Submission + - Largest Twin Prime Yet Discovered
Chris Chiasson writes: "The Twin Internet Prime Search and PrimeGrid have recently discovered the largest known twin prime. A twin prime is a pair of prime numbers separated by the integer two. The pair discovered on the 15th was 2003663613*2^195000±1."
Submission + - What is the best Firewall/ AV software
Stevecrox writes: With the recent scandals in america and the seeming rise in Bot nets I have to ask what anti virus software and firewall software do you use? I've tried a lot of the larger ones like kasperly, avast, norton, bullguard and stopped using them either they caused a huge drain on my system recources (like mcafee and avast) or they simplied lied. There have been times when I've been without the net for weeks and yet norton, kasperly and bullguard have imformed me that I was being attacked through the internet from IP adress 205/207.xxx.... when I had no network connection and my router was unplugged from the phone line(my home network is wired and all addresses are 192.xxx.) None of the AV software I've tried has ever shown my machine to have a virus and I'm using spybot but know I should be using alot more, where do I spend my money?
Submission + - Outsourcing Recruiters and Headhunters?
fury88 writes: "I've recently begun the long and tedious job search for a Senior Software Engineer. It's been a few years since I've really looked at the market and what makes it more difficult is I need to relocate to another city and state. To my surprise, I've been getting dozens of calls from Indian recruiters. Of course they are going by "Justin" or "Ashley" but I can't understand a word they are saying. Here's what gets me that I thought I'd like to share. Do these companies really know who they are using to staff positions? I am all for listening to anyone that has a good offer for me no matter who they are but if I can't understand what they are saying, how does that help? I literally had to hang up on one of them because they weren't listening to me. It seems to me that if I was a company who hired a staffing agency, I would sure as hell want the recruiters to be able to communicate effectively, otherwise you risk losing qualified candidates. Am I wrong here and how long has this been going on?"
Submission + - Good Samaritan Computer Law needed
Hyresse writes: "Companys release software based on Financial reasons... even if the software isnt complete and or tested. Those same companys then use the law or will sue to prevent any bugs and/or exploits from being exposed. Since all software can expose people to the open and present danger from the current Cyber war between criminials and the Law, everyone risks becoming a casuality to live fire. an example is for your computer showing porn to children even when you never went to any porn site. or all your personal information being stolen. Everyone risks great finiancial problems and/or legal action against themselves as a side effect. The criminials already know of exploits and are useing them. Anyone that exposes these exploits to the public Risk being Sued and/or Jailed... The public needs to know if the software they are using is currently being used by criminials for illgotten gains. Software companys dont want these flaws exposed because it damages their reputation and opens them up to the public sueing them for gross negiliance.
Where to draw the line....
I draw the Line at this... any software that has a flaw and that flaw is currently being exploited to gain control needs to be labled a WEB RISK.. any company that tries to prevent the exposure of a WEB RISK Software needs to be considered a accomplice to any criminial activity...
anyone that has evidence that a exploit exists and is being used needs to be protected from legal action so that they can speak about it.. to write about it. to announce it.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT FIXING THE EXPLOIT... a software company will fix it or not.... its their future.... hiding dangerious flaws and allowing others to pay for their mistakes needs to be against the law."
Submission + - What tax software do you use?
r_jensen11 writes: I know this topic has been asked at least once before, but seeing as how 6 years have passed, I figured the question is due again. It's about that time of the year again when we find out how much we owe Uncle Sam (Or as in my case, how much Uncle Sam owes me.) Software has changed drastically in the past 6 years since the previous query I found on Slashdot, as well as many tax rules. Does anyone here use tax software other than TurboTax and TaxCut? I know that there are also online forms I can fill out, but which ones are accessable to people that use OS's other than Windows and OSX? I'd preferably use a program that I can use off-line and store my information locally instead of using eforms, but if I have to resort to eforms, which ones should I investigate and which ones should I stay far away from?
Submission + - Cancer cured.....again
supermegadope writes: From the article. at http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew s/20070116/cancer_dca_070116/20070116?hub=Canada
""I think DCA can be selective for cancer because it attacks a fundamental process in cancer development that is unique to cancer cells," said Dr. Evangelos Michelakis, a professor at the University of Alberta department of medicine and a key study author.
The molecule appears to repair the damage that cancer cells cause to mitochondria, the units that convert food into energy."
"In addition, because DCA has been used in both healthy people and ailing patients with mitochondrial diseases, researchers know it is a relatively non-toxic molecule that can be immediately tested in patients with cancer.
The compound, which is sold both as powder and as a liquid, is widely available at chemistry stores.
Furthermore, the compound is not patented, nor is it owned by any drug firm, so it would be an inexpensive drug to administer.
