Comment but can it be used for something useful (Score 0) 64
can it be used to remove clothing?
Submission + - Why National Internet IDs Won't Work (securityweek.com)
wiredmikey writes: Have you heard? All of our security problems will be solved. How? Each and every citizen will be issued with a unique, secure online identity, so that the originator of any and all transactions, connections and requests can be readily and easily identified. Really?
At least according to the newly proposed “National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace” and Obama’s Cyber Zsar, Howard Schmidt.
Sounds too good to be true, right? And like so many other simple ideas, that at first seem to make perfect sense, it really is too good to be true.
Sure, this tactic will hinder some hackers. Your Granny, your seven year-old, and your dog will find it next to impossible to bypass this. But then again, they aren’t really able to do much harm anyway. Whether any serious criminal or foreign entity will be negatively impacted is highly doubtful.... Why? Because hackers don’t play by the rules. They will use and abuse other peoples’ connections, devices and identities against their owners’ will, permission, and knowledge....
At least according to the newly proposed “National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace” and Obama’s Cyber Zsar, Howard Schmidt.
Sounds too good to be true, right? And like so many other simple ideas, that at first seem to make perfect sense, it really is too good to be true.
Sure, this tactic will hinder some hackers. Your Granny, your seven year-old, and your dog will find it next to impossible to bypass this. But then again, they aren’t really able to do much harm anyway. Whether any serious criminal or foreign entity will be negatively impacted is highly doubtful.... Why? Because hackers don’t play by the rules. They will use and abuse other peoples’ connections, devices and identities against their owners’ will, permission, and knowledge....
Submission + - Free-to-air TV to smartphones survives copyright c (1place.com.au)
Joob writes: Federal Court of Australia holds: Optus "TV Now" service does not infringe copyright in AFL and NRL broadcasts on free to air TV.
The service lets users record then watch free to air TV from smartphones, PCs or tablets. If your device of choice is an Apple, you can watch "near live" broadcasts within a few minutes of the actual broadcast.
Whether this is a win for cloud providers remains to be seen. An appeal is on the cards, given the $153 million paid by Telstra for exclusive rights to broadcast AFL games over the internet and mobile devices...not to mention the $1.25billion AFL exclusive media rights deal for the 2012 season.
The service lets users record then watch free to air TV from smartphones, PCs or tablets. If your device of choice is an Apple, you can watch "near live" broadcasts within a few minutes of the actual broadcast.
Whether this is a win for cloud providers remains to be seen. An appeal is on the cards, given the $153 million paid by Telstra for exclusive rights to broadcast AFL games over the internet and mobile devices...not to mention the $1.25billion AFL exclusive media rights deal for the 2012 season.
Submission + - Videotaping Law Enforcement Validated by Federal J (reason.com)
jkyrlach writes: The abuse of the innocent citizen trying merely to document their encounters with law enforcement via videotape have been a frequent topic of /. discussions. Legal precedent may finally be developing to clearly establish the rights of citizenry to monitor their police force with an important victory for freedom that transpired last week in a federal court in Oregon.
Comment Re:Please repeal! (Score 1) 345
the government didn't decree people are property...at least not until Dred Scott v. Sandford,in 1857.
Comment Re:breasts and genitalia? (Score 1) 107
heh that's right i know what a woman looks like now!
Comment Re:Could be stolen code. (Score 1) 243
How the crud do you patent HTML? I mean seriously.
hmmm. i am now in the process of patenting the tag and the tag. i'm going to be rich soon
Comment sco still alive? (Score 4, Insightful) 286
isn't sco dead yet?
Comment FLAG (Score 1) 57
I knew the Knight Foundation was real! Oh, how the kids in 4th grade used to tease me when I said I wanted to go work for them...
on KR it was called FLAG -- the Foundation For Law and Government. you misunderstanding that was why they teased you.
Comment phirst post! (Score 0, Redundant) 412
can you really expressly forbid class action suits in such a way that the law respects it?
Comment Re:Guess what? Coke too (now) (Score 1) 290
cocaine is schedule II. it has some medical use as a local anesthetic.
Comment Re:I met Bobby Fischer once (Score 1) 192
can you give the scoresheet (moves)?
Comment Re:Who reboots? (Score 1) 440
the 1541 wasn't just a floppy drive. it was another entire beast complete with its own cpu.
Comment Re:Uninstall Reinstall? (Score 1) 575
i only upgraded once the original one ceased to work. luckily i am on a ~2mbps adsl line so the video quality is the same :D
Comment Re:adding fuel to the (server) fire (Score 4, Funny) 293
i just checked it to try to see if it is back up and it is, so we don't have to worry. you can always see for yourselves if you don't believe me.
