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Comment Sounds more like a false flag Cyberspace cmd Op (Score 1) 68

by frith01 (#62232589) Attached to: North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet

Anyone with the chops to pull this off would not be advertising the fact to anyone else. 5 I's agencies would come snooping at his door at a minimum. (recruiting or coercing).

But, if the US wanted to retaliate without the political adversities of a direct assault, this would be what it would look like. Similar to Russian agencies turning blind eyes to "independent" hackers as long as they target external entities.

Comment Re:Others planning migrate to Linux instead of Win (Score 1) 115

by frith01 (#62093773) Attached to: Microsoft Moves More Settings Away from the Control Panel on Windows 11

No, I am moving because Win 11 continues to get worse, not improved. More data collection, less user control, controls re-designed because they want to, not because they are providing better functionality.

I am also announcing this decision in the hopes that it influences people away from a dead-end path that is known as Win11. Operating systems are feature complete, so continuing to pay for new pretty things is not cost effective. Security patches and new device support are all that is needed. Linux provides that.

Comment Re:Others planning migrate to Linux instead of Win (Score 1) 115

by frith01 (#62091001) Attached to: Microsoft Moves More Settings Away from the Control Panel on Windows 11

IF they consolidated the settings into an interface where you could find what you need to change, it wouldn't be a big deal. The issue is that not all of the settings are indexed in search, so if I need to change my IP address, "IP" does not show up in search. (just one easy example)

There also needs to be a list of all possible settings grouped in whatever fashion they want where I can find detail settings without searching if I don't know the right term to search by.

Comment Too easy to game the system with "carbon capture" (Score 1) 188

by frith01 (#61946591) Attached to: Is Carbon Capture Here?

I can see big petroleum companies claiming "Carbon Capture" credits by pumping co2 below ground , and just running a pipe a few miles away where it comes right back up. I would not trust any third world country to even attempt that sophisticated a scheme either.

Unfortunately avoidance or immediately solidifying and visible validation will be feasible.

Submission + - SPAM: Yorkshire Gang's Game Boy Device Could Unlock Car In Seconds

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A gang of car thieves used a handheld device disguised as a Nintendo Game Boy to steal vehicles worth$245,000. Dylan Armer, Christopher Bowes and Thomas Poulson stole five Mitsubishi Outlanders by using the gadget to bypass the cars' security systems. West Yorkshire Police said the device, worth $27,000 could unlock and start a car "in a matter of seconds." The trio, all from Yorkshire, were jailed at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to steal. CCTV footage of the theft showed them unplug the car from its charging point before using the device to unlock and start it. When officers stopped the three men they found the Game Boy-style gadget hidden in a secret compartment of their car. Police said footage recovered from Poulson's phone showed him demonstrating "how quickly and easily the gadget gave them full access to the vehicles, accompanied by a commentary in mocking tones." The force added that the "significant investment required to buy one of the sophisticated devices suggested the thefts were planned and orchestrated crimes."
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Comment Re:To understand the basics of computers (Score 5, Insightful) 493

by frith01 (#61824607) Attached to: Today's Students Don't Understand the Basics of Computer Operations

We are still decades away from an effective system that will allow users to not need knowledge of file systems.

Files are the basis for all persistent computer activity, and security concerns alone are sufficient reasons to ensure EVERYONE who works with a computer understands the basics.

Ransomware, Phishing, and other attacks prey on the lack of knowledge of the masses which can cause entire companies to fail.

Submission + - SPAM: Perseverance Rover Successfully Cores Its First Rock On Mars

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An anonymous reader writes: The Perseverance rover successfully drilled into a Martian rock on Thursday, creating an intact core sample that could one day be returned to Earth. But NASA wants better images to make sure the sample is safely in the tube before it's sealed up and stowed on the rover. So far, data sent back by the rover and initial images suggest an intact sample was inside the tube after Perseverance drilled into a rock selected by the mission's science team. After the initial images were taken, the rover vibrated the drill bit and tube for five one-second bursts to clear both of any residual material from outside of the tube. It's possible that this caused the sample to slide down further inside the tube.

