Wizard052 - Slashdot User

Comment Great! One basket for all our eggs... (Score 1, Troll) 260

by Wizard052 on Friday November 06, 2009 @02:12AM (#30003316) Attached to: Dashboard Reveals What Google Knows About You

Not to look down on the efforts made by Google to prevent attacks, but doesn't this pose a huge security risk? The payload from being able to hack into a users profile from this service would be huge...

Volcanic Activity May Split Africa In Two 170

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 05, 2009 @05:04AM from the spit-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes 'Volcanic activity may split the African continent in two, creating a new ocean, say experts. This is due to a recent geological crack which has appeared in northeastern Ethiopia.'

Colleges Secretly Test Music-Industry Project 208

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday November 05, 2009 @04:32AM from the area-51-flavors-and-then-some dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The music industry is still pushing Choruss, a controversial blanket-licensing scheme, but it is far less innovative than first described. Six colleges are setting it up now, but they refuse to have their names released because the issue is a political landmine — and who wants to be associated with the recording industry?"

Comment Really Open Source? (Score 1) 137

by Wizard052 on Friday September 18, 2009 @08:26AM (#29464901) Attached to: The Credibility Issues of MS's CodePlex Foundation

"...a poorly crafted governance structure that concentrates authority at the top and leaves little power to others who might join the foundation." Doesn't look like it captures the OSS development spirit, to me...

Comment A live example (Score 1) 260

by Wizard052 on Friday September 18, 2009 @08:20AM (#29464861) Attached to: Security / Privacy Advice?

Giving a live example as an introduction, sort of like a case study, will make your presentation more interesting. They should see how they can relate the security / privacy issue to their specific context...even better is to hack something right there and then, before their very eyes! Everyone loves a performance, so, be a performer.

Comment Coming up soon... (Score 1) 198

by Wizard052 on Thursday January 15, 2009 @07:26AM (#26463819) Attached to: Can We Create Fun Games Automatically?

...the FUNGAME MANIFESTO v1.1!! All the Science behind every fun game there ever was, distilled in a nice, just mix-with-water, logic! 101 best practices for every game developer idiot and game developer dummy!...fun games guaran-teeed!!! ...then all the games get fun. Then it all gets boring. ...then one breaks out from the mold. And that's different. And it's fun. Fun is now redefined! Wowee!... ...And so the cycle continues..

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