Comment LOL (Score 1, Insightful) 450
And they wonder why the world doesn't want them to have nuclear weapons.
Comment Re:Censorship (Score 1) 369
Oh no, a search engine that only shows you what you explicitly search for! Bring out the pitchforks!
Moron.
Have you even read the comments in this topic? Your a fucking idiot.
Comment Re:What kind of significant deductions... (Score 4, Insightful) 60
The fact that we can see 13 billion light years away is a feat in itself!
Comment nVidia (Score -1, Troll) 158
Any serious gamer uses nVidia. Radeon has been behind for years and I am sure this issue isn't going to help.
Submission + - Islamic hacker group resumes attacks on banks (infoworld.com)
tsamsoniw writes: "PNC, Bank of America, SunTrust, and other major financial institutions have experienced a wave of DDoS attacks and site outages over the past couple of days, and Islamic extremist hacker group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters is claiming responsibility. The group, which launched similar attacks earlier this year, reiterated its demands: that a controversial YouTube video mocking the prophet Mohammed "be eliminated from the Internet.""
Comment Re:Oh grow up. (Score 3, Insightful) 369
Then take the initative and change your SafeSearch setting before you search. Just because you Google stuff at work and are afraid of your boss (why aren't you working?) doesn't mean the rest of us need or want SafeSearch on.
Comment Censorship (Score 3, Insightful) 369
Time to switch search engines.
Submission + - X-rays Reveal New Black Hole in Andromeda (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: On 15 January, the XMM-Newton satellite detected a bright source of x-rays in the Andromeda galaxy, 2.5 million light-years from Earth. As astronomers report online today in Nature, the x-rays arise from hot gas swirling around a black hole that tears the material from an orbiting star. The object is roughly 10 times as massive as our sun and gobbles matter at nearly the maximum possible rate. Four similarly ravenous black holes are known in the Milky Way, but dust in the galaxy's disk obscures observations; so studying the newfound beast in Andromeda may offer fresh insight into how black holes accrete material, a process that feeds the supermassive black holes powering quasars billions of light-years away.
Submission + - Hubble sees tribe of baby galaxies 13+ billion light years away
The Bad Astronomer writes: "Using Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted seven galaxies that are all over 13 billion light years away... including one that appears to be a record breaker at a staggering 13.3+ billion light years distant. That one is seen as it was only 380 million years after the Big Bang. This observation reaches into the era of the young cosmos when stars were first forming, and allows astronomers to better understand what the Universe was like back then — a time we know very little about."
Comment Surprised? (Score 1) 149
This is IE we are talking about...
Submission + - North Korea Has Launched Object Into Orbit (wired.com)
kc67 writes: North Korea has reportedly launched an Unha-3 rocket from its Sohae-ri launch facility and ostensibly carrying a satellite on board, with early signs indicating the launch could have been a success. Then, on late Tuesday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command — which oversees the U.S. and Canada’s air defense — released a statement noting that North Korea appears to have successfully launched an ‘object’ into orbit.
“North American Aerospace Defense Command officials acknowledged today that U.S. missile warning systems detected and tracked the launch of a North Korean missile at 7:49 p.m. EST,” noted the statement. “The missile was tracked on a southerly azimuth. Initial indications are that the first stage fell into the Yellow Sea. The second stage was assessed to fall into the Philippine Sea. Initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit. At no time was the missile or the resultant debris a threat to North America.”
“North American Aerospace Defense Command officials acknowledged today that U.S. missile warning systems detected and tracked the launch of a North Korean missile at 7:49 p.m. EST,” noted the statement. “The missile was tracked on a southerly azimuth. Initial indications are that the first stage fell into the Yellow Sea. The second stage was assessed to fall into the Philippine Sea. Initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit. At no time was the missile or the resultant debris a threat to North America.”
Comment Internet of Things (Score 1) 13
Very descriptive term for an operating system. Ubuntu should be the open source operating system for the Purchasing of Things.
Comment Re:Why is this on Slashdot? (Score 0) 190
I would have to agree. Nothing nerdy about this article!
Submission + - IT Pros Get Rowdiest At Company Holiday Parties? (channelweb.co.uk)
ericatcw writes: According to ChannelWeb UK, IT guys (and gals) are the most likely "to embarrass themselves" at Christmas and holiday parties this season. Nearly 40% of the 2,000 workers surveyed by Avaya — admittedly, in the UK — admitted to drinking too much while 27% said they "snogged" (kissed) their boss during holiday gatherings.
Submission + - Facebook Assists FBI in Botnet Takedown (slashdot.org)
Nerval's Lobster writes: "Facebook apparently helped the FBI take down a massive botnet, according to the agency. The Butterfly Botnet, which linked together some 11 million compromised PCs, involved malicious folks from around the world. The FBI, in conjunction with international law enforcement, arrested 10 of them in countries ranging from Croatia and Macedonia to New Zealand, Peru, and the United States. While the FBI’s official press release didn’t reveal many details about the operation, the agency shone a bright spotlight on Facebook’s security team, which apparently “provided assistance to law enforcement throughout the investigation by helping to identify the root cause, the perpetrators, and those affected by the malware.”"
