Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040

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Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040

Posted by timothy on Saturday December 22, 2012 @12:30PM from the 2039-on-the-other-hand dept.

dryriver writes with a report from CNN that the asteroid known as 2011 AG5 will not hit Earth in 2040 as early calculations had led some to fear when it was first spotted last year. "To narrow down the asteroid's future course, NASA put out a call for more observation. Astronomers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa took up the task and managed to observe the asteroid over several days in October. 'An analysis of the new data conducted by NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, shows that the risk of collision in 2040 has been eliminated,' NASA declared Friday."

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Do we want to know? by Praetor.Zero · 2012-12-22 12:31 · Score: 1

Serious question: Would we want them to tell us if an asteroid were going to impact the earth with sufficient force to elimate the current dominant life form?
1. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 12:43 · Score: 0
  
  Yes.
2. Re:Do we want to know? by icebike · 2012-12-22 12:56 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  It has a diameter of about 140 meters. Its not a planet killer.
  You watch too much TV. Nobody can keep a secret in this world. Not least of all, government officials.
  
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3. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 13:00 · Score: 0
  
  You don't know much about 2011 AG5. Does ya?
  
  In all seriousness... you're a moron. Please shut up, sit down and let the adults talk.
4. Re:Do we want to know? by RedHackTea · 2012-12-22 13:05 · Score: 1
  
  I'd want to know so that I can post on /. one last time. *tear rolls down right eye*
  
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5. Re:Do we want to know? by MtHuurne · 2012-12-22 13:18 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, since even with current technology it might be feasible to avoid the collision if we know its trajectory decades in advance. For example, if a probe flies close to the asteroid, the gravitational pull of the probe will alter the path of the asteroid a tiny bit, but a tiny bit can be enough if it happens a long time before the asteroid gets too close to earth.
6. Re:Do we want to know? by BobNET · 2012-12-22 13:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Last post!
7. Re:Do we want to know? by Trepidity · 2012-12-22 13:27 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Yeah, it'd have a large local/regional impact, but not planet-wide. Estimates of the impact seem to hover around 100-150 megatons of TNT equivalent, which is 2-3 Tsar Bombas.
  
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8. Re:Do we want to know? by binarylarry · 2012-12-22 13:46 · Score: 0
  
  I believe Humans and Mammals are the dominant life form primarily due to our ability to withstand cataclysmic events like that.
  It's why dinosaurs died out and mammals took over.
  
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9. Re:Do we want to know? by tuxgeek · 2012-12-22 14:27 · Score: 1
  
  Most people don't want to know, and some shouldn't even be told if the Earth was about to be obliterated by a comet or very large asteroid.
  But you can rest assured, sooner or later something will come at us and impact the planet. It's happened before, it'll happen again
  
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10. Re:Do we want to know? by Daniel+Dvorkin · 2012-12-22 15:57 · Score: 1
  
  I believe Humans and Mammals are the dominant life form primarily due to our ability to withstand cataclysmic events like that.
  It's why dinosaurs died out and mammals took over.
  Except that toward the end of the Permian, "proto-mammals" that were in most ways a great deal like modern mammals were the dominant form of animal life on land. And then something happened to cause the worst mass extinction event in the planet's history ... which cleared the way for the dinosaurs and reduced mammals to a small niche for almost 200 million years. What class of creatures end up winning looks like a roll of the dice as much as anything,
  
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11. Re:Do we want to know? by crutchy · 2012-12-22 16:52 · Score: -1, Flamebait
  
  if it collided with the mid-eastern US it might actually do the planet a favor
12. Re:Do we want to know? by crutchy · 2012-12-22 16:54 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  if every american shot at the assteroid with their beloved guns, surely the planet would be saved, right?
13. Re:Do we want to know? by crutchy · 2012-12-22 16:56 · Score: 1
  
  "toward the end of the Permian, "proto-mammals" that were in most ways a great deal like modern mammals were the dominant form of animal life on land. And then something happened to cause the worst mass extinction event in the planet's history ... which cleared the way for the dinosaurs and reduced mammals to a small niche for almost 200 million years" maybe the dinosaurs ate all the mammals?
14. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 19:12 · Score: 0
  
  > with sufficient force to elimate the current dominant life form?
  The ants? Bacteria? Rats?
15. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 19:16 · Score: 0
  
  Interesting questions. We know that you can stop a train with a BB gun, so you might actually be right.
  Here is the article about stopping the train: http://what-if.xkcd.com/18/
16. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 19:34 · Score: 1
  
  If it lands in the same spot as the Tsar Bomba, it would damage things in Norway. IIRC, there were a few shattered windows in Norway from the Tsar Bomba. Nevermind that. The blew that thing up in a very remote area. If it hit London... wow, just wow. Not a global killer; but certainly a global game changer.
17. Re:Do we want to know? by philip.paradis · 2012-12-22 19:54 · Score: 0
  
  I'm going to break the rules and feed a troll here by replying with a very simple sentiment: Go fuck yourself, asshole. Some things aren't fit to joke about. Also, next time you decide to try to be funny, at least get it straight: the region is known as the Mid-Atlantic. Have a nice day, prick.
  
