jtnix - Slashdot User

Submission + - Slashdot tells it users politely, to go fuck themselves (slashdot.org) 2

Submitted by who_stole_my_kidneys on Thursday February 06, 2014 @09:35PM

who_stole_my_kidneys writes: The slahsdot beta sparked outrage from the community , to only have timothy come out and state that slashdot will change and its users can basically go fuck themselves.

Submission + - New Slashdot Beta Sucks 3

Submitted by tekpagan on Thursday February 06, 2014 @07:20PM

tekpagan writes: New design Beta sucks.
Boycott the site Feb 10-17th
If the beat is still here on 18th Feb do not return.
Do not fix that which is not broken.

Submission + - New slashdot beta setting records for suckage 1

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Submission + - Human Beings May Not Be Cut Out for Space

Submitted by Hugh Pickens DOT Com on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @12:15AM

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: The human body did not evolve to live in space and the longest any human has been off Earth is 437 days. Some problems, like the brittling of bone, may have been overcome already. Others have been identified — for example, astronauts have trouble eating and sleeping enough — and NASA is working to understand and solve them. But Kenneth Chang reports in the NYT that there are some health problems that still elude doctors more than 50 years after the first spaceflight. The biggest hurdle remains radiation. Without the protective cocoon of Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere, astronauts receive substantially higher doses of radiation, heightening the chances that they will die of cancer. Another problem identified just five years ago is that the eyeballs of at least some astronauts became somewhat squashed. “It is now a recognized occupational hazard of spaceflight,” says Dr. Barratt. “We uncovered something that has been right under our noses forever.” NASA officials often talk about the “unknown unknowns”, the unforeseen problems that catch them by surprise. The eye issue caught them by surprise, and they are happy it did not happen in the middle of a mission to Mars. Another problem is the lack of gravity jumbles the body’s neurovestibular system (PDF) that tells people which way is up. When returning to the pull of gravity, astronauts can become dizzy, something that Mark Kelly took note of as he piloted the space shuttle to a landing. “If you tilt your head a little left or right, it feels like you’re going end over end.” Beyond the body, there is also the mind. The first six months of Scott Kelly’s one-year mission are expected to be no different from his first trip to the space station. Dr. Gary E. Beven, a NASA psychiatrist, says he is interested in whether anything changes in the next six months. “We’re going to be looking for any significant changes in mood, in sleep, in irritability, in cognition." In a Russian experiment in 2010 and 2011, six men agreed to be sealed up in a mock spaceship simulating a 17-month Mars mission. Four of the six developed disorders, and the crew became less active as the experiment progressed. “I think that’s just an example of what could potentially happen during a Mars mission, but with much greater consequence,” says Dr. Beven. “Those subtle changes in group cohesion could cause major problems.”

Submission + - New Zealand Schools find less structure improve childrens' behavior

Submitted by geminidomino on Monday January 27, 2014 @05:02PM

geminidomino writes: A research project involving eight schools in Dunedin and Auckland report that loosening rules on the playground may lead to fewer incidents of bullying, vandalism, and injury. One principal opines ""The kids were motivated, busy and engaged. In my experience, the time children get into trouble is when they are not busy, motivated and engaged. It's during that time they bully other kids, graffiti or wreck things around the school."

As one might expect, the article states that there was a lot of resistance to the project, and I'm kind of surprised they got as many administrators to sign on as they did. The story may be premature, as the article states that "the results of the study will be collated this year," but it may be interesting to see how the numbers shake out.

Submission + - peak facebook

Submitted by doom on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @12:23PM

doom writes: The latest news is that Facebook is doomed and will lose around 80% of it's users in five years or so. This is based on Princeton's Epidemiological modeling of online social network dynamics by Cannarella and Spechler of-- the Department of Mechnical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering?

