cgrant - Slashdot User

Comment Why limit yourself, use both... (Score 1) 383

by cgrant on Thursday January 31, 2013 @01:56PM (#42752707) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Name Conflicts In Automatically Generated Email Addresses?

I've been a believer that we need more than one SMTP address. The username version should be limited to username@domain.local however, since you don't want to expose your usernames to the planet through email addresses. Then also have a first.last@domain.tld for Internet usage. If there are conflicts on the latter, I've been a fan of asking the user what they want.

Email addresses are somewhat personal, even if they're work/university email addresses.

I didn't like my email address at work, so I asked to change it. Standards, be damned!

Comment Try the local ham radio club (Score 5, Insightful) 376

by cgrant on Saturday July 24, 2010 @03:44PM (#33015558) Attached to: Amateur Radio In the Backcountry?

You might try to find a local ham radio club and ask what their experiences in the area are, and specifically where you're going to be hiking.

Comment depends on where the repeater is (Score 5, Informative) 376

by cgrant on Saturday July 24, 2010 @03:38PM (#33015502) Attached to: Amateur Radio In the Backcountry?

Most frequently you're going to be talking to a repeater, so it depends somewhat on where you are in relation to the repeater. Having said that 5-10 watts is a lot of power compared to a cell phone.

KA0ZRW - now in WA

Submission + - Xenon Gas Procedure Saves Oxygen Starved Babies (singularityhub.com)

Submitted by kkleiner on Monday April 19, 2010 @02:44PM

kkleiner writes: Riley Joice was one of more than one thousand children in the UK each year who are born oxygen deprived. He had about equal hopes of dying, having permanent brain damage, or surviving unharmed. To boost his chances, doctors at the University of Bristol and Swansea University cooled his body and gave him xenon gas to breathe. Joice was the first baby to ever receive this treatment and he has made a full recovery. At least a dozen more babies will undergo the same approved experimental procedure in the upcoming months. This work not only suggests a new technique for saving such children, it could lead to new treatments in anesthesia and brain protection for everyone.

Submission + - Network Solutions Sites Hacked Again (computerworld.com) 1

Submitted by CWmike on Monday April 19, 2010 @02:38PM

CWmike writes: A week after Web hosting company Network Solutions dealt with a large-scale infection of WordPress-driven blogs, the company acknowledged that other sites it hosts have been compromised. 'We have received reports that Network Solutions customers are seeing malicious code added to their websites and we are really sorry for this experience,' said pokesman Shashi Bellamkonda in a blog post. 'At this time, since anything we say in public may help the perpetrators, we are unable to provide details.' Securi Security Labs said on Sunday that at least 50 sites hosted by Networks Solutions had been hacked, and that malicious JavaScript injected into those sites was redirecting unsuspecting users to a Ukrainian attack server. The same server was involved in the earlier attacks against Network Solutions-hosted blogs. According to the StopMalvertising blog, the attacks planted a rogue IFRAME on the hacked sites to shunt users to the attack server. That server then launches multiple exploits, including an attack kit of ActiveX exploits and three more leveraging Adobe Reader vulnerabilities, against visiting PCs. Several browsers, including IE8, Chrome and Firefox, display warnings when users are redirected to the attack site.

Submission + - Detection of Parkinson's by Voice Analysis 1

Submitted by

lee1

on Monday April 19, 2010 @01:58PM

lee1 writes: "The early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease can slow down or even stop
its progression, but established methods, such as brain
imaging, are expensive, and inappropriate for screening large
populations. Prof. Shimon Sapir at the University of Haifa has developed a new technique
for early diagnosis that is reliable, non-invasive, simple, and inexpensive.
The technique merely requires the patient to read a few simple
sentences, which are acoustically analyzed by a computer program.
The analysis detects subtle abnormalities in speech that are present
in the early stages of the disease but are not perceptible to listeners.
This appears to be an application of the author’s technique for
extracting vowel sounds from short phrases and analysing them to detect nervous system disorders."

Submission + - Creating an IT Architecture Department

Submitted by rcarvalho on Monday April 19, 2010 @01:36PM

rcarvalho writes: Recently i've been charged to create an Achitecture Department on a medium size financial corporation. I have some experience dealing with it from the developer side, but i've never been on the other side of the desk, and i don't want to be vain and believe that i know the truth. How do you, developers, think a Architecture Departament must be organized? What kind of services it must provide? What are your good and bad experiences?

Submission + - a reliable way to send/receive sms

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 19, 2010 @01:33PM

An anonymous reader writes: I am starting a small US based company and looking for a good SMS gateway that can be easily integrated in to the shopping cart/ticket ssystem. I know I can use the sms to email stuff provided by the cariers but would rather have something a little more quick and reliable. Also, are there any gateways in the US that will allow you to use a standard 10 digit phone number for receiving sms instead of spending the $900 a month for an sms short code wich I dont really need? Or, would I be better off doing all this with a gsm modem under linux?

