How to Become a Linux Kernel Hacker; Takedown of Misogyny in Nerd Culture

Spreadsheets Not Designed for Serious, Reliable Work | All Deep Neural Nets Are Flawed To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend How to Become a Linux Kernel Hacker Spreadsheets Not Designed for Serious, Reliable Work Takedown of Misogyny in Nerd Culture All Deep Neural Nets Are Flawed Google's New Self-Driving Car Has No Steering Wheel Hot Comment: "I love it when atheists say that Jesus is fictional. It's..." From the Vault: Could the U.S. Phase Out Nuclear Power? Watch It: Printing Circuits Inside of Plastic Poll Booth: Which desktop environment do you like the best? Sponsored Resource: Built-in Protection for Big Data Environments How to Become a Linux Kernel Hacker It might sound daunting, but kernel hacking isn't a mysterious black art reserved for the geekiest of programmers. With a bit of background knowledge, anyone with a grounding in C can implement a new kernel module and understand how the kernel works internally. Sound Off>> Spreadsheets Not Designed for Serious, Reliable Work In response to evaluations of a notable new economics tome by Thomas Piketty, computer science professor Daniel Lemire explains why spreadsheets shouldn't be used for important work, especially where dedicated software could do a better job. Sound Off>> Takedown of Misogyny in Nerd Culture In the wake of the UCSB killing spree, Jeopardy champion Arthur Chu pens a heartfelt takedown of misogyny in nerd culture and calls upon his fellow nerds to reevaluate their beliefs that have been shaped by movies, sitcoms and video games that teach men that women "are things to 'earn,' to 'win.'" Sound Off>> All Deep Neural Nets Are Flawed A recent paper by a team that includes authors from Google's deep learning research project, outlines news about the way neural networks behave that run counter to what we believed. And if the problems aren't fixed, we cannot rely on a neural network in any safety critical system. Sound Off>> Google's New Self-Driving Car Has No Steering Wheel Many big-name automakers, including Mercedes-Benz and Tesla, have committed to self-driving cars by 2017. And Google recently unveiled an in-house-designed prototype with no steering wheel or pedals. Sound Off>> Re:Wait a sec "I love it when atheists say that Jesus is fictional. It's low hanging fruit to debunk since the existence of a man named Jesus who was crucified in the first century is one of the most verified humans in antiquity. Saying that Jesus is fictional is as bad as believing in geocentrism. In fact, many atheists encourage their fellow unbelievers to stop saying nonsense like "Jesus is fictional" since it is such low hanging fruit for an apologist to debunk." --by gameboyhippo Read More>>   Could the U.S. Phase Out Nuclear Power? Three years ago, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, German Chancellor Merkel announced that her country would close all of its 17 existing reactors by 2022. Could the U.S. do the same? A number of reports suggest it is not beyond the realm of possibility. Read More>>  Printing Circuits Inside of Plastic You can create some amazing things with 3-D printers, but you're still limited mostly to one basic material at a time. But that be changing. Take a look at a system where a filament printer is used to fabricate the object itself, but at the same time, both capacitive and conductive features can be baked -- or rather printed -- right in, with a separate print head. Watch the Video>>   Which desktop environment do you like the best? Cinnamon GNOME KDE LXDE MATE Unity Xfce Other (list in comments) Cast Your Vote>>   Built-in Protection for Big Data Environments As organizations plan big data projects, business and IT leaders must recognize that data security cannot simply be added later--it must be built into big data implementations from the start. This ebook walks through the requirements of big data security. Learn More>>    Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.

 

Driverless Cars Could Crash Police Budgets; Cisco Asks Obama to Stop NSA from Adding Spyware to Routers

