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For those who want to pretend they understand:

It has been a mystery ever since it was discovered more than fifty years ago, and all good theoretical physicists put this number up on their wall and worry about it. Immediately you would like to know where this number for a coupling comes from: is it related to Ï or perhaps to the base of natural logarithms? Nobody knows. It's one of the greatest damn mysteries of physics: a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man. You might say the "hand of God" wrote that number, and "we don't know how He pushed his pencil." We know what kind of a dance to do experimentally to measure this number very accurately, but we don't know what kind of dance to do on the computer to make this number come out, without putting it in secretly!
                On the numerical value of α[ed: alpha], the fine-structure constant, p. 129

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman

PS - Whiners may wish to note Taco's response to a question in yesteday's Reddit AMA regarding lack of Unicode on Slashdot:

Ihmhi 3 points 2 days ago

One last one because I can't resist!
Why did you guys get rid of ASCII/unicode support? Sure there were some nasty ASCII posts, but it also removed the possibility for creativity. It seems a bit stifling at times, and it's funny to me that there's a website in 2012 that can't handle, say, Japanese characters.

CmdrTaco 4 points 2 days ago

Jerks ruined it for everyone.

ref

The Reddit front page is hopeless. It's like the Firehose on this site. The Subreddits are where the action is really at, and most seem to have enough moderators who are interested in the specific subject matter to handle the large number of dupes, bin spam, etc. that get posted. Here are some examples of great parts of Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ popularized Rage Comics. Anyone can make a comic and the moderation system works pretty well for those.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ provides interesting trivia facts

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ has far more relevant and interesting content than the Science section here. Same with the http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/ section.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/ was created to let users share true stories of creepy things happening that are just too personal or random to share elsewhere.

http://www.reddit.com/r/JusticePorn/ provides users with interesting legal developments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/ provides a community of explorers a place to share cool photos.

And many, many other sections that I've never seen.

Anyone can create a Subreddit and assign moderators. It's a Darwinian system where the best content (theoretically) makes it to the top with minimal intervention by the moderators; it's based primarily on up voting and down voting by the entire user base.

The disadvantages of Reddit are many; for example, regardless of how cool you think your own story, picture, etc. is, it often gets only a couple of up votes and never appears anywhere significant. Depending on how you sort comments, you only see the ones that occur early on and never see interesting comments that might have been posted well after the story was submitted. Because anyone can submit a link, but links can usually only be submitted once, someone might post a link to a news story before you but the story gets no up votes and so effectively you can't post it. There seems to be a significant desensitization to gore and NSFW posts-- you never know what the link you click on will show when it's just a random URL on imgur.com and could be a horrific injury or death, child porn, disease, surgery, etc. There are sections of that site that you don't even want to know about. Imagine a section devoted exclusively to truly disgusting shock porn, like TubGirl x 1000. It's /r/spacedicks. Trust me, don't ever go there.

Overall, I find Reddit a better site. The news is fresher, the comments are just as good as here, and there are way more comments to be read on Reddit than on the typical stories here. They don't have the "first post" problem because those posts immediately get down voted into oblivion. Also, Reddit has separate sections for people of opposite views on many subjects, such as /r/atheism (constant Christian bashing) vs. /r/Christianity (constant bible thumping). They also have less tech-savvy users, which provides a better cross section of internet users in general and allows better discussion of non-technical subjects. But there's also better information on technical subjects. For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/space/. Or, the time a Canadian astronaut randomly did an AMA (ask me anything) about his visit to the International Space Station, and the result was great discussion on space-related subjects not found anywhere else: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gm8rh/iaman_astronaut_who_has_been_to_space_twice_and/

The Reddit front page is hopeless. It's like the Firehose on this site. The Subreddits are where the action is really at, and most seem to have enough moderators who are interested in the specific subject matter to handle the large number of dupes, bin spam, etc. that get posted. Here are some examples of great parts of Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ popularized Rage Comics. Anyone can make a comic and the moderation system works pretty well for those.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ provides interesting trivia facts

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ has far more relevant and interesting content than the Science section here. Same with the http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/ section.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/ was created to let users share true stories of creepy things happening that are just too personal or random to share elsewhere.

http://www.reddit.com/r/JusticePorn/ provides users with interesting legal developments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/ provides a community of explorers a place to share cool photos.

And many, many other sections that I've never seen.

Anyone can create a Subreddit and assign moderators. It's a Darwinian system where the best content (theoretically) makes it to the top with minimal intervention by the moderators; it's based primarily on up voting and down voting by the entire user base.

The disadvantages of Reddit are many; for example, regardless of how cool you think your own story, picture, etc. is, it often gets only a couple of up votes and never appears anywhere significant. Depending on how you sort comments, you only see the ones that occur early on and never see interesting comments that might have been posted well after the story was submitted. Because anyone can submit a link, but links can usually only be submitted once, someone might post a link to a news story before you but the story gets no up votes and so effectively you can't post it. There seems to be a significant desensitization to gore and NSFW posts-- you never know what the link you click on will show when it's just a random URL on imgur.com and could be a horrific injury or death, child porn, disease, surgery, etc. There are sections of that site that you don't even want to know about. Imagine a section devoted exclusively to truly disgusting shock porn, like TubGirl x 1000. It's /r/spacedicks. Trust me, don't ever go there.

Overall, I find Reddit a better site. The news is fresher, the comments are just as good as here, and there are way more comments to be read on Reddit than on the typical stories here. They don't have the "first post" problem because those posts immediately get down voted into oblivion. Also, Reddit has separate sections for people of opposite views on many subjects, such as /r/atheism (constant Christian bashing) vs. /r/Christianity (constant bible thumping). They also have less tech-savvy users, which provides a better cross section of internet users in general and allows better discussion of non-technical subjects. But there's also better information on technical subjects. For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/space/. Or, the time a Canadian astronaut randomly did an AMA (ask me anything) about his visit to the International Space Station, and the result was great discussion on space-related subjects not found anywhere else: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gm8rh/iaman_astronaut_who_has_been_to_space_twice_and/

The Reddit front page is hopeless. It's like the Firehose on this site. The Subreddits are where the action is really at, and most seem to have enough moderators who are interested in the specific subject matter to handle the large number of dupes, bin spam, etc. that get posted. Here are some examples of great parts of Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ popularized Rage Comics. Anyone can make a comic and the moderation system works pretty well for those.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ provides interesting trivia facts

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ has far more relevant and interesting content than the Science section here. Same with the http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/ section.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/ was created to let users share true stories of creepy things happening that are just too personal or random to share elsewhere.

http://www.reddit.com/r/JusticePorn/ provides users with interesting legal developments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/ provides a community of explorers a place to share cool photos.

