Comment Re:Medicalizing Normality (Score 1) 558
plus i think now you can use bitcoin if all else fails
Comment Re:The hard problem of VR... (Score 1) 232
basement
Comment Re:metaverse? (Score 1) 232
modded down!!
at the very least +1 funny if not +1 insightful.
Submission + - 3-D Printed Skull Successfully Implanted in Woman
djhaskin987 writes: The first successful implantation of a 3-D printed skull has taken place in the Netherlands, according to NBC news:
Doctors in the Netherlands report that they have for the first time successfully replaced most of a human’s skull with a 3-D printed plastic one — and likely saved a woman's life in the process. The 23-hour surgery took place three months ago at University Medical Center Utrecht. The hospital announced details of the groundbreaking operation this week and said the patient, a 22-year-old woman, is doing just fine.
Comment Re:Can I ... (Score 1) 535
I think it opens a rift to the Astral plane
Comment Re:2 billion vrs 19 billion vrs 1 billion (Score 1) 535
+1 insightful
I was going to suggest... what ever they are willing to sell at.
Submission + - New Scheme Makes it Impossible to Hack Individual Passwords (github.com) 2
An anonymous reader writes: Researchers at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering have devised a new scheme called PolyPassHash for storing password hash data so that passwords cannot be individually cracked by an attacker. Instead of a password hash being stored directly in the database, the information is used to encode a share in a Shamir Secret Store. Without recovering a threshold of shares, the attacker cannot crack passwords. The solution is fast, easy to implement (with C and Python implementations available), requires no changes to clients, and makes a huge difference in practice. For example, three random 6 character passwords that are stored using standard salted secure hash can be cracked by a laptop in an hour. With a PolyPassHash store, it would take every computer on the planet longer to crack these passwords than the universe is estimated to exist.
Submission + - Face Book buying Occulus rift (bbc.com)
zlives writes: i mean there is a shining example of trying to polishing a dead turd.
"Facebook has announced it will buy Oculus VR, a Californian company which specialises in virtual reality products, for around $2bn (£1.2bn)."
"Facebook has announced it will buy Oculus VR, a Californian company which specialises in virtual reality products, for around $2bn (£1.2bn)."
Submission + - Big data = big failure?
neapolitan writes: In a piece entitled "Traps in Big Data Analysis", researchers note that Google flu trends has overestimated the prevalence of influenza in recent seasons, and the flu trends (driven by a proprietary algorithm of searched terms in the Google search engine) was generally incorrect.
The researchers had difficulty in replicating the exact data that Google uses to determine the trends due to the always-changing search algorithm and somewhat secretive nature inherent to the company-sponsored analysis.
A recent article in Science reports on "Big Data hubris", trusting that large aggregate data will somehow automatically give meaningful trends. The authors then offer suggestions for improving the analysis of aggregate data, including increased transparency.
The researchers had difficulty in replicating the exact data that Google uses to determine the trends due to the always-changing search algorithm and somewhat secretive nature inherent to the company-sponsored analysis.
A recent article in Science reports on "Big Data hubris", trusting that large aggregate data will somehow automatically give meaningful trends. The authors then offer suggestions for improving the analysis of aggregate data, including increased transparency.
Submission + - Nvidia's Next-Gen GPU 'Pascal' To Incorporate New Technologies (forbes.com)
mpicpp writes: Nvidia is introducing two key technologies into Pascal with an emphasis toward machine learning and supercomputing. The first is called “NVLink,” which promises to boost PCIe speed by 5x to 12x. It does this by dramatically increasing the communication between CPU and GPU. (By the way, the reference card Nvidia touted on stage looks small than even the PCie slot itself.
The second key technology being incorporated into Pascal is 3D Memory. This is basically stacked DRAM memory which will take us from 100s of bits on a memory interfaces to 1000s of bits. It will be about 4x more energy efficient than Maxwell and is capable of 2.5x the memory capacity, at least upon launch.
