Comment 2 Year old repost (Score 1) 242
This video has been on Vimeo for two years already. Apparently posted by a SFX guy...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...
Comment Re:To be fair... (Score 1) 405
They should allow it, given the fact they allowed us to bring frozen ice packs on the plane, but confiscated them when they were melted on the return trip.
Comment Sooo, TDMA for Wifi (Score 1) 32
I guess I thought this kind of thing was already out there, if not sounds solid to me.
Submission + - Kelihos gang building new botnet, researchers say (networkworld.com)
alphadogg writes: The cyber-criminal gang that operated the recently disabled Kelihos botnet has already begun building a new botnet with the help of a Facebook worm, according to security researchers from Seculert. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab, CrowdStrike, Dell SecureWorks and the Honeynet Project, announced that they took control of the 110,000 PC-strong Kelihos botnet on Wednesday using a method called sinkholing. That worm has compromised over 70,000 Facebook accounts so far and is currently distributing a new version of the Kelihos Trojan, Seculert security researchers said in a blog post.http://blog.seculert.com/2012/03/kelihosb-is-still-live-and-social.html
Comment Re:Erm... (Score 1) 151
Most ATMs use EPPs or:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypted_PIN_Pad
No cleartext information is sent to the terminal.
Comment Re:Well, good thing I didn't research this area. (Score 1) 251
This print and verify method is deployed in my county in Ohio. Step 1 is to place your votes on all the available pages. Step 2 the machine flips to the first page and show you your vote, you are then instructed to look at the paper slip to the right to ensure that your recorded vote matches that which is printed. You do this for all pages, then your vote is "submitted".
Submission + - Nintendo Announces New Console: Wii U (reuters.com)
_xeno_ writes: Nintendo has announced the official name for what had been known as "Project Cafe:" the Wii U. It is an HD console, it remains backwards compatibility with the Wii (it's unclear if this includes GameCube software), and the controller does, in fact, have a touch screen on it. Nintendo demoed moving a game off the TV and play it solely on the Wii U controller.
Comment Begun the lighting wars have (Score 1) 457
If you're going to get that close at least do it properly.
Comment Screen Scraper (Score 2, Insightful) 157
This is called a screen scraper, and likes to break with updates to the underlying program, right?
Submission + - Lie-in for teenagers sees drop in absenteeism (bbc.co.uk) 1
krou writes: Monkseaton High School in North Tyneside, UK, began an experiment in October that saw its 800 pupils ranging in age from 13-19 attend school an hour later than normal at 10am. Early results indicate that 'general absence has dropped by 8% and persistent absenteeism by 27%'. Head teacher Paul Kelley supported the idea because he believed that 'it was now medically established that it was better for teenagers to start their school day later in terms of their mental and physical health and how they learn better in the afternoon', and he now claims that the children are becoming 'happier better educated teenagers' as a result of the experiment. The experiment is being overseen by Oxford neuroscience professor Russell Foster. 'He performed memory tests on pupils at the school which suggested the more difficult lessons should take place in the afternoon. He said young people's body clocks may shift as they reach their teenage years — meaning they want to get up later not because they are lazy but because they are biologically programmed to do.'
Comment EyeTV (Score 3, Informative) 536
If you have a Mac, Elgato's EyeTV product keeps getting better and better with each release. There are open source add-ons for commercial skipping, exports to iTunes/iPod, ect and the interface is pretty user friendly. It won't do Netflix by itself, but if you're hooking up a media PC then you've already got access to Netflix.
Comment Re:Go to the ABC site - watch video (Score 1) 1146
In my VW TDI full brake and accelerator causes the ECU to cut the fuel back to idle. It will not accelerate again until you completely release the brake and wait a few seconds.
Comment Re:Diesel and window defogging (Score 1) 687
Idling a TDI when cold is not recommended. The reason that they don't heat up very fast is that they are more thermally efficient.
If you are really concerned you could install a frost heater, which is an inline coolant heater, this would allow you to defrost very quickly.
As far as parking the vehicle outside... I had no problems starting my car after a low temp of -20F for two days in a row. The quality of the fuel is more important than having it inside. With advances in glow plug technology cold starts are not much of a problem.
Submission + - Chevy Volt rated at 230 mpg in the city 2
necro81 writes: General Motors, emerging from bankruptcy, today announced that its upcoming plug-in hybrid vehicle, the Volt, will have an EPA-rated 230 mpg for city driving (approx 1L / 100km). The unprecedented rating is the result of a new (draft) methodology for calculating the "gas" mileage for vehicles that operate primarily or extensively on electricity. The Volt, due out late this year, can drive approximately 40 miles on its Li-Ion battery pack, after which a gasoline engine kicks in to provide additional electricity to turn the wheels. Running off the gasoline engine yields approximately 50 mpg. Of course, the devil's in the details, because the conversion of grid-based electricity to gasoline-mileage is imprecise.
Comment Double Duty? (Score 4, Interesting) 301
So can we expect this to work in parallel with existing hydro power generation techniques?
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