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Comment Re:Interesting angle on social engineering... (Score 1) 329

by Coffee on Mars on Friday August 28, 2009 @08:35AM (#29229323) Attached to: FBI Investigating Mystery Laptops Sent to US Governors

If this was done on a public office, how long do you think will remain unnoticed? (Paranoia: it's not wrong if you're right)

Comment Re:Yes but... (Score 1) 121

by Coffee on Mars on Monday August 10, 2009 @08:39AM (#29009457) Attached to: Neuros LINK Mixes Quiet, Aesthetics, and Ubuntu

Actually, syncing it with a coffee machine could prepare coffee just before a break or the end of a movie. And now that I see that idea written, I still can't find what is the problem with it.

Comment Re:Defcon to blame? (Score 1) 398

by Coffee on Mars on Thursday August 06, 2009 @01:53PM (#28975655) Attached to: Twitter Offline Due To DDoS

I was wondering about choosing a career in security, but right now I think I'll stick to data analysis... (My first comment! Yay!)

Mario AI Competition 110

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday August 05, 2009 @03:37AM from the must-be-on-mushrooms-when-you-write-the-code dept.

togelius writes "We're running a competition to see who can program the best AI for a version of Super Mario Bros. It's about deciding what to do at each time step — run, jump, shoot etc. — based on a description of the platforms, items and enemies around Mario. This is hard. It's so hard we believe that some sort of machine learning algorithm will be necessary to reach good playing performance. But really, any approach is fair game. We welcome hard-coded submissions, commercial AI programmers, academics and amateurs alike. Whoever wins, it will be really interesting. The competition is associated with two IEEE conferences, and there are cash prizes available for the best submissions."

Microsoft Acknowledges Linux Threat To Windows 348

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @09:46PM from the credit-where-due dept.

angry tapir sends along coverage from Good Gear Guide of a recent Microsoft !0-K SEC filing: "Microsoft for the first time has named Linux distributors Red Hat and Canonical as competitors to its Windows client business in its annual filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The move is an acknowledgment of the first viable competition from Linux to Microsoft's Windows client business, due mainly to the use of Linux on netbooks, which are rising in prominence as alternatives to full-sized notebooks. ... 'Client faces strong competition from well-established companies with differing approaches to the PC market,' Microsoft said in the filing. 'Competing commercial software products, including variants of Unix, are supplied by competitors such as Apple, Canonical, and Red Hat.'"

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