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18. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 20:16 · Score: 0
  
  Hmm, let's see:
  asteroid energy of impact = ~100 megatones of TNT.
  if we assume that about 100 million Americans can fire a semi-automatic firearm that discharges about 100 grams of TNT, then the energies/momentums don't balance out:
  100 megatones vs 10 million kilograms of TNT.
  That said, the problem isn't the mass per se -- it's the centralized, focused, collection of mass.
  If 1 million Americans could fire ultrahigh velocity rifle bullets at the asteroid -- and hit it, shattering it -- at about 5 km above the surface of the Earth, the individual fragments might be small enough to be significantly slowed down (and dispersed) by the atmosphere, such that they no longer posed a life threatening risk.
  So, yeah, us Americans could potentially save the planet after all. We just need more ultrahigh velocity assault rifles.
  Thanks for your question!
19. Re:Do we want to know? by FatLittleMonkey · 2012-12-22 21:11 · Score: 2
  
  5km isn't enough to "significantly slow down (and disperse)" such a large volume of material. The impact area is still too localised, even though the object is shattered. More than that, the range of conventional "high velocity" firearms isn't enough to reach the asteroid at 5km. And even if it was, your 1 million shooters would all have to be directly under the "dispersal" zone. They'd be vaporised.
  If you could shatter it fine enough at a sufficient distance - multiple Earth-moon distances - so that the spread was at least planet-wide, you might reduce any local damage to tolerable levels. You still get all the energy dumped into the atmosphere, but in this case, that's not enough to worry about compared to the effect of a single impact site.
  Most asteroids seem to be pre-shattered anyway. Loosely held piles of smashed rock, gravel and dust. Unless you can cause it to spread significantly apart, breaking it up isn't doing much to change its nature, it will still impact would the same force it would have anyway. It will also be able to take a massive amount of damage without breaking apart, by shifting internally to absorb the energy. Compare the impact of smashing a wrecking ball into a solid boulder, verses dropping it on a pile of sand and gravel.
  
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20. Re:Do we want to know? by crutchy · 2012-12-22 21:50 · Score: 1
  
  troll indeed
21. Re:Do we want to know? by crutchy · 2012-12-22 21:54 · Score: 1
  
  "So, yeah, us Americans could potentially save the planet after all. We just need more ultrahigh velocity assault rifles." you morons can rationalize anything can't you luckily the rest of the world knows how rediculous your empire is
22. Re:Do we want to know? by cstacy · 2012-12-22 23:17 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah, it'd have a large local/regional impact, but not planet-wide. Estimates of the impact seem to hover around 100-150 megatons of TNT equivalent, which is 2-3 Tsar Bombas.
  Meeza thinkin' if da asteroid iz like a bomba, it be doing plenty of kabloohee!
23. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 01:03 · Score: 1
  
  It is and it isn't a roll of the dice. Whether or not a creature is already adapted for the radically different conditions that occur during a mass extinction is pretty much random. They can't plan ahead, because evolution doesn't work that way. They haven't spent millions of years adapting for conditions that don't yet exist, they've adapted for the conditions that do exist. Then suddenly the rug is pulled out from under them when the Earth's environment changes en masse. So, when the disaster happens you're either well-suited for the new situation or you're not. In that respect if you take a large group of creatures (say, mammals), there will be winners and losers, and sometimes they are *all* losers (i.e. they all go extinct). Like you say, it *looks* a lot like a roll of the dice. However, whether a particular species survives isn't simply "luck". There will be a specific reason why they survive while other creatures do not. For example, at the end of the Cretaceous, one of the reasons that dinosaurs seem to have died out while mammals and lizards survived is the fact that most of the former are relatively large creatures that would be exposed on the surface and have greater food demands, while the latter two include a lot of small species that can also burrow into the ground and in some cases hibernate if climate turns cold.
  Think of this kind of like an obstacle course where the "random" aspect is the choice of the exact obstacles on the field, but whether or not a particular species makes it through the course isn't random (i.e. there are good reasons why certain species make it through *that* particular course). The survivors then diversify once conditions go back to normal and a lot of previously-occupied niches that are now empty creates new opportunities. Even when creatures survive mass extinctions they are often decimated. For example, a paper just came out recently that looks at lizards and snakes before and after the Cretaceous/Tertiary extinction. The large ones tended to die out and the ones that survived tended to be small -- i.e. it wasn't "random". There was a definite bias to survivors versus non-survivors.
24. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 01:07 · Score: 0
  