And many, many other sections that I've never seen.

Anyone can create a Subreddit and assign moderators. It's a Darwinian system where the best content (theoretically) makes it to the top with minimal intervention by the moderators; it's based primarily on up voting and down voting by the entire user base.

The disadvantages of Reddit are many; for example, regardless of how cool you think your own story, picture, etc. is, it often gets only a couple of up votes and never appears anywhere significant. Depending on how you sort comments, you only see the ones that occur early on and never see interesting comments that might have been posted well after the story was submitted. Because anyone can submit a link, but links can usually only be submitted once, someone might post a link to a news story before you but the story gets no up votes and so effectively you can't post it. There seems to be a significant desensitization to gore and NSFW posts-- you never know what the link you click on will show when it's just a random URL on imgur.com and could be a horrific injury or death, child porn, disease, surgery, etc. There are sections of that site that you don't even want to know about. Imagine a section devoted exclusively to truly disgusting shock porn, like TubGirl x 1000. It's /r/spacedicks. Trust me, don't ever go there.

Overall, I find Reddit a better site. The news is fresher, the comments are just as good as here, and there are way more comments to be read on Reddit than on the typical stories here. They don't have the "first post" problem because those posts immediately get down voted into oblivion. Also, Reddit has separate sections for people of opposite views on many subjects, such as /r/atheism (constant Christian bashing) vs. /r/Christianity (constant bible thumping). They also have less tech-savvy users, which provides a better cross section of internet users in general and allows better discussion of non-technical subjects. But there's also better information on technical subjects. For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/space/. Or, the time a Canadian astronaut randomly did an AMA (ask me anything) about his visit to the International Space Station, and the result was great discussion on space-related subjects not found anywhere else: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gm8rh/iaman_astronaut_who_has_been_to_space_twice_and/

The Reddit front page is hopeless. It's like the Firehose on this site. The Subreddits are where the action is really at, and most seem to have enough moderators who are interested in the specific subject matter to handle the large number of dupes, bin spam, etc. that get posted. Here are some examples of great parts of Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ popularized Rage Comics. Anyone can make a comic and the moderation system works pretty well for those.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ provides interesting trivia facts

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ has far more relevant and interesting content than the Science section here. Same with the http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/ section.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/ was created to let users share true stories of creepy things happening that are just too personal or random to share elsewhere.

http://www.reddit.com/r/JusticePorn/ provides users with interesting legal developments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/ provides a community of explorers a place to share cool photos.

And many, many other sections that I've never seen.

Anyone can create a Subreddit and assign moderators. It's a Darwinian system where the best content (theoretically) makes it to the top with minimal intervention by the moderators; it's based primarily on up voting and down voting by the entire user base.

The disadvantages of Reddit are many; for example, regardless of how cool you think your own story, picture, etc. is, it often gets only a couple of up votes and never appears anywhere significant. Depending on how you sort comments, you only see the ones that occur early on and never see interesting comments that might have been posted well after the story was submitted. Because anyone can submit a link, but links can usually only be submitted once, someone might post a link to a news story before you but the story gets no up votes and so effectively you can't post it. There seems to be a significant desensitization to gore and NSFW posts-- you never know what the link you click on will show when it's just a random URL on imgur.com and could be a horrific injury or death, child porn, disease, surgery, etc. There are sections of that site that you don't even want to know about. Imagine a section devoted exclusively to truly disgusting shock porn, like TubGirl x 1000. It's /r/spacedicks. Trust me, don't ever go there.

Overall, I find Reddit a better site. The news is fresher, the comments are just as good as here, and there are way more comments to be read on Reddit than on the typical stories here. They don't have the "first post" problem because those posts immediately get down voted into oblivion. Also, Reddit has separate sections for people of opposite views on many subjects, such as /r/atheism (constant Christian bashing) vs. /r/Christianity (constant bible thumping). They also have less tech-savvy users, which provides a better cross section of internet users in general and allows better discussion of non-technical subjects. But there's also better information on technical subjects. For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/space/. Or, the time a Canadian astronaut randomly did an AMA (ask me anything) about his visit to the International Space Station, and the result was great discussion on space-related subjects not found anywhere else: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gm8rh/iaman_astronaut_who_has_been_to_space_twice_and/

The Reddit front page is hopeless. It's like the Firehose on this site. The Subreddits are where the action is really at, and most seem to have enough moderators who are interested in the specific subject matter to handle the large number of dupes, bin spam, etc. that get posted. Here are some examples of great parts of Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ popularized Rage Comics. Anyone can make a comic and the moderation system works pretty well for those.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ provides interesting trivia facts

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ has far more relevant and interesting content than the Science section here. Same with the http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/ section.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/ was created to let users share true stories of creepy things happening that are just too personal or random to share elsewhere.

http://www.reddit.com/r/JusticePorn/ provides users with interesting legal developments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/ provides a community of explorers a place to share cool photos.

And many, many other sections that I've never seen.

Anyone can create a Subreddit and assign moderators. It's a Darwinian system where the best content (theoretically) makes it to the top with minimal intervention by the moderators; it's based primarily on up voting and down voting by the entire user base.

The disadvantages of Reddit are many; for example, regardless of how cool you think your own story, picture, etc. is, it often gets only a couple of up votes and never appears anywhere significant. Depending on how you sort comments, you only see the ones that occur early on and never see interesting comments that might have been posted well after the story was submitted. Because anyone can submit a link, but links can usually only be submitted once, someone might post a link to a news story before you but the story gets no up votes and so effectively you can't post it. There seems to be a significant desensitization to gore and NSFW posts-- you never know what the link you click on will show when it's just a random URL on imgur.com and could be a horrific injury or death, child porn, disease, surgery, etc. There are sections of that site that you don't even want to know about. Imagine a section devoted exclusively to truly disgusting shock porn, like TubGirl x 1000. It's /r/spacedicks. Trust me, don't ever go there.

Overall, I find Reddit a better site. The news is fresher, the comments are just as good as here, and there are way more comments to be read on Reddit than on the typical stories here. They don't have the "first post" problem because those posts immediately get down voted into oblivion. Also, Reddit has separate sections for people of opposite views on many subjects, such as /r/atheism (constant Christian bashing) vs. /r/Christianity (constant bible thumping). They also have less tech-savvy users, which provides a better cross section of internet users in general and allows better discussion of non-technical subjects. But there's also better information on technical subjects. For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/space/. Or, the time a Canadian astronaut randomly did an AMA (ask me anything) about his visit to the International Space Station, and the result was great discussion on space-related subjects not found anywhere else: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gm8rh/iaman_astronaut_who_has_been_to_space_twice_and/

The Reddit front page is hopeless. It's like the Firehose on this site. The Subreddits are where the action is really at, and most seem to have enough moderators who are interested in the specific subject matter to handle the large number of dupes, bin spam, etc. that get posted. Here are some examples of great parts of Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ popularized Rage Comics. Anyone can make a comic and the moderation system works pretty well for those.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ provides interesting trivia facts

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ has far more relevant and interesting content than the Science section here. Same with the http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/ section.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/ was created to let users share true stories of creepy things happening that are just too personal or random to share elsewhere.

http://www.reddit.com/r/JusticePorn/ provides users with interesting legal developments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/ provides a community of explorers a place to share cool photos.

