Whoever thinks this is a big issue should evaluate how much security we can expect from computers. Scams like this can be pulled off by sending IRL mail as well and are equally hard to detect by humans. Why should we expect an automated algorithm to be able to detect it?
Scams like this are only going to stop when every move you make on the Internet can be tracked down straight back to you. We're getting closer and closer to a decision: Privacy or security.
What's Slashdot's pick?
What a typical short-sighted "hail DIY" comment.
First of all, I doubt you're going to be able to fit the cores of your choice in that PS3 or slam 960GB of memory in there. It can hardly be called easy to use and I'm guessing Sony's support for your cluster is going to be disappointing as well because you're basically bankrupting them.
There should be clauses in your contract that handle intellectual property. If there's something like: "projects developed in a company setting are owned by the company" you should be careful because a judge might view using the company laptop as being in a company setting.
20 years ago few people had a cell phone. Nobody "needed" it back then but it's pretty indispensible now isn't it. You can't need something if you don't know it exists.
It's unfair to both the victims of Tianenmen square and the lives lost now to compare both.
Let's pretend you should know for sure the elections weren't rigged. Would you approve of the opposition causing riots 24/7?
And, for what it's worth, this slashdotter is a PhD student in machine learning (responding to the GP's comment about 2 PhD students vs a slashdotter).
Getting offtopic now but: I didn't intend to be offensive. You wouldn't want someone with a to believe someone with a statistics degree to claim Turing is an idiot right?:-)
Hmm. I wonder what's more likely, a corrupt regime where the most influential leader is the highest religious authority as well or a government led by a democratically elected president.
This is ridiculous. You can't just conjure up some irrelevant examples and use them as an argument when they have absolutely nothing to do with it. E.g. with the coin flip test, the correct analogy would be to check what the chances are for less than 40 heads/more than 60 tails after 100 coin flips. The chances for this happening are indeed very low. That is why it is so impressive that they had 5% of the times 5 as last digit and 17% a 7. The 1/200 is not the chance to have the 5% and 17% (that would be a lot lower) but the chance of having suspicious results vs. the chance of them being false.
Besides: n/o but I'd rather believe a study made by two PhD students instead of some slashdotter.
First they tried with war. Now they are trying to bring down the government. The oposition is a puppet of USA. The elections were valid. The protests are initiated by CIA and the news coverage is unfair. And, besides, we don't really care what happens to Iran and whether the USA appointed president will finally manage to take over Iran and make it McDonalds country. Really, if we cared we'd visit CNN.com or something.
There have to be other ways to motivate pupils other than paying them. By paying them, essentially what you're doing is showing education is useful, why not find some more reasons why certain knowledge is useful?
E.g. shows like Numb3rs should spark interest for maths.
Teaching kids they study only to earn money may shape them into well-earning materialists but it's not going to spark the creativity needed to create little Einsteins.
Imagine when they're going to college and need to pay to be able to study instead of getting payed to study. They probably won't bother if they never learned why they really should study. People better not get any ideas after this study...
The big difference is: Other religions don't charge you that much money.
Their beliefs are not founded on ancient human suffering or a quest for answers, even the basics of their faith are entirely invented by an entrepreneur.
(Yes, Dan Brown learned us a lot of the Roman Catholic traditions are made up as well but only after 3 centuries and they didn't do this for immediate personal gain)
I applaud the bravery but I think they're asking too much. I'd focus now on convincing the judge filesharing should be regarded as fair use, making the RIAA repay their debts afterwards will be easy as pie.
Making the RIAA repay first may even be easier. Although I'm not familiar with their justice system, in my opinion this looks more unfair and I'm sure a fair judge will feel the same way.
I'm guessing they're aiming high and ask a lot to have a bigger chance to get at least a small success. And... you never know.
Have you read the Wiki article of the post I was replying to? His talents go far beyond being a good lawyer. He graduated Bachelor of Science at his sixteenth. He's obviously a genius, in my opinion he's wasting his talents on matters that will be unimportant in 20 years time, yet he could be providing significant help to science.
I wonder why he's "wasting" his time fighting bullies like RIAA in court instead of doing something really useful by trying to solve humanity's biggest problems.
Pro bono basically means the lawyer is free. This doesn't mean the lawyer doesn't get anything out of the deal though.
If I were a young, smart, talented lawyer like him I would try and get some experience and boost my career with a hard high-profile case like this too. Even if it means I don't get a penny out of it right now, the reward will be large in the long run.
*STILL SPOILERS*
If he wouldn't have been chased he would've headed for the Federation camp immediately. Having one animal kill the other adds to the excitement I guess. It doesn't make sense why the big one leaves the medium one alone to chase the small creature. Or why he's afraid of the tiny torch.
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I think nobody guessed anyone would care about visiting a website of a non-profit organization?
1024 bit RSA keys are already considered insecure due to the possibility of finding more efficient algorithms. 2048 is considered secure enough.
Whoever thinks this is a big issue should evaluate how much security we can expect from computers. Scams like this can be pulled off by sending IRL mail as well and are equally hard to detect by humans. Why should we expect an automated algorithm to be able to detect it? Scams like this are only going to stop when every move you make on the Internet can be tracked down straight back to you. We're getting closer and closer to a decision: Privacy or security. What's Slashdot's pick?