Why Lavabit Shut Down | The Sci-Fi Myth of Robotic Competence To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Driverless Cars Could Crash Police Budgets Cisco Asks Obama to Stop NSA from Adding Spyware to Routers The Sci-Fi Myth of Robotic Competence GM's List of 69 Dirty Words Employees Can Never Say Why Lavabit Shut Down Hot Comment: "An unfired gun is the best defensive weapon that exists. The threat..." From the Vault: Is There a New Geek Anti-Intellectualism? Watch It: Why Linux Is Terrible Poll Booth: Agree or Disagree: We are in another tech bubble. Sponsored Resource: Sophisticated Attacks: Response and Recovery Driverless Cars Could Crash Police Budgets Google's self-driving cars have now logged more than 700,000 miles on public roads--without getting one traffic ticket. This hints at a future where local and state governments will be missing out on potentially billions of dollars of revenue. Sound Off>> Cisco Asks Obama to Stop NSA from Adding Spyware to Routers Glenn Greenwald's book No Place to Hide reveals that the NSA intercepts shipments of networking gear destined for overseas and adds spyware. And it's been severely bad for business for Cisco. So, the company has asked President Obama to intervene and stop this practice. Sound Off>> The Sci-Fi Myth of Robotic Competence malachiorion writes that with the exception of roboticists, everything we assume we know about robots is based on science fiction, "which has no reason to be accurate about its iconic heroes and villains." That was his conclusion after he asked whether a robotic car should kill its owner, if it means saving two strangers. Sound Off>> GM's List of 69 Dirty Words Employees Can Never Say General Motors put together its take on a George Carlin list of words you can't say. Engineering employees were shown 69 words and phrases that were not to be used in emails, presentations, or memos. They include: defect, dangerous, rolling sarcophagus. Sound Off>> Why Lavabit Shut Down Ladar Levison, founder of the encrypted email service Lavabit, which shut down last year because of friction with U.S. government data requests, explains the whole story in an article at The Guardian. Lavabit provided email services to 410,000 people--including Edward Snowden. Sound Off>>  Re: There Is No Demand for 'Smart Guns' An unfired gun is the best defensive weapon that exists. The threat of death is the defensive deterrent. Actually firing is the last resort. If a gang of 10 people are advancing on somebody and the target pulls a gun, all 10 people stop advancing or run away. If you have a taser or stun gun, you're a non-lethal threat to one of them...and you get one shot. Pepper spray is largely in the same boat (plus you have to account for wind). In both scenarios, you have to wonder..." --by MillerHighLife21 Read More>>   Is There a New Geek Anti-Intellectualism? Three years ago, Larry Sanger noticed that a lot of "Internet geeks and digerati have sounded many puzzlingly anti-intellectual notes over the past decade, and especially lately. The Peter Thiel-inspired claim that college is a waste of time is just the latest example." Read More>> Why Linux Is Terrible How do we know Linux is terrible? Because Bryan Lunduke says so. How did he become a Linux authority? By using Linux, of course. But in moments of weakness, he admits that Linux isn't completely and utterly terrible, especially if certain things were changed. Watch the Video>>   Agree or Disagree: We are in another tech bubble. Strongly agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly disagree Ask me in 5 years Cast Your Vote>>   Sophisticated Attacks: Response and Recovery Attacks designed to gain continuous access to critical information or to cause damage in critical infrastructure, are becoming more severe, more frequent and more costly. Learn proactive steps that help keep your organization safe, including how to prioritize your business objectives and set your risk tolerance and prepare your response to the inevitable sophisticated attack. Learn More>>   Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.

 

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Is Supermassive Black Hole Really a Wormhole in Disguise?; How the NSA Tampers with U.S.-Made Internet Routers

