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# In this post:
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# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)
# 2. DNSCrypt - for Linux, Mac, and Windows (from opendns)

# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I did not see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurls will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 does not appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

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# 2. DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It does not require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone do not work in the security world, however, so we have opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and it is available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

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# In this post:
#
# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)
# 2. DNSCrypt - for Linux, Mac, and Windows (from opendns)

# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I did not see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurls will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 does not appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

###

# 2. DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It does not require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone do not work in the security world, however, so we have opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and it is available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

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# In this post:
#
# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)
# 2. DNSCrypt - for Linux, Mac, and Windows (from opendns)

# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I did not see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurls will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 does not appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

###

# 2. DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It does not require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone do not work in the security world, however, so we have opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and it is available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

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# In this post:
#
# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)
# 2. DNSCrypt - for Linux, Mac, and Windows (from opendns)

# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I did not see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurls will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 does not appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

###

# 2. DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It does not require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone do not work in the security world, however, so we have opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and it is available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

###

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# In this post:
#
# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)
# 2. DNSCrypt - for Linux, Mac, and Windows (from opendns)

# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I did not see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurls will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 does not appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

###

# 2. DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It does not require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone do not work in the security world, however, so we have opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and it is available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

###

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# In this post:
#
# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)
# 2. DNSCrypt - for Linux, Mac, and Windows (from opendns)

# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I did not see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurls will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 does not appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

###

# 2. DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It does not require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone do not work in the security world, however, so we have opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and it is available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

###

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# In this post:
#
# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)
# 2. DNSCrypt - for Linux, Mac, and Windows (from opendns)

# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I did not see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurls will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 does not appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

###

# 2. DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It does not require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone do not work in the security world, however, so we have opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and it is available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

###

eof

# In this post:
#
# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)
# 2. DNSCrypt - for Linux, Mac, and Windows (from opendns)

# 1. Tor Discussion Forums (two hidden services)

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I did not see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurls will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 does not appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

###

# 2. DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It does not require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone do not work in the security world, however, so we have opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and it is available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

###

eof

I outsource my tech-news aggregation services to a trusted outside vendor and I suspect you do too.

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I didn't see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurl's will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 doesn't appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

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DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It doesnâ(TM)t require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone donâ(TM)t work in the security world, however, so weâ(TM)ve opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and itâ(TM)s available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I didn't see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurl's will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 doesn't appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

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DNSCrypt for Linux, Windows, Mac (from opendns.com)

"In the same way the SSL turns HTTP web traffic into HTTPS encrypted Web traffic, DNSCrypt turns regular DNS traffic into encrypted DNS traffic that is secure from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks. It doesnâ(TM)t require any changes to domain names or how they work, it simply provides a method for securely encrypting communication between our customers and our DNS servers in our data centers. We know that claims alone donâ(TM)t work in the security world, however, so weâ(TM)ve opened up the source to our DNSCrypt code base and itâ(TM)s available on GitHub"

https://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/

- Download the right package for your Linux distribution:
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/16/tales-from-the-dnscrypt-linux-rising/

https://github.com/opendns/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/README.markdown
https://github.com/opendns
https://blog.opendns.com/2012/05/08/dnscrypt-for-windows-has-arrived/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/05/dnscrypt-encrypts-your-dns-traffic-because-theres-always-someone-out-to-get-you/
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/DNSCrypt-a-tool-to-encrypt-all-DNS-traffic-1392283.html
http://blog.opendns.com/2012/02/06/dnscrypt-hackers-wanted/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/dnscrypt-930439/

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I didn't see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurl's will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 doesn't appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

We need an official Tor discussion forum.

I didn't see this issue mentioned in Roger's *latest* notes post, so for now, mature adults should visit and post at one or both of these unofficial tor discussion forums, these tinyurl's will take you to:

** HackBB:
http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

** Onion Forum 2.0
http://www.tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Each tinyurl link will take you to a hidden service discussion forum. Tor is required to visit these links, even though they appear to be on the open web, they will lead you to .onion sites.

I know the Tor developers can do better, but how many years are we to wait?

