Comment The Stand (Score 1) 754
Until it reaches the level of deadliness of the bug in Steven King's The Stand then I'm not worried.
Comment 20 cents, whoopee... (Score 1) 232
The extra
Comment Re:Missing option (Score 1) 522
I'd say so. A few years ago I went from on-board software video to an Nvdia 8800GS. Major major difference.
Comment This wouldn't stand a test of the 1st amendment (Score 1) 3
They can pass it, but will it stand up in court? Given the challenge I can't seen any Judge allow this law to stand.
Submission + - Satire of TSA to become illegal (infowars.com) 3
jdastrup writes: Another example of satire and free speech becoming illegal in the US. From the story; "any colorable imitation of such words or initials, or the likeness of a Transportation Security Administration ... badge, logo, or insignia on any item of apparel, in connection with any advertisement, circular, book, pamphlet, software, or other publication, or with any play, motion picture, broadcast, telecast, or other production" would be punishable.
Submission + - SpaceX Reveals Plans For Full Reusability (hobbyspace.com)
FleaPlus writes: At a talk at the National Press Club, SpaceX's Elon Musk revealed the company's plans for making their Falcon 9 rocket fully reusable. A rendering depicts the first stage, upper stage, and Dragon capsule all separately returning to the Earth's surface and making a controlled rocket-powered landing. During the next few years SpaceX will be testing VTVL maneuvers and reusability with their Falcon 9-based 'Grasshopper' testbed, with up to 70 test launches per year. Musk stated that if reuse is successful it would result in a 100x reduction in their already-low launch costs, a key step towards Musk's long-term aim of lowering the price of a ticket to Mars to $500K.
Submission + - Star Trek TNG Coming to Blu-Ray (tekgoblin.com)
NaklsonofNakkl writes: For those of you Trekkie’s who have been looking at your blu-ray player and wondering why you even bought it, wonder no more. Star Trek: The Next Generation will be released on Blu-Ray starting in 2012. All 178 episodes will be released in the coming year, although not all at once.
Comment Re:Sigh... (Score 1) 495
Same here, Firefox used to be the default browser I installed any time I got a new machine or setup a new account. I'm now using chrome, it starts quicker, is faster rendering pages, and has all of the plugins I use. On machines that I work on I still recommend FF over IE, but that's mainly due to the security issues.
Comment Was about to subscribe (Score 1) 481
Well, I just got a new PS3 that I'm using for a media center manager and I had planned to signup for Netflix in the next week, but in the wake of this news I'm going to be holding off to see what the heck they are doing. First the 50% increase in the plans and now a complete divergence of the company. I'm sorry I only give money to a company that I feel I can actually get service from and right now that Isn't Netflix/Qwikster.
Comment Re:DIMM == dual in-line memory module (Score 1) 100
My guess would be STIMM, Stacked in-line memory module.
Comment Waterworld (Score 1) 173
This really sounds like an "island" from the movie Waterworld...
Comment Re:Next we will all be required to be chipped (Score 1) 619
You've never been to Houston, Tx have you? Our public transit system down here is the pits, buses are pretty much it and they are never on schedule if they show up at all. We also have a train, but has one small line that runs from a parking area in to downtown. Yes you can take a Taxi, but if you are going to the other side of town, 1 hour + drive, then thats a very expensive ride. So short story, if you don't have your own vehicle in Houston it is very difficult to get around.
Comment The kids loaded (Score 1) 570
I'd be willing to bet the "explosive" they detected coming from the kid was the load that was left in his diaper. When kids explode is really messy!
Comment Re:ha ha ha (Score 2) 284
Sigh... There are to many statements in this that are way to true. I miss the day when the US was a production powerhouse. If you wanted something then you got it at your local store and it was stamped Made in America. Of all the times to not have any mod points....
Submission + - Motorola Sholes Bootloader Unlocked (droid-life.com)
teh31337one writes: Motorola's locked bootloader for their sholes-family devices (Droid OG, Milestone, DroidX, Droid 2 etc, not Atrix 4G) has finally been cracked.
@nenolod explains on his website: The Motorola(r) sholes platform uses a trusted bootloader environment. Signatures are stored as part of the CDT stored on the NAND flash. mbmloader verifies the signature on mbm before passing control. mbm verifies all other signatures before allowing the device to boot.
There is a vulnerability in the way that Motorola generated the signatures on the sections stored in the CDT. This vulnerability is very simple. Like on the PlayStation 3, Motorola forgot to add a random value to the signature in order to mask the private key. This allowed the private key and initialization vector to be cracked.
This comes at the time when HTC are also stepping up their attempts at locking down their phones. The recently released LTE flagship — ThunderBolt is their most locked-down phone to date... They made signed images, a signed kernel, and a signed recovery. They also locked the memory.
@nenolod explains on his website: The Motorola(r) sholes platform uses a trusted bootloader environment. Signatures are stored as part of the CDT stored on the NAND flash. mbmloader verifies the signature on mbm before passing control. mbm verifies all other signatures before allowing the device to boot.
There is a vulnerability in the way that Motorola generated the signatures on the sections stored in the CDT. This vulnerability is very simple. Like on the PlayStation 3, Motorola forgot to add a random value to the signature in order to mask the private key. This allowed the private key and initialization vector to be cracked.
This comes at the time when HTC are also stepping up their attempts at locking down their phones. The recently released LTE flagship — ThunderBolt is their most locked-down phone to date... They made signed images, a signed kernel, and a signed recovery. They also locked the memory.
