Comment Re:Or Maybe... (Score 1) 175
wasn't there already a story about females in tech?
Yesterday's (Monday's?) story about whether Grace Hopper could get hired in today's SV.
Comment Re:easy (Score 1) 296
That may end up being a bad habit for her: http://ehtrust.org/keep-that-cell-phone-out-of-your-bra/
Or it may mean nothing at all: http://www.cbcf.org/central/AboutBreastCancerMain/AboutBreastCancer/Pages/Facts-and-Myths.aspx
Comment Re:Removing bins will not fix underlying problem (Score 1) 179
The issue here isn't that MAC addresses are unique, it's that users aren't bright enough or are too lazy to turn off wi-fi detection when they're not using it.
Exactly. As to the "large" address space - it's large if the random-number generator is actually random and has been seeded with a unique value. We've seen lots of bugs and exploits show up because those two conditions were not met.
Comment Re:Removing bins will not fix underlying problem (Score 1) 179
"Very small" - how many problems have we seen where the RNG used hasn't been adequate or was seeded with the same value across multiple devices?
Comment Re:Removing bins will not fix underlying problem (Score 2) 179
And if two devices randomize to the same MAC? That Would Be Bad.
Submission + - US to standardize car app/communication device components (networkworld.com) 1
coondoggie writes: The US Department of Transportation has high hopes of standardizing the way autos talk to each other and with other intelligent roadway systems of the future. The department recently issued a call for public and private researchers and experts to help it build what the DOT called "a hypothetical four layer approach to connected vehicle devices and applications certification."
Submission + - Unlocked Firefox OS ZTE Open is Now Available on eBay for for $80
SmartAboutThings writes: We’ve been hearing quite a lot lately about the Firefox OS, but there are actually only a few Firefox OS phones launched on the market. ZTE Open is one of them and is actually the first Firefox OS phone for consumers. Even if Firefox OS has support from carriers all over the world, it’s pretty hard to sell devices in more locations across the world. To remedy that, ZTE is going to sell the Firefox OS Open phone on eBay for eighty dollars, which is actually ten dollars less than the launch price. A real great thing is that the handset will be off-contract and unlocked which means you will be able to use it on all mobile networks. ZTE didn’t mention when exactly the device will go on sale on eBay, the company just mentioning “soon”.
Submission + - Royal Navy Deployed Laser Weapons During the Falklands War (gizmag.com) 1
Zothecula writes: Despite recent demonstrations by the US Navy, we still think of laser weapons as being things of the future. However, previously-classified British documents prove that not only were the major powers working on laser weapons in the 1970s and 80s, but that they were already being deployed with combat units in war zones. A letter from the Ministry of Defence released under the 30-year rule reveals that laser weapons were deployed on Royal Navy ships during the Falklands War in 1982, and that the British government was concerned about similar weapons being developed behind the Iron Curtain.
Submission + - BlackBerry Officially Open to Sale (slashdot.org)
Nerval's Lobster writes: BlackBerry is considering whether to sell itself off to the highest bidder. The company’s Board of Directors has announced the founding of a Special Committee to explore so-called “strategic alternatives to enhance value and increase scale,” which apparently includes “possible joint ventures, strategic partnerships or alliances, a sale of the Company or other possible transactions.” BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins added that, while the committee did its work, the company would continue to its recent overhead-reduction strategy. Prem Watsa, chairman and CEO of Fairfax Financial—BlackBerry’s largest shareholder—announced that he would resign from the company’s board in order to avoid a potential conflict of interest. News that BlackBerry is considering a potential sale should surprise nobody. Faced with fierce competition from Google and Apple, the company’s market-share has tumbled over the past several quarters. In a desperate bid to regain its former prominence in the mobile-device industry, BlackBerry developed and released BlackBerry 10, a next-generation operating system meant to compete toe-to-toe against Google Android and Apple iOS—despite a massive ad campaign, however, early sales of BlackBerry 10 devices have proven somewhat underwhelming.
Comment Re:Ronng! (Score 1) 58
Welcome to the first church of appliantology! the white zone is for loading and unloading only!
Comment Re:Microsoft (Score 1) 294
http://windows.microsoft.com/mse
Why yes, I do have that URL memorized. Sigh.
Comment Re:Haven't found one yet. (Score 1) 294
Another vote for MSE. It Works.
Comment Re:Great (Score 2) 59
There's a perfect sound track for this:
"Space Junk", by DEVO
Comment Watch out for that tree! (Score 1) 33
Watch out for thatOOOHtreeeee!
Submission + - Atomic Comics: Comic books and the atomc education of America (thebulletin.org)
Lasrick writes: Great review of the book "Atomic Comics." Includes wonderful old illustrations from Atomic Rabbit, Atoman, Buck Rogers, True Comics, Whiz Comics, etc. Here's a quote: "Still, the comics had been dealing with atomic beams, weapons, and propulsion through most of the war, and if these comic strips and books were wrong about the details, Szasz notes, "the fact that the American public instantly grasped the basic outlines of the atomic age almost surely has its roots in the larger-than-life adventures of Superman, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, and Mickey Mouse, and well as other long-forgotten characters from that 'loose and baggy creature' of American popular culture.""