Submission + - Mayer Sacks Yahoo COO She Hired Last Year (techweekeurope.co.uk)

Submitted by judgecorp on Thursday January 16, 2014 @12:30PM

judgecorp writes: Yahoo COO has sacked Henrique de Castro the Google executive she brought across to Yahoo only three months after she made the move from Google last summer. de Castro was one of the high-prodile (and high-salary) appointments with which she hoped to turn Yahoo around — but fifteen months later, he is out of the door. No reasons have been given for his departure. but it's definitely a sacking: Mayer said "During my reflection, I made the difficult decision that our COO, Henrique de Castro, should leave the company."

Comment Re: It's about time! (Score 1) 1431

by jtnix on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @06:23PM (#45957969) Attached to: Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie

Of course his 3 year old can't read. He was probably texting the baby-sitter a message for them to relay to his kid on his kid's phone.

Lots of parents get a phone to go with their kid wherever they go.

Comment Re:Only in America (Score 1) 1431

by jtnix on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @06:21PM (#45957949) Attached to: Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie

It's the media war-machine pop-culture. As noted by at least of TFA commenters, just look at the content of the movie they were going to see.

We got war on the news almost every day, war on the latest music videos, non-stop war 'documentary' reality channels. The networks are saturated with increasingly gory crime dramas. Oh and don't forget the awesome war / gore games for the latest gaming consoles. Call of Duty 4 and Left For Dead, baby! Come to the USA and get your violence, blood and guts!

More than a culture of fear, the USA is a culture of war. Tupac said it, and paid for it with his life.

Submission + - Man Jailed for Gmail Invite to Ex-Girlfriend

Submitted by Hugh Pickens DOT Com on Friday January 10, 2014 @07:55AM

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: ABC News reports that a Massachusetts man has been jailed for sending his ex-girlfriend an email invitation to join Google+. But Thomas Gagnon, who has a restraining order against him, contends he didn't send it; Google did, without his knowledge or consent. When his ex-girlfriend received the invitation, according to the Salem News, she went to the police, complaining Gagnon had violated the restraining order by sending her the email. Police agreed and arrested him, the News reported. He was jailed then released on $500 bail. Gagnon’s attorney says his client has no idea how the woman he once planned to marry — popping the question with a $4,000 ring earlier this month — got such an invitation, suggesting that it's entirely possible Gagnon is telling the truth — that he did not intentionally or knowingly send the invitation. "If he didn't send it — if Google sent it without his permission and he was jailed for it — Google could be facing major liability." Shear pointed out a Google product forum from 2011 and 2012 titled "Prevent automatic email invitations to Google+?" that contains a number of angry complaints by Google+ users about the automatic invitation feature. In response these complaints, a Google Community Manager calling herself "Natalie" responded: "Thanks for your feedback. Right now the emails that go out alert people of your activity on Google+, and more importantly the sharing of content with them. We send them an email when they aren't yet on Google+ so they know that you are out there in the world [of] G+. They should only incur this email once." Shear noted: "Google is going through every one of your contacts and sending them an invitation, whether it's your doctor, your lawyer, your mistress, or your ex-fiancee who's got a restraining order against you." He called this, "a perfect example of what happens when a company oversteps its bounds."

Comment Re:Hard to believe (Score 1) 804

by jtnix on Sunday December 29, 2013 @03:19AM (#45810119) Attached to: What Would It Cost To Build a Windows Version of the Pricey New Mac Pro?

Bahhahhaha

Sorry, was LOL before I got to your Score:5 Funny..

Submission + - Canadian Spy Agencies Deliberately Misled Courts (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by Walking The Walk on Saturday December 21, 2013 @09:33PM

Walking The Walk writes: Canada's spy agency deliberately withheld information from the courts in an effort to do an end-run around the law when it applied for top-secret warrants to intercept the communications of Canadians abroad, a Federal Court judge said Friday. CSIS assured Judge Richard Mosley the intercepts would be carried out from inside Canada, and controlled by Canadian government personnel, court records show. However, Canadian officials then asked for intercept help from foreign intelligence allies without telling the court. 'It is clear that the exercise of the court's warrant issuing has been used as protective cover for activities that it has not authorized,' Mosley wrote in redacted reasons.

