Comment Re:1984 Times (Score 1) 324
My thoughts exactly! :)
Comment 1984 Times (Score 1) 324
Oh the irony. When I went to vote it had been voted on 1984 times! http://michaelwigle.info/Images/1984Times.png
Comment Re:What happens when this fails? (Score 1) 393
It's still done that way in my neighborhood. But the schools found a solution. They stopped using textbooks. You think I kid. Sadly, it's true. The administration just tells the teachers to find worksheets online and print them off. The kids just ignore the "Do not make copies" at the bottom of the pages of their handouts. :P
Submission + - New CFAA Could Incarcerate Teenagers For Reading Online News (ibtimes.com)
redletterdave writes: Anyone under 18 found reading the news online could hypothetically face jail time according to the latest draft of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which is said to be “rushed” to Congress during its “cyber week” in the middle of April. According to the new proposal floated by the House Judiciary Committee, the CFAA would be amended to treat any violation of a website’s Terms of Service – or an employer’s Terms of Use policy – as a criminal act. Applied to the world of online publications, this could be a dangerous notion: For example, many news websites’ Terms of Use warn against any users under a certain age to use their site. In fact, NPR and the Hearst Corporation’s entire family of publications, which includes Popular Mechanics, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Houston Chronicle, all disallow readers under 18 from using their "services." According to the DOJ, this would mean anyone under 18 found accessing these sites — even just to read or comment on a story — could face criminal charges.
Comment Direct link to video (Score 1) 67
Here's a direct link to the video on Youtube.
Comment Re:Great. Now how about some encryption? (Score 2) 64
While I agree that would be a nice feature, I find handling the encryption myself painless enough. There are many tools to do it but I find Axcrypt integrates quite nicely for Win/Linux systems but not Android yet.
Comment Re:Defending in Depth? Or Eggs in All Baskets? (Score 1) 132
I use LP too, though I have to confess that I don't make full use of their password generation feature. I haven't tried the mobile apps - do those make it easy to log into sites from your phone?
Yes..
What about when you're at a different computer (not your own) - you simply use the mobile app to retrieve your password?
... and yes (if by mobile app you mean log on to the web site). You could, of course, also have a mobile version of Firefox with Lastpass so there is no danger of keylogging your Lastpass sign-in.
Comment Re:It might be even more sinister than that (Score 1) 263
Actually, FTA...
researchers say they’ve built “a prototype for automatically generating and distributing believable misinformation
That sounds like an automated version of dreaming up gloom doom death scenarios, but it's not to say it was a joke. For one, the person who leaked it would be identified. For two, if someone leaks real information there is nothing stopping the government from claiming it was "believable misinformation".
Comment Re:Power problem answered: (Score 1) 212
Thanks for sharing! That's some nice cycle hacking there!
Comment Re:Power problem answered: (Score 1) 212
Very cool! I don't suppose there's a picture of your setup available somewhere?
Comment Re:you're all worthless and weak (Score 0) 754
WALL-Es girlfriend, of course. :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JVw8eofx8Q
Submission + - Microsoft Surface crashes during release demonstration (cnet.com)
michaelwigle writes: "Reminiscent of the Windows 98 crash, Windows president Steven Sinofsky has his Surface device freeze on him while trying to browse with Internet Explorer. Interesting that his podium had a spare ready to go that he could grab quickly. I guess they learned something from the Windows 98 debacle..."
Comment If for no other reason... (Score 1) 245
... than the Slashdot effect. Putting up a direct link to ZIP file on a blog and then getting the article on Slashdot is certainly a good way to melt the servers. Hopefully someone will get a torrent up for it soon so the hundreds of folks trying to download it don't trash the server (and take several days doing it since it's a 300+MB file).
Comment Re:Wait for report... THEN install! (Score 4, Informative) 36
FTA:
"While a completed (privacy impact assessment) is not a requirement that prevents the CBSA from continuing with AV monitoring and recording, it will provide us with additional information concerning how we can strengthen current practices and continue to evolve our operations," Nadon said.
Nope, it's install and use regardless of the report...
Comment ...training... (Score 1) 223
...training, with a side of tech support.
