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  1. Babbage targeting computers in nukes! Sweet! on US Nuclear Weapons Lab Discovers How To Suppress the Casimir Force · · Score: 2

    So they are making Babbage mechanical computers in them nukes! Got to love problem solving. But the G loads have to cause problems on those devices, don't they? Timing errors and such?

  2. Is there an Outlook Mailbox Policy for that car? on Auto Makers To Standardize On Open Source · · Score: 2

    I can't wait till the IT department can enforce password changes very 6 months on users cars because the IVI can access corporate data. It'll be sweet!

  3. Regulators not Operators on 90% of Nuclear Regulators Sent Home Due To Shutdown · · Score: 1

    It's not like a "Regulator" can actually fix anything if it goes wrong. "No disaster here move along". Now they could prevent the operators from saying "No disaster here move along." That's a little bit important but again not a disaster.

  4. Not chambers on Fracked Shale Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide · · Score: 1

    The oil doesn't come out of chambers. It's a lo more like a sponge. Also this is a real old idea not sure why it's making /.

  5. It's been a problem from the start! on First California AMBER Alert Shows AT&T's Emergency Alerts Are a Mess · · Score: 1

    Here int he midwest we've been dealing with this alerts for weather from the day was pushed out. The I think it was about 2 days after the update we got multiple Thunderstorm Warnings for things happening 30 miles away and not even on a track for our geographic location. Wasn't part of the point of this to provide more accurate pinpointed alerts? You know where the cell towers are and you could send alerts to just the towers in the area of potential risk.

    We also have the delayed messages, we got the first messages on time but well after the actual events we were still getting messages. Turning a recent Tornado Warning the local sirens went off as they should but about the time the all clear sounded then our phones started blowing up with the Tornado Warning. It was very confusing.

    There also doesn't seem to be any scale to the level of the alert. They are all "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES" kinds of alerts. A Thunderstorm doesn't deserve the same level of alert as a Tornado.

  6. Re:Universe 25 on Why Are Japanese Men Refusing To Leave Their Rooms? · · Score: 1

    THe only problem with that possibility is the reality that Japan is in a population decline. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/03/28/Japans-population-decline-highlighted/UPI-11001364445270/ I guess it's possible they are in decline because of reaching some maximum of some kind?

  7. Re:tabs in the Finder window? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 2

    The Finder is the windowing aspect of the OS. It's what the windowing system of NeXTSTEP has become.

  8. Re:Dear Bennett Haselton: on Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders · · Score: 1

    Second that

  9. Re:The Stupidity, It Hurts! on Video Game Industry Starting To Feel Heat On Gun Massacres · · Score: 1

    You are right but it's no less stupid than thinking that the availably of military style rifles promotes this kind of thing, high-performance sports cars promote reckless driving or that porn promotes sex trafficking and slavery.

  10. In the lap of luxury on Ask Slashdot: On the Job Certification Training? · · Score: 1

    I'm in Higher Ed and we actually have our own Microsoft Certified trainer on staff as part of our IT Training group. We also have Comp TIA and Adobe training along with free access to Lynda.com. University students can take training most trainings nearly free, faculty and staff may pay something. If there is a paper (work)book you do have to pay for that but usually your department will cover that cost. When you have close to 20K employes across the system, of which 800 or so are IT related, then it pays to have trainers. You usually get one payed attempt at the certification test. After that you pay for it. This even applies to our hourly staff even if they aren't students. The issues we have are departments not letting their people take a week off to do the training or they won't pay the book fees.

    Travel for training is different. The training or conference needs to be directly related to what you do or will be doing but usually the university will cover it for one member of a team.

    In education our wages are much lower than industry but time off and retirement savings are better. We get about 4 to 6 weeks time off and in addition to regular salary we probably get 30% to 40% more in benefits.

  11. Hyperbole not = to Idiocy on State Rep. Says Biking Is Not Earth Friendly Because Breathing Produces CO2 · · Score: 0

    It's a statement that's fairly illustrative of the arguments used by the "Environmentalist" (luddite) against any form of technologic progress. It's simple hyperbole.

  12. Re:not much to do, a lot you can do? on Ask Slashdot: Identity Theft Attempt In Progress; How To Respond? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Found some old recommendations I sent out to friends that weren't too tek savvy. It's fairly basic info that most should know.

    I was looking into Life Lock and started reading what they actually do, which is in the fine print of their terms of service here.

    http://www.dmachoice.org/ it's the primary service Life Lock uses to get you off of mailing lists and it's free. They also have some good info on how to keep secure online. There are several items you can go through to have your self removed form email and mail lists.

    Then go to https://www.donotcall.gov/ and register your phone numbers for the do not call list.

    Then go to https://www.optoutprescreen.com/ to remove your self from the credit card pre-approval lists.

    If you want free credit reports use this site. https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp You can get 1 free report every year from each of the 3 reporting agencies. If you break it up you could get 1 every 2 month. I could get one from Equifax this month. Then in 2 months my wife could get one for them. Then in 2 months I could get one from TransUnion. etc... The reason to get them is mostly to see who has been looking at your credit. Then make sure all the loans are yours.

    Now for your online stuff. Get an email account at google or some place else that you can use for those online registration things that you need to do from time to time. Use that account only for things that you are unsure about. Keep another account for the more important stuff like the banks. You could even have a 3rd account for your general email.

