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Top Stories Wikipedia Current Events At about 4PM the four-car train derailed near Bioce, a small villiage Conservative party wins •CBS Corporation and Warner nearly fifteen kilometers northeast minority government in Bros. announce they will merge of Podgorica as it was emerging Canada UPN and The WB television from a tunnel above the Moraca Stephen Harper's networks into a new network River. Conservatives have called CW effective in the fall of won a minority 2006. "The train simply went wild, out of government in A bomb in the southern Iranian control," said one injured Canada with most • city of Ahvaz kills 6 and injures passenger. "I was fine because I stations reporting at up to 40. Iranian President was in a back compartment, those this time. The Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was due in the front got the worst of it." Conservatives win ends 12 years to have visited the city today, of a Liberal government plagued however the trip was called off at "It was horrible, I saw many dead by scandals in it's last months. the last minute. Lebanon's al- and wounded around me," said Manar television said the another passenger from Hungary, Ford Motor Company cutting president had called off his trip Karman Chofu. 30,000 jobs by 2012 after a security tip-off. Local MP A phased-in cut Nezam Molla-Hoveyzeh accused "I had fallen asleep when a loud back will eliminate Britain of being behind the noise woke me," said Stanislava 20 to 25% of the attack. Bukovic, 60, another injured car maker's work force and close passenger. production plants in a major •Outgoing Canadian prime restructuring plan. minister Paul Martin announces Miodrag Djurovic, the head of the he will resign as leader of the main Podgorica hospital, stated Featured story Liberal Party of Canada. that another five passengers had died overnight. Djurovic also said Interview: Danny O'Brien of Montenegro trainwreck kills at least 198 people, 90 of them the Electronic Frontier 44, injures over 100 children, have been treated at the Foundation A passenger train carrying at least hospital. "The children's hospital Danny O'Brien of 250 people, many of which were admitted 90 children, 34 of them the Electronic children, derailed in Serbia- are still there, six have undergone Frontier Montenegro and fell off of a ravine surgery," Djurovic said. Foundation Tuesday afternoon. answers Earlier Deputy Prime Minister questions on a Close to 200 have been injured Miroslav Ivanisevic told the media variety of topics related to and the death toll has risen to 44. that the death toll stood at 30 and freedom and privacy online. Read Most of the passengers were the amount injured at 135, but our exclusive in-depth interview schoolchildren who were returning said those figures could rise as for more details. from a ski trip. rescuers continue to reach victims. Ivanisevic described the wreck "as Wikipedia Current Events "The accident occurred because of the worst rail accident in the • Disney and Pixar Animation a failure of the train's braking history of Montenegro," Ivanisevic Studios will merge in a $7.4 system," said Interior Minister also said. billion (US) deal. Jusuf Kalomperovic. President Filip Vujanovic and Prime

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Minister, Milo Djukanovic also stepped down as leader of the regarding tax law, is now a rushed to the site. "A terrible Liberal party. parliamentary secretary, as is tragedy happened at Bioce and Andrew Robb. everything is being done to reduce This early election stemmed from the number of casualties as much the ruling Liberal Party The Treasurer Peter Costello, as possible," Vujanovic told government's loss in a motion of Foreign Affairs minister Alexander reporters. no confidence. The Liberal Downer, and Health minister Tony government has faced strong Abbott remain unchanged. With Because of the accident, opposition from the NDP, former Nationals senator Julian Montenegro's transport minister, Conservatives and Bloc Québécois McGauran's defection to the Andrija Lompar, and National as a result of an embarrassing Liberal Party, Nationals Veterans Railways chief Ranko Medenica sponsorship Affairs minister De-Anne Kelly has resigned. lost her place, in reflection of the Bloc Québécois 51 new Coalition numbers, with Bruce The driver of the train has been Conservative 124 Billson taking up the job. arrested because of suspicion of Green - negligence. Liberal 103 The Opposition has commented on New Democratic 29 the reshuffle, with Opposition The train was heading from the Independent 1 Leader Kim Beazley stating that northeastern town of Bijelo Polje 51 124 - 103 29 1 the Cabinet consists of "old faces" to the Montenegrin coastal city of from the "uninspired to the Bar. BC incompetent". In the Vancouver Island North Conservative party wins riding, incumbent John Duncan No jail for army interrogator minority government in has been defeated by NDP over death of Iraqi general Canada member and now first time MP Chief Warrant Officer Lewis E. Stephen Harper's Conservatives Catherine Bell. In the