Science, Technology & Health
‘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 charge, and the number of sites hosting Torrents expanded by 300%.
Pc Pro writes:
…but any hope [...]
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 in contact with the student.
Health Center Announcement on the Emergency Alert System:
“These individuals have received [...]
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 wind energy production, Oregon can generate up to 1,659 megawatts of power from currently installed [...]
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.
According to the bug report, the problem lies in the Windows operating system and is available [...]
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.
“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 to be doing something.
Meanwhile, three cases of the virus have been confirmed in Oregon — [...]
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 Monday, when the Center for Disease Control will announce the results of its test on the [...]
Buses to be rerouted for marathon
Here’s a schedule of them that LTD sent me. Now I pass the information on to you. Use it wisely:
Saturday, May 2, 7:30 a.m. to approximately 9 a.m. during the 5K and Kids Run
Route 1 Campbell Center and Route VRC/Coburg Road: These routes will not serve the Campbell Center area north of 5th Avenue between Mill Street [...]
