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  1. Re: It supports it just fine, article is BS on Internet of Things Endangered By Inaccurate Network Time, Says NIST · · Score: 1

    so Now == CurrentDataBaseTime?

  2. Re:Did i read that right? on Star Wars-Style "Bionic Hand' Fitted To First Patients · · Score: 1

    The test subjects had injured hands which probably did not need to be amputated but were voluntarily given up and replaced by "uninjured" bionic hands.

  3. Look at yourself as a builder on Ask Slashdot: What Makes a Great Software Developer? · · Score: 1

    You are a builder first and a researcher second. It is the art of being a construction worker, architect and civil engineer all at once - you need to know when enough is enough.

  4. hell no on Julian Assange Trying To Raise Nearly $200k For a Statue of Himself · · Score: 2

    if someone else suggests it, that's fine. you don't go around asking for people to literally 'idolize' you.

  5. It's a bad sign on U.S. Threatened Massive Fine To Force Yahoo To Release Data · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a bad sign when these types of reports no longer invoke any sort of shock. It's a part of "Americana" now.

  6. Re:Blast from the past on Researchers Hack Gmail With 92 Percent Success Rate · · Score: 1

    the main thing is that the virtual memory statistics are relatively clean. it seems only memmapping, shared libraries and graphics buffers for compositing produce obvious changes in virtual memory statistics, with compositing taking up almost all of the obvious changes. introducing randomized noise into the virtual memory usage at the kernel level would drastically cut down on this attach vector. it would tie the security of the kernel's randomization to the virtual memory usage.

  7. Re:Blast from the past on Researchers Hack Gmail With 92 Percent Success Rate · · Score: 2

    yeah that is private memory. the article is about an attack vector based on changes in shared memory usage ("signatures") for when the OS does its UI compositing. shared memory is used to avoid copying graphical data when a client-based window manager does its compositing.

    you still can't read the shared data of another process but the "signatures" can provide you with some idea of what the top-most activity is on the screen, something you cannot know otherwise unless you are the top-most activity or the system-level ActivityManager. if you know the top-most activity, you may have a better idea of what type of attack to launch.

  8. Not really much here on What Caused a 1300-Year Deep Freeze? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Old Argument (Younger Dryas): We found iridium (rare on earth but abundant in meteorites), nanodiamonds and magnetic particles covering ancient tools and mammoth remains at sites which we believe are around 12,000 years old. Therefore, we believe a cosmic collision caused the 1,300 year deep-freeze.

    New Argument: We performed radiocarbon dating on tools found at the 29 sites described in the Old Argument and found that only 3 of the 29 sites were around 12,000 years old. The tools at other sites were much older or younger. Therefore, the deep-freeze was probably not caused by a cosmic collision.

  9. Re:As a 40 something programmer recently interview on Ask Slashdot: Will Older Programmers Always Have a Harder Time Getting a Job? · · Score: 1

    As a 30 year old engineer architecting and developing 3d graphics engines, I also find these kinds of interview questions worthless and stupid.

  10. Re:Strange times on Failed Software Upgrade Halts Transit Service · · Score: 2

    so they can purposely botch it and justify the need to have human operators. in case you don't know, BART is currently going through a tense union battle resulting in a few worker strikes and contract disputes.

  11. Re: Microsoft just wants the patents on Nokia Shareholders Approve Sale To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Nokia has been effectively castrated. It's only a matter of time now for the rest of the company to devalue even more. That means purchasing patents for even cheaper in the future.

  12. Quite simple on Nokia Shareholders Approve Sale To Microsoft · · Score: 2

    Steven Elop works for microsoft. Steven Elop goes to Nokia. Steven Elop restructures and retools Nokia to be a Microsoft shop. Steven Elop cuts Nokia's market cap in half. Microsoft buys Nokia. Steven Elop becomes CEO of Microsoft in a few years (after Ballmer's successor resigns after 2 years). You guys connect the dots yet? I'm sure Nokia has a lot of patents Microsoft wants.

  13. Re: Shame on them on Clam That Was Killed Determining Its Age Was Over 100 Years Older Than Estimated · · Score: 2

    this is a triumph; huge success. (rip clam)

  14. Re:Why just video? on Legislation Would Prohibit ISPs From Throttling Online Video Services · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Additionally, any violations of these laws will result in life imprisonment for the board of directors and all executives.

  15. From the summary on Indiana Man Gets 8 Months For Teaching How To Beat Polygraph Tests · · Score: 1

    "Dixon crossed the line between free speech protected under the First Amendment and criminal conduct when he told some clients to conceal what he taught them while undergoing government polygraphs."
    Assuming the summary is accurate, he crossed the line when he instructed them to lie. There is a big difference between teaching people how to circumvent a polygraph test and overtly instructing them to lie.

  16. Re: The problem... on Qcloud Puts Quantum Chip In the Cloud For Coders To Experiment · · Score: 1

    quacker.

  17. Re: No need for cameras. on EU Proposes To Fit Cars With Speed Limiters · · Score: 1

    a direction vector and a rolling average should fix the problem you mentioned about passing over a slower zone.

  18. easy solution on Salesforce.com To Cut 200 Jobs Despite Its Expectations To Make More Money · · Score: 1

    just throw more big data at it.

  19. Re: Synergy is a start on Salesforce.com To Cut 200 Jobs Despite Its Expectations To Make More Money · · Score: 1

    I understand that the word may be abused, but even I have used the word 'synergy' to describe what I'd hope for when joining a new team of engineers - I'd want a well organized, cooperative team of people to work with. I guess it's all about the context.

  20. Re: Thanks for the units, comparison man! on Scientists Create 'Fastest Man-Made Spinning Object' · · Score: 1

    Distance in meters displaced per second by a point on the sphere perpendicular to the axis of rotation = (600,000,000 * PI * 0.000004) / 60 = 125.6m Library of Congress shelf space = 850km. Therefore, 0.000147839654287 Library of Congresses per second

  21. Re:Better for freight carrier replacement on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    Not yet.

  22. Re:Better for freight carrier replacement on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    I'm envisioning an exponential drop-off for the vacuum required to sustain individual freight transportation.

  23. Re:Better for freight carrier replacement on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    Any freight carrier going (at a proposed) 4000mph (forgive me if I misread the theoretical estimates -- which are innately theoretical) will benefit any shipping carrier like Amazon. At these speeds, I don't think perishable cargo would be a limiting factor.

  24. Better for freight carrier replacement on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think it would be a much better replacement for freight trains and trucks. I'm guessing that may be their goal but they don't want to upset the train and trucker unions just yet. I'd say Amazon should get it on this as well to speed up their shipping times and hit their same-day delivery dream.

  25. Re:Misguided punishments? on Government Study Finds TSA Misconduct Up 26% In 3 Years · · Score: 3, Informative

    these all should be grounds for immediate termination and prison time.