Caution: some topics may be disturbing. You should be eighteen years or older. I recommend you disable images in your browser when viewing these two forums[1] and only enabling them if you are posting a message, but still be careful! Disable javascript and cookies, too.

If you prefer to visit the hidden services directly, bypassing the tinyurl service:

HackBB: (directly)
http://clsvtzwzdgzkjda7.onion/

Onion Forum 2.0: (directly)
http://65bgvta7yos3sce5.onion/

The tinyurl links are provided as a simple means of memorizing the hidden services via a link shortening service (tinyurl.com).

[1]: Because any content can be posted! Think 4chan, for example. onionforum2 doesn't appear to be heavily moderated so be aware and take precautions.

CALEA applies to Internet communication.

Pen/Trace - asking for email headers and IP headers but not content.
Full detail - asking for actual dump of bidirectional communication from a specific IP address or address-range.

See ISPs can be requested to forward all traffic...
or a company that helps ISPs comply...
or this has been a law since 2007...

To find these things check out this link.

Fact: I appreciate your copying my style. However, when doing so, please ensure that after the word "Fact:" comes a fact.

Ehud

Fact:
First, there is no law requiring any action on the part of any ISP.
Disclosure: I participate in running an ISP, but not one of the ones involved in this.

Fact:
Some large national carriers have agreed to do some things. "Agreed" and "partnership" have no legal meaning. "An agreement is yet to be signed." is in the OP's link and that gives us an idea that in the future there MAY be an agreement. For now, should it happen, it's voluntary.

Fact:
No law of any jurisdiction in the United States currently requires any ISP to provide any content monitoring. The only requirements close to that are to allow Law Enforcement access should they have the right to it -- CALEA.

Opinion:
It would be counter to the AOL decision (Zeran v AOL) that an ISP is responsible for either monitoring content, taking action based on content, or being liable for content or failing to take action based on content. That's a fourth-circuit decision that makes it likely that any ISP that doesn't want to join the "partnership" with the MPAA/RIAA can easily not opt-in to their program. Note that I didn't say "opt-out" because that would beg the question of whether there's a requirement to join.

Looking forward, I can guess that our "friends" in the MPAA/RIAA will continue their program to CHANGE THE LAW through spending lots of money, lobbying, using the influence of former senator Dodd, etc. If they can get the law to require ISPs to do so, and thereby trump the 4th circuit's AOL decision, then there will be a concern.

However, as Sonic.net's CEO Dane Jasper said ISPs should keep as little logs as possible, preferably under two weeks. That would make it difficult unless they are doing real-time DPI, analysis, investigation, and sending out C&D letters for any of this to have meaning.

While the resources necessary for ISPs to provide access under CALEA are minimal ("Here's your Ethernet port, have a nice day, Feds") the requirement to do DPI for hundreds of gigabits-per-second of data is beyond onerous -- if even achievable. Consider -- it's not just that an ISP has to monitor their "upstream" pipes, but also customer-to-customer. The amount of bandwidth inside each ISP's core is immense.

Sorry to be long-winded, but having read the other responses, I see a lot of D&G and nay-saying. I agree that the landscape is pretty harsh, and the earth is getting scorched. I see hope because I see that we have defeated SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, (and yes I know the TPP is still alive) and we can likely continue to teach our congressional non-representatives that when the majority of the country doesn't want something ... it's likely not something they should support in our name.

Ehud

I hope) this is a) honey pot):

http://www.tinyurl.com/hackbbonion

it requires) Tor as) it forwards) to an .onion) site.

If it's (not a honeypot, (I hope it's (looked into (soon by (the authorities.

Wikipedia bans offensive exit nodes from *editing*, not *viewing* their site.

Oh, and use bridges, always:

https://bridges.torproject.org/

for reasons mentioned in the Tor OPSEC document.

For sites which ban a lot of Tor exit nodes (like godlikeproductions), Startpage's free web proxy evades 99% of these bans, but you can't post with Startpage's proxy, just read.

Using Tor, you can also run through a lot of free web proxies to evade bans on Tor exit node IPs.

Some exit nodes remain for awhile (though your circuit is not the same all of the time) others are up one day and down the next.

