Comment Always blame the QA (Score 1) 200
Who else?
Comment This reminds me (Score 2) 90
Back when I was a kid in Russia we had a big garbage container outside our kindergarden filled to the brim with worms. We threw in the foam that was lying around near by and watched it disolve. Good times.
Comment Re: Kaspersky (Score 5, Insightful) 33
Speaking from the POV of a Russian said cybercriminals are most likely protected or supported by criminals who in turn are most likely protected or supported by the government. Which means that said researchers are afraid of repercussions for whistleblowing because they are unlikely to receive any protection from the government if they were to be targrted. Since Russia is an oligarchy state any government agencies (courts of law/police) will favour the highest bidder or whom ever has better connections to the upper echelon.
I imagine that Kasparsky engineers are unlikely to have the funds to outbid criminals or have the necessary connections.
Not to mention that in the Russian culture whistleblowing is extremely frowned upon.
Comment Re: Just doing their job. (Score 1) 136
Tomorrow's headline - "Cheese prices in America at their highest"
Comment Re:How can we block the share button (Score 2) 112
I'm pretty sure Ghostery (browser add-on) has that option, it's mainly used for blocking trackers though.
Comment Re: Amen brother! (Score 5, Insightful) 424
I have a dream - when I read /. comments and I don't see a Republican/liberal rant.
Comment Re: TL;DR (Score 2) 367
Final triumph?
The one percenters have been "winning" since life first crawled out of the primordial soup.
Or do you propose to stop evolution in its track?
If you're so concerned with the welfare of your fellow human beings go take the next bum you see home, feed him and let him spend the night, or are you too concerned he's gonna touch your shiny Apple gadgets with his grimy hands?
Submission + - Remotely pat your pet with Kinect and a Wiimote (extremetech.com)
MrSeb writes: "Taylor Valtrop, an enterprising roboticist with a penchant for pussies, has crafted the mother of all Kinect (and Wiimote!) hacks: The teleoperation of a robot to groom a cat. Using a Nao, a $15,000 robot; a treadmill (for moving the robot forward); a head-mounted display (to see what the robot sees); Kinect (for tracking his movements); and two Wiimotes (to move the robot's hands), Valtrop is able to pat a cat with surprising accuracy and gentleness (except for where he accidentally hits the cat in the face)."
Comment I think the real question is... (Score 1) 325
Why is this in the headlines?
Comment Re:We don't use X-rays to see in utero fetii (Score 1) 122
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin fetus 'pregnancy, childbirth, offspring'
Comment Re:oblig: missing options (Score 1) 363
though I'd be a little worried about blocking out the sound of a car approaching from behind.
That's why you should always ride against the traffic!
Comment Re:oblig: missing options (Score 1) 363
I do the same with my Terry Pratchett novels.
I've got most of his works by now and his humorous and sarcastic view of the word has helped me through some rough patches in life.
It's heart breaking to see such a brilliant man suffering from one of the most horrible ailments imaginable.
Comment Simpsons did it (Score 1) 691
Anyone else remembers the Simpsons' monorail?