And many, many other sections that I've never seen.

Anyone can create a Subreddit and assign moderators. It's a Darwinian system where the best content (theoretically) makes it to the top with minimal intervention by the moderators; it's based primarily on up voting and down voting by the entire user base.

The disadvantages of Reddit are many; for example, regardless of how cool you think your own story, picture, etc. is, it often gets only a couple of up votes and never appears anywhere significant. Depending on how you sort comments, you only see the ones that occur early on and never see interesting comments that might have been posted well after the story was submitted. Because anyone can submit a link, but links can usually only be submitted once, someone might post a link to a news story before you but the story gets no up votes and so effectively you can't post it. There seems to be a significant desensitization to gore and NSFW posts-- you never know what the link you click on will show when it's just a random URL on imgur.com and could be a horrific injury or death, child porn, disease, surgery, etc. There are sections of that site that you don't even want to know about. Imagine a section devoted exclusively to truly disgusting shock porn, like TubGirl x 1000. It's /r/spacedicks. Trust me, don't ever go there.

Overall, I find Reddit a better site. The news is fresher, the comments are just as good as here, and there are way more comments to be read on Reddit than on the typical stories here. They don't have the "first post" problem because those posts immediately get down voted into oblivion. Also, Reddit has separate sections for people of opposite views on many subjects, such as /r/atheism (constant Christian bashing) vs. /r/Christianity (constant bible thumping). They also have less tech-savvy users, which provides a better cross section of internet users in general and allows better discussion of non-technical subjects. But there's also better information on technical subjects. For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/space/. Or, the time a Canadian astronaut randomly did an AMA (ask me anything) about his visit to the International Space Station, and the result was great discussion on space-related subjects not found anywhere else: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gm8rh/iaman_astronaut_who_has_been_to_space_twice_and/

The Reddit front page is hopeless. It's like the Firehose on this site. The Subreddits are where the action is really at, and most seem to have enough moderators who are interested in the specific subject matter to handle the large number of dupes, bin spam, etc. that get posted. Here are some examples of great parts of Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ popularized Rage Comics. Anyone can make a comic and the moderation system works pretty well for those.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ provides interesting trivia facts

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ has far more relevant and interesting content than the Science section here. Same with the http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/ section.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/ was created to let users share true stories of creepy things happening that are just too personal or random to share elsewhere.

http://www.reddit.com/r/JusticePorn/ provides users with interesting legal developments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/ provides a community of explorers a place to share cool photos.

And many, many other sections that I've never seen.

Anyone can create a Subreddit and assign moderators. It's a Darwinian system where the best content (theoretically) makes it to the top with minimal intervention by the moderators; it's based primarily on up voting and down voting by the entire user base.

The disadvantages of Reddit are many; for example, regardless of how cool you think your own story, picture, etc. is, it often gets only a couple of up votes and never appears anywhere significant. Depending on how you sort comments, you only see the ones that occur early on and never see interesting comments that might have been posted well after the story was submitted. Because anyone can submit a link, but links can usually only be submitted once, someone might post a link to a news story before you but the story gets no up votes and so effectively you can't post it. There seems to be a significant desensitization to gore and NSFW posts-- you never know what the link you click on will show when it's just a random URL on imgur.com and could be a horrific injury or death, child porn, disease, surgery, etc. There are sections of that site that you don't even want to know about. Imagine a section devoted exclusively to truly disgusting shock porn, like TubGirl x 1000. It's /r/spacedicks. Trust me, don't ever go there.

Overall, I find Reddit a better site. The news is fresher, the comments are just as good as here, and there are way more comments to be read on Reddit than on the typical stories here. They don't have the "first post" problem because those posts immediately get down voted into oblivion. Also, Reddit has separate sections for people of opposite views on many subjects, such as /r/atheism (constant Christian bashing) vs. /r/Christianity (constant bible thumping). They also have less tech-savvy users, which provides a better cross section of internet users in general and allows better discussion of non-technical subjects. But there's also better information on technical subjects. For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/space/. Or, the time a Canadian astronaut randomly did an AMA (ask me anything) about his visit to the International Space Station, and the result was great discussion on space-related subjects not found anywhere else: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gm8rh/iaman_astronaut_who_has_been_to_space_twice_and/

The Reddit front page is hopeless. It's like the Firehose on this site. The Subreddits are where the action is really at, and most seem to have enough moderators who are interested in the specific subject matter to handle the large number of dupes, bin spam, etc. that get posted. Here are some examples of great parts of Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ popularized Rage Comics. Anyone can make a comic and the moderation system works pretty well for those.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ provides interesting trivia facts

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ has far more relevant and interesting content than the Science section here. Same with the http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/ section.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/ was created to let users share true stories of creepy things happening that are just too personal or random to share elsewhere.

http://www.reddit.com/r/JusticePorn/ provides users with interesting legal developments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/ provides a community of explorers a place to share cool photos.

And many, many other sections that I've never seen.

Anyone can create a Subreddit and assign moderators. It's a Darwinian system where the best content (theoretically) makes it to the top with minimal intervention by the moderators; it's based primarily on up voting and down voting by the entire user base.

The disadvantages of Reddit are many; for example, regardless of how cool you think your own story, picture, etc. is, it often gets only a couple of up votes and never appears anywhere significant. Depending on how you sort comments, you only see the ones that occur early on and never see interesting comments that might have been posted well after the story was submitted. Because anyone can submit a link, but links can usually only be submitted once, someone might post a link to a news story before you but the story gets no up votes and so effectively you can't post it. There seems to be a significant desensitization to gore and NSFW posts-- you never know what the link you click on will show when it's just a random URL on imgur.com and could be a horrific injury or death, child porn, disease, surgery, etc. There are sections of that site that you don't even want to know about. Imagine a section devoted exclusively to truly disgusting shock porn, like TubGirl x 1000. It's /r/spacedicks. Trust me, don't ever go there.

