Comment Re:northwestrn does not let anyone in even f footb (Score 2) 70
or maybe they set the bar just high enough to rule out those who can't spell the name of the school.
Comment Re:Latency (Score 1) 77
"can back-order at the price of the stock when the order was given."
interesting, but if someone else already got that stock at that price, by what right can they give you someone else's stock at a price different than they were offering? where's that price difference getting made up?
Comment Re:Secret? (Score 1) 243
"...guarantee that it wasn't doing anything sensitive, though possibly classified... "
you just might not quite understand the meaning of classified.
Comment Re:Given that this is slashdot... (Score 1) 243
yes. as opposed to manned robots in space. the Japanese beat us to that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazinger_Z
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam
Comment Re:But businesses don't need a few young geniuses. (Score 1) 108
It's not just the PhDs their bringing in (and unemployment in high tech fields requiring advanced degrees is a good deal lower than the rest.) Still, FTFA:
"With youth unemployment being as high as it is, the Obama administration should be focusing on attracting the smartest immigrants that will add value and complement the workforce," said Costa.
"Adding workers with ordinary skills from vocational schools that few people have ever heard of - just because they hold STEM degrees - does nothing to further that goal," he added.
Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 108
spending my tax money in a way antithetical to the betterment of the country, economy, etc., in order to improve the profit margins of certain industries? yes, I believe those could be termed evil profits. or at a minimum rather unethical profits if we don't want to paint with just black and white.
Comment Re:FIRST (Score 4, Funny) 1226
Having started involvement with FIRST over a decade ago, I would like to thank you for the OT advertising.
Submission + - Copyright Holders Punish Themselves With Crazy DMCA Takedowns (torrentfreak.com)
TheGift73 writes: "Yesterday Google kindly published a database of takedown requests sent to the search giant on copyright grounds. The DMCA notices are supposed to help protect legitimate sales but entertainment companies sending them are clearly having problems. Witness some of the world’s biggest music and movie companies taking down everything from news articles promoting their latest releases, to their very own marketing content.
During the last 24 hours Google published an extremely enlightening database listing DMCA takedown notices the company receives from rightsholders. Google calls it their ‘Transparency Report’ and its very publication shows why transparency is absolutely needed in these areas.
Quite simply, rightsholders are having problems getting it right. Check out these ridiculous takedowns from some of the world’s leading entertainment companies against sites that have done nothing wrong.
Warner Brothers: Wrath of the Titans
When a movie’s either just about to come out or already doing the rounds, people want to find out about it. Amazingly, Warner and their anti-piracy partners managed to undermine their own marketing campaign for Wrath of the Titans with DMCAs sent to Google.
Through this DMCA takedown Warner requested the removal of the IMDb listing for their own movie.
But it didn’t stop there. Warner also asked Google to delist the official trailer on Apple along with the ones on Hulu, The Guardian and FilmoFilia. In addition, the studio asked for an article on BBC America to be removed along with a listing on a site that helps people find theaters to watch the movie.
IMDb
As can be seen here, Warner issued a takedown for the IMDb listing for its own movie Happy Feet Two. They were in good company since Paramount Pictures, NBC Universal and other rights holders did the same for IMDb information pages covering their content.
Hulu, Crackle
Hulu has also become an unlikely target. In addition to the Warner takedown mentioned above, UFC owner Zuffa also asked Google to delist its own content on the authorized video site.
Sony-owned Crackle was picked on too, when Warner Bros. asked Google to delist an information page about its movie Hall Pass.
Other news and information sites
Bizarrely, news sites are being hit with takedowns too. In addition to the Warner instance mentioned above, the RIAA asked Google to delist a review of the album Own The Night published on The Guardian. The artist behind the album is Lady Antebellum, signed to RIAA-member Capitol Records.
Even more worrying, the RIAA asked Google to delist Last.fm’s entire Electro Pop section because they thought it carried a pirate copy of All About Tonight by Pixie Lott.
Warner also reappeared later on, asking Google to delist a page on news site NME which lists information on the latest movies, which at the time included information on the movie Hall Pass. The same page on NME was targeted on several other occasions, including by anti-piracy company DtecNet on behalf of Lionsgate, who had info on The Hunger Games delisted.
Hollywood Reporter didn’t fare much better either. Sony Pictures asked Google to swing the banhammer against the popular news site after it published an article called “Trent Reznor Releases Six Free Tracks From ‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Soundtrack” and Sony mistook it for a DVDRIP.
But as soon as Sony’s piracy fears on the first ‘Dragon Tattoo’ movie had subsided they were back as strong as ever with the sequel. This time the sinner was Wikipedia who dared to put up an information page on the movie The Girl Who Played With Fire. Luckily Sony were on hand to ask Google to delist the page.
Although just a tiny percentage of the thousands of correct takedowns issued, the above shows that overbroad filters and poorly considered notices can impact businesses who shouldn’t be affected by them, studios and people who merely report on their content alike.
Fortunately, Google says it does not comply with all takedown requests, rejecting a few percent and reinstating others at later dates, including some of the above."
During the last 24 hours Google published an extremely enlightening database listing DMCA takedown notices the company receives from rightsholders. Google calls it their ‘Transparency Report’ and its very publication shows why transparency is absolutely needed in these areas.
Quite simply, rightsholders are having problems getting it right. Check out these ridiculous takedowns from some of the world’s leading entertainment companies against sites that have done nothing wrong.