  It is unlikely though that it hits an area with dense population. The chance is 75% that it hits the ocean, and most of the land area has just a low population density..
25. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 01:17 · Score: 0
  
  No, if my part of the world were going to be destroyed, and I knew about it far enough in advance, I'd make it a point to shoot all the people I ever wanted to shoot. You are making your case to be on that list.
26. Re:Do we want to know? by hairyfeet · 2012-12-23 08:53 · Score: 1
  
  What you are talking about is commonly called the "War Of The Worlds scenario" after the Orson Welles broadcast that caused such a major panic and I would say that even if NASA had a 100% certainty that it would hit they'd not tell the public until something had been done to stop it or it was nearly on top of us for precisely that reason.
  As K said to J in MIB 1 "A person is smart, people are dumb, dangerous panicky animals and you know it" and that is why you simply couldn't tell the populace about such a thing, because while an individual could understand and accept it the herd would go nuts, you'd have looting and suicides and just a giant mess on your hands on TOP of the asteroid problem. That is why I always laugh when I see Michael Bay's Armageddon, it shows everybody just sitting there quietly and watching the sky when IRL we'd be seeing cities in total chaos and anarchy left and right, the public would just flip their shit.
  
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27. Re:Do we want to know? by hairyfeet · 2012-12-23 09:00 · Score: 1
  
  I don't see how you could say it wouldn't cause a planetwide problem when you look at how a single volcano created "the year without a summer' back in the 1800s. The problem wouldn't be the asteroid itself, it would be how much debris and dust it threw up that would screw up weather patterns.
  Now if it hit in the ocean, which considering two thirds of this planet is ocean? Then other than the tsunami it probably wouldn't cause too much damage, but if it hit on land? Then i could see this thing throwing enough shit into the air to drop temps and cause crop failures which in turn could lean to some serious starvation and other calamities.
  
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28. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 10:09 · Score: 1
  
  "Rediculous"? The entire world knows you're illiterate troll.
29. Re:Do we want to know? by crutchy · 2012-12-23 10:27 · Score: 1
  
  i would rather be illiterate than American (most of which are illiterate anyway)
30. Re:Do we want to know? by crutchy · 2012-12-23 10:30 · Score: 1
  
  you are a sad, sad little boy
31. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 10:39 · Score: 0
  
  classic crutchy anger mgt. issues http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3272015&cid=42097505 because he can't backup his words here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3272015&cid=42083563 that he's a programmer.
32. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 10:42 · Score: 0
  
  Secretly wishing you're American then with your 'spelling', lol.
33. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 11:25 · Score: 0
  
  you are a mad, mad little bullshitter http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3272015&cid=42097505
34. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 11:32 · Score: 0
  
  I'd rather be American than a bs artist who has fits + runs from backing up his words http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3272015&cid=42097505
35. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 11:48 · Score: 0
  
  crutchy did you say this? "python relies on left indentation" here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126245 ? Then, where's yours here then http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41091833 ?
36. Re:Do we want to know? by Daniel+Dvorkin · 2012-12-23 11:49 · Score: 1
  
  Fair enough. That's why I said "class" instead of "species"; obviously you can predict that in the event of a major extinction event, smaller animals will tend to do better than larger ones, but you can't predict that, say, mammals will do better than reptiles, without looking at the traits of particular animals within each group. My original point, apparently not too well phrased, was that it's silly to say "mammals are more adaptable than other animals" when we're judging from a sample size of two: one time when we were, and one time before that when we pretty clearly weren't.
  
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37. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 15:07 · Score: 0
  
  http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335267&cid=42378081
38. Re:Do we want to know? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 15:38 · Score: 0
  
  Sure he's not a homo crutchy, since you called others that http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41051811 starting up your trolling and projecting your own issues there?
39. Re:Do we want to know? by cusco · 2012-12-23 15:55 · Score: 1
  
  If it landed anywhere near the India/Pakistan border the firestorms from the resulting exchange of nuclear weapons would probably do for most of our agriculture for the next couple of years.
  
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40. Re:Do we want to know? by crutchy · 2012-12-23 17:50 · Score: 1
  
  at least i don't post buggy code all over slashdot and than brag about how its not buggy and then eventually realise there's a bug and try blaming it on slashdot haha what a noob
41. Re:Do we want to know? by crutchy · 2012-12-23 21:20 · Score: 1
  
  oh its just apk... i was hoping for someone that could actually make some kind of argument
42. Re:Do we want to know? by AndyKron · 2012-12-24 01:58 · Score: 1
  
  Yes. The Western countries would declare war on the Universe. And send troops...
Instead by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 12:32 · Score: 0

It will hit Earth in 2013. Happy New Year everybody.
1. Re:Instead by crutchy · 2012-12-22 16:57 · Score: 1
  
  December 21st 2013 no doubt
2. Re:Instead by oobayly · 2012-12-22 21:42 · Score: 1
  
