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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: How Have You Handled Illegal Interview Topics (salary.com) 1

kodiaktau writes: Salary.com profiles 14 questions that interviewers may or may not ask during the interview process such as the standards of age, gender and sexual orientation. They also profile several lesser known illegal or border line questions like height/weight, military background, country of origin and family status.

With the recent flap over companies asking potential employees for passwords during the interview process it is important to know and review your legal rights before entering the interview.

Have you been confronted with borderline or illegal interview questions in the past? How have you responded to those questions?

Android

Submission + - Samsung solves Android security flaw with bat of an eyelid (pcpro.co.uk)

nk497 writes: "Samsung has boosted the security of an Android feature with the blink of an eye. Android Ice Cream Sandwich features a security gimmick allowing users to unlock their smartphones using their face — but some have managed to make it work with photos. Samsung is bringing the Face Unlock feature to the Galaxy S with a firmware update, but has improved upon the system by making users blink to prove they're real."
Mozilla

Submission + - Mozilla releases HTML5 MMO BrowserQuest (mozilla.org)

rasmuswikman writes: BrowserQuest is a tribute to classic video-games with a multiplayer twist. You play as a young warrior driven by the thrill of adventure. No princess to save here, just a dangerous world filled with treasures to discover. And it’s all done in glorious HTML5 and JavaScript.

Even better, it’s open-source so be sure to check out the source code on GitHub!

NASA

Submission + - Inside the Mummification of Space Shuttle Discovery (nycaviation.com)

longacre writes: "When Space Shuttle Discovery goes on display at the Smithsonian next month, it will be a shell of its former self, with most of its critical systems removed. Here's a behind the scenes look at the removal of the engines and their replica replacements, as well as photos of the orbiter in various states of deconstruction."

Submission + - Electric Hot Tubs are Cooling GPU Supercomputers (datacenterknowledge.com) 1

An anonymous reader writes: Green Revolution Cooling (GRC), an Austin, Texas-based startup is announcing details surrounding one of its largest fluid submersion cooling systems at CGGVeritas in Houston, TX. Supermicro is producing submersion-ready servers for the system. It's a big deal because submersion in a managed dielectric environment allows these extremely dense and hot GPU-accelerated servers to be cooled at a ridiculous 1.12 PUE — and servers are using ~20% less server power than usual because they don't have fans. This bizarre space-age technology may turn out to be the new gold standard for high density cooling.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What are your top work-from-home tips? 2

ichard writes: "In a couple of months I'm going to start working from home full-time. I've been thinking about the obvious things like workspace ergonomics, but I'm sure there are more subtle considerations involved in a zero-minute commute. What are other Slashdot readers' experiences and recommendations for working from home?"
Math

Submission + - Pi day is coming - but Tau day is better (tauday.com)

PerlJedi writes: "A few months ago, a tweet from Randal Schwartz pointed me to a you tube video about "Triangle Parties" made by Vi Hart. Between my nerdiness and my love of math, it was my new favorite thing on youtube. Now, with Pi day coming up later this week, I thought it would be a good time to point people to another of her you tube videos Pi is Wrong, and the website she mentions at the end Tauday with a full explanation of the benifits of using Tau rather than Pi.


The Tau Manifesto is dedicated to one of the most important numbers in mathematics, perhaps the most important: the circle constant relating the circumference of a circle to its linear dimension. For millennia, the circle has been considered the most perfect of shapes, and the circle constant captures the geometry of the circle in a single number.

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Hardware

Submission + - The greatest toy robot ever invented (geek.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Remember when you were a kid and wanted to own the awesome robots from your favorite cartoon? Then you got the official or unofficial toy version and it was terrible. Parts didn't move, if they did they broke easily, and any projectile stuff left a lot to be desired. Inventor Jaimie Mantzel remembers his childhood toys well, and they must have been a total letdown. He's decided to rectify that for today's kids by creating what he describes as the “greatest toy in the universe.” After seeing how enthusiastic he is, and seeing the prototype in action, I'm finding it hard to disagree with that statement. This robot does look pretty awesome.

Comment I agree (Score 1) 2

Personally, I like gnome3. Knocking it seemed/seems to be the in thing to do, but I got used to it quickly, and actually have had fewer problems with it than I did with gnome2.

Perhaps my favorite thing now that I've gotten used to it is how easy it is to launch an application. I don't create "shortcuts", or need to bother remembering which category or sub menu a programs launcher is, just press the meta key and start typing the name of the program I'd like to run. Sure I could have set that up in gnome2 if I wanted to, but in gnome three that's just the default... and it works just as well with to open a document I was working in.

Facebook

Submission + - Those Millions on Facebook? Some May Not Actually Visit Facebook (nytimes.com)

An anonymous reader writes: I always thought the Facebook metrics of active users were unbelievably high. Turns out, Facebook considers you an active user even if you don't visit the platform and log in.

From the article: In other words, every time you press the “Like” button on NFL.com, for example, you’re an “active user” of Facebook. Perhaps you share a Twitter message on your Facebook account? That would make you an active Facebook user, too. Have you ever shared music on Spotify with a friend? You’re an active Facebook user.

Comment Re:A serious design question (Score 1) 26

No worries. I must admit my feathers were a bit ruffled yesterday.
Thank you for the offer of support in testing. One of the initiatives we will be undertaking in the current year may open the door to leverage that type of community assisted testing of new features and upgrades, so I'll be sure to let you (and anyone else in the community who cares to) know about that when in comes.
GNOME

Journal Journal: Why the Gnome 3 hate? 2

One thing I don't get about various posters is the Gnome 3 hate. On the one hand people scream that desktops are just ripping off other well-known UIs and that there is no innovation and that's just tragic. On the other hand, people (hopefully different ones) scream whenever anything changes.

I recently switched my linux notebook from debian to fedora 16, for several reasons:

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