PS: two hidden services message boards:

http://tinyurl.com/hackbbonion
http://tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Wikipedia bans offensive exit nodes from *editing*, not *viewing* their site.

Oh, and use bridges, always:

https://bridges.torproject.org/

for reasons mentioned in the Tor OPSEC document.

For sites which ban a lot of Tor exit nodes (like godlikeproductions), Startpage's free web proxy evades 99% of these bans, but you can't post with Startpage's proxy, just read.

Using Tor, you can also run through a lot of free web proxies to evade bans on Tor exit node IPs.

Some exit nodes remain for awhile (though your circuit is not the same all of the time) others are up one day and down the next.

PS: two hidden services message boards:

http://tinyurl.com/hackbbonion
http://tinyurl.com/onionforum2

- For the pictures, you're absolutely right, the image quality (and pointing accuracy) is what is going to determine if it's worth the $10 an image. We're booking a spot on a high-altitude balloon (about 100,000 feet) in September to test out the payload and cameras, so that people can see the quality and send us feedback. Unfortunately we won't have the results until after the Kickstarter, which sucks because we can't show people the images BEFORE they pledge, but needed to get the funding for the space-heritage hardware early so we'd stand have a better negotiating position for launches, which needs to happen way in advance of the target launch date (first half of 2013).

- In space, no one can hear you trolololololo... For the messages, it'll be broadcast at around 437 MHz, so you can hear it using a HAM radio. We realize not everyone has a HAM radio just chilling on their coffee table, so we're also going to live-stream the audio as heard by our ground station(s) on our website.

- The here's the lists of the sensor packages, I won't put the link to the Kickstarter page (not a good idea to put a lot of links on an anti-linkbait thread!) but I still want to answer the question: http://tinyurl.com/explorerpackage (for the $500 package) and here: http://tinyurl.com/pioneerpackage (for the $800 package).

- Once you download your data from the satellite, it's all yours, to distribute however you like.

TL;DR = If you want to know more or poke holes in the idea, ask away! I'll this thread daily to answer questions.

Cheers, Joel

- For the pictures, you're absolutely right, the image quality (and pointing accuracy) is what is going to determine if it's worth the $10 an image. We're booking a spot on a high-altitude balloon (about 100,000 feet) in September to test out the payload and cameras, so that people can see the quality and send us feedback. Unfortunately we won't have the results until after the Kickstarter, which sucks because we can't show people the images BEFORE they pledge, but needed to get the funding for the space-heritage hardware early so we'd stand have a better negotiating position for launches, which needs to happen way in advance of the target launch date (first half of 2013).

- In space, no one can hear you trolololololo... For the messages, it'll be broadcast at around 437 MHz, so you can hear it using a HAM radio. We realize not everyone has a HAM radio just chilling on their coffee table, so we're also going to live-stream the audio as heard by our ground station(s) on our website.

- The here's the lists of the sensor packages, I won't put the link to the Kickstarter page (not a good idea to put a lot of links on an anti-linkbait thread!) but I still want to answer the question: http://tinyurl.com/explorerpackage (for the $500 package) and here: http://tinyurl.com/pioneerpackage (for the $800 package).

- Once you download your data from the satellite, it's all yours, to distribute however you like.

TL;DR = If you want to know more or poke holes in the idea, ask away! I'll this thread daily to answer questions.

Cheers, Joel

> the photons emitted by cell phones are way too low in energy to do damage to molecules.
> Some guy named Einstein got a Noble Prize for that. For a brief explanation see
> http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/press.html .

Quoting:
"Our present exposure to man-made microwaves is about a m10^18 times greater than our nature exposure to these frequencies

"The main reaction why microwaves are especially damaging is probably because of the ease with which the current that they generate penetrate cell membranes. Cell membranes have a high resistance to DC, but, because they are so thin (about 10 nm), they behave like capacitors so that AC pass through them easily. Since the effective resistance of a capacitor is inversely proportional to its frequency, [currents induced by] microwave radiation pass through the membranes of cells and tissues more easily, than [currents induced by] lower frequency radio waves, and therefore they can do more damage to the cell contents.