  Forgot to carry the one?
3. Re:Instead by crutchy · 2012-12-22 21:55 · Score: 1
  
  infidel! how dare you try to prove us religious zealots wrong with your pitiful facts and science and mathematics! bah!
Gollum's penis ring by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 12:38 · Score: -1

TEMPEST Attacks! LCD Monitor leaks system noise to FRS
This post is one example of why Tor developers should focus on anti-TEMPEST-ing the Tor Browser, in color, fonts, etc.
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I don't operate any wireless equipment at my living location. This includes computers, computer equipment, routers, non-computer equipment, etc.
I'm having a problem with one of my LCD monitors.
It works without problems. That was until I picked up some heavy static noises from a hand held radio. I eliminated all sources of generating this type of noise until I came towards an LCD monitor. When the monitor is on and there is content on the screen the radio makes several types of garbage(static) sounds. As I manipulate contents on the screen, maximize and minimize windows, open different applications, the radio responds with scratchy(static) noises to match the activity on the screen. This includes typing and mouse movement.
When I switched the desktop background to a solid black color without wallpaper, the radio noise went down to almost nothing. But when I loaded any program with a white background, the noise from the radio exploded in volume.
When I passed the radio across different computer and non-computer electronic devices other than the LCD monitor, the wired mouse made a high pitched squeal sound within the static. None of the other computing devices such as the tower generated any noise.
I tried CRT monitors and separate computers attached to the CRT monitors but they did not generate any noise in the radio. On the computer connected to the net, I unplugged the cable leading to the router to rule this out but it made no difference, the LCD monitor is at fault.
While monitoring the radio noise, there were several instances where the noise on the channel being monitored stopped, and I switched to another channel and the same noise appeared. Why would the noise from the LCD switch channels during normal use of the LCD? Back and forth throughout the day the noise generated by the LCD would switch from one channel to the next and back to the first channel again.
The noise extends several steps within my living location. I'll test this another day to determine if it extends outside my living location and if so by how many feet.
The computer/monitor are grounded and attached to a surge protector. I'm not sure what I need to do to stop this, or if I should ignore it.
I assumed LCDs would be quieter than CRTs when it came to noise.
Unless I have a radio tuned to a specific channel, the LCD does not generate any noise which I can detect, unless it's above my hearing capacity.
The LCD monitor also functions as speakers, and while the sound cable is connected to the tower, I have disabled the onboard sound in my BIOS. The only other connection is the DVI cable to the tower.
How may I decrease this noise or eliminate it? It seems like the LCD is a mini radio station. When I turn it off the noise in the radio stops, if I blacken the screen the noise lessens. When I switch to a colorful background or load white screened applications like a web browser the noise jumps up loudly. I've tried grabbing and moving a browser window around the screen and the movement matches the noises in the radio.
Would any of this be considered normal?
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This certainly isn't unheard of, it's because some part of the monitor is unshielded. The more fix-it stuff is at the top of the following, with the technical backdrop that just might be good to know is at the bottom.
Unfortunately, the issue is most likely the panel charging the LCs. The only thing you can do is see if the manufacturer will replace it or upgrade you. Complain to the manufacturer, be sure to come up with some important thing it's interfering with(if I recall some medical devices use some sort of radio).
If the issue is actually internal wiring which is highly unlikely as detailed below, and it isn't in warranty, attempt to shield it yourself. To shield it yourself, you'll need thin foil(not kitc
1. Re:Gollum's penis ring by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 12:56 · Score: 0
  
  I come to slashdot for the +5 Informative spam. Jesus dood this shit is so old news its from 1990. If you wanna spam for tinfoil hats for your monitor, post a quick link to a meme site with a cat, a monitor, covered in tinfoil and a donation link button for 10$.
Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Frosty+Piss · 2012-12-22 12:47 · Score: 1

Well....
That all depends.
I hear the North Koreans are planning to land thrusters on it and propel it into the imperial bourgeois West...

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1. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by skitchen8 · 2012-12-22 13:06 · Score: 1
  
  So Opportunity and Curiosity need to be on alert then? On a more serious note: theoretical physics, as little as I understand, leads me to believe by looking for them we are actively inviting them to hit us. Shouldn't we figure out how to stop them and worry about seeing them later? If we can't stop it I would contend there is no use in knowing it'll happen.
2. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 13:26 · Score: 0
  
  Its hard to find a solution for a problem if u dont know anything about it.
  Speed, size, course and spin (to name only a few aspects) of the object are important to find a way to make it not hit us.
  But maybe u think we could just hollywood like blow everything up and thats it?
3. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by icebike · 2012-12-22 13:37 · Score: 2
  
  theoretical physics, as little as I understand, leads me to believe by looking for them we are actively inviting them to hit us.
  Its clear you understand little.
  But I'd be interested in how one sends an invitation to a 140 meter ball of rock.
  Will it RSVP?
  
