MetalFingers - Slashdot User

Comment lol netflix. (Score 1) 697

by MetalFingers on Thursday April 21, 2011 @11:44PM (#35903332) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Are You Streaming-Only For Home Entertainment?

As far as television goes, i pay for basic cable. But with the exception of PBS Videos (documentaries) & a very small amount of news content, it's rare for me to stream anything on a frequent basis.

As far as movies are concerned, to be frank... i am a proud and shameless pirate.

Sitting just below me in my garage is my home server with about 10TB of content (growing everyday), 75% of which i haven't even watched yet, but do actually want to watch it. In a way, [we] are our own Netflix; i help operate a small LAN with two of my neighbors. Collectively, I would estimate our content is beyond 40TB (movies, television series, etc).

I think Dark Nets could reflect the culture of communities in the future.

Comment Re:IOW (Score 5, Insightful) 329

by MetalFingers on Thursday April 14, 2011 @08:03PM (#35823832) Attached to: RIM Co-CEO Cries 'No Fair' On Security Question

Look, there's nothing Blackberry can do about it and it's not their job.

They are providing a device which boasts security. It is precisely their job. Instead, they've provided the technology for a government to snoop on their citizens communications. Where do i begin with the issues there?

Intel's Sandy Bridge Processor Has a Kill Switch 399

Posted by timothy on Saturday December 18, 2010 @06:54PM from the no-mr-chip-I-expect-you-to-die dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors have a new feature that the chip giant is calling Anti-Theft 3.0. The processor can be disabled even if the computer has no Internet connection or isn't even turned on, over a 3G network. With Intel anti-theft technology built into Sandy Bridge, David Allen, director of distribution sales at Intel North America, said that users have the option to set up their processor so that if their computer is lost or stolen, it can be shut down remotely."

NSA Considers Its Networks Compromised 239

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 17, 2010 @12:29PM from the nowhere-to-go-but-up dept.

Orome1 writes "Debora Plunkett, head of the NSA's Information Assurance Directorate, has confirmed what many security experts suspected to be true: no computer network can be considered completely and utterly impenetrable — not even that of the NSA. 'There's no such thing as "secure" any more,' she said to the attendees of a cyber security forum sponsored by the Atlantic and Government Executive media organizations, and confirmed that the NSA works under the assumption that various parts of their systems have already been compromised, and is adjusting its actions accordingly."

A Finnish-Chinese Connection For Stuxnet? 113

Posted by timothy on Friday December 17, 2010 @06:05AM from the fusion-cuisine dept.

Lingenfelter writes "I recently wrote a white paper entitled 'Dragons, Tigers, Pearls, and Yellowcake' in which I proposed four alternative scenarios for the Stuxnet worm other than the commonly held assumption that it was Israel or the US targeting Iran's Bushehr or Natanz facilities."

Aussie Spies Spooked By Cyberwar 72

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 16, 2010 @01:43AM from the what-is-it-good-for dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wikileaks cables released overnight revealed that Australia's top cyber spy agency (akin to the NSA) was unprepared for cyberwar in the view of other intelligence agencies in 2008. Australian agencies were so concerned they asked US intelligence to provide the framework to defend the country's critical information infrastructure, modelling on the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. Spooks also discussed how Israel was preparing to take down Iran's nuclear program and how to stay relevant when so much information that was classified was now open source and available to anyone."

Stuxnet Virus Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by 2 Years 349

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @11:27PM from the minor-setback dept.

masterwit writes "The Jpost article states: 'The Stuxnet virus, which has attacked Iran's nuclear facilities and which Israel is suspected of creating, has set back the Islamic Republic's nuclear program by two years, a top German computer consultant who was one of the first experts to analyze the program's code told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Widespread speculation has named Israel's Military Intelligence Unit 8200, known for its advanced Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities, as the possible creator of the software, as well as the United States.'"

Comment Wow. (Score 2) 207

by MetalFingers on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @12:09PM (#34546994) Attached to: Ukraine To Open Chernobyl Area To Tourists

So this must be some imaginary organization, huh? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Children's_Project_International This documentary must be a Hollywood, or better yet, a Greenpeace creation with special effects & actors, huh? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=414073095760658789# This page, taken out of a book about the increase in Thyroid cancer in children in/around Chernobyl must be a fucking imaginary publication, with imaginary facts, huh? http://bit.ly/feqkh6

Comment The information... (Score 1) 207

by MetalFingers on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @08:57AM (#34545022) Attached to: Ukraine To Open Chernobyl Area To Tourists

You need to watch this - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=414073095760658789

Comment Funding, donations, not only for the new shell... (Score 2) 207

by MetalFingers on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @08:37AM (#34544946) Attached to: Ukraine To Open Chernobyl Area To Tourists

It would also be a good idea for the tour to include all of the hospitals that take in the young children affected - twenty years later - by the Chernobyl disaster.

Ukraine To Open Chernobyl Area To Tourists 207

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @06:09AM from the bring-back-a-shiny-souvenier-for-the-kids dept.

Pickens writes "The Washington Post reports that Ukraine plans to open up the sealed zone around the Chernobyl reactor to visitors who wish to learn more about the tragedy that occurred nearly a quarter of a century ago. Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Yershova says experts are developing travel routes that will be both medically safe and informative. 'There are things to see there if one follows the official route and doesn't stray away from the group,' says Yershova. Though it is a very sad story.' The ministry also says it hopes to finish building a new safer shell for the exploded reactor by 2015 that will cover the original iron-and-concrete structure hastily built over the reactor that has been leaking radiation, cracking and threatening to collapse. About 2,500 employees maintain the remains of the now-closed nuclear plant, working in shifts to minimize their exposure to radiation and several hundred evacuees have returned to their villages in the area despite a government ban."

Apple, Google Diss the DoD Over Mobile Security 150

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 11, 2010 @12:38PM from the who-wears-the-pants dept.

Julie188 writes "The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has long supported the use of BlackBerry smartphones for soldiers. It built a system called Go Mobile to provide secure communications, training, and collaboration applications to mobile soldiers. DISA recently decided to add Android and iPhone to the list of approved devices because of high demand from users. Unfortunately, this choice has become a giant pain in the flank. Why? Because both Apple and Google refuse to give DISA access to their security APIs."

Stuxnet Still Out of Control At Iran Nuclear Sites 361

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 09, 2010 @07:47PM from the wee-bit-of-a-disaster dept.

Velcroman1 writes "Iran's nuclear program is still in chaos despite its leaders' adamant claim that they have contained the computer worm that attacked their facilities, cybersecurity experts in the US and Europe say. Last week President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, after months of denials, admitted that the worm had penetrated Iran's nuclear sites, but he said it was detected and controlled. The second part of that claim, experts say, doesn't ring true. Owners of several security sites have discovered huge bumps in traffic from Iran, as the country tries to deal with Stuxnet. 'Our traffic from Iran has really spiked,' said a corporate officer who asked that neither he nor his company be named. 'Iran now represents 14.9 percent of total traffic, surpassing the United States with a total of 12.1 percent.'"

Chevron Got North Sea Contract Despite IT Safety Crashes 89

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 09, 2010 @03:14AM from the what-could-go-wrong dept.

DMandPenfold writes "The UK government gave Chevron the go-ahead in September to drill in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland, in spite of the US oil giant's admission that its contractor's spill prediction software constantly crashed and was not a reliable predictor of how far oil could travel if an accident took place. The news comes in a week that US investigations into BP's disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil spill hit the buffers, after an IT contractor firm refused to hand over access to its software."

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