previous Welshofer Jr. of the U.S. Army's 3d have won a minority government 2004 election Bell lost by a mere Cavalry Regiment will not have to in Canada with most stations 483 votes to Duncan. This could serve any jail time for his reporting at this time. The be seen as quite an upset to involvement in the death of Iraqi Conservatives' win ends 12 years Duncan, who has been in power in Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush of a Liberal government plagued this riding for several years and during an interrogation. The Iraqi by allegations of scandals in its was likely to be in Stephen general died after Welshofer last months. Harper's cabinet as he was part of shoved the general head-first into Harpers shadow cabinet during the a sleeping bag, sat on him and Most major Canadian TV networks Conservatives time as opposition. occasionally covered the generals began to project a Conservative Bell won this election by just mouth with his hands. win at approx 3:30am UTC 1.11%. On Saturday, a jury consisting of Below is the current results for Australian Prime Minister six military officers acquitted him polls reporting, which is still announces results of reshuffle of murder and assault charges, subject to frequent change. Please The Australian Prime Minister John but found him guilty of negligent note this includes both officially Howard announced the results of homicide and negligent dereliction elected and leading candidates at an earlier anticipated reshuffle of of duty, charges that carry a this time. the Government cabinet. combined maximum sentence of 3 years and 3 months. On Monday This ends an unusually bitter Brendan Nelson, previously of the the military jurors handed down campaign, with the Conservative Education portfolio, who the verdict involving no prison and Liberals both launching harsh introduced the controversial time but imposed a $6000 fine attack commercials against each Voluntary Student Unionism and restricted his movements other. legislation late 2005, has been between work, worship and his promoted to the Defence portfolio. barracks for 60 days. In response to the defeat, former Malcolm Turnbull, who had been in prime minister Paul Martin has the media several times in 2005 This sentence stands in stark

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Wikinews Page 3 contrast to that of lower ranking to provide an update about interrogations yet and that "the army personal convicted for analysis of both the "Comet Wild gloves are coming off, gentlemen mistreatment of detainees at the 2" particles and interstellar ... we want these individuals Abu-Ghraib prison. Although none particles gathered during the broken. Casualties are mounting." of the victims considered in the nearly seven year mission. In Lieutenant General Ricardo Abu-Ghraib cases died, the "MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-016," Sanchez, the commanding officer sentences handed down were issued earlier today, the space in Iraq, authorized new significantly harsher, with former agency announced postponement interrogation techniques which corporal Charles A. Graner Jr. of the briefing, originally according to Welshofer included serving 10 years in federal prison, scheduled for Tuesday, January the sleeping bag method. former staff sergeant Ivan L. 24, 1 p.m. EST. No announcement "Chip" Frederick II was serving 8 has been made about when the The jury consisting of six military 1/2 years and former private first briefing will be re-scheduled. officers also found Welshofer guilty class Lynndie R. England serving NASA's stated reason for delay of negligent dereliction of duty, but three years. was to, "allow the Stardust science acquitted of the more serious team additional time to assess and murder and assault charges. Before taking effect, the sentence distribute cometary samples." must be approved by Maj. Gen. Two days before his death, Robert W. Mixon, who cannot U.S. army interrogator Mowhoush was beaten with rubber order a harsher sentence but may convicted in Iraqi general's hoses, allegedly by CIA reduce it or set it aside entirely. death subcontractors, in the presence of Welshofer and on the next day Julian McGauran defects from A U.S. military court found Army Welshofer held Mowhoush while Australian National Party chief warrant officer Lewis water was poured on this face. Australian National Party senator Welshofer guilty of negligent Julian McGauran left the party in homicide in the death of Iraqi Maj. Welshinger testified that he had order to join the Australian Liberal Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush used the sleeping bag technique a Party. McGauran has made during an interrogation in al-Qaim dozen to two dozen times in Iraq. comments to the effect of stating in Iraq, near the Syrian border, in that the Liberals have the best November 2003. The sentencing is scheduled for chance of representing regional Monday when Welshofer faces a Australia. The Iraqi general died after maximum penalty of three years Welshofer shoved the general in a military prison. Last year U.S. The Prime Minister John Howard head-first