Comment Re:They didn't read Google News? (Score 1) 256
It could have been an automatically triggered error page. The article didn't state whether or not that was the case.
Comment Re:thank god (Score 1) 287
I'd mod you up but I'm out of points!
Comment Beauty of the Internet (Score 1) 202
The beauty of the Internet is that I'm not limited to asking questions to the peers around me in real life (or on some social network.) I've never used Facebook for anything else than looking at pictures of friends I haven't seen in years, keeping in contact with them, and trying to talk to the single ladies that I know. I can remember only one situation where a friend was interested in a subject (programming) which I offered to help him through a private message.
Comment If you choose web development.. (Score 1) 474
Create a new buzzword if you choose the web development route. You'll become a millionaire.
Comment Something fishy.... (Score 1) 452
... is what I am smelling right now.
Comment What about preserving history? (Score 1) 376
What if they accidentally blow up the first bootprints on the moon?
Submission + - "Real Superheroes" Take to Streets to Figh (cnn.com)
Eli Gottlieb writes: "In a case of reality-imitating-Watchmen, many cities and towns across America have witnessed the rise of so-called "real superheroes". These people actually dress up in elaborate costumes, often including real body armor, and take superhero-style names such as "Mr Xtreme" or "Dark Guardian" so that they can roam the streets stopping crimes-in-progress or even just helping out with the recycling. Apparently, the economic recession has made people, "realize that money is fleeting, it's in fact imaginary." They even organize on MySpace and their own website for the NYC area, Superheroes Anonymous.
No word on the presence or absence of blue glowing men with actual powers."
No word on the presence or absence of blue glowing men with actual powers."
Submission + - Microsoft Trying to Patent Parallel Processing 2
theodp writes: "Microsoft may have been a Johnny-come-lately when it comes to parallel programming, but that's not stopping the software giant from trying to patent it. This week, the USPTO revealed that Microsoft has three additional parallel-processing patents pending — 1. Partitioning and Repartitioning for Data Parallel Operations, 2. Data Parallel Searching, and 3. Data Parallel Production and Consumption. Informing the USPTO that 'Software programs have been written to run sequentially since the beginning days of software development,' Microsoft adds there's been a '[recent] shift away from sequential execution toward parallel execution.' Before they grant the patents, let's hope the USPTO gets a second opinion on the novelty of Microsoft's parallel-processing patent claims."
Submission + - District Cancels Graduation due to IT insecurity (nbc4i.com) 1
jazzkat writes: In Centerburg, Ohio, the Centerburg Local School District canceled senior graduation this year. Why? Allegedly, a teacher left a drive share open and a test was stolen. One student admitted cheating, and claimed that he was the only guilty party. Various reports indicate that the school knew about it since January, and this teacher had a record of things like this. However, the school board waited until Thursday evening to tell parents that there would be no senior graduation.
Submission + - How often do you exercise?
unfasten writes: How often do you exercise?
- Once a day
- A few times a week
- A few times a month
- A few times a year
- All the time! My right forearm is a rock...
- Does answering the door for the pizza guy count?
Submission + - RSA Broken? (liveammo.com)
liveammo writes: "This is a factoring attack against RSA with an up to 80% reduction in the search candidates required for a conventional brute force key attack, and affects any cryptosystem that uses modular arithmetic including the RSA encryption algorithm, potentially symmetric ciphers such as DES which use modular multiplication and addition rounds for diffusion, and even reduction of entropy attacks against PRNG functions such as those that are used to seed TCP/IP Initial Sequence Numbers (ISNs) and DNS servers for example. Sample Erlang proof of concept factoring code is included at the end of this post, and implements the attack against the prime number multiplication process in RSA so that security enthusiasts and armchair cryptographers alike can experiment with and validate these findings. For lack of a more descriptive term and in keeping with the field of cryptanalysis' somewhat arcane nomenclature, I am referring to this attack method as a "Reduction Sieve"."
Comment Game Companies Own It But... (Score 1) 167
I think most MMO companies have a EULA stating that the items in the game are owned by the company, however, most people who "sell" those items don't really sell them at all. The sellers disclaimer mostly states that the customer is simply paying for a service. The customer is paying them for the time it took to obtain that item, and they're simply transferring the item to the customer's account.
