Comment What work place? (Score 1) 566
I don't have a job, you insensitive clod!
Comment The Apple grows ever more rotten (Score 1) 110
I've been using solely Apple computers since 1993, and even I am sick of their dumbing down tactics. Many consider Lion to be a step backward from Snow Leopard, and even I consider the changes coming in Mountain Lion to be not in my best interest.
But what's really got my skirt in a bunch is that Apple has forced Craigslist app vendors to remove the ability to easily see the photos in personal ads. The apps that used to show them now either say no ads found, or the picture is greyed out.
The best feature of a new Apple product? A prominent button marked "LEAVE MY SHIT ALONE!"
Comment Re:User friendliness? (Score 1) 188
That is exactly how they do it on a MeteoPlug weather server on a SheevaPlug. Truly plug and play.
Submission + - World IPv6 Day 2012: This Time for Keeps (worldipv6launch.org)
An anonymous reader writes: On 8 June 2011 many companies (big and small) enabled IPv6 to their main web sites by published AAAA records; after 24 hours almost all then disabled it after the test was done. This year, on June 6th, many of those same companies (Google, Bing, Facebook) will be enabling IPv6 again, but this time there won't be any going back: the plan is that enabling IPv6, participating sites will leave their AAAA from then on. In addition to content providers, several ISPs are also going the event: Comcast, AT&T, XS4ALL, KDDI, and others. As are the CDNs Akami and Limelight. Things kick off on June 6 at 00:00 UTC (June 5 20:00 EDT, 17:00 PDT). Cisco/Dlink has also thrown in support for the initiative. Is the chicken-and-egg 'problem' of IPv6 finally, slowly coming to an end?
Submission + - Slashdot joins SOPA protest in last minute decisio (slashdot.org) 2
eparker05 writes: The well known tech news aggregator Slashdot made a late Tuesday decision to join the SOPA/PIPA blackout protest. Readers of the site overwhelmingly support the decision and see it as a necessary step to prevent pervasive censorship. Slashdot is known for it's continued support of anonymous posting by users and has come out strongly in opposition of internet censorship in the past. Still, this is the first time that Slashdot has closed it's doors in protest of a piece of legislation.
Note: this has not happened yet! Vote this story up and show the editors that we want them to show solidarity against SOPA/PIPA !
Note: this has not happened yet! Vote this story up and show the editors that we want them to show solidarity against SOPA/PIPA !
Submission + - Research in Motion to be Sold, Possibly to Samsung (theglobeandmail.com)
ve6ay writes: Talk on Tuesday in the Canadian tech world was that RIM, strugging mightily in these last months, was in talks to be bought either partially or wholly by Samsung. Sources at the Boy Genius Report indicate that while RIM may be trying to sell, it is asking way too much for itself.
Submission + - Skynet (theatlantic.com)
Dainutehvs writes: The Atlantic has published an excerpt from David Weinbergers new book "Too Big to Know". Weinberger gives examples of large data amounts around and difficulties makes using these data . For example, Johannes Kepler examined the star charts and somehow gasped that if the planets orbit the Sun in ellipses rather than perfect circles, data starts making sense. It is unlikely that someone can comprehend big amounts of data that todays science produces and make astounding discoveries like Kepler did as it is simply beyound capabilities of human brain. So how can we deal with it?
Hod Lipson and Michael Schmidt at Cornell University designed the Eureqa computer program to find equations that make sense of large quantities of data and it looks like the results of programs work are impressive. So are we (humans) moving away from being primary interpretators and analysts and move to working on algorithms that look for sense in world around us using more capable devices than our brains? One thing is to suck at Jeopardy, another — loose the dominating role in science.
Hod Lipson and Michael Schmidt at Cornell University designed the Eureqa computer program to find equations that make sense of large quantities of data and it looks like the results of programs work are impressive. So are we (humans) moving away from being primary interpretators and analysts and move to working on algorithms that look for sense in world around us using more capable devices than our brains? One thing is to suck at Jeopardy, another — loose the dominating role in science.
Comment Story is wrong (Score 1) 353
This information is incorrect and Slashdot is among the last to correct it. The arrest of Robert Cavanaugh was some time ago and he had nothing to do with LulzSec.
http://www.dailytech.com/LulzSec+Hacked+Nope+Sony+Hacked+Again+Yes+Twice/article21832.htm
Submission + - Dancing Flash Mob Arrested at Jefferson Memorial (dcist.com)
el_tedward writes: "According to several reports across the internet, five protesters were arrested by U.S. Park Police at around 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the Jefferson Memorial for dancing in silence. Touted as "civil danceobedience," the dancers were there protesting a recent court decision earlier this month that upheld a ban on dancing within the memorial. Among those arrested were Adam Kokesh, the man forcefully arrested in the video, and Edward Dickey, the event organizer."
