Comment Does'nt work in Firefix 3.6.3 (Score 0, Flamebait) 259
The point of a DEMO is to show your tool in action. Sound, notes appearing magically, not just static screen shots.
Submission + - The Boom (or Bubble) in Federal Cybersecurity
Hugh Pickens writes: "The Washington Post reports that the increasing number and intensity of cyberattacks has attracted the attention of the Obama administration and Congress, which have begun steering dollars to the problem and much of that new spending, estimated at $6 to $7 billion annually just in unclassified work, is focused on the Washington region, as the federal government consolidates many of its cybersecurity-focused agencies in the area. "I think it is a real growth opportunity in coming years," says David Z. Bodenheimer, a partner at law firm Crowell & Moring in Washington who leads the firm's homeland security practice and specializes in government contracts. "The market is still rather fragmented and in flux, but is developing with a speed that it is attracting both the major defense and homeland security contractors who are establishing independent business units to pursue these opportunities, and it is also a real opportunity for the smaller players who have niche products." One reason the field is attracting so many companies is that the barriers to entry are low — at least relative to other defense industries but as start-ups and others rush to stake claims, some wonder if a bubble of sorts is beginning to inflate and recall that many venture firms in the early 2000s chased similar prospects. "A lot of the early people made significant money," says Roger Novak, founder of Novak Biddle Venture Partners. "but there were [also] a lot of 'me too' companies.""
Comment Re:Yea (Score 1) 496
Since no one else did it, I remind you of Carl Sagans point. "I don't know, Sparks. But I guess I'd say if it is just us... seems like an awful waste of space."
Comment Up to Xbps (Score 1) 454
The thing everyone misses when they gripe about their ISP and the down/up speeds is that the ISPs all advertise bandwidth "up to" the rate they are selling. NO ISP can guarantee bandwidth as there are too many factors beyond their control that affect it. No ISP advertises a set value, its always, "up to" Xbps. The "up to" is usually in the fine print or an * but that is our responsibility to notice under current laws.
Comment Worlds First? laboratory meat (Score 1) 820
I thought Louise Brown <url:http://history1900s.about.com/od/medicaladvancesissues/a/testtubebaby.htm> was the first laboratory meat
Comment MIssing option (Score 2, Interesting) 496
Why wasn't Slashdot.org a choice? Closest I could get was Cowboy Neals private FTP server.
Comment Re:Brainless! (Score 0) 429
We already have them...in Congress.
Comment That Darn Cat! (Score 0) 174
For you youngsters who are confused. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059793/
Comment Its legal if the govt says so (Score 0) 785
Perhaps this school system can go the route of the Maryland Correctional system.
The Associated Press Wednesday, July 15, 2009; 8:27 AM Maryland's top corrections official is scheduled to testify in favor of legislation to allow states to get permission from the federal government to jam illegal cell phones in prisons. Gary Maynard, who is the secretary for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, is set to testify before a Senate committee on Wednesday. Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski also is scheduled to appear. She is a co-sponsor of legislation that would allow states to petition the Federal Communications Commission to use jamming technologies in prisons where illegal cell phone use is a significant problem.
Comment Re:So like where is the rest of the stuff? The goo (Score 2, Informative) 392
From her attorneys brief asking for the appeal:
The second Gore factor is the factor commonly expressed in ratios of punitive to
actual damages: "the disparity between the actual or potential harm suffered by the
plaintiff and the punitive damages award." Campbell, 538 U.S. at 418. Although the
Supreme Court has declined to state a bright-line rule about the maximum permissible
ratio, it has repeatedly held that "few awards exceeding a single-digit ratio between
punitive and compensatory damages, to a significant degree, will satisfy due process."
Id. at 425. Even if, on occasion, awards with two-digit or even three-digit ratios are
permissible, the damages award in this case, with its four-digit ratio looked at by album
and five-digit ratio looked at by song is nowhere close to constitutionally permissible.
"In sum, courts must ensure that the measure of punishment is both reasonable and
proportionate to the amount of harm to the plaintiff and to the general damages
recovered." Id. at 426.
Comment Re:Let's make this into a game (Score 0) 194
TIC-TAC-TOE: The Movie.
Comment Re:Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here (Score 0) 194
This movie is the result of writers block and too much alcohol.
Comment Chinas motives (Score 0) 293
The government justifies its ban on virtual currency trading as a way to curtail gambling and other illegal online activities.
Will the other illegal online activities include, dissent against the govt or telling the world about human rights violations? Looks like its another way to pass a law to restrict their populace.
Comment while they are at it (Score 0) 586
they could also add they letters "ANY" to the space bar. Help desks the world over will be eternally grateful
Comment Q-Ships (Score 1) 13
From http://www.safetyatsea.net/09 Apr 2009,
NAVIES should take a page from history to battle piracy by resurrecting the Q ship tactic from the 20th Century's two world wars, a security professional has told Fairplay.
Kim Petersen, security chief for TranSystems, said heavily armed decoy cargo vessels could halt piracy cold: "What is needed is some game-changing action by US forces, and for part of the answer we need only look to the allied response to the U-boat wolfpacks ...
Also see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship
