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  1. so i cant seem to figure on Sniffing the Wireless Traffic of MIT Students · · Score: 3, Interesting

    out what this article is actually about, and why i should give a shit...famous professor at expensive college gets approval for lesson plan related to security?

    in college to demonstrate secure passwords, i had a professor run john the ripper on our auth hashes in shadow. live-fire security demonstrations are always a good tool in college because it provides a route for hands on learning and a finer appreciation of the subject matter, but its no different than an accounting or finance class being asked to bring their tax returns in.

  2. in another growing concern... on FTC Targets Copy Machine Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    I cant remember the last time ive had to use a copier for any non-gluteus-maximus related graphics...

  3. take a page out of on MS To Share Early Flaw Data With Governments · · Score: 3, Insightful

    the book of FLOSS guys. all your customers need to promptly know when you find flaws, not just the governments with the ability to restrict your sales and service. Im talking about banks, schools, hospitals, and power plants.

  4. wow...vaguest story ever. on Europeans Bury "Digital DNA" Inside a Mountain · · Score: 1

    we may as well have decided to pack unicorn farts into old lorries and drive them through candy mountain to the fairy princess....apply the word 'digital' 'cloud' or 'virtualization' anywhere in the aformentioned statement you feel it will produce the most revenue.

  5. now listen here... on Doctors Seeing a Rise In "Google-itis" · · Score: 1

    this is medical medicine...its complex, dangerous quackery not well suited for the average person...you need years of institutionalization before attempting it, and google will usually just suggest crazy things like a healthy diet and exercise...this is counterproductive to your well-being as it distracts you from your television.

    We, the medical community, have contracted ineffably large pharmaceutical conglomerates and enlisted their superior knowledge of your symptoms in order to diagnose and treat many major illnesses you may, or may not, or may in the future should you decide to, be suffering from. Conveniently and enlighteningly peppered throughout your favorite episodes of House, the informative commercial programming from bloated clearinghouses of pharmacopoeia are designed to ensure you the lay-consumer are well armed should you decide to change, increase, or consume ever more of these life preserving drugs through your responsive and caring doctor-type sales representative.

  6. cue new business buzz-word on Programming Clojure · · Score: 1

    in three...two...one...

  7. hang on slashdot on Scientists Question Safety of New Airport Scanners · · Score: 1, Troll

    didnt these types of scanners get covered a few months ago with negative side effects from a scientific study proclaiming evidence the radiation can unzip DNA?

    how about this for airport security: stop blowing up brown people and start working with countries other than china, canada, and mexico to ensure we're better global citizens...

  8. this is truly funny on Life-size Eva Unit 01 Being Built In Japan · · Score: 1

    until you realize that most major inventions and creations start...with a model first.

  9. what we should do on Cheap Cancer Drug Finally Tested In Humans · · Score: 1

    is fire a warning shot across the bow of every pharmaceutical and huckster awareness group huddled close to the money-teat of sorrow and suffering. Open Source curative medicines would i think turn the tides.

  10. its all coming together now on Rockstar Ships Max Payne 2 Cracked By Pirates · · Score: 1

    this explains the hot coffee incident....rockstar is actually an anthropomorphism of somalia....

  11. mother of god on Gulf Gusher Worst Case Scenario · · Score: 4, Insightful

    is there any other way to stress the outright critical nature of this disaster? scrubbing seagulls and dancing around in congressional hearings isnt working. We need to pick up the pace, or we risk an entire gulf coast with an ecosystem that resembles a wal-mart parking lot. Shrimp and seafood will become a rather distant memory for the states.

  12. ok i get it... on Call In the Military To Blast Rogue Satellite? · · Score: 1

    someone needs to mention this to americans, i might as well be the one. Every time something breaks or doesnt do what you want it to or god forbid does something completely irrational, "fire ze missiles" shouldn't become the default response.

    someone needs to do science to this satellite, not blow it up.

  13. proved secure... on Position-Based Quantum Cryptography Proved Secure · · Score: 1

    ...for now.

  14. Re:From the same guys... on Oil Leak Could Be Stopped With a Nuke · · Score: 1

    offtopic and completely irrelevant to the discussion, why are you insightful? the same could be said: this is from the same guys who launched the first satellite, animal, and human into space.

  15. probably a bit ignorant here on Methane-Trapping Ice May Have Triggered Gulf Spill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    but if the risk of offshore drilling is so great why do we continue to do it? if it costs more to make alternative fuels, where is the breaking point where a disaster is more or less expensive? why are we still allowed to continue drilling offshore when known unknown conditions exist which have not been fully counter measured?

