If he was truly concerned about the safety of airline security like he claims, why would he sacrifice the safety of others by making a boarding pass generator to make a point?
Writing a research paper is one thing, but posting a boarding pass generator on the internet is pretty serious stuff. I find it very shocking that the FBI dropped the case. I think people have been sent to Guantanamo for much less.
I'm not trying to make anyone angry, but just something I thought after reading the article: Would the results have been different if he wasn't white?
I guess times have changed... In 8th grade, if I would have logged into a *computer* to show someone all of my "friends" I would have gotten a smacked upside the head, laughed at and then promptly called a nerd.
Ones ability to process information is not directly correlated with technology. It doesn't matter if they are using a webpage or a real book [GASP].
They asked participants to "select a research statement for a class assignment." Unless they had to select the research statement randomly by writing a Java program this is not an issue of being a "Techno idiot."
The participants were then asked to "[assess] the objectivity of the [a web site.]" Would the results have been any different if they asked them to assess the objectivity of information found in the news paper?
There was one issue that may have actually discussed technology, ones ability to narrow down search results. However, would the results have been the same if the users had used a card catalog, assuming that the (see also) tags were removed. (For those of you that have never seen a card catalog)
This just in... By being green Microsoft is actually worsening the global warming situation. According to a CNN article: air pollution may be just what the doctor ordered to combat global warming.
So we can concur that Microsoft is indeed still bad, they are still doing evil when they think they've done something good.
I was worried for a second, now I can go back to sleep./phew
I'm at work so I don't feel safe Ring'TFA, but this just seems wrong!
If you do a Google search for pr0n you get way more hits than searching for, I don't know, say, OMG PONIEZ! Obviously, I'm not going to try that now at work, so I'm guessing on this one.
Actually, I subconsciously knew that, I was just frantically typing to get first post. I got caught up in the heat of the moment. Sorry fellow/.'ers. I meant to say ES&S not BlackBox, my bad.
Having the Slashdot community look at front-end of the software is not going to do much good. We can tell you that the buttons look bad, or text is too hard to read. Beyond that, we can't tell you where the exact problems are. Open up your source code and let us poke around a little bit, and then we'll show you where your real problems are hiding.
If BlackBox is worried about people saving a list of exploits for a zero-day attack they can put their software through a strict accreditation process before they reveal their final release.
I completely agree. Everyone is too sue happy over petty things in this country. I don't like telemarketers, in fact it makes me rather angry when they call in the middle of supper, but there is a simple solution to this problem. Instead of taking time out of your day to document all of the calls you receive, take time off work, show up in court and tell them how this telemarketer has ruined your life... Just hang up the phone, and go back to the table.
Some will argue that they are being called on their cellphones and it is wasting their minutes. Even if you get charged a $1 a minute for your calls, is it really worth a $1 to take these people to court? Sure you may get some money out of the deal, but you are certainly not going to stop telemarketers forever.
I understand what you are saying, and I hate spam just as much as everyone else does, but anti-spam services are not a necessity.
People can just go through and manually delete the 150+ pen15 enlargement adds they get a day.
Its kind of like making a robber pay for your home security system after they get caught. We shouldn't have to pay for it, we are not going to rob our own house.
Just think if one in every 10,000 people you spammed actually bought the product, that gets you some revenue. Then take all the banner adds you have on your site (some non-techie people may click the link just to see), more revenue. That fine may just be a drop in the bucket for a "successful spammer."
But you need to look at the other side of things too. Anti-spam companies are making a lot of money from spam too. Just look at all of the different Anti-spam products you can purchase. That's probably why these guys are not getting stiffer penalties, deep down anti-spam corporations "have a thing" for spam.
Did you even read the link you put in your comment?
In computing, FLOPS (or flops) is an abbreviation of Floating Point Operations Per Second. This is used as a measure of a computer's performance, especially in fields of scientific calculations that make heavy use of floating point calculations.
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Just in time for the holiday shopping season!!! Revenge for all the ugly shirts, sweaters and every other "squishy' gift. [Evil laugh]
Someone didn't get the joke...
Apple has known security bugs and yet people still focus on killing Windows boxes. I'd like to know Apple's secret.
Its good to know that I still meet the definition of a nerd by today's standards!
If he was truly concerned about the safety of airline security like he claims, why would he sacrifice the safety of others by making a boarding pass generator to make a point?
