Comment Re:2004? No statute of limitations in the UK? (Score 1) 346
What about Ben Affleck in the "How to eat with your butt" episode?
Comment I can't wait to see him use the Chewbacca Defense! (Score 1) 275
Finally, someone worthy of carrying on the torch of totally confusing the jury!
Comment 50 Cent party... (Score 2, Funny) 249
Wouldn't that be more something like this?
This is how we do it, when we do it
Like we just wanna tear the club up
We do it like there ain't nothin' to it
The way we do it, now everybody put your fuckin' hands up!
Lets Go!
Like we just wanna tear the club up
We do it like there ain't nothin' to it
The way we do it, now everybody put your fuckin' hands up!
Lets Go!
Comment How do you touch a screen from the couch? (Score 1) 50
I like to sit back on the couch with my 92" screen across the room. I'm not going to get up every time I want to do something on my TV, that's what remotes are for.
Comment Re:The Open Fist? (Score 1) 152
Or maybe, since "karate" means open hand, he didn't want to rule with his l33t fighting moves.
What Data Center Designers Can Learn From Legos 210
1sockchuck writes "It takes most companies at least a year to build a new data center. Digital Realty Trust says it can build a new data center in just 20 weeks using standard designs and modular components that can be assembled on site. The company equates its 'building blocks' approach to data centers to building with Legos — albeit with customized parts (i.e. the Millennium Falcon Lego kit). Microsoft is taking a similar approach, packaging generators, switchgear and UPS units into pre-assembled components for rapid assembly. Is this the future of data center design?"
New CASMOBOT Lawnmower Controlled By a Wiimote 81
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark have modified a Wiimote so that it can control an industrial lawn mower. The project is called Casmobot (Computer Assisted Slope Mowing Robot). 'The Casmobot project is about making grass cutting more efficient,' said Kjeld Jensen, a robotics researcher at the University of Southern Denmark who developed the system. It uses a standard Wiimote that communicates via Bluetooth to a computer and robotics module built into the mower. Actions of the mower are matched to tilt actions of the remote. For example, if you tilt the remote down the mower moves forwards; tilt it up, and it moves backwards, and so on. The Wiimote can be used to control the mower manually or in computer-assisted mode, where the mower uses autonomous navgiation based on RTK GPS positioning to cut larger areas."
AP Harasses Own Member Over AP Youtube Videos 106
A reader writes "The Associated Press, who has been acting very bipolar lately about Google News (they get paid by Google for their content, and then complain about Google 'stealing' that content), has another issue with not knowing what their association is up to: they set up a channel on Youtube, and then threatened an AP affiliate for embedding that content."
Comment Re:Come on... (Score 1) 147
That was my first thought reading the summary. I mean come on:
The Ides of March
Colleague "Robert E Lee"
Low bandwidth attack that can take down large servers?
I suppose we should all beware the Ides of March. Et tu, Bruce Schneier, et tu?
The Ides of March
Colleague "Robert E Lee"
Low bandwidth attack that can take down large servers?
I suppose we should all beware the Ides of March. Et tu, Bruce Schneier, et tu?
Researcher's Death Hampers TCP Flaw Fix 147
linuxwrangler writes "Security researcher Jack Louis, who had discovered several serious security flaws in TCP software was killed in a fire on the ides of March, dealing a blow to efforts to repair the problem. Although he kept good notes and had communicated with a number of vendors, he died before fixes could be created and prior to completing research on a number of additional vulnerabilities. Much of the work has been taken over by Louis' friend and long-time colleague Robert E. Lee. The flaws have been around for a long time and would allow a low-bandwidth 'sockstress' attack to knock large machines off the net."
US Electricity Grid Reportedly Penetrated By Spies 328
phantomfive worries about a report in the Wall Street Journal ("Makes me want to move to the country and dig a well") that in recent years a number of cyber attacks against US infrastructure have been launched over the Internet: "Cyberspies have penetrated the US electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. The spies came from China, Russia, and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the US electrical system and its controls. The intruders haven't sought to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure, but officials warned they could try during a crisis or war."
Largest High-Tech Tornado Chase Set To Begin 112
coondoggie writes "Next month, with the help of a variety of high-tech gear, researchers will begin a wide-ranging project to better understand the origin, structure and evolution of tornadoes. The National Science Foundation has given $9.1 million to the project called Vortex2 (of course it has a convoluted backronym), which will take place from May 10-June 13. Researchers say Vortex2 is the largest attempt in history to study tornadoes, and will involve more than 50 scientists, 40 research vehicles, and 10 mobile radars, and will cover 900 square miles in southern South Dakota, western Iowa, eastern Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, the Texas panhandle, and western Oklahoma."
Submission + - Paperless office solutions?
mamono writes: I currently work in a US Federal Government office. I'm appalled by the amount of paper people waste here. I know a lot of the effort to reduce paper use would entail education. However, I would like to have a plan in place to allow for a paperless solution. I'd like something like Kindle that will accept standard document formats (PDF, ODT, DOC, WPD, etc.) We are standardized on Word Perfect and Open Office but there are a few Microsoft Office folks, too. Is there such a device out there that would look, feel and work as well as the Kindle without being tied to only Amazon purchases?
Comment Is that an African or European swallow? (Score 1) 234
While you're at it, what is the capitol of Assyria?
US Nuclear Weapons Lab Loses 67 Computers 185
pnorth writes "Officials from New Mexico's Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory have confessed that 67 of its computers are missing, with no less than 13 of them having disappeared over the past year alone. A memo [PDF] leaked by the Project on Government Oversight watchdog brought the lost nuclear laptops to the public's attention, but the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration dismissed fears the computers contained highly-sensitive or classified information, noting it was more likely to cause 'cybersecurity issues.' Three of the 13 computers which went missing in the past year were stolen from a scientist's home on January 16 and the memo also mentioned a BlackBerry belonging to another staff member had been lost 'in a sensitive foreign country.' The labs faced similar issues back in 2003 when 22 laptops were designated as being 'unlocated.'"
