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  1. Re:White balance and contrast in camera. on Is That Dress White and Gold Or Blue and Black? · · Score: 3, Informative

    So it appears to be linked to the lighting conditions that your eyes are adjusted to when seeing the image initially... even after they've adjusted to the ambient light, the brain appears to stick to the image it created initially.

    Here is a pretty good explanation of why this might happen.

  2. Re:good bye to US datacenters on NSA Director Wants Legal Right To Snoop On Encrypted Data · · Score: 1

    That I do not possess any keys I could hand over when I have to travel to anywhere where any violent regime can easily access me physically and use torture to extract such a key.

    If you live in the US it's already too late.

  3. Re:Only used it when they paid me on Google Teams Up With 3 Wireless Carriers To Combat Apple Pay · · Score: 2

    The problem is that Softcard payment requires more steps than you think:

    Don't forget the effort to unroot your phone in order to install the app. I unrooted mine just long enough to spend their bribe money.

  4. Re:someone explain for the ignorant on Credit Card Fraud Could Peak In 2015 As the US Moves To EMV · · Score: 2

    As for mail order, I'm sure Visa/MC will continue to have a web object that pops up, asks for a PW or PIN, which is used for shopping via the Internet.

    This is truly where credit card fraud is going to go in the next few years. As EMV rolls out in the US (finally!) credit card fraud is going to move online. Card not present transactions will be the next target and participation in multifactor authentication schemes like Verified By Visa and MasterCard SecureCode will become critical and possibly even mandatory.

  5. Re:A good strategy on Algorithmic Patenting · · Score: 1

    It's also real life imitating art, because the protagonist of Charles Stross' novel Accelerando ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... ) uses this technique and becomes persona non-grata in the US. The book came out in 2005.

    I believe that Cory Doctorow's protagonist used this technique at one point in Eastern Standard Tribe as well.

  6. Let me guess at the model number on Canada's Next-Generation Military Smart Gun Unveiled · · Score: 3, Funny

    This doesn't happen to be the ZF-1 does it?

  7. Ask Slashdot? on Ask Slashdot: Are General Engineering Skills Undervalued In Web Development? · · Score: 1

    Are we channeling Timothy now? Maybe we could try posting "Ask Slashdot" stories in the "Ask Slashdot" section? It's there for a reason you know.

  8. Re:Co-Conspirators? on MegaUpload Programmer Pleads Guilty, Gets a Year In Prison · · Score: 1

    Personally I think it's insane that a civil crime such as a breach of copyright terms is treated as a criminal matter more serious than assaulting someone and leaving them with injuries that will be with them for the rest of their life.

    Here in the US we have the best legal system that money can buy.

  9. Re:A programmer arrested for © infringement? on MegaUpload Programmer Pleads Guilty, Gets a Year In Prison · · Score: 1

    And much like the manufacturer of a hammer, they have no way of knowing whether that hammer will be used to nail together pieces of wood or open up the back of someone's head, and so they are therefore not responsible when someone misuses the tool which is intended for beneficial use.

    When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a skull.

  10. Re:You mean nightmare on Building the Developer's Dream Keyboard · · Score: 1

    The perfect keyboard has been around for a long time an IBM M13 mine is nearly 20 years old and in perfect working order. While I like the larger keyboard with f13-24 it's a pita to get many OS's to use them. You can also bludgeon an intruder with it and go back to typing.

    Even better, you can wash the blood off with running water.

  11. Re:Give me a break on Building the Developer's Dream Keyboard · · Score: 2

    Real navigation keys are called H, J, K, and L.

    You obviously meant C-b, C-n, C-p, C-f.

    There has to be an equivalent to Godwin's Law that covers this....

  12. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    I'm not so sure. LG sends back info on what you're watching via USB, Amazon, Netflix. No voice control there. I think smart TVs will keep taking liberties,

    access-list outbound deny ip any any

  13. Re:they used encryption, hmacs, thought they knew on How To Hack a BMW: Details On the Security Flaw That Affected 2.2 Million Cars · · Score: 1

    BMW's programmers did as much as I'd expect any application programmer to do. It's then time for the security audit, by a truly qualified security person, to catch the kinds of mistakes that the author caught.

    No. Security is not an afterthought or something do be approached at the end. It needs to be an integral part of the software development lifecycle from soup to nuts. Anything else results in "ship it now, we'll fix it later" decisions and we end up where BMW is today.

