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  1. Re:something fishy about iOS encryption on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We are talking about a iPhone 5c. You should read this for more about the actual reason FBI is asking Apple to perform the decryption of the iPhone.

  2. Re:Can someone explain why the FBI needs Apple? on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    FBI and NSA can break the code, but it will not be acceptable as a proof before the court. That is why they ask and request Apple to perform it. In this particular case, they want the data admissible as a proof before the court. They are not trying to break it in order to organize an operation against a secret target or whatever. So, the conditions under which the data will be made accessible and decrypted matter.

  3. Re:If the security is done correcty on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a way, dot period. You don't know what you are talking about. Please, take time to search what this case revolves around regarding the breaking of the encryption. Hint: Washington's Post has a nice article about it. The iPhone is a iPhone 5c and is perfectly "breakable" provided some conditions.

  4. Re:Quick question! on Stealing Keys From a Laptop In Another Room — and Offline · · Score: 1

    The software has been patched to not leak an EM signal that can be exploited. Better to find a software solution rather than a hardware one, it will apply to all type of hardware the software runs onto.

  5. Re:What? on Programming Languages For Coding the Physical World · · Score: 1

    Funny. :-)

  6. Re:Managers are dumbasses on Most IT Pros Have Seen Embarrassing Information About Their Colleagues · · Score: 1

    The company manager should resign because he had to borrow Bill's personal drive because he was too greedy to have his own and should suffer the consequences.

  7. Re:The basic question is answered...but still... on Australia Cuts 110 Climate Scientist Jobs: "The Science is Settled." · · Score: 3, Informative
    Did you even RTFA? That is exactly what they will do. Switch the staff from the "Is the climate warming?" question to "What can we do about it? How can we mitigate the effects?"

    From TFA:

    Marshall wrote in the memo that climate change is now settled science, and basic research is no longer needed.

    “The question has been answered, and the new question is what do we do about it, and how can we find solutions for the climate we will be living with,” he wrote.

    CSIRO would now focus on a path where “climate and industry can be partners, now we must walk that path to prove our science.”

  8. Re:Time for unions! on Sen. Blumenthal Demands Lifting of IT 'Gag' Order (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    H1-B visas are tricky here. You can easily craft a job no one would like to do by just offering a low wage compare to the industry. Then, the employer can justify the need for H1-B visas since no one shown up at hiring interviews. The H1-B visas are mainly used to keep the salaries low. I hope they will soon issue H1-B visas to recruit physicians and see what will happen.

  9. Re:can't the state do something about this? on Sen. Blumenthal Demands Lifting of IT 'Gag' Order (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    There is already regulations for this. H1-B visas are for jobs you cannot find an American citizen to fill it. In this case, this job is already filled by an American citizen. This is simply illegal.

  10. Re:And who trusts Financial "Advisors"? on Financial Advisers Disrupted By AI (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    Not a statement of fact. He claimed that without any proof.

    My challenge makes much sense. Prove us it is not hard to beat a random number generator on the financial market. The proof implies you are constantly making yourself wealthier each time you make a move on the market.

  11. Re:And who trusts Financial "Advisors"? on Financial Advisers Disrupted By AI (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Totally irrelevant. If someone can constantly beat the market (doing better than a random number generator) he should be able to become much more wealthier than all these guys together.

  12. Re:And who trusts Financial "Advisors"? on Financial Advisers Disrupted By AI (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    a) you do not know if he or she is not wealthier than one of them (or if he is one of them) b) the listed people had different profit gaining careers which are not necessarily only based on financial trading. For example, Bill Gates started a software company and got a large loan from his parents. c) In a large enough group it is statistical possible that players with the same capabilities, but subjected to a random environment will end with different amounts in the end. d) Also if the average advisor is not better than a random generator then there still can be an advisor or player who is better than average who will earn a fortune. e) To get really rich, you must understand the financial market. but you also need an advantage by having a special insight in the market and most importantly politics (as politics define the rules of the game).

    Point a) seriously, this is totally irrelevant everyone on this planet would know if that guy would be wealthier than all these other guys I listed together making is fortune by investing money beating a random number generator on the financial market.

    Point b), again irrelevant. I never claimed the mean to accumulate money should be compared to Bill Gates or whoever else. I just mean if you can beat the market every time because he claimed it is possible to do better than a random number generator and it shouldn't be hard, you should then do better than all these guys together.

