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  1. Executive Decision Making on World's Largest Hedge Fund To Replace Managers With Artificial Intelligence (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Backdoors? No... on US Congressional Committee Concludes Encryption Backdoors Won't Work (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Steganography. You can't examine every cat video.

  3. Re:We live in a thermous on Prepare For Even More Volatile Weather in 2017 (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    and we keep adding heat

    Not really. That's not how greenhouse gasses work. They trap incoming heat by preventing it from re-radiating. The net heat input from fossil fuel use over the entire planet is down in the noise level compared to incoming solar energy.

    This is why the no-science public needs to chill out, STFU and quit getting whipped into a frenzy by people trying to leverage AGW for political gains. We understand the basic principles, but are still far away from useful predictive models that could be used to evaluate the impact of changes in energy policies.

  4. Re:So... on Obama Blocks Offshore Drilling In Atlantic, Arctic Areas (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    fucking science class

    That would be Psych 210 at the University of Washington.

  5. That was probably a joke,

    Yes.

    This allowed Nokia Corporation to solely focus on communications.

    The way that business is going, they should have stuck with tires (that's the implied punch line).

  6. ... infringe on patents held by a Finnish bicycle tire manufacturer?

  7. First Post! on Slashdot Asks: Why Are Browsers So Slow? (ilyabirman.net) · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you mean, 'slow'?

  8. ... I should stock to 4chan /pol/ exclusively?

  9. Re:Doubtful on Aircraft Entertainment Systems Hacks Are Back (threatpost.com) · · Score: 0

    To my knowledge they still kept the mac/ip white listing

    Correct. But the most likely attack would be to inject malicious code into the passenger entertainment system and run it there. Since that equipment is already whitelisted, the bus switch would forward it to it's destination address. The data doesn't originate from 'outside' the network.

  10. Re:Not any more on Aircraft Entertainment Systems Hacks Are Back (threatpost.com) · · Score: 0

    Usually the FAA is very conservative on aircraft design.

    Regulatory capture

  11. Re:Not any more on Aircraft Entertainment Systems Hacks Are Back (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    What possible justification

    Cheap. We saved a whole twisted pair of wires. Woo hoo!

  12. Re:Not any more on Aircraft Entertainment Systems Hacks Are Back (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Boeing is the one who installed the network and Boeing is the one who asked the FAA for the exception to existing rules for systems separation.

    They provide customers and IFE vendors with specifications for equipment compatible with the data bus (and any other aircraft systems like power). If that data bus was isolated from the avionics buses, then Boeing could just say there was no safety problem. But that's not the case on the 787 (and perhaps older model derivatives adopting it's data bus architecture).

  13. Re:Not any more on Aircraft Entertainment Systems Hacks Are Back (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Boeing does not supply the IFE system

    Boeing is responsible for certification of all aircraft systems. In fact, Boeing doesn't supply anything. It's all built by other vendors. But that's not an excuse for poor systems architecture.

  14. Not any more on Aircraft Entertainment Systems Hacks Are Back (threatpost.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    IOActive said that segmentation between aircraft control and information services that oversee avionics and operational control of a plane should isolate these vulnerabilities to passenger entertainment domains.

    That may have been true on older models, but Boeing got an exception to the separation rule for the 787. What's worse, the primary authentication method used to provide 'security' is a protocol that filters packets based on MAC addresses. So you can't plug your own gizmo into an avionics bus. But if you can trick the passenger entertainment units into generating bogus air data (for example), bad stuff can happen.

  15. Re:the cars aren't the problem on Uber Admits To Self-driving Car 'Problem' in Bike Lanes As Safety Concerns Mount (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Can't do that. Bicycles are our most effective form of traffic calming devices. In other words; human speed bumps.

  16. All Uber has to do is to pay the state for autonomous car permits. Then everything will be fine.

  17. using the truncheon of government as a retaliation against those that don't comply

    Let's hear it for those 'small government' conservatives.

  18. Re:Why porn? on South Carolina Bill Wants To Put Porn Blocks On New Computers (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    And has nothing to do with kids. The most popular porn category is MILFs.

    (Damned spell checker tried to replace 'most' with 'moist'.)

  19. Re:The real (and hidden motive) is ... on South Carolina Bill Wants To Put Porn Blocks On New Computers (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That's not going to work. Adobe just brought the Linux version of Flash up to the current Windows/Mac versions. So we're in line with the current porn distribution standards.

  20. "If we could have manufacturers install filters that would be shipped to South Carolina, then anything that children have access on for pornography would be blocked," Chumley reportedly said. "We felt like that would be another way to fight human trafficking."

    Because what? Children who watch porn engage in human trafficking? I really think that legislators in South Carolina don't have the first clue as to how trafficking works.

  21. Re:EU should sue Ireland, not Apple on Apple Appeals EU Tax Ruling, Says It Was a 'Convenient Target' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    They weren't complying with the law.

    Yes, they were. Irish law. The issue of Irish law not complying with EU treaty is a matter between Ireland and Brussels.

  22. Re:Anti-Phishing Training on Nigerian Man Charged in Hacking of Los Angeles County Emails (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Just wait until someone with a security clearance is contacted by an alleged outside contractor doing an "investigation". The f[censored]ing FBI can't even keep people from running around with fake badges, claiming to be agents.

  23. Free Upgrade Offer on Most Firefox Users Still Running Windows 7 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows 10: Do not want

  24. Re:Tax evasion on Apple Appeals EU Tax Ruling, Says It Was a 'Convenient Target' (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    tax evasion is not illegal

    <pedantic mode=on>Actually, it's tax avoidance that is legal. Not evasion.</pedantic>

    The EU desperately needs more cash

    Which is funny because they claim that Ireland should be collecting this tax. None will be going to the EU. If the Irish want, they could take it and grant a one time payout to every Irish citizen. And then they'd be right back where they are today.

  25. Re:So they are admitting guilt, then? on Apple Appeals EU Tax Ruling, Says It Was a 'Convenient Target' (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    on the premise that everyone else is doing it

    But this goes to the root of the EU's case. They claim Ireland gave Apple a special break. Ireland says that this break is available to any company based in Ireland. No special treatment, no violation of it's EU treaty. No back taxes owed.