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Tinfoil Hat Linux: A Distribution for the Paranoid

An Anonymous Coward writes: " Tinfoil Hat Linux is a distribution designed to allow the signing and encrypting of documents with the utmost in security. The floppy-image has numerous security features including: entering your passphrase via a video game style selection process to combat hardware keystroke loggers, turning the contrast of your screen down to foil prying eyes and cameras, and to run background PGP processes."

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  1. fp by stalwart · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp yo.

  2. Re:Hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, given that the DNS doesn't resolve, it sounds fake to me

  3. Re:DAMN YOU!!!! damn you by stalwart · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    heh.

  4. Re:Hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I haven't managed to get the page yet, but why do you say it's a hoax?

  5. Like, whoa by zpengo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, you're a dullard.

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  6. For those who asked: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Successive best cantidate list for approximation of Pi using fractions:

    1/1=1.0, 2/1=2.0, 3/1=3.0, 13/4=3.25, 16/5=3.2, 19/6=3.1666666666666665, 22/7=3.142857142857143, 179/57=3.1403508771929824, 201/64=3.140625, 223/71=3.140845070422535, 245/78=3.141025641025641, 267/85=3.1411764705882352, 289/92=3.141304347826087, 311/99=3.1414141414141414, 333/106=3.141509433962264, 355/113=3.1415929203539825, 52163/16604=3.141592387376536, 52518/16717=3.1415923909792425, 52873/16830=3.141592394533571, 53228/16943=3.1415923980404887, 53583/17056=3.141592401500938, 53938/17169=3.1415924049158366, 54293/17282=3.141592408286078, 54648/17395=3.141592411612532, 55003/17508=3.1415924148960475, 55358/17621=3.1415924181374497, 55713/17734=3.1415924213375437, 56068/17847=3.1415924244971145, 56423/17960=3.1415924276169265, 56778/18073=3.141592430697726, 57133/18186=3.14159243374024, 57488/18299=3.1415924367451775, 57843/18412=3.1415924397132304, 58198/18525=3.141592442645074, 58553/18638=3.141592445541367, 58908/18751=3.141592448402752, 59263/18864=3.141592451229856, 59618/18977=3.1415924540232916, 59973/19090=3.1415924567836564, 60328/19203=3.1415924595115348, 60683/19316=3.1415924622074964, 61038/19429=3.1415924648720983, 61393/19542=3.141592467505885, 61748/19655=3.141592470109387, 62103/19768=3.1415924726831244, 62458/19881=3.141592475227604, 62813/19994=3.141592477743323, 63168/20107=3.1415924802307655, 63523/20220=3.1415924826904056, 63878/20333=3.141592485122707, 64233/20446=3.141592487528123, 64588/20559=3.141592489907097, 64943/20672=3.1415924922600618, 65298/20785=3.1415924945874427, 65653/20898=3.1415924968896545, 66008/21011=3.141592499167103, 66363/21124=3.1415925014201855, 66718/21237=3.1415925036492913, 67073/21350=3.141592505854801, 67428/21463=3.1415925080370872, 67783/21576=3.1415925101965145, 68138/21689=3.1415925123334407, 68493/21802=3.1415925144482157, 68848/21915=3.141592516541182, 69203/22028=3.1415925186126747, 69558/22141=3.1415925206630235, 69913/22254=3.14159252269255, 70268/22367=3.1415925247015695, 70623/22480=3.1415925266903915, 70978/22593=3.141592528659319, 71333/22706=3.1415925306086496, 71688/22819=3.1415925325386738, 72043/22932=3.141592534449677, 72398/23045=3.1415925363419395, 72753/23158=3.1415925382157353, 73108/23271=3.1415925400713336, 73463/23384=3.1415925419089974, 73818/23497=3.141592543728987, 74173/23610=3.1415925455315543, 74528/23723=3.1415925473169497, 74883/23836=3.141592549085417, 75238/23949=3.1415925508371956, 75593/24062=3.141592552572521, 75948/24175=3.1415925542916234, 76303/24288=3.14159255599473, 76658/24401=3.141592557682062, 77013/24514=3.1415925593538385, 77368/24627=3.141592561010273, 77723/24740=3.1415925626515766, 78078/24853=3.1415925642779543, 78433/24966=3.14159256588961, 78788/25079=3.1415925674867418, 79143/25192=3.141592569069546, 79498/25305=3.1415925706382137, 79853/25418=3.141592572192934, 80208/25531=3.141592573733892, 80563/25644=3.14159257526127, 80918/25757=3.1415925767752455, 81273/25870=3.1415925782759953, 81628/25983=3.1415925797636914, 81983/26096=3.141592581238504, 82338/26209=3.141592582700599, 82693/26322=3.1415925841501404, 83048/26435=3.1415925855872895, 83403/26548=3.1415925870122043, 83758/26661=3.1415925884250404, 84113/26774=3.1415925898259505, 84468/26887=3.1415925912150855, 84823/27000=3.1415925925925925, 85178/27113=3.1415925939586176, 85533/27226=3.1415925953133033, 85888/27339=3.141592596656791, 86243/27452=3.1415925979892174, 86598/27565=3.1415925993107203, 86953/27678=3.1415926006214323, 87308/27791=3.1415926019214853, 87663/27904=3.1415926032110093, 88018/28017=3.141592604490131, 88373/28130=3.141592605758976, 88728/28243=3.1415926070176683, 89083/28356=3.141592608266328, 89438/28469=3.141592609505076, 89793/28582=3.1415926107340284, 90148/28695=3.141592611953302, 90503/28808=3.1415926131630103, 90858/28921=3.1415926143632653, 91213/29034=3.141592615554178, 91568/29147=3.1415926167358563, 91923/29260=3.1415926179084073, 92278/29373=3.141592619071937, 92633/29486=3.141592620226548, 92988/29599=3.1415926213723435, 93343/29712=3.1415926225094237, 93698/29825=3.1415926236378877, 94053/29938=3.1415926247578327, 94408/30051=3.1415926258693556, 94763/30164=3.14159262697255, 95118/30277=3.14159262806751, 95473/30390=3.141592629154327, 95828/30503=3.1415926302330917, 96183/30616=3.1415926313038933, 96538/30729=3.1415926323668195, 96893/30842=3.1415926334219573, 97248/30955=3.141592634469391, 97603/31068=3.1415926355092054, 97958/31181=3.1415926365414837, 98313/31294=3.1415926375663066, 98668/31407=3.1415926385837554, 99023/31520=3.1415926395939087, 99378/31633=3.141592640596845, 99733/31746=3.1415926415926414, 100088/31859=3.141592642581374, 100443/31972=3.1415926435631176, 100798/32085=3.1415926445379463, 101153/32198=3.141592645505932, 101508/32311=3.1415926464671475, 101863/32424=3.141592647421663, 102218/32537=3.1415926483695484, 102573/32650=3.141592649310873, 102928/32763=3.141592650245704, 103283/32876=3.1415926511741086, 103638/32989=3.1415926520961532, 103993/33102=3.1415926530119025, 104348/33215=3.141592653921421, 208341/66317=3.1415926534674368, 312689/99532=3.1415926536189365, 833719/265381=3.141592653581078, 1146408/364913=3.141592653591404, 3126535/995207=3.1415926535886505, 4272943/1360120=3.141592653589389, 5419351/1725033=3.1415926535898153, 42208400/13435351=3.1415926535897722, 47627751/15160384=3.141592653589777, 53047102/16885417=3.141592653589781, 58466453/18610450=3.1415926535897842, 63885804/20335483=3.141592653589787, 69305155/22060516=3.141592653589789, 74724506/23785549=3.141592653589791, 80143857/25510582=3.1415926535897927, 245850922/78256779=3.141592653589793,