into a sleeping bag, sat army reservist Lynndie England has said that McGauran was not on him and occasionally covered was convicted of one count of "poached", over suspicions in the generals mouth with his conspiracy, four counts of relation to an upcoming hands. Welshofer's supervisor had maltreating detainees and one frontbench reshuffle, and the approved this technique except count of committing an indecent Federal Treasurer Peter Costello that Welshofer did not tell his act and is currently serving her welcomed McGauran's defection, supervisor that he sat on sentence of three years in prison. with suspicion he may have prisoners. None of the charges levied against orchestrated the move in order to her involved the death of a bolster his leadership prospects. The prosecution described the detainee and her defense also techniques Welshofer used to argued that she was acting with Many Nationals felt hurt; Victorian obtain information from Mowhoush consent of superiors. Nationals leader Peter Ryan called as "torture". his move the "ultimate act of Interview: Danny O'Brien of treachery". The defense argued that the Electronic Frontier Welshofer's interrogation methods Foundation NASA postpones Stardust were covered by official policy. His anuary's second Interview of the mission briefing, no revised unit's commander Captain William Month was with Danny O'Brien of date as of yet Ponce wrote in an email three the Electronic Frontier Foundation NASA cancelled a media briefing months before Mowhoush died (EFF) on 23 January in IRC. on its Stardust mission, expected that there were no rules for

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The EFF is coming off a series of instant messaging, and voice over aware of. There's a real danger in high-profile successes in their IP? simply logging everything: you campaigns to educate the public, [Danny O'Brien] Since the very end up risking being a tool for the press, and policy makers beginning, the EFF has worked invasion of your own customer's regarding online rights in a digital hard to keep the traditional laws privacy. world, and defending those rights regarding wiretapping and [Wikinews] Google alone of the in the legislature and the monitoring away from the largest search engines refused the courtroom. Their settlement with Internet, not just because we Justice Department's demands to Sony/BMG, the amazingly believe in strong 4th Amendment turn over user data. The EFF is on confused MGM v Grokster decision rights but because technologically, record as criticizing Google's by the Supreme Court of the a wiretap on an individual line is privacy policy. How does the EFF United States, and the disturbing miles away from what is needed feel about that privacy policy now? cases surrounding Diebold have to do the equivalent on the What does EFF feel about the earned the advocacy organization Internet. That's why, for instance, other search engine's behaviour— considerable attention. we fought against CALEA being did they comply with their own extended to the Net, and why privacy policies? Does this incident When asked if the EFF would be we're fighting the FCC's extension reflect the strength or weakness of interested in a live interview in IRC of it now. corporate privacy policies online? by Wikinews, the answer was a A lot of simple approaches to [Danny O'Brien] Privacy policies nearly immediate yes, but just a surveillance that the gov't would largely extend at the moment to little after Ricardo Lobo. With two like to take are far from merely the descriptions of what such interesting interview reasonable, to use the language of information is stored. We've long candidates agreeing so quickly, it the 4th amendment. warned against companies was hard to say no to either so I should say that I'm using collecting large amounts of data schedules were juggled to have American examples here, but about their customers, and doing both. By chance, the timing we're obviously concerned more nothing to anonymise or worked out to have the EFF generally aggregate it. We think that interview the day before the U.S. [Wikinews] A related question - companies are storing up trouble Senate schedule hearings Will EFF be involved in cases, even for themselves this way. concerning the Broadcast flag rule as amicus, such as the cases filed [Wikinews] Does the EFF have any of the FCC, a form of digital rights by ACLU Detroit and the Center for material or programs that seek to management which the recording Constitutional Rights New York, educate employeers and and movie industries have been which allege the National Security companies on the advantages of lobbying hard for - and the EFF Agency violated US law prohibiting privacy? has been lobbying hard to wiretaps without a warrant? [Danny O'Brien] We do -- hold on, prevent. [Danny O'Brien] We're currently I should be handing out more looking into every possible URLs http://www.eff.org/osp/ is [Wikinews] I'd like to jump into avenue. One of the difficulties is our guide to "online service some direct questions which were trying to ascertain exactly what providers" for the best practicies suggested