Comment Re:You know... (Score 0) 289
What happened? Not to change your view of religion, but what happened to make you such an angry person? People tell me there's no god all the time... But I don't freak out.
Comment How pathetic (Score 1) 306
I'm really tired of people who pay almost no taxes complaining that the people who pay almost all the taxes don't pay enough taxes.
Comment Crazy Metriculaters! (Score 1) 2288
It's people like you that make me mad... we give you an inch and you take a kilometer!
Comment All your comments are pointless (Score 1) 332
Because you've all overlooked the fact that not only will the LHC destroy the earch, it will have done it before any of you ever existed. No use arguing. Your non existent rhetoric amuses me...if I were here to read it.
Comment Re:MythBusters .... (Score 2) 56
Mythbusters is now going to see if something in an animated cartoon is really doable? What next? will they paint a tunnel opening on a rock wall and see if the road-runner can really go through it?
Comment String theory comes to mind (Score 5, Funny) 962
When I think about about fact free science...
Comment Multi-Player is my first and top game requirement (Score 1) 362
Not for the competitive aspect of multi-player, but for the cooperative aspect. If I can't enjoy a game with my family or friends, it's little more than an intriguing version of solitaire. I read books for self-enjoyment. For games, I want other people.
Comment Math is simple. (Score 1) 449
you need at least 137.33333 votes for the measure to pass. It did not equal or exceed this number. it did not pass.... I could have answered this when I was 8.
Submission + - Why Gizmodo outed iPhone 4G guy Gray Powell 1
An anonymous reader writes: Gizmodo editor Jason Chen and writer Jesus Diaz explain why they revealed the name of the Apple engineer Gray Powell who left Apple's new iPhone prototype in a bar.
Submission + - Anti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis In Its Tracks (medicalnewstoday.com)
Anomalyst writes: Mice were implanted with cancer. The control group died as it metastasized The experimental group was treated with macroketone and survived a normal lifespan. While the cancer was not cured, metastasis was significantly (over 80%) inhibited. Even after metastasis had begun and additional cancers developed, macroketone inhibited subsequent metastasis. Original is in NATURE behind a paywall
Submission + - Miniature Flying Robot Captures Drug Lord
An anonymous reader writes: Just found this cool story about a flying robot that's helped bring down a drug lord. It's a small helicopter that police used to fly deep into the jungle and take pictures of a drug lord's compound:
"The Aeryon Scout — a small, lightweight mini-helicopter that is remote-controlled from the ground by computer — was able to provide visual surveillance of a suspected narcotic trafficker's compound deep in the jungle..."
"This might sound like a plot from a TV show like CSI or 24, but it's a real-life application of our robotic technology," said Dave Kroetsch, President of Aeryon Labs. "This is what the Scout was designed for: providing aerial intelligence in settings too challenging or dangerous for humans to venture into."
Too bad they're cancelling 24, I would have loved to see Jack Bauer use one of these!
"The Aeryon Scout — a small, lightweight mini-helicopter that is remote-controlled from the ground by computer — was able to provide visual surveillance of a suspected narcotic trafficker's compound deep in the jungle..."
"This might sound like a plot from a TV show like CSI or 24, but it's a real-life application of our robotic technology," said Dave Kroetsch, President of Aeryon Labs. "This is what the Scout was designed for: providing aerial intelligence in settings too challenging or dangerous for humans to venture into."
Too bad they're cancelling 24, I would have loved to see Jack Bauer use one of these!
Submission + - Fate of Terry Childs Now in Jury's Hands (infoworld.com) 1
snydeq writes: "Closing arguments concluded Monday in the city of San Francisco's case against Terry Childs, the network administrator charged with violating California hacking laws by refusing to hand over network passwords for the city's FiberWAN during a 12-day period in 2008. Childs was charged in July 2008 and has been held on $5 million bail ever since. The highly technical trial, which featured testimony from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Cisco Chief Security Officer John Stewart, has dragged on for nearly six months. By Monday, five of the 18 jurors and alternates selected for the trial had dropped out, and the remaining jurors seemed relieved to see the arguments wrap up as they left the courtroom Monday afternoon. They will return Tuesday to start their deliberations. Childs faces five years in prison if he is convicted for disrupting service to the city's computer system by withholding administrative passwords — a verdict that, if rendered, puts all IT admins in danger."
Submission + - Number of Malware Attacks Up by 71% (anguloconsulting.com) 1
FishRep writes: Hi-tech criminals are racking up more than 100 attacks per second on the world's computers, according to an annual report by Symantec. The number of malware (malicious software) samples that Symantec saw in 2009 was 71% higher than in 2008. This meant, said Symantec, that 51% of all the viruses, trojans and other malicious programs it has ever seen were logged during 2009. In total, Symantec identified almost 2.9 million items of malicious code during that 12 month period.
The steep rise in malware was driven largely by the growing popularity of easy to use toolkits that novice cyber-criminals are using to turn out their own malware, said Tony Osborn, a technology manager for the public sector at Symantec. Some of the kits were available for free, said Mr Osborn but others cost a lot of money. One, called Zeus, was available for around $700 and many had become so successful that their creators now offer telephone support for those who cannot get them to work.
The steep rise in malware was driven largely by the growing popularity of easy to use toolkits that novice cyber-criminals are using to turn out their own malware, said Tony Osborn, a technology manager for the public sector at Symantec. Some of the kits were available for free, said Mr Osborn but others cost a lot of money. One, called Zeus, was available for around $700 and many had become so successful that their creators now offer telephone support for those who cannot get them to work.
Submission + - Google Publicizes Government Requests (google.com)
D H NG writes: In the aftermath of Google's exit from mainland China, it had sought to be more open about what it sensors. Google has launched a new tool to track the number of government request targeted at Google and YouTube. These include both requests for data and removal requests. A quick look at the tool shows that Brazil is the top country for both categories and information for China can not be disclosed because "Chinese officials consider censorship demands as state secrets". As part of its four-part plan, Google hopes to "change the behavior of repressive governments", "establish guiding principles for dealing with issues of free expression", "build support online to protest repression", and "better provide resources and support for developing technology designed to combat and circumvent Internet censorship".
Comment Another reason not to buy an Ipad (Score 1) 423
Just another in a long and growing list of reasons not to buy a larger Iphone screen with less functionality than your phone and not even close to the functionality of a laptop, but more expensive.
