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Comment Loved it. (Score 1) 412

by nitsew (#34618382) Attached to: Tron: Legacy
I thought the movie was excellent. I just really enjoy the whole premise. The only disappointing part was that it was 3D. This is the first 3D movie I have seen since I was a kid, and I found it largely distracting. The polarized lenses made it hard to see in some of the darker scenes... and they seemed to give me a headache after the 2+ hours.

I also really enjoy retro video games, so this movie really appealed to me.

Comment Re:Bit Jokes? (Score 1) 412

by nitsew (#34618066) Attached to: Tron: Legacy
Sorry, I read your comment in the wrong context. I thought you were saying that this was a problem, not using it to refute the previous post. :)

Comment Re:Bit Jokes? (Score 1) 412

by nitsew (#34618050) Attached to: Tron: Legacy

Not to mention that for all the time he spent subjectively in the computer world, hardly any time passed in the real world. He was never noticed missing.

They addressed that in the movie. When Flynn Jr. walked in, and said "long time", his dad said "You have no idea." -- Later they talked about the time relationship. Something like: "You can spend hours on the grid, and only a few seconds pass by in the physical world."

Comment Pass Phrase (Score 1) 343

by nitsew (#34576368) Attached to: The Case For Lousy Passwords
I have been instructing users to use passphrases, instead of passwords. Something like:

"I have 3 children, and 2 of them are boys."

That is actually a lot harder to crack than d5*wnkf8Vis324

Submission + - Moscow's bid to blow up Wikileaks (thedailybeast.com) 1

Submitted by mark72005
mark72005 writes: National-security officials say that the National Security Agency, the U.S. government's eavesdropping agency, has already picked up tell-tale electronic evidence that WikiLeaks is under close surveillance by the Russian FSB, that country's domestic spy network, out of fear in Moscow that WikiLeaks is prepared to release damaging personal information about Kremlin leaders. "We may not have been able to stop WikiLeaks so far, and it's been frustrating," a U.S. law-enforcement official tells The Daily Beast. "The Russians play by different rules."
GNU is Not Unix

Submission + - FSF software repository hacked (itworld.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Word is coming through that the FSF software repository has been brought down by hackers last weekend. The attackers used a SQL injection attack. All changes since November 23 have been removed from the source tree.

Submission + - Wikileaks shows the US is doing a pretty good job. (npr.org)

Submitted by
geekoid
geekoid writes: "Wikileaks release of secret cables shows the Obama administration has a realistic view of world events, and is handling them very well.
From the article: "One thing that is helpful is that it shows that the U.S. government is basically trying to put in place good policies, that it has a good idea of what's happening in Afghanistan and Pakistan and has a pretty good analysis of the situation of Russia,"

IT also shows the US is viewed fairly well in the Arab world. My favorite quote:
The silver lining really is that the U.S. doesn’t come across as a gunslinger, at least in the Middle East.
- Fariborz Ghadar, foreign policy analyst.
As an American, I'm pretty happy with the way things are actually being handled in the mid-east."
Security

TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old 1135

Posted by samzenpus from the security-theater dept.
3-year-old Mandy Simon started crying when her teddy bear had to go through the X-ray machine at airport security in Chattanooga, Tenn. She was so upset that she refused to go calmly through the metal detector, setting it off twice. Agents then informed her parents that she "must be hand-searched." The subsequent TSA employee pat down of the screaming child was captured by her father, who happens to be a reporter, on his cell phone. The video have left some questioning why better procedures for children aren't in place. I, for one, feel much safer knowing the TSA is protecting us from impressionable minds warped by too much Dora the Explorer.

Comment Multiple Books (Score 1) 363

by nitsew (#33767732) Attached to: I typically read about __ books per year.
I generally have several books going at the same time. I read reference books, not necessarily cover to cover, but enough to get a general idea of what they are talking about... along with fiction books. I have read a few eBooks, but I generally prefer an old fashioned paper book that I can sit down with.
Ubuntu

Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate Launched 172

Posted by Soulskill from the almost-to-the-finish-line dept.
tuXx writes "On Thursday, Canonical rolled out the official release candidate of its upcoming Ubuntu OS version 10.10, codenamed Maverick Meerkat. The release announcement has a feature list, and a review of the RC is up at ITWorld. It's available for download at the Ubuntu wiki site. If all goes well, the stable release is planned for Oct. 10th."

Comment I am at work... (Score 1) 404

by nitsew (#33734670) Attached to: My Job Is..
...reading and posting on Slashdot. So obviously it isn't all bad. Once the usual 'beginning of school' rush is over, being a sysadmin for a school district isn't too bad at all.

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