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  1. I find it odd on Volkswagen Turns Off E-mail After Work-Hours · · Score: 1

    I find it odd that email is to blame, email is not the issue the issue is behavior of people, because even if you rid yourself of email then whatever you have switched too will then suddenly become the problem.
    In the case of Atos the face to face option is a good idea, as most people will decide what would have been easy to send in email isn't worth the bother of face time or at the very least will suddenly seem less crucial, however their switch to "chat-type collaborative services" is unlikely to be any better than email unless they have a "chat time moderator" to keep everyone in line and on track.

  2. Well then on Book Review: Defense Against the Black Arts · · Score: 1

    Is there a well regarded hacking book out there?
    Most comments suggest there is not and I get the feeling hackers are primarily self taught so if you're grabbing Backtrack and using youtube tutorials you most likely are not a "hacker" (cracker?)

  3. Re:Piffle on US Chamber of Commerce Infiltrated By Chinese Hackers · · Score: 1

    Sorry for the double up, something screwy on my end led me to believe my previous post did not take, perhaps it's time I check my own thermostat..

  4. Quakeforge + Quakelive on QuakeForge 0.6.0 Released In Time For Christmas · · Score: 1

    I am amazed how long the Quake series has been around and how much fun it is to still fraging, though I am a bit slower than I was 15 years ago.

  5. Piffle on US Chamber of Commerce Infiltrated By Chinese Hackers · · Score: 1

    All these hack jobs in the news lately seem like "closed Internet" propaganda to me.

  6. Laughable on US Chamber of Commerce Infiltrated By Chinese Hackers · · Score: 1

    ""It's nearly impossible to keep people out. The best thing you can do is have something that tells you when they get in,""

    It's easy to keep them out take it off the Internet, seriously when they are hacking your thermostat from China how much more encouragement do you need?
    It's pretty clear they don't have much in the way of telling them when someone gets in either since they (who ever hacked them) were there for over a year.

    All these hack jobs in the news are beginning to seem like a steady stream of pro "closed Internet" propaganda.

  7. Re:SiFi on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read? · · Score: 1

    Yes excellent, horror and SciFi blended quite well and the concept of "bond animals" truly a space opera if there ever was one.
    I need to check out Hamilton again and see if he has anything new.

  8. Re:Sci-fi picks on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read? · · Score: 1

    Any of the Culture series by Iain M Banks, as good as "Use of Weapons" is it isn't even the best, when you're a head in a jar growing a new body there's nothing like an AI that gives you a hat as a get well gift.

  9. Re:Ender's Game on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read? · · Score: 1

    All of the Ender / Bean series is good, all of them.

  10. Re:William Gibson on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read? · · Score: 2

    +1 for Gibson

  11. SiFi on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read? · · Score: 1

    William Gibson anything he writes, Iain M Banks Culture series, Larry Niven Ringworld series. David Brin, Greg Bear. Peter F Hamilton Void series.

  12. Cool on Will Toys-R-Us Carry Spy Drones? · · Score: 1

    I have often wondered why the paparazzi don't use this for celeb weddings and such, I would also add that these "consumer drones" are easy to take out, simply flood the area with the same frequency the drone operates on and it crashes.

  13. Re: Facebook destroys everything that is not Faceb on High School Reunions — Facebook's Newest Victim? · · Score: 1

    Unless you look like these people: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

    Which in my opinion are real life zombies.

  14. Re: Facebook destroys everything that is not Faceb on High School Reunions — Facebook's Newest Victim? · · Score: 1

    So it's the Walmart of the Internet.

  15. Re:It's Awful on High School Reunions — Facebook's Newest Victim? · · Score: 1

    Adults that still need to act that way are generally hoping no one will notice what losers they are, they still haven't found themselves and any chance to direct that focus to someone else is taken.

    In other words fuck em.

  16. Re:The strength of your passwords doesn't matter.. on Tech Forensics Take Center Stage in Manning Pre-Trial · · Score: 1

    You can plead the 5th amendment is some cases to keep from giving your password, not sure that applies in a military trial but there it is for the record...you know in hopes of keeping the FUD down.

    I do agree here: "Even though I respect his ideals his methods are joke" Yes he was definitely not savvy enough to get into what he got into and one wonders from the chats if he fancied himself a "hacker".

  17. Assange on Tech Forensics Take Center Stage in Manning Pre-Trial · · Score: 1

    So if Assange was interacting with him to get the data I think that may "stick the fork" in Assange, and the fact he used the same password on his Macbook as he did on his encrypted files is a warning to everyone, don't reuse user names or passwords, ever.

  18. Re:Slashdot Monkeys on Hard Drive Makers Slash Warranties · · Score: 1

    Yeah something is funky

  19. Hey I know !!! on How To Thwart the High Priests In IT · · Score: 1

    Lets all go post our feelings here: http://www.infoworld.com/t/consumerization-it/how-thwart-the-high-priests-it-180296

    I just love his title "smart user"

  20. Re:Wow, what a stupid post on How To Thwart the High Priests In IT · · Score: 1

    Thank you and I agree.

  21. Re:What? on SOPA Creator In TV/Film/Music Industry's Pocket · · Score: 1

    Or "rights" vs "writes"

  22. Re:Death penalty on Philosopher Patrick Lin On the Ethics of Military Robotics · · Score: 1

    Yay for hyperbole!!!

    The issue wasn't that you couldn't put the serial killer to work instead of killing him, the issue was prison labor was so cheap it started undercutting "real jobs".

  23. I wonder on Google Outlines AI-Based Number Reading For Street View Photos · · Score: 1

    If the proliferation of CCTV using facial recognition could be tied into Google allowing you to Google for faces and where they were last seen.

    So using a 3 Dimensional recognition algorithm and saving that data plus the location would then allow you to drag a picture of your friends face into Google (as you already can) then get results of where that face was last seen.

  24. Re:Asimov naive? I don't think so. on Philosopher Patrick Lin On the Ethics of Military Robotics · · Score: 1

    I agree with you Asimov wasn't naive and David wasn't Christian.

  25. Re:Software radios on Spectrum Fragmentation Means Pricier Mobile Networking · · Score: 0

    The answer to increased cost is increased contract length, for a 3 or 4 year contract AT&T will get you your new fractal antenna/software controlled "phone"