However, because DCA is not patented, Michelakis expressed concern that it may be difficult to find funding from private investors to test the compound in clinical trials. "
""I think DCA can be selective for cancer because it attacks a fundamental process in cancer development that is unique to cancer cells," said Dr. Evangelos Michelakis, a professor at the University of Alberta department of medicine and a key study author.
The molecule appears to repair the damage that cancer cells cause to mitochondria, the units that convert food into energy."
"In addition, because DCA has been used in both healthy people and ailing patients with mitochondrial diseases, researchers know it is a relatively non-toxic molecule that can be immediately tested in patients with cancer.
The compound, which is sold both as powder and as a liquid, is widely available at chemistry stores.
Furthermore, the compound is not patented, nor is it owned by any drug firm, so it would be an inexpensive drug to administer.
However, because DCA is not patented, Michelakis expressed concern that it may be difficult to find funding from private investors to test the compound in clinical trials. "
Submission + - Cancer cured.....again
supermegadope writes: From the article.
""I think DCA can be selective for cancer because it attacks a fundamental process in cancer development that is unique to cancer cells," said Dr. Evangelos Michelakis, a professor at the University of Alberta department of medicine and a key study author.
The molecule appears to repair the damage that cancer cells cause to mitochondria, the units that convert food into energy."
"In addition, because DCA has been used in both healthy people and ailing patients with mitochondrial diseases, researchers know it is a relatively non-toxic molecule that can be immediately tested in patients with cancer.
The compound, which is sold both as powder and as a liquid, is widely available at chemistry stores.
Furthermore, the compound is not patented, nor is it owned by any drug firm, so it would be an inexpensive drug to administer.
However, because DCA is not patented, Michelakis expressed concern that it may be difficult to find funding from private investors to test the compound in clinical trials. "
""I think DCA can be selective for cancer because it attacks a fundamental process in cancer development that is unique to cancer cells," said Dr. Evangelos Michelakis, a professor at the University of Alberta department of medicine and a key study author.
The molecule appears to repair the damage that cancer cells cause to mitochondria, the units that convert food into energy."
"In addition, because DCA has been used in both healthy people and ailing patients with mitochondrial diseases, researchers know it is a relatively non-toxic molecule that can be immediately tested in patients with cancer.
The compound, which is sold both as powder and as a liquid, is widely available at chemistry stores.
Furthermore, the compound is not patented, nor is it owned by any drug firm, so it would be an inexpensive drug to administer.
However, because DCA is not patented, Michelakis expressed concern that it may be difficult to find funding from private investors to test the compound in clinical trials. "
Submission + - Don't blame phone for this fire, investigator says
netbuzz writes: "You can't turn on the news or scan the 'Net today without encountering a story about the cell-phone fire that left a California man in critical condition and his residential hotel a mess. Every account pointed an accusing finger at the phone and its unnamed manufacturer. Turns out there may have been a rush to judgment, as the on-scene fire investigator tells Network World that it was the victim's intoxicated state, not the phone, that was primarily responsible for the fire. It will be interesting to see what experts think of this theory. As an aside, the investigator won't reveal the brand name of the phone, saying the manufacturer doesn't deserve the publicity. That secret shouldn't last long.
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Journal Journal: Penalized for being a Good Consumer
I *just* got off of the phone with two member of Chase Credit Card's finest, a customer service care representative, and an Account supervisor by the name of 'Jason'.
Vendor Bundles featuring AMD chips with ATI graphics discounted
AMD has a special deal for you. They are offering bundles featuring AMD chips with ATI graphics at a discounted price. The strategy will help AMD sell more CPUs and graphic cards while giving consumers a price break. "This is the way to compete with Intel and Intel has been able to do this for years. Why not attack it where it hurts the most - right in its beloved platformace business? Centrino and Intel desktop platfor
Vendor AMD will remain in the discrete GPU business
Rick Bergman
of AMD has confirmed that the new combined AMD/ATI business will indeed remain in the discrete graphics chip business for the foreseeable future. "Many had anticipated that AMD's venture into platforms might cause the processor designer to use GPUs only for enabling its processor business via platforms, and eventually forsake the discrete graphics market. Now, it appears AMD has the R700 waiting in t
The Return of the Fairness Doctrine? 732
Slithe writes "Last week at the National Conference for Media Reform, Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich (a long-shot candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination) stated that the Fairness Doctrine may be reinstated. Kucinich will be heading up a new House subcommittee that will focus on issues around the FCC. The Fairness Doctrine was an FCC regulation that required broadcast media to present controversial issues in an honest, equal, and balanced manner. The FCC repealed it in 1987 — Democrats at the time tried to forestall this move but were ultimately thwarted by a veto by President Ronald Reagan. Critics of the Fairness Doctrine have stated that it was only used to intimidate and silence political opposition. At the convention, Kucinich said, 'We know the media has become the servant of a very narrow corporate agenda. We are now in a position to move a progressive agenda to where it is visible.'" In the interest of fairness, here is a Republican, free-market perspective on the return of the Fairness Doctrine.