Warner Brothers: Wrath of the Titans
When a movie’s either just about to come out or already doing the rounds, people want to find out about it. Amazingly, Warner and their anti-piracy partners managed to undermine their own marketing campaign for Wrath of the Titans with DMCAs sent to Google.
Through this DMCA takedown Warner requested the removal of the IMDb listing for their own movie.
But it didn’t stop there. Warner also asked Google to delist the official trailer on Apple along with the ones on Hulu, The Guardian and FilmoFilia. In addition, the studio asked for an article on BBC America to be removed along with a listing on a site that helps people find theaters to watch the movie.
IMDb
As can be seen here, Warner issued a takedown for the IMDb listing for its own movie Happy Feet Two. They were in good company since Paramount Pictures, NBC Universal and other rights holders did the same for IMDb information pages covering their content.
Hulu, Crackle
Hulu has also become an unlikely target. In addition to the Warner takedown mentioned above, UFC owner Zuffa also asked Google to delist its own content on the authorized video site.
Sony-owned Crackle was picked on too, when Warner Bros. asked Google to delist an information page about its movie Hall Pass.
Other news and information sites
Bizarrely, news sites are being hit with takedowns too. In addition to the Warner instance mentioned above, the RIAA asked Google to delist a review of the album Own The Night published on The Guardian. The artist behind the album is Lady Antebellum, signed to RIAA-member Capitol Records.
Even more worrying, the RIAA asked Google to delist Last.fm’s entire Electro Pop section because they thought it carried a pirate copy of All About Tonight by Pixie Lott.
Warner also reappeared later on, asking Google to delist a page on news site NME which lists information on the latest movies, which at the time included information on the movie Hall Pass. The same page on NME was targeted on several other occasions, including by anti-piracy company DtecNet on behalf of Lionsgate, who had info on The Hunger Games delisted.
Hollywood Reporter didn’t fare much better either. Sony Pictures asked Google to swing the banhammer against the popular news site after it published an article called “Trent Reznor Releases Six Free Tracks From ‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Soundtrack” and Sony mistook it for a DVDRIP.
But as soon as Sony’s piracy fears on the first ‘Dragon Tattoo’ movie had subsided they were back as strong as ever with the sequel. This time the sinner was Wikipedia who dared to put up an information page on the movie The Girl Who Played With Fire. Luckily Sony were on hand to ask Google to delist the page.
Although just a tiny percentage of the thousands of correct takedowns issued, the above shows that overbroad filters and poorly considered notices can impact businesses who shouldn’t be affected by them, studios and people who merely report on their content alike.
Fortunately, Google says it does not comply with all takedown requests, rejecting a few percent and reinstating others at later dates, including some of the above."
Comment All well and good until they become sentient... (Score 1) 1
Dr. Rath says, "our research is currently on drones - small robots, flying in swarms over the field." He envisions small robots carrying solid-state lasers hunting down and destroying weeds before they get a chance to establish themselves.
and when they learn to upgrade the lasers?
Comment time warp? (Score 1) 1
"The incident occurred in July of 2011"..."the FBI informed FRTIB (the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board) and Serco of this incident in April 2012."
interesting. why the delay?
Submission + - Galactic Towel Day (towelday.org)
ISoldat53 writes: Today is towel day. Do you know where your towel is?
Submission + - Federal Goverment Employees retirement plan victim of 'cyber attack' (tsp.gov) 1
An anonymous reader writes: Participants in the Thrift Savings Plan, the 401k-like retirement savings plan for U.S. Federal Government Employees, were informed of a confirmed hacking incident that resulted in unauthorized access to the personal information of 123,201 TSP participants and payees. The incident occurred in July of 2011, when a computer belonging to Serco, a third party service provider used in support of the TSP, was subjected to a "sophisticated hacking incident" resulting in unauthorized access. The FBI informed FRTIB (the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board) and Serco of this incident in April 2012.
The 'plan news update' has an FAQ detailing the incident, and the full press release can be found in a PDF here. Affected parties have been notified, and appropriate measures including "credit consultation and continuous credit monitoring" via a third party for one year.
Considering the press release indicates data accessed includes "Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers... in some cases... financial account numbers and routing numbers... and some TSP related informaiton..." is this response sufficient? What more could or should be done?
Submission + - Tin Foil Hats Required... Students to be tracked by skynet. (mysanantonio.com)
ThreeDeeNut writes: Step 1, get some kids used to it... Step 2, get em all used to it.
"Northside Independent School District plans to track students next year on two of its campuses using technology implanted in their student identification cards in a trial that could eventually include all 112 of its schools and all of its nearly 100,000 students."
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/Students-will-be-tracked-via-chips-in-IDs-3584339.php#ixzz1vtb6pFSP
"Northside Independent School District plans to track students next year on two of its campuses using technology implanted in their student identification cards in a trial that could eventually include all 112 of its schools and all of its nearly 100,000 students."
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/Students-will-be-tracked-via-chips-in-IDs-3584339.php#ixzz1vtb6pFSP
Comment Re:Let the Seed Grow (Score 1) 146
I think we should just go back to calling them all Philosophy. Then I could stop explaining to people why they're called PhD's.
Comment Re:Good, now... (Score 1) 146
I can see it now. there will be a paper clearinghouse. it'll be like Digg for academics. Better start planning on exploiting the system now, I'm sure there's money to be made in this somewhere.