Submission + - Homeland Security Remains Worst Fed Agency to Work For. (federalnewsradio.com) 1

Submitted by DaTrueDave on Friday December 20, 2013 @01:00PM

DaTrueDave writes: The agency rankings from the now annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey were released Wednesday and the most powerful and controversial department is still the department with the lowest morale.

Given the fact that so many DHS leadership positions are filled with temporary or "acting" leaders, it's not surprising that their ranking on "Effective Leadership" dropped over three points.
Out of 300 subcomponents (individual agencies) ranked, DHS has three agencies in the bottom ten, including the agency responsible for enforcing US immigration laws inside the border and the second largest investigative law enforcement agency, ICE.

The Washington Post blogs that American Federation of Government Employees president J. David Cox blames the problems on staffing and equipment shortages, reliance on contractors, and the dangers involved with much of the work Homeland Security performs.

Contrast this with an agency like NASA, which actually increased its ratings despite having to work around a tight budget due to Congressional sequestration, and furloughed employees.

What impact does this have on the US? Surely it can't be good to have such an important and powerful agency filled with employees with such low morale. It's understandable that federal employees morale decreased in a year where they were such a target, but why does DHS seem to have so many more problems than other federal agencies?

Submission + - DHS Turns to Unpaid Interns for Nation's Cyber Security

Submitted by theodp on Friday December 20, 2013 @11:56AM

theodp writes: A week after President Obama stressed the importance of computer science to America, the Department of Homeland Security put out a call for 100+ of the nations' best-and-brightest college students to work for nothing on the nation's cyber security. The unpaid internship program, DHS notes, is the realization of recommendations from the Homeland Security Advisory Council's Task Force on CyberSkills, which included execs from Facebook, Lockheed Martin, and Sony, and was advised by representatives from Cisco, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Northrop Grumman, the NSF, and the NSA. "Do you desire to protect American interests and secure our Nation while building a meaningful and rewarding career?" reads the job posting for Secretary's Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteers (salary: $0.00-$0.00). "If so, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling." Student volunteers, DHS adds, will begin in spring 2014 and participate throughout the summer. Get your applications in by January 3, kids!

Submission + - How Much is Oracle to Blame for Healthcare IT Woes? (slashdot.org)

Submitted by Nerval's Lobster on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @11:48AM

Nerval's Lobster writes: The state of Oregon blames Oracle for the failures of its online health exchange. The health-insurance site still doesn’t fully work as intended, with many customers forced to download and fill out paper applications rather than sign up online; Oracle has reportedly informed the state that it will sort out the bulk of technical issues by December 16, a day after those paper applications are due. “It is the most maddening and frustrating position to be in, absolutely,” Liz Baxter, chairwoman of the board for the online exchange, told NPR. “We have spent a lot of money to get something done—to get it done well—to serve the people in our state, and it is maddening that we can’t seem to get over this last hump.” Oregon state officials insist that, despite payments of $43 million, Oracle missed multiple deadlines in the months leading up to the health exchange’s bungled launch. This isn’t the first time Oracle’s name has circulated in conjunction with the Affordable Care Act’s digital drama. In November, USA Today published a piece suggesting that “communication breakdowns” with Oracle Identity Manager had led to “bottlenecks” in the registration process for Healthcare.gov, the federal online health exchange, which in turn prevented some users from signing up for healthcare. But a single contractor doesn’t lie at the root of the federal Healthcare.gov’s spectacular debacle: despite months of preparations, large sections of the site remained unfinished on launch day, and the completed parts crashed as soon as users began entering the site. According to multiple sources, the Medicare agency tasked with overseeing the project failed to adequately test, much less integrate, the site’s complex elements ahead of launch day. Even if it didn't hold that much responsibility for the federal Website's issues, though, Oracle could find itself the target of much more blame in the Oregon case, where it was reportedly the sole contractor and overseer.

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