Comment Re:Better to eat them than rape them... (Score 1) 447
I'm trying to figure out how you plan to do those two things consecutively, in that particular order...
Comment Re:Wiser? WTF (Score 1) 496
[...] It is better to make a list of safe software which can't compromise an installation [...]
Except that you can't guarantee that the list of software is really safe, just that there are no currently known vulnerabilities.
If at some time in the future a vulnerability is found and a malicious user can just install the application and exploit it to get real root access and do whatever they feel like.
Comment Re:Good. (Score 1) 284
[...]conspiracy to commit premeditated murder,[...]
Well, at least it wasn't a conspiracy to commit unpremeditated murder...
Comment Re:not a bargain (Score 1) 970
[...] epsom printers[...]
They make printers out of salt now?
Submission + - Russia's YouTube Craze: Exposing Police Corruption (time.com)
reporter writes: Time.com has just published a story about several ethical Russian policemen's using the Internet — and, specifically, YouTube — to accuse both the police and the government of gross corruption. The drama began when "Alexei Dymovsky, a drug cop in southern Russia, posted emotional video addresses to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on his personal website, accusing his superiors of severely overworking him and pressuring him to fabricate criminal cases to improve clearance rates — a practice known in Russian police jargon as 'chopping sticks.' Dymovsky was fired over the videos, which have amassed more than 1.2 million views since they were reposted on YouTube.
Following his demarche, several more whistleblowers have posted videos on YouTube — to much fanfare — accusing their superiors of fabricating cases, including one that led to life sentences for two men convicted of a 2005 arson in which 25 people were killed. The two men convicted of setting the fire in the northwestern city of Ukhta were innocent, former policeman Mikhail Yevseyev and former deputy prosecutor Grigory Chekalin said in separate videos."
Not surprisingly, "40% of Russians say they do not trust police, while 28% say they actually fear the cops."
Following his demarche, several more whistleblowers have posted videos on YouTube — to much fanfare — accusing their superiors of fabricating cases, including one that led to life sentences for two men convicted of a 2005 arson in which 25 people were killed. The two men convicted of setting the fire in the northwestern city of Ukhta were innocent, former policeman Mikhail Yevseyev and former deputy prosecutor Grigory Chekalin said in separate videos."
Not surprisingly, "40% of Russians say they do not trust police, while 28% say they actually fear the cops."
Submission + - Google Patents Displaying Patents
theodp writes: No, it's not a sarcastic Slashdot comment. Google has actually managed to patent displaying patents. The USPTO issued U.S. Patent No. D603,866 to six Google inventors for their Graphical user interface for display screen of a communications terminal. Among the six inventors is the guy who introduced Google Patents. Ironically, Google Patents can't seem to find the new Google patent for Google Patents.
Submission + - Depressed Facebook user gets insurance cancelled (www.cbc.ca)
No. 24601 writes: A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave, due to a diagnosis of depression, lost her health benefits after her insurance provider found photos of her on Facebook smiling and looking cheerful at parties and out on the beach. Besides all the obvious questions, how did the insurance company access her locked Facebook profile?
Submission + - Is that sushi hazardous to your health? (plosone.org) 1
pdclarry writes: A recent study by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University found that a piece of tuna sushi may not be tuna at all; "A piece of tuna sushi has the potential to be an endangered species, a fraud or a health hazard,” wrote the authors. “All three of these cases were uncovered in this study.”
The study published in PLOSONE examined 68 samples of tuna sushi purchased from 31 restaurants in Manhattan (New York City) and Denver, Colorado. Some of these were from endangered species, others were not as labeled, and some one not tuna at all. Of these last 5 samples labeled as "white tuna" were from a toxic fish, Escolar, which is a gempylid species banned for sale in Italy and Japan due to health concerns. "It can cause gastrointestinal symptoms range from mild and rapid passage of oily yellow or orange droplets, to severe diarrhea with nausea and vomiting. The milder symptoms have been referred to as keriorrhea [i.e. flow of wax in Greek]."
Fraud in sushi is not new; Slashdot also reported study on mislabeling in 2008.. This new study shows that some sushi can actually make you sick. The study was also reported in Wired.
The study published in PLOSONE examined 68 samples of tuna sushi purchased from 31 restaurants in Manhattan (New York City) and Denver, Colorado. Some of these were from endangered species, others were not as labeled, and some one not tuna at all. Of these last 5 samples labeled as "white tuna" were from a toxic fish, Escolar, which is a gempylid species banned for sale in Italy and Japan due to health concerns. "It can cause gastrointestinal symptoms range from mild and rapid passage of oily yellow or orange droplets, to severe diarrhea with nausea and vomiting. The milder symptoms have been referred to as keriorrhea [i.e. flow of wax in Greek]."
Fraud in sushi is not new; Slashdot also reported study on mislabeling in 2008.. This new study shows that some sushi can actually make you sick. The study was also reported in Wired.
Comment Re:There is a lot of money at stake. (Score 1) 405
Just to nit-pick a bit, the 85 is not an upgradeable calculator. It's only the ones that are that are affected by this.
Comment Re:Nonsense. (Score 1) 405
except that it doesn't subvert copyright at all, all it does is allow the installation of unofficial firmware, the signing never prevented copying in the first place...
Comment Re:Back in high school creative writing class ... (Score 1) 691
summary taken from http://www.nesfa.org/Recursion/recursive_L.htm#LewisJackWhosCribbing
Comment Re:Back in high school creative writing class ... (Score 1) 691
Ever read the short story Who's Cribbing by Jack Lewis?
A new science fiction writer finds that all his submitted stories are being rejected because they are copies of those published by another writer in the 1930s and 1940s. He does not understand what is happening. When he finally gathers all his letters and rejection slips and tries to publish that, he is told that this, too, was the work of that other author.
Comment Re:The three fastest means of communication (Score 1) 72
In no particular order.
Comment Re:Great (Score 5, Informative) 412
If they change the contract after the fact, it may no longer be binding...
Comment Re:The end of the U.S. (Score 1) 1251
The Lawyerpocalypse is nigh!
