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  1. we keep building cities on major fault-lines on Why Are We So Bad at Predicting Earthquakes? (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    We keep building cities on major fault-lines BECAUSE faults are good for a lot of human activities - they expose underground water and easy to mine resources. Cities simply tend to grow nearby. The same with volcanoes - their ash makes a very good soil. And we tend to rebuild those cities for one more reason - the surviving infrastructure and businesses.

  2. Re:And where is Snowden hanging out these days? on Snowden Ridicules David Cameron For Defending 'Private' Matter of Panama Papers Leak · · Score: 2

    Neither is Putin.

  3. The real problem: Internet in US is expensive on Free Wi-Fi Program in Los Angeles Fails to Provide Free Wi-Fi (latimes.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here in Eastern Europe, telecoms simply failed to recognize the potential of the Internet and did almost nothing to secure a monopoly. So EVEN THE POOREST people have Internet access. $10/month is pretty usual broadband deal in Bulgaria and you can find one as low as $5/month if you look harder. Minimal salary here is ~$240/month (for comparison).

  4. Yotaphone / Yotaphone v2 on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Glare On Cellphones? · · Score: 1

    One side usual color LCD, other side e-paper. A very good idea, a very idiosyncratic implementation, tough.

  5. Re:Encrypting the Link is only part of the story on Gmail's Encryption Warning Spurs 25% Increase In Encrypted Inbound Emails (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, almost. With encryption, Google spy on you. Everyone else, including US.gov, have to ask Google for that or at very least make Google know about that, and have no way to know the quality of the result they get.

  6. Re:Insurance on Radio Attack Lets Hackers Steal 24 Different Car Models (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    For completeness, you can add an LPG system to the mix. But, boy, still don't leave it unattended here in Bulgaria.

  7. Re:timestamps on Radio Attack Lets Hackers Steal 24 Different Car Models (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Much simpler solution: the car should not wait more than 40 light-meters for the second, previously-encrypted answer from the key.

    Then again, most people right now need mitigation measures. I am not sure if removing the battery from the key is a good one - the design is bad enough to expect the key forgetting the data when left without power.

  8. So good my '82 UAZ is completely keyless... on Radio Attack Lets Hackers Steal 24 Different Car Models (wired.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    The doors never ever had locks (and even if they had, you can fold the tent without tools or access from the inside). It starts with a button on the dashboard.

    And then, you need to know how to drive it, be strong enough to actually do that, and a good reason to steal a pile of soviet-era rust. It is a very good city car.

  9. Re:No reason for alarm on Plastic-Eating Bacteria Could Help Clean Up Waste (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 2

    We already have worms eating polystyrene. So far, no one's fridge got eaten.

  10. Re:what could possibly go wrong on Plastic-Eating Bacteria Could Help Clean Up Waste (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 2

    Neither cable insulation nor CC's are made of PET.

  11. Re:what could possibly go wrong on Plastic-Eating Bacteria Could Help Clean Up Waste (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 2

    Nothing. PET is a niche use plastic with a lot of health debate around it and a lot of other products waiting to replace it. The mechanism of breaking it down is pretty specific and I don't see it fast-evolving to eat other polymers. Wake me up when it starts eating polyethylene.

    Then again, it depends on the regulatory response. If PET is assumed bio-degradable, it's use (and it's health effects) may increase.

  12. Re:Have they thought this through? on NRC Engineers Urge Shutdown of Nuclear Plants If Design Flaw Not Fixed (utilitydive.com) · · Score: 0

    about 30 years, actually. See Chernobyl.

  13. Re:Who is still using mag stripes on ATM cards? on To Secure ATM Transactions: Ditch the Card (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    As an european, I would sign right now.

  14. Re: Who is still using mag stripes on ATM cards? on To Secure ATM Transactions: Ditch the Card (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    errr,... cash has much longer history of vulnerabilities

  15. Re:Who is still using mag stripes on ATM cards? on To Secure ATM Transactions: Ditch the Card (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    Canada is european in lot of senses, anyway.

  16. Re:Who is still using mag stripes on ATM cards? on To Secure ATM Transactions: Ditch the Card (securityledger.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    You are from Europe, right? US still use mostly the strip. And while the chip is good, it only offers protection from skimming. Other vectors (theft, burglary and likes) still exist.

  17. Re:See Tazmanian Devil cancer outbreak on Scientists Ponder the Prospect of Contagious Cancer (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope. It's a symbiosis, at best. If the virus really carries a host genetic material in order to bring the cancer itself. Viruses do that, sometimes. Then again, cancer in no way helps the virus spread.

  18. Re:See Tazmanian Devil cancer outbreak on Scientists Ponder the Prospect of Contagious Cancer (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Dogs even have some form of STD cancer.

  19. Re:If Hitler had won on Scientists Ponder the Prospect of Contagious Cancer (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Cancer doesn't care about anything. That's the point of suffering cancer. But cancer cells at large survive and can successfully suppress immune response by being pretty similar to the host in terms of surface proteins and other antigens. At least to the point where a large enough tumor forms. It is further protected by the scale factor.

  20. iPhone has a backdoor for Apple's own use. on Apple's iPhone Already Has a Backdoor · · Score: 3, Insightful

    iPhone has a backdoor for apple's own use. For a lot of people, it's OK as long as only Apple uses it. Even if they know about it, they understand it as a fair trade. Well, for me it is not OK but I am a minority so I work around the problem by not using i-devices.

    FBI wants to use this very backdoor, too. For a lot of people, this is already NOT OK. The government is pretty much different from a company you have business with.

    And it is not about the ability to crack. NSA probably has the resources to do that. FBI wants it "by the law".

  21. Re:Confusing summary is confusing on ReactOS 0.4 Brings Open Source Windows Closer To Reality (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 0

    It is a clean room OS, focused on supporting NT APIs. As for Python, we'll read on. Seems like CMD.exe is not implemented yet and is not a prime concern.

    And, NTFS is really tricky to write to. Linux and BSD still don't have (and possibly won't ever have) a writable kernel implementation. "NTFS3G" driver is user-space.

  22. SQL Server runs and I'm in! on ReactOS 0.4 Brings Open Source Windows Closer To Reality (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 0

    version 2008 is OK for me.

  23. Sudden, but moderate outburst of common sense on Federal Law Now Says Kids Can Walk To School Alone (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 1

    Sudden, but moderate outburst of common sense.

  24. 1. Complexity creeping everywhere
    2. Governments requiring surveillance functions from network operators
    3. Governments requiring surveillance functions in handsets
    4. Governments using "offline" half-legal surveillance / eavesdropping in-place
    5. Network operators overselling capacity
    6. Multiband radios (700/900/1800/1900/2100MHz) + multiple radios close together (GSM/CDMA + wifi + BT + NFC)
    7. Multiple devices close together (~2 phones, tablet, laptop, IOT devices)
    8. Multiple cheap low quality radio/cell devices in use upping the noise floor

  25. Re:I still got some PII 450 Mhz on Hardware For a Cheap Linux Desktop (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Inefficient even as a space heaters. A modern A/C unit has a COP between 5 and 6 (heat delivered divided by power consumed), collects less dust and is usually less noisy.