  7. problem is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ..it didn't widen the page!!

    In fact, my page is very narrow now. Too narrowm almost. I think I'll have to widen it a bit.

    I'm on an iMac with IE 5.5 now.

    You have let me down.

  8. Free bundled DVDs? by jamesmartinluther · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The following DVDs ought to come bundled:

    Enemy of the State
    One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    No Way Out
    Pi
    The Matrix
    The Net

  9. Re:Hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    tinfoilhat.cultists.net A 216.231.44.89

  10. Re:Not first post, but page widening nonetheless! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You sully the good name of Trolls everywhere with your crummy page-wideners.

  11. Re:Uh huh... by Commienst · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I prefer yellow snow. It is hard to keep the snow cold, because it is warm in my dorm and the process of transforming the snow into yellow snow, melts alot of the snow. As a bonus no one asks to use my computer.

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  12. Re:Uh huh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    informative... giggle....

    and now for some text to trick the lameness filter

  13. Re:Hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I might point out that We Are Watching indeed. And this, although an ingenious annoyance, will not stop us.

    BTW, we do have hardware loggers on your NumLock key.

  14. Re:For the paranoid? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh YES We Can!!!

    Muahahahahahaha!

  15. Sigh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Moderation Totals: Informative=1, Overrated=1, Total=2.

    Your .sig certainly makes more sense now...

  16. trademark issues by alec314159 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wonder if Redhat owns the rights to the word "Hat" the way Microsoft "owns" the rights to the word "Window".

    1. Re:trademark issues by GigsVT · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Why did the parent of this get modded down? Quick Robin, to the metamod-cave.

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  17. Re:Hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's not a hoax. IT'S A PLOT BY THE GOV'T! and the space aliens in area 51 who are running this distro on their spaceship. gotta go. the radio chip planted in my head by the CIA is telling me to talk to a tree.

  18. Re:For the paranoid? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah i've been raytracing in my head for about 2 years now. I'm almost done.

  19. Re:Say What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I run Minesweeper on my abacus.

  20. Jesus H. Christ, it's much WORSE than I thought!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Guy's a foam-spitting NAZI!!!! Have a look at his other articles on the site. There are no banner ads so you won't be giving him money by browsing there.

    Tinfoil hat is a severe understatement!

    (this is JCCyC, posting anonymously to preserve karma)

  21. Simpsons (nt) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    or at least, as little text as possible. goddamn filter.

  22. bravo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    how many times do i have to email taco to make the slashdot page wider? and he never answers! the truth is that slash has NO ABILITY to widen the page! the open source developers JUST CANT FIGURE IT OUT!!!

    leave it to a fine closed source developer such as this to finally come up with a solution to the page widening dilemma. bravo to you sir!

    as the intuit tribes of alaska are fond of saying, "wider is better."