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Comment The Topic Aside... (Score 1) 1256

by dumdeedum on Saturday August 12, 2017 @10:58AM (#54998427) Attached to: James Damore Explains Why He Was Fired By Google

Based on the comments here I think it's probably time to cede the Slashdot comments system to the Alt-Right (Entitled Idiot Techbro Division).

I mean the site's always had a slight libertarian bent that was best ignored, but damn it's got stupid in here.

PS3 Hacked? 296

Posted by Soulskill on Monday January 25, 2010 @07:35AM from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

Several readers have sent word that George Hotz (a.k.a. geohot), the hacker best known for unlocking Apple's iPhone, says he has now hacked the PlayStation 3. From his blog post: "I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I now have dumps of LV0 and LV1. I've also dumped the NAND without removing it or a modchip. 3 years, 2 months, 11 days...that's a pretty secure system. ... As far as the exploit goes, I'm not revealing it yet. The theory isn't really patchable, but they can make implementations much harder. Also, for obvious reasons I can't post dumps. I'm hoping to find the decryption keys and post them, but they may be embedded in hardware. Hopefully keys are setup like the iPhone's KBAG."

Leaked RIAA Training Video 335

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 20, 2008 @10:05PM from the gateway-crime dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gizmodo has a clip of that RIAA training video produced with the NDAA for US prosecutors that was leaked to torrent sites a few days ago. It argues they should pursue piracy cases because it leads to bigger and badder wares, like handguns, drugs, terrorist orgs, and hardcore repeat offender criminals. It's kind of sad how far they're stretching to bring law enforcement into the matter."

Comment Re:Poetic justice (Score 1) 388

by dumdeedum on Thursday January 10, 2008 @07:39PM (#21992668) Attached to: Identity Theft Skeptic Ends Up As Fraud Victim

I like poetic justice, but to be truly satisfying, they should have given him diabetes. Anyone who knows of Clarkson will understand.

New Software Could Warn Sailors of Rogue Waves 131

Posted by kdawson on Saturday November 24, 2007 @06:20PM from the that's-no-wave dept.

Reservoir Hill writes "Sailors have been telling stories for centuries about monstrous ocean waves that tower over a hundred feet in the air and toss ships around like corks. While these were once dismissed as nautical myth, but a few years back synthetic aperture radar from ESA's ERS satellites helped establish the existence of these 'rogue' waves and study their origins. Such waves were far more common than anyone had expected. Now a researcher in Madrid has developed software that can detect rogue waves from radar images, with the possibility of providing advance warning to ships at sea. The software uses a mathematical model to evaluate and process the spatial and temporal dimensions of waves inferred from the interaction between the radar's electromagnetic energy and the sea surface. The result is displayed in a color-coded image."

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