Comment Re: Can someone please explain the law (US)? (Score 1) 127
I think you mean a meta tag with "noindex".
Comment Celebrity (Score 1) 213
I happen to share my full name with a celebrity. that had it's pros and cons: on one hand it's difficult to find anything about me. On the other hand, it's difficult for me to find out what's out there about me.
Submission + - Scientists Turn Light Into a Tractor Beam (gizmag.com)
Zothecula writes: From The Skylark of Space to Star Wars, no self-respecting science fiction spaceship would break orbit without a tractor beam on board. We’re still a long way from locking on to errant shuttlecraft, but a team led by Dr. Tomas Cizmar, Research Fellow in the School of Medicine at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, has turned a laser into a tractor beam that works on the microscopic level.
Submission + - UK Apple users launch case against Google (bbc.co.uk)
Dupple writes: After settling with the FTC last year, Google is under pressure again regarding user privacy. From the BBC -
A group of Apple's Safari web browser users has launched a campaign against Google over privacy concerns.
They claim that Google bypassed Safari's security settings to install cookies which tracked their movements on the internet. Between summer 2011 and spring 2012 they were assured by Google this was not the case, and believed Safari's settings to be secure. Judith Vidal-Hall, former editor of Index On Censorship magazine, is the first person in the UK to begin legal action.
"Google claims it does not collect personal data but doesn't say who decides what information is 'personal'," she said. "Whether something is private or not should be up to the internet surfer, not Google. We are best placed to decide, not them."
A group of Apple's Safari web browser users has launched a campaign against Google over privacy concerns.
They claim that Google bypassed Safari's security settings to install cookies which tracked their movements on the internet. Between summer 2011 and spring 2012 they were assured by Google this was not the case, and believed Safari's settings to be secure. Judith Vidal-Hall, former editor of Index On Censorship magazine, is the first person in the UK to begin legal action.
"Google claims it does not collect personal data but doesn't say who decides what information is 'personal'," she said. "Whether something is private or not should be up to the internet surfer, not Google. We are best placed to decide, not them."
Submission + - Does recreational computer use affect high school achievement? (springer.com)
tokkov writes: Is playing videogames or “using a computer for fun” positive, negative or neutral on student achievement in high school? According to recent research published in the journal Educational Technology Research and Development, researchers at Columbia University found that students who “use a computer for fun, such as talking to friends or relatives, emailing, surfing the internet or listening to music” or played video games 1-2 hours per day had increased academic achievement in mathematics and reading up to grade 10 (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-012-9274-1). Between grade 10 and 12 there was no added benefit. Positive effect sizes were small but comparable to doing your homework or participating in extracurricular activities.
Comment no documentation?! (Score 1) 491
If you're not documenting your code and providing adequate documentation on your feature then you're a lazy programmer regardless of the process your team uses.
Comment PicAxe (Score 0) 165
Check out the picaxe line of microcontrollers. Super easy to learn and cheap.
Comment April Fools! (Score 1) 276
Oh wait, it's not April....
Comment Matthew 24:44 (Score 2) 585
Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Is DIY Algae Farming the Future? 322
hex0D points to this "interview with Aaron Baum explaining why people growing algae at home for food can help the environment and their health, and what he's doing to facilitate this. 'We'd like to create an international network of people growing all kinds of algae in their homes in a small community scale, sharing information, doing it all in an open source way. We'd be like the Linux of algae – do-it-yourself with low-cost materials and shared information.' And one of the low-cost materials is your household urine."
Burglary Ring Used Facebook Places To Find Targets 152
Kilrah_il writes "A burglary ring was caught in Nashua, NH due to the vigilance of an off-duty police officer. The group is credited with 50 acts of burglary, the targets chosen because they posted their absence from home on the Internet. '"Be careful of what you post on these social networking sites," said Capt. Ron Dickerson. "We know for a fact that some of these players, some of these criminals, were looking on these sites and identifying their targets through these social networking sites."' Well, I guess the prophecies came true."
Submission + - Geotagging + Spoofing = GeoSpoof
AcerbusNoir writes: Have you ever wanted to add your own geotag to a photo but didn't know how? Do you want to protect your privacy by removing your location from a photo? Now you can with a free (free as in beer) service from http://www.geospoof.me/
The service is in beta so any comments or critiques are welcome.
The service is in beta so any comments or critiques are welcome.
Comment No IE6 support = lost revenue for ecom companies (Score 1) 416
As a senior web developer for an ecommerce company, we're required to ensure anything we develop will work with IE6. While < 10% of our visitors use IE6, those are still potential customers. Should they upgrade? Of course they should. Do I like having to test and tweak my code to ensure IE6 compatibility? It's definitely not the highlight of my day... but if it helps the company in the long run then it's worth a little extra hassle on my part.
Comment Re:this has been the case all along (Score 3, Insightful) 264
The problem always arises when another human is involved.
Don't humans write the software?
