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  1. Hwo does it connect to the internet? on Wireless Keylogger Masquerades as USB Phone Charger · · Score: 1

    Fine, it's harvesting keystrokes. But how does it connect to the Internet to "send them back to the operator over the Web"?

  2. Re:Arrow of Time on 2 Futures Can Explain Time's Mysterious Past · · Score: 1

    I think the article is referring to time-translational symmetry. Which is what results in conservation of energy. If you claim that time translational symmetry is violated, then you are also claiming the violation of the conservation of energy. Although nothing forbids either, but it would have been big news. And I haven't heard it!

  3. Ballmer has a loud mouth on Ballmer Says Amazon Isn't a "Real Business" · · Score: 1

    Steve Ballmer is a Joke. He will be a better fit in a circus ring or a business school.

  4. Financial Engineering on Ballmer Says Amazon Isn't a "Real Business" · · Score: 1

    "Today, they [IBM] specialize in financial engineering,"

    Financial Engineering? Today? They would have done good for themselves if they did that before the financial crisis. Today the only financial engineering that IBM can think about is engineering their accounts ;)

  5. Here's the Pope's new version of how it all began on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 1

    God and his room-mate Chugs were arm wrestling. When...
    Chugs: You're going down, man.
    God: Pprrrrrrrrrrrrr (farts)
    Chugs: Oh, dude, that is sick.(God wins, thanks to the stink)
    God: Yeah! Undefeated! Oh, wait, wait, wait. Here comes another one. Quick, give me your lighter.
    God: Pprrrrrrrrrrrrr (farts outreal loud. A big bang is heard)
    God: You smell that?

    Then, over millions of years, evolution took its course.

  6. Re:Um, no! on Are the World's Religions Ready For ET? · · Score: 1

    Not true. The dharma-karma reincarnation point of view is not mandatory in Hinduism, its but one point of view. One of the earliest schools of Hinduism was the Samkhya school. Which is an atheistic school with adherents even to this day in India. The later schools range between various shades of atheism to theism. Jainism and Buddhism are off-shoots of Hinduism and both are largely atheistic.

  7. Re:Fund an institution on Where Whistleblowers End Up Working · · Score: 1

    1. Hey but Nick Leeson is making a killing out of it. He was convicted and jailed. And so is Kevin Mitnick and a host of others. The whistleblower should go beyond the facts of his whistleblowing and start from his childhood. How he dreamt of freedom and how fiercely he fought to save it on his school playground. Defending the hapless kids from the bullies.... blah blah blah... That makes a wonderful story. Then he can go about narrating his life after he lost his job, making ends meet. How he was determined to fight it out, all alone vs the state. How he survived the fallout... How he is the savior of morals and values. Of courage, grit and determination. blah blah...

    2. At least they should make an attempt. Even if the book doesn't fly and the movie never happens, they can become a public speaker. If not in the US, definitely abroad. They can get into talking about leadership skills, entrepreneurial skills, self help blah blah blah... there is a big market for it. I know of people who have not done anything noteworthy in their lives but are making a killing by going to companies and talking about leadership, emotional intelligence, x habits of a leader, innovation and bull like that. These guys atleast have some real life story to tell.

    3. Mitnick, Leeson are on the top of my head. He can walk clear of those states where such laws exist. In fact they can walk out of US and not bother. Nothing much there anyways. Earth is a big planet.

    4. Launch a fight against the ammo in full public view and make a story out of it too!! Like we read on slash the other day of that Italian restaurant that came up with a neat idea to fight the extortion attempts of Yelp!

  8. write a book about their experience on Where Whistleblowers End Up Working · · Score: 3, Insightful

    By being a whistleblower they have displayed to the world that they have a lot of risk taking abilities. Now that they have appeared on slashdot, they should consider writing a book about their experiences. The hesitation, the resistance they faced at their work-place, then the moment... They can then sell the rights to their story to movie studios too!! That's the way forward to high risk takers such as whistleblowers. Make it all or loose it all!! They can then go around delivering lectures about their experiences, their book. Go independent, I mean!!

