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Comment Update your HOSTS file...yes really. (Score 5, Informative) 197

From TFA

Stolen data is sent to the IP 144.76.120.243 that belongs [to a] server hosted in Germany.

"We found 3 domains that link to same IP:
go-upload.ru created 2012.09.23
aliserv2013.ru created 2013.09.09
ngusto-uro.ru created 2013.09.19

Unfortunately, domains are registered through the infamous Russian domain registrar Naunet.ru, which is associated with malware and spam activities. This registrar hides client contact info and ignores requests to suspend illegal domains.

Comment They can call it what they like - don't use it (Score 1) 197

Unless you don't give a damn about the confidentiality of your data.

If you don't fancy setting up your own server at home, try http://owncloud.org/
Advantage is clients available for many platforms, including Android.

If that's too hard, and/or you want 24/7/365, pick a hosting solution in the country of your choice.
Difficult to know which one to pick, tho'.

Comment Amazing stuff... (Score 1) 72

Now that's more like it! Forget the asteroid-mining bullshitters and the nutters who think one day we're going to colonise Mars, (much as I'd love that to be one day possible...it just ain't).

This is real science, real exploration, with a real goal to further mankind's scientific knowledge, requiring efforts lasting years.
Oh, and (in the scheme of things), very little money.

Hats off to them. Can't wait to see if the lander makes it. Now THAT would be impressive.
Kinda like getting Woody Allen's VW to not only to start but then fly from New York to Australia, at supersonic speed, and then land on a penny.
Without a map.

Comment Bring back respect and job security (Score 1) 53

OK, ensure that punishment fits the crime by all means, and crooked employees have been yielding to temptation for centuries.
Still, I can't help thinking that maybe, just maybe, if financial institutions developed their employees properly, and had enough of them, plus paid them just a fraction of their traders and CEOs, then they would have loyal, competent and trustworthy staff instead of having to rely on contractors.

Hey, they might even not have to spend that much money; I've been in plenty of situations where there were dozens of contractors, and not one of them costing less than 1000 per day...and usually plenty more than that.

Comment Get another PC (Score 1) 158

Good luck and congrats on your motivation.
Now, if you have spare time but no cash, get another job, evenings or weekends, and then buy yourself a decent dev box.
Or a tablet or laptop for the other people who share the machine.
If you're space and budget constrained, you can share the screen(s) with a switch box.

Comment Re:A few apps exist already (Score 1) 105

Depends on both frequency and energy level.. Of the two, energy level is the one to watch for...very high energies can only be attenuated by significant amounts of solid matter...like a yard of lead or concrete or water (surprisingly, lead is only about 30% max better at shielding than concrete...and a damn sight more expensive and harder to work than concrete.
Water, of course, helps with neutron radiation too, but I digress...
But if you're close enough to that kind of energy source your smartphone is the last thing you'll be needing - a good pair of running shoes would be more useful.

Back on topic, there's plenty of "interesting" gamma sources that will happily go through a piece of tape, and I suppose the paranoid could you this to check on their does rates while getting an X-ray

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