Overall, I find Reddit a better site. The news is fresher, the comments are just as good as here, and there are way more comments to be read on Reddit than on the typical stories here. They don't have the "first post" problem because those posts immediately get down voted into oblivion. Also, Reddit has separate sections for people of opposite views on many subjects, such as /r/atheism (constant Christian bashing) vs. /r/Christianity (constant bible thumping). They also have less tech-savvy users, which provides a better cross section of internet users in general and allows better discussion of non-technical subjects. But there's also better information on technical subjects. For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/space/. Or, the time a Canadian astronaut randomly did an AMA (ask me anything) about his visit to the International Space Station, and the result was great discussion on space-related subjects not found anywhere else: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gm8rh/iaman_astronaut_who_has_been_to_space_twice_and/

The Reddit front page is hopeless. It's like the Firehose on this site. The Subreddits are where the action is really at, and most seem to have enough moderators who are interested in the specific subject matter to handle the large number of dupes, bin spam, etc. that get posted. Here are some examples of great parts of Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ popularized Rage Comics. Anyone can make a comic and the moderation system works pretty well for those.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ provides interesting trivia facts

http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ has far more relevant and interesting content than the Science section here. Same with the http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/ section.

http://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/ was created to let users share true stories of creepy things happening that are just too personal or random to share elsewhere.

http://www.reddit.com/r/JusticePorn/ provides users with interesting legal developments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/ provides a community of explorers a place to share cool photos.

And many, many other sections that I've never seen.

Anyone can create a Subreddit and assign moderators. It's a Darwinian system where the best content (theoretically) makes it to the top with minimal intervention by the moderators; it's based primarily on up voting and down voting by the entire user base.

The disadvantages of Reddit are many; for example, regardless of how cool you think your own story, picture, etc. is, it often gets only a couple of up votes and never appears anywhere significant. Depending on how you sort comments, you only see the ones that occur early on and never see interesting comments that might have been posted well after the story was submitted. Because anyone can submit a link, but links can usually only be submitted once, someone might post a link to a news story before you but the story gets no up votes and so effectively you can't post it. There seems to be a significant desensitization to gore and NSFW posts-- you never know what the link you click on will show when it's just a random URL on imgur.com and could be a horrific injury or death, child porn, disease, surgery, etc. There are sections of that site that you don't even want to know about. Imagine a section devoted exclusively to truly disgusting shock porn, like TubGirl x 1000. It's /r/spacedicks. Trust me, don't ever go there.

Overall, I find Reddit a better site. The news is fresher, the comments are just as good as here, and there are way more comments to be read on Reddit than on the typical stories here. They don't have the "first post" problem because those posts immediately get down voted into oblivion. Also, Reddit has separate sections for people of opposite views on many subjects, such as /r/atheism (constant Christian bashing) vs. /r/Christianity (constant bible thumping). They also have less tech-savvy users, which provides a better cross section of internet users in general and allows better discussion of non-technical subjects. But there's also better information on technical subjects. For example, http://www.reddit.com/r/space/. Or, the time a Canadian astronaut randomly did an AMA (ask me anything) about his visit to the International Space Station, and the result was great discussion on space-related subjects not found anywhere else: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gm8rh/iaman_astronaut_who_has_been_to_space_twice_and/

reddit is really a collection of sections pertaining to different subjects, called subreddits. As such, your experience on reddit will vary wildly depending on which subreddits you subscribe to, as they each have difference themes, rules and degrees of moderation. For example, /r/pics is pretty much a catch-all place for any midly interesting picture, and as such posts there probably won't lead to deep, insightful discussion in the comment section. However, if you swing by /r/askscience, you'll get a whole other experience. The moderators there strictly enforce the rules and quickly delete any off-topic jokes and memes, leaving only on-topic comments. /r/iama, where CmdrTaco posted, contains Q/A sessions from people ranging from celebrities to normal people with interesting stories. There is a huge amount of subreddits, so you'll probably find a bunch that are to your liking. /r/tf2 for Team Fortress 2. /r/nyc for stuff about New York City. /r/comics for, well, comic strips. /r/technology for tech news and discussion. There's /r/programming, /r/buildapc, /r/talesfromtechsupport, /r/football, /r/philosophy... There's a subreddit for pretty much everything. Of course, it also means that there will be a lot of subreddit that you don't care about. Just don't subscribe to them and you won't have to see those posts. A big part of reddit is tailoring your subreddit subscriptions to whatever you'd like to see. If you don't do that, you'll only get the default subs, and judging by your comment here I'd guess you're not happy with those.

So if you want to see if reddit can be interesting for you, my advice would be this:

First, go to this page, which lists which subreddits you'll see on the front page. If you have just created an account, you'll be subscribed to the default subreddits. Look at the posts in each one and decide if you want to keep seeing content like this. If not, click the "unsubscribe" button near the top of the sidebar and boom, it's gone. Just this step will generally increase you reddit experience greatly.

Next, you can search for a topic and look at the subreddits you find. If you'd like to see more, subscribe, then search some more until you feel that your front page contains stuff you're interested in.

That's pretty much it. I like that system, but as with everything, YMMV. =)

reddit is really a collection of sections pertaining to different subjects, called subreddits. As such, your experience on reddit will vary wildly depending on which subreddits you subscribe to, as they each have difference themes, rules and degrees of moderation. For example, /r/pics is pretty much a catch-all place for any midly interesting picture, and as such posts there probably won't lead to deep, insightful discussion in the comment section. However, if you swing by /r/askscience, you'll get a whole other experience. The moderators there strictly enforce the rules and quickly delete any off-topic jokes and memes, leaving only on-topic comments. /r/iama, where CmdrTaco posted, contains Q/A sessions from people ranging from celebrities to normal people with interesting stories. There is a huge amount of subreddits, so you'll probably find a bunch that are to your liking. /r/tf2 for Team Fortress 2. /r/nyc for stuff about New York City. /r/comics for, well, comic strips. /r/technology for tech news and discussion. There's /r/programming, /r/buildapc, /r/talesfromtechsupport, /r/football, /r/philosophy... There's a subreddit for pretty much everything. Of course, it also means that there will be a lot of subreddit that you don't care about. Just don't subscribe to them and you won't have to see those posts. A big part of reddit is tailoring your subreddit subscriptions to whatever you'd like to see. If you don't do that, you'll only get the default subs, and judging by your comment here I'd guess you're not happy with those.

So if you want to see if reddit can be interesting for you, my advice would be this:

First, go to this page, which lists which subreddits you'll see on the front page. If you have just created an account, you'll be subscribed to the default subreddits. Look at the posts in each one and decide if you want to keep seeing content like this. If not, click the "unsubscribe" button near the top of the sidebar and boom, it's gone. Just this step will generally increase you reddit experience greatly.

Next, you can search for a topic and look at the subreddits you find. If you'd like to see more, subscribe, then search some more until you feel that your front page contains stuff you're interested in.