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4. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by asm2750 · 2012-12-22 13:43 · Score: 1
  
  Actually, has anyone even tried calculating the amount of Delta V needed to move an object like an asteroid? It would be nice if we could park a few at a Lagrangian point and exploit it for space craft/colony building materials.
  
  Although, processing said raw materials into usable product is another story.
5. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by icebike · 2012-12-22 13:47 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  But maybe u think we could just hollywood like blow everything up and thats it?
  In fact this is a realistic option with an asteroid this small. Its only 140 meters, or a football field and a half in diameter.
  Shattering it into much smaller fragments is actually an option, as only some of those would still hit earth, and many of those would be small enough to burn up in the atmosphere. Most that don't burn up, would (statically at least) hit ocean.
  Most asteroids, from what we know, are loose accumulations of space debris without a solid core. It might shatter rather easily.
  
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6. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by bmo · 2012-12-22 14:46 · Score: 2
  
  Yes, people have calculated it. Depending on how far out you are, it can be enough to paint the asteroid white.
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7. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 14:53 · Score: 0
  
  Schrodingers Asteroids.
8. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by skitchen8 · 2012-12-22 15:37 · Score: 1
  
  I was thinking more along the lines of Heisenburg. As parent noted I know very little, but I was trying to make a funny about the so-called Observer Effect. I think I failed at both the funny and smart part though. :) I still think we should blow this sucker up, just to make sure we can if the time comes. To me "exploding into tiny hopefully harmless pieces" has less modes of failure than "attach rocket and try to nudge." Of course this may piss off the asteroid rights set, but they have questionable lobbying power. Are there other ideas out there I am missing out on? I've only really heard of either nudge it or Michael Bay it.
9. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 16:14 · Score: 0
  
  Lasers, Solar Sails. And gravity tugs.
10. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Daniel+Dvorkin · 2012-12-22 16:44 · Score: 1
  
  I still think we should blow this sucker up, just to make sure we can if the time comes. To me "exploding into tiny hopefully harmless pieces" has less modes of failure than "attach rocket and try to nudge."
  You must be young. Those of us who grew up in the 80s know that when you blow up an asteroid, you don't get tiny harmless pieces; you get small fast-moving pieces that are just as deadly as the original rock and much harder to hit.
  
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11. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 19:54 · Score: 0
  
  Those smaller pieces also have massively greater total surface area, and will thus impart a larger percentage of their energy to the atmosphere, and a smaller percentage to the lithosphere. I never understood why this was such a hard concept to grasp.
  Not like the atmosphere can't handle a little warming, right?
12. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by FatLittleMonkey · 2012-12-22 21:57 · Score: 1
  
  It's about being hit by bird-shot rather than a deer-slug. Both are bad, but only one is survivable. Reducing a resurfacing event to a mere extinction event, or an extinction event to a civilisation killer, or a civilisation killer to a large natural disaster.
  If we can reduce the severity, there's a greater chance we can take measures to preserve the species, and the knowledge of our civilisation. One week in a suburban bunker vs six months. Or a year in a large government nuclear shelter, vs... no chance survival at all.
  In the case of a small object like 2011AG5, breaking it up at sufficient distance would render most of its mass harmless. Not breaking it up would be like setting off multiple Tsar Bombs at the impact site.
  
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13. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 22:02 · Score: 0
  
  One of the problems you don't address is that in many cases an ocean impact is worse. On land, if pieces don't hit you, all is well. With water the impact moves out in all directions and will most likely devastate coastal cities. The only good thing is tsunamis move very slow, so we might be able to save most everybody, if it is far out in open ocean. If it isn't then look at the impact on the Yucatan, a similar impact could wipe out the Caribbean and all of the coastal cities in the Gulf of Mexico, and that's only acute devastation from a tsunami.
14. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by FatLittleMonkey · 2012-12-22 22:03 · Score: 1
  
  Most asteroids, from what we know, are loose accumulations of space debris without a solid core. It might shatter rather easily.
  Impact modelling apparently says rubble-pile asteroids are harder to break up than solids.
  But they will also have a large amount of their mass as dust/sand/gravel. If you can spread it out, it will burn up above 50km, only the large solid masses will impact. But we need to do proper asteroid missions on members of multiple asteroid families. Too many unknowns.
  
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15. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by FatLittleMonkey · 2012-12-22 22:13 · Score: 1
  
  That's to give a potential impactor enough delta-v to miss the planet.
  Both Frosty and asm2750's proposals require taking a non-impactor and giving it enough delta-v to hit Earth or go into HEO. That would likely require a lot more delta-v, and vastly more control, than the impact-avoidance scenarios.
  
