Comment Economics (Score 2, Funny) 1142
In theory, many of the items above are supposed to be taught in schools. Mind you shurikens are only taught in public schools (a strike against home schoolers).
Comment I can cut IT costs by 100% (Score 1) 211
Unplug all the users PCs...Given the way most companies calculate their IT cost/benefits it's almost impossible to get an IT budget down to the point that accounting says it's great without just removing IT entirely.
Most major companies only track ticket closure and uptime as a metric of IT, while other departments get the credit for "innovation". (Sales cut its overhead by 20% instituting a new electronic help desk for customers! In other news, IT is over budget again as trouble tickets have increased 40%)
Most major companies only track ticket closure and uptime as a metric of IT, while other departments get the credit for "innovation". (Sales cut its overhead by 20% instituting a new electronic help desk for customers! In other news, IT is over budget again as trouble tickets have increased 40%)
Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience 219
trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be taking some action."
Comment Sadly. (Score 1) 369
It's my great shame to admit that I am in fact illiterate. I'm currently just banging random keys on a keyboard on a computer I found in a starbucks. I have no idea what I'm actually saying here.
New PHP Interpreter Finds XSS, Injection Holes 66
rkrishardy writes "A group of researchers from MIT, Stanford, and Syracuse has developed a new program, named 'Ardilla,' which can analyze PHP code for cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection attack vulnerabilities. (Here is the paper, in PDF, and a table of results from scanning six PHP applications.) Ardilla uses a modified Zend interpreter to analyze the code, trace the data, and determine whether the threat is real or not, significantly decreasing false positives." Unfortunately, license issues prevent the tool in its current form from being released as open source.
Comment Re:I *am* living in the furture.... (Score 2, Funny) 499
Sadly, I still can't spell.
Comment I *am* living in the furture.... (Score 5, Insightful) 499
I have a device in my pocket that will give me the answers to most questions, show me moving pictures with sound, let me talk to people on the other side of the planet and take pictures.
We have machines that can scan the inside of our bodies without cutting us open. Satellites that help the device above tell me where I am at all times. And of course cable with 9999 possible channels.
Look at an old episode of star trek, then look at the new movie...compare the bridges....How much stuff was "updated", because it would look old fashion and junky today?
Comment Random teleportation! (Score 1) 828
Teleport at dusk till dawn, to remote locations that require magic horses to reach in time. (Ahh Krull, you tried so hard...)
Pros: New views every morning. Limited spam mail.
Cons: Always having to drive to UPS/FedEX to get your packages, always having to be home prior to dusk/dawn.
Comment Re:They failed, and they're lying. (Score 1) 421
It's precisely the sort of elevated creepy that comes from the uncanny valley effect....I think this is *worse* then the final fantasy movie people are complaining about above.
It's almost Lovecraftian in it's "wrongness". I couldn't put my finger on it and say "yah, that moment there, it's not right" but the whole presentation was just unsettling.
*clicks on tape recorder* Note to self, use this technology to make a new Call of Cthuhlu movie.
