By timothy from
Slashdot's pretty-big-place-you've-got-here department:
j_philipp (803945) writes
Manyland [Here's the twitter feed and a <a>FAQ</a>] is an html5/ JS-based MMO universe created by a community and two indie developers from Europe. Everything in the world can be freely drawn and placed: From the cars, animals, plants, houses, bridges, to everyone's own bodies. Like Wikipedia, by default areas are editable by everyone (and removing a block leaves dust which can be used to undo the removal). Since the opening a year ago, over 100,000 different creations have been made, and now, over 8 million blocks placed. Some features are for logged-in users only, but the whole thing is free to explore for everyone, and it's just sucked away quite a few minutes for me.
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By timothy from
Slashdot's could-make-for-some-lonely-offices department:
wabrandsma writes with this excerpt from The State Hornet, the student newspaper at Sacramento State
On Monday, Sacramento State's Career Center welcomed the FBI for an informational on its paid internship program where applications are now being accepted. One of the highly discussed topics in the presentation was the list of potential traits that disqualify applicants. This list included failure to register with selective services, illegal drug use including steroids, criminal activity, default on student loans, falsifying information on an application and illegal downloading music, movies and books. FBI employee Steve Dupre explained how the FBI will ask people during interviews how many songs, movies and books they have downloaded because the FBI considers it to be stealing. During the first two phases of interviews, everything is recorded and then turned into a report. This report is then passed along to a polygraph technician to be used during the applicant's exam, which consists of a 55-page questionnaire. If an applicant is caught lying, they can no longer apply for an FBI agent position. (Left un-explored is whether polygraph testing is an
effective way to catch lies.)
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By timothy from
Slashdot's at-8-I-was-mostly-hiding-behind-the-bleachers department:
Reuben A. Paul, aka RAPstar, has something of a head-start when it comes to learning about computer security: his father,
Mano Paul, has been a security researcher (
and instructor) for many years. So Reuben grew up around computers, seeing firsthand that they're neither mysterious nor impregnable.
Reuben, though, has a curious mind and his own computer security interests, and a knack for telling others about them; last month, he became the youngest-ever speaker at
DerbyCon, and
explained some of what he's picked up so far on what kids can learn about security, as well as what the security field can learn from kids. (One hard to dispute nugget: "Kids are the best social engineers, followed by puppies.")
Ask of Reuben whatever you'd like, below (please,
one question per post), and we'll get answers to selected questions when we catch up with him at next week's
Houston Security Conference. (This year's conference is sold out, but there's always 2015.)
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By Soulskill from
Slashdot's i-guess-somebody-thought-of-the-children department:
An anonymous reader writes:
This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been given to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay for fighting to protect the rights of children and further their education. Yousafzay, at the age of 17, is the youngest recipient of the Peace Prize. Born and raised in Pakistan, she actively campaigned for girls' rights to education. In 2012, the Taliban shot her in the head, but she survived and continued her struggle. Satyarthi, a 60-year-old from India, has led many peaceful protests to fight against child slavery and illiteracy. "Satyarthi estimates that 60 million children in India, or 6 percent of the population, are forced into work. This, he believes, has nothing to do with parental poverty, illiteracy or ignorance. Above all, children are enslaved because employers benefit by getting their labour for free or for a pittance." This year's Nobel Peace Prize awards are also notable for bringing together an Indian and a Pakistani while their respective governments sustain a military conflict along a stretch of border between their countries.Read Replies (0)