Some interesting photos and data have shown up on twitter today. First, here is (I think) the original source of that photo taken by a passenger:
https://twitter.com/Eunner
Gordon Van Vleet, an Arizona-based spokesman for the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, or NETCOM, said in an email the Army is filtering "some access to press coverage and online content about the NSA leaks."
He wrote it is routine for the Department of Defense to take preventative "network hygiene" measures to mitigate unauthorized disclosures of classified information.
"We make every effort to balance the need to preserve information access with operational security," he wrote, "however, there are strict policies and directives in place regarding protecting and handling classified information."
So what happens if activists start mass-emailing the Guardian article to @mil email addresses -- will NETCOM's "strict policies" require that they disable the DoD's email servers?
ISince 9/11 I have been flying combat missions for the military. Since I now have just a little over a year before becoming a civilian again, I was wondering if any Slashdotters had any applicable advice/anecdotes. How does one effectively combine engineering/development with another professional skill-set? (Being a jet pilot in this example.)
Assuming you are a member of the US military, consider taking a civil service job with the federal government. You would be credited for your military time and your experience. The FAA probably could use you, with all the Nextgen development they are doing - check the job postings at usajobs.gov
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world’s largest software company, provides intelligence agencies with information about bugs in its popular software before it publicly releases a fix, according to two people familiar with the process. That information can be used to protect government computers and to access the computers of terrorists or military foes.
Given what intelligence agencies do with the information disclosed to them, how might a white hat ethically disclose vulnerabilities to MSFT?
Since when did the USPTO become a post World War II jobs program? What's the point of hiring 2,000 additional examiners when 2,000 rubber stamps would suffice just fine?
He has a point - during 2012, 89% of all US patent applications were granted, according to a University of Richmond School of Law study.
“It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.” - Neil Gaiman
Funny you should point that out, UT has one of the higher consumption (viewed) of porn.
Searching for "mormon porn" led me to this page that says forward thinking Mormons are getting around divine providence by using a technique called "bubbling", in which any clothed female can be made to look naked:
http://slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2010/mormon_porn.htm
The second paragraph of the linked article makes this bogus assertion:
Since 2008, when investigators led by the FBI's Washington Field Office identified Bruce E. Ivins, an Army civilian research scientist, as the sole perpetrator, the collective response has been to minimize discussion of the problem, indulge in wishful thinking, and enact cosmetic changes.
Here is a Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011 article by Salon's Glenn Greenwald, titled "Serious doubt cast on FBI’s anthrax case against Bruce Ivins - A scientific panel concludes the Government overstated its genetic evidence against Bruce Ivins":
http://www.salon.com/2011/02/16/ivans/
But every chrombook I have seen was at least $100 too expensive for what you get. For the same money, or in some cases less, you can get a real full laptop.
I consider my $250 Samsung Chromebook was money very well spent. I fly a lot for work --two roundtrips per month-- and am usually stuck in tiny "economy class" seats. I can open up the chromebook and actually type on it while sitting on a plane, even tiny regional jets. I usually can't open my regular notebook computer up on a plane because it is too big to fit between me and the seat in front of me.
The Chromebook also came with a dozen free Gogo passes. Gogo passes currently cost $14 each, if I buy them prior to my flight.... so the dozen free passes are woth $168 to me.
You know what bugs me, in the U.S. there are all these cheating types who apologize AFTER they get caught, then go on talk shows to try to explain themselves away. Lance Armstrong saw the walls closing in from the Dept. of Justice, THEN he 'fesses up, to try to get to keep as much ill-gotten money as possible.
It's nothing new and certainly ingrained. In high school back in the 80's, pretty much everyone in my courses cheated (NMB Senior, Class of 88). I never once cheated, ever, and it was galling to watch them walk away week after week with A's and 100's even though I and many others knew that it was unearned.
+1 to you as well. I graduated high school in '89 and college in '93 -- I saw lots of cheating at both institutions.
Are dere infinite ways t'screw grammar while creatin' passwo'd? ah' would dink dere are certain patterns in which sucka's mis-use grammar. Ah be baaad... ah' would imagine dough dat at some point if every one started usin' bad-ass grammar styles fo' constructin' passwo'ds, dat dose patterns would become identifiable and den someone would put togeda' a passwo'd cracka' dat would deal wid poo'-grammar-filled passwo'ds as sheeit right? ah' couldn't find da damn exact sheet t'read but da damn example on de website "igots'3cats" seems t'be some likes some language wahtahmellun dat kin be identified at some point by some urban dicshunary eyeballer. Right On!
