Category Archives: Science, Technology & Health

The (un)Civil War LAN 2

A wide range of games were played from single player to co-operative. I saw AudioSurf, Borderlands, the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne mod Defense of the Ancients, Rock Band, and a range of others. The LAN was a great social outlet, as many people came in groups. I personally wandered the rows of computers and interacted with both gamers and staff. Standing up one could witness a variety of computer usage from people writing large blocks of text to Facebooking. Continue reading

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‘Cloud Computing’ stymies attempt to prevent P2P filesharing

Pc Pro reports that in an attempt to stop the flow of copyrighted materials, famed Torrent site, The Pirate Bay, was shutdown by Swedish courts.  According to reports by McAfee, a wealth of sites sprang up to carry on the … Continue reading

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Meningococcal meningitis appeared in the LLC Tuesday

A University student was hospitalized on Tuesday afternoon with a probable case of meningococcal meningitis. The Health Center reports that the student resides in the Living Learning Center resident hall and has identified the initial group of people who were … Continue reading

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Oregon ranked second in nation for wind power projects

Today, the American Wind Energy Association deemed Oregon second to Texas nationwide for the amount of wind capacity installed across the state. The state added 251 megawatts of capacity in the third quarter of the year. Ranking number five for … Continue reading

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Firefox adds Microsoft add-ons to blocklist

Mozilla Firefox’s block list has added both the .NET Framework Assistant and the Windows Presentation Foundation with the reason being given that there is a remote code execution vulnerability.  This is normal and should be universal to all Windows/Firefox users. … Continue reading

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Wall Street Journal praises Wyden health care bill

The Wall Street Journal ran a lengthy editorial today praising Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) for a health care bill he created as an alternative to the public plan being proposed by Barack Obama, praising it as bipartisan. However, labor unions are opposed and one blogger points to hefty campaign contributions given to Wyden by health care industry lobbying groups. Continue reading

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“The university made a decision in the interest of safety to really err on that side”

Inside Higher Ed has a thoughtful article up about the range of reactions to the H1N1 virus. The argument here is that the risk posed by swine flu is relatively low, but many colleges are closing down just to appear … Continue reading

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Swine flu closes Western

Western Oregon University closed down for Friday because of indications that one of the school’s students has caught the swine flu. For the moment, according to a statement released by WOU President John Minahan, the closure will only last until … Continue reading

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