Get Rid Of The Caps Lock Key?
“At its worst, it’s a waste of precious space, an annoyance, a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist any more,” complains Daniel Colin James, a writer, developer, product manager. In a recent Medium essay, he called the Caps Lops key “an unnecessary holdover from a time when typewriters were the bleeding edge of consumer technology” — and even contacted the…
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto: A longer view
Astronomer Guy Ottewell talks about his awesome book about some of our solar system’s most beloved outer worlds. As always, he provides the best charts anywhere! Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/ottewell-uranus-neptune-pluto-longer-view…
Eltanin and Rastaban, the Dragon’s Eyes
These 2 famous stars shine down from the northern sky. Eltanin and Rastaban represent the fiery Eyes of the constellation Draco the Dragon. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/eltanin-and-rastaban-dragons-eyes…
Developer Requests Google Remove Their Logo From Re-Designed Golang Page
Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: Another very minor kerfuffle has broken out in the community for the Go programming language. When its official Twitter account asked for feedback on the new look of its web site, one developer suggested that it had been a mistake to add the Google logo to the lower-right of the home page. “A lot of people associate…
They’re Making a Movie Based On the 1978 Game ‘Space Invaders’
The 1978 arcade game Space Invader will become a major motion picture, reports Engadget. “The writer behind the ‘Mortal Kombat’ reboot is involved.” Deadline reports:
It will take work fleshing this into a full-fledged alien-invasion movie, but the title is certainly a brand. In the game, a series of blocky aliens descended from the top of the screen to the bottom, and…
Galileo Satellite Positioning Service Outage
Long-time Slashdot reader hyperfine transition writes: The Galileo satellite positioning service is currently unavailable, with all satellites marked as in outage . Galileo is the European-built and operated alternative to GPS. The outage is being attributed to problems at the Precise Timing Facility in Italy. The availability of multiple Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and the relative newness of Galileo (the…
What Happens When Landlords Can Get Cheap Surveillance Software?
“Cheap surveillance software is changing how landlords manage their tenants and what laws police can enforce,” reports Slate. For example, there’s a private company contracting with property managers that says they now have 475 security cameras in place and can sometimes scan more than 1.5 million license plates in a week. (According to Clayton Burnett, Watchstore Security’s director of “innovation and…
Florida’s DMV Made $77 Million — By Selling Off Personal Information
Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles “made $77 million in 2017 by selling drivers’ personal information to more than 30 private companies, including marketing firms, bill collectors, insurance companies and data brokers…” according to local news site. schwit1 shared this report from WPTV:
A Florida woman is blaming the state government for an onslaught of robocalls and direct mail offers…