Comment Re:Secure, how times do I get to try? (Score 2) 372
I've been saying for a long time now if companies would just implement lockout policies we wouldn't have any of these issues.
Comment Reviews (Score 2) 36
Pretty sure it would be easy to dissuade a potential buyer, their only review from a satisfied customer was his last video entry to the world.
Submission + - Todd Park Appointed Second U.S. CTO (ibtimes.com)
redletterdave writes: "On Friday, President Barack Obama appointed Todd Park, a 39-year-old former entrepreneur and data scientist, to be the new U.S. Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Park takes over for Aneesh Chopra, the first U.S. CTO, who resigned in February. Park was formerly the CTO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since 2009, where he helped bring "big data" to healthcare by helping create an open health care data platform similar to the National Weather Service, which could feed data to commercial websites and applications. Before joining the Obama administration, Park helped co-found AthenaHealth and Castlight Health, and also served as a senior adviser to Ashoka, a global incubator for social entrepreneurs. One of his ventures, Healthpoint Services, won the 2011 Sankalp Award for the 'most innovative and promising health-oriented social enterprise in India.'"
Comment Re:Doesn't seem to be any outrage here (Score 1) 315
I don't know, I'm pretty mad but I don't want to take it out on you guys by commenting righRASRARSARGGGGGGRRGARGRAGRaragr
Submission + - Ralph Baer, the Father of Video Games, Turns 90 (ign.com) 1
silentbrad writes: IGN published an article today celebrating the birthday of the man credited with creating video games. "Reactions at Sanders were mixed when Baer presented his creation, but he knew he had something special when he took the machine to the patent office and the normally impossible-to-impress inspectors fell in love with it. "Within half an hour, [the inspector] is playing games," Baer recalled. "He has half the corridor come in. People up and down the corridor come in and play games."
Comment In other news- (Score 5, Funny) 777
The RIAA now has resorted to other means of enforcing their copyrights than normal lawsuits, they have opted instead to inject illegal photos into popular music torrents. More news at 11.
Comment Re:Traitors (Score 5, Insightful) 278
In the government we call them whistle blowers.
Not exactly the same, but It's something to think about.
Comment Owch (Score 3, Insightful) 80
I would hate to be a member of a company who is supposed to focused on security and got hacked by script kiddies. I would say it isn't good for business but the majority of their customers wouldn't know or care.
Comment As much as I like the FCC... (Score 2) 112
As much as I like the FCC, what in the world would they need to do this for? This seems like a terrible way of stopping the "enemy" from communicating by stopping Citizens from communicating. The FCC has had my back in the past with our thought process on how communications should be handled, I'm glad they are asking for public input on this.
Comment Developing vehicles in danger? (Score 1) 95
'With vehicles taking up to three years to develop, [security strategist Brian Contos] says manufacturers will struggle to keep abreast of rapidly-evolving threats unless they organize regular software updates."
What? What does he mean? Why should it be any problem while it is still being developed? Unless It's a hardware hack I don't see how it should have any trouble receiving updates while it is still being made, more so after it has been released and updates are done via the internet which is much more scary.
Comment I'll take It. (Score 1) 186
Sure, I'll take them up on the offer. If they want to give me a free high quality camera I could remove from the device and use for a webcam I see 100% win-win for me, all they are going to be receiving is "No Signal".
Comment Re:What, no link to their actual site? (Score 1) 332
Their concept vessels appear to be set on cruise ship or 6 helicopter pad crane carrier.
Comment One keyboard for most problems. (Score 1) 192
Even in a dedicated tech support role VNC makes it so I don't have to touch a keyboard other than my own unless I get called in the hallway.
Comment Re:Power source (Score 1) 171
Just think of the additional batteries you could fit in an area the size of a prosthetic limb. You could probably get upwards of a month of normal smartphone use without recharging.
By the time he got to his car in the morning he would be exhausted by the weight he just had to lug around.
Comment Looks familiar. (Score 1) 90
Did National Geographic take a close-up picture of my face while I was sleeping?
