Comment Re:Video with better audio here (Score 1) 91
fail?
Comment Re:You may have high IQ ... (Score 1) 213
By this definition, chimps can be wise.
Comment Re:The simplest explanation (Score 1) 95
If you get results that fly in the face of decades of peer-reviewed research, your first instinct should not be to believe you've upended physics as we know it. Your first instinct should be, "Oh shit, what did I fuck up?"
My money is on the "results" being wrong.
Increase the "Oh shit, what did I fuck up?" if your "results" are multiple of 2 or 10:
"What they found significantly departed from existing theory–specifically, the speed of the Sun’s plasma motions were approximately 100 times slower than scientists had previously projected."
Comment Re:Brain drain (Score 1) 137
If you consider MBTI, which IMHO is a good tool for team building, most inventive types (consider ENTP for example) are very good at startup phase but lack the tools to keep everything running under schedule, and then someone hires beancouting types. The problem arise when desires surpasses means, and working place becomes politicized. Coincidentally, the inventive types which hate politics loose power and then mediocrity takes place, and to invent you must be part of a special group or have MBA and etc.
Comment Born in an Augmented Reality World (Score 1) 129
I always wonder how reality would it be for a children where virtual stuff is so real like everything else.
Submission + - Five Great Alternatives to Megaupload (lifehacker.com)
haneylopez writes: "Five Great Alternatives to MegaUpload since the recent shutdown of MU. Give these MegaUpload alternatives a try."
Submission + - A wireless router for your brain (extremetech.com)
MrSeb writes: "Ready for the Bleeding Edge Science Word of the Day? Optogenetics. It’s even weirder than it sounds, too: optogenetics is the manipulation of a cell’s functions with light (usually lasers). Today, American startup Kendall Research has announced that it has made a wireless optogenetics device that the company’s founder calls “a wireless router for the brain.” In essence, optogenetics uses a virus to make cells sensitive to light (this is fairly standard practice for gene therapy), and then controls these cells using light. Previous optogenetics devices have been bulky, but Kendall has managed to produce a prototype device that weighs just a few grams and can wirelessly controlled by a computer. Kendall now has lab animals scampering around with optogenetics devices attached to their heads — scientists can manipulate their brain function with a tap on a keyboard, or even set up scheduled, autonomous tests. As far as human applications go, optogenetics is probably the key to Matrix-like "I want to learn Kung Fu!" hacks, or the microsofts from Gibson's Sprawl trilogy."
Submission + - Anonymous Creating Megavideo and Megaupload Altern (ibtimes.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Anonymous, the group who retaliated against the United States Government for bringing down file-sharing websites Megaupload and Megavideo by hacking the websites of the MPAA, RIAA and the Department of Justice, is once again taking matters into their own hands and creating a Megaupload and Megavideo alternative of their own.
The website, www.AnonyUpload.com, was registered on Monday to a P.O. box in Sunnydale, Calif. to an "Adrian Jesson," though Anonymous says that the domain registration will change to a Russian host. "For your safety, our infrastructure will be out of the U.S. jurisdiction
The website, www.AnonyUpload.com, was registered on Monday to a P.O. box in Sunnydale, Calif. to an "Adrian Jesson," though Anonymous says that the domain registration will change to a Russian host. "For your safety, our infrastructure will be out of the U.S. jurisdiction
Submission + - Joint Russian/NASA Moon Colony in the Works (theregister.co.uk)
milbournosphere writes: Russia and NASA are reportedly in talks to create a colony on the moon. They're looking to create either a base on the moon itself or a permanent space station in orbit around the moon.
"We don’t want the man to just step on the Moon,” agency chief Vladimir Popovkin said in an interview with Vesti FM radio station. “Today, we know enough about it. We know that there is water in its polar areas," he added. "We are now discussing how to begin [the Moon’s] exploration with NASA and the European Space Agency."
"We don’t want the man to just step on the Moon,” agency chief Vladimir Popovkin said in an interview with Vesti FM radio station. “Today, we know enough about it. We know that there is water in its polar areas," he added. "We are now discussing how to begin [the Moon’s] exploration with NASA and the European Space Agency."
Submission + - Breaking CAPTCHA with automated humans (troyhunt.com)
troyhunt writes: "We’ve all become accustomed to dealing with CAPTCHAs during the signup process for all sorts of different online accounts where the service owner wants protection from automation via bots. The basis of CAPTCHA is that it takes a human to solve; but what if we automate the humans? And then multithreaded them to work in parallel? Turns out the entire process can be implemented very easily and very cheaply such that CAPTCHAs can be circumvented for a fraction of a cent each."
Submission + - The Continued Evolution Of P2P-DNS
bs0d3 writes: In 2010, piratebay co-founder Peter Sunde gathered coders to begin a decentralized dns system. This is a direct result of the increasing control which the US government has over ICANN. The project was called P2P-DNS and according to the project's wiki, this is how the project is described: 'P2P-DNS is a community project that will free internet users from imperial control of DNS by ICANN. In order to prevent unjust prosecution or denial of service, P2P-DNS will operate as a distributed and less centralized service hosted by the users of DNS.