Perhaps that increased moment of inertia has a flywheel effect that helps ease the pedaling? I wouldn't expect it to make a difference, but then again bicycle racing is so incredibly optimized -- just look at those stupid looking helmets bicycle racers wear to improve their aerodynamics -- so perhaps the riders can tell the difference.
If you have 200 kids and teachers all armed with RFID tags then you can simply lock the doors for the day and not let anyone else in, why is this a good idea? Simple school shooters, they can't get in the school so potentially you create a safer environment.
The Newtown shooter shot his way through a locked door.
If the school had required RFID tags, then the shooter could have used a RFID-scanner to find the children who hid in closets.
These same students will have RFID tags in their driver's license when they're old enough to drive and if their state has enhanced ID systems.
I keep my driver's license inside a sleeve that prevents the RFID from being scanned.... the students can't do that with badges they are supposed to wear.
Slashdot Mirror
Second, here is a photo, taken across a small bay, showing the plane crashing: https://twitter.com/stefanielaine/status/353591123958173696/photo/1
And, most interesting, a comparison of flightpath data (from flightaware.com) of yesterday's flight against today's flight: https://twitter.com/sbaker/status/353611787750494208/photo/1
While I am no expert, it looks like it hit the ground short of the runway, like the previous crash of a 777 (BA 34).
This XKCD suddenly became topical again: http://xkcd.com/327/
The full story is posted at the Monterey Co. Herald's website: http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_23554739/restricted-web-access-guardian-is-army-wide-officials The article says:
Gordon Van Vleet, an Arizona-based spokesman for the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, or NETCOM, said in an email the Army is filtering "some access to press coverage and online content about the NSA leaks."
He wrote it is routine for the Department of Defense to take preventative "network hygiene" measures to mitigate unauthorized disclosures of classified information.
"We make every effort to balance the need to preserve information access with operational security," he wrote, "however, there are strict policies and directives in place regarding protecting and handling classified information."
So what happens if activists start mass-emailing the Guardian article to @mil email addresses -- will NETCOM's "strict policies" require that they disable the DoD's email servers?
ISince 9/11 I have been flying combat missions for the military. Since I now have just a little over a year before becoming a civilian again, I was wondering if any Slashdotters had any applicable advice/anecdotes. How does one effectively combine engineering/development with another professional skill-set? (Being a jet pilot in this example.)
Assuming you are a member of the US military, consider taking a civil service job with the federal government. You would be credited for your military time and your experience. The FAA probably could use you, with all the Nextgen development they are doing - check the job postings at usajobs.gov
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world’s largest software company, provides intelligence agencies with information about bugs in its popular software before it publicly releases a fix, according to two people familiar with the process. That information can be used to protect government computers and to access the computers of terrorists or military foes.
Given what intelligence agencies do with the information disclosed to them, how might a white hat ethically disclose vulnerabilities to MSFT?
Newts are amphibians!!!!
Not all of them; this newt is a cretin: A cretin named newt
From the lawyer's letter:
Since when did the USPTO become a post World War II jobs program? What's the point of hiring 2,000 additional examiners when 2,000 rubber stamps would suffice just fine?
He has a point - during 2012, 89% of all US patent applications were granted, according to a University of Richmond School of Law study.
“It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.” - Neil Gaiman
Funny you should point that out, UT has one of the higher consumption (viewed) of porn.
Searching for "mormon porn" led me to this page that says forward thinking Mormons are getting around divine providence by using a technique called "bubbling", in which any clothed female can be made to look naked: http://slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2010/mormon_porn.htm
The second paragraph of the linked article makes this bogus assertion:
Since 2008, when investigators led by the FBI's Washington Field Office identified Bruce E. Ivins, an Army civilian research scientist, as the sole perpetrator, the collective response has been to minimize discussion of the problem, indulge in wishful thinking, and enact cosmetic changes.
Here is a Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011 article by Salon's Glenn Greenwald, titled "Serious doubt cast on FBI’s anthrax case against Bruce Ivins - A scientific panel concludes the Government overstated its genetic evidence against Bruce Ivins": http://www.salon.com/2011/02/16/ivans/
But every chrombook I have seen was at least $100 too expensive for what you get. For the same money, or in some cases less, you can get a real full laptop.
