Comment Re:why does congress hate free markets? (Score 3, Funny) 1167
IT workers propose bill requiring citizen referendum on any congressional pay
There fixed that for you.
Comment Re:I have problems with this (Score 1) 1319
If you honestly believed 100% that when you die you go to a beautiful place then why mourn death?
For the same reason you get sad when your friends move away?
Comment Re:Um... That is why it is called a "TEST" (Score 2) 451
Tests are supposed to fine failures
Maybe we could run more "tests" to help balance the budget? =)
Submission + - Bipartisan Internet Sales Tax Bill Introduced (itworld.com)
jfruhlinger writes: "Four senators, including both Democrats and Republicans, have introduced a bill that would allow (but not require) states to collect sales tax on items purchased by residents online, even the seller has no physical presence in that state. Sellers would be able to pay through either the existing Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement or a new alternative tax simplification plan. Battle lines are being drawn predictably: brick-and-mortar retailers love the idea, Internet-only sellers hate it."
Comment Re:IW completely ignoring the community (Score 1) 201
To each their own. In MW2 I never had to worry if I was joining a server with abusive admins, or that had retarded rules (crouch only server! knives only this round! shotguns only this round!). I never had to worry if I was joining a server with stacked teams built to run up their rankings, and I never had to worry if the game was lying about how many players were actually on their server. In MW2 I just click play and a minute or two later I'm playing. Maybe my computer is at the center of the internet because I very rarely had connection issues. Having played both, if I had to pick I'd take the MW2 matchmaking system any day.
Comment Take you credit card off file (Score 1) 161
Login into itunes and under payment options select "None.",
I took my credit card off my itunes account a while ago after I started hearing stories on the news of kids running up huge bills and what a nightmare it is to get Apple to act. I can still "buy" the free games, and I don't have to worry about my kid accidentally selecting something that costs money. On the rare occasion that I do want to buy something from Apple it prompts me for payment information and I just have to enter in my credit card information.
This has the added bonus of preventing someone from discovering your username and password and running up a huge bill.
I took my credit card off my itunes account a while ago after I started hearing stories on the news of kids running up huge bills and what a nightmare it is to get Apple to act. I can still "buy" the free games, and I don't have to worry about my kid accidentally selecting something that costs money. On the rare occasion that I do want to buy something from Apple it prompts me for payment information and I just have to enter in my credit card information.
This has the added bonus of preventing someone from discovering your username and password and running up a huge bill.
Comment Re:Damned if you do, damned if you don't (Score 3, Interesting) 397
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
Submission + - Climate change poll
claykarmel writes: Not a scoop. A suggestion for a poll.
"Your position on Climate Change"
a) Believe it (not a researcher)
b) Know it (and can prove it)
c) Skeptic
d) Believe Climate Change is a hoax
e) Know Climate Change is a hoax (and can prove it)
f) Suspect CC is caused mostly by hot air about CC
"Your position on Climate Change"
a) Believe it (not a researcher)
b) Know it (and can prove it)
c) Skeptic
d) Believe Climate Change is a hoax
e) Know Climate Change is a hoax (and can prove it)
f) Suspect CC is caused mostly by hot air about CC
Submission + - Google Maps to charge for usage (bbc.co.uk)
Entropy98 writes: Google is to start charging websites that use the Google Maps API $4 per 1000 pageviews.
With the Google Translate API scheduled to become a paid service in December what other Google APIs might be next?
With the Google Translate API scheduled to become a paid service in December what other Google APIs might be next?
Comment Re:Does ABET matter? (Score 1) 1797
To take the PE license exam you must have a 4 year degree from an ABET school.
MIT and UCB are ABET : http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=41 http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=368
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MIT and UCB are ABET : http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=41 http://main.abet.org/aps/AccreditedProgramsDetails.aspx?OrganizationID=368
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Submission + - TSA Officer Leaves A 'Get Your Freak On' Note (forbes.com) 1
nonprofiteer writes: TSA officer finds a tiny vibrator in a passenger's bag, then scrawls a message on the official form letting her know that her bag had been searched: "Get your freak on, girl." C'mon, TSA, really? Funny, but so inappropriate.
Comment Re:A very good idea... (Score 1) 1797
The big problem with this is the online school has to be ABET accredited for your engineering degree to mean anything to anyone, and ABET seems to think that if you spend less than $30,000 your degree is worthless, regardless of what's being taught by who.
Submission + - Tor anonymizing network Compromised by French rese (thehackernews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: French researchers from ESIEA, a French engineering school, have found and exploited some serious vulnerabilities in the TOR network. They performed an inventory of the network, finding 6,000 machines, many of whose IPs are accessible publicly and directly with the system’s source code. They demonstrated that it is possible to take control of the network and read all the messages that circulate.
But there are also hidden nodes, the Tor Bridges, which are provided by the system that in some cases. Researchers have developed a script that, once again, to identify them. They found 181. "We now have a complete picture of the topography of Tor," said Eric Filiol.
Read More at "The Hacker News" — http://thehackernews.com/2011/10/tor-anonymizing-network-compromised-by.html
But there are also hidden nodes, the Tor Bridges, which are provided by the system that in some cases. Researchers have developed a script that, once again, to identify them. They found 181. "We now have a complete picture of the topography of Tor," said Eric Filiol.
Read More at "The Hacker News" — http://thehackernews.com/2011/10/tor-anonymizing-network-compromised-by.html
Submission + - Stupid Hacker Tricks: Exploits Gone Bad (infoworld.com)
snydeq writes: "Taunting tweets, provocative pics, iPad-spam chats — InfoWorld's JR Raphael sheds light on the stupid slip-ups that led to five recent high-profile hacker arrests. 'Clever as they often are, hackers can turn boneheaded pretty quickly and slip up in silly ways, leaving authorities a virtual road map pointing right to their doorsteps.'"
Submission + - Wikileaks shutting down due to lack of money (marketwatch.com)
stevegee58 writes: The financial blockade by financial firms like Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard, Western Union, and PayPal has finally caught up with Wikileaks.
Due to lack of funding Wikileaks has announced on its web site that they're temporarily ceasing publication.
Due to lack of funding Wikileaks has announced on its web site that they're temporarily ceasing publication.
