Slashdot: InterviewsNews for nerds, stuff that mattersAsk the Air Force Cyber Command General About War in Cyberspace- February 29, 2008 We ran an article about the new Air Force Cyber Command and its recruiting efforts on February 13, 2008. Now Major General William Lord, who is in charge of this effort, has agreed to answer Slashdot users' questions. If you're thinking about joining up -- or just curious -- this is a golden opportunity to learn how our military is changing its command structure and recruiting efforts to deal with "cyberspace as a warfighting domain." Usual Slashdot interview rules apply.Read more of this story.http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotInterviews/~3/243477021/article.pl Spreading "1 in 5" Number Does More Harm Than Good- February 26, 2008 Regular Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton has some opinions on child safety online and the use of fear mongering. Here are his thoughts. "The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has been running online ads for several years saying that "Each year 1 in 5 children is sexually solicited online", a statistic that has been endlessly repeated, including by vendors of blocking software and by politicians who often paraphrase it to say that 1 in 5 children "are approached by online...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotInterviews/~3/241538697/article.pl Hi, I Want To Meet (17.6% of) You!- February 19, 2008 Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton wants to make online dating better. Here's how he wants to do it. "Suppose you're an entrepreneur who wants to break into the online personals business, but you face impossible odds because everybody wants to go where everybody else already is (basically, either Match.com or Yahoo Personals). Here is a suggestion that would give you an edge. In a nutshell: Each member lists the criteria for people that they are looking for. Then when people contact.http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotInterviews/~3/237646757/article.pl The D&D Designers Answer Your Questions- February 19, 2008 In January we had the chance to ask the designers of Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition a few questions about the new version of the classic tabletop game. The Wizards of the Coast Community Manager, Mike "Gamer_Zer0" Lescault put our questions to members of the development team, including: Andrew Collins, Chris Perkins, Scott Rouse, and Sara Girard. Some of the questions weren't quite answered in as much detail as I would have liked. That said, they've given us a great opportunity to follow...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotInterviews/~3/237630497/article.pl |