Comment Re:Finally... (Score 5, Funny) 377
Do you mean 1998.999967217864781687?
Comment Re:No One Trusts Them (Score 1) 571
Of course! If they don't, the wrong lizards might get in!
Comment Re:Pretension (Score 0, Offtopic) 193
One of the best whooshes of all times. Thank you!
Submission + - The Pirate Bay Hacked (thegamersblog.com)
ultranerdz writes: In an interview with security blog Krebs on Security, Argentinian researcher Ch Russo revealed that he and two of his associates discovered multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities on the world's most popular torrent site, The Pirate Bay. They successfully exploited these vulnerabilities to gain 4 million users user names, e-mail, and internet addresses.
Comment Re:Slashdotter's rejoice! (Score 3, Insightful) 150
Well, okay, but say you are the government of Iran or Thailand and you don't want anyone to organize anything against you. Outlawing secure mobile communications would be pretty handy for that.
Yes, your message is secure, but without some kind of steganographic method, the fact that you're using encryption is not. And neither are you, for that matter.
Comment Re:Sure... (Score 1) 369
Little children?
(I kid, I kid...)
Comment Re:Should have aimed for 10/10/10 (Score 1) 319
It just keeps on giving!
Comment Re:I Can Hear It Now (Score 1) 154
Submission + - Batman knocks out Superman in comic price war (www.cbc.ca)
alx5000 writes: "Only three days after we discussed the $1M bid someone made for the #1 Action Comics issue, the first comic starring Batman has broken the record by $75k. As in the Superman case, the parties involved remain anonymous."
Comment Re:Use a persistence library (Score 1) 267
jdbc, the most basic way to get java database access, lets you do this with a PreparedStatement... The fact that I still see code that just stupidly takes a string from a client and concatenates / runs it on the server frustrates me to no end. Java code letting this shit in? -guess the developer didn't RTFM... the short manual...
Submission + - Symbian phone operating system goes open source (bbc.co.uk)
Dupple writes: Symbian has open sourced their operating system
Submission + - Membrane that turns any surface into a touchscreen (engadget.com)
alx5000 writes: "Engadget runs a story about Displax Interactive Systems, a Porguese company that has created a new polimer film that, when stuck onto a surface, convers it into a multitouch touchscreen with up to 16 contact points. The article states that "if all goes well, the first Displax-enabled wares will start shipping this July"."
Comment Re:Lack of evidence shouldn't be a problem (Score 2, Insightful) 342
It's a shame that this comment is modded '+5 Funny', since, IMHO, it should be '+5 Sadly and painfully insightful'.
Submission + - Google promotes Social Search to beta (technewsworld.com)
alx5000 writes: "Google has moved Social Search out of Labs and stamped it with its characteristic "Beta" seal, effectively opening it to the general public. Social Search allows to focus your search results on content generated by your friends and online contacts, in order to make them more personal."
Submission + - Neurons created directly from skin cells (timesonline.co.uk)
alx5000 writes: "The Times is running a story about a neurologic breakthrough that could revolutionise treatments for conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s: Neurons have been created directly from skin cells for the first time. Quoting neurobiologist Professor Jack Price, 'This suggests that there are no great rules — you can reprogramme anything into anything else.' The article also points out that this method could work around the ethical issues surrounding embryonic stem-cell research."