Submission + - Escapist Website Mass Bans Users Who Mention Adblo (escapistmagazine.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 19, 2010 @12:57PM

An anonymous reader writes: One user posted a thread on the forums complaining about an ad. Other users responded that they used adblock so never saw any ads. Down comes the banhammer wiping out several users that have post counts in the thousands and years of membership, just for mentioning the name of the hated extension.

There are no terms of use prohibiting adblock or listing blocking of ads as a bannable offense.

The thread was quickly locked and will probably be deleted.

Submission + - 'Riddick 3' is Somehow Being Made 1

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens

on Friday February 12, 2010 @03:57PM

Hugh Pickens writes: "Scott Harris writes on Moviefone that the economics of Hollywood are often baffling, as DVD sales, broadcast fees and merchandising tie-ins balance against advertising costs and pay-or-play deals to form an accounting maze. The latest example is the untitled sequel to the sci-fi stinkbomb 'Chronicles of Riddick' which as you may recall, was released back in 2004 to a slew of negative reviews and general viewer indifference. Despite its hefty $105 million budget, most of which was spent on special effects, the film topped out at a paltry $57 million domestically. So how can a sequel be made if the original lost money? The answer has to do with ancillary profits from revenue streams outside the box office. While the combined $116 million worldwide probably still didn't cover distribution and advertising costs, it likely brought the film close to even, meaning DVD sales and profits from the tie-in video game franchise may have put the movie in the black. In addition, 'Riddick' itself was a sequel to 'Pitch Black,' a modestly budgeted ($23 million) success back in 2000. Extending the franchise to a third film may help boost ancillary profits by introducing the 'Pitch Black' and 'Chronicles of Riddick' DVDs and merchandise to new audiences, meaning that the new film may not even need to break even to eventually turn a profit for the studio giving new hope to beleaguered fans of 'Howard the Duck' and 'The Island.'"

Submission + - Adobe blocking latest HTML5 draft (hixie.ch) 2

Submitted by

Randle_Revar

on Friday February 12, 2010 @03:15PM

Randle_Revar writes: "Adobe has registered an objection to the publication of the latest HTML5 draft, blocking it. We don't know what the objection is, because it was made on a w3c private list, and adobe has not yet made it public. Whatever the objection is, one has a sneaking suspicion that it really has to do with HTML5's threat to Adobe's Flash and AIR."

Submission + - Microsoft guffaws at Black Hat TPM hack (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Julie188 on Friday February 12, 2010 @02:44PM

Julie188 writes: Microsoft on Friday downplayed the risk of using Trusted Platform Module chips after Black Hat researchers demonstrated a hack of them last week. TPM, the bases of Windows hard drive encryption features like BitLocker, is not to be feared because the hack requires physical ownership of the box, special equipment and IC knowledge, says Paul Cooke on the Windows Security Blog. Cooke also insists that when Microsoft designed BitLocker for Windows 7, it took into account TPM's vulnerabilities. The company should have known about them as this isn't the first time TPM was hacked. In 2007, Black Hat researchers caused a stir when they promised to demonstrate how to compromise TPM (a demonstration that mysteriously never happened). Another TPM hack was made public in late 2009.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What's the Best E-Reader? 2

Submitted by jacob1984 on Friday February 12, 2010 @01:04PM

jacob1984 writes: A few years ago there was a question about which e-reader was the best. Since then, the market has been flooded with new additions, many of them more open than others. Have you bought one yet? If so, which one did you find best and why?

Submission + - Confirmed: Sony PS3 3D firmware update this summer (ddgameworld.com)

Submitted by Weemz on Friday February 12, 2010 @12:29PM

Weemz writes: This summer Sony is hoping to make some big moves in the console industry by incorporating 3D-supporting firmware updates so that Sony's entertainment products will be compatible for 3D gaming and movies, especially with the recently announced 3D-capable Bravia TV's at CES 2010.

SCEA's John Koller has revealed that multiple 3D firmware updates will arrive on the PS3 by this summer:

"3D is a major part of our initiatives in 2010 and we're currently developing 3D stereoscopic games to come in conjunction with the launch of Sony's 3D compatible BRAVIA LCD TV in summer 2010. The amazing thing about the PS3's technology is that all PS3 units that exist in homes and markets will be able to play 3D stereoscopic games as well as 3D BD movies through separate firmware upgrades — something that other platforms are unable to do. We'll be announcing actual game titles separately later, but we think that 3D stereoscopic gaming has a ton of potential, particularly in placing consumers within the actual experience."

Submission + - Porsche Unveils 911 Hybrid With Flywheel Booster (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by MikeChino on Friday February 12, 2010 @12:28PM

MikeChino writes: Porsche has just unveiled its 911 GT3 R Hybrid, a 480 horsepower track vehicle ready to rock the 24-hour Nurburgring race this May. Porsche’s latest supercar will use the same 911 production platform available to consumers today, with a few race-ready features including front-wheel hybrid drive and an innovative flywheel system that stores kinetic energy from braking and then uses it to provide a 160 horsepower burst of speed. The setup is sure to offer an advantage when powering out of turns and passing by other racers.

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