Kjuib - Slashdot User

Comment Re:How long since you were in school? (Score 0) 417

by Kjuib on Sunday July 18, 2010 @09:30AM (#32942308) Attached to: TI vs. Calculator Hobbyists, Again

The only way to get people not to cheat on test is give them nothing to cheat with. Which means either you take their intelligent essence to an alternate reality... or you can just give them a calculator instead of letting them use their own.

Comment I am sick of it... (Score 5, Funny) 193

by Kjuib on Tuesday February 03, 2009 @07:00PM (#26718501) Attached to: Zipingpu Dam May Have Triggered the Sichuan Quake

Those dam quakes always screwing everything up!

Comment Re:Amazing (Score 5, Funny) 317

by Kjuib on Thursday January 08, 2009 @05:20PM (#26377323) Attached to: Lexus To Start Spamming Car Buyers In Their Cars

If the lexus buyers are compensating for something... what sort of spam do you think would be relevant?

7 Secure USB Drives Reviewed 146

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 03, 2008 @12:48PM from the i-feel-safer-already dept.

jcatcw writes "Computerworld has reviewed seven USB drives that use either encryption or a physical keypad to protect stored data, and found big differences in I/O speeds, ease of use and strength of security. In the case of the drive using a key pad, the editors were able to break open the device and access the data, bypassing the PIN security. They also state that there is little difference between 128-bit and 256-bit AES encryption because neither has been broken yet. The drives reviewed were the SanDisk Cruzer, the Lexar JumpDrive, the Kingston DataTraveler, the Imation Pivot Plus, the Corsair Survivor, the Corsair Padlock and the IronKey Secure USB Drive. The editors chose the IronKey as the most secure."

The Law and Politics of Battlestar Galactica 321

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday March 03, 2008 @12:01PM from the why-don't-they-wear-normal-tank-tops dept.

privacyprof writes "Fans of the show Battlestar Galactica might be interested in our interview with writers and producers Ron Moore and David Eick. Three law professors at the blog Concurring Opinions have an hour-long interview with Moore and Eick about the legal, political, moral, and economic issues raised by the show. The interview is available in audio files; alternatively, people can read a transcript of the interview (Part I) and (Parts II and III). Part I examines the lawyers and trials in the show, how torture is depicted, as well as how the humans must balance civil liberties and security. Part II examines politics and commerce. It explores how the cylon attack affected the humans' political system, and it examines how commerce works in the fleet. Part III examines issues related to cylons, such as the humans' treatment of cylons, how robots should be treated by the law, how the cylons govern themselves politically."

Fewer People Copy DVDs Than Once Thought 333

Posted by Zonk on Thursday July 12, 2007 @04:02PM from the except-among-our-users dept.

MasterOfMagic writes "According to a survey reported at the NY Times, very few people actually have and use DVD copying software. The survey reports that only 1.5 percent of computer users have DVD copying software, and of those 1.5%, 2/3rds of them don't even use it. The survey also revealed that users were more likely to download DVDs than copy DVDs that they borrowed or rented, and that about half of all downloaded DVDs are pornography. According to the survey's lead analyst, 'With music, part of the appeal is sharing your own playlists and compilations with your friends ... I'm not sure people share their porn the way they share their music.'"

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