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  1. Don't waste time downloading the "Full Report" on In Survey of American Universities, MIT Scores Worst In Cybersecurity · · Score: 1

    It's more of a sales pitch than a report. They make you give them an email address and then only give you meaningless highlights and the results in vaguely explained categories for the top 10 schools.

  2. Drone Licensing on Science Teacher Arrested After Crashing Drone At US Open · · Score: 1

    It's looking more and more like something akin to ham radio licensing should be required for drone over a certain size and/or range.
    Even an easy exam would insure people have basic safety knowledge and establish a minimum level of accountability.

  3. Elk Products M1 Series on Ask Slashdot: State of the Art In DIY Security Systems? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I had a good experience building a DIY security system based on a M1 controller from Elk Products. The documentation was clear and there are add on options for connecting it to the internet and interfacing with other home automation equipment.

    http://www.elkproducts.com/product_family_overview.html

  4. Wayback Machine Exclusion is Permanent on Google Cache Makes Murdoch's K-12 Site Look Obscene · · Score: 2
    If you add a deny all robots.txt, the domain will be permanently excluded from the archive.org wayback machine, regardless of if you change it to allow later.

    Currently there is no way to exclude only a portion of a site, or to exclude archiving a site for a particular time period only.
    When a URL has been excluded at direct owner request from being archived, that exclusion is retroactive and permanent.

    http://archive.org/about/faqs.php#14

  5. What about manufacturing? on Apple: 75% of Our World Wide Power Needs Now Come From Renewable Power Sources · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It seems a bit deceptive for a company selling physical goods to put out a headline like this while apparently ignoring the energy used to actually manufacture their products.

  6. Re:Good Replacements? on Google Reader Being Retired · · Score: 1

    Netvibes set to reader view appears to look pretty similar from what I can see, but all the RSS reader sites I try seem to be down at the moment. Anyone have experience using it?

  7. Why ditch the mics? on Ask Slashdot: Recording Business Meeting Audio On an Intranet? · · Score: 1

    If the current mics are giving you decent audio, it would be way simpler just to either connect them to the sound in on an existing computer, or if there isn't already going to be something always on, you could set up a plug computer which could easily upload the recordings, or perhaps even host them its self. Something like the SheevaPlug should be more than enough.

  8. So, wait, what does it actually do to fix things? on Startup Turns Fixing Your Grandma's PC Into a Game · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So as far as I can tell, even after reading the so called technical explanation, it reboots the computer into Linux and then downloads magic buzzword driven pixie dust from the cloud, thus allowing it to solve all your computer problems.

  9. There are still som places... on Are We Failing To Prepare Children For Leadership In the US? · · Score: 1

    The Adventure Playground in Berkeley, California lets kids run around with hammers, nails, paint, wood, and, in fact, saws, allowing them to build what they want with adequate but limited supervision. They even have a zip line.

  10. Re:Crowdsource the effort on Cost of Pre-Screening All YouTube Content: US$37 Billion · · Score: 2

    Um... Youtube has had a flag this option for a long time now.

  11. Master Card Opt Out on Mastercard, Visa To Help Target Ads · · Score: 2

    Master card appears to have an opt out page. Anyone know if there's something similar for Visa?

  12. List of Members on 29 Universities Seek High-Speed Networks · · Score: 3, Informative
    From: http://www.gig-u.org/
    • Arizona State University
    • Case Western Reserve University
    • Colorado State University
    • Duke University
    • George Mason University
    • Howard University
    • Indiana University
    • Michigan State University
    • North Carolina State University
    • Penn State University
    • University of Alaska
    • University of Chicago
    • University of Florida
    • University of Hawaii
    • University of Illinois
    • University of Kentucky
    • University of Louisville
    • University of Maryland
    • University of Michigan
    • University of Missouri
    • University of Montana
    • University of New Mexico
    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • University of South Florida
    • University of Virginia
    • University of Washington
    • Virginia Tech
    • Wake Forest University
    • West Virginia University
  13. Alligator Clips on Playdough For Fun and Profit · · Score: 1

    They're cheap, don't make a mess, don't dry out, and probably conduct better too.

  14. Electrical Tape on The Next Phase of Intelligent TVs Will Observe You · · Score: 5, Funny

    I see you've covered the camera with electrical tape. Would you be interested in these other privacy related products?

  15. Price? on Cleaning Up Japan's Radioactive Mess With Blue Goo · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know how much this stuff currently costs? Everything I can find says call for quote, which probably isn't a good sign.

  16. Re: Missing on The Future of SiLo's Language Library · · Score: 1
  17. Re:.kp Webmail? on North Korean Domain Names Return To the Internet · · Score: 1

    On further research, it appears that the domain does not have an MX record and that registration seems to fail if the commented out submit button is re-enabled via firebug.

  18. .kp Webmail? on North Korean Domain Names Return To the Internet · · Score: 1

    From the FAQ here: http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/users/index.php?faq#faq_2_2 it looks like they might be offering a web based email accounts if you register. Any confirmation?

  19. E-shop on North Korean Domain Names Return To the Internet · · Score: 2

    I wish the E-shop on http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/ wasn't "now in suspension." I could totally go for a t-shirt or something.

  20. Re:DPRK ip block info... on North Korea Opens .kp Sites On the Internet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why on earth is all the text on that news site in Arial except the names Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, which are always in Tahoma?

  21. Makes Sense on Xbox Live Pricing To Go Up To $60 Per Year · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, with the price of gold these days...

  22. Re:Firefox search bar with ssl? on Google Offers Encrypted Web Search Option · · Score: 1

    http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=google+https

    The Mycroft Project provides plugins for almost every site out there.

  23. SSH & SOCKS Proxy on Network Security While Traveling? · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would recommend purchasing a shell account from a reputable host that will allow you to tunnel your internet traffic over an SSH tunnel/SOCKS proxy. It's really easy to set up using Putty or OpenSSH.

  24. Coming maybe but definitely not here on How Augmented Reality Browsers Stack Up For Navigating London · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The fact that the review ends with "it’s sometimes easier to find the object on the map view first, that way when you switch the camera view it’s selected and saves you searching around." is a clear sign that so called augmented reality really isn't there when it comes to its primary promised benefit of making information about one's location trivially easy to access.

  25. Re:NetworkManager on What Needs Fixing In Linux · · Score: 1

    The latest version, beta 0.7 I believe, which is included with the latest Fedora and Ubuntu releases allows you to specify a static IP address.