In 2011; the original project died, and was moved and retitled to cjdns. Alot of interest had shifted to namecoin as coder CJD continued on the p2p-dns code.
2012 brings new updates from the project. One problem with the original dns system was that it left the US in control of IP number assignments, which gives them more power to regulate the global internet even without any control of DNS registries. Cjdns has evolved from it's original mission to be a dns server; while staying on the goal of making ICANN obsolete. They decided to expand to solve "3 major flaws" in the internet: ddos, frivolous court action, and address space deaggregation. Instead of being a simple nameserver like namecoin, cjdns aims to be a new improved version of the internet. Cjdns is already working as a "router", the same way that the internet does, but within its own contained network. Currently with cjdns, you connect to one machine, and they connect to another, and that person in turn connects to another. If someone is hosting content that you don't approve of through your computers connection, you can disconnect them, and they'll have to find another computer to let them in. In this manner, the crowd gets to vote out bad sites, where sites with no support would find themselves unconnectale. It creates IPv6 address derived from it's cryptographic key, if someone tries to spoof an ip their, communications turn to garbage. When cjdns is complete, it could replace the entire internets structure. For those interested in learning more, #cjdns can be reached through efnet on IRC. Those interested in building it (linux only at the moment), can find it here.
In 2011; the original project died, and was moved and retitled to cjdns. Alot of interest had shifted to namecoin as coder CJD continued on the p2p-dns code.
2012 brings new updates from the project. One problem with the original dns system was that it left the US in control of IP number assignments, which gives them more power to regulate the global internet even without any control of DNS registries. Cjdns has evolved from it's original mission to be a dns server; while staying on the goal of making ICANN obsolete. They decided to expand to solve "3 major flaws" in the internet: ddos, frivolous court action, and address space deaggregation. Instead of being a simple nameserver like namecoin, cjdns aims to be a new improved version of the internet. Cjdns is already working as a "router", the same way that the internet does, but within its own contained network. Currently with cjdns, you connect to one machine, and they connect to another, and that person in turn connects to another. If someone is hosting content that you don't approve of through your computers connection, you can disconnect them, and they'll have to find another computer to let them in. In this manner, the crowd gets to vote out bad sites, where sites with no support would find themselves unconnectale. It creates IPv6 address derived from it's cryptographic key, if someone tries to spoof an ip their, communications turn to garbage. When cjdns is complete, it could replace the entire internets structure. For those interested in learning more, #cjdns can be reached through efnet on IRC. Those interested in building it (linux only at the moment), can find it here.
Submission + - Mr. Smith wants to watch you...all of you (slashgear.com) 2
ads49 writes: Apparently this Lamar guy just doesn't know when to quit. He's now pushing a law that forces ISP's to record your search history, credit card usage, and IP addresses you've been assigned for the last 18 months. So now when you are eventually suspected of something, they already have plenty of "proof" against you. Gotta love that forward thinking. http://www.slashgear.com/sopa-sponsor-has-another-internet-bill-that-records-you-247-20210264/
Submission + - Chriss Dodd attempts to bribe Barack Obama (foxnews.com) 1
Hatta writes: Hollywood's top lobbyist and former Sen. Chris Dodd is threatening to cut off campaign funds to President Obama's re-election effort because of anger over the White House appearing to side with tech companies in a bitter fight over anti-piracy legislation.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News, Dodd fired off a warning to Obama — his former Senate Democratic colleague in this election year — "don't take us for granted."
"Candidly, those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake," Dodd told Fox News. "Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake."
In an exclusive interview with Fox News, Dodd fired off a warning to Obama — his former Senate Democratic colleague in this election year — "don't take us for granted."
"Candidly, those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake," Dodd told Fox News. "Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake."
Submission + - Lamar Smith - In Defense of SOPA (cnn.com)
travdaddy writes: "Lamar Smith, sponsor of the SOPA bill, wrote an opinion piece explaining why SOPA "protects consumers and innovators" and that "a great deal of misinformation about the bill has been spread around the Internet." I hope he has his asbestos suit ready."
Submission + - Microsoft can remotely delete Windows 8 apps (itnews.com) 3
tripleevenfall writes: Microsoft will be able to throw a "kill switch" to disable or even remove an app from users' Windows 8 devices, the company revealed in documentation released earlier this week for its upcoming Windows Store.
"In cases where your security is at risk, or where we're required to do so for legal reasons, you may not be able to run apps or access content that you previously acquired or purchased a license for," said Microsoft in the Windows Store terms."If the Windows Store, an app, or any content is changed or discontinued, your data could be deleted or you may not be able to retrieve data you have stored," Microsoft said.
Both Apple and Google can flip such a switch for apps distributed by the iOS App Store and Android Market, respectively.
"In cases where your security is at risk, or where we're required to do so for legal reasons, you may not be able to run apps or access content that you previously acquired or purchased a license for," said Microsoft in the Windows Store terms."If the Windows Store, an app, or any content is changed or discontinued, your data could be deleted or you may not be able to retrieve data you have stored," Microsoft said.
Both Apple and Google can flip such a switch for apps distributed by the iOS App Store and Android Market, respectively.