"Since it has been known since the work of Bawin et al (1975) that weak electromagnetic fields could remove calcium ions from the surfaces of brain cells, it seems likely that both the conditioned water and the eletromagmentic fields were working in the same way, i.e., by removing structurally important calcium ions from cell membranes, which then made them leak.

"EM effects on the Endocrine System and Obesity ... after three months exposure to power-line frequencies, the thyroid glands of rats showed visible signs of deterioration.

[ More at http://tinyurl.com/2nfujj ]

Andrew Goldsworthy BSc, PhD
"Andrew Goldsworthy is an Honorary Lecturer in Biology at Imperial College London. He retired from full time teaching in 2004 but still gives occasional lectures there in specialist subjects such as food irradiation and the (exorbitant) energy cost of modern food production.

[http://www.radiationresearch.org/pdfs/cv/andrew_goldsworthy.pdf]

http://tinyurl.com/hackbbonion
http://tinyurl.com/onionforum2

http://tinyurl.com/hackbbonion
http://tinyurl.com/onionforum2

Yes, the chart of sensitivity versus frequency can be fully automatic, but it is usually done manually so the fee can be maxed. I would like to see a machine, like blood pressure in Walmart where you wear headphones and respond to various sounds at various frequencies at lower and lower intensities until they have mapped your profile. It should take 2 minutes or so, depending on the number of data points wanted, with more data = more time = better profile.
Like the BP machines, the next step is to a doctor, but with hearing profile chart from the machine. you would be able to send that profile to a number of makers and get quotes. Since this is fully external, it should be OK, but some specialists will fight tooth and nail to "protect the public" to outlaw it. In 1950 most highrises had an elevator operator, you entered, told him your floor, and he pushed that button for you. There were endless strikes by the elevator operators union who said thousands would die (LOL) unless we keep our jobs and by the way, we want more $$. Same with the projectionists union. http://tinyurl.com/dx5wcoo
  Those oxes gored make the loudest bellowing, and these audiology doctor oxes have lobby groups.

Familiar with duplexer tuning, however a hearing aid is mono-directional, and as solidraven (1633185) says, determining the gain versus frequency profile should be quick. Frequencies that have gone fully deaf - no cochlear hairs left, will probably not be compensatable with an external device, we can directly stimulate the nerves with a cochlear implant, after which the person learns to hear anew. Here is a simple youtube about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmNpP2fr57A, the comments are also of interest. This search is also useful http://tinyurl.com/cq8bz3w.

It is my understanding that you can buy the programmable chip that is a complete processor heart of a hearing aid from many makers. Here is another search on that topic.
http://tinyurl.com/cwcuwuq.

Familiar with duplexer tuning, however a hearing aid is mono-directional, and as solidraven (1633185) says, determining the gain versus frequency profile should be quick. Frequencies that have gone fully deaf - no cochlear hairs left, will probably not be compensatable with an external device, we can directly stimulate the nerves with a cochlear implant, after which the person learns to hear anew. Here is a simple youtube about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmNpP2fr57A, the comments are also of interest. This search is also useful http://tinyurl.com/cq8bz3w.

It is my understanding that you can buy the programmable chip that is a complete processor heart of a hearing aid from many makers. Here is another search on that topic.
http://tinyurl.com/cwcuwuq.

Got already one.

http://tinyurl.com/2grde

http://tinyurl.com/6ujmge3

I have one of these which I bought about 10 years ago. Back then I think I paid $150, but anyway, they are comfortable, do a very good job of cutting out external sound, and the frequency response is wonderful. Deep but not overpowering bass, all the way up to clear, crisp highs.

I bought them as I was the sound technician for my large church's praise band. Even worshipping in a large, acoustically horrible gym, with these headphones on it was wonderful to hear just the band (or individual instruments depending on how I configured our sound board) regardless of other noise, kids crying, etc.

And oh, can they handle it. 3 watts of power, which is insane for headphones. Playing around with them and our sound board, I could get them past 120dB according to my sound meter, and they just refused to distort at all.

