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  1. Actual WP article on FBI Admits It Uses Stingrays, Zero-Day Exploits (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
  2. AshleyMadison.com and Washington Post on Harnessing Conflict in the Workplace (video) · · Score: 2

    Versions of Linux have proved vulnerable to serious bugs in recent years. AshleyMadison.com, the Web site that facilitates extramarital affairs and suffered an embarrassing data breach in July, was reportedly running Linux on its servers, as do many companies.. Those problems did not involve the kernel itself, but experts say the kernel has become a popular target for hackers building “botnets,” giant networks of computers that can be organized to initiate cyberattacks.

    People in AshleyMadison.com also were reading Washington Post .. their hack was not related to this fact but many experts say badly edited newspapers become a popular and easy target for populists.

  3. Antifragility? on Biologists Create Self-Healing Concrete · · Score: 1

    Vivat Antifragility !

  4. The real question is on House Bill Slashes Research Critical To Cybersecurity · · Score: 2

    Before whining about decrease in next period - it would be nice if someone explained what did US citizens get for their $272 million spent on "social, behavioral and economic sciences" and $1.3 billion "geosciences research, which includes climate change study" spent in previous period.

  5. Transparency-related organizations on German Teenager Gets Job Offer By Trying To Use FOI For His Exam Papers · · Score: 1

    "offer of work from another transparency-related organization" it illustrates just so well how the 'transparency related organizations' work and what are their true objectives.
    Do they care that guy tried to use flaw in law to get unfair advantage -NO
    Do they care if guy knows something and in fact could be an imbecile - NO
    Do they care if all this case is silly hype - NO
    I guess all these 'transparency-related organizations' ever want is attention, noise, proving somebody (but the best - be it government or corporation) being idiot or villain, regardless of facts, causes, any purpose or any common sense.

  6. In the Land of Invented Languages on Ask Slashdot: What Would a Constructed Language Have To Be To Replace English? · · Score: 1

    I'd urge you to read that peace by Arika Okrent. Apart from reading stories about miscelenious freaks, geniuses and villains you will understanding why you will most likely fail. According to Okrent there are 2 main reasons why folks invent language
    1- remove ambiguity and find universal tool for describing everything (Lojban being last interesting attempt)
    2- easy-to learn communications tool (Esperanto, Ido and similar)
    3- pure fun (creations by Tolkien and authors of Star Wars (sorry do not remember language names anymore)
    And you will fail in any of those categories because .. well I'll not spoil it :)

  7. essay on Clear Solar Cells Could Help Windows Generate Power · · Score: 1

    Clear Solar Cells Could Help Windows Generate Power
    Clear Windows Could Help Solar Cells Generate Power
    Windows Could Help Solar Cells Generate Clear Power
    Clear Power Could Help Windows Generate Solar Cells

  8. Mega super source - yeah! on Google Watchers Expect Company-Branded Stores This Year · · Score: 1

    "an extremely reliable source" - sounds like teenager chatter to me

  9. Attention economy on Facebook Testing $100 Fee To Mail Mark Zuckerberg · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I like the concept. Actually I think it is brilliant. There are gazillions of things that fight over our attention every day just as we open our eyes. We live in constant noise of commercials/e-mails/calls/banners/meeting-requests/u-name-it. And the most efficient way to reach a person is to be loud. And annoying. And it costs virtually nothing. And intermediaries - ad agencies etc. are those who take the most advantage and profit from this mess. But with this concept - everybody can charge for for their attention Directly . Maybe mr. everybodys attention starts to be Valued . IIn that case it would be like giving the power back to the people!

  10. Re:CAFE Kills on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    Does it still apply if everybody has a heavy car? Or then everybody will need to buy even-heavier-car to be secure? And after that ...

  11. DMY on 10 Ways To Celebrate Pi Day · · Score: 1

    I wonder if I had to celebrate PI day in 3rd of January or what ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country ).

  12. Re:Botnets and Seven Chains on Ask Slashdot: Choosing Anonymous Proxies? · · Score: 1

    Where does "seven chains" come from? Some metaphor? I assume it was meant as proxy behind proxy behind proxy .. makes You more difficult to find... But why seven? Is there a "seven chains" rule? Cannot google any sensible explanation.

  13. Re:This sucks on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 0

    Agree. Ugly and unusable. Like some corporate Intranet crap. Leaving.

  14. instant on Did Google Go Instant Just To Show More Ads? · · Score: 0

    Wake me up when instant search will give me rearch results of all in that very same moment emerged information.

  15. On the other hand on The Sun's 'Quiet Period' Explained · · Score: 0

    Oracle's massive activity can't be explained.

  16. Jack-pc on Student Designs Cardboard Computer Case · · Score: 0

    Makes me remember those futuristic cars with wings drawn in 50s. This - http://www.chippc.com/thin-clients/jack-pc/ seams kinda cooler to me.

  17. own log files - evidence ? on YouTube Must Give All User Histories To Viacom · · Score: 0

    How can the log files which you've kindly asked (not got by the SWAT guys) from the suspect (not the third party) could be the evidence of anything!? It's not the fingerprints - just a bunch of strings. U know there's the stuff like sed and so..

  18. no GSM on Nokia to Put Google Talk on its Linux Tablet · · Score: 0

    i had an intention to buy that thing until i discovered that you are in fact unable to make phone calls with it. i would suggest R&d of nokia concentrate more on this issue. they're phone company after all.

  19. Early Adopters Experiencing More Bugs on Early Adopters Experiencing More Bugs? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    in other news : the world is round .. i mean flat .. i mean .. whatever

  20. "eight different kinds of smells" on Aging Japan Looks to Bots For Care · · Score: 1

    We have a project here in Latvia already some time around in wich scientists of Physics institute have developed an electronic sensor - so called "nose" that can distinguish some 10 thousands of smells. http://www.cfi.lu.lv/ http://www.cfi.lu.lv/ionics/CFI_lapai_lat/e-nose.h tm (quite ugly page and latvian only) should i bring those guys in contact .. ummm..