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Comment: Re:Why such terms? (Score 1) 319

by VTMarik (#31848834) Attached to: Genetic Disorder Removes Racial Bias and Social Fear

Exactly, isn't the definition of a disorder akin to the definition of a disability? Meaning that you are unable to do something which the common average person is, and are thus hindered in your day-to-day life in a world designed to cater to the averagely abled person.

How is being free from racial bias a disability of any kind? Just because it's new and it fails to be part of the average human ability pool?

Comment: Can't they just look at a not-broken model? (Score 1) 913

by VTMarik (#30980508) Attached to: Toyota Pedal Issue Highlights Move To Electronics

The recall goes back to 2007 models right? So take a 2007 model with the problem and compare it to a 2006 model without the problem, then compare the two chip by chip and bolt by bolt until you find out what is so different that it causes the problem.

Call me simplistic if you like, but surely just scaling back the construction type of this one part to a time before the problem existed is a simple enough change to implement to at least keep sales going and the stock price up.

Security

Sparring Begins Over High-Def Movie Hacks

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narramissic writes "A string of attacks on the Advanced Access Content System (AACS), which is used on both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, is proof positive that hackers are hard at work trying to ensure that the copy-protection system on next-generation DVDs goes the way of the CSS (content scrambling system) — that is, the eventual widespread availability of software that can copy next-gen DVDs. While the 'architects of AACS learned from the mistakes of CSS and built into the system several different types of keys and the ability to change keys whenever attacks were successful,' the motivation of the hacking public is not to be underestimated. A community of people is already 'spending vast amounts of time pulling out various keys from high-definition movie discs and anticipating the next move of AACSLA and how they might get around it.'"
Displays

Help requested:finding a sunlight-readable display

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max3000 writes "I'm currently building an embedded device that will be used outdoors. The technology is pretty much nailed down at this point, except the display. Quite honestly, I'm confused and lost in all the display technologies out there: LCD (TFT, passive/active, etc.), ChLCD, OLED, FED, AMLCD, EL, electrophoretic, ePaper like eInk, etc. (some of these may overlap.) Can you help a fellow (and confused) slashdotter? What I need is (apparently) fairly complicated: . outdoor-, sunlight-readable (i.e. "at-a-glance readable", not "squint-your-eyes readable) . diagonal size: 4"-6" . vga/svga (or a fraction, e.g. 1/8 vga or 1/4 vga) . at least 16-levels of grayscale (4-bit). More grayscale or color is even better. However, it should be a technology with a roadmap to color in 2-3 years time. . If not driveable directly from a PC, the display should come with a development kit that is. I thought it would be a joke finding a display with these characteristics but it's turning in a very long process... Thanks!"

Laptop thefts expose 40,000 Chicago teachers->

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Identity crisis

A thief walked into the headquarters of Chicage Public Schools (CPS) on Friday, April 6 and grabbed two laptops containing the names and social security numbers of 40,000 teachers. The CPS has released an image of the suspect captured by CCTV and is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the thief or recovery of the data.


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