by people on the the government program involved. in logging data. I'm also speaking research page. These first ones The EFF has a battery of lawyers, at the MySQL conference later this relate to the US government and with different areas of interest year on what *not* to include in online privacy. [Wikinews] Is this in the same your schema. It's an interesting Since 9/11 the US administration vein as the recent requests for area, because it's one where has been progressively violating google to poney up it's search coders have a degree of power privacy standards in online database? over what can be done. communications, including [Danny O'Brien] No, that's a great Personally, I'd like to see a great circumventing its own surveilance question. The two issues are very deal more knowledge about how laws and developing—and possibly different, but I think speak to the to aggregate and anonymise data implementing—the Total problems that the Internet is now being spread among the Information Awareness project. being seen as a resource for community. I'm constantly What is EFF's position regarding government surveillance and recommending the book government monitoring of private research, which we think that all Translucent Databases, which communications such e-mail, Net companies have to become covers this very nicely. Also, the

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OSS source would do a great the XCP software included code every audio-visual device, by service by setting reasonable taken from the VLC media player government mandate. So that defaults for software logging software, which is released under affects the Net a couple of ways. behaviours. The trouble is, and I the GPL. Is EFF involved in any Firstly, you essentially curtail the think we all fall into this trap; we cases regarding this? Net's use. But secondly, these assume the more logging the [Danny O'Brien] No we didn't flags are easily (though illegally) better. How many of us are cover this. We don't have standing circumventable, so they generally casually logging this, for instance? to take on the copyright issue - prompt even more draconian laws [Wikinews] I'd like to talk about i.e. we would have to represent a (which are just as easily the Sony BMG case for a bit, if copyright holder. circumventable.) that's okay. First, congratulations [Wikinews] Would EFF be involved One of our biggest problems with to EFF in regard to some of the in such a case if asked? the flags is they cross a Rubicon. successes in the Sony BMG case. [Danny O'Brien] It'd be an They create a government There are some questions, interesting case, but we try to technological mandate in user clarifications about the case, distribute these cases to where tech. Once you start down that however. The settlement appears the expertise lies. During the Sony path—especially when you to cover the XCP and SunComm BMG case, we spoke to groups like discover your initial mandate software delivered on CDs. What the FSF and the Software Freedom doesn't actually work—you just about OpenMG XCP, DRM used by Law Center. Generally speaking, ask for more and more control. Sony BMG's SonicStage software they're the people who would be [Wikinews] Isn't this already the for Sony Connect? best placed to investigate cases case, considering the HDTV [Danny O'Brien] Okay, this is like this. standard and others? Isn't where I have to say that I'm a It's worth saying that we're really standards an element of the FCCs *bit* limited in what I can say. pleased that there's now a whole mandate? Ah, if only out of blind ignorance constellation of great [Danny O'Brien] Standards for in this particular case. organisations that we work with. broadcast and reception, but not [Wikinews] Do you know if the FSF, the Berkman Center, Public standards for what you do *after* OpenMG XCP software is Knowledge in D.C., the list goes you receive something. Remember mentioned at all in the on. the FCC's primary job is to agreement? [Wikinews] The Sony BMG case is prevent interference, and to [Danny O'Brien] I don't know a content producer attempting to manage the commons of the about OpenMG: we joined the case enforce DRM on their clients. The public airwaves. It's a huge representing XCP and SunComm US FCC is trying to do the same overreach for it to take over what users, so I don't think that was thing on the hardware of US you do with what comes from over covered. But watch me shine the citizens with the Broadcast Flag. I those airwaves. giant neon IANAL sign above me. know the EFF is involved in the [Wikinews] Because this is a rule, If you like, I can ask after the lobbying on this, but I have not a law, how does the EFF plan interview, and we can add that to questions which lead into this. This to approach it in the US Congress? the results. is a hardware issue. Does it matter [Danny O'Brien] Well, the initial [ Wikinews] I'd appreciate that. on the internet? regulation was thrown out by the Can you disclose the terms of the [Danny O'Brien] Yes, for a number courts, who agreed with us that settlement regarding future use of of reasons. this was agency overreach. So