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Comment unpaid spies (Score 1, Interesting) 292

by jcomeau_ictx on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @05:25PM (#45832553) Attached to: A Year With Google Glass

as others hinted, but after skimming the top comments didn't see it spelled out: if you're wearing Google Glass, thanks to the NSA's intrusive surveillance network, you're spying on all of us for free, in fact you paid to do it. that not only makes you an agent of one of the world's most evil governments, it makes you a fool. I can promise you, I won't be passive-aggressive if I see you wearing them, I'll probably be in your face.

Submission + - Bank of the Clueless

Submitted by jcomeau_ictx on Thursday December 09, 2010 @12:29AM

jcomeau_ictx writes: Bank of Internet has for years limited passwords to 8 alphanumerics, but over the next few days they will open their members' accounts up to anyone with the last 4 letters of their Social Security number: ex-partners, family, and any of thousands of employees of banks, credit unions, and online and offline businesses which have requested it over the course of an average life. Here is the communication sent out today:
Bank of Internet USA is upgrading our online solutions for Online Banking this weekend. The Bank is making this change to ensure we provide you with an Online Banking experience so impactful, you will not be able to imagine banking any other way. In preparation for the launch, there is some important information you need to know:

Launch Date: December 11, 2010. The conversion time frame will be from December 9, 2010 to December 11, 2010. Logging in to Online Banking on December 11, 2010 or thereafter. You will use the same Online Banking ID as you did prior to December 11th. The first time you log in only, your Password will be the last 4-digits of your Social Security Number. You will be prompted to change your password to one of your choosing immediately upon logging in.

This doesn't mean I'll stop doing business with them; they still have better customer service than any other bank I've ever dealt with. I just won't keep anything more than a few hundred in there until they take security a little more seriously.

Submission + - Birth of a New Machine (colorforth.com)

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jcomeau_ictx

on Saturday July 04, 2009 @12:08AM

jcomeau_ictx writes: "Chipchuck is at it again, building a 1/2 watt supercomputer, and he's giving us the play-by-play in his Haypress Creek Weblog, scooping Tracy Kidder for the story on this one. The board has 9 chips with 40 c18 Forth computers each, for a combined maximum of 250Gips."

Submission + - Zypad wrist wearable now shipping but pricey

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jcomeau_ictx

on Thursday June 28, 2007 @10:26AM

jcomeau_ictx writes: "Sometime in the year since the Zypad first made an appearance here, it has ceased being vapor and is shipping. Both Parvus and Arcom carry the unit; neither page lists the price but an Arcom rep told me it's $2500. So, still a bit pricey for the average technogeek. Some of the features: NEMA 4 (IP54) rated, 802.11b/g, choice of GNU/Linux (2.6 kernel) or Windows CE (no version listed), GPS, 400MHz MIPS CPU, 64 MB RAM, 64 MB ROM, integrated audio, Bluetooth... the works. If they could only drop the price down, say, to about $299, like Casio's new G'Zone waterproof phone, available from Verizon... well, something to drool over anyway."

Comment overheard at a bilderbergers meeting... (Score 1) 814

by jcomeau_ictx on Friday July 22, 2005 @03:14PM (#13138058) Attached to: British Police Demand Access To Encryption Keys

GWB: OK Tony, it's been over three years since I knocked down the WTC... about time for you to get your ass in gear. What're you gonna do to top that?

TB: I'll see you and raise you 10, you lowlife wanker! And after it's over, we'll pass a law that makes your Patriot Act look as toothless as your mama without her dentures!

(Not sure I got it verbatim, I was crammed into an air vent and couldn't take notes till afterwards...)

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