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Comment Where do you put it? (Score 4, Insightful) 296

by tentimestwenty (#29244899) Attached to: Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Worries Researchers
And where do you put it? It was dumped in the Ocean for a reason, because it was not convenient or possible to dump it anywhere else. Did you read the size of the garbage patch? Would you want that in your back yard? The point is that we are making too much garbage! Any 5 year old can tell you that's the real issue.

Comment Re:Nice FUD on the front page editors (Score 1) 270

by tentimestwenty (#29209751) Attached to: Replacements For Adobe Creative Suite 3 Apps?
You might be used to Windows or Linux upgrades which are typically slower and more feature laden than their predecessors. In this case I'd agree, the OS does very little to increase productivity if you have specialized needs like graphics creation. However, OS X is generally getting faster with each release, the OS gets "smarter" and by nature the multi-window-one-toolbar orientation of OS X lends itself to some nifty interface advantages for people who have 20 or 30 windows open and active at a time across multiple programs. I would say each OS X release has given me 5% more productivity because of speed and window management/file management features they've added. The #1 reason I want Leopard is for this same reason. It's supposed to be faster, require less disc space and the new UI advancements will save me lots of time, maybe 30 minutes a day if you calculated it.
Communications

Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up? 215

Posted by timothy from the widespread-problem dept.
shadeshope writes "Slowly but surely Google has taken over my computing life. How can I back it up? Bit by bit with their mantra, hip image and brilliant services, Google has gained my trust and all my data. I am doing almost all of my computing in the cloud. Google Reader, Calender, Email, Docs and Notes have become my tools of choice; even to the point where my day book, research notes, etc., are all on Google's servers. It was just so easy, enabling me to effortlessly work from multiple computers, operating systems and locations. I know, I know, this is foolish — all my eggs are firmly in one basket. It has crept up on me. As a long-time computer user and committed pessimist, I have used many schemes over the years to ensure my data is safe. Now I have ceded all control to Google. How can I regain some control and back this all up? Is there a one-touch solution that will take all my data from the various online apps and archive it on my home server?"
Encryption

Whole Disk Encryption For Vista? 125

Posted by timothy from the just-wait-for-it dept.
Q7U writes "After reading about several laptop thefts and losses, my boss wants me to set up whole disk encryption for her Vista travel laptop. After doing some research, it seems she has three options: Bitlocker (part of Vista Ultimate), PGP Whole Disk Encryption, and TrueCrypt. My main problem now is choosing one. I can't find any comparitive reviews of these products to determine which will be the best choice, so I was hoping the Slashdot crowd could suggest which product they would go with and tell us what they liked about their choice."
Data Storage

Effective Optical Disc Repair? 554

Posted by timothy from the persistent-doubt dept.
CyberKnet writes "I have an extensive music collection on original CD media. While most of it is in impeccable condition, I have a few discs that have suffered extensive scratching through listening to the disc either via a portable disc player, or in a car CD stacker. I've long since learned the error of my old ways and don't listen to discs in those devices any more, but those discs are irreplaceable in many cases. I would very much like to be able to repair them or have them repaired to original condition, or at least well enough that I can pull the tracks off once and archive the track data. I have heard really uncomplimentary things about devices like the Skip Doctor; ranging from it not helping to it making things worse. I've heard great things about JFJ devices that are seen on the counters of most Hollywood and BlockBuster video stores, but even their consumer devices start at $250. I would appreciate any other suggestions for devices that people have had personal experience with that won't break the bank."

How Do You Deal With Sensitive Data? 226

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the just-turn-off-db-access-for-everyone dept.
imus writes "Just wondering how most IT shops secure sensitive data (customer records). Most centrally managed databases seem to be monitored and maintained very well and IT workers know when they are tampered with or when unauthorized access occurs. But what about employees who do legitimate selects from these databases and then load CSV files and other text files onto their laptops and PDAs? How are companies dealing with situations where the database is relatively secure, but end-use devices contain bits and pieces of sensitive business data, and sometimes whole segments? Does anyone use sensitive data discovery software such as Find_SSNs or Senf or other tools? Once found, how do you deal with it? Do you force encryption, delete it or prevent extracts?"
AMD

Submission + - AMD will deliver open graphics driver

Submitted by
FrankNFurter
FrankNFurter writes: "According to this blog entry, Henri Richard, AMD's executive vice president of sales and marketing announced during his keynote at the Red Hat Summit that AMD will soon deliver open graphics drivers. What is lacking are details about which products will be supported, when the drivers will be available and how open the license will be."
NASA

Submission + - New Eyes in the Sky - Part II

Submitted by
nlhouser
nlhouser writes: "The development of the James Web Space Telescope, standing on the backs of the previous landmarks of NASA's telescopes, helps us see space. Pretty simple sentence, but without NASA's latest instruments and continuously developing ideas, it would not be possible to see beyond our nosesuch as the James Web Space Telescope and the Mars Odyssey. And without that, we would not have celebrated last June 6 the celebration of Mars and thirty years of fascination with our love affair of moving there."
The Courts

Submission + - Student on Myspace Jailed with $1 Million bail

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: Slashdot previously covered the story of Allen Lee, the student jailed for writing a violent essay.
In similar events, A University of Southern Mississippi student remains jailed on a one-million dollar bail since April 18th for posting threating remarks to his myspace blog and bulletins. Athorities have been very quiet, and in an update from last week claim to still be collecting evidence.
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Building will repair itself during an earthquake

Submitted by Kate Seamer
Kate Seamer writes: A US$18.6 million "self-healing" house will be able to resist earthquakes by sealing cracks in its walls and monitoring seismic vibrations. The walls of the house contain nano-polymer particles designed to convert into liquid when under pressure, flow into cracks, and solidify. This would theoretically stabilize the structure after severe seismic trauma. Funded by the European Union, and using technology from Leed University's NanoManufacturing Institute, the house is to be constructed in Greece by 2010.
Censorship

Submission + - US Military launches YouTube channel

Submitted by Jenga717
Jenga717 writes: The US military has launched its own channel on YouTube, in efforts to shift the media's focus of Iraq from a negative to a more positive light, and to "counter the messages of anti-American sites." From the article:

The footage is not picked specifically to show the military in a good light...and is only edited for reasons of time or content too graphic to be shown on YouTube...And while all the clips currently posted have been shot by the military's combat cameramen, soldiers and marines have been invited to submit their own clips.

So, soldiers can submit their own videos, only to have them edited by the US military. The question is, where are they supposed to submit them? Starting "on or about 14 May 2007", the Department of Defense will block troop access to Myspace, Youtube, MTV, and more sites,, due to a "growing concern for our unclassified DoD Internet, known as the NIPRNET". The troops will be unable to access these sites from any computer on the DoD network, yet are still able to access them from their home computers — which they can't use on the DoD network.

So why the censorship? The DoD cites security reasons, but the Commander of Global Network Operations (DoD's Joint Task Force)"has noted a significant increase in the use of DoD network resources tied up by individuals visiting certain recreational Internet sites." The PDF released by the DoD reminds troops that this "benefits not only you, your fellow Servicemembers, and Civilian employees, but preserves our vital networks for conducting official DoD business in peace and war."

Sounds like quite a sticky situation.

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