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  1. Wrong Choice on Consumer Electronics Causing 'Death of Childhood'? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's easy to see why parents, assaulted by the constant barrage of news items on paedophile attacks, terrorism and murder, encourage their children's seclusion in the hermetically sealed confines of a softly carpeted room with a plasma TV and Xbox 360.

    I personally think that parents who make this decision are failing their children. The child needs to be aware of what's going on in the world. That's why I love school classes that have current events, I encourage my child to read and / or watch the news. If they're secluded from everything, they're going have no clue what's going on when they hit the real world.

  2. Quiz from the Article on What Silicon Valley Can Do For Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    Take a look at the following list of answers, and tell me which of these two questions they go with: (a) "what is the Cold War," or (b) "what is the GSAVE":

    -It's a long, global struggle that pits freedom and democracy against an evil, oppressive ideology.

    -It's a struggle that involves a series of conventional armed conflicts against state actors, as a way of staving off a nuclear catastrophe.

    -It's a struggle that can be won by granting huge contracts to large, well-connected firms to develop advanced technology for surveillance and weapons.

    -It's something that we could use a really expensive anti-ballistic missle shield for.





    Answer: Regardless of whether you answered (a) or (b), you're right either way.



    Ok, so it was a trick question, but still interesting article.

  3. Re:Slashdot is dead! on Next Gen Phishing Improves on Simple Spam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If this is news just because phissing is a new word or something... then my time here is a waste...

    To me phissing is a new word!

  4. Next Gen? on Next Gen Phishing Improves on Simple Spam · · Score: 1

    "One thing I think is noteworthy of calling out is the fact that these type of attacks can impact many people quickly, but they can also be halted in short order because they have a central chokepoint: the organisation hosting the Web site or Web service in question.

    I'm still confused as to how this is Next Gen? This exists now.

  5. How to avoid on MS06-049 Causing Silent Data Corruption · · Score: 4, Informative

    assuming you're using Windows

    It has been confirmed that either turning off the compression attribute (disk space permitting) OR uninstalling KB920958 will prevent further loss of data.

  6. Doing the Math on Toronto Hydro Launches Free Wi-Fi Network · · Score: 1

    $29 (Canadian) per month, $10 for a day, or $5 for an hour.

    $29 per month = $29 for one month
    $10 for a day = approx $300 per month
    $5 an hour = approx $3600 per month

    Agreed, $10 and $5 both sound steep!

  7. Why to Use this on How To Fight Spam Using Your Postfix Configuration · · Score: 2, Informative

    The HowtoForge guide is great for everything however if you have a very busy mail server running Spam Assasin on 1000s of message per minute is a CPU killer. The best answer is to stop the mail before it hits Spam Assasin with a range of RBL (Realtime Blacklists) and RHBL (Same but different), Greylistings and Helo Checks.

  8. Which one? on NVIDIA GeForce 7900GS Benchmarked · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can you spot which one makes this card a hit?

    Operating Systems
    ._Windows XP/XP 64/ME/2000
    ._Built for Microsoft Windows Vista
    ._Linux
    ._Macintosh OS X

  9. I Use Google on CSS: The Missing Manual · · Score: 1

    writing HTML for CSS; creating styles and style sheets; determining what to style; using inheritance; using cascading; formatting text; setting margins, padding, and borders; styling graphics; styling links and navigation bars; styling tables and forms; creating float-based layouts; positioning page elements; creating print stylesheets; and writing maintainable CSS code.

    Granted, I probably learned all of this in CS101, but if I need to remember how to do something, I typically perform a google search instead of paging thru a "missing manual". But, for those that prefer paper, this looks good.

  10. Re:MIPS is going away? on SGI Announces MIPS and IRIX End of Production · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can I ask a legit question then, since you seem to know what you're talking about :-) What if any effect SHOULD this announcement have on current undergraduate Assembly courses that teach MIPS? Thank you in advance.

  11. Re:MIPS is going away? on SGI Announces MIPS and IRIX End of Production · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I for one teach an undergraduate Assembly course in the Spring, and I intend to continue using SPIM in the class.

  12. Green Monster on Schilling, Salvatore, McFarlane Form Game Studio · · Score: 2, Informative

    For those less sports-savvy: Green Monster

  13. Pre-Texting at a Bank on Boardroom Spying Debacle at HP · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Legal experts vary in their views on the extent to which pretexting is a violation of criminal law.

    I work at a bank, and we have to take yearly courses on Pre-Text calling, because it's such as issue here.

    also here is printer unfriendly with the annoying javascript popup

  14. Re:yes, but on Scientists Identify Brain's Concept Control Core · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, it does have a pretty decent up-time. About 70 years on average?

  15. Narf on Scientists Identify Brain's Concept Control Core · · Score: 3, Informative

    Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?
    Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky: try to take over the world!


    Classic

  16. Printer Friendly on Scientists Identify Brain's Concept Control Core · · Score: 2, Informative
  17. In English? on Bad Password Allowed Swedish Watergate · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You know what a bigger problem is? Posting an article that's not in English. Here's a brief article from the Inquirer, but in English at least.

  18. No Link? on Apple Unveils 24" iMac · · Score: 5, Informative

    At least provide a link to the iMac page

  19. Re:"Who's Hot" on Will Solve Captcha for Money? · · Score: 1

    problem of course is when people disagree on what's "hot"..

    You could make them simple, like 1.) Janet Reno 2.) Madeline Albright 3.) Jessica Alba

  20. Reverse Turing Tests on Will Solve Captcha for Money? · · Score: 1

    from wiki
    CAPTCHA is sometimes described as a reverse Turing test. This term, however, is ambiguous because it could also mean a Turing test in which the participants are both attempting to prove they are the computer.

    For some odd reason, this /. story took me back to my days in the college Theory courses. Oh Happy Days.

  21. Re:printer version - all one page on Too Much Information – Context-Aware Applications · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry, doesn't work. It redirects to the main page.

  22. Re:I've seen it hacked faster on Hardware Hacking a Voting Machine in 4 Minutes · · Score: 1

    In the state of Wisconsin, you can register up till and on the day of voting, even at the polling location. I've done it ever since I was able to vote.

  23. Re:I've seen it hacked faster on Hardware Hacking a Voting Machine in 4 Minutes · · Score: 1

    I made a prejudiced assumption. Sorry. Based on their appearance, the fact that they're co-workers, the fact that they don't have a driver's license but instead have to ride with other co-workers to work, the fact that they don't own a home and wear the same clothes over and over again, the fact that they rely on co-workers to cash their checks because they cannot get a checking account at any of the local banks. But you're right, it's just an assumption since I've never actually confronted them. Sorry.

  24. Re:trolls in action on First Responder Networks 5 Years After 9/11 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They are sacrificing any future we may have for this country on the altar of "safety" and "security"

    I can't resist asking: What future will we have if we are not safe and secure? I totally agree with you that the large government wastes more money than than we could ever imagine, and there are many flaws in the system, but what our country needs more now than ever is a sense of "one-ness" and "loyalty" to the land we love. Yet, everybody, including you & me, seem to so divided on the most obvious item, protecting our home land.

  25. I've seen it hacked faster on Hardware Hacking a Voting Machine in 4 Minutes · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I've watched illegal immigrants walk in, show NO form of identification, register, and vote in much quicker than 4 minutes.