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Stories · 6

  1. Unintended Aural Consequences of MP3 Compression

    Science · Science · · posted by chrisd · from the lossy-compression-obsoletes-itself dept. · 621 comments
    zenst writes "A rather interesting read about possible damage to your hearing due to the way most audio compression techneques work. They mainly work by presenting a signal that the brain perceives to be the same as the original and it is this assumption that could effect our hearing and the way we hear."

  2. Some Companies Don't Care about Web Defacement

    It · Security · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the something-to-think-about dept. · 217 comments
    An anonymous reader sent in an interesting link to a story that talks about companies that just Don't care about Defacement. The story is just a light think piece worth a glance. And hell, its the holidays so its not like anything else interesting is gonna turn up to read for a few days :)

  3. Slashback: Sale, Secrecy, Lasers

    Slashback · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the pine-does-too-have-filters dept. · 141 comments
    More details below in tonight's Slashback on the sale of Corel's Linux division, the public posting of the encryption scheme some bright young Irish whippersnapper has come up with, fun details on those toys you can roll around with your computer, and winners of another contest.

    That's a lot of Molsen. Bigger R writes contributes this link to a story in the Calgary Herald with more detail on the sale of Corel's Linux division which was mentioned in vague terms the other day. It's going to a company called Xandros, in exchange for cash and equity, so Corel will still have at least some interest in the continued success of Linux, or at least its distro. A snippet: "Xandros Corp. president Michael Bego, who started the Ottawa company recently in preparation for the deal announced Wednesday, is also a shareowner in Linux Global Partners, a privately held New York venture firm that put up $10 million US to start Xandros."

    Small, cheap and fun are all good words. An Anonymous Coward writes "There's an announcement of the winners of the embedded linux journal's design contest over at linuxdevices.com. Cool projects -- voting system, digital audio workstation, solar racing vehicle, GizmoCopter Project, and Hacking BigMouth Billy Bass. Follow the urls for the projects which are given in the announcement to learn about each project. Oh, and the prize for winning each category? An all expense paid trip to Costa Rica. Dang, why didn't I enter?"

    Stuff that's hard to read. John Sokol writes with an update on the Cayley-Purser Algorithm mentioned here before.

    "This story went through some time back about a 16-year-old girl outdoing RSA, but it lacked any discussion of the actual algorithm. This link is her paper that she now has posted on the net. It seems reasonable. Maybe someone here can find a flaw in it?"

    Roll 'em. Slide100 writes: "It seems that there is more to the desktop rover that was posted about on Tuesday.

    The marketing manager sent me a PDF file that explains some more - apparently, they just don't have the time to update the website.

    Each rover comes with a cable that plugs into the transmitter and software to allow control of the rover from your computer (or through TCP/IP).

    Additionally, each rover has 'Laser Tag' as an integral part of the vehicle. 10 hits (including sound effects) and your rover is disabled 'till the next match See it here. BTW - I have nothing to do with the company, I just think its very cool."

  4. R/C Vehicle For The Desktop

    Toy · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the vroom-vroom-vroom dept. · 166 comments
    Slide100 writes "Just found the coolest desktop toy while browsing my latest R/C Aircraft magazine ( It's a 4" long tracked R/C vehicle with plenty of torque and a 200 foot range. Four frquencies are available (racing, anyone?). You can also get a single board B/W UHF transmitter for remote telepresence! Check the website for more information"

  5. The Dangers Of Protecting Free Speech

    Yro · Privacy · · posted by timothy · from the happy-july-2nd dept. · 164 comments
    endisnigh writes: "Stephen K. Gielda of www.cotse.com has posted a very interesting article about the trials and tribulations (and attacks, sometimes physical) of running his website, which is mostly dedicated to computer reference and security, but which also gives users the ability to post anonymously to usenet." Considering that litigants can have content pulled (and cause accounts to be yanked) under the DMCA, that organizations can harrass individuals for public opposition, and that anonymity is increasingly hard to find in general, it's sobering to see how much trouble is involved in attempting to provide what Gielda calls "anonymity with accountability."

  6. The Dangers Of Protecting Free Speech

    Yro · Privacy · · posted by timothy · from the happy-july-2nd dept. · 164 comments
    endisnigh writes: "Stephen K. Gielda of www.cotse.com has posted a very interesting article about the trials and tribulations (and attacks, sometimes physical) of running his website, which is mostly dedicated to computer reference and security, but which also gives users the ability to post anonymously to usenet." Considering that litigants can have content pulled (and cause accounts to be yanked) under the DMCA, that organizations can harrass individuals for public opposition, and that anonymity is increasingly hard to find in general, it's sobering to see how much trouble is involved in attempting to provide what Gielda calls "anonymity with accountability."