That must mean Android sales skyrocketed from 2 to 7 users! :D
On a more serious note: I love Google products, if only they'd market them better they'd be at the top with the iPhone easily.
What a typical short-sighted "hail DIY" comment. First of all, I doubt you're going to be able to fit the cores of your choice in that PS3 or slam 960GB of memory in there. It can hardly be called easy to use and I'm guessing Sony's support for your cluster is going to be disappointing as well because you're basically bankrupting them.
There should be clauses in your contract that handle intellectual property. If there's something like: "projects developed in a company setting are owned by the company" you should be careful because a judge might view using the company laptop as being in a company setting.
For humans, this desire to search is not just about fulfilling our physical needs.
errr, yes it is?
I don't suppose it's that vital for fighting spam or otherwise it would be government controlled wouldn't it?
20 years ago few people had a cell phone. Nobody "needed" it back then but it's pretty indispensible now isn't it. You can't need something if you don't know it exists.
It's unfair to both the victims of Tianenmen square and the lives lost now to compare both. Let's pretend you should know for sure the elections weren't rigged. Would you approve of the opposition causing riots 24/7?
And, for what it's worth, this slashdotter is a PhD student in machine learning (responding to the GP's comment about 2 PhD students vs a slashdotter).
Getting offtopic now but: I didn't intend to be offensive. You wouldn't want someone with a to believe someone with a statistics degree to claim Turing is an idiot right? :-)
Hmm. I wonder what's more likely, a corrupt regime where the most influential leader is the highest religious authority as well or a government led by a democratically elected president.
This is ridiculous. You can't just conjure up some irrelevant examples and use them as an argument when they have absolutely nothing to do with it. E.g. with the coin flip test, the correct analogy would be to check what the chances are for less than 40 heads/more than 60 tails after 100 coin flips. The chances for this happening are indeed very low. That is why it is so impressive that they had 5% of the times 5 as last digit and 17% a 7. The 1/200 is not the chance to have the 5% and 17% (that would be a lot lower) but the chance of having suspicious results vs. the chance of them being false.
Besides: n/o but I'd rather believe a study made by two PhD students instead of some slashdotter.
First they tried with war. Now they are trying to bring down the government. The oposition is a puppet of USA. The elections were valid. The protests are initiated by CIA and the news coverage is unfair. And, besides, we don't really care what happens to Iran and whether the USA appointed president will finally manage to take over Iran and make it McDonalds country. Really, if we cared we'd visit CNN.com or something.
Mahmoud! You here! How are things?
This must be part of Obama's Grand Vision for America. After all, as Slashdotters, we all know that:
In Soviet Russia, Schools PAY YOU!!!!
Shhhht, don't give Fox News any ideas.
There have to be other ways to motivate pupils other than paying them. By paying them, essentially what you're doing is showing education is useful, why not find some more reasons why certain knowledge is useful? E.g. shows like Numb3rs should spark interest for maths. Teaching kids they study only to earn money may shape them into well-earning materialists but it's not going to spark the creativity needed to create little Einsteins.
Imagine when they're going to college and need to pay to be able to study instead of getting payed to study. They probably won't bother if they never learned why they really should study. People better not get any ideas after this study...
What? I thought Hillary didn't make it to president after all?
The big difference is: Other religions don't charge you that much money. Their beliefs are not founded on ancient human suffering or a quest for answers, even the basics of their faith are entirely invented by an entrepreneur.
(Yes, Dan Brown learned us a lot of the Roman Catholic traditions are made up as well but only after 3 centuries and they didn't do this for immediate personal gain)
I applaud the bravery but I think they're asking too much. I'd focus now on convincing the judge filesharing should be regarded as fair use, making the RIAA repay their debts afterwards will be easy as pie. Making the RIAA repay first may even be easier. Although I'm not familiar with their justice system, in my opinion this looks more unfair and I'm sure a fair judge will feel the same way. I'm guessing they're aiming high and ask a lot to have a bigger chance to get at least a small success. And... you never know.
Smart move from Nokia trying to outsell the iPhone
Have you read the Wiki article of the post I was replying to? His talents go far beyond being a good lawyer. He graduated Bachelor of Science at his sixteenth. He's obviously a genius, in my opinion he's wasting his talents on matters that will be unimportant in 20 years time, yet he could be providing significant help to science.
I wonder why he's "wasting" his time fighting bullies like RIAA in court instead of doing something really useful by trying to solve humanity's biggest problems.
Pro bono basically means the lawyer is free. This doesn't mean the lawyer doesn't get anything out of the deal though. If I were a young, smart, talented lawyer like him I would try and get some experience and boost my career with a hard high-profile case like this too. Even if it means I don't get a penny out of it right now, the reward will be large in the long run.
*STILL SPOILERS* If he wouldn't have been chased he would've headed for the Federation camp immediately. Having one animal kill the other adds to the excitement I guess. It doesn't make sense why the big one leaves the medium one alone to chase the small creature. Or why he's afraid of the tiny torch.