Submission + - California regulator seeks to shut down 'learn to code' bootcamps (venturebeat.com)

Submitted by cultiv8 on Friday January 31, 2014 @10:07AM

cultiv8 writes: The Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE), a unit in the California Department of Consumer Affairs charged with licensing and regulating postsecondary education in California, is arguing that 'learn to code' bootcamps fall under its jurisdiction and are subject to regulation. In mid-January, BPPE sent cease and desist letters to Hackbright Academy, Hack Reactor, App Academy, Zipfian Academy, and others. Unless they comply, these organizations face imminent closure and a hefty $50,000 fine. A BPPE spokesperson said these organizations have two weeks to start coming into compliance.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Someone is licensing code I wrote un 5

Submitted by cultiv8 on Friday December 23, 2011 @08:12PM

cultiv8 writes: I am a developer and released some code at one point under GPLv2. It's nothing huge, a small Drupal module that integrates a Drupal e-commerce system (ie. Ubercart) with multiple Authorize.net accounts, very useful for non-profits. Earlier today I discovered that a Drupal user was selling the module from their website for $49 and claiming it was their custom-made module. IANAL but my perspective is this violates both the spirit and law of GPLv2, most specifically clause 2-b:

You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.

Am I correct in my understanding of GPLv2? Do I have any recourse, and related, should I do anything about this? I don't care about money, I just don't want someone selling stuff that I released for free. How do most developers/organizations deal with licensing infringements of this type?

Submission + - Computer to Marry Texas Couple (nbcdfw.com) 1

Submitted by

cultiv8

on Friday July 29, 2011 @06:33PM

cultiv8 writes: "When Miguel Hanson and his fiancee, Diana Wesley, get married on Saturday, a computer program Hanson wrote will serve as the minister. During the wedding, to be held in the Houston home of Hanson's parents, the couple will stand before a 30-inch monitor in the backyard. In a robotic voice, the computer will greet the guests, say how the couple met and go through the ceremony."

Submission + - South Korean scientists create glowing dog (reuters.com)

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cultiv8

on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @11:48AM

cultiv8 writes: "A research team from Seoul National University (SNU) said the genetically modified female beagle, named Tegon and born in 2009, has been found to glow fluorescent green under ultraviolet light if given a doxycycline antibiotic, the report said.

The researchers, who completed a two-year test, said the ability to glow can be turned on or off by adding a drug to the dog's food.

"The creation of Tegon opens new horizons since the gene injected to make the dog glow can be substituted with genes that trigger fatal human diseases," the news agency quoted lead researcher Lee Byeong-chun as saying.

He said the dog was created using the somatic cell nuclear transfer technology that the university team used to make the world's first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005."

Submission + - Law enforcement to begin iPhone iris scans (reuters.com)

Submitted by

cultiv8

on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @11:27AM

cultiv8 writes: "Dozens of police departments nationwide are gearing up to use a tech company's already controversial iris- and facial-scanning device that slides over an iPhone and helps identify a person or track criminal suspects.

The smartphone-based scanner, named Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System, or MORIS, is made by BI2 Technologies in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and can be deployed by officers out on the beat or back at the station.

An iris scan, which detects unique patterns in a person's eyes, can reduce to seconds the time it takes to identify a suspect in custody. This technique also is significantly more accurate than results from other fingerprinting technology long in use by police, BI2 says.

When attached to an iPhone, MORIS can photograph a person's face and run the image through software that hunts for a match in a BI2-managed database of U.S. criminal records. Each unit costs about $3,000."

Submission + - Checkpoint of the future coming soon to airports (yahoo.com)

Submitted by

cultiv8

on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @12:00PM

cultiv8 writes: "Eye scanners and futuristic security tunnels may be standard in airports soon as the airline industry seeks to maintain safety while reducing the hassles of boarding a plane that deter some people from flying.

The International Air Transport Association unveiled a mock-up Tuesday in Singapore of what it dubbed the "Checkpoint of the Future," where passengers separated by security risk would walk through one of three high-tech, 20-foot-long (6.1-meters-long) tunnels that can quickly scan shoes and carry-on luggage and check for liquids and explosives.

In the IATA prototype, passengers would be categorized based on the results of a government risk assessment that is put into a chip in a passenger's passport or other identification. An eye scan would then match the passenger to the passport."

Submission + - New FBI system IDs people by voice, iris, more (wvgazette.com)

Submitted by

cultiv8

on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @09:34AM

cultiv8 writes: "Under the system, state and local police officers also will eventually use hand-held devices to scan suspects' fingerprints and send the images electronically to the FBI center. "It's a quick scan to let police officers know if they should let the person go, or take him into custody," Morris said. In later stages, NGI system also will be expanded to include the analysis of palm prints, handwriting, faces, human irises and voices."

Submission + - TSA to retest full body scanners for radiation (usatoday.com)

Submitted by

cultiv8

on Friday March 11, 2011 @11:24PM

cultiv8 writes: "The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation — 247 machines at 38 airports — after maintenance records on some of the devices showed radiation levels 10 times higher than expected."

Submission + - US judge orders Twitter to give up WikiLeaks data (breitbart.com) 3

Submitted by

cultiv8

on Friday March 11, 2011 @09:26PM

cultiv8 writes: "A US judge Friday ordered Twitter to hand over the data of three users in contact with the activist site WikiLeaks, rejecting arguments the move would violate their rights to privacy and free speech.

I think the rapper Ice T said it best, "freedom of speech, just watch what you say""

Submission + - Meth Dealer Faces loss of 18,753 Comic Books (thesmokinggun.com)

Submitted by

cultiv8

on Saturday March 05, 2011 @01:09PM

cultiv8 writes: "A large-scale methamphetamine dealer who allegedly laundered drug profits by purchasing valuable comic books is in danger of forfeiting his 18,753-volume collection to Uncle Sam, according to a new court filing."

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