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Submission + - NASA needs women (cnn.com) 1

Submitted by wisebabo
wisebabo writes: (Actually so does ROSCOSMOS and CNSA)

So here, unfortunately, is another hurdle in MANkind's dreams of long duration space flight. It turns out there are serious vision problems in astronauts that don't go away when they return to earth. Strangely enough these problems don't seem to affect women!

Anyway, at this point I'd normally say rather than making big elaborate spacecraft with spinning sections to provide gravity and heavy radiation shielding, we should just genetically re-engineer humans. But I recently read the short story "People of Sand and Slag" which describes a dystopian future where this has been done. Unfortunately the people(?) of the future have lost their humanity in more ways than one.

So maybe that's not the best idea. Hibernation anyone?
Media

Submission + - Occupy Academy Awards Promotes People Power (smartertechnology.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: People power has come to the Academy Awards with The People's Oscars effort to gauge which actors, actresses and movies ordinary people like best rather than the picks made by the elite judges from the media. I know I never agree with the judge's picks--which often seem politically motivated--and the cool thing about The People's Oscars is that you don't have to vote--just sending any tweet about your favorites is enough to make your voice heard!
Android

Submission + - Southwest Airlines Android app transmits your data in plain text! (krdo.com)

Submitted by
alphacharliezero
alphacharliezero writes: "Computer security researcher David Stites in Colorado has discovered a major flaw in the Southwest Airlines Android App.
Apparently it uses http instead of https to send and receive data including sensitive user information. Which leaves it vulnerable to packet-sniffing on un-encrypted networks. From the article-

'The information that goes from your phone to Southwest in not encrypted, and, Stites says, that is hackers dream.
"They would have access to anything you have access to, such as address, e-mail, phone, credit cards. They could even book a flight in your name," says Stites.'

How can such a large company make such a basic and obvious mistake? If the above is true Southwest is in violation of PCI-DSS and is setting itself up for some massive fines and penalties.
More importantly- How can we as consumers know which mobile apps are secure and which are not?"

Comment Re:I'm glad I support the Republicans (Score 2) 857

by broseidon (#38914903) Attached to: How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SOPA

You do realize that is how some of the most dangerous people ever were voted into office?

Yep, I concur. After all, the timing is just perfect to appease the masses. Forget parties, look at the public reaction to SOPA - If I wanted to a government position in the upcoming elections, with a topic this hot I'd side with the people voting for me, not necessarily the ones who have/will sign me checks. A few bold statements shunning SOPA/PIPA, and I wind up getting all the advertising I need across newspapers nationwide.

Submission + - Ancient Mummy Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer (medicaldaily.com)

Submitted by newmission33
newmission33 writes: Scientists have diagnosed a 2,200-year-old mummy with prostate cancer, suggesting that the disease is linked to genetics rather than the environment.

This is the oldest case of prostate cancer discovered in ancient Egypt and the second oldest in the world. The oldest detection of prostate cancer came from the 2,700-year-old skeleton of a Scythian king in Russia, and led scientists to suspect that cancer was actually quite prevalent in the past despite rare recorded cases.

Comment Re:Rickroll them ! (Score 1) 399

by broseidon (#38839245) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Techie Wedding Invitation Ideas?

Put many signs to redirect those who are looking for toilets into a small cabinet where they would be Rickrolled, with at least a Rick poster and a player starting to play the pop song as soon as they open the door.

Also set up a camera and display the results on your large HD screen once you have a bunch of funny reactions.

This. Someone mod him up.

Comment Apple store = NO BUENO (Score 1) 184

by broseidon (#38811473) Attached to: Apple Has Spent More Than $100 Million Suing Android Manufacturers
Unfortunately, every trip I've ever had to make to the Apple Store resulted in heartache.. It's like a bad help desk line for any half-competent user. The final straw happened when I had an issue with my iPhone a little over a year ago.. a couple hard resets and eventually restoring it to factory defaults did not correct the problem. Made an appointment, waited 15 minutes after my scheduled time, was directed to an iPhone "genius", who asked me if I'd hard reset it or restored it, and then told me she couldn't help me any further, and I needed to speak with an "iPhone expert".. and waited another 20 minutes to have a guy simply pitch me purchasing a refurb one for $200. Needless to say, I sold it for parts and went Android. Haven't looked back since.

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