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Submission + - Watch Kim Dotcom`s totally over the top MEGA launch event (blogspot.ca)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20, 2013 @04:42PM

An anonymous reader writes: Kim Dotcom`s a big man, so was the launch event for MEGA. This one has everything, helicopters, tribal dancers, techno, pretty girls and of course flamboyant speeches from the man himself all from his mansion

Submission + - Fish Do Not Feel Pain, Say Scientists

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20, 2013 @04:31PM

An anonymous reader writes: Fish do not feel pain, as they lack the necessary brain system and sensory receptors to experience it, suggests a new study. A team of researchers led by James Rose from the University of Wyoming has revealed that the reaction of a fish when it gets hooked is just an unconscious reaction, and not a response to pain.

Submission + - How Edward Tufte came to the defense of Aaron Swartz (danwin.com)

Submitted by zokuga on Sunday January 20, 2013 @01:55PM

zokuga writes: Data visualization pioneer Edward Tufte spoke at hacker-activist Aaron Swartz's public memorial. In his message, he described how he came to know Swartz at Stanford and how Tufte's own college hacking exploits had the potential to ruin his own life.

Comment ALL POULTRY SHALL FEAR THE NAME OF... (Score 3, Funny) 76

by eexaa on Thursday December 27, 2012 @07:45AM (#42402799) Attached to: Bangladesh Slaughters 150,000 Birds After Worst H5N1 Virus Outbreak In 5 Years

...Mosaddeq, the Destroyer of Chickens!

Submission + - Bangladesh Slaughters 150,000 Birds After Worst H5N1 Virus Outbreak in 5 Years

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @03:56PM

An anonymous reader writes: At least 150,000 chickens and 300,000 eggs have been destroyed at a giant poultry farm near Dhaka in Bangladesh after the major outbreak of avian flu was detected last week, officials said Wednesday.

Submission + - Gerry Anderson, co-creator of Thunderbirds, passes away (bbc.co.uk) 2

Submitted by ZipK on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @03:34PM

ZipK writes: The co-creator (together with his wife, Sylvia) of Thunderbirds, Fireball XL-5, Stingray, Supercar, Space: 1999 and other unique science-fiction shows has passed away at the age of 83. FAB.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What was your favorite web comic of 2012? 3

Submitted by skade88 on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @02:56PM

skade88 writes: Its that time of the year again! You guessed it! Its time to do another year-end best-of roundup! Today's topic is web comics. What was your favorite web comic of 2012? Feel free to use the following categories or make up your own.

1) Best overall web comic series of 2012. (Any web comic that produced content in 2012)

2) Funniest web comic of 2012. (This one represents the single funniest comic of any web comic series.)

3) Best art in a web comic of 2012. (Web comic from 2012 with the most amazing art ever)

4) Web comic that was most relevant to you in 2012. (This one is even more subjective than the others)

I will post my choices along with why in the comments. I can't wait to see y'all's!

Submission + - Running A Linux Live KDE Desktop In 210MB (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @02:51PM

An anonymous reader writes: Slax 7.0 is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that can provide a Live USB/CD environment complete with the the KDE4 Plasma desktop in just 210MB of space. Slax can also be customized with other software modules to provide lightweight Linux installations for varying tasks. For those curious how this lightweight Linux distribution has pulled off the feat of being small and fast, the Slax creator Tomá Matejícek wrote a technical article explaining the Slax internals with booting a modern Linux desktop in just ~200MB.

Submission + - Give us your personal data or pay full fare

Submitted by

ebh

on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @02:16PM

ebh writes: "Noted in an AP story about how fees make it difficult to compare air travel costs, is how the airline industry is moving toward tailoring offer packages (and presumably, fares) for individuals based on their personal information. Worse, "The airline association said consumers who choose not to supply personal information would still be able to see fares and purchase tickets, though consumer advocates said those fares would probably be at the "rack rate" — the travel industry's term for full price, before any discounts." Now, about those Amtrak upgrades..."

Comment "security" (Score 3, Interesting) 314

by eexaa on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @02:10PM (#42396325) Attached to: How Do YOU Establish a Secure Computing Environment?

The term "secure" here is used in a bit misleading manner, there's nothing that could possibly be absolutely "secure" in this world, ever.

We should always ask only what amount of security the environment provides. In terms of money.

Submission + - Congress, at Last Minute, Drops Requirement to Obtain Warrant to Monitor Email (allgov.com) 1

Submitted by davidwr on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @02:04PM

davidwr writes: Before passing the Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act, the Senate dropped an amendment which would require the feds to get warrants before looking at mail older than 6 months that is stored on a 3rd-party server.

This means the status quo, dating from the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, remains.

Comment In Soviet Russia... (Score 3, Insightful) 111

by eexaa on Sunday December 23, 2012 @05:04PM (#42377013) Attached to: I can juggle ...

...you are being juggled by an astounding list of work goals and hobbies!

Comment OK let's be practical.. (Score 1) 32

by eexaa on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @05:56PM (#42330795) Attached to: Cassini's Christmas Gift: In the Shadow of Saturn

...can anyone fix the ugly square crop of that blue haze below the saturn?

i'd be a totally cool&costly wallpaper then :)

Comment Re:Fuck secure boot. (Score 1) 274

by eexaa on Saturday December 01, 2012 @10:00AM (#42154141) Attached to: Matthew Garrett Makes Available Secure Bootloader For Linux Distros

Don't frown upon this please. It is usually better to first show that any resistance is futile, before politely asking not to put such weird and unusuable features into production machines.

Submission + - Google.ro hacked (sentenceswith.com)

Submitted by

eugen.hristev

on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @05:35AM

eugen.hristev writes: "The Romanian version of Google has been hacked this morning. You can still check out the hacked google at http://www.google.ro/ , still the https version is not hacked, only the nonsecure version.
http://sentenceswith.com/google-romania-google-ro-was-hacked-this-morning-2-gmt/"

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