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  1. running at 1080p on $299 Android Gaming Tablet Reviewed · · Score: 4, Funny

    "running at 1080p"
    Take that, Xbone.

  2. They have no accountability on Exodus Intelligence Details Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Tails OS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So they are selling vulnerabilities to hackers rather than telling the source maintainers? That's irresponsible at best.

  3. Buy a bad phone, what do you expect? on Why My LG Optimus Cellphone Is Worse Than It's Supposed To Be · · Score: 1

    If you want a good lg phone, buy a Nexus 5 without a contract (~$350) and get monthly plan with unlimited everything plan ~$45.

  4. Re:New potential battleground? on Preparing For Satellite Defense · · Score: 2

    What kinds of countermeasures are available? You can't intercept a laser, or is there some kind of coating they use? You can't easily dodge with the amount of fuel most satellites have. If there is another full scale war vs a major wold power, I don't think our satellites will last long. Hopefully we have practiced using other sorts of navigation.

  5. Update yo software on New Mayhem Malware Targets Linux and UNIX-Like Servers · · Score: 2

    For those who don't read articles, this appears to happen if you don't auto-update your software and are running php. Not to many details on what versions of software they are using, but it may be a time for a sudo apt-get upgrade.

  6. Re:Broader implications on Interviews: Ask Dr. Andy Chun About Artificial Intelligence · · Score: 1

    This is what I came to ask. I imagine any system with a lot of sensors and measurements of success (like the subway uptime) would be the low hanging fruits.
    If the idea of self driving cars becomes popular in the next 15 years, you could mitigate a lot of traffic issues with correct planning (assuming a majority of the drivers use it).

  7. Facebook could do more on Mozilla Doubles Down on JPEG Encoding with mozjpeg 2.0 · · Score: 1

    If Facebook really wanted to help reduce global bandwidth and was willing to play hardball, they would just switch their images to webP suddenly, and display a message to update your browser if you cant see them. Microsoft would have to fold if suddenly their browser didn't show images. Not sure if FB is large enough to survive the backlash, but if they are we could see new codecs in IE within the month.

  8. Re:Hard to get excited. on Mozilla Doubles Down on JPEG Encoding with mozjpeg 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Who's to say they don't have a few coders working on better video codecs? They seem at least to be hiring for video chat: https://www.facebook.com/caree... Every bit counts with a site their size. Google doesn't even close its tags.

  9. Re:We all hate legacy code on Ask Slashdot: Choosing a Web Language That's Long-Lived, and Not Too Buzzy? · · Score: 1

    That is a really shitty comparison, they cheat and try to make Java look a lot slower than it is.

    The Java version they used was 5 years old, asked the system what the total memory and free memory used was during the loop multiple times per iteration (none of the other ones ask in the loop even once), and uses immutable Strings rather than a StringBuilder.

  10. Java, using Spring Boot with an AngularJS frontend.

  11. Re:Public Failure on Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Heads Into Home Stretch · · Score: 1

    "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."

    - Socrates, 469-399 B.C.

    Don't worry too much. The children will grow up, and invent some shit that we haven't even thought of yet. Sure they may seem dumb to us now, but a few will learn and lead the rest.

  12. I.Q. is a flawed system of measurement. on Match.com, Mensa Create Dating Site For Geniuses · · Score: 2

    People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. - Stephen Hawking

  13. There are a few things we can do. on The Security Industry Is Failing Miserably At Fixing Underlying Dangers · · Score: 1

    Underlying dangers: the user?

    What we should do is research safe alternatives for languages (http://www.rust-lang.org/), more sandboxing of who can access what (SELinux, AppArmor), and better and simpler libraries (LibreSSL). No plugin Auto-run for untrusted sites.

    Antivirus is cool and all, but its not as good as fixing the bugs. Unfortunately it is more profitable.

  14. Re:There's no money in being secure on The Security Industry Is Failing Miserably At Fixing Underlying Dangers · · Score: 1

    Also programmers would start getting paid like doctors, so costs would rise. (doctors who's patients were undergoing targeted attacks)

  15. Re:subject on Searching For Ocean Life On Another World · · Score: 1

    They probably will use a big version of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...

  16. Obligatory on Searching For Ocean Life On Another World · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Attempt no landing there.

    But seriously, cool stuff.

    How do they plan to send communications back to earth from under the ice? I assume they will have a rover on the surface that will communicate with the diver and possibly a satellite, that will communicate with us.

  17. This is a start on US House of Representatives Votes To Cut Funding To NSA · · Score: 1

    This is good. We should not pay to have our products secretly weakened.

  18. Use Git on Code Spaces Hosting Shutting Down After Attacker Deletes All Data · · Score: 1

    This is why distributed version control is important (git/mercurial), even if you think SVN is easier. Sometimes your remote server will disappear, whether its hackers, fires, or someone forgot to pay the bill.

  19. Re:Another case of 'same, but with a computer' on Life Sentences For Serious Cyberattacks Proposed In Britain · · Score: 1

    What if someone cuts the water or power to the hospitol and mixes suger in the gas of the generator? There is no reason this should specifically include computers and not other attacks.

  20. So we are building a machine that can counter hack on DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge Offers $3.75 Million In Prizes · · Score: 1

    Of course, the whole point of a Cyber Doomsday Machine is lost, if you keep it a secret. Why didn't you tell the world, eh?

  21. Re:So they are begginig the monopoly on Google Announces 'End-To-End' Encryption Extension For Chrome · · Score: 1

    The advantage is that Google does not have to give them anything that will decrypt your messages if they get subpoena, they have to get the key from the message receiver. Which means the person who got the message either gets tipped off, or they have to hack your computer.

  22. Re:180 satellites... on Google To Spend $1 Billion On Fleet of Satellites · · Score: 2

    Also, you will have less latency than if they were in geosynchronous orbit because they are closer. Which is a significant factor if people want to use them for real time communication.

  23. Re:NSA on Security Researchers Threatened With US Cybercrime Laws · · Score: 1

    +1 Sad But True.

  24. That will teach those mathematicians on Zazzle.com Thinks Depictions of Pi Are Protected Intellectual Property · · Score: 1

    You can't copyright or patent math, but it seems you can trademark it!

  25. Even I can beat the old way on Scientists Find Method To Reliably Teleport Data · · Score: 1

    only one of every 100 million attempts succeeded

    I can beat that in software.

    bool getMessage() {
    return rand() % 2 == 1;
    }