Comment Re:For those wondering why 21st of October (Score 1) 585
The problem is that the bible is full of contradictions like this.
Tell me some contradictions.
Comment Yaaahrrrgggg (Score 1) 673
I be watchin Pirates at 6:00, not the new one, but at Worlds End, during the whirl pool scene 6:00 will strike.
Comment Ugghh! (Score 2) 404
It takes time to find out what has been compromised. The hacker won't just come out and say "All your base are belong to us" Sony told us when they found out. If they did say that there is a possibility on day one that it may be compromised then there would be a lot of hectic and closing bank accounts on an hunch. If nothing had been compromised and they told us it may be (on day one) then people would be mad and still sued Sony for misleading them. Crap happens, suing doesn't make it better. Plus nobody said you had to create an account, nor did you pay for it.
Comment Re:passwords? (Score 1) 645
They were storing passwords in a way that could be unencrypted?
I'm not positive, but awhile ago (couple of weeks) someone hacked into the PSN and found that no data or anything was encrypted. Possibly because of the fact the the PS3 was 'unhackable' so Sony didn't encrypt anything although something about the way information was sent, like, it couldn't be read. I don't know this is all vague memory I'm going off of here.
Submission + - Are Graphical Calculators Pointless? (walkingrandomly.com)
An anonymous reader writes: "Texas Instruments and Casio have recently released new flagship graphical calculators but what, exactly, is the point of them?
They are slow with limited memory and the ‘high-resolution’ display is no such thing. For $100 dollars more than the NSpire CX CAS you could buy a netbook and fill it with cutting edge mathematical software such as Octave, Scilab, SAGE and so on. You could also use it for web browsing,email and a thousand other things.
One argument heard for using these calculators is ‘They are limited enough to use in exams.‘ Sounds sensible but it begs the question ‘Why are we teaching a generation of students to use crippled technology?'"
They are slow with limited memory and the ‘high-resolution’ display is no such thing. For $100 dollars more than the NSpire CX CAS you could buy a netbook and fill it with cutting edge mathematical software such as Octave, Scilab, SAGE and so on. You could also use it for web browsing,email and a thousand other things.
One argument heard for using these calculators is ‘They are limited enough to use in exams.‘ Sounds sensible but it begs the question ‘Why are we teaching a generation of students to use crippled technology?'"
Comment Re:That's preposterous! (Score 1) 347
That may be so, but that doesn't mean that other people will take part in the cause, these people may be better at what they do and have a greater effect. I'm just saying that this is the start of a ripple.
Comment Re:That's preposterous! (Score 1) 347
The use of a boycott in this type of situation, it seems to me, would be pointless. Based on the fact that Sony can afford to lose a couple of costumers, believe it or not, most people I talk to don't know who GeoHot is, that the PS3 is hacked, or even that Sony is in a big lawsuit about it. I think that what Anonymous is trying to do here is create a ripple effect. What I mean is that by shutting down systems, servers, and just attacking Sony, they show that Sony isn't this great big invincible corporation. I think that this is just a small stepping stone in the overall effect of the GeoHot case.
Those that hack are incredibly smart, they interpret laws and think things through in every aspect. When they band together, which Anonymous is doing, they can cause some serious damage. Sony on the other hand has money, and lots of it. How this whole thing will turn out, I haven't a clue.
Don't they understand the concept of private property???
Well, you could turn that the other way, the PS3 was private property and GeoHot never signed any Terms of Service or other agreements.
Comment Higher prices? (Score 1) 121
So, does this mean that TI prices will be even higher than that of before?
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