World's Worst E-reader | 'Game of Thrones' Author's Secret Weapon: WordStar on DOS To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Is Supermassive Black Hole Really a Wormhole in Disguise? How the NSA Tampers with U.S.-Made Internet Routers Your Old CD Collection Is Dying 'Game of Thrones' Author's Secret Weapon: WordStar on DOS World's Worst E-reader Hot Comment: "Spy-Proof; Not Court-Proof..."  From the Vault: Computer De-Evolution: Awesome Features We've Lost Watch It: Fledging Makerspace Faces Obstacle to Opening Poll Booth: Who controls the HVAC at work? Sponsored Resource: Internet Security Threat Report 2014 Is Supermassive Black Hole Really a Wormhole in Disguise? Many astronomers believe that a mysterious object some 4 million times more massive than the Sun at the center of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole. But there is a problem with this theory--100 million years is not long enough for a black hole to grow so big. The alternative explanation is that it is a wormhole that connects the Milky Way to another region of the universe or even another multiverse. Sound Off>> How the NSA Tampers with U.S.-Made Internet Routers In his new book about the Snowden affair, No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald writes, "The NSA routinely receives -- or intercepts -- routers, servers and other computer network devices being exported from the U.S. before they are delivered to the international customers. The agency then implants backdoor surveillance tools, repackages the devices with a factory seal and sends them on." Sound Off>> Your Old CD Collection Is Dying If you've tried to listen to old CDs from the '80s or '90s lately, you may have noticed that many of them won't play, reports Adrienne LaFrance. And even if they do play, there's really no telling how much longer they will. LaFrance adds that her once-treasured CD collection that she so carefully assembled over the course of about a decade beginning in 1994 "isn't just aging; it's dying. And so is yours." Sound Off>> 'Game of Thrones' Author's Secret Weapon: WordStar on DOS George R.R. Martin revealed on Conan that he works on an outdated DOS machine using '80s word processor WordStar 4.0 because, "It does everything I want a word processing program to do, and it doesn't do anything else. I don't want any help." He added that, "If I wanted a capital, I would have typed a capital. I know how to work the shift key." Sound Off>> World's Worst E-reader Berenice Baker writes, "It is an unspoken rule of military procurement that any IT or communications technology will invariably be years behind what is commercially available or technically hobbled to ensure security. One case in point is the uncomfortably backronymed NeRD, or Navy e-Reader Device, an electronic book so secure the 300 titles it holds can never be updated. Ever." Sound Off>> Spy-Proof; Not Court-Proof "You can develop all the security technologies you like. They'll be worth precisely nothing when the NSA sends a pup of an agent with a national security letter to seize your files, equipment, and force your co-operation under penalty of imprisonment. The courts remain the ultimate root-kit." --by ObsessiveMathsFreak Read More>>   Computer De-Evolution: Awesome Features We've Lost Three years ago, an article in IT World looked at much beloved computer features that lost the evolutionary war. While newer computers offer more power, speed, storage and other capabilities that few would have dreamed of a decade or more ago, many lack some useful features of their forebears. Read More>> Fledging Makerspace Faces Obstacle to Opening The Foundry has people, tools, machines, and a place to operate, but there is a key obstacle it has to overcome before it can open its doors--insurance that will allow it to welcome those under 18. Chief Creative person Mary Keane talks to Timothy Lord about that challenge as well as The Foundry's unique 3-D printers that use recycled plastics and paper. Watch the Video>>   Who controls the HVAC at work? Don't know/don't care, everyone's comfortable Immutable powers, who keep it too cold Immutable powers, who keep it too warm Laws of physics and bad engineering Everyone with open access to the thermostat Middle management, to no one's satisfaction It's always cool, here in the basement Cast Your Vote>>     Internet Security Threat Report 2014 With access to approximately 69 million attack sensors and records thousands of events per second, Symantec's analysts are armed with unparalleled sources of data with which to identify, analyze, and provide informed commentary on emerging trends in attacks, malicious code activity, phishing, and spam. The result is the annual Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, which offers essential information to secure systems effectively now and into the future. Learn More>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. 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Police Sworn to Secrecy by Car-Tracking Database Company; Microsoft Cheaper to Use than Open Source, Says UK CIO

Feature Phone Dies as 'Basic Smartphone' Thrives | Brain Injury Turns Man into Math Genius To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Police Sworn to Secrecy by Car-Tracking Database Company Microsoft Cheaper to Use than Open Source, Says UK CIO  Feature Phone Dies as 'Basic Smartphone' Thrives Brain Injury Turns Man into Math Genius Will GM 'Switchgate' Recall Kill the Ignition Key? Hot Comment: "Programming isn't an end to itself. Well it..." From the Vault: Apple Causes Religious Reaction in Brains of Fans Watch It: Jon 'Maddog' Hall on the Future of Free Software Poll Booth: Favorite Star Wars Movie? Sponsored Resource: Top 8 Considerations to Enable and Simplify Mobility Police Sworn to Secrecy by Car-Tracking Database Company Before law enforcement agencies can use one of the nation's largest database of license-plate tracking data, they have to agree to keep it secret "to prohibit users from cooperating with any media outlet to bring attention" to the database. But the agreement mysteriously changed after WIRED published a story about it. Sound Off>> Microsoft Cheaper to Use than Open Source, Says UK CIO  UK government CIO Jos Creese says that when comparing open source and Microsoft products, Microsoft has always proved to be the cheaper option. He added that "true cost is in the total cost of ownership and exploitation, not just the license cost." Sound Off>> Feature Phone Dies as 'Basic Smartphone' Thrives We've known for a while now that feature phones have been slowly displaced by more feature-rich, high-end smartphones. So, it's no surprise that the other end of the market is also receiving active encroachment by low-end smartphones. ARM predicts that basic smartphones can go as low as $20 in the next few months. Sound Off>> Brain Injury Turns Man into Math Genius After being brutally attacked outside a bar, a Tacoma, Wash. man developed the ability to visualize complex mathematical objects and physics concepts intuitively. The injury seems to have unlocked part of his brain that makes everything in his world appear to have a mathematical structure. Sound Off>> Will GM 'Switchgate' Recall Kill the Ignition Key? In the wake of General Motors' ignition switch problems that have been linked to at least 13 deaths and numerous injuries, GM's CEO told  a Congressional committee that the recall may force the company to ditch ignition keys in favor of push-button systems. The move would end decades of complaints from customers. Sound Off>>  Something else? "Programming isn't an end to itself. Well it can be but, generally we program to do something else - payroll, missile guidance, selling stuff over the Internet, etc. ..." --by TechyImmigrant Read More>>   Apple Causes Religious Reaction in Brains of Fans In a BBC documentary screened three years ago, UK neuroscientists found that the brains of Apple fans are stimulated by images of Apple products in the same areas as those triggered by religious imagery in a person of faith. According to the scientists, this suggests that the big tech brands have harnessed, or exploited, the brain areas that have evolved to process religion. Read More>> Jon 'Maddog' Hall on the Future of Free Software Executive Director of Linux International Jon "maddog" Hall is one of our favorite speakers on the Linux/FOSS circuit. Timothy Lord recently caught up with maddog to talk about several topics, including the connection between the drop in price of hardware and free software and why even closed source projects would be able to hire open source people. Watch the Video>>   Favorite Star Wars Movie? Episode I - The Phantom Menace Episode II - Attack of the Clones Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Episode IV - A New Hope Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Episode VI - Return of the Jedi I don't like any of them Episode VII - Rise of the Lens Flare Cast Your Vote>>   Top 8 Considerations to Enable and Simplify Mobility IT departments have a huge opportunity to make their enterprises more agile, cost efficient and competitive by embracing the opportunities available through mobile devices and constant connectivity. Learn More>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.

