Comment Re:Reason for research? (Score 2) 32
Why oh why did I finish my mod points a few minutes ago...this comment is golden!
I tip my hat to you sir.
I tip my hat to you sir.
Comment Best place to get info FAST (Score 2) 161
IRC!
If I'm totally lost on some problem I open IRC (freenode-server) and usually it takes less than 15 minutes to get an answer and a solution.
If I'm totally lost on some problem I open IRC (freenode-server) and usually it takes less than 15 minutes to get an answer and a solution.
Submission + - Tsunami hits OS/X (eset.com)
gislifb writes: Malware researchers at ESET have just come across an IRC controlled backdoor that enables the infected machine to become a bot for DDOS-attacks among other things as remotely downloading files. This malware is a port of the Linux/Tsunami backdoor which have been detected since 2002.
I wonder how Apple will try to spin this one so they can still claim that there is no danger of malware when you're running OS X!
I wonder how Apple will try to spin this one so they can still claim that there is no danger of malware when you're running OS X!
Comment R.I.P. (Score 1) 1613
Come on people! We may not all agree with the man and like "his" closed systems or his company, but if it wouldn't have been for him (and Woz) the (tech)world would be a different place today! He was a man with a vision with which he stuck to until the end. Rest in peace Steve Jobs, you will always be rememberd as an entrepreneur and one of the most important person in the tech industry!
Submission + - R.I.P. Steve Jobs (apple.com)
gislifb writes: Apple has announced that Steve Jobs passed away today, at the age of 56, after a long fight with cancer. Although not everyone might agree with him and like the products of his company I think we can all agree that his ideas and his vision changed the world of technology forever. R.I.P. Steve Jobs!
Comment Re:The Google conspiracy (Score 1) 585
Oh that is golden!
Comment Re:How accurate is that count? (Score 1) 264
Iceland is such a small country and public birth records are 100% so this is not an issue. You can go online and trace your family history hundreds of years back so this is not an issue.
Also I don't really see the problem with someone going online and giving the "constitutional-commity" ideas that they can then discuss and maybe have a nationwide election about...
Comment Re:Random chance (Score 1) 191
etta er bara nokkuð rétt hjá ér!
*Hjörleifur said that the warningsystem had been activated. We are treating this as an eruption. We have sent out warnings to England so flight operators can change flights. (This would be a good translation)*
Comment Re:god, I hope not. (Score 1) 192
I agree with most of the things you say but I just wanted to point out that you can easily crop profile pictures on facebook ;)
Comment Re:Many apps require location services by design, (Score 1) 556
But why on earth is that information kept? They could easily just dump old information, I'm thinking maybe 24hours.
And phone owners should be able to turn this feature on or off as they please!
Comment Re:out of the dark age, into the new darker age (Score 1) 111
Successful troll is successful!
Comment Re:Privacy? No, not privacy, National Defense (Score 1) 81
To pretend that if information exists, it should all be in the open is a little stupid. If you think otherwise, post your address and banking information to prove it. Let's not trip over the obvious to make a point that doesn't exist.
I never said ALL information should be made public! But in a country where democracy exists and the government is democratically elected all information regarding the governments affairs and affairs of the governments, oh let's call them, agencies should be open!
How are the voters able to make up their mind about who should run the White House when they don't know all their dark secrets???
As I'm writing this I realize that this is not an issue as 96%(not an accurate number) of people in America, and in fact Iceland, vote for the same political party no matter what they have done!
Comment Re:Privacy? (Score 1) 81
Well allright I didn't think about that, but the term "Fight agains terrorism" is also used when you invade other countries and kill foreign civilians (collateral damage as some would call it).
Comment Re:Privacy? (Score 1) 81
Those are of course valid topics but I can't help but wonder if the US could have avoided terrorism if they wouldn't think so much about the gas/oil prices.
Never the less, I hope for the sakes of the US public that a republican won't be sitting in the White House after the next elections.
Comment Re:Privacy? No, not privacy, National Defense (Score 1) 81
Your problem is that you clearly don't understand the difference between a little corporate malfeasance and National Defense. If it was your safety and security being threatened you might feel a little bit different about it – or not, if you're an idiot. Non-idiots already know that diplomacy is like making sausage – something best not observed too closely.
Well first of all I don't even understand the word "malfeasance"! But if this information is so dangerous in the wild, than why the hell does it exist? And what security are you talking about? You think this information will make a real difference in the lines of extremists in other countries? I honestly don't think so, it would be the equivalent of pouring a glass of water into Thingvallavatn(google it)!
And you are correct that you are probably happier living in Iceland than in the USA. That makes us happy too.
Oh come on...I know you can do better than that!