...to inflict this article on the unsuspecting, may I humbly suggest an inspired shortlink: http://tinyurl.com/freecats4all

Tineye's image similarity is a lot smarter than Google's.

Smarter how, exacly?

For every image that I tried in the past year or so, Google found more matches than Tineye.
More often than not, Tineye would find zero matches while Google presented several pages.

Let's try it with an image from your site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)

OK, just for fun, let's take an image from the Tineye web site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)
Outright embarrassing.

Or a different one:
Google
Tineye
Ouch!

Plus, Google supports filtering results by image size and/or by time.
Not to mention that, no doubt due to the integration with their traditional search, they find related keywords that allow you to dig deeper (for example, find such images on non-indexed sites).

On the other hand, Google's results are arranged then Tineye's (I often have to click the "more sizes" and "visually similar" links to get to results that don't display on the main results page) and Tineye has more sorting options, but those are really minor points.

Do you know that Tineye once had a forum on its site? They took it down after it started getting filled with posts comparing it to Google Image Search and reaching the same conclusion -- that Tineye is no longer relevant.

Tineye's image similarity is a lot smarter than Google's.

Smarter how, exacly?

For every image that I tried in the past year or so, Google found more matches than Tineye.
More often than not, Tineye would find zero matches while Google presented several pages.

Let's try it with an image from your site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)

OK, just for fun, let's take an image from the Tineye web site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)
Outright embarrassing.

Or a different one:
Google
Tineye
Ouch!

Plus, Google supports filtering results by image size and/or by time.
Not to mention that, no doubt due to the integration with their traditional search, they find related keywords that allow you to dig deeper (for example, find such images on non-indexed sites).

On the other hand, Google's results are arranged then Tineye's (I often have to click the "more sizes" and "visually similar" links to get to results that don't display on the main results page) and Tineye has more sorting options, but those are really minor points.

Do you know that Tineye once had a forum on its site? They took it down after it started getting filled with posts comparing it to Google Image Search and reaching the same conclusion -- that Tineye is no longer relevant.

Tineye's image similarity is a lot smarter than Google's.

Smarter how, exacly?

For every image that I tried in the past year or so, Google found more matches than Tineye.
More often than not, Tineye would find zero matches while Google presented several pages.

Let's try it with an image from your site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)

OK, just for fun, let's take an image from the Tineye web site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)
Outright embarrassing.

Or a different one:
Google
Tineye
Ouch!

Plus, Google supports filtering results by image size and/or by time.
Not to mention that, no doubt due to the integration with their traditional search, they find related keywords that allow you to dig deeper (for example, find such images on non-indexed sites).

On the other hand, Google's results are arranged then Tineye's (I often have to click the "more sizes" and "visually similar" links to get to results that don't display on the main results page) and Tineye has more sorting options, but those are really minor points.

Do you know that Tineye once had a forum on its site? They took it down after it started getting filled with posts comparing it to Google Image Search and reaching the same conclusion -- that Tineye is no longer relevant.

Tineye's image similarity is a lot smarter than Google's.

Smarter how, exacly?

For every image that I tried in the past year or so, Google found more matches than Tineye.
More often than not, Tineye would find zero matches while Google presented several pages.

Let's try it with an image from your site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)

OK, just for fun, let's take an image from the Tineye web site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)
Outright embarrassing.

Or a different one:
Google
Tineye
Ouch!

Plus, Google supports filtering results by image size and/or by time.
Not to mention that, no doubt due to the integration with their traditional search, they find related keywords that allow you to dig deeper (for example, find such images on non-indexed sites).

On the other hand, Google's results are arranged then Tineye's (I often have to click the "more sizes" and "visually similar" links to get to results that don't display on the main results page) and Tineye has more sorting options, but those are really minor points.

Do you know that Tineye once had a forum on its site? They took it down after it started getting filled with posts comparing it to Google Image Search and reaching the same conclusion -- that Tineye is no longer relevant.

Tineye's image similarity is a lot smarter than Google's.

Smarter how, exacly?

For every image that I tried in the past year or so, Google found more matches than Tineye.
More often than not, Tineye would find zero matches while Google presented several pages.