    Point c), did you really read what I wrote or what?

    Point d), who cares if an advisor is not better than a random number generator. He claimed it shouldn't be hard to do better than a random number generator.

    Point e), he claimed you don't have to understand the market, he claimed it shouldn't be hard to do better than a random number generator for the average investor.

  13. Re:And who trusts Financial "Advisors"? on Financial Advisers Disrupted By AI (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Not an excuse, if you have 10$ and you are constantly beating the random number generator, you will constantly increase your investment and never lost a dime. That's what the poster was claiming shouldn't be hard to do.

  14. Re:And who trusts Financial "Advisors"? on Financial Advisers Disrupted By AI (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
    It's not what the poster to which I am replying is saying. He said:

    Well, financial advisors have often (not usually, but often) been out performed by random number generators. So it shouldn't be hard to do better than they do.

    He then compare these financial advisors to a random number generator and concluded it is not hard to do better. Hence, if it is not hard to do better, suffice to do a little better to accumulate large amounts of money. I repeat, he said it shouldn't be hard. I am just wondering why he isn't wealthier than the wealthiest people living on Earth in that case. He should rush to invest his money accordingly to his scheme doing a bit better than a random number generator to make pile of money..

  15. Re:And who trusts Financial "Advisors"? on Financial Advisers Disrupted By AI (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, why aren't you wealthier than Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg together?

  16. Slashdotters still the same old on MIT Reveals "Hack-Proof" RFID Chip (thestack.com) · · Score: 2, Informative
    It seems even if Slashdot is having a new owner, the Slashdotters are still the same old. Why bothering reading and trying to understand the f... article when you can comment and brag so easily and call everything bullshit?

    "Hack-proof" to SIDE CHANNEL attacks.

  17. Re:Oh those poor hackers! on Survey: Average Successful Hack Nets Less Than $15,000 (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    For about 4 days of work, it is not as bad as you think. They still have plenty of time for a real job in addition.

  18. Re:should be interesting on Julian Assange May Surrender To British Police On Friday (twitter.com) · · Score: 0

    So if he gets off, gets his passport back, then what?

    He may join the UN peacekeepers' force since they start to get a reputation of raping in poor countries they are called to help.

  19. Re:Cisco patches RV220W firewall .. on Cisco Patches Authentication, Denial-of-Service, NTP Flaws In Many Products (csoonline.com) · · Score: 2

    HTML isn't a protocol. HTTP and HTTPS are.

  20. Re:first on Running "rm -rf /" Is Now Bricking Linux Systems (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    rm -rf /first* is sufficient. Why the *.*? There is no need to remove only those with dot and in the first subdirectory. If you believe you need to match the dot otherwise the * will match only everything before the dot, one day you will be in deep trouble.

  21. Re:Energy waste. on Microsoft Serves Cloud From the Sea Bed (datacenterdynamics.com) · · Score: 1
    The article mentioned the modules could be water cooled or cooled by heat exchange with surrounding waters. However, if you go on the Natick site itself, it says otherwise.

    http://natick.research.microso...

    • Go to the FAQ section
    • Click on: How would a Natick datacenter impact the environment?
    • Read the last sentence in that section: "Natick datacenters consume no water for cooling or any other purpose."

    Now, I wonder how the cooling is done.

  22. Re:More details... on First Hidden Electric Motor In Cycling World Championship (cxmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    It is not. I read both articles from the OP and nothing about the 110W and nothing about the amount of energy.

  23. Re:Any pictures? on First Hidden Electric Motor In Cycling World Championship (cxmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    So far, this video doesn't show anything. Any of these "perpetual motion" video on Youtube is showing about the same kind of stuff. Now, since the seized the bike and didn't show the mechanism in public it began to be really suspicious.

  24. Re:What could go wrong on France To Pave 1000km of Road With Solar Panels (solarcrunch.org) · · Score: 1

    How slippery is glass under snowy or rainy conditions? This idea to cover roads with solar panels is plain stupid. It is not like there isn't a lot of other locations you can put solar panels.

  25. Re:Could be very interesting technology on First Hidden Electric Motor In Cycling World Championship (cxmagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think so, to charge the battery it would be very difficult to hid the mechanism on the wheels and the wires.