Comment Re:Bah (Score 2) 201
Not Bob and Alice I guess!
Comment Re:What is this? (Score 1) 383
Some didn't and are just getting into Linux now, where it's Gnome and KDE and LiveCDs. How about helping some newbies?
Former CIA/NSA Head: NSA Is "Infinitely" Weaker As a Result of Snowden's Leaks 572
An anonymous reader writes "The Huffington Post reports, 'Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency, said Sunday that he used to describe leaker Edward Snowden as a "defector," ... "I think there's an English word that describes selling American secrets to another government, and I do think it's treason," Hayden said ... Some members of Congress have also ... accused him of an act of treason. Hayden said his view of Snowden has grown harsher in recent weeks after reports that Snowden is seeking asylum in Germany and Brazil in exchange for assisting their investigations into NSA programs. Hayden said the NSA is "infinitely" weaker as a result of Snowden's leaks. "This is the most serious hemorrhaging of American secrets in the history of American espionage," he said. "What Snowden is revealing ... is the plumbing," he added later. "He's revealing how we acquire this information. It will take years, if not decades, for us to return to the position that we had prior to his disclosures."' — More in the Face the Nation video and transcript, including discussion of the recent legal decisions, and segments with whistleblower Thomas Drake, Snowden legal adviser Jesselyn Radack, and Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman who recently interviewed Snowden."
Comment How is any bug random? (Score 1) 165
Besides when it's caused by interference from background radiation?
Comment Re:Maybe it's the language (Score 1) 314
Holy shit, that's pathetic!
Wisconsin Begins Using Cheese To De-Ice Roads 139
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "The NYT reports that Milwaukee has begun a pilot program to use cheese brine to keep city roads from freezing, mixing the dairy waste with traditional rock salt as a way to trim costs and ease pollution. 'You want to use provolone or mozzarella,' says Jeffrey A. Tews, the fleet operations manager for the public works department, which has spread the cheesy substance in Bay View, a neighborhood on Milwaukee's south side. 'Those have the best salt content. You have to do practically nothing to it.' Local governments across the country have been experimenting with cheaper and environmentally friendly ways of thawing icy thoroughfares, trying everything from sugar beet juice to discarded brewery grain in an attempt to limit the use of road salt, which can spread too thin, wash away and pollute waterways. 'If you put dry salt on a roadway, you typically lose 30 percent to bounce and traffic,' says Emil Norby, who works for Polk County and was the first in Wisconsin to come up with the cheese brine idea to help the salt stick. In a state where lawmakers once honored the bacterium in Monterey Jack as the state's official microbe, residents of Bay View say they have noticed little difference, good or bad, in the smell of their streets, and city officials say they have received no complaints. The mayor of Bay View says it's an experiment, but one that makes sense. The brine will come from the Dresser Farm in Polk County, where it is already being used on the roads. The only cost will be for transportation and distribution. 'We thought, 'Well, let's give it a shot.' The investment in this project is $1,474.'"
Comment Which data collection? Foreign or local? (Score 1) 511
Are they talking about the data collected on those outside the country, or spying on US citizens? Those are very different things in the context of "the threat of terrorism".
Comment Title is sensational, this is not an MS rebellion (Score 1) 564
The article states that this initiative is designed to expand the touch-based app ecosystem of Windows 8. I don't see a lot of desire for touch-based apps on a desktop, this probably will make Android look bad more than it will scare MS, since touch based apps on a desktop will provide a terrible experience.
Comment What a waste of taxes. (Score 1) 60
Please spend this on education and food instead. You'll save more lives that way than with the cameras. Take the long view.
Comment Re:And their name is "Rockstar" (Score 1) 150
Oh, the makers of Grand Theft Auto!
Comment Re:Never understood this (Score 1) 117
They're good decisions if you're happy with them, that's all the validation I need.
Comment Re:Never understood this (Score 1) 117
By who? The "tribe" that likes pigeonholes?
Comment Never understood this (Score 0, Offtopic) 117
Defending something for which you have no part in its success is silly to me. Whether it be sports or being a Windows fanboy, I just don't get it. The blind patriotism some people have is also baffling. Being a groupie and making arguments on behalf of people/companies/teams as if their actions somehow reflect on you as a person is delusional, sorry.
UK Govt's Censorware Blocks Tech, Civil Liberties Websites 148
A few days ago, we mentioned that the UK's ISP-level censorware software not only does a poor job of its stated job (blocking porn), but blocks at least some sex education sites, too; now, reader badger.foo writes to say that's not all: "It fell to the UK Tories to actually implement the Nanny State. Too bad Nanny Tory does not want kinds to read up on tech web sites such as slashdot.org, or civil liberties ones such as the EFF or Amnesty International. Read on for a small sample of what the filter blocks, from a blocked-by-default tech writer."
Comment iPod Touch (Score 2) 110
Now if only Apple would bring out new iPod Touch hardware...