Let's try it with an image from your site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)

OK, just for fun, let's take an image from the Tineye web site:
Google
Tineye (will expire in 72 hours)
Outright embarrassing.

Or a different one:
Google
Tineye
Ouch!

Plus, Google supports filtering results by image size and/or by time.
Not to mention that, no doubt due to the integration with their traditional search, they find related keywords that allow you to dig deeper (for example, find such images on non-indexed sites).

On the other hand, Google's results are arranged then Tineye's (I often have to click the "more sizes" and "visually similar" links to get to results that don't display on the main results page) and Tineye has more sorting options, but those are really minor points.

Do you know that Tineye once had a forum on its site? They took it down after it started getting filled with posts comparing it to Google Image Search and reaching the same conclusion -- that Tineye is no longer relevant.

Why is it most new on the Internet never includes images??? Or at least a link to them? What is wrong with the editors of news sites? We want graphics! Maps! Diagrams, pie charts, and honest to goodness photo images!

that's great. Maybe 'humanz' will figure out also 3 other things : aluminum noses cannot dive into steel towers, there was NO nuclear bomb and nuclear technology doesn't exist, humans are not older than a few 100 years, more likely at around 1649+- : http://tinyurl.com/99reasons 99 his|toree'cal reasons for 'nu|chronology' meets exp|femme'inism ;-) http://tinyurl.com/99reasons [[http://checkthis.com/djc1 ]] ( celebratin' now at https://soundcloud.com/ewing2001/mc-nicomedy2010-99-reasons ) excerpt: 99 The DINO-lie Think about it. It's fun : Dinosaurs did not exist. At all... 98 Century means 100 men, NOT YEARS ! ... ..., in 1801 german chemist Franz Carl Achard, is laying the foundations of industrial sugar production...Spanish historians meanwhile lie, that allegedly in 1544 Sugar was "*already" introduced in Europe, officially by the spanish king. Of course *that was a lie, because there was no medieval age. Therefore also the lie, that it allegedly took 129 further years, until finally someone in Bremen, Germany figured out to add sugar for the chocolate, is logical half|evidence for nu|chronology....

that's great. Maybe 'humanz' will figure out also 3 other things : aluminum noses cannot dive into steel towers, there was NO nuclear bomb and nuclear technology doesn't exist, humans are not older than a few 100 years, more likely at around 1649+- : http://tinyurl.com/99reasons 99 his|toree'cal reasons for 'nu|chronology' meets exp|femme'inism ;-) http://tinyurl.com/99reasons [[http://checkthis.com/djc1 ]] ( celebratin' now at https://soundcloud.com/ewing2001/mc-nicomedy2010-99-reasons ) excerpt: 99 The DINO-lie Think about it. It's fun : Dinosaurs did not exist. At all... 98 Century means 100 men, NOT YEARS ! ... ..., in 1801 german chemist Franz Carl Achard, is laying the foundations of industrial sugar production...Spanish historians meanwhile lie, that allegedly in 1544 Sugar was "*already" introduced in Europe, officially by the spanish king. Of course *that was a lie, because there was no medieval age. Therefore also the lie, that it allegedly took 129 further years, until finally someone in Bremen, Germany figured out to add sugar for the chocolate, is logical half|evidence for nu|chronology....

I have one more thought on this: think of how much low level distortion is masked by how crappy speakers are in general. I think many blind tests will have to be revisited when we have truly low distortion speakers. Even electrostatic headphones are not that great. Then there's the French ionic headphones http://membres.multimania.fr/plasmapropulsion/Industrial_issues/Plasmasonic.htm but the bastards didn't measure distortion so one can only guess.
The best performing I've seen is glow discharge plasma. On Google patents you can check US 4,219,705. He used helium to create stable glow discharge (in air, glow discharge is very unstable and inevitably transitions to an arc) and then shaped it in such a way as to get a flat frequency response. Photo: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tb6Dp4NFH5w/SxWU_QWONKI/AAAAAAAAAnk/IgXp5VMkZlk/s1600/Plasmacell1.jpg Unfortunately, around 330 Watts in the discharge alone and only above 500 Hz (regular cone speaker for below 500) and you have to refill helium tank at welding shop periodically... But look at waterfall and impulse response: http://tinyurl.com/7d6pdnv and http://tinyurl.com/7xfppsz and THD
I decided to build this without helium. I realized I could do it once I came across microhollow cathode discharges: sandwitch a CRCLC->regulator). 135 uF total at around 3000 V is about 600 Joules or about twice a defibrillator.
One of the huge film-in-oil caps leaked (so much for "designed for pulse discharge") and the oil caught on fire and I was so startled by the mini-explosion that I broke the complex electrode structure. Haven't returned to this project yet, but I think there's something to this approach. There was also virtually no ozone (unlike the usual corona discharge speakers people drive with RF), but UV is definitely an issue to overcome.