  14. Re:I don't think this is really true. on Facebook Will Soon Be Able To ID You In Any Photo · · Score: 1

    Also very hard if there is not a set of reference photographs.

    Fortunately your friends, relative, and coworkers are willing to help out with that. Each photo uploaded to Facebook with your face tagged in it is a reference photo. Setting your privacy settings to not display those tags doesn't mean the data point wasn't saved.

  15. Re:OpenSSL, GnuPG, ... on GnuPG Gets Back On Track With Funding · · Score: 2

    Every e-mail client(desktop and mobile) should have S/MIME and GnuPG integrated in - including Gmail, Yahoo and the various ISP web clients. What's taking Google so long for Gmail - pressure from various governments?

    Maybe it's the fact that if your email is encrypted as it passes through Google, they can't data mine it. Since that is the Raison d'etre for gmail, it would kind of defeat the whole purpose.

  16. Navigation Map Updates on Automakers Move Toward OTA Software Upgrades · · Score: 1

    While some carmakers today offer over-the-air software upgrades to navigation maps and infotainment head units,

    Others, such as Toyota, want to charge you $250 US for a one time update to the maps. Then they wonder why I still have a Garmin stuck to my windshield. Thanks for nothing Toyota.

  17. Re:Lasers are easy to stop on The US Navy Wants More Railguns and Lasers, Less Gunpowder · · Score: 1

    Conventional ships guns hit targets over the horizon by firing up and then gravity brings it down (hopefully on target) and they have about as much range now as they are ever going to get, everyone is agreed there. All I was implying is it's going to be hard to hit a target over the horizon with a straight shot. If your going to shoot the railgun the same way you shoot conventional guns what's the point?

    They'll still use indirect fire, it may just have to orbit the earth a time or two before coming back down for the impact.

  18. Re:Been a long time coming on Radioshack Declares Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    Then they expanded like hell, employed stupid corporate business policies like charging people to pay for store catalogs, ridiculous "i need all your personal info" so I can sell you a resistor, etc.

    I remember this shift well. Our local store manager understood though. As soon as you gave him a WTF look he would reply with "Right. Kris Kringle it is then."

  19. Better Story Link on Smartphone Attachment Can Test For HIV In 15 Minutes · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is a link to the original article cited by the Times that contains more detail.

  20. Re:Here's a great idea... on DOT Warns of Dystopian Future For Transportation · · Score: 1

    It's a no-brainer.

    then how are we supposed to do it?

    Get the government involved of course.

  21. Re:Bound to happen on Google, Amazon, Microsoft Reportedly Paid AdBlock Plus To Unblock · · Score: 1

    I don't mind ads as such, but what I do mind more than anything else -- more than being noisy and obnoxious -- is the tracking that comes with them. That's why I block all advertising that I can, and why I always will.

    And the drive-by malware. Don't forget about the malware that makes it into even the best of ad networks.

  22. Published but not released yet. on Lab Samples Database "JuliaBase" Published As Open Source · · Score: 1
    According to their info page, juliabase has not had a 1.0 release yet.

    JuliaBase is organized in a public Git repository on GitHub. So far, there is no public release of JuliaBase 1.0. However, the master branch in the repository is a release candidate, ...

    I'm not sure I would solely trust my lab results to a LIMS system that is pre-release.

  23. Re:Can someone explainn on Drone Maker Enforces No-Fly Zone Over DC, Hijacking Malware Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    How big is your brick? While there are hexa- and octocopters that can carry a couple of pounds (which are big and conspicuous spider-looking things), the payload of the DJI Phantom line is measured in low-double-digit grams.

    Video of one lifting 50lbs. Is that enough for you?

  24. Re: Fault of the walled garden on WhatsApp vs. WhatsApp Plus Fight Gets Ugly For Users · · Score: 1

    if your friends run off a cliff, do you follow them?

    Yes, but that's because we are all BASE Jumpers. Ditto for the bridges too.

  25. Re:Weak Bladders on Spanish Judge Cites Use of Secure Email As a Potential Terrorist Indicator · · Score: 2

    Every time there is some little incident of terrorism the public starts soiling their panties and begging politicians to do something. Frankly I find it disgusting.

    Except that this raid occurred on 12/17/14, several weeks before the attack on Charlie Hebdo.