software DRM measures? Have The point about the broadcast and what we've seen now is groups they promised not to alter users audio flags is that they set up a like the MPAA and RIAA attempt to machines in the future? kind of ghetto for content. The extend the FCC's powers by law. [Danny O'Brien] Again, it's always whole point of both is to For all of last year, they attempted dangerous to paraphrase legal *prevent* distribution onto the to do that by -- well, for want of a documents. Ah, we have an FAQ Internet. But in order to do that, better word, sneakily attaching that covers this. Thank goodness: you need to create a hardware the necessary language to other http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony- world which is fenced off from not bills. As you say, it can potentially BMG/settlement_faq.php just the Net, but from user be a very small amendment, so I [Wikinews] This case also has modification, and open source suppose they felt that they could some connection to copyright development. do this. Everyone fought an infringement This ghetto has to be created in incredibly effective campaign to

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Wikinews Page 6 prevent this. And a lot of that had [Wikinews] I understand that [Wikinews] Canada and Belgium to do with the Net—we'd hear would be the case in the USA, but apply heavy taxes on copying from the Hill of a lobbyist attempt could you explain how this might medium, and the revenues from to include the regulation, and we'd affect people in the EU? or these taxes are used to support be able to organise calls and anywhere outside the USA? creative artists and developers, as letters from constituents very [Danny O'Brien] Sure, one of the an alternative to supporting DRM. quickly. areas that we spend a lot of time What does EFF feel about such a Most politicians, strangely enough, with these days—we have two method to control fair use/fair don't like it when something is staff working full time on dealing? sneaked past them. And we international issues—is what's [Danny O'Brien] Actually, we managed to alert a lot of them to called policy laundering. So for prefer a system of voluntary arguments they weren't hearing instance, the worst provisions of licensing schemes over either of from broadcasting lobbyists. the DMCA have generally been these approaches. Now, we're seeing a second stage. introduced into law in countries http://www.eff.org/share/collectiv Which is Hollywood coming out like Australia by their inclusion in e_lic_wp.php into the open, and presenting the bilateral Free Trade Agreements. [Wikinews] There are efforts under flags openly. That stage begins Already, Hollywood way to develop an open standard tomorrow, with Senate hearings representatives have been DRM, such as a project by Sun on the topic. working in Europe and elsewhere Microsystems which is relatively [Wikinews] The Senate will begin to introduce the equivalent of the fair to users. Would EFF support hearings on this rule tomorrow. broadcast flag there. The rule is an open standard/open source What does EFF expect to happen that if you can introduce it in one DRM, or is the entire concept of during this legislative process? country, that makes it a lot easier DRM considered unacceptable in How might this affect online to export it elsewhere. any form? communities? to get specific and [Danny O'Brien] Copyright [Danny O'Brien] Our take on Sun's personal, what does it mean to extension is a great example of DRM: Wikinews readers and this. In that, the last US copyright http://www.eff.org/news/archives contributors? extension was introduced to track /2005_08.php#003929 [Danny O'Brien] If the law passes, Europe, and now Europe is being Essentially, our disagreement isn't it'll have dramatic effects. encouraged to match its copyright with DRm per se: it's DRM backed Particularly to wikinew's future, with the US. We're already seeing up by the DMCA's anti- actually: I think we can all foresee that with copy control mandates circumvention laws. If users had a time when Wikinews would take like the flag. the right to circumvent DRm to fair use samples of the news and [Wikinews] The Broadcast flag is a exercise their fair use rights, we public affairs, both audio and form of Digital Rights think the market would quickly visual. With a broadcast or audio Management, in this case sort out what controls on media flag in place, that usage - while implemented by the US FCC. use were acceptable and what legal - would effectively disappear There are other DRM issues to talk were not. or at least be much much harder. about. In the French Parliament [Wikinews] A follow-on question More generally, you'll see the DADVSI law, which relates to from the French one advancement in tech frozen in a the implementation of the 2001 does eff plan to set up some lot of areas, the pulling away of European Directive on Copyright in chapters in Europe ? open source development in France, is under active [Danny O'Brien] France like many anything that was connected to consideration. Has the EFF had the countries, has a great core of HD TV or digital