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  1. Re:It is a cycle. on Amazon's Profits Are Floating On a Cloud (Computing) · · Score: 1

    Who knew in 2000 that one day there'd be a brick with buttons that you could play realtime amazingly-realistic 60 fps 960p games on?

    People change, software changes, hardware changes. Change happens.

  2. Competition on Amazon's Profits Are Floating On a Cloud (Computing) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Given that Microsoft seems to be investing heavily in Azure, I'd wonder exactly how they plan to beat AWS. AWS had some new machine learning algorithm added a month ago; Azure doesn't have that. Either way, however, is a win. If Microsoft's making some fatal mistake with their new business model, then maybe they'd go bankrupt and help the industry by going open-source before death. If Azure stays where it is or ranks up in usage with its SaaS model, then there'll probably be some interesting competition between them two and Google with large user bases. Either way, there's competition, which will (almost) forever spiral downward prices and upward capabilities.

  3. Accuracy on MIT Developing AI To Better Diagnose Cancer · · Score: 1

    by learning from thousands of data points from past pathology reports.

    I'd be worried if my future surgeon had only 1000 bullet point takeaways from college, and no experience, I'd be a little worried.

    What does the term 'data point' mean?

  4. Re:root = same process on Researcher Discloses Methods For Bypassing All OS X Security Protections · · Score: 1

    My bad, page 11 of https://www.rsaconference.com/... outlines 20+ ways that "Project Zero" has identified to break into a Mac's external safety nets.

  5. Re:root = same process on Researcher Discloses Methods For Bypassing All OS X Security Protections · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's how to build a botnet. The problem is just finding out how to do step 1 and step 2.

  6. Re:please release this to the wild!! on iOS WiFi Bug Allows Remote Reboot of All Devices In Area · · Score: 1

    no

  7. Re:please release this to the wild!! on iOS WiFi Bug Allows Remote Reboot of All Devices In Area · · Score: 1

    Actually, at my school, the reverse happens; the students develop sophisticated attacks for _fun_. I'm pretty sure the students will see their iOS devices _played_ with in a tomorrow.

  8. Re:Held captive since 2011 on Drone Killed Hostages From U.S. and Italy, Drawing Obama Apology · · Score: 1

    Al Qaeda isn't exactly an integral piece of the global economy. It appears that from their (terrorists) view, people are assets, not humans, which can be retained until an opportune time comes.

  9. Re:"I take full responsibility" on Drone Killed Hostages From U.S. and Italy, Drawing Obama Apology · · Score: 1

    He will be accused of manslaughter, then given a presidential pardon

  10. Aggregated intelligence on Traffic App Waze To Alert L.A. Drivers of Kidnappings and Hit-and-Runs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He assured that the data provided to the city by Waze would be "aggregated" and completely anonymous

    It'd be way too easy to combine this "aggregated" intelligence with what "smart" traffic sensors already know to de-anonymize pretty much every piece of data.

  11. Wait a second... on New Privacy Concerns About US Program That Can Track Snail Mail · · Score: 2

    so some people out there, who know perfectly well that non-govt owned property, like phone calls in the air, are being sniffed, actually trusts a govt. provided asset (i.e, USPS)? If it was up to me, I wouldn't communicate using mail. I'd use metadata enclosing the mail to communicate sensitive information (time sent, addressee, etc.)

  12. Re:This is not good... on Wellness App Author Lied About Cancer Diagnosis · · Score: 1

    Anecdotes make us all feel nice, but, (hoping I'm not starting a flamewar), don't provide *scientific* data.

  13. This is not good... on Wellness App Author Lied About Cancer Diagnosis · · Score: 1

    A nation of "cyberchondria"s probably do bad to themselves, but, more importantly, feed a cyclic loop of social/economic behaviors encouraging self-diagnosis.

  14. Re:Don't use a password on POS Vendor Uses Same Short, Numeric Password Non-Stop Since 1990 · · Score: 1
    hash ( (secret) concat (date) concat (time-to-the-nearest-second) )

    I wasn't thinking straight. A smart card is definitely better

  15. Don't use a password on POS Vendor Uses Same Short, Numeric Password Non-Stop Since 1990 · · Score: 1

    Using some secret number, calculate the hash of that number concatenated with the current hour and minute. Then, when someone comes by to unlock it, they just use the same algorithm with the same secret number to generate a hash that matches the one on the machine. Authenticate based off of equality of user given hash and machine calculated hash.

    Of course, concatenation maybe isn't the best option if you want a large amount of entropy behind the hash code. Maybe replace the human and PIN input with a serial port.

  16. 10-18 Cohort on Except For Millennials, Most Americans Dislike Snowden · · Score: 1

    also is upset over national security revelations.

  17. Re:Back end on GCC 5.1 Released · · Score: 1, Funny

    that's what I said... my friend told me "I don't know"

  18. Back end on GCC 5.1 Released · · Score: 0

    According to this page outlining GCC's backend mechanism, I can see why it's *slow* at times.

    One of my friends told me that tcc compiled a linux kernel in 10 seconds

  19. Re:Be able to PERMANENTLY disable instant search on Ask Slashdot: What Features Would You Like In a Search Engine? · · Score: 1

    this AND/+ thatfor those wanting to find exact matches.

  20. Re:*Grabs a bowl of popcorn* on Can High Intelligence Be a Burden Rather Than a Boon? · · Score: 1

    society

  21. Re:Don't see what the big deal is... on Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found In Windows HTTP Stack · · Score: 0

    there is no autoexec.bat in windows NT

  22. This was already covered... on Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found In Windows HTTP Stack · · Score: 1
  23. Just roll some dice on Allegation: Lottery Official Hacked RNG To Score Winning Ticket · · Score: 1

    The intercept believes that dice are cryptographically secure, and I wouldn't doubt it if they were well polished. Honestly, it's probably much easier is it to secure the integrity of the results of rolling dice, if everyone in a crowd watches the roll. (Of course, you'd need reasonable physical security to protect against enraged losers)

  24. It might not take as long as you think on Can Civilization Reboot Without Fossil Fuels? · · Score: 1

    After all, humans spent something like a millennial fighting holy wars. If there was one central government, we might have a Pax Romana-type ordeal, which could greatly speed up development.

  25. Been there, done that on Chinese Hacker Group Targets Air-Gapped Networks · · Score: 1

    Next up: paper and pencil espionage.