That's pretty much it. I like that system, but as with everything, YMMV. =)

reddit is really a collection of sections pertaining to different subjects, called subreddits. As such, your experience on reddit will vary wildly depending on which subreddits you subscribe to, as they each have difference themes, rules and degrees of moderation. For example, /r/pics is pretty much a catch-all place for any midly interesting picture, and as such posts there probably won't lead to deep, insightful discussion in the comment section. However, if you swing by /r/askscience, you'll get a whole other experience. The moderators there strictly enforce the rules and quickly delete any off-topic jokes and memes, leaving only on-topic comments. /r/iama, where CmdrTaco posted, contains Q/A sessions from people ranging from celebrities to normal people with interesting stories. There is a huge amount of subreddits, so you'll probably find a bunch that are to your liking. /r/tf2 for Team Fortress 2. /r/nyc for stuff about New York City. /r/comics for, well, comic strips. /r/technology for tech news and discussion. There's /r/programming, /r/buildapc, /r/talesfromtechsupport, /r/football, /r/philosophy... There's a subreddit for pretty much everything. Of course, it also means that there will be a lot of subreddit that you don't care about. Just don't subscribe to them and you won't have to see those posts. A big part of reddit is tailoring your subreddit subscriptions to whatever you'd like to see. If you don't do that, you'll only get the default subs, and judging by your comment here I'd guess you're not happy with those.

So if you want to see if reddit can be interesting for you, my advice would be this:

First, go to this page, which lists which subreddits you'll see on the front page. If you have just created an account, you'll be subscribed to the default subreddits. Look at the posts in each one and decide if you want to keep seeing content like this. If not, click the "unsubscribe" button near the top of the sidebar and boom, it's gone. Just this step will generally increase you reddit experience greatly.

Next, you can search for a topic and look at the subreddits you find. If you'd like to see more, subscribe, then search some more until you feel that your front page contains stuff you're interested in.

That's pretty much it. I like that system, but as with everything, YMMV. =)

reddit is really a collection of sections pertaining to different subjects, called subreddits. As such, your experience on reddit will vary wildly depending on which subreddits you subscribe to, as they each have difference themes, rules and degrees of moderation. For example, /r/pics is pretty much a catch-all place for any midly interesting picture, and as such posts there probably won't lead to deep, insightful discussion in the comment section. However, if you swing by /r/askscience, you'll get a whole other experience. The moderators there strictly enforce the rules and quickly delete any off-topic jokes and memes, leaving only on-topic comments. /r/iama, where CmdrTaco posted, contains Q/A sessions from people ranging from celebrities to normal people with interesting stories. There is a huge amount of subreddits, so you'll probably find a bunch that are to your liking. /r/tf2 for Team Fortress 2. /r/nyc for stuff about New York City. /r/comics for, well, comic strips. /r/technology for tech news and discussion. There's /r/programming, /r/buildapc, /r/talesfromtechsupport, /r/football, /r/philosophy... There's a subreddit for pretty much everything. Of course, it also means that there will be a lot of subreddit that you don't care about. Just don't subscribe to them and you won't have to see those posts. A big part of reddit is tailoring your subreddit subscriptions to whatever you'd like to see. If you don't do that, you'll only get the default subs, and judging by your comment here I'd guess you're not happy with those.

So if you want to see if reddit can be interesting for you, my advice would be this:

First, go to this page, which lists which subreddits you'll see on the front page. If you have just created an account, you'll be subscribed to the default subreddits. Look at the posts in each one and decide if you want to keep seeing content like this. If not, click the "unsubscribe" button near the top of the sidebar and boom, it's gone. Just this step will generally increase you reddit experience greatly.

Next, you can search for a topic and look at the subreddits you find. If you'd like to see more, subscribe, then search some more until you feel that your front page contains stuff you're interested in.

That's pretty much it. I like that system, but as with everything, YMMV. =)

If you only see the posts on Reddit's front page, you might get the impression that Reddit is really dumb. You'll also be missing a lot of good stuff.

I'll give an example: there was a story a while ago saying that a kid in Germany found an equation to solve a (pretty basic) open problem in classical mechanics. The discussion on slashdot had some good comments, a lot bickering about unrelated math stuff and the obligatory comments denouncing the American educational system (moderated +5 insightful, naturally).

On Reddit, this post on the "Math" sub-reddit (which sadly got nowhere near the front page) also generated a lot of inane comments, but also some really good stuff:

• -the derivation of the equation "discovered" by the kid, highlighting that the equation was just an implicit solution
• - a link to a previous paper from 1977 that contained a similar solution (showing the kid's work wasn't that original)
• - a link to a French book from 1860 that also contained the formula (showing it wasn't even recent)

If you only see the posts on Reddit's front page, you might get the impression that Reddit is really dumb. You'll also be missing a lot of good stuff.

I'll give an example: there was a story a while ago saying that a kid in Germany found an equation to solve a (pretty basic) open problem in classical mechanics. The discussion on slashdot had some good comments, a lot bickering about unrelated math stuff and the obligatory comments denouncing the American educational system (moderated +5 insightful, naturally).

On Reddit, this post on the "Math" sub-reddit (which sadly got nowhere near the front page) also generated a lot of inane comments, but also some really good stuff:

• -the derivation of the equation "discovered" by the kid, highlighting that the equation was just an implicit solution
• - a link to a previous paper from 1977 that contained a similar solution (showing the kid's work wasn't that original)
• - a link to a French book from 1860 that also contained the formula (showing it wasn't even recent)

If you only see the posts on Reddit's front page, you might get the impression that Reddit is really dumb. You'll also be missing a lot of good stuff.

I'll give an example: there was a story a while ago saying that a kid in Germany found an equation to solve a (pretty basic) open problem in classical mechanics. The discussion on slashdot had some good comments, a lot bickering about unrelated math stuff and the obligatory comments denouncing the American educational system (moderated +5 insightful, naturally).

On Reddit, this post on the "Math" sub-reddit (which sadly got nowhere near the front page) also generated a lot of inane comments, but also some really good stuff:

• -the derivation of the equation "discovered" by the kid, highlighting that the equation was just an implicit solution
• - a link to a previous paper from 1977 that contained a similar solution (showing the kid's work wasn't that original)
• - a link to a French book from 1860 that also contained the formula (showing it wasn't even recent)

If you only see the posts on Reddit's front page, you might get the impression that Reddit is really dumb. You'll also be missing a lot of good stuff.

I'll give an example: there was a story a while ago saying that a kid in Germany found an equation to solve a (pretty basic) open problem in classical mechanics. The discussion on slashdot had some good comments, a lot bickering about unrelated math stuff and the obligatory comments denouncing the American educational system (moderated +5 insightful, naturally).

