Comment: Re:Who writes these headlines?!? (Score 0) 56
To gain respectability, Slashdot copies New York Times?
Comment: Re:Just bomb them instead (Score 0) 90
So it's not ok to hack Hospitals and Dams, but it's fine to drop bombs on them?
+ - Hunting the Kraken: How the giant squid was found->
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An anonymous reader writes "Not all that long ago the first footage of a giant squid captured in its native habitat was released, you can watch it here. But what did it take to capture the images of the generally camera shy Architeuthis? You can bet there`s some a story and some very persistent researchers behind it."
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Comment: Not Microwave? (Score 0) 52
I thought line of sight microwave links were the new low latency rock star tech for Wall Street? Could this run alongside the fibre?
http://slashdot.org/story/12/12/11/0053259/high-frequency-traders-use-50-year-old-wireless-tech
+ - A real archer reports on the accuracy of in-game archery->
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An anonymous reader writes "A lot of games are turning to archery to set themselves apart from run of the mill action or shooter games. Bow-hunting is a big part of Crysis 3, there are memorable reels of bow-kills all over YouTube for Far Cry 3, and even Lara Croft is getting in on the Robin Hood action. But while game developers have had decades to get guns feeling just right, are they up to speed on how archery really works? One tame gameplaying archer finds out."
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Comment: Fiber? (Score 2, Insightful) 230
It hurts my eyes to read fibre spelt that way.
+ - Microsoft Office 2013 not compatible with Windows XP, Vista-> 2
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hypnosec writes "The newly unveiled productivity suite from Microsoft, Office 2013, won’t be running on older operating systems like Windows XP and Vista it has been revealed. Office 2013 is said to be only compatible with PCs, laptops or tablets that are running on the latest version of Windows i.e. either Windows 7 or not yet released Windows 8. According to a systems requirements page for Microsoft for Office 2013 customer preview, the Office 2010 successor is only compatible with Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012. This was confirmed by a Microsoft spokesperson. Further the minimum requirements states that systems need to be equipped with at least a 1 GHz processor and should have 1 GB of RAM for 32-bit systems or 2 GB for 64-bit hardware. The minimum storage space that should be available is 3 GB along with a DirectX 10-compatible graphics card for users wanting hardware acceleration."
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+ - Trolling Al Qaeda... for peace?->
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The Mister Purple writes "There is a small initiative underway to combat Islamic militant recruiting on the Internet... by trolling them. According to this article:
The program, called Viral Peace, seeks to occupy the virtual space that extremists fill, one thread or Twitter exchange at a time. Shahed Amanullah, a senior technology adviser to the State Department and Viral Peace’s creator, tells Danger Room he wants to use “logic, humor, satire, [and] religious arguments, not just to confront [extremists], but to undermine and demoralize them.” Think of it as strategic trolling, in pursuit of geopolitical pwnage.
So does this mean that I'm promoting peace when I post YouTube comments?"
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+ - Apple Must Publicly Post That Samsung Did Not Copy iPad->
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microcars writes "A Judge in the U.K. has ordered Apple to post a notice on its website and in British newspapers alerting people to a ruling that Samsung Electronics Co. didn’t copy designs for the iPad. This is the same Judge that ruled earlier that Samsung's Galaxy Tab was Not As Cool as Apple's iPad."
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+ - YouTube adds facial blurring to protect the innocent (or the guilty)->
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kaizendojo writes "YouTube has added another feature to its enhancements tool, allowing you to automate the process of blurring out people's faces in your photos. Its makers are quick to add that it's still an emerging technology, and that it may still miss out on faces depending on lighting obstructions and video quality. YouTube cites footage from human rights issues for bringing the idea forward, where identification of those involved could prove dangerous. You'll be able to preview how it looks, and if you choose to include the blurred option, a new copy is made to avoid losing the unedited original."
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+ - Judge steps down over US 'enemy' comment in Megaupload case->
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vu1986 writes ""On Tuesday, the chief judge of the New Zealand district court that must decide if Dotcom can be extradited announced that Judge David Harvey had surrendered the case and would be replaced. The move comes after reports that Harvey said ”We have met the enemy and he is [the] U.S.” at a recent conference in relation to the current state of copyright law.""
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Comment: Prior art? (Score 1) 298
From TFA: superglue on the fast forward button
Comment: Re:Class-y Action (Score 2) 34
Anybody know which charity the money is going to? EFF sounds like a fine choice.
And anyone know which charity the lawyers are donating their fee to?
Comment: Re:Wait, what? (Score 1) 292
: "Considering that you helped a foreign power conspire to break NZ law, why should we allow you to continue to work in our country?"
To which the answer would be something like : "Because we're a hideously rich gigantic corporation operating out of your lord and master the US, suck it Kiwis."
And while you at it, sign up for that TPP thing already so we can screw you even more
+ - Why do programming languages succeed or fail?->
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magicmat writes "UC Berkeley EECS graduate researchers Leo Meyerovich and Ari Rabkin have compiled an interesting data set on the sociological aspect behind programming language usage and adoption. "Socio-PLT" is the result: compiling survey results from Berkeley's recent "software engineering" massive online open course, SourceForge, and two years of The Hammer Principle online surveys, they have discovered some interesting phenomenon about what we, as programmers think about our languages, and why we use them. You can head over and explore the data yourself using cool interactive visualizations, and even fill out a survey yourself to have your say."
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