Pascal will also allow for 5 times the bandwidth when it comes to multi-GPU scaling, which will be a crucial advancement for all manner of creative professionals, developers, and gamers.
Nvidia estimates that Pascal will hit the channel sometime in 2016. This is the only information I currently have based on Jen-Hsun Huang’s keynote speech, but I’ll have a closer look at the new technologies for you to read in the coming days.
The second key technology being incorporated into Pascal is 3D Memory. This is basically stacked DRAM memory which will take us from 100s of bits on a memory interfaces to 1000s of bits. It will be about 4x more energy efficient than Maxwell and is capable of 2.5x the memory capacity, at least upon launch.
Pascal will also allow for 5 times the bandwidth when it comes to multi-GPU scaling, which will be a crucial advancement for all manner of creative professionals, developers, and gamers.
Nvidia estimates that Pascal will hit the channel sometime in 2016. This is the only information I currently have based on Jen-Hsun Huang’s keynote speech, but I’ll have a closer look at the new technologies for you to read in the coming days.
Submission + - Lawsuit: Google, Facebook, Twitter Violate French Privacy Law (itworld.com)
jfruh writes: A civil lawsuit in France filed by a consumer group is attempting to force some internet giants to make their privacy policies clearer and fairer. UFC-Que Choisir wants Facebook, Google, and Twitter to make their user agreements shorter, easier to read, and available as an email the moment the user signs up for the service. (They also complain that the French-language version of the agreements include hyperlink to material that isn't in French.)
Submission + - Gasoline-Powered Cars To Emit Less CO2 Than Electric Cars?
cartechboy writes: One of the arguments for electric cars is that we are reducing green house gases and emitting less CO2 than vehicles with an internal combustion engine (ICE). But Mazda's saying its next-generation SkyActiv engines will be so efficient, they'll emit less CO2 than an electric car. In fact, the automaker goes so far as to say these new engines will be cleaner to run than electric cars. Is it possible? Yes, but it's all about the details. It'll depend on the test cycles for each region. Vehicles are tested differently in Europe than in the U.S., and that variation could make all the difference when it comes to these types of claims. At the end of the day whether future Mazdas with gasoline-powered engines are cleaner than electric cars or not, every little bit in the effort to reduce our carbon emissions per mile is a step in the right direction, right?
Comment Re:A printer and a template (Score 1) 370
and he didn't mention "legal" anywhere
Comment Re:What does he have to hide? (Score 1) 289
"wait wut?" i think you misspelled "Hail Victory"
Ask Slashdot: Fastest, Cheapest Path To a Bachelor's Degree? 370
First time accepted submitter AnOminusCowHerd (3399855) writes "I have an Associates degree in programming and systems analysis, and over a decade of experience in the field. I work primarily as a contractor, so I'm finding a new job/contract every year or two. And every year, it gets harder to convince potential employers/clients that 10-12 years of hands-on experience doing what they need done, trumps an additional 2 years of general IT education.
So, I'd like to get a Bachelor's degree (preferably IT-related, ideally CS, accredited of course). If I can actually learn something interesting and useful in the process, that would be a perk, but mainly, I just want a BSCS to add to my resume. I would gladly consider something like the new GA Tech MOOC-based MSCS degree program — in fact, I applied there, and was turned down. After the initial offering, they rewrote the admissions requirements to spell out the fact that only people with a completed 4-year degree would be considered, work experience notwithstanding."
So, I'd like to get a Bachelor's degree (preferably IT-related, ideally CS, accredited of course). If I can actually learn something interesting and useful in the process, that would be a perk, but mainly, I just want a BSCS to add to my resume. I would gladly consider something like the new GA Tech MOOC-based MSCS degree program — in fact, I applied there, and was turned down. After the initial offering, they rewrote the admissions requirements to spell out the fact that only people with a completed 4-year degree would be considered, work experience notwithstanding."