Writing a research paper is one thing, but posting a boarding pass generator on the internet is pretty serious stuff. I find it very shocking that the FBI dropped the case. I think people have been sent to Guantanamo for much less.
I'm not trying to make anyone angry, but just something I thought after reading the article: Would the results have been different if he wasn't white?
I guess times have changed... In 8th grade, if I would have logged into a *computer* to show someone all of my "friends" I would have gotten a smacked upside the head, laughed at and then promptly called a nerd.
Ones ability to process information is not directly correlated with technology. It doesn't matter if they are using a webpage or a real book [GASP].
They asked participants to "select a research statement for a class assignment." Unless they had to select the research statement randomly by writing a Java program this is not an issue of being a "Techno idiot."
The participants were then asked to "[assess] the objectivity of the [a web site.]" Would the results have been any different if they asked them to assess the objectivity of information found in the news paper?
There was one issue that may have actually discussed technology, ones ability to narrow down search results. However, would the results have been the same if the users had used a card catalog, assuming that the (see also) tags were removed. (For those of you that have never seen a card catalog)
This just in... By being green Microsoft is actually worsening the global warming situation. According to a CNN article: air pollution may be just what the doctor ordered to combat global warming.
/phew
So we can concur that Microsoft is indeed still bad, they are still doing evil when they think they've done something good.
I was worried for a second, now I can go back to sleep.
AMEN! Mod parent up!!!
1. PONIEZ!1
2. Pr0n
3. ???
4. Profit
I'm at work so I don't feel safe Ring'TFA, but this just seems wrong!
If you do a Google search for pr0n you get way more hits than searching for, I don't know, say, OMG PONIEZ! Obviously, I'm not going to try that now at work, so I'm guessing on this one.
Does someone want to do this study over?
I wish I would have had this "study guide" before I took my CISSP exam.
Umm... Its QWERTY, not QUERTY. Didn't typing the U slow you down?
Actually, I subconsciously knew that, I was just frantically typing to get first post. I got caught up in the heat of the moment. Sorry fellow /.'ers. I meant to say ES&S not BlackBox, my bad.
Having the Slashdot community look at front-end of the software is not going to do much good. We can tell you that the buttons look bad, or text is too hard to read. Beyond that, we can't tell you where the exact problems are. Open up your source code and let us poke around a little bit, and then we'll show you where your real problems are hiding.
If BlackBox is worried about people saving a list of exploits for a zero-day attack they can put their software through a strict accreditation process before they reveal their final release.
I completely agree. Everyone is too sue happy over petty things in this country. I don't like telemarketers, in fact it makes me rather angry when they call in the middle of supper, but there is a simple solution to this problem. Instead of taking time out of your day to document all of the calls you receive, take time off work, show up in court and tell them how this telemarketer has ruined your life... Just hang up the phone, and go back to the table.
Some will argue that they are being called on their cellphones and it is wasting their minutes. Even if you get charged a $1 a minute for your calls, is it really worth a $1 to take these people to court? Sure you may get some money out of the deal, but you are certainly not going to stop telemarketers forever.
I'm guessing it's for things like the Patriot Act, or tiered internet that deal with technology related issues.
Yeah, it mentions nothing about eBay in the article!
How could someone mistake comedy gold for a troll?!
I understand what you are saying, and I hate spam just as much as everyone else does, but anti-spam services are not a necessity.
People can just go through and manually delete the 150+ pen15 enlargement adds they get a day.
Its kind of like making a robber pay for your home security system after they get caught. We shouldn't have to pay for it, we are not going to rob our own house.
Wow, I never thought of it that way.
Just think if one in every 10,000 people you spammed actually bought the product, that gets you some revenue. Then take all the banner adds you have on your site (some non-techie people may click the link just to see), more revenue. That fine may just be a drop in the bucket for a "successful spammer."
But you need to look at the other side of things too. Anti-spam companies are making a lot of money from spam too. Just look at all of the different Anti-spam products you can purchase. That's probably why these guys are not getting stiffer penalties, deep down anti-spam corporations "have a thing" for spam.
Now you did it, you just gave another art grad another idea.
Didn't these scientists ever watch Jumanji? We do not need super mosquitos, the ones we already have will do.
Ummm, no... Floating Point Operations Per Second