Comment Re:No 3d? (Score 1) 249
The problem isn't tits. There are other things in porn that would jump out of the screen and nearly hit you in the face.
Comment Baseball has been using this for years (Score 1) 56
Coaches and players have been issuing signals and commands by touching different parts of their body for as long as I can remember.
Submission + - Scammer Karma: Pwning a Petty Con Man (zug.com)
French Mailman writes: A man who pretends to be a businessman with a fancy car in order to scam people out of their loose change gets bitten back by sweet, sweet karma. A comedy article posted on ZUG.com.
Submission + - Why We Gain Weight As We Age (npr.org)
Ant writes: "National Public Radio (NPR), with its streaming audio, reports that "... the idea that you just can't eat what you used to. But why is that so? And is it avoidable? There are a number of reasons why we put on the pounds as years go by, but take heart: There are ways to fight back — and win!
There are some particular biological changes that happen as we age. For one, aging muscles actually contribute to the increase in the amount of fat we store in our bodies, ... ... In large part, that's because we lose muscle cells as we age. When younger muscle cells get damaged, they're quickly repaired. That's not the case with older muscles..."
Seen on Neatorama."
There are some particular biological changes that happen as we age. For one, aging muscles actually contribute to the increase in the amount of fat we store in our bodies,
Seen on Neatorama."
Submission + - YouTube to kill IE6 support on March 13
Joel writes: Over six months ago, Google announced it would start phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 on Orkut and YouTube, and started pushing its users to modern browsers. The search giant has now given a specific kill date for old browser support on the video website: "Support stops on March 13th. Stopped support essentially means that some future features on YouTube will be rolled out that won't work in older browsers."
YouTube will have an interstitial appear when users on older browser try to watch a video on YouTube. Google says the interstitial will show up indefinitely every two weeks until the user upgrades to the most recent version of their browser. Google deems anything below IE7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0, and Safari 3.0 as an "older browser."Users on these browsers will still be able to watch YouTube videos, but additional features that Google plans to roll out may not be supported in these older browsers.
YouTube will have an interstitial appear when users on older browser try to watch a video on YouTube. Google says the interstitial will show up indefinitely every two weeks until the user upgrades to the most recent version of their browser. Google deems anything below IE7, Firefox 3.0, Chrome 4.0, and Safari 3.0 as an "older browser."Users on these browsers will still be able to watch YouTube videos, but additional features that Google plans to roll out may not be supported in these older browsers.
Submission + - Secure Password Management
Itninja writes: My organization supports hundreds of large databases. Most of the support requires the Tier I staff to log into dozens of different databases each day via the web. Until recently, all the support staff had used a single god-level account. But management are finally coming to realization (after many years of prodding from IS) that this is a security issue. However asking staff to 'just remember' so many passwords is unrealistic.
We want to avoid another security problem (i.e. users printing out a list of passwords) so are looking for some
kind of device to provide secure password management. I am looking at the IronKey, but want to ask the Slashdot community if there are other solutions they have found for similar dilemmas.
We want to avoid another security problem (i.e. users printing out a list of passwords) so are looking for some
kind of device to provide secure password management. I am looking at the IronKey, but want to ask the Slashdot community if there are other solutions they have found for similar dilemmas.
Submission + - Canadian internet is still slow and expensive (www.cbc.ca)
h3xdec writes: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/02/22/harvard-broadband-report.html
Despite what Telus, Rogers and CRTC continue claiming, Canadian internet stays one of the slowest and most expensive among the countries in the developed world.
Despite what Telus, Rogers and CRTC continue claiming, Canadian internet stays one of the slowest and most expensive among the countries in the developed world.
Comment Re:You surrendered. (Score 1) 521
It is supposed to be a public unique identifier, nothing more, but it is being routinely (mis-)used as a secret piece of information, for instance, to authenticate people.
Comment Re:DNN? (Score 1) 294
If there is a big enough market for domain name news, it might be interesting to try and steal that domain name!
Comment Re:Draconian Laws (Score 1) 179
One thing to keep in mind is that once people are on FB, private information about them can be posted by other people and linked to them via tagging and linking. Because of most default settings in FB, people can't easily control who sees what their friends and families post about them.
Also, the recent article on privacy salience on Bruce Schneier's blog explains why some people put private information on such sites: FB and similar sites have an agressive marketing strategy that emphasizes the benefits of posting such information, while burying privacy concerns deep in hard-to-find pages.
Submission + - BoycottNovell under DDOS attack (computerworld.com)
David Gerard writes: "Website and blog BoycottNovell is stridently against Microsoft and Novell's dubious works, with opinionated and vituperative posts backed with details. Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols details how BN's been under a DDOS attack. The source is unknown, but as editor Roy Schestowitz says, "I guess the most reassuring way to look at it is as a sign of success. If they try to shut us up so miserably by resorting to crime, then it means our writings have great impact.""
Comment Re:Current users? (Score 5, Interesting) 426
You will have to log in first in order to delete your account. So either log in now, which constitutes use of Facebook after the TOS have been published, and FB will keep the content you're about to delete, or never log in again and leave your content online for FB to do whatever it wants with it.
Facebook: helping you give away your privacy since 2003!
Comment Re:Who uses their real name? (Score 2, Funny) 931
If we are no longer allowed to use pseudonyms on the Internet without getting sued, I'm getting my name legally changed to "Anonymous Coward."
Submission + - 10 Procrastination Avoidance Tips for Techies
kierny writes: Dice.com runs an article on 10 tips for avoiding procrastination. According to researchers, almost everyone procrastinates, and up to 20% of people do so chronically. Overcoming the tendency to procrastinate is especially difficult for techies, give that technology — while boosting productivity — also leads us to distraction, and distractions — Flickr, Skype, IM'ing, BlackBerries — stoke our desire to procrastinate. To help, a leading industrial psychologist recommends a number of techniques to avoid honing your art of delay, from deactivating email notification and killing short-cut buttons, to banishing the Dew and getting separate PCs for work and home.
Submission + - Interview with a social networking phisher
An anonymous reader writes: RSnake over at ha.ckers.org posted an interview with a social networking phisher. The phisher claims to have stolen over 20 million accounts, and makes thousands of dollars a day. The phisher talks about how he does it. It's amazing how social networking is the new conduit for identity theft.
