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Comment Querying the router (Score 1) 319

by denyingbelial on Monday May 02, 2011 @01:14PM (#36001826) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Monitor Your Own Bandwidth Usage?

I'd be particularily interested in knowing how one could query that information from the router without browsing to the router.

I'd love to have a utility that sits in a small corner of my desktop, just showing me how much bandwidth has gone through the router.

Does DD-WRT offer a way to do that?

Comment Re:Call me Crazy... (Score 2) 354

by denyingbelial on Monday May 02, 2011 @01:03PM (#36001676) Attached to: Man Unknowingly Tweets the Osama Raid

Only problem with that is the dead don't talk.

From what I understood, capturing him alive wasn't an option because it turned into a fullout firefight.

Comment Re:It seemed like a good idea when they were stone (Score 1) 392

by denyingbelial on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @12:43PM (#35882284) Attached to: Officials Say "Capes For the Unemployed" Plan Not Super

Well, 4:20 comes by twice a day.

Comment Really? (Score 1) 1

by denyingbelial on Thursday April 14, 2011 @10:45AM (#35817868) Attached to: Anonymous threatens Sony with biggest attack ever

... Protests and boycotts? Biggest attack ever? I'm pretty sure the average consumer won't give a crap.

Not that I disagree, Sony has fallen from grace in my opinion.

Submission + - Anonymous threatens Sony with biggest attack ever (thinq.co.uk) 1

Submitted by Stoobalou on Thursday April 14, 2011 @10:41AM

Stoobalou writes: Hacktivist hive-mind anonymous has threatened Sony with the 'biggest attack ever' this weekend.
The infamous international gathering of online activists is calling for a massive action against the Japanese electronics corporation in a video posted to YouTube which has since been removed.

Submission + - Filtering of internet not a good thing (europa.eu)

Submitted by jim.hansson on Thursday April 14, 2011 @10:02AM

jim.hansson writes: According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón, a measure ordering an internet service provider to install a system for filtering and blocking electronic communications in order to protect intellectual property rights in principle infringes fundamental rights

Submission + - Predator out does Kinect (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk on Thursday April 14, 2011 @09:08AM

mikejuk writes: A real breakthough in AI allows a simple video camera and almost any machine to track objects in its view. All you have to do is draw a box around the object you want to track and the software learns what it looks like at different angles and under different lighting conditions as it tracks it. This means no training phase — you show it the object and it tracks it. And it seems to work really well!
The really good news is that the software has been released as open source so we can all try it out! This is how AI should work.

Submission + - Google is considering buying MySpace (incometricks.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 14, 2011 @07:28AM

An anonymous reader writes: Google could be considering buying myspace as part of its war on Facebook. Take a look at the article and assess it yourself.

Submission + - IT guy makes stirring speech to human rights group (facebook.com) 2

Submitted by

decora

on Thursday April 14, 2011 @12:54AM

decora writes: "Thomas Drake, an IT expert and NSA official indicted under Espionage law for whistleblowing on the failed Trailblazer project, has made a stirring speech after receiving the Ridenhour Prize. A quote: "Unaccountable and unnecessary power and secrecy on the part of the government are the hallmark of tyranny and contradict the very founding principles of this Nation — and ultimately make us less safe and secure""

Submission + - WordPress.Com Hacked, Attackers Get Root Access (securityweek.com)

Submitted by wiredmikey on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @02:22PM

wiredmikey writes: Automattic, the parent company that operates WordPress, was hacked, resulting what the company said was a low-level (root) break-in to several of their servers. The company warned that potentially anything on those servers could have been revealed to the attackers, including client source code.

Submission + - Next Windows Phone Ideal for AR (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @02:03PM

mikejuk writes: Microsoft has annonced at MIX that the development tools for the next version of Windows Phone will be available next month. There are lots of improvements including better multitasking, faster browsing and improved apps. However the top two techie features are the integration of Silverlight and XNA and a new motion sensor library.
XNA brings 3D to Silverlight's better user interface. It's desirable but tough to program the two together.
The sensor library was developed with the help of Microsoft Research and it integrates readings from the gyro, accelerometer and compass to make augmented reality easier and more sophisticated.
Put the two together — 3D and sensor library and you have a hand held platform for AR.

Submission + - Circumvention Tools - No Silver Bullet (freedomhouse.org)

Submitted by

freedomonline08

on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @01:55PM

freedomonline08 writes: "A new Freedom House report found that while the majority of circumvention tools used to evade government censorship online perform similarly well, the country in which they are used and the nature of the censorship dictate their effectiveness. No one tool provides a silver bullet for security as governments become more sophisticated in filtering content and monitoring user activity. Freedom House recently released the findings of the report, which were based on user surveys"

Comment Re:Rights and priorities (Score 1) 480

by denyingbelial on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @01:50PM (#35810292) Attached to: Berners-Lee: Web Access Is a 'Human Right'

Mmhm, agreed. Canada still has issues with 7. We might not be gaining ground but at least we're not losing it either.

Submission + - Shells Take Radioactive Contaminants From Water (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by RedEaredSlider on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @01:04PM

RedEaredSlider writes: A byproduct of the paper industry and crab shells may soon be used to take radioactive contaminants out of water.

Joel Pawlak, an associate professor of forest biomaterials at North Carolina State University, has developed a material similar to foam rubber that absorbs water and attaches to molecules dissolved in it, leaving pure and potable water behind.

The material is a combination of hemicellulose and chitosan. The first comes from wood and is extracted by the ton in the paper-making process. Chitosan is extracted from ordinary crustacean shells — primarily crab, shrimp and lobster — by treatment with hydrochloric acid and then sodium hydroxide.

Submission + - 'Scrapers' Dig Deep for Data on Web (wsj.com)

Submitted by

srwellman

on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @10:53AM

srwellman writes: "The market for personal information gleamed from social media and online forums is exploding. The practice of Web "scraping" is growing as many firms offer to collect personal, and potentially incriminating, data about users from their social networking profiles and discussions. Many companies even collect online conversations and personal details from social networks, job sites and forums where people might discuss their lives and even potentially sensitive data, such as health issues. These scrapers operate in a legal grey area leaving many users exposed."

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