radio. The biggest opportunity to consider this law, activists and advocates already. problem here is that technology and what is the opinion if so? We'd be delighted to help them in like the flag gives the [Danny O'Brien] Actually, I was any way we can. entertainment industry a stick to just talking to Submarine about [Wikinews] A follow-on question hit the technology industry. Before this before the interview started. regarding the Sony BMG case the broadcast flag was even We're keeping as close an eye on Does EFF have a response to the introduced, hollywood was lining this as we can. It's a good Register article up objections to technology like example of the ratchet problem as http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005 Tivo-To-Go. it's an implementation of the /12/06/eff_needs_to_die/ EUCD. [Danny O'Brien] Sigh. I wondered

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Wikinews Page 7 if this would turn up. It's a really way of providing a technical to them, at exactly the same time odd article, given that it includes a solution that would work to as you join the EFF: bunch of cases that aren't ours, support Tor's aims, and would be http://www.eff.org/support/ ones that we didn't lose, and other practical for Wikipedia. If we can oddities. I think we'd rather let work as an intermediary in that Danny O'Brien puts EFF hat back the facts speak for themselves. discussion, we'd be happy to. on. Here's a list of our [Question] European [Question] "Danny O'Brien "once [ http://www.eff.org/legal/victorie Organisations which have similar successfully lobbied a cockney s/ victories]. There's a longer list goals like the EFF were not London pub to join Richard M. at the wikipedia entry. succesful in preventing Stallman in a spontaneous [Wikinews] Are there any Telecommunications data demonstration of Bulgarian folk questions I should have asked retention. What conclusions does dance." Can you give details?" you, which I did not? the EFF draw for their own [Danny O'Brien] RMS is a great [Danny O'Brien] Hahah! No, but campaigns? fan of folk-dancing, and was I'm happy to take additional [Danny O'Brien] I have a long teaching me and some friends the questions. I'm actually trying to answer to that, with my EFF hat dance moves to the Free Software think of some of the harder off. Song in a pub in Shoreditch. questions. Okay, so the reason I'll take my Maybe it was the alcohol, all the [Wikinews] Well, I think I'll ask EFF hat off to answer your alledgedly viral nature of the GPL, MrM to unmoderate now, and let question, is because I'm also but by the end, we had most of everyone mob you. involved in ORG which is one of the pub doing them. He loves it, [MrMiscellanious] :) Alright, here those organisations in Europe. The although recently I believe he's we go... conclusion is that advocacy needs hurt his leg and can't do it so resources. One of the strengths of much any more MrMiscellanious made this room EFF and other US advocacy groups [Question] Wikipedia was earlier no longer moderated for normal is they are permanent, with a paid attacked by a group, which has users. staff. http://openrightsgroup.org launched a website, claiming that [Danny O'Brien] I guess the I think that now there are sites Wikipedia should be upheld by law question we often get asked is like http://www.pledgebank.com to have 100% factuality in their "Why aren't you doing something around, and facts like the website (relating to an earlier case about X?" where X is a matter that wikipedia funding drive show that where a bogus biography was really is important—the simple we're getting to the point where posted to Wikipedia). What is the answer to that is that we have we can turn volunteer EFF's stance on the issue? limited resources. Which is why organisations into groups that [Danny O'Brien] I'm not sure of I'm really happy to see lots of have that flexibility, plus financial the site that you refer to, but other organisations spring up. resources. Which means you get obviously we'd support Wikipedia [Question] Does EFF support TOR, to the situation where the group on this matter. We don't see any financially or otherwise, anymore? of volunteers who formed ORG problem with Wikipedia's process. [Danny O'Brien] We host Tor's can now work on projects like website, but direct funding was for submitting to UK parliamentary [Question] There is an article on last year. Actually, the Tor inquiries: de.wikipedia (German) about the questions really are so frequentlyl http://www.openrightsgroup.org/o hacker "Tron". His full offline name asked that they're best answered rgwiki/index.php/APIG_DRM_Publi is included in the article. A on Tor's FAQ (including the legal c_Inquiry German court has issued an FAQ we wrote for them.) There are fantastic groups in injunction preventing the http://tor.eff.org/faq.html.en Europe, like EDRI and FFII and I Wikipedia.de website (the website [Question] en.Wikipedia prevents think the time is now right for of the German Wikimedia TOR endpoints from editing on the those groups to be given more Foundation) from linking to the site; does EFF consider such class- resources by everyone. And I de.wikipedia site, which is outside blocking an acceptable response to speak as someone who the jurisdiction of that court. What behavior, or is it generally traditionally comes out in hives does EFF think about such inappropriate? when money is mentioned. It's a extranational effects of local laws? [Danny O'Brien] We're big leap, but I think it's one we all Does a person's name, especially a disappointed. We hope there's a have to work at getting right. Give figure as well known as Tron,

