Azetkt - Slashdot User

Comment Mayan Families (Score 1) 570

by Azetkt on Saturday December 17, 2011 @03:59PM (#38410558) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Most Efficient, Worthwhile Charity?

I have sponsored a child through http://www.mayanfamilies.org/ for several years. They are a tiny organization of just a few people, making a real difference. See their reviews at http://greatnonprofits.org/reviews/profile2/mayan-families

Comment Re:SQL too (Score 1) 435

by Azetkt on Saturday December 10, 2011 @11:06PM (#38331972) Attached to: Java Apps Have the Most Flaws, Cobol the Least

I built Android 4.0 on an old laptop with 2 GB of RAM. Took 5 1/2 hours, which is too slow if you're a developer, but fine if you're just playing with it, like me.

Better Tools For Disabled Geeks? 228

Posted by kdawson on Sunday June 14, 2009 @10:37PM from the all-in-the-wrist dept.

layabout writes "We've seen tremendous advances in user interfaces over the past few years. Unfortunately, those UIs and supporting infrastructure exclude the disabled. In the same timeframe there has been virtually no advance in accessibility capabilities. It's the same old sticky keys, unicorn stick, speech recognition, text-to-speech that kind-of, sort-of, works except when you need to work with with real applications. Depending on whose numbers you use, anywhere from 60,000 to 100,000 keyboard users are injured every year — some temporarily, some permanently. In time, almost 100% of keyboard users will have trouble typing and using many if not all mobile computing devices. My question to Slashdot: Given that some form of disability is almost inevitable, what's keeping you from volunteering and working with geeks who are already disabled? By spending time now building the interfaces and tools that will enable them to use computers more easily, you will also be ensuring your own ability to use them in the future." Follow the link for more background on this reader's query.

Virginia Health Database Held For Ransom 325

Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @08:59AM from the single-point-of-failure dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post's Security Fix is reporting that hackers broke into servers at the Virginia health department that monitors prescription drug abuse and replaced the homepage with a ransom demand. The attackers claimed they had deleted the backups, and demanded $10 million for the return of prescription data on more than 8 million Virginians. Virginia isn't saying much about the attacks at the moment, except to acknowledge that they've involved the FBI, and that they've shut down e-mail and a whole mess of servers for the state department of health professionals. The Post piece credits Wikileaks as the source, which has a copy of the ransom note left behind by the attackers."

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