Comment Smokers are exempt (Score 1) 341
The ones that get up every hour to step outside for a smoke that is. Now if they can just solve the cancer thing.
Submission + - Japanese Machine Converts Plastic To Oil (bigthink.com) 2
Nick writes: "Rather than burning the plastic using flame, which generates CO2, the machine uses a temperature-controlled electric heater to convert plastic into crude gas, which can then be used to power gas-based household appliances like stoves, boilers and generators or, if refined, can even be pumped into a car or motorcycle. Small yet highly efficient, the machine produces nearly one liter of oil – gasoline, diesel or kerosine – from every kilogram of plastic, requiring only 1 kilowatt of electricity for the conversion.
A five minute YouTube demonstrates the process"
A five minute YouTube demonstrates the process"
Comment the work involved.. (Score 5, Insightful) 328
to audit your system under the assumption you've been rooted should happen once a year at a minimum anyway, not just when you suspect a rogue employee left on bad terms.
I've worked at places that never changed passwords and I found former employee logins enabled from months ago..
Submission + - How Much Would You Pay For Your Identity? (conceivablytech.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Being negligent of your personal data can cost you quite a bit when you have to restore your identity. But what about the other end? What if you wanted to buy identities? How much does that cost? You can get credit cards in lots of ten for less than $3000. A driver's license for $650. Passports can be had for under $1000. Scary stuff and a good reminder to be careful what data you give out to whom.
Submission + - Google bans Android spy app, developer cries foul (threatpost.com)
Paul-Threatpost writes: Malware may be difficult to define but, as former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously quipped about pornography, "you know it when you see it." At least that's the position being taken by Google and anti malware firms about two applications designed for mobile phones running Google's Android operating system. Now the developer is crying foul.
Submission + - Implications of Facebook Places (computerworld.com)
Lucas123 writes: Facebook Places' ability to peg your every location at the moment you're there could have some serious implications both socially and legally for us in the future. Mitch Betts offers a snippet of some of the conversations that may take place as a result of this new feature. 'Considering all the constituencies you have on Facebook — bosses, work colleagues, clergy, business contacts, family, friends and pseudo-friends — you'll have to think VERY carefully about which locations you reveal. A location that makes perfect sense to your closest friends might not look so good to others.'
Comment Only a matter of time (Score 1) 456
Before King Daley brings this to Chicago. Maybe the bloggers can unionize and get sweetheart contracts with the city on the taxpayers dime instead.
Comment Re:The USPTO ain't a bus.... (Score 3, Funny) 101
The USPTO is one big rubber stamp.
Comment It's just a game (Score 2, Insightful) 171
Get over it.
Comment I did some time (Score 1) 957
for a crime I didn't freaking commit.
Comment Goodbye, Escapist (Score 1) 660
They will never receive another dime from me.
Comment how can they block that but allow (Score 1) 664
all of those kama sutra apps and fake cell phone tracker apps? seriously?
Comment Re:The USA needs a "Pirate Party" (Score 1) 394
The american pirate party does not have a complete program for every possible issue. You will have to look at the positions of individual candidates; just as you would if they were democrats or republicans.
Comment Re:Solution (Score 1) 664
I agree this isn't censorship, however I CAN see hypothetical situations not too far from our own reality that should be considered.
If the iPhone was so ubiquitous that there simply wasn't competition, that smartphones were necessary for success and they started pushing out old media, then I think it is fair to argue that it may be censorship. We all know the general consumer is too brain dead to really care about censorship and wouldn't demand a change loudly enough that it would change Apple's behavior. So yeah, I think its good to be on guard to prevent such scenarios, so don't get too angry at the people who shout "censorship!" at every possible instance. Their sensors are just calibrated too sensitively.
If the iPhone was so ubiquitous that there simply wasn't competition, that smartphones were necessary for success and they started pushing out old media, then I think it is fair to argue that it may be censorship. We all know the general consumer is too brain dead to really care about censorship and wouldn't demand a change loudly enough that it would change Apple's behavior. So yeah, I think its good to be on guard to prevent such scenarios, so don't get too angry at the people who shout "censorship!" at every possible instance. Their sensors are just calibrated too sensitively.
Comment Which toolbar does this patch? (Score 2, Interesting) 90
Now, does this vulnerability apply to java's Bing toolbar, their Yahoo! toolbar, the MSN toolbar, or their Google toolbar?