The next images taken after this were "inconclusive due to poor sunlight conditions," according to the agency. Perseverance will use its cameras to take more images under better lighting conditions before conducting the next steps of the sampling process. The extra step of taking additional images before sealing and stowing the sample tube was added after Perseverance attempted to drill into another rock target on August 5. During that attempt, the rock crumbled and there was no sample present in the tube once it was stowed.

Perseverance is currently exploring the Citadelle location in Jezero Crater, which — billions of years ago — was once the site of an ancient lake. The rover's specific target was a rock called Rochette, which is about the size of a briefcase and is part of a half-mile ridgeline of rock outcrops and boulders. The mission team should receive more images of what's inside the sample tube by September 4. If images taken while the sun is at a better angle don't help the team determine whether a sample is present, the tube will be sealed and the rover will measure its volume. If Perseverance is able to successfully collect samples from Mars, they will be returned to Earth by future missions — and they could reveal if microbial life ever existed on Mars.
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Submission + - Biological neurons are for more complex than we imagined 1

Submitted by Artem S. Tashkinov
Artem S. Tashkinov writes: Today, the most powerful artificial intelligence systems employ a type of machine learning called deep learning. Their algorithms learn by processing massive amounts of data through hidden layers of interconnected nodes, referred to as deep neural networks. As their name suggests, deep neural networks were inspired by the real neural networks in the brain, with the nodes modeled after real neurons — or, at least, after what neuroscientists knew about neurons back in the 1950s, when an influential neuron model called the perceptron was born. Since then, our understanding of the computational complexity of single neurons has dramatically expanded, so biological neurons are known to be more complex than artificial ones. But by how much?

To find out, David Beniaguev, Idan Segev and Michael London, all at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, trained an artificial deep neural network to mimic the computations of a simulated biological neuron. They showed that a deep neural network requires between five and eight layers of interconnected “neurons” to represent the complexity of one single biological neuron. Even the authors did not anticipate such complexity. “I thought it would be simpler and smaller,” said Beniaguev. He expected that three or four layers would be enough to capture the computations performed within the cell.

Submission + - SPAM: Healthcare Provider Expected To Lose $106.8 Million Following Ransomware Attack

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An anonymous reader writes: Scripps Health, a California-based nonprofit healthcare provider that runs five hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities, said it expects to lose an estimated $106.8 million following a ransomware attack that hit the organization in May 2021. The bulk of the losses, representing $91.6 million, came from lost revenues during the four weeks the organization needed to recover from the May ransomware attack. Scripps also lost $21.1 million in costs associated with response and recovery. While the company said it recovered $5.9 million through its insurance policy, the healthcare provider said it expects to lose an estimated $106.8 million by the end of the year. The losses stemming from the ransomware attack do not include potential losses due to litigation.

Following the attack, several patient groups also filed class-action lawsuits against the organization for failing to protect their data after the organization revealed that the hackers also stole data on roughly 150,000 patients before they encrypted the healthcare provider’s servers. The attack, while it did not get the same national coverage in the US as the ones on Colonial Pipeline, JBS Foods, and Kaseya, was one of the most impactful of the year, with Scripps being unable to access its web portal, patient medical records, and provide some patient services for four weeks, during which time staff had to redirect patients to other hospitals, which eventually resulted in the $91.6 million in lost revenue.
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Comment Re:Anticipation (Score 2) 61

Definitely correct about testing the engines while mounted on booster, but they have already taken the starship off the booster, back to the hangar, and are removing the engines to allow for pressure testing (hydraulic rams mount to engine brackets , so engines cannot be present during pressure testing.

They will then re-mount engines, move starship to the test stand, static fire, then re-mount on Booster.

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