Comment The Buttered Cat Paradox (Score 3, Funny) 54
Since toast always falls buttered side down, what happens if you strap a slice of toast to a cat's back?
Submission + - Proton Mail unmasked "anonymous" protester
An anonymous reader writes: Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester
“The FBI received details about that Proton Mail account from the Swiss authorities via a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, or MLAT. An MLAT is when authorities in one country agree to provide information to an agency in another country.”
“The FBI received details about that Proton Mail account from the Swiss authorities via a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, or MLAT. An MLAT is when authorities in one country agree to provide information to an agency in another country.”
Submission + - ESA - Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not impact the Moon
alanw writes: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safe...
Last year, an approximately 60 metre near-Earth object captured global attention. For a brief period, asteroid 2024 YR4 became the most dangerous asteroid discovered in the last 20 years. While an Earth impact was soon ruled out, the asteroid faded from view with a lingering 4% chance of striking the Moon on 22 December 2032.
Now, that risk has been eliminated. Astronomers have confirmed that 2024 YR4 will not impact the Moon using new observations made by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Instead, it will safely pass the Moon at a distance of more than 20 000 km.
Last year, an approximately 60 metre near-Earth object captured global attention. For a brief period, asteroid 2024 YR4 became the most dangerous asteroid discovered in the last 20 years. While an Earth impact was soon ruled out, the asteroid faded from view with a lingering 4% chance of striking the Moon on 22 December 2032.
Now, that risk has been eliminated. Astronomers have confirmed that 2024 YR4 will not impact the Moon using new observations made by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Instead, it will safely pass the Moon at a distance of more than 20 000 km.
Comment "30% of the music used by the Beatles" (Score 2) 40
I wonder what Sony's tech makes of any track by The Rutles, or Bill Bailey's "Unisex Chip Shop" song (which I'd been reminded of only yesterday).
Submission + - Dave Farber has died 1
alanw writes: From the NANOG mailing list: https://seclists.org/nanog/202...
We are heartbroken to report that our colleague — our mentor, friend, and conscience — David J. Farber passed away suddenly at his home in Roppongi, Tokyo. He left us on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, at the too-young age of 91.
https://www.internethalloffame...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://www.scientificamerican...
Farber is sometimes called the "Grandfather of the Internet" both because of his pioneering work in distributed computing and his mentoring of graduate students who helped build the Internet. He remains deeply involved in debates over how to maximize benefits and minimize risks of the Internet.
We are heartbroken to report that our colleague — our mentor, friend, and conscience — David J. Farber passed away suddenly at his home in Roppongi, Tokyo. He left us on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, at the too-young age of 91.
https://www.internethalloffame...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://www.scientificamerican...
Farber is sometimes called the "Grandfather of the Internet" both because of his pioneering work in distributed computing and his mentoring of graduate students who helped build the Internet. He remains deeply involved in debates over how to maximize benefits and minimize risks of the Internet.
Comment Re:This stuff worries me... (Score 1) 111
... to roads... many things that we use today were paved and made available by the US government.
Reg: All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans^H^H^H^H^H^H Americans ever done for us?
(I'm afraid HTML strike doesn't work here)
Comment Hans Reiser (Score 1) 25
This brings back memories of Hans Reiser, although I don't think Goodarzi will be sending a letter to Slashdot.
Comment stigma? (Score 2) 146
biggest challenge nuclear has is competing with natural gas
But apparently no stigma about greenhouse gasses.
Comment Case Nightmare Grey (Score 1) 80
Of course the plan has to be called "Case Nightmare Grey". What other colour are accountants?
Comment Re:Ode to the holidays (Score 1) 17
> worthy of Dickens
The names are so similar. Jarndyce and Jarndyce
Comment In today's news (Score 1) 14
BBC News article: Rise in gift card scams as victims lose millions
According to experts, fraudsters target the cards online and in the shop to drain the money from them
Submission + - Garmin Emergency Autoland deployed for the first time (flightradar24.com)
alanw writes: On Saturday, 20 December 2025, the Garmin’s Emergency Autoland was used for the first time in a real world emergency situation. The Emergency Autoland system is designed to take control of an aircraft in the event of pilot incapacitation and safely land at a nearby airfield.
That is precisely what happened on Saturday as the pilot of Beech B200 Super King Air N479BR became incapacitated about 20 minutes after departing Aspen for Denver.
That is precisely what happened on Saturday as the pilot of Beech B200 Super King Air N479BR became incapacitated about 20 minutes after departing Aspen for Denver.
Submission + - More from DJB on the NSA and IETF removing the ECC "seatbelt" for PQC
alanw writes: Following on from October's Slashdot article, Dan Bernstein has posted 3 follow up blogs:
NSA and IETF, part 2: Corruption continues
NSA and IETF, part 3: Dodging the issues at hand
NSA and IETF, part 4: An example of censored dissent
NSA and IETF, part 3: Dodging the issues at hand
NSA and IETF, part 4: An example of censored dissent
Comment I've just disabled it. (Score 3, Informative) 26
As per Mozilla's announcement, I've just set
browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.online.enabled = false
Submission + - SPAM: Fire destroys gov cloud storage, no backups available
An anonymous reader writes: NIRS fire destroys government's cloud storage system, no backups available
“A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS)'s Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government’s G-Drive cloud storage system, erasing work files saved individually by some 750,000 civil servants, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Wednesday.”
“A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS)'s Daejeon headquarters destroyed the government’s G-Drive cloud storage system, erasing work files saved individually by some 750,000 civil servants, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Wednesday.”
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