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Submission + - 'Alien' artist HR Giger dies, 74 (go.com)

sandbagger writes: Swiss artist H.R. Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic "Alien," has died at age 74 from injuries suffered in a fall, his museum said Tuesday. It's pronounced Gee-ger, by the way.

Comment My guess is that *Nix has been compromised (Score 1) 1

We can guess that the Win has been compromised even though the definitive smoking gun for it has yet to appear. However, Linux has been weakened so that there's a backdoor, then that might be big reveal.

An alternative is that the great vacuum cleaner in the sky has been like Archive.Org on steroids and has been leaking like an old boat so that favoured corporations, political entities and other levels of government have been getting access that has had measurable negative consequences. I mean, it's not like they've been using this stuff to keep copies of the Star Wars Holiday Special.

The last things I might guess is that there's an event in particular that is the big reveal. For example, we've never actually had Bin Laden say 'I did it and I'm glad I did it.' In fact, I seem to recall a news story on Sept 12 or 13th saying 'WTF - not I'.

Submission + - Greenwald: The best is yet to come. (gq.com) 1

sandbagger writes: The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who broke the Snowden documents story says that even bigger revelations are yet to come according to Glenn Greenwald's interview with GQ. 'I think we will end the big stories in about three months or so [June or July 2014]. I like to think of it as a fireworks show: You want to save your best for last. There's a story that from the beginning I thought would be our biggest, and I'm saving that.' Given everything that has come out since June of last year, what do Slashdotters think the finale will be?

Comment She needs to learn about host file blocks (Score 2) 248

Here are some to get her started.

0.0.0.0 www.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 facebook.com
0.0.0.0 www.static.ak.fbcdn.net
0.0.0.0 static.ak.fbcdn.net
0.0.0.0 www.login.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 login.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 www.fbcdn.net
0.0.0.0 fbcdn.net
0.0.0.0 www.fbcdn.com
0.0.0.0 fbcdn.com
0.0.0.0 www.static.ak.connect.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 static.ak.connect.facebook.com

Apart from that, though. If she signs into Amazon to buy something, OF COURSE they'll know it's her.

Comment In a school zone all cars are the same. (Score 4, Interesting) 201

However, the moment you're doing anything else, the differences show. So, yes, at two paces away in perfect daylight, with no need for special considerations, yes, a smart phone will take decent photos. Given that even at press conferences telephotos and zooms are needed to see the podium, or you're shooting in imperfect light, or you need a polarizer, or you need to add off-camera flash, you'll need a decent camera.

A few years ago, people were saying that new manufacturers would emerge because Nikon and Canon were wedded to an old-fashioned camera format and the multimedia still/video camera would emerge as a new UI. Well, PJs are still shooting with a design perfected over generations and those needing to shoot video bolt the cameras onto harnesses that make the rigs no smaller than Betacams.

Comment So much for the Special Relationship (Score 0) 43

When British Politicians want to feel good about the UK's place in the world, they talk about the special relationship. It's a bit of wordage for home consumption that
they use to say 'We're America's most important ally.'

It's nonsense. That visiting US politicians are politely hectored into saying it, much to the glee of this or that foreign minister, is proof of bugger all. The UK is treated like a large unsinkable aircraft carrier parked off of Europe. That Israel has NoForn access to the NSA treasure troves is proof of where the US's preferences lie.

Submission + - Rent-a-cops delete photographer's memory card because of because we say so (youtube.com)

sandbagger writes: Chicago-based photographer Benn Jordan that shows the scary situation he found himself in recently while trying to capture a time-lapse of South Chicago. Security guards who refused to identify themselves, asked him to move from the area between the sidewalk and private property they protect, then confiscated his memory cards and deleted days of work. The Acme Refining guards' reasons and legal authority to do so seem to be 'because we say so.'

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