Comment Surely... (Score 1) 973
Since he's Australian I'd expect the government to prevent extradition if there was potential for him to be executed, like the did for Gabe Watson here. And Gabe was an Aermican citizen!
Comment Fireworks? (Score 1) 1
Very nifty little fliers... wouldn't call them weaponzied exactly.
Comment Risky? (Score 1) 2
Interesting to see what information will stored about people in these online IDs. Could be a pretty big risk given how careless people are with passwords now
Submission + - Should Dolphins be Treated as Non-Human Persons?
Hugh Pickens writes: "Dolphins have long been recognized as among the most intelligent of animals but now the Times reports that a series of behavioral studies suggest that dolphins, especially species such as the bottlenose, have distinct personalities, a strong sense of self, can think about the future and are so bright that they should be treated as “non-human persons”. “Many dolphin brains are larger than our own and second in mass only to the human brain when corrected for body size,” says Lori Marino, a zoologist at Emory University. “The neuroanatomy suggests psychological continuity between humans and dolphins and has profound implications for the ethics of human-dolphin interactions." For example, one study found that dolphins can recognize their image in a mirror as a reflection of themselves — a finding that indicates self-awareness similar to that seen in higher primates and elephants and other studies have found that dolphins are capable of advanced cognitive abilities such as problem-solving, artificial language comprehension, and complex social behavior, indicate that dolphins are far more intellectually and emotionally sophisticated than previously thought. Thomas White, professor of ethics at Loyola Marymount University has written a series of academic studies suggesting dolphins should have rights claiming that the current relationship between humans and dolphins is, in effect, equivalent to the relationship between whites and Black slaves two centuries ago. “The scientific research . . . suggests that dolphins are ‘non-human persons’ who qualify for moral standing as individuals," says White."
Submission + - Leaked: US government strategy to prevent leaks
Steve writes: The US government's 11-page document on how to get various US government agencies to prevent future leaks has been leaked to MSNBC. It doesn't get any more ironic than that. After the various leaks made by WikiLeaks, the US government understandably wants to limit the number of potential leaks, but their strategy apparently isn't implemented yet. The memo was sent this week to senior officials at all agencies that use classified material.
It's clear that the Obama administration is telling federal agencies to take aggressive steps to prevent further leaks. According to the document, these steps include figuring out which employees might be most inclined to leak classified documents, by using psychiatrists and sociologists to assess their trustworthiness. The memo also suggests that agencies require all their employees to report any contacts with members of the news media they may have.
It's clear that the Obama administration is telling federal agencies to take aggressive steps to prevent further leaks. According to the document, these steps include figuring out which employees might be most inclined to leak classified documents, by using psychiatrists and sociologists to assess their trustworthiness. The memo also suggests that agencies require all their employees to report any contacts with members of the news media they may have.
Comment Re:Like a bridge over troubled water... (Score 1) 314
It's laughable someone would even conceive of a Facebook SSO. This must be fake? I mean look at this blokes name: Simson Garfinkel
Given Facebooks history with privacy and the level of success people have with subverting accounts this cannot possibly go ahead. Also, i won't be able to log in anywhere because I'm not signing up to Facebook.
Given Facebooks history with privacy and the level of success people have with subverting accounts this cannot possibly go ahead. Also, i won't be able to log in anywhere because I'm not signing up to Facebook.
Comment Re:Photoshopped (Score 2) 159
Comment Re:Eclipsed .... (Score 1) 159
That's actually a really cool shot. Had less than a second to get it too, he must have been quite the mathemagician to know where and exactly when to be.
Comment not convinced (Score 1) 3
A long winded story for a WikiLeak that isn't leaked yet.
Comment Déjà vu (Score 1) 2
Reminds me of this hoax years ago, though this one seems more plausible. Interesting that the only photo they have of this man is in black and white
Submission + - University of Glasgow pioneers 1000 core processor (dailymail.co.uk) 2
Crudely_Indecent writes:
Scientists have created an ultra-fast computer chip which is 20 times faster than current desktop computers. Modern PCs have a processor with two, four or sometimes 16 cores to carry out tasks. But the central processing unit (CPU) developed by the researchers effectively had 1,000 cores on a single chip. The developments could usher in a new age of high-speed computing in the next few years for home users frustrated with slow-running systems.
1000 cores could make short work of the video encoding that I'm doing tonight. Lets hope they finish their research soon and put a price tag on this technology!
Comment Re:Well (Score 2) 4
Yer. I wouldn't go so far as to say Darwin was wrong, just that his theory was in early stages of... evolution?
Comment Wrong map? (Score 1) 1
I must be looking at the wrong map... 111 8th Ave doesn't look to 'fill an entire city block' as that source suggests. But if it did, I'm sure it'd be worth a cool $2 billion.
Comment Re:Wikileaks is innocent I say (Score 0) 194
You make a good point here troll... I wonder if this argument will come up when the US begin extraditing Julian. If they find him guilty they'll need follow through and shutdown every newspaper, tv channel and radio station both domestic and international?
Pul-lease!
Pul-lease!
Comment Re:PayPal does this ALL the time. (Score 1) 3
Heh, PayPal... I learned my lesson in 2007 and have never used it again.