On Reddit, this post on the "Math" sub-reddit (which sadly got nowhere near the front page) also generated a lot of inane comments, but also some really good stuff:

• -the derivation of the equation "discovered" by the kid, highlighting that the equation was just an implicit solution
• - a link to a previous paper from 1977 that contained a similar solution (showing the kid's work wasn't that original)
• - a link to a French book from 1860 that also contained the formula (showing it wasn't even recent)

It's a Reddit thing. Stands for Ask Me Anything.

Here's a method you can use to block some of those ads:

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/n5831/how_to_block_xbox_dashboard_ads/

It doesn't block all of them, but it does block most of the animated, generic ads that aren't related to gaming.

Here are my favorite reddits:

http://reddit.com/r/bitcoin
http://reddit.com/r/transgender
http://reddit.com/r/trees

Uhh, you're stoner transgender that likes bitcoins?

Here are my favorite reddits:

http://reddit.com/r/bitcoin
http://reddit.com/r/transgender
http://reddit.com/r/trees

Uhh, you're stoner transgender that likes bitcoins?

Here are my favorite reddits:

http://reddit.com/r/bitcoin
http://reddit.com/r/transgender
http://reddit.com/r/trees

Uhh, you're stoner transgender that likes bitcoins?

Here are my favorite reddits:

http://reddit.com/r/bitcoin
http://reddit.com/r/transgender
http://reddit.com/r/trees

Here are my favorite reddits:

http://reddit.com/r/bitcoin
http://reddit.com/r/transgender
http://reddit.com/r/trees

Here are my favorite reddits:

http://reddit.com/r/bitcoin
http://reddit.com/r/transgender
http://reddit.com/r/trees

http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience
http://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/

http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience
http://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/

John the Ripper now able to crack office files and use GPUs

4 July 2012, 12:38

http://h-online.com/-1631901

"Version 1.7.9-jumbo-6 of the John the Ripper password cracker sees significant format support enhancements. The open source tool is now able to crack password-protected office documents (Office 2007/2010 and OpenDocument) and Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey master passwords, as well as WPA-PSK keys and Mac OS X keychains. It can also request to use GPUs via CUDA and OpenCL. The suffix "jumbo" appears to be intended literally â" more than 40,000 lines of code have been added in the six months since the previous release.

Developer Solar Designer told The H's associates at heise Security that, in developing GPU support, the focus has been on modern functions which can be slow to calculate, such as WPA-PSK and Unix password hashes. For some functions, such as Ubuntu's standard hash function (sha512crypt) and the time-consuming bcrypt, there were, according to the developers, no crackers with GPU support until now, "because others were unhappy about releasing a tool with 'non-impressive' speed numbers, even if this is desirable in practice".

In the case of sha512crypt, this means that the GPU on a GeForce GTX 570 graphics card can generate around 11,000 hashes per second â" still more than five times faster than on a computer with eight CPU cores. By comparison, for SHA1 hashes, with GPU support this figure would normally be in the millions. For bcrypt, a graphics card just beats an eight-core system by a hair's breadth â" in both cases the maximum figure is around 5,000 hashes. The inability of GPUs to realise speed gains with bcrypt is due to the algorithm's design, which is very memory intensive. According to Solar Designer, the developers were primarily concerned with finding out just how slow the bcrypt implementation would be."

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/john-users/2012/06/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/john/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt
- http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/vsygc/john_the_ripper_179jumbo6_adds_gpu_support/
- http://www.h-online.com/news/item/Cracking-DES-faster-with-John-the-Ripper-1273585.html
* http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/John-the-Ripper-now-able-to-crack-office-files-and-use-GPUs-1631901.html

crve@h-online.com
Copyright © 2012 Heise Media UK Ltd.

###
Sensitive Information Security Sources and Breaches

Unauthorized disclosures of secrets are essential for democracy.

In response to Wikileaks background inquiries Cryptome offers that there are hundreds of online and offline sources of sensitive information security breaches which preceded Wikileaks beginning about 120 years ago. This outline traces the conflict between technological capabilities for sensitive information breaches and control by law enforcement when technical countermeasures are insufficient -- a few examples among many others worldwide:

http://cryptome.org/0002/siss.htm
####
Feds Look to Fight Leaks With âFog of Disinformationâ(TM)

http://cryptogon.com/?p=30257

July 4th, 2012

Via: Danger Room:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/fog-computing/all/

John the Ripper now able to crack office files and use GPUs

4 July 2012, 12:38

http://h-online.com/-1631901

"Version 1.7.9-jumbo-6 of the John the Ripper password cracker sees significant format support enhancements. The open source tool is now able to crack password-protected office documents (Office 2007/2010 and OpenDocument) and Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey master passwords, as well as WPA-PSK keys and Mac OS X keychains. It can also request to use GPUs via CUDA and OpenCL. The suffix "jumbo" appears to be intended literally â" more than 40,000 lines of code have been added in the six months since the previous release.

Developer Solar Designer told The H's associates at heise Security that, in developing GPU support, the focus has been on modern functions which can be slow to calculate, such as WPA-PSK and Unix password hashes. For some functions, such as Ubuntu's standard hash function (sha512crypt) and the time-consuming bcrypt, there were, according to the developers, no crackers with GPU support until now, "because others were unhappy about releasing a tool with 'non-impressive' speed numbers, even if this is desirable in practice".

In the case of sha512crypt, this means that the GPU on a GeForce GTX 570 graphics card can generate around 11,000 hashes per second â" still more than five times faster than on a computer with eight CPU cores. By comparison, for SHA1 hashes, with GPU support this figure would normally be in the millions. For bcrypt, a graphics card just beats an eight-core system by a hair's breadth â" in both cases the maximum figure is around 5,000 hashes. The inability of GPUs to realise speed gains with bcrypt is due to the algorithm's design, which is very memory intensive. According to Solar Designer, the developers were primarily concerned with finding out just how slow the bcrypt implementation would be."

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/john-users/2012/06/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/john/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt
- http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/vsygc/john_the_ripper_179jumbo6_adds_gpu_support/
- http://www.h-online.com/news/item/Cracking-DES-faster-with-John-the-Ripper-1273585.html
* http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/John-the-Ripper-now-able-to-crack-office-files-and-use-GPUs-1631901.html

crve@h-online.com
Copyright © 2012 Heise Media UK Ltd.

####
Sensitive Information Security Sources and Breaches

Unauthorized disclosures of secrets are essential for democracy.

