Comment Re:Well Colour Me Confused (Score 1) 360
O2 are not owned by BT in any way shape or form - they bought out what used to be BT Cellnet but O2 is owned by Telefónica
Oh.. that probably explains it.
Less confused now, more Red Faced.
Comment Well Colour Me Confused (Score 3, Interesting) 360
O2 are my mobile service provider (owned by BT) and I just navigated to thepiratebay.org with absolutely no issues.
I was using GPRS to do this rather than 3G though, so maybe that it... although that makes almost no sense.
Unless we only want to stop children downloading porn at high speed?
I was using GPRS to do this rather than 3G though, so maybe that it... although that makes almost no sense.
Unless we only want to stop children downloading porn at high speed?
Comment How dare the military invade our internet (Score 5, Funny) 83
It's not like they started it or... Oh wait...
D'oh
Comment I would like it to match my destination (Score 1) 534
I would like gravity to match gravity at the end point of the journey. That way it won't be yet another thing to get accustomed to on arrival.
Submission + - MS advises users to switch to alternate browser 1
SteveAU writes: "Microsoft has begun flooding media outlets with information advising users to switch to an alternate browser while a serious security flaw is being patched — http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm The flaw, which effects all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, is manifested via Malware — http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Hackers-Compromise-Legit-Web-Sites-to-Target-Microsoft-IE-Flaw/ — and has infected over 6000 sites thus far.
Microsoft states: "The vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference in the data-binding function of Internet Explorer. When data binding is enabled (which is the default state), it is possible under certain conditions for an object to be released without updating the array length, leaving the potential to access the deleted object's memory space. This can cause Internet Explorer to exit unexpectedly, in a state that is exploitable." http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9123338
This will no doubt do some permanent damage to IE's market share!"
Microsoft states: "The vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference in the data-binding function of Internet Explorer. When data binding is enabled (which is the default state), it is possible under certain conditions for an object to be released without updating the array length, leaving the potential to access the deleted object's memory space. This can cause Internet Explorer to exit unexpectedly, in a state that is exploitable." http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9123338
This will no doubt do some permanent damage to IE's market share!"
UK Gov't To Require ID Cards For Some Foreign Residents 216
craigavonite, writing "It's looking like the UK is in for biometric ID cards within the next few years, despite widespread protest from groups such as 'NO2ID,'" excerpts from an article at the BBC describing a UK identify card to be issued starting later this year: "The biometric card will be issued from November, initially to non-EU students and marriage visa holders. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the cards would allow people to 'easily and securely prove their identity.' Critics say the roll-out to some immigrants is a 'softening up' exercise for the introduction of identity cards for everyone."
Submission + - Kmart Drops Blu-Ray Players (propeller.com)
Lord Byron II writes: "K-mart has decided to stop selling Blu-Ray players in their stores, primarily because of the high cost of Blu-Ray compared to HD-DVD (now under $200). They will continue to sell the PS3 for the time being. Will lower prices speed the adoption of HD-DVD in the upcoming holiday shopping season?"
Submission + - WebStudio - Izrada Internet Stranica - WebDesign (dswebstudio.com)
davs1 writes: "dsWebStudio — Profesionalna Izrada Internet Stranica — WebStudio"
Submission + - Virtual circuit kit building
Frank123 writes: "When I found a free and time unlimited circuit simulation program, I had to try it out. It has a steep learning curve, has some limits compared to the commercial version, but is great for beginning experimentors. I created a free 10 circuit kit tutorial to help users scale the steep learning curve, and posted it on my web site, www.tier-2-innovation.com. Too often, people interested in science and engineering are confronted at first with dull, tedious busywork. My tutorial and the simulation program lets users enjoy easily building and testing a simple electronic circuit."
Submission + - Bill proposes to ban touch screen voting (capitolenews.com)
El Cubano writes: "Senator Bill Nelson (R-FL) has proposed a bill which would ban the use of touch-screen voting machines in federal elections. From the announcement:
This seems like exactly the sort of thing that the Slashdot crowd has been clamoring for. Time to write your congress people and tell then to throw their support behind this bill."The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007 would require all voting machines to produce a voter-verified paper trail by next year's presidential election and provides up to $1 billion for states to use for new voting equipment. But most importantly, the bill would phase out the use of touch-screen voting machines in federal elections by 2012, a measure Browning said he supports.
Submission + - New results from Fight AIDS@Home (isgtw.org)
An anonymous reader writes: New results from the Fight AIDS@Home project allow faster and more reliable classification of molecules potentially able to bind to the HIV virus, and should speed the goal of finding new HIV therapeutics effective in the face of drug resistance. FightAIDS@Home is the first biomedical distributed computing project ever launched. It is run by the Olson Laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. We provide free software that you download and install. The software uses your computer's idle cycles to assist fundamental research in discovering new drugs, building on our growing knowledge of the structural biology of AIDS.
EA Boss Says Games Too Expensive 139
EA's John Riccitiello has been shaking things up at EA lately, with everything from layoffs to the purchase of BioWare. Now he's suggesting the company take some really drastic measures: make their games less expensive. "Riccitiello says the $31 billion gaming industry will suffer if it doesn't start to reevaluate its business model. Game executives at Sony, Microsoft and Activision must answer some tough questions in the coming years, like how long they can expect consumers to pay $59 for a video game. Riccitiello predicts the model will be obsolete in the next decade. 'In the next five years, we're all going to have to deal with this. In China, they're giving games away for free,' he says. 'People who benefit from the current model will need to embrace a new revenue model, or wait for others to disrupt.' As more publishers transition to making games for online distribution, Riccitiello says he expects EA will experiment with different pricing models."
Submission + - 11 Finalists in Pentagon's Robotic Rally (wired.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A mere 11 driverless vehicles — not the 20 originally planned — will compete in this weekend's $3.5 million all-robot street rally, hosted by the Pentagon. After a series of crashes, dangerous turns, and aimless wanderings off of the course, the rest of the robo-cars in the "Urban Challenge" were deemed unsafe to compete.
Submission + - Students assigned to write Wikipedia articles (physorg.com)
openfrog writes: An inspired professor at University of Washington-Bothell, Martha Groom, made an interesting pedagogical experiment. Instead of vilifying Wikipedia as some academics are prone to do, she assigned the students enrolled in her environmental history course to contribute articles. The result has proven "transformative" to her students. They were no longer spending their time writing for one reader, says Groom, but were doing work of consequence in a "peer reviewed" environment, which enhanced the quality of their output. What do you fellow Slashdotters think of the idea that in our colleges and universities lies a potentially large and untapped resource for Wikipedia?
Submission + - HD TV using a coat hanger and wire (orato.com)
locdao writes: "The majority of the digital signals cable companies get are taken off air and then re-compressed to a lower quality (so they can dish out more of it). So essentially, like bottled water, you are being sold something that is already free. The free over the air signal is actually of a much higher quality because it's the first incoming transmission. Lu bought the best indoor antenna , eagerly got home and plugged it in. To his surprise, I didn't get any additional channels (analog or HD) ... in fact, it seemed worse, even with much fiddling of the antennas. So he returned the over-priced rabbit ears and made his own out of a coat hook and wire. Read his story on Orato."