I consider my $250 Samsung Chromebook was money very well spent. I fly a lot for work --two roundtrips per month-- and am usually stuck in tiny "economy class" seats. I can open up the chromebook and actually type on it while sitting on a plane, even tiny regional jets. I usually can't open my regular notebook computer up on a plane because it is too big to fit between me and the seat in front of me.
The Chromebook also came with a dozen free Gogo passes. Gogo passes currently cost $14 each, if I buy them prior to my flight.... so the dozen free passes are woth $168 to me.
Why do I even bother to come to Slashdot on April first?
Because it is the one day all year long on which there won't be any dupes!
They ought to let us bid on them. I bid five hundred dollars.
I will match your five hundred dollars, so we now have a bid of $1000.
You know what bugs me, in the U.S. there are all these cheating types who apologize AFTER they get caught, then go on talk shows to try to explain themselves away. Lance Armstrong saw the walls closing in from the Dept. of Justice, THEN he 'fesses up, to try to get to keep as much ill-gotten money as possible.
Sports Illustrated magazine pointed out that Armstrong waited until the five-year statute of limitations (on federal perjury charges) ran out before be confessed to Oprah: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20130118/lance-armstrong-legal-implications/
+1 your comment.
It's nothing new and certainly ingrained. In high school back in the 80's, pretty much everyone in my courses cheated (NMB Senior, Class of 88). I never once cheated, ever, and it was galling to watch them walk away week after week with A's and 100's even though I and many others knew that it was unearned.
+1 to you as well. I graduated high school in '89 and college in '93 -- I saw lots of cheating at both institutions.
1. get a spare battery.
Can't be done for Apple devices.
2. get a long arm to hold your device for you.
Thereby making the iPad look as stupid as possible by trying to support itself like the Surface
How much did Microsoft pay for this article?
Are dere infinite ways t'screw grammar while creatin' passwo'd? ah' would dink dere are certain patterns in which sucka's mis-use grammar. Ah be baaad... ah' would imagine dough dat at some point if every one started usin' bad-ass grammar styles fo' constructin' passwo'ds, dat dose patterns would become identifiable and den someone would put togeda' a passwo'd cracka' dat would deal wid poo'-grammar-filled passwo'ds as sheeit right? ah' couldn't find da damn exact sheet t'read but da damn example on de website "igots'3cats" seems t'be some likes some language wahtahmellun dat kin be identified at some point by some urban dicshunary eyeballer. Right On!
Judging by the photos, it appears that the Crank with Z-pedals has a larger Moment of Inertia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_of_inertia) than the Crank without Z-pedals.
Perhaps that increased moment of inertia has a flywheel effect that helps ease the pedaling? I wouldn't expect it to make a difference, but then again bicycle racing is so incredibly optimized -- just look at those stupid looking helmets bicycle racers wear to improve their aerodynamics -- so perhaps the riders can tell the difference.
If you have 200 kids and teachers all armed with RFID tags then you can simply lock the doors for the day and not let anyone else in, why is this a good idea? Simple school shooters, they can't get in the school so potentially you create a safer environment.
The Newtown shooter shot his way through a locked door.
If the school had required RFID tags, then the shooter could have used a RFID-scanner to find the children who hid in closets.
These same students will have RFID tags in their driver's license when they're old enough to drive and if their state has enhanced ID systems.
I keep my driver's license inside a sleeve that prevents the RFID from being scanned.... the students can't do that with badges they are supposed to wear.
I can review things just fine and I don't need to keep several papers in front of me. It's called a brain and notepad.
What material is your notepad made out of?
Thank you, greg1104 -- your sequencing of the events is very helpful!
On the sell side, we have this.
Thank you for that reminder AC, but Larry and Oracle are hardly neutral sources on anything related to HP:
Former HP CEO Selected As Oracle Co-President (September 7, 2010)
HP Sues Hurd For Joining Oracle (September 7, 2010)
HP Spent Over $80M To Get Rid of Its CEOs (September 26, 2011)
Ex-HP CEO Hurd Pays $14 Million Oracle Pledge Fee (September 21, 2011)
Wow!! Colonel Sanders lived to 90 eating that crappy chicken?!?
No; he lived to 90 by *selling* that crappy chicken to others to eat.
Pass the Ketchup, Dad.
I'd much prefer "Then quit bitching and pack up your shit. Mexico isn't very far away"
The White House should suggest the petitioners "Self-Deportation" themselves to Mexico!