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16. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 01:13 · Score: 0
  
  Yeah it is kinda sad how some people understand the observer effect as the effect of an eye taking a look at something. The observer effect is the effect of a single photon being absorbed or emitted. That photon does not need to be detected by an eye, it is just that a particle can not be observed if it does not interact with a photon.
17. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 01:43 · Score: 0
  
  Shattering it into much smaller fragments is actually an option, as only some of those would still hit earth
  You may be forgetting about the political consequences. The still significantly sized fragments may end up on other continents. If country A blows up a comet to save itself, and the fragments destroy a city of country B, country B might see this as an act of war / terrorism.
18. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by bmo · 2012-12-23 03:12 · Score: 1
  
  But that's wrong.
  Delta v can be applied in any case with white paint for either capture or avoidance. It's all the same math.
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  BMO
19. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by FatLittleMonkey · 2012-12-23 04:26 · Score: 1
  
  The difference between an object hitting Earth and one that just barely misses might be a few tens of metres per second, if you catch it early enough. But the difference between the orbit of the best suitable asteroid and a successful impact (or capture) could be anything up to kilometres per second.
  Worse, any miss is a good miss. Whether it scrapes the atmosphere, or swings wide of the moon, it's all good. A hit, otoh, requires aching levels of accuracy. If a million states are called a "miss" but just one is a "hit", then the two situations are not symmetrical.
  Even if the white paint scheme could provide enough delta-v to bring a useful asteroid near enough to Earth, I doubt it could be used with enough precision to actually steer it to crash or capture.
  
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  Science is all about firing a drunk pig out of a cannon just to see what happens.
20. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by bmo · 2012-12-23 04:40 · Score: 1
  
  Delta V is Delta V and whether it is applied with white paint, ion thrusters, chemical rockets, gravity, etc, makes no difference if the magnitude and direction is the correct amount for capture or mere avoidance.
  Your thinking is too narrow. You are hung up on whether the application is high-tech enough, when the technology doesn't matter except for cost.
  Seriously.
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  BMO
21. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by FatLittleMonkey · 2012-12-23 04:50 · Score: 1
  
  You are hung up on whether the application is high-tech enough,
  [Sigh] Try reading what I actually wrote. Missing and hitting are not symmetrical situations.
  
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22. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by bmo · 2012-12-23 05:01 · Score: 1
  
  >[Sigh] Try reading what I actually wrote
  I did.
  You are hung up on the technology when all this is really just a lot of math called "orbital mechanics" and whether you use the gravity well of Jupiter or the gloved hand of an astronaut giving a sufficient shove (because the further out you are, the less of a shove you need) makes not one bit of difference if the vector is correct.
  Missing and hitting are all the same situations with the same math.
  --
  BMO
23. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by bmo · 2012-12-23 05:16 · Score: 1
  
  Furthermore, I find your signature/tagline most ironic since you can't see that the math for missing and hitting is all the same except for the tolerances for the resulting answer. The algorithms are identical.
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  BMO
24. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by cellocgw · 2012-12-23 05:25 · Score: 1
  
  ...when you blow up an asteroid, you don't get tiny harmless pieces; you get small fast-moving pieces that are just as deadly as the original rock and much harder to hit.
  You got one part right: at the point of blowing it up, the total momentum is conserved. You then fail to understand the full physical picture. Each space rock, regardless of size, loses a lot of material due to compressive heating as it enters the atmosphere. If you have one large rock, ablating, say, 1cm deep leaves a pretty large chunk to hit the earth's surface. If a few hundred small rocks each lose 1cm to ablation, there's almost nothing left to hit the surface.
  
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25. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by FatLittleMonkey · 2012-12-23 05:56 · Score: 2
  
  No you clearly didn't. I explained how the two are not comparable. Twice. This is attempt three.
  An object on a collision course with Earth may require only the slightest nudge to send it off-course enough to miss, a few tens of metres per second. Small amount of force.
  But if you want to target something into Earth (or into a Lagrange capture), you are not starting with an asteroid that is in a convenient orbit that is just a few tens of metres per second away from a perfect intercept. Instead you will have to deal with whatever orbit it's in, and looking at actual asteroids, that typically requires several kilometres per second in order to move it into an intercept orbit. (Plus a second burn of about half a km/s if you want to capture it into orbit, in order to circularise apogee.) Large amount of force.
  Several kilometres per second is not the same as a few tens of metres per second.
  Do you understand? Whether you are using a change of albedo, a rocket, or wishful thinking. Kilometres are bigger than metres. They Are Not The Same.
  
  --
  Science is all about firing a drunk pig out of a cannon just to see what happens.
26. Re:Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by bmo · 2012-12-23 06:12 · Score: 0
  
  >you are not starting with an asteroid that is in a convenient orbit that is just a few tens of metres per second away from a perfect intercept.
  Really?
  REALLY?
  This is the basis for your dispute with me? You rule out asteroids that may be convenient, and then say it's going to be difficult to delta-v something?
  Go away.
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  BMO
27. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by Daniel+Dvorkin · 2012-12-23 08:21 · Score: 1
  
  Wow. Three replies and all of them took me seriously. Is 43 too young to turn into a grumpy old man?
  
