myrikhan - Slashdot User

Comment Re:WTF? Just ask the patient. (Score 1) 981

by myrikhan on Saturday March 27, 2010 @02:46AM (#31637386) Attached to: Could Colorblindness Cure Be Morally Wrong?

Ah, but where does it end?

"Would you like ultra-wide spectrum super-HD eyes with 60x optical zoom, Internet-connected HUD and complimentary laser cannons, just like everyone else has?"

Hell yes. And sharks with laser beams.

Comment Re:I would have suspected the opposite (Score 1) 232

by myrikhan on Monday August 10, 2009 @03:16PM (#29014833) Attached to: Times Are Tough For Nigerian Scammers

Canadian schools are no better. We have a no-fail system now where kids are given multiple opportunities (due-dates) to hand in assignments. The smarter ones intentionally delay to give themselves more time to get great grades and scholarships. I'm Canadian and disgusted by this.

Comment Re:Synergy, leverage, low hanging fruit, etc.. (Score 1) 345

by myrikhan on Sunday June 14, 2009 @10:47AM (#28326521) Attached to: Are Code Reviews Worth It?

Well, in that case, we should do a thorougly review of the reviews of the reviewed review reviews.

BUFFER OVERRIDE

Wait! Lets not jump into things. First we need a pre-review meeting where we consult all the stakeholders and proactively leverage our synergies to create a win - win scenario for the customer...

Comment Re:failure to read what the average webuser wants (Score 1) 280

by myrikhan on Thursday May 28, 2009 @10:01PM (#28133619) Attached to: Mozilla Jetpack and the Battle For the Web

what is the whole point of the internet? what is the driving force behind its popularity and adoption?

pornography? I imagine one of the first uses of jetpack will be to put up random pictures in the background web page.

Comment US Navy Frogmen (Score 1) 655

by myrikhan on Friday February 01, 2008 @04:17PM (#22265994) Attached to: Third Undersea Cable Cut

Hey, US Navy Frogmen/Frogpersons need work too!

The Palestinian-Israeli situation doesn't look so good so perhaps
Bush is looking for a different legacy.

Submission + - iPhone Hacked for Third-Party Software (businessweek.com)

Submitted by

OpenSourceNut

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @04:52PM

OpenSourceNut writes: "The iPhone has been hacked offering access to third party programs. Businessweek has a full article explaining the various functions of the programs now being used. Hello World!"

Submission + - Point and click Gmail hacking at Black Hat (tgdaily.com)

Submitted by

not5150

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @04:51PM

not5150 writes: "Using Gmail or most other webmail programs over an unsecured access points just got a bit more dangerous. At Black Hat, Robert Graham, CEO of errata security, showed how to capture and clone session cookies. He even hijacked a shocked attendee's Gmail account in the middle of his Black Hat speech."

Submission + - Baby Talk

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02, 2007 @04:41PM

An anonymous reader writes: PhysOrg has an interesting article about language development in babies that seems to have implications for the equivalent AI scenario.

If the snowball effect of vocabulary development is an unavoidable outcome that does not require hardwiring, then the AI process to achieve the same goal should be nearer than many have envisioned.

Furthermore the article begs the question "Why haven't we seen it yet?"

Submission + - Forensics Expert says Al-Qaeda Images Altered

Submitted by WerewolfOfVulcan on Thursday August 02, 2007 @04:33PM

WerewolfOfVulcan writes: Wired reports that researcher Neal Krawetz revealed some veeeeeery interesting things about the Al-Qaeda images that our government loves to show off.

From the article: "Krawetz was also able to determine that the writing on the banner behind al-Zawahiri's head was added to the image afterward. In the second picture above showing the results of the error level analysis, the light clusters on the image indicate areas of the image that were added or changed. The subtitles and logos in the upper right and lower left corners (IntelCenter is an organization that monitors terrorist activity and As-Sahab is the video production branch of al Qaeda) were all added at the same time, while the banner writing was added at a different time, likely around the same time that al-Zawahiri was added, Krawetz says." Why would Al-Qaeda add an IntelCenter logo to their video? Why would IntelCenter add an Al-Qaeda logo? Methinks we have bigger fish to fry than Gonzo and his fired attorneys... }:-) The article contains links to Krawetz's presentation and the source code he used to analyze the photos.

Submission + - Hacker does a DIY Amiga in FPGA (hetnet.nl)

Submitted by on Thursday August 02, 2007 @04:32PM

An anonymous reader writes: Developer Dennis van Weeren recently announced completion of his from-scratch completely re-engineered Amiga chipset. His PCB design is fully operational and compatible and his verilog code has been released under GPL. Will this finally give the Amiga community a new breath of life?

Submission + - Suprnova.org Is About To Return

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02, 2007 @04:29PM

An anonymous reader writes: The legendary BitTorrent site Suprnova.org will be back in action soon. Sloncek, the former owner of suprnova.org decided to donate the domain to The Pirate Bay lads, who will relaunch the site in a few days, staying true to its original design. The return of a Legend.

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