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Comment Re:Webcams probably not activated remotely (Score 1) 941

by m_dob on Thursday February 18, 2010 @04:32PM (#31190246) Attached to: PA School Spied On Students Via School-Issued Laptop Webcams

This video (at 4:39) shows how it can be done with fairly standard screen grabbing feature: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/learning/schools/how-google-saved-a-school.html

Comment Webcams probably not activated remotely (Score 1) 941

by m_dob on Thursday February 18, 2010 @03:14PM (#31188560) Attached to: PA School Spied On Students Via School-Issued Laptop Webcams

If, on the other hand, the student had a program like Photo Booth or Skype and in use, the school administrator would have been able to see what the webcam saw. The court filing does not seem to state with any authority what software or system was used.

Comment Re:Skynet (Score 1) 326

by m_dob on Friday October 16, 2009 @03:13PM (#29771787) Attached to: Lockheed Snags $31 Million To Reinvent the Internet, Microsoft To Help

(I think I'll go wash my mind out with a good Vodka at this point)

In Soviet Russia, your mind washes the Vodka out!

The Slashdot cliché trifecta is now complete.

Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 182

by m_dob on Saturday April 18, 2009 @12:51PM (#27627731) Attached to: $74k Judgment Against Craigslist Prankster

I feel enormously sorry for the kids of the guys involved, who may forever have that site appear when they Google their dads.

What Filters Are Right For Kids? 678

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @01:20PM from the cue-the-scorn-cannons dept.

WaywardGeek writes "My daughter is using phrases like 'hot guys,' and soon will have a chat about the birds and the bees. I believe in letting kids discover the world as it is, and have no Internet controls on any of our systems, which are mostly Linux based. However, it's not fair for aggressive porn advertisers to splash sex in her face without her permission. My question is: What Linux-based Internet filtering solution do Slashdot dads favor, and do they hinder a child's efforts to learn about the world?"

Small Asteroid Making 400,000 Mile Pass By Earth 157

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday January 26, 2009 @11:17AM from the summon-bruce-willis dept.

AtariKee writes "Universe Today is reporting that a small 10m asteroid, discovered earlier this month and named 2009 BD, is passing within 400,000 miles of Earth. Although the asteroid poses no threat to the planet, the site reports that the asteroid is still very interesting, as it may be a rare co-orbital asteroid (as in, shares the same orbit as Earth)."

Comment Re:It is similar... (Score 1) 545

by m_dob on Thursday January 22, 2009 @10:33PM (#26569601) Attached to: Windows 7 Taskbar Not So Similar To OS X Dock After All

One could imagine that there exists an optimal way to switch from application to application, window to window. Neither OS has it perfectly, but in both trying to better themselves, they end up looking remarkably similar.

Comment Re:No SALE! (Score 1) 357

by m_dob on Tuesday January 10, 2006 @06:20AM (#14434391) Attached to: Sony Reader Taking Hold?

Books dont have DRM. So why the hell should e-books?

Last time I checked, it was pretty damn hard to make as many copies of a book as you want and give them to your friends... Imagine the issues for textbook manufacturers.

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