Comment: Mirror Universe? (Score 4, Funny) 154
And in this parallel universe, everyone has a goatee.
Comment: Boycott Foxconn? (Score 4, Insightful) 744
All of these articles about Apple's supply chain seem to ignore one fact: Apple's aren't the only products made in these factories.
Want to boycott horrific working conditions? Stop buying everything. Even Made in America products have parts or raw materials from overseas sweatshops. Electricity in the United States is typically powered by coal, which routinely ignores safety regulations.
The problem isn't Apple. The problem is lax governmental regulation that allows this to happen. Want to stop Apple from using sweatshops? Want to stop Google and Facebook from tracking your every move? Make it illegal, and enforce the damned law.
Want to boycott horrific working conditions? Stop buying everything. Even Made in America products have parts or raw materials from overseas sweatshops. Electricity in the United States is typically powered by coal, which routinely ignores safety regulations.
The problem isn't Apple. The problem is lax governmental regulation that allows this to happen. Want to stop Apple from using sweatshops? Want to stop Google and Facebook from tracking your every move? Make it illegal, and enforce the damned law.
Comment: Re:The Real Problem: Degrees Without Side-Work (Score 1) 948
Did you have a full-time 40hr/wk job totally outside of CS/IT during the same period that left you with only enough time outside of class to sleep?
Yeah, some of us did. I worked up to 60 hours a week while in school. College is expensive, even with financial aid.
Comment: Shocking... (Score 5, Insightful) 287
Popular people with more friends, who go to parties involving alcohol and drugs are more likely to have sex?
Who knew?
Who knew?
eLEGS Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics To Walk 56
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Soulskill
from the step-by-step dept.
from the step-by-step dept.
Zothecula writes "At a press conference held recently in San Francisco, California's Berkeley Bionics unveiled its eLEGS exoskeleton. The computer-controlled device is designed to be worn by paraplegics, providing the power and support to get them out of their wheelchairs, into a standing posture, and walking – albeit with the aid of crutches. The two formerly wheelchair-bound 'test pilots' in attendance did indeed use eLEGS to walk across the stage, in a slow-but-steady gait similar to that of full-time crutch-users."
Comment: Due Process? (Score 5, Insightful) 569
When the Obama Administration claims the right to ASSASSINATE CITIZENS without due process, I'm not surprised that a little thing like blocking websites doesn't merit due process either.
Comment: PhotoCD (Score 1) 140
'Why would anyone ever want to view his or her pictures on a TV?'
And yet they still tried selling those stupid PhotoCD players to people.
Malicious Hardware Hacking May Be the Next Frontier 146
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CmdrTaco
from the i-hide-it-in-my-pocket dept.
from the i-hide-it-in-my-pocket dept.
An anonymous reader writes "It's a given that hackers will target software, and that's enough for many people to worry about. But now there's the possibility that hackers would hide malicious code in the hardware itself. A hardware hack could be an annoyance, by stopping a mobile phone from functioning. Or it could be more dangerous, if it damages the way a critical system operates. Villasenor says there are several types of attacks. Broadly they would fall into two categories: one is when a block stops a chip from functioning, while the other involves shipping data out."
Comment: Re:I don't get it. (Score 1) 764
Microsoft, why don't you just write some QUALITY software for the iPad instead of trying to go head on in competition? That way, the more iPads Apple sells, the more software you sell. It's win-win.
I wonder about this sometimes. I think Microsoft needs to remember it's a software company, not a hardware company. Sell Office, sell Windows, create application software for all platforms. Otherwise you have Zune.
Microsoft Should Dump Middlemen, Build Own Phones 262
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CmdrTaco
from the i'll-do-it-myself dept.
from the i'll-do-it-myself dept.
suraj.sun writes "Microsoft has a long and illustrious history of operating system sales. The model has served the company well on the PC, but if it wants to make money in the phone market, it needs to start thinking like a consumer electronics company and start making its own phones."
Comment: Wait, a study of opinion? (Score 0) 780
The firm's conclusion was that non-iPad owners THINK iPad owners tend to be wealthy, sophisticated, highly educated and disproportionately interested in business and finance, while they scored terribly in the areas of altruism and kindness.
Fixed. What a stupid study. How about you actually see what iPad owners are like, rather than ask people what their opinions of iPad owners are?
Disclaimer: I do not own an iPad
Comment: Missing context... (Score 5, Insightful) 878
Pike detailed the shortcomings of such languages as a way of describing the goals that he and other Google engineers have for a new programming language they developed, called Go.
Oh, so he's pushing a competing product and denigrating his competition? Nothing to see here, I think.
Comment: The army you wish you had... (Score 1) 394
'We don't have sufficiently bright people moving into this field to support those national security objectives as we move forward in time,'
All we have are a bunch of morons here.
Cyberwarrior Shortage Threatens US Security 394
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CmdrTaco
from the who-wouldn't-want-that-on-their-card dept.
from the who-wouldn't-want-that-on-their-card dept.
An anonymous reader writes "US security officials say the country's cyberdefenses are not up to the challenge. In part, it's due to a severe shortage of computer security specialists and engineers with the skills and knowledge necessary to do battle against would-be adversaries. The protection of US computer systems essentially requires an army of cyberwarriors, but the recruitment of that force is suffering. 'We don't have sufficiently bright people moving into this field to support those national security objectives as we move forward in time,' says James Gosler, a veteran cybersecurity specialist who has worked at the CIA, the National Security Agency, and the Energy Department."
Comment: As goes Apple... (Score 1) 175
Hopefully this starts a trend where companies release their source to the world once they're done with it.