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Comment My card leaks visible spectrum radio signal also! (Score 5, Funny) 385

I recently found out that my card was leaking radio waves in the visible spectrum! This is really nefarious because the radio waves do not actually originate from the card itself. When a store, hacker, or other third party sends radio waves in the visible spectrum towards my credit card, the card returns the signal back to a wide range of locations with the user's name, the credit card number, and even the cvv code on the back!

The worst part is that there are even visible spectrum enhancers on the market, which turn the radio signal, which is usually only decipherable at 2-3 ft, into a signal that can be deciphered from 30-100 ft. I can't even believe that these things are legal, or that the card returns these radio waves in the visible spectrum!

The world is going to hell in a handbag!

Comment Red Light and School Zone Cameras (Score 1) 145

In Washington, red light cameras and school zone speed cameras presume the owner of the vehicle is at fault. Under penalty of law someone can sign an affidavit saying that they were not driving the car at the time of the infraction to get out of it. Not wanting to lie, a cheap hack is to register your spouse's car in your name and vice versa. That way, the registered owner is usually never the driver and the $240 ticket goes away without ever breaking any law.

Comment Hackability (Score 3, Insightful) 292

Considering that the major change in campaigning strategy over the last 15 years has centered around using statistical techniques to hack an election, this probably is not a bad thing at all. It means that defining a wedge issue and engineering the entire political discourse toward that wedge might have some uncertainty. Maybe the candidates can talk about things that they actually believe.

Comment Stack Overflow (Score 1) 144

There's an interesting analogy in Stack Exchange, the offshoot of Stack Overflow. While many Stack Exchange sites exist for a wide ranging array of topics (physics, electrical engineering, statistics, parenting, etc.), I've found that the others basically don't work. The questions often don't get answered since the community is way smaller than Stack Overflow, and they are often answered in unhelpful ways with opinions rather than expert suggestions. I think non-engineering tickets would linger for too long, lack widespread adoption, and be 'resolved' with wishy washy opinions.

In short, I don't think it would work! Engineers are a special breed.

Submission + - Autism: Are Social Skills Groups and Social Communication Therapy Worthwhile? 1

vortex2.71 writes: I imagine that enough of us on Slashdot are on the Autism Spectrum or were once diagnosed as having Aspergers that this might be the right venue for this question. My son is on the spectrum, but is in a mainstream classroom at a private school. We have spent thousands of dollars on a bunch of different social skills groups, speech communication therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy. We've found that the specific skills and intuition that the therapists possess is much more important than their credentials and are frequently disappointed by the overwhelming mediocrity of special education teachers, speech therapists, and OT/PT therapists. We are at the point where we wonder if our time is better spent with playdates with peers that are facilitated by us than continuing with the groups. I'm curious if there are adult Slashdoters who are on the spectrum who participated in these therapies as children who can weigh in on this? What was your experience with social skills groups and social communication therapy? Did they help?

Comment Do what Microsoft and Amazon does (Score 0) 101

You should hire lots of talented foreign workers at lower wages than domestic workers make using short term visas. Then, you can argue that the workers that you've spent the last year training have skills that no domestic workers have and use this to justify permanent work status (green cards). This will take 3-5 years to process, so you will benefit from the cheaper wages for a good amount of time before they are able to jump ship. Finally, rest assured that most big tech companies engage in this practice, so you are very unlikely to be prosecuted for immigration fraud :-)

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