If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Wikinews Page 8 deserve special privacy? The order 50 interstellar dust particles development of the VM (Virtual was obtained based on a proposal impacted the aerogel, each now Microscope)...Could I know more by the deceased hacker's family. resting inside a tiny crater. about that? And it should be pointed out that The 'virtual microscope' lets you the hacker's real name was known Stardust traveled nearly three scan through a set of images as if for a long time. billion miles and its mission lasted you were turning the focus knob [Danny O'Brien] It's a good seven years. At times it was on a microscope. The images are question: honestly, it depends on traveling at 8 miles a second. fairly large (about 100 KB each) the law, and the practicality of the Thats fast enough to go from San so it's important to pre-load the law. I can't speak to the case, Francisco to Los Angeles in one images. While you're looking particularly as the last i heard, the minute. through one set of images, the VM facts weren't clear. In this case, is busy downloading the JPEG files it's not the territoriality of the law Stardust set a new all-time record for the next set. that's of concern, it's whether for being the fastest spacecraft to anyone should be forbidden from return to Earth, breaking the At first we thought we'd have to linking to a resource. previous record set in May of 1969 do this with a Java applet or Flash during the return of the Apollo program - something tricky and Exclusive: David Anderson X(10) command module. Don complicated. My contribution was talks about the Stardust@home Brownlee of the University of to point out that it could be done project Washington, Seattle said "our fairly easily using Javascript, and I Following the return of the spacecraft has traveled further wrote a prototype of this. Stardust space capsule from its than anything from Earth ever has encounter with the Comet Wild 2, – and came back. We went half- Will this project use the BOINC NASA scientists have come up with way to Jupiter to meet the comet Platform/Program? a novel approach to dealing with and collect samples from it. But No. We thought about using some the samples of "interstellar dust" the comet actually came in from parts of BOINC (like the database that have been collected, they the outer edge of the solar and web pages for creating want help from the public. system, out beyond the orbit of "accounts") but it was easier just Neptune, out by Pluto." to do this from scratch. The Stardust spacecraft carried an aerogel-based dust collector, which In a move similar to some How long will the project take? was exposed to space in varying distributed computing projects, It depends how many volunteers orientations during different the analysis work for the project participate, and how fast they look phases of the mission. will be spread among volunteers at the 'focus movies'. It will on the Internet, who are being probably be just a month or two. Only one side of the collector was asked to participate in this exposed towards the stream of scientific undertaking. Anyone can join but they have to particles coming off the Comet take a test before they can Wild 2 during the encounter in Wikinews reporter Jason Safoutin participate. What will the test 2004, while the other side was investigated the Stardust@home include? used to collect interstellar dust at project, and discussed its goals Looking at some focus movies and an earlier point in the spacecraft's with one of its founders. Via email, deciding whether they contain a journey. he interviewed David P. Anderson, dust particle. Participants see a lot a founder of the SETI@home of training examples before they Although scientists have seen the project, and one of the creators of take the test. It's easy, not like a particles captured from comet Wild the Virtual Microscope which will test in school. 2 when they examined the be used to search for captured aerogel, they have not examined particles from interstellar space. How many will be allowed to any of the particles expected on participate? the other side of the collector due I was wondering If I could get No limit as of now. to their smallness. They will be some questions answered or if you examined after they are found could give me some "insider" info When will the project start? with the help of Stardust@home. for the project. I am aware that I think in about 2 months. It will It is believed that on the order of you are taking place in the take that long to transport the

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