Comment Layoffs (Score 4, Insightful) 640
So....heard that Microsoft might be laying off 15% of its workforce?
Well.....this might compound that.
Comment Only One (Score 4, Insightful) 377
Karl Rove. Come on, give the guy some credit.
The guy ran oppo for the Republican party. They guy know who to talk to, and how to get information. He has is own databases of personal information on people - check his website and his own polling data.
He is fully capable of doing his own leg work with his own resources.
If *I* know what I would need to do to get the info needed to manipulate only one guy, Karl Rove better know, or the Republican party is overpaying him!
Comment Assumptions. (Score 4, Insightful) 377
One man having an accident, or several, perhaps dozens of people conspiring to fake said accident?
False dichotomy.
What is it with people and the assumption that sabotage requires an elaborate chess game complete with blueprints, secret agents, wiretapping, and van full of CIA listening equipment?
It takes one man with a fucking match to burn down a house.
It takes only one mechanic with a desperate need to pay his family's medical bills to snip an important wire.
Comment Occam's Razor (Score 5, Insightful) 377
When a mouse in a house full of cats dies, the simpler explanation isn't that he suddenly lost the will to live.
The Razor is for simplicity. Your need to reaffirm your faith in the humanity of those in power is irrelevant.
Submission + - Mapping Software (umich.edu)
Prysorra writes: Ever wondered how Rand McNally draws those nice and neat road maps? Well I just found a site where a guy painstakingly made his own amazing, fictional, road maps. Can the Slashdot horde put it's collective mind together and find some sort of program to do that? There has got to be something — I want to make my own, but using MS Paint is just mind numbing!
Virtual Earth Exposes Nuclear Sub's Secret 355
NewsCloud alerts us to a story a few months old that has been getting a lot of play recently. A Seattle blogger, Dan Twohig, was browsing in Microsoft's Virtual Earth when he accidentally came across a photo of a nuclear sub in dry-dock. Its propeller is clearly visible — this was a major no-no on the part of someone at the Bangor Sub Base. The designs of such stealth propellers have been secret for decades. Twohig blogged about the find and linked to the Virtual Earth photo on July 2. The debate about security vs. Net-accessible aerial photography has been building ever since. The story was picked up on military.china.com on Aug. 17 — poetic justice for the Chinese sub photo that had embarrassed them a month before. On Aug. 20 the Navy Times published the article that most mainstream media have picked up in their more recent coverage. Twohig's blog is the best source to follow the ongoing debate. No one has asked Microsoft, Google, or anyone else to blur the photo in question. Kind of late now.
Submission + - Are You Pro-Choice?
theodp writes: "You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your work computer. Or can you? While corporate technology managers usually pick laptops, software and other technology for employees, Computerworld reports some tech managers are finding workers can do a better job when they choose and buy the equipment themselves."
Submission + - Identity: "Google" Sousveillance vs. REAL
IConrad01 writes: "http://www.functionalisminaction.com/2007/05/ident ity-google-sousveillance-vs-real.html
Op/Ed piece by a technophile libertarian (yours truly), attempting to document how society is already bypassing government-focused approaches to securing our nation (the US, that is), with a little help from Google."
Submission + - Is the U.S. military overpriced and outdated?
Anonymous Coward writes: "The U.S. spends over half a trillion dollars a year on its military, yet its losing to a bunch of rag tag terrorists with almost no budget who hate each other as much as they hate the U.S. http://www.thefuturewatch.com/UseforMilitary.html"
Submission + - Nanotechnology on the catwalk
Roland Piquepaille writes: "This event didn't take place in Paris or Milano, but at Cornell University during their Cornell Design League fashion show on April 21. It's now official: "nanotechnology has entered the fashion world." Fashion designers and fiber scientists have unified their efforts at Cornell to show a two-toned gold dress and a metallic denim jacket made of cotton fabrics coated with nanoparticles. And these garments can prevent colds and flu, destroy noxious gases and never need washing. When will we see these garments at our department store? The researchers don't say, but read more about the technology used and pictures of the real models — and the nanofibers used."
Submission + - Caves on Mars: New Targets in the Search for Life
ookabooka writes: Yahoo has a story about seven possible caves that could harbor life. These caves would offer protection from solar radiation, dust storms, and other elements of the harsh surface environment. They could also be used for future manned missions as a place to "set up camp".
Wii, DS Dominate February Hardware Sales 149
Gamasutra has the NPD numbers for last month, which shows a continuation of Nintendo's sales dominance. Overall the new consoles have again meant that industry sales were up, some 28% over last year's same-month figures. Hardware sales were up some 98%, with much of that performance attributable to the DS and Wii. Here's the breakdown: "Turning to hardware, the DS headed overall hardware sell-through with an impressive 485,000 units, followed by Nintendo's Wii, which sold 335,000 units despite continued issues with shortages. The Xbox 360 sold through a reasonable, if not spectacular 228,000 copies, and the PlayStation 3 slumped to a disappointing 127,000 units, despite no apparent shortages. Elsewhere, the PlayStation 2 moved a still impressive 295,000 at its relatively cheap current price, and the PlayStation Portable sold 176,000, markedly behind the DS. Finally, the various varieties of the Game Boy Advance sold a not unreasonable 136,000 units."
Submission + - Comedian Sinbad falsely reported dead by Wikipedia
reset_button writes: Comedian and actor Sinbad, had been falsely reported dead of a heart attack on his Wikipedia page. More information can be found here.
Submission + - Wireless connection to your Windows Server 2003?
blh42 writes: I just browsed the newly released service pack 2 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 when I read a disturbing fact. The release notes at Cert describes the following security enhancements:
* The ability to simplify the creation and maintenance of the Internet Protocol security (IPsec) policy
* Group Policy support for non-broadcasting networks and Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) settings to allow Windows wireless client configuration
* Windows wireless client support for WPA2 with the following features:
— Non-broadcast network profiles are now marked with a flag to improve the security of the Windows wireless client.
— Windows will not automatically connect to a peer-to-peer network, even if it has been automatically saved in the preferred network list.
Now, I'm wondering how many that would actually consider setting up a server room that only supports wireless networks? Why would anyone even consider using the wireless client on a Windows Server 2003?
* The ability to simplify the creation and maintenance of the Internet Protocol security (IPsec) policy
* Group Policy support for non-broadcasting networks and Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) settings to allow Windows wireless client configuration
* Windows wireless client support for WPA2 with the following features:
— Non-broadcast network profiles are now marked with a flag to improve the security of the Windows wireless client.
— Windows will not automatically connect to a peer-to-peer network, even if it has been automatically saved in the preferred network list.
Now, I'm wondering how many that would actually consider setting up a server room that only supports wireless networks? Why would anyone even consider using the wireless client on a Windows Server 2003?
Submission + - Ten Games You Should Never Play Drunk
John writes: "Whether you're pounding some beers with friends at home, or capping off a night of drunken revelry, there are a few fun games that lose their appeal when your blood alcohol content grows. Here's some otherwise fun games that aren't recommended for when you're three sheets to the wind.
http://www.games.net/article/netten/1/115262/barf- ten-games-you-should-never-play-drunk&AFC-HSUIT&AT TR=DIGG"