    Most web browsers have an option too clear the cache and cookies. Look for it. In Safari on Mac look under the Safari menu then select Reset Safari... On Windows it's under the File Menu. In Firefox you need to look in the Preferences and the Security tab. Resetting and clearing out the cookies will also clear saved passwords. The reason to do this is because many web sites set tokens on your web browser called cookies that allow them to track you and what you do online. They can see where you are going and what you do online. For Windows this is a big problem because there are ways to install applications on the system without you knowing. Then your computer can be used to send email spam to others or even be used remotely to take over other computers. This is really only a problem on Windows but for Macs they can still track your online usage and figure things out about you that might make it easier to get you to click on something that would install an application that could take over your computer.

    For email. Set your email program to not automatically read your mail and try to use the built-in spam filters. Also set the options to not download in-line pictures and such. The pictures in spam can be used to also track you and verify your email address. If you and I get the same piece of spam the picture will actually not be in the email it's actually a picture on a web server someplace. The name of the picture is unique to each spam email so when your mail program tries to access the picture from the internet the spammers computer ticks off the unique name your computer used to get the picture. That unique name is associated with your email address.

  13. not much to do, a lot you can do? on Ask Slashdot: Identity Theft Attempt In Progress; How To Respond? · · Score: 1

    There has been not account compromise that you know of right? So there isn't much you can do. You should get your free credit report https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp This is the truly free ones. You can get one free one each year from each agency, there are 3 agencies so you can get one every 4 months. Just keep track of your financial info. You might disassociate the address they are trying to get into from any financial accounts. Change all your passwords to something good and use a password manager so you don't have to do the online reset process.

  14. Re:Welcome to Capitalism on Ron Paul Asks UN For Help Geting Control of RonPaul.com Domain From Fans · · Score: 1

    Second that!

  15. Right to self determination and defense on North Korea Announces 3rd Nuclear Test, Anti-US Aims · · Score: 1

    All nations have the right to self determination and also self defense. If they want to build nukes and rockets they can. However just like any right, if exercising it causes injures to someone else then you are fair game for retribution. Let them play with fire but if they launch on anything owned by another country then they should pay for it. Let them know if the they ever launch a nuke at the US or any of our allies that they will be annihilated.

  16. Re:OpenAFS on College CIO Predicts Tablets Will Kill Smart Boards · · Score: 2

    It's called BOX and it's there for your University if you want. http://www.internet2.edu/news/pr/2011.10.04.box.html

  17. Re:OpenAFS on College CIO Predicts Tablets Will Kill Smart Boards · · Score: 1

    There is an App for that. iYFS but it costs $3.99. OpenAFS is really a joke in this day with things like Box available. Even SharePoint lets you have WebDAV access from your i-A devices.

  18. Re:What Religious Grounds? on Indiana Nurses Fired After Refusing Flu Shots On Religious Grounds · · Score: 1

    You obviously aren't the right kind of Christian. Christian Scientists, Jehovah Witnesses and may others have their readings of scripture to back them up. http://www.vaccineriskawareness.com/Vaccines-A-Religious-Contention-

  19. Death rates? on Indiana Nurses Fired After Refusing Flu Shots On Religious Grounds · · Score: 1

    What is the death rate directly attributable to Flu shots? Then what's the death rate directly attributable to the Flu for those not vaccinated? If the death rate from the shot is lower, and I'm certain it is, then then how can any one make any kind of logical argument against getting the vaccine? Maybe someone can find the facts on this?

  20. Re:Good on Indiana Nurses Fired After Refusing Flu Shots On Religious Grounds · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have no particular evidence but here is my educated rambling. Yes if you are immunized you don't spread the virus as much as you might if you were not immunized and have the infection. You can be contagious for about 1 day without knowing you have the infection during that time you can spread it. According to the CDC http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/spread.htm

  21. Re:Slashvertisment, but: on Google Engineer Shows How To Forge Swords and Knives · · Score: 1

    yea. really WTF I'm a Silversmith by formal training so can I have my own /. article? Guess I'm not a cool engineer though. :(

  22. divorce from the TV set on Intel's Rumored TV Plans Would Compete With Apple, Google · · Score: 4, Interesting

    THis isn't the 1950's where the entire entertainment system, TV, HiFi and Phonograph are all integrated into the same box. Some one make a freekin TV monitor without all the tuners and computers in it! I know you can get monitors but could someone make one that cost less than a TV with all that crap in it. Then make the gadgets to attach to the "Monitor". Maybe we could even have 2K and 4K monitors at 50" for less thank $5K?

  23. me too, me too! I want one! on Ask Slashdot: Should Scientists Build a New Particle Collider In Japan? · · Score: 1

    Is there really a demonstrated need for another large collider? If so build it but I'm not so sure this isn't a case of tool envy.

  24. Track record? on IBM Predicts the Next 5 Years of Computing · · Score: 1

    It would be useful for someone to go back and review their previous predictions to see how often they get it right. Any volunteers? http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibm_predictions_for_future/examples/index.html

  25. On Dropbox on Petraeus Case Illustrates FBI Authority To Read Email · · Score: 2

    "Rather than transmitting emails to the other's inbox, they composed at least some messages and left them in a draft folder or in an electronic dropbox, AP said" http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/11/13/petraeus-broadwell-email/1702057/ Yea some of them may have been in the drafts folder. Sending email to your secret lover is old school and gone to get you caught. OOPS maybe it did.