Comment Perfect Plan (Score 5, Insightful) 158
There will always be a "top 5 percent", sot they will eventually throttle everyone to 0.
Comment At Least... (Score 1) 109
They waited till Friday to announce this. Bad news is best broken on Fridays.
Comment Re:Violation of ToS should not be a crime (Score 1) 74
So, if slashdot's TOS required the abandonment of your first born, you would be Fine with that? I Know you just want to post on this site soooooooo bad, that you do not give a flying flip over the TOS until it's too late and the slash van is pulling up outside your house.
Comment Coming soon to a investment firm near you (Score 1) 179
Music while on hold...
"Hello this is the IT department, what can I do for you today?"
"I need help FAST! I am trying to take advantage of the Facebook IPO, but my transaction is not going through the purchasing software!"
"I'm sorry to hear that, let me take a look on my end... OH, Ah, Oh, I see that your purchase amount is above the IT department's trading policy limit, so the order can not go through"
"THIS IS NOT ITS JOB TO DETERMINE THIS!! THIS NEEDS TO GO THROUGH IMMEDIATELY! TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!!"
"According to policy C-1474, all transactions above $5000 will need to be put through IT's weekly security and trading meeting."
v "WHEN'S THAT!"
"Thursday."
"WHAT THE F***"!"
"Sorry for your frustration. I have started a problem ticket in the system... the ticket number is four, Seven, Three, Two, DEE as in Delta..."
Click
"Hello this is the IT department, what can I do for you today?"
"I need help FAST! I am trying to take advantage of the Facebook IPO, but my transaction is not going through the purchasing software!"
"I'm sorry to hear that, let me take a look on my end... OH, Ah, Oh, I see that your purchase amount is above the IT department's trading policy limit, so the order can not go through"
"THIS IS NOT ITS JOB TO DETERMINE THIS!! THIS NEEDS TO GO THROUGH IMMEDIATELY! TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!!"
"According to policy C-1474, all transactions above $5000 will need to be put through IT's weekly security and trading meeting."
v "WHEN'S THAT!"
"Thursday."
"WHAT THE F***"!"
"Sorry for your frustration. I have started a problem ticket in the system... the ticket number is four, Seven, Three, Two, DEE as in Delta..."
Click
Submission + - FBI Hunts Down the Johansson Hacker (foxnews.com)
kuhnto writes: Unlike mere mere mortal men's needs, when hackers gained access to the phone of Scarlett Johansson to obtain some risque self portraits, the FBI is on the case. According the FBI, " The FBI is aware of the alleged hacking incident and is looking into it"
One photo, posted on Buzzfeed.com shows a backside towel self portrait, and other photos are floating around.
One photo, posted on Buzzfeed.com shows a backside towel self portrait, and other photos are floating around.
Submission + - Feds say cyber threat to banks is growing (thehill.com)
GovTechGuy writes: Federal officials told lawmakers that attacks against the U.S. financial industry are growing increasingly sophisticated and damaging, increasing the need for new security laws that will enable firms and the government to share information on attacks.
Comment Name brand set top boxes? Anyone? (Score 5, Insightful) 324
I view this as just one more example of the price everyone has to pay due to the closed, non-competitive, proprietary cable box. Scientific Atlanta? Wow, they are such huge powerhouses in cutting edge technical solutions.
Imagine a world where the big electronics players all competed in the marketplace with set top boxes. Wow, I might no longer have to wait 15 minutes for my cable box to reboot, or deal with pathetic menu designs. Power reduction would fall into these designs as just another marketing tool.
Comment Re:Usenet providers (Score 1) 421
Stop spreading rumors about this "Usenet" you speak of. It does not exist, never has, and would be a stupid idea to build such a thing.
Submission + - What you lost in the FCC's net 'neutrality' ruling (itworld.com)
jfruhlinger writes: The FCC was supposed to come up with a set of rules that would preserve net neutrality. Although the recommendations they released came out under the "net neutrality" moniker, in fact they ensure that the Internet's level playing field will be lost. Check out the low points of the regulations. Fortunately, it seems that opposition in Congress is brewing.
Survey Shows How Stupid People Are With Passwords 427
wiredmikey writes "Another study was released to today that once again shows how careless people really are online. When it comes to safeguarding personal information online, many people don't seem to care very much, or don't think enough about it. In the survey of more than 2,500 people, some interesting and scary trends were revealed in how users handle their online passwords..."
Distinguishing Encrypted Data From Random Data? 467
gust5av writes "I'm working on a little script to provide very simple and easy to use steganography. I'm using bash together with cryptsetup (without LUKS), and the plausible deniability lies in writing to different parts of a container file. On decryption you specify the offset of the hidden data. Together with a dynamically expanding filesystem, this makes it possible to have an arbitrary number of hidden volumes in a file. It is implausible to reveal the encrypted data without the password, but is it possible to prove there is encrypted data where you claim there's not? If I give someone one file containing random data and another containing data encrypted with AES, will he be able to tell which is which?"
'Throttling' Broadband Provider Sued In Australia 130
destinyland writes "Optus has been severely throttling users who exceed a download quota, according to ZDNet — down from 100Mbps to 64Kbps — and it's drawn attention from federal regulators. Optus's ad campaign promises 'supersonic' speeds, and one technology blog notes that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 'isn't happy about Optus' sensationalist claims, which it's sure breaches the Trade Practices Act.' Australia's trade commission called the practice 'misleading or deceptive,' and the broadband provider now has a date in court next month, the second one since a June hearing over 'unlimited' voice and data plans that actually had usage caps."