In response to Wikileaks background inquiries Cryptome offers that there are hundreds of online and offline sources of sensitive information security breaches which preceded Wikileaks beginning about 120 years ago. This outline traces the conflict between technological capabilities for sensitive information breaches and control by law enforcement when technical countermeasures are insufficient -- a few examples among many others worldwide:

http://cryptome.org/0002/siss.htm
####
Feds Look to Fight Leaks With âFog of Disinformationâ(TM)

http://cryptogon.com/?p=30257

July 4th, 2012

Via: Danger Room:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/fog-computing/all

The USRP is really cool, but stupidly expensive. Some really cool stuff is happening with the RTL2832 based TV dongles, though. These are $20 devices that can be used to receive from ~64-1700 MHz (or DC-30ish with a little tweaking). So far, much of the info is here

The USRP would be cool if current PCB layouts and schematics were available or if the development effort went to a system that wasn't just making Ettus a profit. A truly open development platform would really benefit the SDR community.

33 seconds? No offense, but methinks you need to review your algorithm, because either you

a) have a bug, or
b) have totally over-engineered the implementation of the algorithm.

My solver in 106 lines of C++ solves it in by *brute* force in less then 1 second. I wrote this back on 6/6/6.

There is also a 141 _byte_ sudoku solver in Javascript that someone else wrote. Check
http://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/ku0mb/tweet_sized_sudoku_solver_in_javascript/

My input file is:
8-- --- --- // stupid lameness filter
--3 6-- --- // more stupid line too few
-7- -9- 2-- // again

-5- --7 --- // /. filters suck
--- -45 7-- // more kludge hacks
--- 1-- -3- // for lame filter

--1 --- -68 // almost done
--8 5-- -1- // /. is annoying
-9- --- 4-- // OK input is done

#include <stdio.h> // g++ -DLOG=0 sudoku3.cpp -O2 -o sudoku3.exe // 107 lines
#include <string.h> // memset

struct Board
{
char cell[9][9];
int nEmpty;

Board() { memset( (void*)cell, 0, sizeof( Board ) ); }
Board( const Board& copy ) { *this = copy; }

void Print() {
for( int y = 0; y < 9; y++ ) {
if (y && (y%3 == 0)) printf("---+---+---\n");
for( int x = 0; x < 9; x++ ) {
if (x && (x%3 == 0)) printf("!");
printf( "%c", cell[y][x] ? '0' + cell[y][x] : ' ' );
}
printf("\n");
}
printf( "\n" );
}

int GetInvalidMoves( int x, int y ) // bitmask of invalid moves
{
int cx, cy, wx, wy, bMask = 0;
cy = y; for( cx = 0; cx < 9; cx++ ) // horizontal
bMask |= (1 << cell[cy][cx]);
cx = x; for( cy = 0; cy < 9; cy++ ) // vertical
bMask |= (1 << cell[cy][cx]);
wx = x - (x % 3); // 3x3 block
wy = y - (y % 3);
for( int by = 0; by < 3; by++ )
for( int bx = 0; bx < 3; bx++ )
bMask |= (1 << cell[wy+by][wx+bx]);
return bMask;
}

void TotalEmptyCells()
{
nEmpty = 9 * 9;
for( int y = 0; y < 9; y++ )
for( int x = 0; x < 9; x++ )

Actually, we observed a new state at 125 GeV and it seems consistent with a Standard Model Higgs boson. We have NOT discovered the SM Higgs boson because we simply haven't confirmed that this new particle is the SM Higgs because we're only looking at mass itself. It could be something else with a mass of 125 GeV. To actually claim it is the SM Higgs, we need to confirm that it has spin 0, the right coupling ratios, etc. And that's what I'm working on right now. But it is very exciting because we have discovered new physics. Source: Working at CMS

Whats news is that Slashdot's headlines are getting worse by the day. "Banned ALL Linux users on wine!" Wow! Really? Wonder what the folks in this thread might say about that? (User using wine; also, this post)

Very clearly, this is only "all linux users" for certain, low-percentage values of "all". From the posts on battle.net, it appears that "all" is roughly in the vicinity of "10". But congrats on yet another inflammatory headline, slashdot. Drive those clicks!

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/vyc4z/linux_users_permanently_banned_from_diablo_iii/

There are only one or two accounts that were banned. I think it's fairly obvious that they are just using Wine as an excuse for using cheat engines. Plenty of users are using Wine with no problems at all.

I was not at all impressed with this guy. He has no real plan other than sending people to die while getting the footage of it because he's a greed-monster. This mission might even set back human space exploration by causing generations of people to fear space.

Not really, it's the one where this link was put up much earlier and where it resulted in a much more interesting and insightful discussions. Reddit is what slashdot used to be before dimwits such as yourself took over. I'm posting anonymous, but I have a slashdot account with a 4 digit user ID that I have not logged in with in years.

Not anymore, Reddit was spun off into an independent entity last year.

* Optimized and deflated static resources
* Deflated HTML output
* SQLite prepared statements
* Integrated HTTP server (although it's currently in front of an Apache proxy)
* An optimized string builder (https://github.com/CyberShadow/DAppenderResearch)
* RAM cache of frequent DB queries

A Reddit story exists too where he speaks more about it:
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ppre5/the_new_d_online_forum_software_written_in_d/#c3rhk2i

I've been checking Y combinator's hacker news (which has more of an emphasis on dumb startup companies) and reddit programming lately.

Here's a Reddit post describing the situation made by a guy who started the game.

Apparently, there are three main super powers left and they have been locked in constant war with each other for the past thousand years or more. Every time someone moves beyond the relatively stable front lines, their armies just get nuked into oblivion so no one can really push the attack too far beyond a set border. Spies constantly plant nuclear devices in cities, wiping out the population and spreading pollution. Engineers are generally kept busy building roads to keep moving troops to the front lines so there's not really enough time to clean up the pollution or improve the terrain.

Basically it's reached a point where it's almost impossible to gain an advantage. Everyone is armed to the teeth and nuclear weapons will demolish just about any army in the field that gets to far across the lines. Everyone is also so committed to the war effort that there's not enough resources to devote to fixing things up and anytime something does get fixed up, it's generally just nuked back to oblivion.

Sounds like a really fun game of Civ II.

Without getting major companies to start moving their paid, closed source software to Linux first, you/re /never/ going to see Autocad or the like as Free Software on Linux.

Which is why we have GIMP even though Adobe hasn't ported Photoshop to Linux?

The next step after major companies declaring to port stuff to Linux is demand for a non-removable DRM component for Linux. I think the intention of Open Source was to pollute closed-source habitats with (viral) Open Source software, not the other way round. Closed source / DRM isn't magically going to become open when it's a perfectly valid and undisputedly supported option for Linux, why should it?

IMHO, the way to go is the way of the Humble Indie Bundle V - it's astonishing how little attention the Linux port got

The forum text before it was blown away

From reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/unt92/russian_hackers_claim_to_have_65m_linkedin/

"dwdm"

Guys need you help again.

