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  1. Obligatory cartoon on Why Do So Many Liberals "Like" Mitt Romney On Facebook? · · Score: 1
  2. An excellent way of enforcing control on Russian Officials Consider Ban On Wi-Fi Use For Kids · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To be sure that one does not offer Wi-Fi for kids, the only solution is to require authentication with a real name or similar. Else, the government can arrest you because you cannot prove that a kid did not use your network.

    A very smart move to hide the real reason; more control.

  3. Remember Bilbo Baggins! on Why It's Bad That Smartphones Have Banished Boredom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sometimes he felt the need to take it out and hide from the real world.
    Always in his pocket, the temptation grew stronger and stronger.

  4. The problem can be avoided by using another dialer on Samsung Smartphones Vulnerable To Remote Wipe Hack · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Luckily Android can be very customized and thus we can work around this.

    This can be blocked if you use an alternative Dialer App.
    E.g. Exdialer (free).

    Read the XDA thread where they investigate.

    "The best solution i see at the moment is to install another dialer - when you navigate to malicious page android will display "choose dialer" dialog before doing anything, and you can cancel the operation by pressing back button. Just don't check "default" checkbox." (Source).

    Of course, a confirmation dialogue should have been shown for *any* USSD codes.

    To be honest, I still find it crazy that anybody can borrow a Samsung-phone and press *2767*3855# on the dialer and it would wipe it. This will probably not be fixed even if Samsung patches the dialer.

  5. The total FAIL of Norway on Java Exploit Patched? Not So Fast · · Score: 1

    In Norway, all banks use a common login-system called BankID (a joint-developed PKI solution).

    This solution requires Java to be installed at client.

    It's quite hilarious.
    This basically leaves a complete country vulnerable when these exploits go wild.

  6. Don't forget education on Ask Slashdot: What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert? · · Score: 1

    Make sure candidates have a long experience with Windows. Writing scripts and monitoring/logging should have been used at work before.

    But, running software is no longer a job just at technical level. It's about understanding customer needs and also to some extent really know how applications work. If you get hold of well educated people, their grades will show how well they can relate to new stuff.

    And, stay away from people bragging their certification level. Certifications are not hard, just expensive. MCSE is really Must Consult Someone Educated.

  7. Pen and paper or Stylus! on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Take Notes In the Modern Classroom? · · Score: 1

    Well laugh all you can, but stylus might be the only computer-like noting tool I can accept. Else I choose paper.

  8. So when's the console coming, Valve? on Is It Time For an OpenGL Gaming Revolution? · · Score: 1
  9. Re:And why can't they sleep? on Stroke Risk Spikes In Healthy Adults Who Don't Get Enough Sleep · · Score: 1

    Nice. You reacted.

    There are vast studies of the pulse lowering when you sleep. Thus heart resting.

    There are also studies that shows that people with a higher pulse than their normal average is more likely having a death risk if they do not manage to get their pulse lowered to their previous average.

  10. And why can't they sleep? on Stroke Risk Spikes In Healthy Adults Who Don't Get Enough Sleep · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is a chicken-and-egg mystery. Concluding that the health risk is because of bad sleep is just a statistically qualified conclusion.

    People often cannot sleep because of a lot of different problems. Most of them are diffuse, and sadly often treated by medicines that just help you sleep or similar.

    Finding the cause of why you can't sleep is very time consuming and often impossible by current technology, unless you believe Dr House is a representative of the average doctor.

    The heart is a muscle like any other; it needs to have a break. This is called sleep and should last at least 5-6 hours every day. When you cannot sleep, it might be because the circulation of blood is somehow hindered, or something else sending warning signals to our brain that something is wrong. Thus one gets alert and one cannot sleep.

    If one has trouble sleeping over a long period, the heart muscle gets tired. A very dangerous situation likely to end in a stroke.

    (Mind you, I am not a doctor.)

  11. About the movie "The Great Global Warming Swindle" on Losing the Public Debate On Global Warming · · Score: 1

    I myself is pretty sure about the environment getting a touch of human hand. However the movie "The Great Global Warming Swindle" is a must-watch for seeing both sides of this debate. This is no "bogus" movie. It simply shows that the sun might be the 99% of climate change and human maybe less than 1%.

    From Wikipedia: "The programme's publicity materials assert that man-made global warming is "a lie" and "the biggest scam of modern times."