  16. seems to me on Defense Chief Urges Big Cuts In Military Spending · · Score: 1

    this whole issue would become a non issue if we had presidents and politicians that didnt start a war every 2-4 years. less war usually means less military...it also means alot more work for politicians who are completely resolved to sitting on their duff all day. Learning about cultures, countries, and history as opposed to the knee jerk "nuke em from orbit" response politicians usually give to countries that dont fall lock-step with US policy might do us all a world of good.

  17. oh!!! on Choice of Programming Language Doesn't Matter For Security · · Score: 1

    "By analyzing the vulnerability assessment results of nearly 1,700 websites under WhiteHat Sentinel management"

    i saw what you did there...

  18. its nice, but on AMD Undercuts Intel With Six-Core Phenom IIs · · Score: 1

    until these multicore monsters start using less electricity, i dont know if ill commit to anything more than the 45 watt dualcore i have now.

  19. so i just on Arizona Backs Off Its Speed Camera Program · · Score: 1

    moved to arizona last month, and yeah ive seen the speed cameras and "photo enforcement" signs and the deterrence for me works well. I dont know how much a ticket costs, or what the effect on my license would be or insurance costs, so i stick to the speed limit.

    The traffic here is maddening i think. people blast their horns when you make a u-turn, blast their horns to get you to turn right on red at a 3 lane intersection, and dont hesitate to cut you off on the highway if their lane is ending. turn signals are more of a switch on the dash than a realistic concept here. people dont always stop for red lights or red turn arrows and just keep going. the intersections with photo enforcement work very well in deterring this problem, granted this is just from what ive seen so far.

    the uncomfortable thing people dont want to do is this: find the speed limit, lock your cruise control to it, and dont break the law. If you follow the rules then speed cameras are just another weird fixture at a four way intersection and you have the added benefit of being a safer driver.

    the cameras that catch you blowing through a red light are good too i think, but tend to make me overly paranoid at intersections. Ive ground to a dead halt preemptively at a photo intersection because i was terrified the thing would mail me a citation for running a yellow that turned to a red.

  20. im certain this all on Robot With Knives Used In Robotics Injury Study · · Score: 4, Funny

    culminated with an old, gray professor scratching his beard and remarking, "hm...yeah its dangerous for pig legs...but.....hey, someone get me a grad student!"

  21. for the enterprise? on Will the Serial Console Ever Die? · · Score: 1

    yeah, its been dead quite a while. for those so inclined major vendors offer ILO cards and even the wips themselves are controllable through the network. even if you dont want the ILO card, the BMC chip can often interface on a specific vlan over the network, supports cryptography, and interface failover.
    digis are in my opinion a dead relic these days

  22. i predict on Space Junk Getting Worse · · Score: 1

    this problem will do one of two things:

    1. become suddenly very relevant once we start losing shuttles and payloads to garbage related collision

    2. aid in the inevitable tourist trap campy feel earth is to assume in the distant future, circa Cowboy Bebop.

  23. so, slashdot on 1938 Superman Comic Sells For $1M · · Score: 1

    has anyone read this one yet? Ive only watched the movie, so i thought buying issue #1 would be a good way to figure out more about super-mans. is there more than one? why is his underwear on the outside?

  24. its patent wars and standards on Free Software Foundation Urges Google To Free VP8 · · Score: 1

    debacles that get me thinking most codec companies just wont be happy until we gouge our eyes out and retreat to the stone age banging rocks together, or fork over our credit cards for the christgod privilege of the moving image.

    my frustrations mount from years of watching codecs go from boom to bust, good to ugly, and seeing things like windows media player needlessly clutter every inch of my hard drive with a compendium of the last decades worth of "heres how to view this our way" dll files. personally i hope the all fail at this point. if vp8 is floss and good, then take it. if its floss and bad, lets take it and make it better. but for god sake, lets stop with the media devices designed to play six million different proprietary formats as a business model.

  25. I renew my call to action. now is not the time to debate better security through "operating systems" or "best practices" but instead to focus on the matter at hand: we have not purchased enough symantec products this year.

    seriously. a security company that finds a hellatious influx of cyber attacks is not news, its advertisement. its only sixteen pages long, page 1 is a pretty girl, and the last page is a summary of...oh imagine that, links to the product the company is selling and not independent citations.