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Comment Re:Sorry... (Score 4, Insightful) 361

by wooferhound (#45196901) Attached to: CryptoSeal Shuts Down Consumer VPN Service To Avoid Fighting NSA

It's a secret warrant issued by a secret court, binding the recipient to secrecy under pain of imprisonment, and with no way to contest the warrant. And since it's the NSA, you can't even see evidence used against you because it's obviously in regards to national security...even if it isn't.

Next thing to come will be the Secret Police . . .

Submission + - Remote Control Breast Implants (newschannel5.com)

Submitted by wooferhound
wooferhound writes: mother of two had both breasts removed. Her next step, reconstruction, but doctor Ankit Desai said the process can often be long and painful. There's usually not enough skin to insert an implant after a mastectomy, so doctors have to stretch the patient's tissue with an expander and inject saline into it.
"They have to have a needle that's stuck through the skin. Sometimes that can cause some discomfort for patients," Ankit Desai, M.D., from the East Coast Institute for Research, explained.
As part of study, Michele is trying out a new tissue expander using a remote control. It allows patients to expand their breast tissue at their own pace in the comfort of their own home.

Submission + - CEO (& yahoo) Meg Whitman to HP Employees: No More Telecommuting for You (allthingsd.com)

Submitted by McGruber
McGruber writes: AllThingsD has the news (http://allthingsd.com/20131008/yahoo-redux-hp-says-all-hands-on-deck-needed-requiring-most-employees-to-work-at-the-office-memo/) that Hewlett-Packard has enacted a policy that requires most employees to work from the office and not from home.

According to an undated question-and-answer document distributed to HP employees, the new policy is aimed at instigating a cultural shift that “will help create a more connected workforce and drive greater collaboration and innovation.” The memo also said: “During this critical turnaround period, HP needs all hands on deck. We recognize that in the past, we may have asked certain employees to work from home for various reasons. We now need to build a stronger culture of engagement and collaboration and the more employees we get into the office the better company we will be.”

One complication is the simple fact that numerous HP offices don’t have sufficient space to accommodate all of their employees. According to sources familiar with the company’s operations, as many as 80,000 employees, and possibly more, were working from home in part because the company didn’t have desks for them all within its own buildings.

Submission + - Obamacare Marketplace: Info Can Be Shared With Law Enforcement (weeklystandard.com)

Submitted by rotorbudd
rotorbudd writes: Maryland's Health Connection has an interesting statement at the end of it's privacy policy.
"Any information that you provide to us in your application will be used only to carry out the functions of Maryland Health Connection. The only exception to this policy is that we may share information provided in your application with the appropriate authorities for law enforcement and audit activities. "

Submission + - Arduino Gaming: Not So Retro Any More (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by beckman101
beckman101 writes: Two years ago the Gameduino brought retro-style gaming to the Arduino. This week its successor launched on Kickstarter, still fully open-source but with a video that shows it running some contemporary-looking demos, plus it has a touch screen and a pretty decent 3-axis accelerometer. Farewell to the retro?

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