Comment: Dante's Inferno (Score 1) 88
The Italian Institute of Technology has "developed a robot whose purpose in life is to help a person build an IKEA table." and effectively traversing Dante's 9 circles of hell. Bravo!
Comment: the bigger (network) picture (Score 1) 96
What do all of these network/data breaches say about the overall state of security of connected systems? Regardless of who is behind them, all can't be blamed on mismanagement.
+ - Boston bombing prosecuter the same as the Aaron Swartz case-> 1
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OffTheLip writes "U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz will lead the prosecution team working on the Boston Marathon bombing case as criminal charges are brought against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Ms. Ortiz is the lead federal law enforcer in Massachusetts recently drew criticism for her heavy handed prosecution of Aaron Swartz, some say leading to his suicide. The same tough tactics approach used in the Swartz case may well be more suited to this landmark case."
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Comment: business forecast: cloudy (Score 4, Funny) 121
Businesses don't want to miss the next big thing but like most decisions, time will tell.
"I've looked at clouds from both sides now,
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions i recall.
I really don't know clouds at all"
Comment: Gridlock, what gridlock (Score 0) 245
Who says the current administration can't get things done...
Comment: Doubtful (Score 1) 350
Most people despised their first taste of alcohol but many came back for seconds. Like most things, it depends.
Comment: Re:I hope this guy's good... (Score 1) 230
Good might not help. The NSA just needs to deep search their archives.
Comment: Two words: Defense Dept (Score 2) 241
Many production networks never see the cloud, or a least no connection to the Microsoft cloud.
Comment: alpha test? (Score 5, Insightful) 268
Why wasn't this determined during the test and acceptance phase for this product. Perhaps it's my cynical nature tempered by years of working for the government but this type of thing happens far too frequently.
Comment: Re:It's employers rights (Score 1) 851
If you have never worked in an environment where management changed policy consider yourself lucky or perhaps self employed. Once again, you as an employee don't control the work environment.
Comment: It's employers rights (Score 5, Insightful) 851
I had to pee in a cup to get my first job. I didn't like it but I wanted the job.
Comment: Slashbloat (Score 5, Insightful) 275
The amount of coverage McAfee has received on Slashdot and other "news" sources rivals the bloat his software adds to a system. Nothing to see here, move along.
+ - The role of the internet in the news->
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OffTheLip writes "The web site Info Wars is reporting on a possible connection between a posting in 4chan and the school shooting in Newtown Connecticut. According to the article a post was made on 4chan at 10:18pm Wednesday. The authenticity of the post is unclear but the bigger question for Slashdot, does the on-line community have an obligation to "out" this type of posting?"
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Comment: Could be worse, HMS Bounty (Score 4, Interesting) 281
Abandoning ship into 25 foot lifeboats to battle monster seas is bad for the crew and hard work for the Coast Guard tasked with their safety. The graveyard of the Atlantic is set to claim another prize. http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/10/29/coast-guard-monitoring-tall-ship-in-distress-off-north-carolina-with-17-aboard/
Comment: Unsolicited parental input (Score 2, Insightful) 256
As an aging Slashdot'er and parent of two kid$ recently completing the "goat rope" called US college education I concur. The payout vs payoff would not be a consideration in my retirement portfolio but is status quo for our kids. I don't claim to have a solution, I'm glad I'm out of the game.