Submission + - 1UP's Top 10 WTF moments of 2006
MasterPoof writes: From Scott Sharkey 1UP's Top 10 : "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but mostly, it was the what the f***iest of times. Barely a day went by this year when something absoludicrous didn't assault us from our own news page. Given the relentless march of progressively more insane events and the dilated nature of internet time some of this stuff has already begun to fade from collective memory. But it happened, no matter how much the shriveled rational halves of our brains try to tell us that it didn't."
Though must of you probably know what half of these already are, its still worth a read (or at the very least a cheap laugh).
Submission + - U.S. Senate experiments continue?
David H. Marshall writes: "1/16/07
The U.S. Senate's 50 years of "experiments...designed to harm" continue?
In 2007 continued is the advancement of a proven Department Of Defense (DOD) Project 112 biological experiment?[2] This is the use of SHAD Research & Development (R&D) lessons learned during the "NATIONAL SECURITY MISSIONS" of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).[5] BARDA also does not have the DOD Project 112, Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) oversight and accountability for its biological experiments. They, as most DOD in the U.S. Senate Report [4], will be conducted on U.S. Civilians covered up by our nation's wars!
Documented by the 13 years ago 1994 U.S. Senate Report is the conducted on "hundreds of thousands" 50 years of DOD, R&D "experiments that were designed to harm"![4] Its NOTES (No.'s 72, 167 & 169) cite, "The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code, Human Rights in Human Experimentation". Not addressed is their own Report's proven dereliction of duty, i.e., by the many conducted in direct disobedience of the DOD Secretary's 1953 order; "The Nazi Doctors" pages 343-345.[1] Noted was that lost veterans' rights be restored. This still has not been done!! The 12 July 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire destroyed "designed to harm" military service records. Congress's 1974 Privacy Act censored the names of all witnesses from surviving and future records. In 2007 there is the H. R. 4259, "To establish the Veterans' Right to Know Commission."[6] A proposal to now study the DOD's SHAD lack of oversight and "Right to Know" accountability?
CRUCIAL TO THE "RIGHT TO KNOW" IS:
The U.S. Senate's DOD military experiments demonstrate R&D protocol by all.[4] First, all prior R&D is reviewed. The resulting Scope of Work defines what each military and civilian research program is to accomplish. The where, how, when and who is involved is determined. Each conducted "to harm" research project's cause and effects are very closely followed and recorded.
The subjects are observed during the experiments and the end results are the basis for subsequent actions. Then the needed from "to harm" protections are developed with applicable treatment for experienced injuries. This experiment revealing R&D information is not part of a subject's medical history. Therefore, unavailable for a past, present and future victim's diagnosis and treatment by Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Physicians', the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Physicians' or for use during any VA and Judicial Branch processes!
THIS WITHHELD CRUCIAL EVIDENCE MEANS THAT THE VICTIM AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL NEVER THE WISER BECOME! THEREBY, AN AFTER MILITARY SERVICE AND CIVILIAN "NATIONAL SECURITY MISSIONS" MISSED DISABILITY DIAGNOSIS. CREATED ARE INCREASED SERIOUS AND CHRONIC INJURIES!
The 1987 U.S. SUPREME COURT in the 1953 disobedience STANLEY Case makes very clear that UNLESS CONGRESS CHANGES IT, BY REASON OF MILITARY SERVICE AFTERWARDS VETERAN'S LOST ARE PRIOR TO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.[3] The Senate Report documents many more"experiments that were designed to harm".[4] Most were also in direct disobedience of the DOD Secretary's 1953 order. All for the greater good, end justifies the means! The excuse for an in 2007 from 1944 ongoing 63 years of "hundreds of thousands" [4] JUSTICE AND TREATMENT DENIED! By BARDA "national security missions" on civilian U.S. Citizens to-date continued?[5]
REFERENCES:
[1] DOD Secretary's 26 February 1953 NO non-consensual, human experiments Memo pages 343-345. George J. Annas and Michael A. Grodin, The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code; Human Rights in Human Experimentation (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992). In REFERENCE [4] as NOTES 72, 167 & 169.
[2] Starting in 1962 chemical and biological experiments. "Project 112 (Including Project SHAD) Home"; www1.va.gov/shad/
[3] U.S. SUPREME COURT, JUNE 25, 1987, U.S. V. STANLEY, 107 S. CT. 3054 (VOLUME 483 U.S., SECTION 669, PAGES 699 TO 710). In REFERENCE [4] cited in NOTE 169.
[4] December 8, 1994 REPORT 103-97 "Is Military Research Hazardous to Veterans' Health? Lessons Spanning Half a Century." Hearings Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 103rd Congress 2nd Session. With NOTES: 1 to 170.
[5] Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Bill S. 3678 2006.
[6] H. R. 4259 "To establish the Veterans' Right to Know Commission.""
