Comment Re: 42.8GB ZIP (Score 1) 193
It's like offering Slashdot as a compiled zip of all articles ever published. Download the whole lot and then see if there's an article you might want to read. Simple eh? No?
Comment Re:Obligatory Steve Jobs quote (Score 1) 208
meant to mod "insightful", modded redundant.....
commenting to undo...
Comment Dejection (Score 1) 133
And alchemists all over the world draw a sigh of dejection.
Google Releases Street View Images From Fukushima Ghost Town 63
mdsolar writes in with news that Goolge has released Street View pictures from inside the zone that was evacuated after the Fukushima disaster. "Google Inc. (GOOG) today released images taken by its Street View service from the town of Namie, Japan, inside the zone that was evacuated after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011. Google, operator of the world's biggest Web search engine, entered Namie this month at the invitation of the town's mayor, Tamotsu Baba, and produced the 360-degree imagery for the Google Maps and Google Earth services, it said in an e-mailed statement. All of Namie's 21,000 residents were forced to flee after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the town, causing the world's worst nuclear accident after Chernobyl. Baba asked Mountain View, California-based Google to map the town to create a permanent record of its state two years after the evacuation, he said in a Google blog post."
Gartner Says 3D Printers Will Cost Less Than $2,000 By 2016 170
colinneagle writes "Widespread adoption of 3D printing technology may not be that far away, according to a Gartner report predicting that enterprise-class 3D printers will be available for less than $2,000 by 2016. 3D printers are already in use among many businesses, from manufacturing to pharmaceuticals to consumers goods, and have generated a diverse set of use cases. As a result, the capabilities of the technology have evolved to meet customer needs, and will continue to develop to target those in additional markets, Gartner says."
Comment Re:ROLLOVER AD (Score 2) 95
That ad is super annoying. But as an answer to parent, I actually leave ads *on* for slashdot - only for their gesture to let me turn them off. You know the setting up in the corner on slashdot. This alone made me keep them on, to support them.
Comment Re:OSX/Safari (Score 1) 102
Yea, call it what you want AC but Safari was apparently the most secure among the bunch. Like it or not.
Sent from my iPhone
Comment OSX/Safari (Score 2) 102
So OSX/Safari was the only one standing?
Comment Re: OS that doesn't do anything isn't cracked.. (Score 2) 178
No, the average user should not have to understand what an administrative user is. No one outside of geekdom cares about different types of users. Compare it to a VCR, would you expect average users to log in as admin to. VCR? No. And computers are going the same route, thet are expected to just work, no fuss.
Comment Re:I sighed (Score 1) 976
I'm holding my breath to compensate, hoping the thought of all of this goes away as well.
Comment I sighed (Score 5, Funny) 976
I sighed while reading this, fatigued by the comments of the congressman. Sorry for the extra CO2 guys.
Comment I'd hate to be... (Score 1) 173
I'd hate to be the one developer responsible for that bug...
Comment Re:Just more wanna-be "mommy" behavior (Score 1) 136
That's up for debate, but I'm sure you and most other people would agree that there is some social shame in porn - right or wrong.
Comment Re:Just more wanna-be "mommy" behavior (Score 1) 136
Maybe Apple just takes pride and a stance not to profit from porn. Maybe they want to be able to not have newspapers label them as "pornkings" after suddenly becoming the top porn retailer (if that would happen).
Comment Re:Need better security (Score 1) 71
As far as I can tell the OTP calculators are only issued for business accounts, normal "end user" accounts have minimal provisions.
Most, if not all, banks in Sweden have keypads that generate one-time codes - for "normal" end-users, not just business users. This has ben the case for years. Some have different methods for logging in vs signing transactions. Some require an ATM/VISA/etc card with a chip on it.
