"Because ethics are to me something private. Whenever you use it as an argument for why somebody_else should do something, you're no longer being ethical, you're just being a sanctimonious dick-head."
We also make this information available to local governments and authorities. It helps them to better understand where congestion takes place, where to build new roads and how to make roads safer
Third paragraph:
We are now aware that the police have used traffic information that you have helped to create to place speed cameras at dangerous locations where the average speed is higher than the legally allowed speed limit. We are aware a lot of our customers do not like the idea and we will look at if we should allow this type of usage.
Translation: We're complete morons
Um....what? You make this information available to local governments to make road safer, and then you are surprised that they use it. I won't debate whether or not speed cams actually make roads safer. It's just a bit ridiculous to be surprised by the use of the data that was made freely available. OTOH, maybe they were surprised that the local govt was clever enough to actually use the data.
I assume that this is the last *manual* typewriter factory.
Nope. Someone posted this comment there:
This article is NOT correct. I am with Royal Consumer Information Products in Somerset, NJ. We have been making typewrithers for over 100 years. We are still making both manual and electronic typewriters and we have no plans to discontinue them! True, the market size is small in comparison to what it once was but there is still a steady demand for both types of typewriters.
So, it appears to be a crap story. Moreover, WTF does this have to do with news for nerds
"The smarter solution if you insist on carrying your laptop is to pack the drive as you said, but replace it with one of those cheapo CF adapters with a bog standard clean image."
"So if you are concerned about the potential of these searches, encryption may be a more practical way to feel safer."
I'm sure an American Muslim traveling on business with his company's confidential data, encrypted to prevent corporate espionage, feels oh so safe and unlikely to be inconvenienced by a search.
The title of the article was not "Did Samsung install keylogger on its laptop computers?"
No, the title was "Samsung installs keylogger on its laptop computers", though it looks like they've updated it now to "UPDATE: Samsung keylogger could be false alarm"
Great journalism there. Leap out of the gate screaming "keylogger!!!!" with zero fact checking, but later back off and say "oops we could be wrong"
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FFS Texas! We we're just hating on you last week
Now we have to like you again? Make up your damn mind!
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
... poisoned with mercury
I prefer this quote:
"Because ethics are to me something private. Whenever you use it as an argument for why somebody_else should do something, you're no longer being ethical, you're just being a sanctimonious dick-head."
Lighten up, Francis
One of these posters might save your life some day
Just curious; what 5TB worth of personal data requires a 4-figure backup spending?
Porn
Number 6: We don't anyone to know how crappy our code is
Don't discourage him. With a name like "generalhavok", he seems the ideal candidate for leaving his wifi open
First paragraph:
Third paragraph:
Translation: We're complete morons
Um....what? You make this information available to local governments to make road safer, and then you are surprised that they use it.
I won't debate whether or not speed cams actually make roads safer. It's just a bit ridiculous to be surprised by the use of the data that was made freely available.
OTOH, maybe they were surprised that the local govt was clever enough to actually use the data.
I assume that this is the last *manual* typewriter factory.
Nope. Someone posted this comment there:
So, it appears to be a crap story. Moreover, WTF does this have to do with news for nerds
I hear their cakes are awesome
Also, show of hands, who read the parent quote with the GLaDOS voice in their head.
"But what are we going to do when we encounter aliens? Demand that they switch to the metric system?"
I'm pretty certain if we encounter aliens in the next decade or so, it will be THEM demanding that WE switch units.
I, for one, welcome our alien unit using overlords.
Translated
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zataz.com%2Fnews%2F21145%2Fprison--hacker--hacktiviste.html
"The smarter solution if you insist on carrying your laptop is to pack the drive as you said, but replace it with one of those cheapo CF adapters with a bog standard clean image."
Or one of these
"So if you are concerned about the potential of these searches, encryption may be a more practical way to feel safer."
I'm sure an American Muslim traveling on business with his company's confidential data, encrypted to prevent corporate espionage, feels oh so safe and unlikely to be inconvenienced by a search.
Seems its name was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
"so a 9 is 100 times more powerful than a 7"
Yes, but a 9 is only about 30x more powerful than a 7.4, as the parent stated.
Actually it's closer to 40: 10^(9-7.4) = 39.8
Jesus, there was another one of those? How many does that make for humanity?
He doesn't know. Ask his dad.
can we at least get some that are well-written about topics of interest to nerds over the age of 5?
You must be new here...
Actually people who accept this crap as a par-for-the-course Slashdot article are the ones who are "new here"
Maybe this is "Charlie Sheen" winning
Could? More like should.
The title of the article was not "Did Samsung install keylogger on its laptop computers?"
No, the title was "Samsung installs keylogger on its laptop computers", though it looks like they've updated it now to
"UPDATE: Samsung keylogger could be false alarm"
Great journalism there. Leap out of the gate screaming "keylogger!!!!" with zero fact checking, but later back off and say "oops we could be wrong"
Yet the original story still has not been updated to correct the error.
So much for journalistic ethics.
FFS Editors, wake the hell up and update the summary.
This has been confirmed false by numerous sources.
Confirmed here as well.
Mr. Hassan and NetworkWorld better hope Samsung doesn't sue their asses into oblivion for libel.
"If the Fed really wants help they should consider"
Not waiting 12 friggin years to ask for it.
Why pay $30 for a dongle that does something that most every netbook ever made has built in?
Please, how do you expect Apple to charge $100 for 16 gigs of memory if they start throwing in SD slots all willy-nilly.