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cp1029 — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:06:56 GMT

Climate computer game lets you decide Earth\'s fate Ever wondered how one person could save the planet from the effects of climate change? A British-made computer game on trial release on Monday creates different ways of doing just that. Home ? Reuters ? Reuters | Energy & Sustainability Climate computer game lets you decide Earth\'s fate Ever wondered how one person could save the planet from the effects of climate change? A British-made computer game on trial release on Monday creates different ways of doing just that. November 1, 2010 | 2 flippingbook soft 太阳能玩具 Hot H6 Phone LED驱动模块 FlippingBook Publisher Shareware . ShareEmailPrint. By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Ever wondered how one person could save the planet from the effects of climate change? A British-made computer game on trial release on Monday creates different ways of doing just that. \'Fate of the World\' puts the Earth\'s future in players\' hands, placing them in charge of an international environmental body which could save the world from the effects of rising greenhouse gas emissions or let it perish by continuing to rely on emissions-heavy fossil fuels. Through different scenarios, players can explore options such as geoengineering and alternative energy sources to save the planet from rising temperatures, dwindling natural resources and a growing population over the next 200 years. A rough cut of the game will be followed by a three-month feedback period from players, with final release due in February next year. Created by Oxford-based games developer Red Redemption, the game departs from more mainstream action games by using data from real climate models and advice from scientists and economists in Britain and the United States. "Science data is often inaccessible and we are trying to put players in a position of power and connected with the issues," Gobion Rowlands, Red Redemption\'s founder and chairman told Reuters. "We are not pushing one particular agenda. There are a range of options, including nuclear power and renewable energy. We are not saying one route is the best route," he added. The firm has an advisory board which includes some climate change experts. Myles Allen, head of climate dynamics at Oxford University, contributed the prediction models in the game. This year, a series of apparent flaws in climate science and the failure of U.N. talks to reach an international deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions appeared to undermine the public\'s interest in climate change. 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Using climate change as inspiration for entertainment shows the issue has permeated global culture, which can only be a good thing, Friends of the Earth\'s head of climate Mike Childs said. "We need creative industries to work with these big issues as the results can be immensely powerful and can help us to understand what a sustainable future looks and feels like," said Fiona Bennie, senior sustainability advisor at UK-based non-governmental organization Forum for the Future. (Editing by Paul Casciato) Perhaps this game should be made more globally interactive by including all players\' actions into a single climate model specification. In this way the actual combined actions of the entire human population could be better represented. I think there\'d also have to be some integration of Monopoly and War game players to best represent all human interactions with the environment... Climate models are a computer game. They may not be able to make accurate forecasts but they\'re frightening or entertaining (depending if you\'re a believer or a skeptic) "If you allow me four free parameters I can build a mathematical model that describes exactly everything that an elephant can do. If you allow me a fifth free parameter, the model I build will forecast that the elephant will fly." - John von Neumann

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cp1029 — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:03:14 GMT

Computer Scientist, Student Design Software to Combat Hacking Using Keystroke Anti-Spoofing Technique ScienceDaily (Nov. 1, 2010) — One of the serious threats to a user\'s computer is a software program that might cause unwanted keystroke sequences to occur in order to hack someone\'s identity. This form of an attack is increasing, infecting enterprise and personal computers, and caused by "organized malicious botnets," said Daphne Yao, assistant professor of computer science at Virginia Tech. To combat the "spoofing attacks," Yao and her former student, Deian Stefan, now a graduate student in the computer science department at Stanford University, developed an authentication framework called "Telling Human and Bot Apart" (TUBA), a remote biometrics system based on keystroke-dynamics information. Their work won a best paper award at CollaborateCom \'10, the 6th International Conference on Collaborative Computing, held in Chicago and sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers\' Computer Society, Create-Net, and the Institute for Computer Sciences. Yao holds a patent on her human-behavior driven malware detection technology, including this keystroke anti-spoofing technique. Her technology for PC security is currently being transferred to a company. The license agreement between the company, Rutgers University (Yao\'s former institution), and Virginia Tech is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. 同步闪太阳能道钉 blackberry housing 不锈钢水箱热泵工程一体式太阳能路灯 Internet bots are often described as web robots. They act as software applications that run automated tasks over the internet. Bots usually perform simple and repetitive tasks, but at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone. When used for malicious purposes they are described as malware. "Keystroke dynamics is an inexpensive biometric mechanism that has been proven accurate in distinguishing individuals," Yao explained, and most researchers working with keystroke dynamics have focused previously on an attacker being a person. The uniqueness of Yao and Stefan\'s research is they studied how to identify when a computer program designed by a hacker was producing keystroke sequences "in order to spoof others," they said. Then they created TUBA to monitor a user\'s typing patterns. Using TUBA, Yao and Stefan tested the keystroke dynamics of 20 individuals, and used the results as a way to authenticate who might be using a computer. "Our work shows that keystroke dynamics is robust against the synthetic forgery attacks studied, where the attacker draws statistical samples from a pool of available keystroke datasets other than the target," Yao said. Yao and Stefan also describe in their paper, "Keystroke-Dynamics Authentication Against Synthetic Forgeries," how keystroke dynamics can be used "as a tool to identify anomalous activities on a personal computer including activities that can be due to malicious software." 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cp1029 — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:48:26 GMT

