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Comment Re: Must hackers be such dicks about this? (Score 2) 270

by k.nous on Friday April 17, 2015 @12:42PM (#49494503) Attached to: FBI Accuses Researcher of Hacking Plane, Seizes Equipment

Roberts has presented on this topic at multiple conferences, has spoken to the media about this, recently, and was on his way to present to the FBI (again) about airplane vulnerabilities. He has done responsible disclosure. He is a trusted source of information on this topic for the Feds. This is a right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing situation.

I know Chris. He is a good person who cares about the right things being done to make everyone safer. One tweet laughing in the face of the absurd resistance to fix what's wrong with airplane security should not damn him or his work.

World's First Transcontinental Anesthesia 83

Posted by samzenpus on Friday September 10, 2010 @12:51PM from the ping-me-when-the-patient-is-asleep dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Medical Daily reports: 'Video conferences may be known for putting people to sleep, but never like this. Dr. Thomas Hemmerling and his team of McGill's Department of Anesthesia achieved a world first on August 30, 2010, when they treated patients undergoing thyroid gland surgery in Italy remotely from Montreal. The approach is part of new technological advancements, known as 'Teleanesthesia', and it involves a team of engineers, researchers and anesthesiologists who will ultimately apply the drugs intravenously which are then controlled remotely through an automated system.'"

George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library 146

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 19, 2010 @01:15PM from the at-least-he-read dept.

Everyone knows that George Washington couldn't tell a lie. What you probably didn't know is that he couldn't return a library book on time. From the article: "New York City's oldest library says one of its ledgers shows that the president has racked up 220 years' worth of late fees on two books he borrowed, but never returned. One of the books was the 'Law of Nations,' which deals with international relations. The other was a volume of debates from Britain's House of Commons. Both books were due on Nov. 2, 1789."

NYT's "Games To Avoid" an Ironic, Perfect Gamer Wish List 189

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 11, 2009 @07:48AM from the more-or-less dept.

MojoKid writes "From October to December, the advertising departments of a thousand companies exhort children to beg, cajole, and guilt-trip their parents for all manner of inappropriate digital entertainment. As supposedly informed gatekeepers, we sadly earthbound Santas are reduced to scouring the back pages of gaming review sites and magazines, trying to evaluate whether the tot at home is ready for Big Bird's Egg Hunt or Bayonetta. Luckily, The New York Times is here to help. In a recent article provokingly titled 'Ten Games to Cross off Your Child's Gift List,' the NYT names its list of big bads — the video games so foul, so gruesome, so perverse that we'd recommend you buy them immediately — for yourself. Alternatively, if you need gift ideas for the surly, pale teenager in your home whose body contains more plastic then your average d20, this is the newspaper clipping to stuff in your pocket. In other words, if you need a list like this to understand what games to not stuff little Johnny's stocking with this holiday season, you've got larger issues you should concern yourself with. We'd suggest picking up an auto-shotty and taking a few rounds against the horde — it's a wonderful stress relief and you're probably going to need it."

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