Comment Re:Gee, I wonder what Slashdot will think (Score 1) 307
Goddammit, I just spent the last of my 15 mod points, and THEN I read this?!
Well said, mooingyak. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Submission + - Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica's (washingtonpost.com) 1
suraj.sun writes: After drilling for two decades through more than two miles of antarctic ice, Russian scientists are on the verge of entering a vast, dark lake that hasn’t been touched by light for more than 20million years.
Scientists are enormously excited about what life-forms might be found there but are equally worried about contaminating the lake with drilling fluids and bacteria, and the potentially explosive “de-gassing” of a body of water that has especially high concentrations of oxygen and nitrogen.
Reaching Lake Vostok would represent the first direct contact with what scientists now know is a web of more than 200 subglacial lakes in Antarctica — some of which existed when the continent was connected to Australia and was much warmer. They stay liquid because of heat from the core of the planet.
Scientists are enormously excited about what life-forms might be found there but are equally worried about contaminating the lake with drilling fluids and bacteria, and the potentially explosive “de-gassing” of a body of water that has especially high concentrations of oxygen and nitrogen.
Reaching Lake Vostok would represent the first direct contact with what scientists now know is a web of more than 200 subglacial lakes in Antarctica — some of which existed when the continent was connected to Australia and was much warmer. They stay liquid because of heat from the core of the planet.
Submission + - HTC Android phones can leak Wi-Fi passwords (networkworld.com)
alphadogg writes: A group of HTC Android phones is susceptible to an exploit that can steal Wi-Fi credentials and passwords and send them to attackers.
The exploit relies on attackers creating rogue applications to take advantage of vulnerabilities in the Android build HTC uses on some of its phones, according to a post http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763355 by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). The affected Android builds expose 802.1X passwords to applications on the phones that have permission to access the Wi-Fi state of the phone.
The exploit relies on attackers creating rogue applications to take advantage of vulnerabilities in the Android build HTC uses on some of its phones, according to a post http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763355 by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). The affected Android builds expose 802.1X passwords to applications on the phones that have permission to access the Wi-Fi state of the phone.
Submission + - Office 15 Technical Preview Released (office.com)
Kohenkatz writes: This week, Microsoft released a Preview build of Office 15 (which will likely be released as either Office 2012 or Office 2013) to the first group of testers. The public beta will likely be released later this summer and there are rumors that the final release is slated for just before the end of the year.
According to zdnet's Mary Jo Foley (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-office-15-technical-preview-kicks-off/11753), Microsoft refuses to answer any questions at this time about the features of Office 15, such as how touch-centric (or not) this version will be.
According to zdnet's Mary Jo Foley (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-office-15-technical-preview-kicks-off/11753), Microsoft refuses to answer any questions at this time about the features of Office 15, such as how touch-centric (or not) this version will be.
Comment Re:Similar feelings (Score 2) 217
They demand you stay seated. They demand you don't speak without raising your hands. And if you break either of those rules, then you're a troublemaker.
terrorist.
FTFY.
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 !
Comment Re:Believe it when I see it. (Score 0) 330
One of the few AC posts rightfully modded as +5 Insightful!
Comment Re:Does Bruce Schneider always drink beer? (Score 0) 256
I'm sorry, but this was pretty fucking funny.
Comment Re:Hero (Score 1) 172
As you so kindly pointed out....
arrogant child
Means your view of whomever is that they are of immature mind. I am not making excuses or publicly taking sides, as I really don't have the time or energy to argue with
Perhaps securing or shielding such sensitive information from these "arrogant children" until a more appropriate age and maturity is reached is a good start.
Comment Nearly-Equal Votes (Score 4, Interesting) 239
This is the first time I've seen poll results so even distributed amongst the available options.
To me, that's pretty interesting, as the options range from basically "I'm a cheapskate" to "I enjoy spending my money on loved ones" to "I am Scrooge".
Comment Re:I'm shocked! (Score 4, Informative) 309
I'll gladly pay if I know it's actually supporting the artist. But what I WON'T do is pay mony that I know will go towards suing their fans. Or pay the same price as a physical CD for an online download. Or pay $20 for a five track EP.
Agreed. Why should I give my hard earned money to a label, that honestly serves less and less of a purpose every day, who in turn leaves a pittance to the actual artist.
Of course, how many bands/singers that are signed by these labels are truly 'artists' anymore? I wouldn't define an artist as someone who sings songs written by someone else to music composed and played by someone else, all through auto-tune.
Now, a band like MAYDAY, or an indy musician like Dan Bull, those are true artists, and deserve to be compensated accordingly.
As for the last part of your comment - you are spot on. Digital media should be cheaper than physical media, and a five-track 'album' is just another ploy by the label to get more money out of the fans.
Comment Re:I'm shocked! (Score 4, Interesting) 309
Although it definitely lacks some content, I too use Netflix for this reason.
It has actually reduced the amount of stuff I have to pirate, because it gives me a moderate collection of mostly-HD TV shows and movies available for $8/month on my Wii, Xbox, computer, and phone.
Rather than waiting for a torrent to download, I can boot up the Xbox, find something interesting, and within 10 seconds I'm watching it in full HD.
I am happy to pay the negligible $8 each month to legally do this.
Comment Re:About damn time (Score 0) 123
And dammit, I'm only counting 4G/LTE phones.
3g is SO last year.
Comment Re:About damn time (Score 0) 123
Well, let me correct that...this IS
I've been hearing for a while now about the upcoming release of the first phone running ICS.
Comment About damn time (Score 1, Troll) 123
I've been hearing for a while now about the upcoming release of ICS.
About damn time.