Computer recycling event kicks off this weekend Monday, 1 November 2010, 12:09 pm Press Release: eDay Media release EFX Power Balance Wristband Square Face Portable Wrist Watch 阳澄湖大闸蟹吃法 9265G Stainless Steel Men\'s Watch 太阳能灯 Free computer recycling event kicks off this weekend New Zealanders can dispose of their old PCs, computer peripherals and mobile phones at eDay this Saturday. eDay is being held at over 50 drop-off locations throughout New Zealand on Saturday 6th November and is expected to divert 1,000 tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) from landfills. The community drive-through event is an opportunity for households, schools, community groups and small businesses to clear out their garages and cupboards of computer equipment and old mobile phones, to be recycled for free. Related Stories on Scoop Free recycling event kicks off this weekend 02/11/2010 Kiwis recycle 966 tonnes of e-waste at eDay 14/09/2009 Kiwis recycle 966 tonnes of e-waste at eDay 13/09/2009 eDay computer collectables up for auction 08/09/2009 Free computer recycling event on this weekend 08/09/2009 Results powered by search.scoop.co.nz More Related Stories >>> The Government estimates that there are 80,000 tonnes of electronic waste disposed of into landfills in New Zealand per year. eDay national organiser, Laurence Zwimpfer of the eDay New Zealand Trust, said eDay is aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of dumping e-waste in landfills and the benefits of recycling computer equipment. “With that many computers being sent to landfill, and the options to dispose of them very limited, it is important that equipment is recycled wherever possible. Landfilling e-waste is a danger to our environment due to its toxic nature and does not allow for the recovery and reuse of precious material such as gold,” said Mr Zwimpfer. Since eDay’s inception in 2007, approximately 40,000 cars have dropped off 196,000 items of computer and computer-related waste for safe recycling, diverting 2,337 tonnes of e-waste from landfills. Despite these results, as a long term solution, eDay New Zealand advocates for compulsory product stewardship and still says eDay is just an interim measure until this is in place. “Until legislation is in place, eBlue Ceramic Faceted & polished shiny Rings 7 inch tablet pc 7-inch Headrest Car DVD Player Fashional And Beautiful Dolphin Crystal Paul smith Black 2 buttons men\'s suit USB Pen Drives F003 Quad Band Dual Card With WIFI JAVA Function Unlocked Cell Phone Wireless Spy Camera Electronics Calculator with Video Receiver Automatically Take Photos/Record Digital Video Recorder cmos color camera with 2.5 inch lcd recording receiver carmp4 Dior Black 2 buttons men\'s suit smallville green arrow costume TV H3 Quad Band Dual Cards with Analog TV Java FM Touch Screen Cell Phone(White) The Third Generation 8GB MP3 Player with Clip DVR Cards & Systems gadgets china free shipping Canali Charcoal 2 buttons men\'s suit china phine buy maid sama cosplay tungsten rings with CZ stone Two Din 7 Inch Touchscreen DVD Player With GPS IPOD USB And SD Port bransdragon hl-8731gb gsm remote camera A668 Quad Band Dual Cards with Analog TV Java Rotatable keyboard Cell Phone 2GB Popular Design MP3 Player Car DVD Player For Opirus 4GB Cartoon U disk US041 2.8 Inch 8GB 1.3M pixel camera high clear QVGA touch screen MP4 FM record Day is helping to buy New Zealand a little more time without generating new problems in our landfills,” Mr Zwimpfer continued. eDay is a community event organised by the eDay New Zealand Trust, and is supported by nearly 100 organisations throughout the country. eDay 2010 is funded through the Ministry for the Environment’s Waste Minimisation Fund. eDay 2010 is supported nationally by the 2020 Communications Trust, KiwiRail, More FM, the Blue Star Group, Trade Me and industry partners, The Laptop Company and Invo. This year eDay organisers are encouraging communities to work together to collect their neighbourhood e-waste. Collecting it in one place and taking one trip to the drop-off locations saves time and reduces vehicle emissions. Material that can be disposed of at eDay 2010 includes all computer-related equipment, game consoles, fax machines and digital cameras. The Trust also accepts mobile phones although this year is encouraging people to donate them to Starship’s Mobile Phone Recycling Appeal. Other electronic equipment including televisions will not be accepted. eDay New Zealand Trust advises people to wipe all data from computer hard drives as well as removable media such as floppy disks and PC cards before handing them over for recycling. The recycling of the computer equipment to be collected this year will be managed under an agreement between the Ministry for the Environment and an external recycler, who is still to be appointed. For more details and to find your local drop-off point, visit www.eday.org.nz Volunteers wishing to help out at eDay are invited to sign-up online at the eDay website