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  The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
28. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by icebike · 2012-12-23 12:42 · Score: 1
  
  Most asteroids, from what we know, are loose accumulations of space debris without a solid core. It might shatter rather easily.
  What does the nuclear bomb modeling show?
  
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29. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by icebike · 2012-12-23 12:45 · Score: 1
  
  Ideally, you would blow it up a LONG way away, not point blank.
  It gives the fragments much longer to drift out of conflict.
  Nobody would have a clear idea if which country was going to be ground zero.
  
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  Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
30. Re: Asteroid 2011 AG5 Will Miss Earth In 2040??? by FatLittleMonkey · 2012-12-23 21:44 · Score: 1
  
  Actually it's probably the nuke modelling that I'm remembering. The problem is that loose piles can shift internally to absorb energy, without actually breaking up. Bean bags. (Perhaps how they they are able to accumulate in the first place.)
  IIRC, there was a method for breaking them up with a realistic number of nukes, but you had to detonate the bombs below the surface. (Lots of pop.sci giggling at the time about how the movie "Armageddon" actually got something right.)
  
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Or is that what it wants us to think? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 12:48 · Score: 0

Could be a bluff.
1. Re:Or is that what it wants us to think? by icebike · 2012-12-22 13:00 · Score: 1
  
  Because why?
  
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2038 by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 13:08 · Score: 2, Funny

It wouldn't matter. Time ends some time in 2038 when the 32 bit signed time value overflows.
1. Re:2038 by icebike · 2012-12-22 13:50 · Score: 2
  
  If there was any wisdom the Mayans passed down to us, it was that clocks and calendars do not control time.
  But just in case, we are all switching to 64bit clocks.
  
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  Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
2. Re: 2038 by skitchen8 · 2012-12-22 15:40 · Score: 1
  
  I totally just heard about this the other day. Wonder if it'll blow by like nothing like y2k or actually have bad effects. From what I read the choices are watch everything die, convince closed source proprietary apps to restart development and switch to 64 bit, or force it to be unsigned and break many functions that add or subtract time. Is this right?
3. Re: 2038 by aliquis · 2012-12-22 17:07 · Score: 1
  
  I totally just heard about this the other day. Wonder if it'll blow by like nothing like y2k or actually have bad effects. From what I read the choices are watch everything die, convince closed source proprietary apps to restart development and switch to 64 bit, or force it to be unsigned and break many functions that add or subtract time. Is this right?
  Thankfully such things are being done by engineers and scientists and not politicians.
  If they was made by politicians they would wait until the last day to recognize it and start acting like they was really busy trying to solve it at 23:45 and then they would pass the deadline.
4. Re: 2038 by aliquis · 2012-12-22 17:09 · Score: 1
  
  Maybe pass is the wrong word to use?
  Maybe I should say fail instead. I mean go over the deadline.
missed it by ozduo · 2012-12-22 13:09 · Score: 0

By that much! agent 99

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1. Re:missed it by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 14:11 · Score: 0
  
  That was 86, not 99.
2. Re:missed it by scotts13 · 2012-12-22 14:48 · Score: 1
  
  That was 86, not 99.
  Yeah, but I'd much rather listen to 99's voice...
3. Re:missed it by crutchy · 2012-12-22 17:02 · Score: 1
  
  i'd rather 69 99
Good work, NASA by gmuslera · 2012-12-22 13:20 · Score: 2

You know how much government and private sector money you could had got if you tried to do a "white lie" like saying that it could hit, and even could be a planet killer? Everyone would want to have a working colony in mars or self-sustaining orbital colonies by 2020, if not before. It could had been a lie for the greater good.
1. Re:Good work, NASA by rroman · 2012-12-22 13:33 · Score: 0
  
  Actually no. I'm quite sure, that in such case Muslims and many other religion guided idiots would claim that the asteroid is God intended punishment and would suicidebomb any attempts to deflect it in order to preserve God's will.
2. Re:Good work, NASA by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 14:09 · Score: 1
  
  "muslim and other religious guided idiots"
  that statement is definitely insulting, off topic and uncalled for
  (a) equating muslims with religious idiots is promoting a dangerous stereotype. Especially unfair as a lot of observations in astronomy are thanks to them (their work, their translations and open mindedness toward science)
  (b) even if you do not believe in any religion you have no more proof that believers of any religion are better guided than atheist... there are a many misguided atheists as well. You have the freedom right to believe anything you want... but being as blatantly racist and stereotypical, that is cheap and uncalled for
3. Re:Good work, NASA by SternisheFan · 2012-12-22 14:44 · Score: 1
  