    The film stars over 12 professors from well known universities. This movie is an important view of the climate change.

    Article on Wikipedia
    Watch it on Youtube.

    This is not for disturbing debate. It's simply providing another view which was shocking to me.

  12. Give him any book. Pull the plug on the internet.
    Tell him that he will get internet back when he has made a small math- guessing-game. ;)

  13. First real breach in Windows for a loong time on Microsoft: RDP Vulnerability Should Be Patched Immediately · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has been counting IE security holes as Remote Execution a long time, which actually requires user intervention at the client-side.

    I'm rather surprised that it took this long before somebody found a possible breach in the RDP implementation.

  14. Why not more evidence in article? on Windows 8 Features With Linux Antecedents · · Score: 1

    The article seem to only indicate borrowed stuff. But where's the images from Ubuntu and other OSes that proves similarity? For me, as a Windows user, I cannot relate to a lot of what this article try to prove.

  15. But can it run Win8????? on New Spark Tablet To Come Loaded With KDE's Active Plasma Interface · · Score: 0

    The obvious non-nerd question

  16. We all call for it! UAC for Linux! on Exploits Emerge For Linux Privilege Escalation Flaw · · Score: 0

    Start programming, Linus!

  17. Smartphones cannot forward encrypted emails on Do Slashdotters Encrypt Their Email? · · Score: 1

    Well we used to do signaturing (digital signatures) emails in Outlook, however it's a problem for people using smart phones. Or, at least Android phones. People could not forward the mails as the phones lacked these features. So we had to end signing.

    It's about time the Exchange client gets upgraded on Android. It really sucks for more advanced features. You can't even search your appointments.

  18. WikiLeaks and Facebook on WikiLeaks Launches New Platform, Privacy Study · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Whatever happens now, both WikiLeaks and Facebook are driving "free thoughts" in some way.

    And they try changing from both sides:
    - Facebook is making way for a free world by not stopping hangouts for protesters, making way for the democracy as we know it; capitalism and "free" governments.
    - Wikipedia, on the other hand, is trying to show us how far this has gone in our own free world.

    There's no longer dictatorship but somehow there still are forces that try control us. That can be a good thing, however there should be a free press that can monitor our governments and global corporations.

    We all know it, there is no "free press" when it comes to stuff that Assange tries to finger-point. He might not be the best and most street-wise person around, but I really respect him for giving up his life for this cause.

  19. Microsoft Lync on Does Telecommuting Make You Invisible? · · Score: 0

    One of the main problems for us was that "can I call this guy if I know he's at home?".

    Our company (read: me) did initiate Microsoft Lync as our main chat/call/conferencing tool. To us, this program has been a fantastic tool for getting presence info. If the guy is available then just call him. We have also incorporated our mobile phones into Lync, as our Mobile service provider sports this. This means that we can see "Mobile phone active" when we check the status of our colleagues, and the status is then set to Busy as well. Also, it synchronizes status to meetings in Exchange calendar for the users, giving info to others about their availability.

    This presence info seem to be the key for contacting people commuting. It's simple: you never know what people are up to. It's that simple. Being included at home is hard. But easier if people know if you are available.

    I guess you could use other tools as well, however none of them would do all that Lync do at present time.

    I see now that I've written a somewhat commercial for Lync now, but I really do not care as it's been very helpful to us.

  20. Funny related picture on Global Warming 'Confirmed' By Independent Study · · Score: 1
  21. Steve kinda changed his opinion then on Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android · · Score: 1
  22. All your base are belong to us on Librarian Attacks Amazon's Kindle Lending Program · · Score: 0

    All your base are belong to us

  23. Article: Apple’s iOS 5 upgrade servers are s on iOS 5 Update Available · · Score: 1

    "The long and short of it is that the demand for iOS 5 is off the charts right now, so being patient is your best option. There’s nothing you can do on your end so have a cup of coffee and wait out the rush."

    http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/10/12/apples-ios-5-upgrade-servers-are-slammed-causing-3200-or-internal-error-update-issues/

  24. So that's why the US wanted her as head of IMF on New IMF Head Says US Must Raise Debt Limit, or Face 'Nasty Consequences' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So that's why the US wanted her as head of IMF

  25. dot slash? on Can Ubuntu Linux Consume Less Power Than Windows? · · Score: 1

    dot slash? ;>
    -this is what we care about! spelling slashdot is /.