3 or 4 years ago, I had the same mindset you have now. I don't expect my post to sway your direction either way.

In a recent experience with my Android while shopping I was able to look up a ton of information about the wireless routers I was looking at while at a brick and mortar store. I was able to determine which one's were a best fit for running DD-WRT and a wealth of other information. I was also able to determine who in my local area had the item for sale cheapest.

Yes, I could have done this from home before departing but the thought of using DD-WRT jumped in my head while out and about.

PEBPAC - Problem exists between pencil and chair?

Eln,

You forgot to provide an example.

L2B

(P.S.: Hackers are criminals.)

...which means they convinced someone in authority...

Whose authority? A judge? whoopee fuckin dew.

Only you can give someone authority over you.

If someone feels strong enough about their convictions they will, and should, *never* reveal the key. Civil disobedience and all. It's the only peaceful measure civilians have to ensure they're taken seriously by a court of their peers.

That being said, I'm posting from the United States of America. I don't think the Britons have that kind of freedom.

You know, you claim that this is not news. I disagree. Had this story not appeared on /., I'd not know of it, openfietskaart.nl or opencyclemap.org.

So, yes, this is news.

Peace out.

heh.

I was thinking the "iCell."

I have not played this game/simulation.

Performing missions in space or for a space vehicle is all about training. Astronauts spends enormous amounts of time training. They train for casualty situations. They train for normal situations. They train for abnormal situation. They don't train simply for just fires on aboard; they have to know which low temp alarms are going to impact other interfacing systems on-board, etc....

Being an astronaut is not very much unlike being a submariner (IAAFS - I am a former submariner). The systems they have to control are complex. One slip-up and suddenly that $2B piece of equipment is so much scrap metal. So, here's why I think our reviewer missed the point. NASA is looking for people who are adept at performing boring repetitive procedures accurately over and over and over again. That's their mission.

People who thrive at their simulation will be the ones who are drawn to NASA's work-sphere. The kids who were wowed by 'The Last Starfighter' and thought they'd become a NASA engineer or astronaut...probably not so much. (yes, I low-balled that reference.)

Something called setting expectations comes to mind. Something along the lines of recruiting for the mind-sets you need comes to mind. Something about planting a seed comes to mind.

Can't the FBI find more meaningful ways to waste and abuse my tax dollars?

This is exactly the reason I program in C and C++. Because it is hard. The level of knowledge required for entry into my field is higher and I am therefore surrounded by more competent engineers.

Anyone complaining that C/C++ is too hard needs to stay in GUI application and web development. Have fun, I say.

Cave diving deaths are all preventable by the simple method of not going cave-diving because it is a fucking insane hobby, so you could argue they're more akin to suicide than accidental death.

You'll get no argument from me, brother! You're preaching to the choir!

Yeah, the Caving Accidents Reports provides for some 'interesting' reading.

Here's the kicker - those are the ones you hear about.

HA HA HA! Good one. :P

Seriously though, if a cave diver has a problem with his or her equipment he/she usually only has 2 minutes to live. That's why I put quotation marks there.

Thanks for the chuckle.

Cave diving is insane.

Indeed it is! I'm a caver. I do not cave dive for several reasons:
1) I'm not a diver.
    Cavers who wish to cave dive must spend years honing their diving skills and working as a team. They are also, usually, fairly acclimated cavers.

2) Cave divers have a near 100% fatality rate where "accidents" have occurred. Don't believe me? See the National Speleological Society's Caving Accidents report.

    Here's their website.

3) Of particular interest is year 1994. Scroll to the bottom to see the cave diving "accidents" report. Check out year 2000, also.

4) See my original discussion on this topic on slashdot. Clickey

The devices would replace micromotors in conventional catheter-based scanners, eliminating the need to run potentially risky electrical currents into the body.

You had me at "catheter" and "electrical current".

If that's what you're in to. They had me at "replace".