Submission + - Aripi deschise (blogspot.com)
aripi writes: "Aripi deschise". Magazine for teachers and students in primary grades.
Submission + - When Users Dive into Malware Cesspools (infoworld.com)
GMGruman writes: "It's common knowledge that the Android Market is teeming with malware, yet people keep downloading fake apps that steal their personal information or worse. Phishing attacks continue to effectively scam people, despite years of warnings to not do the equivalent of getting in a stranger's car. Perhaps it's time to change the rules, at least at work, so in return for the ability to use the smartphone or tablet of your choice, or even the PC or software of your choice, users take responsibility for not being stupid. Be stupid, lose your smartphone access privileges for a while. Do it again and maybe lose that bonus. The "consumerization of IT" trend says IT needs to stop treating users like babies. But it should also say that users need to stop acting like babies."
The Challenges of Tapping Blood Flow For Power 143
joshuarrrr writes "Researchers in Switzerland have tested small turbines designed to fit inside a human artery, like an implantable hydroelectric generator. The turbines can draw about a milliwatt of power, which would be enough to run a pacemaker. The problem is that the turbines tended to create turbulence, which can cause blood to coagulate into clots. Competing systems avoid the turbulence but have trouble generating enough power."
Comment Re:"Patronizing a prostitute" tickets (Score 1) 136
Sounds like you are a professional lorry driver.
Comment Re:"Patronizing a prostitute" tickets (Score 1) 136
Dental examination is a bit of work, a far easier way would be to see if she wants to have sex with you... If she is (1) eager or (2) willing then she is a cop and going to arrest you. Seriously we are on slashdot.
Comment Re:Cue the old man thread... (Score 1) 322
Well you could try a more efficient OS... ;)
You are correct it is quite possible and even easy to put a large amount of data into a small amount of data, but my point really goes towards the usefulness of transfer that raw information with random people. Besides Twitter already does that...
Though on the plus side. This solution does allow you to casually plug your computer into a brick while hanging out in a random alley with people either looking to mug you or simply waiting their turn for the brick.
Also it doesn't exactly sound fun trying to support the netbook/laptop with one hand while trying to operate it with the other.
You are correct it is quite possible and even easy to put a large amount of data into a small amount of data, but my point really goes towards the usefulness of transfer that raw information with random people. Besides Twitter already does that...
Though on the plus side. This solution does allow you to casually plug your computer into a brick while hanging out in a random alley with people either looking to mug you or simply waiting their turn for the brick.
Also it doesn't exactly sound fun trying to support the netbook/laptop with one hand while trying to operate it with the other.
Comment Re:Sounds great! (Score 1) 322
Yeah I actually have a 64GB and a 128GB Patriot xporter. But that is not my point. In the article there are linked pictures, where it actually shows the devices, prior to them being just a connector sticking from the wall and based on their small size they could not be any bigger than 4-8GB.
However my point is that there is no real functionality to be gained from sharing small form factor information (read:text) with people you do not know. I am assuming text because you really aren't sharing if the next guy is just going to overwrite your stuff with his stuff, so you have to be able to upload and download freely without having to worry about deleting others files first. But I digress, the point being that without a targeted purpose the usefulness of this thing is nearly non-existent. And yes there are the obvious security issues with this.
However my point is that there is no real functionality to be gained from sharing small form factor information (read:text) with people you do not know. I am assuming text because you really aren't sharing if the next guy is just going to overwrite your stuff with his stuff, so you have to be able to upload and download freely without having to worry about deleting others files first. But I digress, the point being that without a targeted purpose the usefulness of this thing is nearly non-existent. And yes there are the obvious security issues with this.
Comment Re:Works until it gets polluted (Score 1) 322
Seriously I think it'd be great if the RIAA started messing with this guys "Dead Drops" I mean it is seriously labor intensive, not only that but the base idea is useless to begin with so what real functionality are they robbing from us?
Comment Re:Sounds great! (Score 1) 322
Seriously, when I first read this I thought, hey that is a pretty good idea. But then it occurred to me, what possible usefulness could come out of this? I guess I just pictured something a little more grandiose (some sort of actual storage instead of the 4-8GB that could be in that thumb drive max). And don't even get me started on the fact that some laptops would require a cord to connect up to those (ones with recessed usb, I even have one which has usb in the back vertically).
Comment Re:Hi-res picture you say ? (Score 1) 104
These are 500px wide...
If 640 is enough for everyone, 500 should be enough for 78% of the population.
I'm one of the 0.16% of the population with a 1 pixel display you insensitive clod.
I was like you Chris but recently I made the jump from 1px to 4px and I don't think I could ever go back everything is so crisp and fluid now...
Comment Re:Of course... (Score 1) 510
Only on slashdot would you find people with "stay-at-home girlfriends". Thank God slashdot readers don't have real girlfriends.
Comment Re:Open Notes & Well-Designed Exams (Score 1) 870
I have a really hard time feeling sympathy for students who are unable to adapt to simple calculators. I think providing simple calculators is a fair compromise, though I do think it is sad that the professor's only real option is to self-fund this endeavor.
Comment Re:If you have to ask... (Score 2, Funny) 308
However I'm pretty sure there have been a couple people over the history of mankind who have sailed around the world without internet access.
Yes, for example Columbus. Since he had no internet access, he could not just look up his coordinates in Google Earth to find out where he was, and therefore he thought he were in India when he wasn't. Also a quick check in Wikipedia would have shown him that true Indians look quite different, and he would not have mistaken the native Americans for Indians.
So you see, having internet access is quite important when sailing.
To be honest, Columbus' limitation was not so much the lack of internet access; it was the under-developed state that the Global Positioning System was in at the time (which of course rendered Google Earth nearly worthless). That said you are quite right that a cursory check of Wikipedia would have proven quite helpful in the whole Indian != Indian situation. Imagine the sheepish look on Columbus' face when he asked his hosts for Curry and he was instead offered Corn.
Submission + - Apple dictates naming of corporate networks. (apple.com)
Gattman01 writes: After updating our company's iPhones to iOS 4.0 the phones suddenly stopped communicating with servers on the local network. It turns out Apple has decided in iOS 4.0 to disallow resolving domain names ending in .local. Their resolution, change your company's internal domain name.
Submission + - Economy tanked while government surfed porn (google.com) 1
unixan writes: In a report by the SEC Inspector General that smacks of fiddling while Rome burns, 33 recent ethics investigations all showed that the government employees responsible for keeping an eye on the economy were instead obsessed with surfing porn — while the economy was tipping over.
One cited example:
One cited example:
A senior attorney at the SEC's Washington headquarters spent up to eight hours a day looking at and downloading pornography. When he ran out of hard drive space, he burned the files to CDs or DVDs, which he kept in boxes around his office.
