Comment Re:A felon with misdemeanor convictions (Score 2) 720
A string of convictions for assault and battery might hurt your chances in a team situation, or customer service situations
Sounds more like useful experience to me...
Comment Re:WTF ? (Score 4, Funny) 289
I could conceive of this in a sex ed class..
Only if there was a practical exam at the end of the year.
Clarificiation on the IP Address Security in Dropbox Case 152
Bennett Haselton writes A judge rules that a county has to turn over the IP addresses that were used to
access a county mayor's Dropbox account, stating that there is no valid
security-related reason why the IP addresses should be exempt from a public
records request. I think the judge's conclusion about IP addresses was right,
but the reasoning was flawed; here is a technically more correct
argument that would have led to the same answer. Keep Reading to see what Bennett has to say about the case.
Comment Re:How badly coded are Windows applications? (Score 3, Informative) 349
I’m also an electronic technician, I have reprints of articles going back to the 1930s from Europe, the UK and Australia which use the notation I described, and you can even find it stamped on components from those regions. Either is acceptable as far as I’m concerned, as long as the nomenclature is consistent.
Comment Re:How badly coded are Windows applications? (Score 3, Informative) 349
It’s long been used as shorthand in electronics so circuit diagrams don’t get cluttered up with zeros, i.e. a 2,200 Ohm resistor is often shortened to 2K2 Ohms, 1,500,000 Ohms is 1M5.
Submission + - Irish Girls Win Google Science Fair With Astonishing Crop Yield Breakthrough (inhabitat.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Irish teenagers Ciara Judge, Émer Hickey and Sophie Healy-Thow, all 16, have won the Google Science Fair 2014. Their project, Combating the Global Food Crisis, aims to provide a solution to low crop yields by pairing a nitrogen-fixing bacteria that naturally occurs in the soil with cereal crops it does not normally associate with, such as barley and oats. The results were incredible: the girls found their test crops germinated in half the time and had a drymass yield up to 74 percent greater than usual.
How Flickr Is Courting the Next Generation of Photographers 97
First time accepted submitter Molly McHugh writes Flickr Vice President Bernardo Hernandez explains how the beloved photo platform is targeting a new generation that's addicted to smartphones. “10 or 15 years ago it was expensive and complicated to explore the world of photography,” Hernandez said. "Very few people could afford that—[it is] no surprise the best photographers 20 years ago were older people. We believe all of that is changing with the mobile [photography] revolution."
Comment Re:No it was Apple, but ... (Score 1) 172
Less than 10%...Slashcode ate the sign.
Comment Re:No it was Apple, but ... (Score 1) 172
The article you're probably thinking of is this one. It was effectively Adobe's response to an inquiry into software pricing by the ACCC (Australian equivalent of the FTC) last year (along with claiming that the increased cost was due to language translations...last I checked we speak English here).
Apple's AU tax is 10%, which doesn't make traveling to the US even remotely economic.
Submission + - Former World Leaders to Meet with UN to Discuss Drug Decriminalization (ibtimes.co.uk)
EwanPalmer writes: Several former world leaders and members of the United Nations are set to call upon governments around the world to decriminalize drugs.
Former presidents of Brazil, Columbia and Switzerland are among the former leaders who have united to call for proper regulation of drug use and possession, along with Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, former Secretary General of the UN Kofi Annan and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour.
A report, released by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, says it is time to "break the taboo" and admit the way on drugs is a "failure" as well as recommending new major reforms for drug prohibition. The Commissioners are also set to meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson to discuss the proposals mentioned in the report.
Former presidents of Brazil, Columbia and Switzerland are among the former leaders who have united to call for proper regulation of drug use and possession, along with Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, former Secretary General of the UN Kofi Annan and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour.
A report, released by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, says it is time to "break the taboo" and admit the way on drugs is a "failure" as well as recommending new major reforms for drug prohibition. The Commissioners are also set to meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson to discuss the proposals mentioned in the report.
Submission + - Ebola In India : 88 NRI's Tested For Ebola Virus (better-health24.com)
nottynavi writes: The Ebola virus has made up a havoc in the whole world. The Who has been engaged form the very beginning of this Virus but still no one has developed a 100% secure Vaccine for this Devil. The Ebola has hit the Liberia hard and now all the world is threatening for the outbreak of this virus in There respective countries.
There has been a huge massacre spread in all over India about this virus. The Indian government has issued red Alert at all the international airports of the country and all the NRI's from Ebola hit countries have to go through a mandatory check up in order to get there feet on there India. A few days ago India tested 88 NRI's for Ebola Virus.
Out of these 88 NRI's, 1 NRI was suffering from fever and a Soar Throat. All the NRI's except this one were allowed to move to there homes.
How ever a few days later, This person was found Negative in Ebola virus test fortunately. There has been a strict checking in Liberia as well, No Ebola infected person is allowed to leave the Country.
The Scientist all around the Globe are trying to make the vaccination of this virus. There have been many submissions to WHO by various companies around the world, but the WHO has still not declared any official vaccination for this virus.
Comment Re:So? (Score 2) 419
Actually, if you RTFA they had to respawn twice.
Submission + - The bane of restaurants - Smartphones (craigslist.org)
Strudelkugel writes: A restaurant in Manhattan compared video from 2004 and 2014 to see why service was slower than before. A few observations listed in the article:
2004:
Customers walk in.
They gets seated and are given menus, out of 45 customers 3 request to be seated elsewhere.
Customers on average spend 8 minutes before closing the menu to show they are ready to order...
2014:
Customers walk in.
Customers get seated and is given menus, out of 45 customers 18 requested to be seated elsewhere.
Before even opening the menu they take their phones out, some are taking photos while others are simply doing something else on their phone (sorry we have no clue what they are doing and do not monitor customer WIFI activity).
2004:
Customers walk in.
They gets seated and are given menus, out of 45 customers 3 request to be seated elsewhere.
Customers on average spend 8 minutes before closing the menu to show they are ready to order...
2014:
Customers walk in.
Customers get seated and is given menus, out of 45 customers 18 requested to be seated elsewhere.
Before even opening the menu they take their phones out, some are taking photos while others are simply doing something else on their phone (sorry we have no clue what they are doing and do not monitor customer WIFI activity).
Comment Re:Seems appropriate (Score 2) 353
Because a court ordered him to, and he didn't. The fact that encryption keys are the subject of the order or whether they unlock anything incriminating is pretty much irrelevant under the circumstances, disobey any court order and you face going to jail.
Comment Re:Falun Gong / Falun Dafa (Score 1) 268
Perhaps the population of exploding elephants isn’t large enough to warrant a mention.
