Lunoria - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Odds are low, but prize is big (Score 1) 301

by Lunoria on Saturday March 31, @08:14PM (#39537627) Attached to: To me, lotteries represent ...

I may only have a 1 in 28,633,528 chance of having a winning ticket, but really it's the only realistic chance I'll ever have to get $50 million.

Anyway I can afford to occasionally gamble the $5 for the minuscule chance of that $50 million.

If those are the odds, and a game cost $5, and you could win over $500M, then buying a lottery ticket starts to make statistical sense. I don't know anything about the lottery in question though... are those the actual odds or just a number you made up for illustrative purposes?

Those odds are for the Lotto MAX in Canada I believe. Top prize is capped at $50M with any extra being more $1M draws.

Comment: Re:Those downloading LOIC... (Score 3, Insightful) 267

by Lunoria on Friday January 20, @11:35PM (#38771438) Attached to: Downloads of DoS Attack Tool LOIC Spike

But, downloading LOIC is not a crime (Yet). Therefore why would Sourceforge hand over the IP requests if asked?

Comment: Re:Man is an intriguing being... (Score 1) 140

by Lunoria on Monday January 16, @09:00PM (#38720138) Attached to: Drone Guides Fuel Shipment to Alaskan Town

I just wonder why someone would be willing to live in a place that is by all measures a risky place to establish a life. Why? When I think of the polar bear, the weather, the isolation and so on, I fail to see the reason why I would want to live there. Man is surely intriguing.

The same could be said for those living in Tornado Alley. People are weird, and they'll live anywhere on this planet.

Comment: Re:Neanderthals All (Score 1) 294

by Lunoria on Friday December 23, @11:48PM (#38479156) Attached to: Taliban Seizes and Burns PCs, Cell Phones To Stop Obscenity

Who in the world would want to live under and be governed by these Neanderthals? (I realize that this is an insult to true Neanderthals.)

The Taliban rule with guns. He with the most guns sets the laws.

Comment: Re:Crazy idea, I know... (Score 1) 424

by Lunoria on Friday November 25 2011, @03:11PM (#38167942) Attached to: Ubisoft Blames Piracy For Non-Release of PC Game

Steam also can act as a publisher. The game companies can just use steam to patch their games. You can then run the game from the install directory. No DRM needed.

Comment: Re:bigger hint (Score 1) 195

by Lunoria on Friday July 08 2011, @08:11PM (#36701316) Attached to: Snow Falls On the Most Arid Desert On Earth

Also, what about the animals that don't like the "hot zones" as much as us primates do?

It's called extinction.

Comment: Re:two such devices failed in Denver this month (Score 1) 92

by Lunoria on Wednesday June 22 2011, @12:11PM (#36529954) Attached to: Tracking Bracelets for Autistic Kids and Senior Citizens

Guardians are supposed to check batteries and devices every week.

That there makes it unlikely to work. People will check these thing initially and then after a few months they won't check as often. Especially if there haven't been any problems.

Chain Store's PIN Keypads Hacked in 20 States-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2011, @10:55PM

An anonymous reader writes "The problem of identity theft at the Michael's chain of arts and craft stores is much worse than previously thought. Instead of being confined to greater Chicago, as was reported 8 days ago, crooks have reportedly compromised at least 90 store PIN keypads in 80 stores across 20 states. Customers have 60 days to report fraudulent transactions on their account before their liability jumps from $50 to $500. This is a good reason to use credit rather than debit cards for retail purchases."
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Laptop rescued by "Twitter posse" and Prey-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2011, @08:22PM

An anonymous reader writes "Bad news: a Canadian who visited New York had his laptop stolen. Good news: it was outfitted with Prey, the open-source computer tracking application. Better news: a group in NYC made a "geek squad intervention", faced the culprit and retrieved the laptop safely.

This case naturally raises the usual sorts of questions about the "Twitter posse" culture."
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Giant Wall Protects Japanese Town-> 0

Submitted by Lunoria on Friday May 13 2011, @06:58PM

Lunoria writes "A 15.5m floodgate protected the village of Fudai from the tsunami."
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