Stand up to child bullying – it’s good for you!

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Children who returned hostility with hostility appeared to be the most mature, the researchers found.

Boys who stood up to bullies and schoolyard enemies were judged more socially competent by their teachers.

Girls who did the same were more popular and more admired by teachers and peers, the researchers found.

via Bullying ‘can be good for children’: Study finds those who fight back are more popular | Mail Online.

ConLibs start to bring the UK back to sanity: outlawing fingerprinting of children at schools

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It looks like the UK is starting to be saved allreay! The ConLibs are devoted to things such as personaly privacy and are against mammoth centralised databases (such as the National ID fiasco). The government is looking to increase the safety of your data and keep much less of it. Well done, I hope this becomes a continuing trend!

ConLibs to outlaw kiddyprinting without permission • The Register.

Compiz Keyboard Shortcuts in Ubuntu 10.04 | Tombuntu

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Some of the following keyboard shortcuts will not work at all if Compiz (visual effects) if turned off.

Workspaces

  • Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right/Up/Down arrow – move to the workspace in the given direction
  • Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left/Right arrow – move the current window to the workspace in the given direction
  • Super + E – “expo” effect, shows all workspaces (move windows with left mouse button, zoom to a workspace with right mouse button)

Window Management

  • Super + W – “scale” effect, shows all windows in current workspace (left click selects window, middle click closes window, right click zooms window)
  • Super + A – “scale” effect, shows all windows
  • Alt + F10 – toggle maximize current window
  • Alt + F9 – minimize current window
  • Ctrl + Alt + D – toggle show desktop
  • Alt + Middle mouse button – resize window
  • Alt + Left mouse button – move window
  • Alt + Right mouse button – window menu
  • Alt + F7 – move current window (without holding down mouse button)
  • Alt + F8 – resize current window (without holding down mouse button)
  • Alt + Tab – switch windows on current workspace
  • Ctrl + Alt + Tab – switch windows on all workspaces

Accessibility

  • Super + Mouse wheel scroll – zoom screen
  • Super + Middle mouse button – draw rectangle to zoom to
  • Super + N – invert colours of current window
  • Super + M – invert colours of screen (Compiz is configured for this shortcut, but the messaging indicator seems to have taken it over so it doesn’t work)

Ubuntu Community Documentation has more on keyboard shortcuts (although some of it is outdated now for Ubuntu 10.04). You can view and change some shortcuts using System->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts.

Compiz Keyboard Shortcuts in Ubuntu 10.04 | Tombuntu.

Mechwarrior 4 Free Release!

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Finally, the long awaited moment has arrived!

Studio MekTek, in association with Smith and Tinker, INC., Virtual World Entertainment, LLC, Catalyst Game Labs, and Microsoft Games, is happy to announce the release of Mechwarrior4 Free.

Getting started is easy. Just download and install MTX, MekTek’s free content delivery and updating system. Once installed, simply click the Games Available tab, select Mechwarrior4: Mercenaries and click install. The game will download and install, all within MTX, and as updates become available, MTX will help you keep your game up to date.

Once again, a big thanks to Microsoft Games and all of our partners for making this free release possible, and a special thanks to all of you in the community. Without our community, MekTek wouldn’t be what it is today. Your continued support and financial contributions have made all of this possible.

Download Mechwarrior4: Mercenaries Free Release 1.7 GB via MTX today!

via Mechwarrior 4 Free Release.

One of the greatest features of MekPak3.1 and of Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries in general, is the ability to customize. Mechwarrior always has been about the Mechlab, especially multiplayer. The Mechlab truly distinguishes MW4 from a long list of shooters that have come out in the past 10 years. The ability to create literally thousands of configurations allows the game to continue in popularity over its lengthy life span. Since the Free Release not only comes with the original mechs and weapons of Mercenaries, but also with the Clan and IS Mech Packs and all the Mektek mechs and weapons here is what you are getting…for free.

GSM Locations and name / number combinations easy to get at

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A pair of security researchers has discovered a number of new attack vectors that give them the ability to not only locate any GSM mobile handset anywhere in the world, but also find the name of the subscriber associated with virtually any cellular phone number, raising serious privacy and security concerns for customers of all of the major mobile providers.

via Researchers Hijack Cell Phone Data, GSM Locations | threatpost.

They use the caller ID database which is pretty much open to everyone, because all the providers need to get at it.

UK speed traps in space

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The cameras, which combine number plate reading technology with a global positioning satellite receiver, are similar to those used in roadworks.

The AA said it believed the new system could cover a network of streets as opposed to a straight line, and was “probably geared up to zones in residential areas.”

The Home Office is testing the cameras at two sites, one in Southwark, London, and the other A374 between Antony and Torpoint in Cornwall.

The `SpeedSpike’ system, which calculates average speed between any two points in the network, has been developed by PIPS Technology Ltd, an American-owned company with a base in Hampshire.

via New speed cameras trap motorists from space – Telegraph.

It’s unbelievable the amount of money it must cost to design and launch this system. The revenue must be huge, because the problem they’re designed to solve (speeding) doesn’t lead to many deaths or accidents.