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cp1029 — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:44:50 GMT

Computer vision syndrome grows with smartphones Originally published Monday, November 1, 2010 at 7:02 PM Comments (0) E-mail article Print view Share Computer vision syndrome grows with smartphones Digital devices bring their own set of problems. 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Smartphones and similar devices might cause vision concerns, says Dr. Roger Phelps, spokesman for VSP Vision Care. According to recent research with VSP eye doctors, 33 percent reported that nearly one-third or more of their patients suffer from digital device related vision problems. The most common include eye strain (82 percent), dry or irritated eyes (74 percent), fatigue (70 percent) and headaches (61 percent). Q. You say not many patients are aware of computer vision syndrome? A. Two out of three eye doctors say fewer than 20 percent of their patients are aware of this syndrome. Q. What\'s the difference between using a desktop computer and a Kindle or even a smartphone as far as vision strain is concerned? A. OK. What happened in the past was you had regular eyeglasses for infinity — distance — and reading, about 16 inches. Now there is a desktop computer screen, about 24 inches, that may require a separate pair of eyeglasses. In addition, with a smartphone or the like, I can go to the website of, say, CNN, but it is really small. Some of these screens are best read at 12 inches — usually by a teen or someone under 40. Q. Oh, come on! Only young people can read these small screens? A. We can prescribe eyeglasses to read these screens, but they still must be held at a 12-inch distance from the eyes. Q. So you are talking about eyeglasses for distance, 20 or 24 inches for desktop computers, 16 inches to read a book and 12 inches to read a smartphone screen? A. We can prescribe progressive lenses. Q. What\'s the easiest thing people over 40 can do to avoid these eye problems? A. To protect your eyes while using your iPads, Kindles and so on, here are a few tips: — Pay attention to environmental lighting. Reading on digital devices provides its own light but can be difficult to see in a bright light or when outdoors. Adjusting the angle and turning up the screen brightness all the way with the auto-brightness off can help. — Don\'t forget to blink, breathe and break. Many doctors call this the 20/20/20 rule. Every 20 minutes, take 20 seconds and look at something 20 feet away. — Use computer vision glasses. Even if you have near-perfect vision, these glasses can ease eye strain from prolonged use of a digital device. — Get your eyes checked. Have an annual exam and talk to your doctor about your digital usage — especially if you are experiencing symptoms that include headaches, backaches, dry eyes and so on. Q. What about using artificial tears products? A. A lot of people get dry eyes as they get older. Sometimes they don\'t realize it\'s dry eye because their eyes are watering a lot. Actually, that can be a symptom as the eye tries to wash stuff away. Check the brand you are using with your doctor. Q. Why are these eye problems becoming more common? A. People are spending about six hours daily working at a computer then doing other computer-screen reading — such as on the Kindle — for pleasure. Computer vision syndrome is up there with carpal tunnel problems and other work-related concerns. — — — Jane Glenn Haas writes for The Orange County (Calif.) Register. E-mail her at jghaas@cox.net