I have one more thought on this: think of how much low level distortion is masked by how crappy speakers are in general. I think many blind tests will have to be revisited when we have truly low distortion speakers. Even electrostatic headphones are not that great. Then there's the French ionic headphones http://membres.multimania.fr/plasmapropulsion/Industrial_issues/Plasmasonic.htm but the bastards didn't measure distortion so one can only guess.
The best performing I've seen is glow discharge plasma. On Google patents you can check US 4,219,705. He used helium to create stable glow discharge (in air, glow discharge is very unstable and inevitably transitions to an arc) and then shaped it in such a way as to get a flat frequency response. Photo: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tb6Dp4NFH5w/SxWU_QWONKI/AAAAAAAAAnk/IgXp5VMkZlk/s1600/Plasmacell1.jpg Unfortunately, around 330 Watts in the discharge alone and only above 500 Hz (regular cone speaker for below 500) and you have to refill helium tank at welding shop periodically... But look at waterfall and impulse response: http://tinyurl.com/7d6pdnv and http://tinyurl.com/7xfppsz and THD
I decided to build this without helium. I realized I could do it once I came across microhollow cathode discharges: sandwitch a CRCLC->regulator). 135 uF total at around 3000 V is about 600 Joules or about twice a defibrillator.
One of the huge film-in-oil caps leaked (so much for "designed for pulse discharge") and the oil caught on fire and I was so startled by the mini-explosion that I broke the complex electrode structure. Haven't returned to this project yet, but I think there's something to this approach. There was also virtually no ozone (unlike the usual corona discharge speakers people drive with RF), but UV is definitely an issue to overcome.

"There' is no tablet market. There is only an iPad market" say the fans and Apple gets away with not only bundling Safari but banning all other browser engines. Yet Microsoft with it's 0.1% share of tablets in the "Post-PC world" gets flogged for this.

Dude, haven't you gotten the memo?

"It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Microsoft does it".
http://tinyurl.com/d2m8qs3
(Sorry for tinyurl, it's legit I promise, Slashdot filters the link because it's too long).

Not to mention Apple's worse actions like forcing their in-app payments and their 30% cut of even in-app purchases(driving many apps, esp. ebook related ones out of the market) and even forcing developers not to charge Android users less for the same services from the money they save from not paying the 30% tithe to Apple.

Take off, and still be eligible for medical treatment involving MRI. Additionally - the ipod is held physically, and won't get slid-knocked off should you brush against something. http://tinyurl.com/stupidmagnetguy

http://bluenio.com/

and a small cable lock

http://tinyurl.com/7sndu6r

It's still overkill, but these are not $22K routers. They're $6K routers.

http://tinyurl.com/7ovtywa

Ehud

. It seems like this would drive more business away from the already floundering USPS financial situation

....If they were simply required to do business under the same rules as their competitors

The United States Postal Service is not a business , therefore, it is not run like one. The United States Postal Service is the government. Even a bastard knows this.

The USPS is struggling because they've been required by a vindictive right-wing to maintain an absurd 75-year pension plan commitment,

My grandfather, a postmaster for decades and a life-long Democrat, was the Secretary-Treasurer of the National Association of Postmasters (NAPUS) from 1953 to 1971, and set up that pension plan. That is his baby.

basically they are being forced to fully fund pension plans for employees who haven't even been born yet.

