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Comment Re:Not dead (Score 1) 519

by slimshady76 (#58063510) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Dead Is Java?
Please modificar this comment up!!! If you are a "modern" developer, it seems the only way out of a performance problem is adding more RAM/CPU/storage. They NEVER check their code for issues, just copy/paste some stuff from internet and call the day off. For instance, I have had to fulfill request to increase a LPAR's RAM by 16 GB because the heap size of a given JVM was chewing 3GB for each instance after a "code upgrade". I have seen memory leaks worth the lapidation of the entire development team spring like dandelions, and the first approach by said "development team" was always to take them as a feature of the JVM. Only after we gather every single piece of evidence they would bother to look at their code for issues. If the JVM isn't performing correctly, it's always the OS/hardware, not the lousy Java code. I'll be more than happy to dance on Java's grave once we as an evolved society decide to put it down for good.

Submission + - Ontario launches Universal Basic Income Pilot (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by epiphani
epiphani writes: The Ontario Government will pilot universal basic income in a $50M program supporting 4,000 households over a 3 year period. While Slashdot has vigorously debated universal basic income in the past, and even Elon Musk has predicted it's necessity, experts continue to debate and gather data on the approach in the face of increasing automation. Ontario's plan will study three communities over three years, with participants receiving up to $17,000 annually if single, and $24,000 for families.

Submission + - Computer pioneer Harry Huskey dies aged 101 (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Big Hairy Ian
Big Hairy Ian writes: Engineer Harry Huskey, who helped build many of the first ever computers, has died aged 101.
Dr Huskey was a key member of the team that built the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (Eniac) which first ran in February 1946.
Eniac is widely considered to be one of the first electronic, general purpose, programmable computers.
Dr Huskey also helped complete work on the Ace — the Automatic Computing Engine — designed by Alan Turing.

Submission + - Our Cell Phone Alerts Will Be Hacked (backchannel.com)

Submitted by mirandakatz
mirandakatz writes: The wireless emergency alert that went out to New Yorkers' cell phones last week after the Chelsea bombing kicked off a new flurry of conversation about the system—while some, like the NYPD, hailed the system as the future of policing, others, like Chuck Schumer, called for the FCC to modernize the currently retro technology. At Backchannel, Peter Moskowitz looks at the vulnerabilities in the system, and uncovers a chilling truth: as long as these systems have existed, they've been hacked, and it's only a matter of time before our cell phones get pinged with false alarms of tsunamis or zombie attacks. And that has the potential to incite mass panic.

Submission + - The Yahoo Hackers Weren't State-Sponsored, Security Firm Says (csoonline.com)

Submitted by itwbennett
itwbennett writes: After Yahoo raised eyebrows in the security community with its claim that state-sponsored hackers were responsible for the history-making breach, security firm InfoArmor now says it has evidence to the contrary. InfoArmor claims to have acquired some of the stolen information as part of its investigation into 'Group E,' a team of five professional hackers-for-hire believed to be from Eastern Europe. The database that InfoArmor has contains only 'millions' of accounts, but it includes the users' login IDs, hashed passwords, mobile phone numbers and zip codes, said Andrew Komarov, InfoArmor's chief intelligence officer. Earlier this week, Chase Cunningham, director of cyber operations at security provider A10 Networks called Yahoo's claim of state-sponsored actors a convenient, if trumped up, excuse: 'If I want to cover my rear end and make it seem like I have plausible deniability, I would say 'nation-state actor' in a heartbeat.'

Submission + - The Psychological Reasons Behind Risky Password Practices (helpnetsecurity.com)

Submitted by Orome1
Orome1 writes: Despite high-profile, large-scale data breaches dominating the news cycle – and repeated recommendations from experts to use strong passwords – consumers have yet to adjust their own behavior when it comes to password reuse. A global Lab42 survey highlights the psychology around why consumers develop poor password habits despite understanding the obvious risk, and suggests that there is a level of cognitive dissonance around our online habits. When it comes to online security, personality type does not inform behavior, but it does reveal how consumers rationalize poor password habits.

Submission + - International Space Station to Trial Aussie-designed Ion Thruster (abc.net.au)

Submitted by theweatherelectric
theweatherelectric writes: Barney Porter from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation writes, "An Australian-designed rocket propulsion system is heading to the International Space Station (ISS) for a year-long experiment that ultimately could revolutionise space travel. The technology could be used to power a return trip to Mars without refuelling, and use recycled space junk for the fuel. Former University of Sydney student, Dr Paddy Neumann — now of Neumann Space — and two co-inventor professors from his alma mater have developed an ion thruster that could replace the current chemical-based rocket propulsion technology, which requires huge volumes of fuel to be loaded onto a spacecraft."

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