[2] link to hash

it's about 118Mb.

"M@LIK"

Alright, looks like no one wants to help here...

100 449 found

6 358 928 left

Can't upload left due to poor internet connection, use my founds as a dict instead.

More will be here soon! Already hit 15k more.

"charlie"

30077 new

"M@LIK"

+163 267 found : [3] http://www.mediafire.com/?bq8bd5iojp50zci

6 165 604 left (After importing all charlies' founds)

"CyberLord"

Hi guys

Where is last left list ? Anybody,Would you mind adding the left list please

POLIMO

Ok here my stuff !

236 578 Cracked one ( propably more to come if i have time...)

cracked pass come from the start post, cause no left....

The join file is on pass format ( no hashe:pass cause i use JTR & on heavy file is taking to much time to past, so feel free to load my pass & past them)

Here the patern i find :

*linkedin *

*link *

"alotdv"

55120 found after all

left : [4] http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n307hutksjstow3

Hi. This is my email. Sorry. http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/umu85/re_gabe_says_yes_i_am_joe_davison/ http://i.imgur.com/E380I.jpg

The email is mine. I sent it to Mike Larabel and I did not expect him to use the screenshot. I also told him I'd provide further evidence that the email was genuine; nope. The next morning I find this article. I already addressed some concerns over the email's validity over at reddit in this thread, my username is thejoe: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ujwx3/valves_gabe_says_yes_to_steam_linux_this_year/ Additionally, someone posted an exchange he had with Gabe here: http://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?threads/steam-really-is-coming-for-linux.890/ Short of letting you log in to my gmail account, I don't know what else I can supply. You could email Gabe yourself and ask him if you're really tenacious. I didn't intend for this explosion of interest, I didn't want the screenshot to be so widely circulated. I actually think I've annoyed Gabe by sharing emails like this. I'm also never sharing anything with Phoronix again.

You might be interested in the history of the project, which shows it's what you might expect: guys starts out small with Minecraft, goes into "gotta build it all" mode. Ben didn't have a plan at first, didn't get paid, and did it mostly because it was fun and exciting. From what I can see, no real PR stunt, which is a nice change of pace.

Correct! Most Creationists cannot tell the difference between:
* The Theory of Evolution - Origin of the species
* The Big Bang Theory - Origin of all matter in the universe (and the variety of elements)
* Abiogenesis - Origin of Life

Why? They don't really have anything meaningful to say about any of the above, what they have is fear. They fear their children learning too much about one field of science, just enough to start questioning their religious indoctrination. This simply leads to more unanswerable or uncomfortable questions about their Faith and can ultimately lead them to realize that taking a book written in the Iron Age as literal truth is BS and who knows what else they were taught is BS!

So apparently to many Creationists the 9th commandment (not bearing false witness) does not apply if it's used to keep sheep in the flock. And yes, I've been lied by enough religious folks and clergy to realize it's not a small scale issue.

For fun, go to reddit and check out the /r/ex(somefaith) subreddits (click on "Top" and select links from "all time" to get a good feel). Tons of stories of kids and adults learning science and coming to the eventual realization that their parents/church were lying to them. Some to get you started are:
People coming out from different faiths
Ex-Catholics
Ex-Jehova's Witnessess (excellent read)
Ex-Mormons
Ex-Muslims

Correct! Most Creationists cannot tell the difference between:
* The Theory of Evolution - Origin of the species
* The Big Bang Theory - Origin of all matter in the universe (and the variety of elements)
* Abiogenesis - Origin of Life

Why? They don't really have anything meaningful to say about any of the above, what they have is fear. They fear their children learning too much about one field of science, just enough to start questioning their religious indoctrination. This simply leads to more unanswerable or uncomfortable questions about their Faith and can ultimately lead them to realize that taking a book written in the Iron Age as literal truth is BS and who knows what else they were taught is BS!

So apparently to many Creationists the 9th commandment (not bearing false witness) does not apply if it's used to keep sheep in the flock. And yes, I've been lied by enough religious folks and clergy to realize it's not a small scale issue.

For fun, go to reddit and check out the /r/ex(somefaith) subreddits (click on "Top" and select links from "all time" to get a good feel). Tons of stories of kids and adults learning science and coming to the eventual realization that their parents/church were lying to them. Some to get you started are:
People coming out from different faiths
Ex-Catholics
Ex-Jehova's Witnessess (excellent read)
Ex-Mormons
Ex-Muslims

Correct! Most Creationists cannot tell the difference between:
* The Theory of Evolution - Origin of the species
* The Big Bang Theory - Origin of all matter in the universe (and the variety of elements)
* Abiogenesis - Origin of Life

Why? They don't really have anything meaningful to say about any of the above, what they have is fear. They fear their children learning too much about one field of science, just enough to start questioning their religious indoctrination. This simply leads to more unanswerable or uncomfortable questions about their Faith and can ultimately lead them to realize that taking a book written in the Iron Age as literal truth is BS and who knows what else they were taught is BS!

So apparently to many Creationists the 9th commandment (not bearing false witness) does not apply if it's used to keep sheep in the flock. And yes, I've been lied by enough religious folks and clergy to realize it's not a small scale issue.

For fun, go to reddit and check out the /r/ex(somefaith) subreddits (click on "Top" and select links from "all time" to get a good feel). Tons of stories of kids and adults learning science and coming to the eventual realization that their parents/church were lying to them. Some to get you started are:
People coming out from different faiths
Ex-Catholics
Ex-Jehova's Witnessess (excellent read)
Ex-Mormons
Ex-Muslims

Correct! Most Creationists cannot tell the difference between:
* The Theory of Evolution - Origin of the species
* The Big Bang Theory - Origin of all matter in the universe (and the variety of elements)
* Abiogenesis - Origin of Life

Why? They don't really have anything meaningful to say about any of the above, what they have is fear. They fear their children learning too much about one field of science, just enough to start questioning their religious indoctrination. This simply leads to more unanswerable or uncomfortable questions about their Faith and can ultimately lead them to realize that taking a book written in the Iron Age as literal truth is BS and who knows what else they were taught is BS!

So apparently to many Creationists the 9th commandment (not bearing false witness) does not apply if it's used to keep sheep in the flock. And yes, I've been lied by enough religious folks and clergy to realize it's not a small scale issue.

For fun, go to reddit and check out the /r/ex(somefaith) subreddits (click on "Top" and select links from "all time" to get a good feel). Tons of stories of kids and adults learning science and coming to the eventual realization that their parents/church were lying to them. Some to get you started are:
People coming out from different faiths
Ex-Catholics
Ex-Jehova's Witnessess (excellent read)
Ex-Mormons
Ex-Muslims