eedwardsjr - Slashdot User

Comment too much crap (Score 4, Insightful) 59

by eedwardsjr on Friday March 27, 2015 @09:28AM (#49353595) Attached to: Facebook Successfully Tests Laser Internet Drones

So I assume we can expect this airspace to become cluttered like LEO satellite space? The only exception is when these crash, they come down when I high risk of killing people.

Comment Re:Hmmm (Score 1) 262

by eedwardsjr on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @04:48PM (#49339143) Attached to: RadioShack Puts Customer Data Up For Sale In Bankruptcy Auction

I always told them I was homeless. NEVER would give them a number except one time I grabbed their business card and told them this was my number.

Comment Leak (Score 1) 4

by eedwardsjr on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @01:51PM (#49285109) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Building a Home Media Center/Small Server in a Crawlspace

If there is a remote chance of a pipe burst, you will definitely want the mount a water detection alarm.

Comment Yeah, Right. (Score 5, Insightful) 95

by eedwardsjr on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @04:39PM (#49278539) Attached to: Facebook Introduces Payment System

Considering how often I see people get hacked, what happens when random hacker breaks in and send multiple payments to his launderer? How exactly does this get refunded?

Comment Typical Blame game (Score 2) 42

by eedwardsjr on Friday March 13, 2015 @01:55PM (#49251323) Attached to: Google Error Leaks Website Owners' Personal Information

"Google blamed a “software defect.” Company officials could not immediately be reached". That sounds about right.

Comment Outer Limits (Score 1) 146

by eedwardsjr on Monday March 02, 2015 @12:25PM (#49164777) Attached to: Google+ Divided Into Photos and Streams, With New Boss

Sounds a lot like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S... sadly enough there may be more similarities than we want.

Comment Interactive (Score 2) 698

by eedwardsjr on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @01:32PM (#49128623) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Terminally Ill - What Wisdom Should I Pass On To My Geek Daughter?

I would make several videos on the each subject with decision trees. You stated your wife is technology minded. She should be able to craft them into an interactive video format. e.g. the old books with a "Yes, turn to page x or No, turn to page y". Love them both much as possible while you can.

Submission + - Breaking into Smart TV surveillance my be deemed a felony (washingtontimes.com)

Submitted by eedwardsjr on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @04:15PM

eedwardsjr writes: Smart TV providers may try to use the DCMA to label anti-surveillance actions a felony. From the article.

Samsung’s privacy policy raised concerns with privacy activists who spotlighted the warning: “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.” Now there are concerns that tinkering with the software by tech-savvy customers may run afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Comment Re:Cardholder services (Score 4, Funny) 247

by eedwardsjr on Friday January 23, 2015 @10:12AM (#48883967) Attached to: Dish Network Violated Do-Not-Call 57 Million Times

I would ask them if they take a check.

Comment Re:Cardholder services (Score 1) 247

by eedwardsjr on Friday January 23, 2015 @10:09AM (#48883927) Attached to: Dish Network Violated Do-Not-Call 57 Million Times

It is illegal. It is not enforced. Very much like speeding. You can speed all day long. A lot of people will catch you do it. Only the cops catching you matter. It will probably never happen.

Comment Re:Yubikey? (Score 1) 2

by eedwardsjr on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @11:09AM (#48195703) Attached to: Google Beefs Up 2-Step Verification With Physical USB Security Key In Chrom

It would seem so. The part I hate about these 'keys' is I wind up leaving my keys in the darn thing and get locked out my house.

Submission + - Magnetic Field Flip Earlier Than Thought (metro.co.uk)

Submitted by eedwardsjr on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @11:07AM

eedwardsjr writes: From Metro UK:

Berkeley scientists say that the Earth’s magnetic field can weaken and dip within just 100 years, before flipping so that compasses point south – an event they admit could wreck the entire world’s power grid and expose the world to deadly cosmic rays.

Earth’s magnetic field is weakening 10 times faster than normal at present, leading geophysicists to predict a flip within a few thousand years – but Discovery news says that could understimate [sic] the speed of the change.

Comment Re:Worldwide reach (Score 1) 233

by eedwardsjr on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @09:46AM (#47756127) Attached to: California Passes Law Mandating Smartphone Kill Switch

That would be New York, sir.

Comment Re:Homeland security would like a word... (Score 1) 218

by eedwardsjr on Thursday August 14, 2014 @03:12PM (#47672611) Attached to: How to Maintain Lab Safety While Making Viruses Deadlier

Sounds just like "I am Legend". That is some scary crap.

Comment Re:two factor ID based on cell phones is crap (Score 1) 47

by eedwardsjr on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @03:51PM (#47318085) Attached to: Trivial Bypass of PayPal Two-Factor Authentication On Mobile Devices

Have you looked at sneakemail.com? I am not affiliated with them, just use their service. It describes most of what you are saying by segregating your primary email from the provider of service.

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