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Comment When the fridge and the microwave gang up on you (Score 1) 217

by __aapopf3474 (#26466931) Attached to: Networked Fridges 'Negotiate' Electricity Use
Will Wright (creator of the Sims and Spore) has a think tank called Stupid Fun Club, which has a fridge with a personality module that recognizes you by name and then gossips about you with the microwave. So, if you are mean to the fridge, then it will rat you out to the microwave, who will then burn your food. - BBC article (with a link to video. More about Stupid Fun Club (2007 Gadgetoff video).

Comment Soft Walls discussion and common objections (Score 5, Informative) 548

by __aapopf3474 (#23758201) Attached to: Pentagon Wants Kill Switch For Planes
Total disclosure: I've worked on Soft Walls.

There was discussion on Slashdot about the Soft Walls Project that did something similar. See the 1/04 and 7/03 discussions.

What I find interesting is just how vehement software engineers and pilots are about the idea, and yet everyone seems to trust fly-by-wire.

There is Soft Walls FAQ that covers common objections.
Security

Submission + - Citibank: training users to be less secure

Submitted by Llamedos
Llamedos writes: Citibank has redesigned their credit card website (Citicards.com) so that the login page is not an SSL encrypted page. Instead, they expect users to simply accept a little lock GIF file they put up themselves, and their assurance that the form is submitted via SSL. According to Citibank, "Your security is important to us. While the new Citicards.com has an "http" address and no lock icon displays in your browser, your personal information is still protected." Citibank's security page While other sites are moving to more security and more ways for the user to protect himself (e.g., Bank of America's SiteKey program), Citibank is tearing away at protections and trying to train users not to care about security.
Censorship

Submission + - Operation Falcon and the Encroaching Police State

Submitted by Deltronica
Deltronica writes: According to Information Clearinghouse, the police state feared by many is being carried out right under our noses. From TFA: "The Bush administration has carried out three massive sweeps in the last two years, rolling up more than 30,000 minor crooks and criminals, without as much as a whimper of protest from the public. Operation Falcon is the clearest indication yet that the Bush administration is fine-tuning its shock-troops so it can roll up tens of thousands of people at a moment's notice and toss them into the newly-built Halliburton detention centers. This should be a red flag for anyone who cares at all about human rights, civil liberties, or simply saving his own skin. " The full article can be found here.

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