Comment Re:Cops do whatever they want (Score 1) 93
Ha!
That movie is on right now
Thanks,
Major Major M. Major
Comment Re:Come to me Google Fiber! (Score 1) 154
And the Comcast doesn't?
Comment Come to me Google Fiber! (Score 1) 154
Got the news earlier this year that the area I live in is on the short list for fiber next year.
Crapcast can bite me if it shows up.
Comment I'm Confused (Score 2) 360
Does it suck or blow?
Comment Re:Any chance of finding gravitational waves? (Score 3, Informative) 45
. Also, their separation is by a couple thousand light years,
TFA reads:
"The separation between the black holes is quite small: 0.6 milliparsecs, or about 2 thousandths of a light year. That's about the width of our Solar System."
So gravitation waves might be seen AT that distance
Comment Re:Remember Oliver North (Score 2) 87
No, they won't be selling ARMs to Iran.
Submission + - Google and Facebook: Unelected Superpowers? 1
theodp writes: "The government is not the only American power whose motivations need to be rigourously examined," writes The Telegraph's Katherine Rushton. "Some 2,400 miles away from Washington, in Silicon Valley, Google is aggressively gaining power with little to keep it in check. It has cosied up to governments around the world so effectively that its chairman, Eric Schmidt, is a White House advisor. In Britain, its executives meet with ministers more than almost any other corporation. Google can't be blamed for this: one of its jobs is to lobby for laws that benefit its shareholders, but it is up to governments to push back. As things stand, Google — and to a lesser extent, Facebook — are in danger of becoming the architects of the law." Schmidt, by the way, is apparently interested in influencing at least two current hot-button White House issues. Joined by execs from Apple, Oracle, and Facebook, the Google Chairman asserted in a March letter to Secretary of State John Kerry that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is not in the economic interests of the U.S.; the Obama administration on Friday extended the review period on the pipeline, perhaps until after the Nov. 4 congressional elections. And as a "Major Contributor" to Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us PAC, Schmidt is also helping to shape public opinion on the White House's call for immigration reform; FWD.us just launched new attack ads (videos) and a petition aimed at immigration reform opponent Rep. Steve King. In Dave Eggers' The Circle, politicians who impede the company execs' agenda are immediately brought down. But that's fiction, right?
Comment Re:So I was all "Social contract, move to Somalia" (Score 1) 397
And how many people will consider beer waste handling as an important enough issue to vote out someone? None. They're going to be more interested in big ticket items like gay rights or abortion. This is how the government stealthes in an array of regulations that eventually consume our every moment.
So, if you think the "big ticket items" are gay rights and abortion, you've bought into the democrats (and most republicans) stealth plan to hide from the "real big ticket items".
Submission + - Google's New Camera App Lets You Add Lens Blur to Your Pictures (hardwarezone.com.sg)
katiewilliam writes: The Google Research Blog revealed that there's quite a fair bit of algorithms running to achieve this effect; to put it in a nutshell, computer vision algorithms create a 3D model of the world based on the shots you have taken, and estimate the depth to every point in the scene.
Submission + - Peoria Mayor Sends Police to Track Down Twitter Parodist (reason.com)
rotorbudd writes: Guess the good Mayor has never heard of the Streisand Effect.
The original Twitter account had a total of 50 followers. The new account has over 200
"Jim Ardis, mayor of Peoria, Illinois, ordered police to track down whoever was responsible for a parody Twitter account mocking him."
The original Twitter account had a total of 50 followers. The new account has over 200
"Jim Ardis, mayor of Peoria, Illinois, ordered police to track down whoever was responsible for a parody Twitter account mocking him."
Submission + - Heartbleed: Revoke! Hit List and How to Protect Yourself (creativeshory.com)
creativeshory writes: Last week, “Heartbleed" was one of the most discussed security vulnerabilities. Security vulnerabilities come and go, but this one is an extremely serious security flaw which could expose passwords, credit card numbers, and other personal data for users of popular online services.
The Heart Bleed virus has been affecting millions of websites on the Internet for two years. Recently it has caused a shock among the people, and users are rushing off to change their passwords. Now the companies are crawling to patch servers and update software.
The companies have simply patched the copy of OpenSSL, it is not enough because the software at the root of the Heartbleed bug. The website applies for a certificate with a certification authority (CA), which is connected with an email, specific name and DNS address as well "prove" its identity. The green lock icon on your browser shows the valid SSL certificate is present and indicates that a site is safe to use.
The Heart Bleed virus has been affecting millions of websites on the Internet for two years. Recently it has caused a shock among the people, and users are rushing off to change their passwords. Now the companies are crawling to patch servers and update software.
The companies have simply patched the copy of OpenSSL, it is not enough because the software at the root of the Heartbleed bug. The website applies for a certificate with a certification authority (CA), which is connected with an email, specific name and DNS address as well "prove" its identity. The green lock icon on your browser shows the valid SSL certificate is present and indicates that a site is safe to use.
Journal Journal: Sincere appreciation for President Obama 4
Thank you for deploying troops to Poland. It's a good call, and will hopefully mellow the region.
Submission + - Windows Defender update crashes Windows .. (theregister.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft has fixed a snafu with Windows Defender that took down thousands of business PCs and servers running Windows XP and Server 2003 .. The only solution to getting affected machines back up was to uninstall the updated signatures ...
Submission + - There's got to be more than the Standard Model
StartsWithABang writes: The Standard Model of particle physics is perhaps the most successful physical theory of our Universe, and with the discovery and measurement of the Higgs boson, may be all there is as far as fundamental particles accessible through terrestrial accelerator physics. But there are at least five verified observations we've made, many in a variety of ways, that demonstrably show that the Standard Model cannot be all there is to the Universe. Here are the top 5 signs of new physics.
Comment Re:Good PR Move (Score 2) 250
Yeah we call support when it comes back from failing the yearly calibration that the FAA requires.
And guess what Fluke says?
"Failed calibration??? We'll send you another if you'll give us the bad one to study"
I've owned Fluke meters for over 30 years, and you can tell these guys care about the product the make.
