Military Electronics That Shatter Into Dust On Command

First time accepted submitter MAE Keller writes "Two U.S. companies are joining a military research program to develop sensitive electronic components able to self-destruct on command to keep them out of the hands of potential adversaries who would attempt to counterfeit them for their own use. From the article: 'Last Friday DARPA awarded a $2.1 million contract to PARC, and a $3.5 million contract to IBM for the VAPR program, which seeks to develop transient electronics that can physically disappear in a controlled, triggerable manner.'"

Comments

BUCK FETA

[Anonymous Coward]

Also, fuck beta!

Re:BUCK FETA

[arth1]

Beta is to Classic as Jar-Jar Binks is to Boba Fett.

Re:BUCK FETA

[Anonymous Coward]

C'mon now, that just isnt fair. Jar Jar was at lest better looking and more informed then Beta. Also Jar Jar added some value, unlike Beta.

beta sucks

[Anonymous Coward]

just saying the obvious

Shatter to Dust on Command

[Anonymous Coward]

So...slashdot's user base is set to shatter when beta goes live?

Car analogy time

[Bob the Super Hamste]

Car analogy time:
I have gotten rid of vehicles that sucked less than the Slashdot beta. Seriously even that '85 Bronco II where everything was rusty, none of the body panels matched, and that had bad compression on the #5 cylinder sucked less than beta.slashdot.org.

Too bad Slashdot beta won't shatter into dust on command

Already One Step Ahead...

[ThatsDrDangerToYou]

I write code like this all the time. Oh wait, you mean on purpose?

Ob note: uck-fay eta-bay

I thought this was already perfected

[TigerPlish]

Electronics that smoke themselves? Have had plenty of them.

They all spewed magic smoke shortly after warranty expiration. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! BWAHAHA!

Just like Slashdot will spew magic smoke when its bitch daddy Dice pulls the plug on classic. All that will remain is a box full of bad smells and no life.

Too bad Slashdot beta won't shatter into dust

[Bob the Super Hamste]

Too bad Slashdot beta won't shatter into dust on command

Beta Sucks

[JWW]

Keep classic /.

oh and does anyone else hear the crickets??

Closing my DICE account

[anthony_greer]

I have used dice to find many jobs, including the one I have right now, but I will not use Dice again if this beta isn't reversed.

Dice makes way more off of a placement than some silly adverts, if the technical professionals who read this site want to make a stand, kill your Dice profile - want to find a job? target your goal city and call head hunters, they will get you good jobs if you have a good skill.

Re:Closing my DICE account

[byronivs]

This. Close your account. There are many other options out there.

blind leading the blind?

[dciman]

I'm not sure why the editors think that simply continuing to blindly post stories is going to change things here.

We aren't talking about the news!

Respect your users!

Re:blind leading the blind?

[JustinOpinion]

What really scares me is the thought that the editors haven't really even noticed.

One of the things that has always surprised me (even bothered me a bit) about Slashdot is that the people running the site do not appear to actually use the site. The editors don't routinely participate in discussions. We occasionally see a comment from an editor, but they are certainly not among the top commenters. (Even CmdrTaco's comment history was surprisingly thin...) These are people who are paid to be involved with the site. I know they have other duties, and perhaps being an employee makes participating in the community less fun. But on the other hand, if your job is to manage an online community, I would expect to see more involvement.

I sometimes wonder whether the editors actually read through Slashdot comments at all, or whether they just queue up some stories and then work on something else.

I'm guessing that by now they've noticed the firestorm of hate, since it's being injected into the comments, firehose/story-submissions, polls, via email, etc. But even so, I feel that ultimately the disconnect between what the Slashdot community wants, and what the powers-that-be are planning to provide, is that the people running Slashdot are not Slashdot users (much less contributors). So they do not even realize why we hate the beta so much. To an outsider, one commenting system and another might seem pretty much the same. It might seem like we're complaining over minutia. But to someone who is trying to participate in the fast-paced and highly technical discussions that erupt on Slashdot, the commenting system is paramount. Ruin it, and you've killed the site.

Make Beta mandatory

[mccotter]

I've been looking for an excuse to reclaim some time in my day.

Kill Beta!

[d34thm0nk3y]

Please post this to new articles if it hasn't been posted yet.

On February 5, 2014, Slashdot announced through a javascript popup that they are starting to "move in to" the new Slashdot Beta design.

Slashdot Beta is a trend-following attempt to give Slashdot a fresh look, an approach that has led to less space for text and an abandonment of the traditional Slashdot look. Much worse than that, Slashdot Beta fundamentally breaks the classic Slashdot discussion and moderation system.

If you haven't seen Slashdot Beta already, open this in a new tab. After seeing that, click here to return to classic Slashdot.

We should boycott stories and only discuss the abomination that is Slashdot Beta until Dice abandons the project.
We should boycott slashdot entirely during the week of Feb 10 to Feb 17 as part of the wider slashcott

Moderators - only spend mod points on comments that discuss Beta
Commentors - only discuss the Beta - Vote up the Fuck Beta stories

Keep this up for a few days and we may finally get the PHBs attention.

Discussion of Beta
Discussion of where to go if Beta goes live
Alternative Slashdot

Here's my POV on Beta

[excelsior_gr]

I got a message urging me to try it, so I clicked on it, looked at the Beta and thought: oh, this looks like Slashdot on my phone. And clicked back to the original interface after only a short while. Learn a lesson from Win8: Interfaces that look good on a phone, are crap for a desktop.

I mean, you have people on this site that actually believe that a CLI is a superior interface. And you try to impress them with eye-candy that takes functionality away? Goodluckwiththat.

What were you guys thinking?

Re:Sorry, I just don't get what you are ranting ab

[Goaway]

No way to see replies to your comments, no way to link to your comments to check by hand. Discussion is impossible.

Re:Sorry, I just don't get what you are ranting ab

[arth1]

I prefer the beta, it's clean and works just fine. Seriously, what is it that's making it so horrible for you?

Threaded conversations where you can choose ahead of time to see all replies. But you likely won't see this reply, if you use beta.

BETA - I command you!

[stenvar]

BETA, I command you: turn into dust NOW.

Here today, gone tomorrow.

[MachineShedFred]

Yes, we're here generating traffic. Today.

Piss off your users, and they first get loud and tell you what you're doing wrong. Then, they get quiet. REAL quiet. As in, no longer visiting your site. And, for Slashdot, if people aren't visiting, then they aren't posting, they aren't submitting stories, and they aren't looking at your ads.