Comment Re:oven (Score 1) 1016
LOX + bagel works for hunger. LOX on a HDD? Not effective at wiping data or satisfying hunger.
Comment Wow... (Score 1) 32
This is totally one step beyond! It's madness!
Comment Re:This is a sad day for the tech world (Score 1) 1027
Fidelity and State Street are the two largest inst shareholders of Apple. Wanna know why? It is part of an index and therefore part of index mfs. A lot of people benefit from Apples performance.
--Mike
Comment Re:It's the risk you take (Score 1) 179
I guess it depends on what you mean by "trashed." if they punch a few holes in the walls, mess up the paint, and stain the carpets, the repairs shouldn't ruin you financially. If they tear out all the drywall, the wiring, the plumbing, the flooring, and appliances, leaving you with nothing but a room full of 2x4s holding up the ceiling, then yeah, you could end up paying tens of thousands. But I've never seen a place THAT trashed, and I work for a real estate company that specializes in selling foreclosed properties.
Kind of reminds me of Pacific Heights starring Michael Keaton....
Submission + - Can the NSA Track Your Phone's Location? (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: "Responding to questions from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday, Matthew Olsen, the NSA's general counsel, said that the NSA 'may', under 'certain circumstances' have the authority to track U.S. citizens by intercepting location data from cell phones, but it's 'very complicated.' 'There's no need to panic, or start shopping for aluminum-foil headwear,' says blogger Kevin Fogarty, but clearly the NSA has been thinking about it enough 'that the agency's chief lawyer was able to speak intelligently about it off the cuff while interviewing for a different job.'"
Comment Re:cost (Score 1) 482
More along the lines of, "I'm talking about the 686 prototypes, with the artificial intelligence RISC chip."
Submission + - Galaxy Tab 10.1 judged "no match for iPad" (foxnews.com)
tripleevenfall writes: Clayton Morris reviews the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and finds it lacking, especially at the $400 price point, saying "I can't in good conscience tell you to go out and spend $400 on this half-baked experience when the fully baked iPad experience can be had for just a few dollars more."
Submission + - Hospital Turns To Palm Reading To ID Patients (computerworld.com)
CWmike writes: "NYU Langone Medical Center said it is the first hospital in the Northeast to use a biometric infrared scanning system that converts a digital palm image into a unique patient ID. The technology, called PatientSecure, is a biometric reader that uses an infrared light to map an image of the blood-flow pattern through the veins in a person's palm. That digital image is then converted into a unique patient ID that can be used with the medical center's electronic health record (EHR) system.
The technology has been deployed at about 10 other U.S. hospitals. More than 8,000 patients Langone patients have agreed to use PatientSecure. 'Vein patterns are 100 times more unique than fingerprints,' said Dr. Bernard A. Birnbaum, senior vice president of hospital operations at NYU Langone. 'It not only protects privacy and enhances quality, but will transform the patient experience.' Research shows that patient identification errors are not uncommon, and the failure to correctly identify a patient can result in serious treatment errors."
The technology has been deployed at about 10 other U.S. hospitals. More than 8,000 patients Langone patients have agreed to use PatientSecure. 'Vein patterns are 100 times more unique than fingerprints,' said Dr. Bernard A. Birnbaum, senior vice president of hospital operations at NYU Langone. 'It not only protects privacy and enhances quality, but will transform the patient experience.' Research shows that patient identification errors are not uncommon, and the failure to correctly identify a patient can result in serious treatment errors."
Submission + - US warns of problems in Chinese SCADA software (networkworld.com)
alphadogg writes: Two vulnerabilities found in industrial control system software made in China but used worldwide could be remotely exploited by attackers, according to a warning issued on Thursday by the U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team. The vulnerabilities were found in two products from Sunway ForceControl Technology, a Beijing-based company that develops SCADA software for a wide variety of industries, including defense, petrochemical, energy, water and manufacturing. Sunway's products are mostly used in China but also in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa, according to the agency's advisory. SCADA software has come under increasing attention from security researchers, as the software has often not undergone rigorous security audits despite its use to manage critical infrastructure or manufacturing processes. SCADA systems are increasingly connected to the Internet, which has opened up the possibility of hackers remotely breaking into the systems. Last year, researchers discovered a highly sophisticated worm called Stuxnet that was later found to target Siemens' WinCC industrial control software.
Submission + - Building a Gygax Memorial (gygaxmemorialfund.com)
An anonymous reader writes: It looks like approval to build a memorial to E. Gary Gygax has been granted in Lake Geneva City. The Gygax Memorial Fund is still taking donations for the memorial that may begin construction as early as later this year.
I (like many on /.) spent many years of my youth using Gygax inspired creations as an excuse to socialize, roll dice, and eat chips at impromptu gatherings before computers intruded on the RPG realms.
I (like many on
Comment Re:Well, it only took them 75 years to find Titani (Score 1) 257
"Don't you know old chap that I was head of Al Qaeda for 10 years. Five year! No, no, I was not head of Al Qaeda at all...I make joke."
Comment Re:Give us the betas! (Score 1) 662
And people were wondering what Apple was going to do with their Scrooge McDuck pile of gold.
Comment Re:Good...? (Score 1) 318
Dollars to donuts the people bitching the loudest about this check in to FourSquare 72 times a day, tweet 245 times, and update their Facebook status with what they're doing and where at least every hour.
Comment Re:Sales figures (Score 1) 165
That means that on a single day Verizon sold 13% -- a single phone on a single carrier in a single country. Pretty good if you ask me.
Comment Re:An odd comparison (Score 1) 436
But you only get a BA in CS from HU.
