Comment Re:Pry XP from cold, stiff fingers (Score 5, Funny) 727
I agree, I have quite a few robotic machines running xp,
So do I, but that's enough about HR...
Comment Easier to Read Article (Score 4, Informative) 192
Here's the printer friendly page. The whole article on one page;
http://www.informationweek.com/security/attacks/exclusive-anatomy-of-a-brokerage-it-melt/240008569?printer_friendly=this-page
Comment Re:Find a technical solution, not a legal "solutio (Score 1) 687
Find a technical solution, not a legal "solution"
Drone strike?
Comment Re:Speed is not as relevant as it once was (Score 1) 168
Yep. My local ISP offers a 60 Mbps tier. The problem is, it comes with a 150Gb cap, and a $90 per month price tag.
Comment Some Middle Ground (Score 4, Insightful) 566
Showing a suicide live on air is, in my opinion, going to far. The feed should have been cut earlier. On the other hand, the local media in my current home town has a policy of ignoring suicides completely and there have been some which would have been reasonably high profile if anyone had known. The suicide rate here is over 3 times the national average but the issue is swept under the carpet in case it takes away from our sunny, happy image and damages tourism. My concern is that it takes away awareness of the problem and leads to fewer resources for those who feel suicidal.
Comment Re:unsecured wifi? (Score 2) 248
We tried this where I work. You would think it would be easy. Just set a key and put a notice up with the key on it. Forget it. It was way beyond the ability of most of our visitors to input a simple key, just a simple pass phrase. After a week of people complaining, the boss decided we should go back to fully open guest wireless access.
Comment Re:I can only assume (Score 1) 547
Just as well it wasn't in Wales. They don't like pediatricians either; http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2000/08/30/pedophiles000830.html
Submission + - Farthest Galaxy Yet Revealed by Cosmic Lens (space.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Space.com has an article on the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes spotting the oldest (or youngest at the time?) galaxy yet, viewed when it was only 500 million years old. Question is, if the frame of reference was actually at that location looking back home here at the the Milky Way, wouldn't we seem as if we were the oldest (or youngest) Galaxy being nearly 13.2 billion light years away? And couldn't we peer even further back to see older galaxies if we were at that point in space and looked further back in that direction?
Submission + - 9 million PCs infected with ZeroAccess botnet (thehackernews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: In recent months, we've seen the rootkit family Win32/Sirefef and Win64/Sirefef (also known as ZeroAccess) update its command and control protocol and grow to infect more computers while connecting to over one million computers globally. Disclose the ZeroAccess has been installed on computers over nine million times with the current number of active infected PCs numbering around one million. The current size of the botnet is somewhere in the region of 1 million machines spread throughout the world, but with the majority located in the U.S. Click fraud and Bitcoin mining can earn the botnet owners a potential $100,000 a day.
http://thehackernews.com/2012/09/9-million-pcs-infected-with-zeroaccess.html
http://thehackernews.com/2012/09/9-million-pcs-infected-with-zeroaccess.html
Submission + - Never mind BitCoin, meet the Bristol Pound (bbc.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: Had enough of Bitcoin stories on Slashdot? BBC News is reporting the release of a new currency in the British city of Bristol today.
Full details can be found on the bristolpound.org website, and people seem genuinely excited to get a piece of the action.
Finally, worth noting from their website is that "This is not a tax dodge. For tax purposes all Bristol Pound transactions are treated as if they were made in sterling."
Full details can be found on the bristolpound.org website, and people seem genuinely excited to get a piece of the action.
Finally, worth noting from their website is that "This is not a tax dodge. For tax purposes all Bristol Pound transactions are treated as if they were made in sterling."
Comment Re:Unsubstantiated Rubbish (Score 2) 272
From the frequent "how to I open a screenshot" posts that used to appear in the WoW TS forum, I suspect it was changed to lower support calls.
Comment Re:Got this wrong.. (Score 1) 1184
Imperial or US? Remember, there's 8 pints to an Imperial gallon and only 6 pints in a US gallon. Also, my Prius averages 52mpg or so according to the dash display. Calculating it manually gives me closer to 45mpg (US). Still pretty impressive, but the Toyota display still seems optimistic.
Submission + - US doctors back circumcision (nature.com) 2
ananyo writes: "On 27 August, a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) concludes for the first time that, overall, boys will be healthier if circumcised. The report says that although the choice is ultimately up to parents, medical insurance should pay for the procedure. The recommendation, coming from such an influential body, could boost US circumcision rates, which, at 55%, are already higher than much of the developed world. The researchers estimate that each circumcision that is not performed costs the US health-care system US$313."
Submission + - Samsung is prepared for the worst, says it will modify phones to avoid Apple ban (bgr.com)
zacharye writes: Samsung on Tuesday confirmed that it is willing to modify its smartphones if it cannot successfully fight Apple’s request to have them banned in the United States. After managing a big win in its trial against Samsung, Apple made an initial request with the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California to ban eight smartphones including the Galaxy S II. Samsung plans to fight the request but if the company is unsuccessful, it confirmed that it is willing to modify the devices in order to avoid sales bans...
Comment Re:What could possibly go wrong? (Score 4, Informative) 336
I sat next to a relief pilot on a United flight from PHX to SFO. He talked on his cell phone from the moment we got on, until he lost his signal after takeoff. As soon as he got a signal again, he was talking all through the approach and landing. He still had it stuck to his ear as we walked off the plane. The cabin crew didn't say a word to him.
