Comment Re:America has gone mad (Score 1) 393
But kids CAN play with things like this:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929275.800-kindergarten-coders-can-program-before-they-can-read.html
Comment Re:hard to even parody (Score 2, Insightful) 668
Newspapers should take truth and accurate reporting seriously. They should have a science editor with a scientific background who can check the work of the reporters.
Sure, but who's going to pay for that? It's way cheaper to just print whatever's trending on Twitter. The public has clearly indicated that they don't really care.
Comment Re:Predicting? What good is that? (Score 1) 199
If spacial ability in children is a predictor of their scientific creativity later in life, then if we could improve children's spacial abilities, this might produce more creative adults. The next step is to look for ways to do that, and then see if it worked.
Comment Re:Unsearchable != Censored (Score 1) 216
Would a hyperlink suffice? Do search engine spiders parse robots.txt when they arrive at a page from an external link?
Yes they do, so no, linking to a Tumblr page would not get the Tumblr page indexed.
Comment Re:Laying cable in rural areas isn't cheap (Score 1) 372
My roommate and I did this in our apartment complex during college, running 10base2 coax to friends in another building in the same complex. It worked great for six months, until management found it and threatened eviction.
Comment Re:Expected (Score 1) 191
OK, but let's say the city said "our city is dying, everything is falling apart, but damnit at least we're gonna have good emergency services!" If that's their priority, and then this happens, it's a pretty big deal.
Comment Re:Achievement Unlocked (Score 1) 287
Configure all of your devices to proxy HTTP and HTTPS traffic through that intercepting proxy.
If your device does not complain about your self-signed certificate enabled HTTPS proxy, then there is something seriously rotten security-wise
If you can load your self-made CA cert onto the device and explicitly tell it to trust any cert issued by that CA, then everything is fine. Obviously if you don't do that, a MITM attack should cause scary warnings.
Comment Re:Seems a bit low... (Score 1) 84
I thought the number was supposed to be around 300 million...
That only counts as one.
Comment Non-story (Score 4, Interesting) 251
So if you own a AMD system you will not receive audio, chipset, video, or any other drivers for your XP system and must upgrade or use an outdated legacy version.
Ummm, yeah. Microsoft is going to stop releasing security patches for the OS. If you're still running XP, using older video drivers should be the least of your concerns.
ICANN Set To Broaden World of Domain Names 41
hypnosec writes "ICANN, as a step towards expanding global top level domain names, has approved a new Domain Name Registrar Accreditation Agreement that is expected to bring about waves of continued improvements in the domain name ecosystem (PDF). The new agreement is a result of efforts of over a year of negotiations that took place between ICANN and Registrar Stakeholders Group. The new agreement brings quite a few improvements, including making it mandatory for registrars to appoint a point-of contact for reporting abuse, and to establish registrar responsibilities for reseller compliance, enhancement of compliance tools, audit rights, and certification requirements, among others."
Comment Re:AltaVista (Score 1) 176
Granted, that was back when "www.hp.com" was an invalid URL and you had to use "www.hp.boise.com" to get a printer driver, but still....
Was that also back in the day when the search engine was altavista.digital.com?
Comment Re:I don't like the sound of this (Score 1) 155
It's not hard, it just sucks.
Precisely my point. There is clearly room for improvement.
Comment Re:I don't like the sound of this (Score 1) 155
dig @a.gtld-servers.net example.com in soa
If you don't get NXDOMAIN then it's registered.
What about detecting domains that have just expired, but haven't been removed yet? And not just for
Comment Re:I don't like the sound of this (Score 1) 155
What we need is a standard format for WHOIS responses. What we don't need is some monopoly gatekeeper.
Yes. This. Just trying to figure out "is this domain registered, or is it available?" is a complete pain in the ass, for any sort of automated system.
Comment Re:Genetically speaking... (Score 1) 814
That's a really insightful comment. Thanks for posting.