 

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U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Runs Off of 8" Floppy Disks; How the Post Office Killed Digital Mail

Mozilla's Massive Browser Makeover: Firefox 29 | Katzenberg: Movie Downloaders Will Pay by Screen Size To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Runs Off of 8" Floppy Disks Mozilla's Massive Browser Makeover: Firefox 29 How the Post Office Killed Digital Mail Katzenberg: Movie Downloaders Will Pay by Screen Size C++ and the STL 12 Years Later: What Do You Think Now? Hot Comment: "We will not gain parity simply because Target said..." From the Vault: Google's Brin Says Windows Is 'Torturing Users' Watch It: Fight for Internet Freedom Heats Up Poll Booth: What percentage of your online communications is encrypted? Sponsored Resource: How to Deploy a Dynamic, Services-Oriented Cloud U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Runs Off of 8" Floppy Disks A recent CBS 60 Minutes report found that part of the computer system responsible for controlling the launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles relied on data loaded from 8-inch floppy disks. But those in charge said one of the keys to tight security is the use of old hardware and software. Sound Off>> Mozilla's Massive Browser Makeover: Firefox 29 Mozilla has launched Firefox 29 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Among the upgrades and features in the massive release: Firefox Sync has been revamped and is now powered by Firefox Accounts, there's a new customization mode, and the company's major user interface overhaul Australis has finally arrived. Sound Off>> How the Post Office Killed Digital Mail In 2013, a startup called Outbox drew a lot of attention for its ambitious goal: digitizing everybody's snail mail. But less than a year later, it shut down because the United States Postal Service swiftly crushed the company's plan to make mail better. Sound Off>> Katzenberg: Movie Downloaders Will Pay by Screen Size Dreamworks Animation Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg predicts that the future pricing model for movie downloads will revolve around screen size. In his view, larger screens will incur larger download prices. As he says, "It will reinvent the enterprise of movies." Sound Off>> C++ and the STL 12 Years Later: What Do You Think Now? In 2002, Slashdot ran a piece that asked about the downsides to the C++ STL. Now, 12 years later, profBill wants to know what Slashdotters think about it today compared to back then. "Are people using C++11? Does it matter at all?" Sound Off>> Nope We will not gain parity simply because Target said "make it so". Sadly, the cheap and easy CC system the US uses is the easy thing to stay with. Expect an extension of the current system just before it expires in 2015. Nobody wants to spend money to be more secure - "that won't happen to us" mentality rules here in the States..." --by Mike Ice Read More>>   Google's Brin Says Windows Is 'Torturing Users' Three years ago, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said that Chrome OS was created because "With Microsoft, and other operating system vendors, I think the complexity of managing your computer is really torturing users." He added, "It's a flawed model fundamentally. Chromebooks are a new model that doesn't put the burden of managing the computer on yourself." Read More>> Fight for Internet Freedom Heats Up A current hot-button issue is the Trans Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement that could place major restrictions on how we use the Internet. The founder and executive director of OpenMedia, a non-profit that tries to keep the Internet open, affordable and surveillance-free, discusses the challenges ahead and what can be done. Watch the Video>>   What percentage of your online communications is encrypted? 0% - 20% 20% - 40% 40% - 60% 60% - 80% 80% - 100% c7f439e864d28d9e5ca2aa885c4ec4cb Cast Your Vote>>    How to Deploy a Dynamic, Services-Oriented Cloud Heterogeneous, evolving and typically complex, the cloud requires a measured approach to its implementation and an integrated approach to its many components. A technology such as the hypervisor that creates compute virtualization is, in fact, only one of a cloud's many building blocks. Find out what organizations should consider when designing a cloud. Learn More>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.