Comment Newer Info (Score 1) 72
Jacob Appelbaum tweeted this earlier. Comodohacker may be for real.
It appears that the #comodogate hacker has posted the secret key for Mozilla's cert: http://pastebin.com/X8znzPWH
Comment This is important. (Score 1) 2
The powers that be seem to be trying to let this drop as quickly as possible.
Why isn't this getting more coverage? This is a very important story.
Submission + - is Wired Hiding Key Evidence on Bradley Manning? 2
Hugh Pickens writes: "Glenn Greenwald writes in Salon that for more than six months, Wired's Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen has possessed but refuses to publish the key evidence in the arrest of US Army PFC Bradley Manning for allegedly acting as WikiLeaks' source. "In late May, Adrian Lamo — at the same time he was working with the FBI as a government informant against Manning — gave Poulsen what he purported to be the full chat logs between Manning and Lamo in which the Army Private allegedly confessed to having been the source for the various cables, documents and video which WikiLeaks released throughout this year," writes Greenwald. Wired has only published about 25% of the logs writes Greenwald and Poulsen's concealment of the chat logs is actively blinding journalists who have been attempting to learn what Manning did and did not do. "Whether by design or effect, Kevin Poulsen and Wired have played a critical role in concealing the truth from the public about the Manning arrest," concludes Greenwald. "This has long ago left the realm of mere journalistic failure and stands as one of the most egregious examples of active truth-hiding by a 'journalist' I've ever seen.""
Submission + - Undercover Boss role opens Airline CEO's eyes (usatoday.com)
suraj.sun writes: Undercover Boss' role opens Republic Airways CEO's eyes:
He went from head honcho of an airline company to the guy dumping the lavatory waste from the aircraft. It all happened when Republic Airways Holdings' Chairman, President and CEO Bryan Bedford disguised himself to work undercover on the front lines with employees at his Indianapolis-based company. He did it for an episode of the TV series "Undercover Boss" that will air at 9 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
He said he learned all sorts of things but perhaps most important, he learned what he was doing wrong as a boss. "What was eye-opening, the most noticeable thing was just the disconnect and (poor) communication between the management team and front-line employees," Bedford said.
While working in different roles for the company — including cleaning aircraft, checking baggage, dumping aircraft toilets and standing at the ticket counter — he asked fellow employees why they didn't take their complaints to management to implore change. The same response came time and time again: "No, I've talked to management about this stuff, and they never listen," Bedford said.
USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-10-16-undercover-boss_N.htm
He went from head honcho of an airline company to the guy dumping the lavatory waste from the aircraft. It all happened when Republic Airways Holdings' Chairman, President and CEO Bryan Bedford disguised himself to work undercover on the front lines with employees at his Indianapolis-based company. He did it for an episode of the TV series "Undercover Boss" that will air at 9 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
He said he learned all sorts of things but perhaps most important, he learned what he was doing wrong as a boss. "What was eye-opening, the most noticeable thing was just the disconnect and (poor) communication between the management team and front-line employees," Bedford said.
While working in different roles for the company — including cleaning aircraft, checking baggage, dumping aircraft toilets and standing at the ticket counter — he asked fellow employees why they didn't take their complaints to management to implore change. The same response came time and time again: "No, I've talked to management about this stuff, and they never listen," Bedford said.
USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-10-16-undercover-boss_N.htm
Submission + - So, who built the Stuxnet worm? (thinq.co.uk)
Stoobalou writes: Insecurity firms are agreed that the Stuxnet worm is a crafty piece of work, built by well-resourced people who knew their onions.
The worm has reportedly attacked thousands of computers in Iran and was crafted to specifically attack software built by Siemens that just happens to be installed in Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, whose systems are said to be riddled with the infection.
So, who crafted the worm?
The worm has reportedly attacked thousands of computers in Iran and was crafted to specifically attack software built by Siemens that just happens to be installed in Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, whose systems are said to be riddled with the infection.
So, who crafted the worm?
Doctors Save Premature Baby Using Sandwich Bag 246
Born 14 weeks early, Lexi Lacey owes her life to some MacGyver inspired doctors and a sandwich bag. Lexi was so small at birth that even the tiniest insulating jacket was too big, but she fit into a plastic sandwich bag nicely. ''The doctors told us they had never known a baby born as prematurely as Lexi survive. She was so tiny the only thing they had to keep her body temperature warm was a sandwich bag from the hospital canteen — it's incredible to think that saved her life," says her mom.