  9. They didn't factor in the cost of R&D on Why India's Mars Probe Was So Cheap · · Score: 2

    It was so cheap because India relied on the R&D done by developed nations. And then it forgot to include the cost of its own R&D for the program. It just included the cost of the mission in an as is where is condition. Vallah!! we have a cheap Mars mission. How else can they score some brownie points? They are certainly not the first to go around Mars. But hey, if they say they are the first at being the cheapest to go to Mars, well that's a first in some way!! And they scored some brownie points.

  10. Re: Read Slashdot on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Job After Completing Computer Science Ph.D? · · Score: 1

    Same thing applies the other way too!! You cannot hire a hands-on coding, linux administration or network configuration expert and expect them to solve complex theoretical problems. So, as the parent says, it's better that the person finds a job in a theoretical field.

  11. Re:Depends on which country on Ask Slashdot: Have You Experienced Fear Driven Development? · · Score: 1

    >but then they add in their own cultural flavor

    You mean the curry flavor? :)

  12. Re: What To Expect With Windows 9 on What To Expect With Windows 9 · · Score: 1

    I don't know about all these new features in windows that you are talking about, but I have a hunch. My hunch is, all these features are already available in the Linux/Unix world and their performance is much better that it would ever be in Windows. Plus Linux/UNIX offer many more advanced features.

  13. Re:Bodhi Linux has died on Justice Sotomayor Warns Against Tech-Enabled "Orwellian" World · · Score: 0

    I never knew about Bodhi and probably will never know about it. Could that be the cause of its demise? Was Bodhi very intrusive, invading into peoples privacy?

  14. Re:Already happened? on The Lovelace Test Is Better Than the Turing Test At Detecting AI · · Score: 1

    And not to mention "Continuator" that composes & plays Jazz. And also, the "Painting Fool", that paints beautiful art.

  15. Re:objective list on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    Politicians and entertainers are walking and talking advertisements of themselves. Unfortunately scientists and engineers are not, It's their works that are influential. The ranking algorithm will reveal them if the pages of their works are ranked instead.

  16. Re:objective list on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    If that's the amount of effort he would have to go through to know Charles Linneaus, then I bet Charles Linneaus was not influential.

  17. Re:objective list on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    The ranking is not about the people but their current version of the wikipedia page. And what is the realm of influence? Other pages of wikipedia.

  18. Re:objective list on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    Ghenghis at 84 while Adolf is at 5? And where are Asterix and Obelix? Clearly the list is flawed.

  19. Slashdotted a poor algorithm on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    The list just shows how poorly the algorithm has been constructed. Politicians and entertainers are walking and talking advertisements of themselves. Unfortunately scientists and engineers are not, It's their works that are influential. The ranking algorithm will reveal them if the pages of their works are ranked instead. There are numerous other biases in this kind of an algorithm.

  20. Re:Entertainers and Politicians on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    Politicians and entertainers are walking and talking advertisements of themselves. Unfortunately scientists and engineers are not, It's their works. The ranking algorithm will reveal them if the pages of their works are ranked.

  21. Re:Jesus was on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    Jesus also becomes influential by the amount of discredit and disbelief his identity gets. And not to mention the sheer amount of advert dollars spent. Adolf gets to the top of the list too.

  22. 24 different languages including, Indian? on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    Indian?! Is that a language? Spoken where?

  23. Re:How on GoDaddy Files For $100 Million IPO · · Score: 1

    But the question is, do they deserve that kind of salaries for people who are unable to run the company into profitability? Plus the $10M in stock options.

  24. Re:How on GoDaddy Files For $100 Million IPO · · Score: 1

    They have got $133M in cash and equivalents. And a $1.5B in debt. Basically the company is chewing down its own rear. KKR, Silverlake, Tech Crossover have 68.5% stake in the company. The CxO's are having a good time. $12M per year for CxO's is a great deal for a bunch of morons. So the IPO is a nice way to try to extend the party the morons are enjoying before they float their resumes and land at another party.

  25. Re:Not hard to blow a lot of cash on GoDaddy Files For $100 Million IPO · · Score: 1

    You cannot claim your own assets as goodwill. Only acquired assets can be claimed as goodwill, and not more than the amount the assets fall short than the purchase price. Which means, they bought into some pretty lousy deal in the past. And they are amortizing their past sins.