blandcramration - Slashdot User

Comment Makes perfect sense to me (Score 3) 713

by blandcramration on Sunday May 13, 2012 @02:58AM (#39983821) Attached to: Icons That Don't Make Sense Anymore

The person that wrote this acts as if no one under 30 has ever seen any of these objects; to say so is completely ludicrous. I'm 28 and I have used floppy discs since I was 7, I've spoken on a telephone (over a cellphone) for most of my life, I've driven an older car with radio buttons, and I read books and like to keep my place. To assume anyone under 30 doesn't use tools, remember when polaroid went out of business, or owned a calendar is completely ignorant. Does everyone over 30 automatically have specific knowledge of these things? Does this make everyone under 30 completely ignorant to anything produced prior to the 1990s? Fuck off.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Need a gaming laptop that can run OSX for $1000

Submitted by

blandcramration

on Thursday May 10, 2012 @10:29PM

blandcramration writes: "With the advent of Diablo III's impending release, the love of my life has considered purchasing a new computer. There are two problems associated with this befuddling conundrum. Firstly, she likes her Macbook but it is beginning to show its five year age rapidly. Secondly, she must have a laptop due to the type of work she is involved in. I have been scouring the internet for a hackable, moderately priced, sleek laptop but have come up with few options. I ask you, the always helpful slashdot community: What laptop would you purchase if you were in my shoes?"

Submission + - Researchers Use Stem Cells To Grow New Teeth (singularityhub.com)

Submitted by bonch on Thursday May 10, 2012 @08:18PM

bonch writes: Scientists from the College of Dental Medicine at Nova Southeastern University have successfully grown new teeth from stem cells. After extracting stem cells from existing oral tissue, the cells are molded into the shape of a tooth using a polymer scaffold. Using this method, teeth have already been successfully grown in mice and monkeys, with human clinical trials under way.

Submission + - Wolfenstein 3-D turns 20! (pcmag.com)

Submitted by Dr Herbert West on Thursday May 10, 2012 @05:22PM

Dr Herbert West writes: 20 years ago today, ID software released "Wolfenstein 3D", a remake of a classic Apple II game, "Return to Castle Wolfenstein". To celebrate, Bethesda Softworks on Wednesday released a free, browser-based version of the iconic first-person shooter, Wolfenstein 3D.
Users can pick which level they wish to play in the browser version, even the secret levels.

Submission + - Dozens of U.S. Companies Face Bribery Probes (cnn.com)

Submitted by bonch on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:57PM

bonch writes: Wal-mart, Deere, Hewlett-Packard, Las Vegas Sands, Qualcom and others are under investigation for violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Wal-mart is suspected of bribing Mexican officials to quickly obtain store permits, while former employees of HP are being investigated for alleged bribery, embezzlement and tax evasion to land a Russian IT contract for a former German subsidiary. Even U.S. movie studies are under investigation for using bribes to influence the Chinese entertainment industry. In total, at least 81 public companies are being probed by the SEC for FCPA violations.

Submission + - Coming Soon: New .secure Internet Domain (darkreading.com)

Submitted by ancientribe on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:27PM

ancientribe writes: ICANN is considering a new top-level domain (TLD), .secure, which could change the way website domains are secured. It will require fully encrypted HTTPS sessions and a comprehensive vetting process for websites and their operators. But critics say it doesn't solve website vulnerability problems.

Submission + - New York City pushes plan to prevent cyberattacks on elevators, boilers (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:42PM

coondoggie writes: "Imagine what would happen if an attacker broke into the network for the industrial control systems for New York City's elevators and boiler systems and decided to disrupt them, imperiling the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents relying on them. Think it could never happen? Think again.

FBI Chief dishes on technology, insider threats and cyber criminals. "You could increase the speed of how elevators go up or down," says Steve Ramirez, business analyst, analysis and communications in the Office of the CIO of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), which provides public housing for low- to moderate-income families in the five boroughs of the city. And if attackers ever successfully penetrated the network-based industrial control systems (ICS) for the boilers, they could raise the heat levels for municipal boilers, causing them to explode."

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