That's brilliant, actually. If only Social Security worked this way, everyone under 45 wouldn't be fucked for retirement, and Social Security/Disability wouldn't be broke next year, which it will be.

The award goes to CRT (cathode ray tube) displays, which are built like battleships. They work for 20 years. There has been a hoax promoted by environmental "watchdogs" that the CRTs are being hammered apart for copper, and California went as far as to pay 48 cents per pound (taxpayer money) to make sure all the CRTs are broken when turned in for collection, based on the myth that the display devices become obsolete by Moore's law.

The EPA's methodology for calculating recycling rates is as follows: Find annual production (e.g. plastic milk bottles, newspapers), input lifespan, and calculate waste generation. But they put "Moore's Law" in for the "lifespan" of tech equipment... e.g. that CRT monitors have a 3 year lifespan. They assumed that "replacement rate" (new purchases of hardware) was an indication of lifespan, even though the growth of internet use worldwide was in double digits, and that all the old CRT monitors, millions and millions, were being dumped in primitive wasteful conditions.

Try applying the same methodology to used cars... that replacement purchase equals lifespan. OMG!!! We must have a massive death star of used cars crowding our landfills!!

The growth of the internet has been 10 times the rate, for the past decade, in nations with per capita incomes of $3-4K per year. They can't afford brand new display devices and were purchasing the CRTs for the past decade. Someone made up a completely bogus statistic that they were being burned in landfills in the developing world, something now completely disproven (the photos of TVs at the dumps in Nigeria were from NIGERIANS, who have had TV since the 1980s.. the scrap in Guiyu China comes predominantly from Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Guangzhuo). The story of the CRT is finally winding down as LCDs get cheaper and cheaper, but it has been amazing the mythology and hoaxes spread about CRT exports during the past decade. http://tinyurl.com/ghanahoax

Google

I just looked at http://www.google.com/ and there appears to be no way to drill down within a Yahoo!-style directory. Google is a search engine, and search engines need keywords. Google is good for finding information about things that have a single name that is well known to anybody who knows that a topic exists, such as "Xfce" or "supply side economics", not so much for finding things with scads of synonyms. How would the user know what keywords to use in Google in order to 1. learn for the first time that Kubuntu or Xubuntu exists and 2. discover how to install it?

And if you're not technologically savvy enough to query the abundant technical communities online

By "query" do you mean something automated, or do you mean registering and posting on forums? A lot of people aren't patient enough to lurk on a given forum for a week in order to get a sense of what is acceptable or not acceptable to post.

then you probably don't even know or care about what XFCE is anyway.

They don't want "Xfce" by name; they just want a solution to UI frustrations that they experience on the default install of Ubuntu. They might want "an environment that works similarly to the familiar environment that I learned while using another computer". Or they might want "a more responsive start menu". Or they might want "a way to use the full width of a 1024x600 netbook display or an old 1024x768 monitor for a web browser without the launcher popping up and covering the back button".Or they might want "an environment that shows the menu bar all the time without mystery meat navigation". (Even Mac OS, which has had a global menu bar since Mac OS V in August 1987, doesn't auto-hide the menu bar.) Such problems are a bit harder to search for. If the solution happens to be Xfce, then we need to ensure that newbies know that Xfce exists so that they don't associate their frustrations with "Linux" as a whole.

It wasn't all that long ago that we had a "bastion" of people in Waco who rejected the idea that the Moon is not a source of light, but reflects light from the Sun... So I have trouble believing the Global Warming debate will end with this NYT announcement. http://tinyurl.com/billnyemoon

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Face recognition algorithms (at least the ones that work well enough for practical use) recognize faces based on exact shape and appearance. Humans often use characteristics and qualitative deviations from "normal" faces. That's why humans have no problems recognizing caricatures like these: http://tinyurl.com/d8pq9f6 Computers can't do that yet. Paintings tend to be more like caricatures, not photos.

And face recognition in Facebook usually only has a few dozen people to choose from, with a high probability that the same faces occur again. In art, you have tens of thousands of faces and a low probability that any one occurs multiple times.