  "muslim and other religious guided idiots"
  that statement is definitely insulting, off topic and uncalled for (a) equating muslims with religious idiots is promoting a dangerous stereotype. Especially unfair as a lot of observations in astronomy are thanks to them (their work, their translations and open mindedness toward science) (b) even if you do not believe in any religion you have no more proof that believers of any religion are better guided than atheist... there are a many misguided atheists as well. You have the freedom right to believe anything you want... but being as blatantly racist and stereotypical, that is cheap and uncalled for
  Damn that was an excellently worded reply, and very true. Muslims have made immense contributions to the world of mathematics, especially trigonometry, architecture, and engineering, philosophy, navigation and medicine during their golden age.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age#Sciences
4. Re:Good work, NASA by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 14:44 · Score: 0
  
  ok....
  I'm quite sure, that in such cases, many fundamentalist Muslims and fundamentalist idiots from many other religions would claim that the asteroid is God's intended punishment and would suicide-bomb, gridlock congressional approval for action, protest armed forces funerals, misinform the public on their controlled media outlets, stone heretics, suppress women, and generally impede any attempts to deflect it in order to preserve God's will.
  Better?
  Seriously, if you're going to fly in to save the day every time someone on Slashdot expresses an ignorant opinion or denigrates a religion, I recommend you quit your day job.
5. Re:Good work, NASA by rroman · 2012-12-23 01:07 · Score: 1
  
  I actually don't want to discuss religion under this article, but I have to react.
  The statement might be insulting, but I'm quite sure it is true - I'm not trying to be politically correct on Slashdot.
  (a) Vast majority of muslims are religious idiots. From pools conducted in muslim countries, non trivial portion of people support terrorism, al-Qaeda, or bin Laden ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_attitudes_towards_terrorism#Recent_polls ). That are normal people, not a few fundamentalist idiots that would be an exception in muslim society. This actually is just about terrorism and killing people - to call somebody religious idiot, I don't need him to support terrorism, just support for stoning people for adultery ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#Support_for_stoning), insulting Quran, apostasy is enough. Even forcing women to wear burqas, forbidding women to drive cars, to divorce husband, are grounds to call them religious idiots (Don't have statistic for that but I suspect it will be much higher percentage than the percentage of people supporting stoning). Even so called secularized muslims seem to be secularized as long as they don't have the majority in society (just an example from a debate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r018ohLUuL4&feature=player_detailpage#t=411s). I, based on such data, conclude that vast majority of muslims can be safely called religious idiots. I BY NO MEANS CLAIM, THAT ALL OF THEM ARE, but the portion is great enough.
  
  And as for the contributions from muslims to sicence and culture ... yes they did, what does it have to do with religion and religious idiocy ?
  
  (b) In social studies there can't be any conclusive proof but we have clues. For example statistic about people in prison, atheists are there far less often than religious people: http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/Percentage_of_atheists . And atheists don't have an imposed twisted sense of morality provided by any abrahamic religion.
  
  I'm trying to be as objective as possible and not stereotypical. If I got the facts wrong please correct me, but I think, that the facts I provided point towards my opinions.
6. Re:Good work, NASA by ScentCone · 2012-12-23 02:53 · Score: 1
  
  Why should we care about being scolded buy someone who can't understand the difference between race and religion? Being a Muslim - or member of any other group that defines itself by it's belief in magic - is a cultural thing, not a race thing. That the first thing that leaps into your brain is race shows who the racist actually is.
  
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7. Re:Good work, NASA by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 19:41 · Score: 0
  
  It could had been so much easier to read. Could had.
  Ouch, my head hurts.
For sale: End of the World 2040 Survival Kits . . by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2012-12-22 13:40 · Score: 3, Funny

. . . only slightly used in 2012 . . .

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Another Miss by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 14:02 · Score: 0

What? ANOTHER asteroid will miss Earth?
That's never happened before. Thanks for the good news.
O come on Nasa by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 14:04 · Score: 0

Why not tell a little white lie that this asteroid will hit earth in 2040.....maybe......you would get more funding than the DOD and don't even worry about anyone finding out as with your new space-rockets and orbital anti-asteroid weapon platforms they will take care of AG5 before it even has a chance to come near us to miss.
Everyone wins :) well except for AG5 but its a rock and who cares about that we get to enjoy margaritas in space.
1. Re:O come on Nasa by bmo · 2012-12-22 14:56 · Score: 1
  
  >Why not tell a little white lie that this asteroid will hit earth in 2040
  Because after we spend $TRILLIONS on the mission, and the conspiracy is revealed, when the real thing comes along, people won't believe it. It's tough enough convincing people to evacuate a barrier island before a hurricane or to get Mr. Truman away from Mt. St. Helens before the eruption.
  Also
  >assuming such a secret can be kept
  General Petraeus couldn't even keep his affair secret and he was an intelligence expert. This is why the moon hoaxers are fucking stupid, thinking that not just one, but thousands of engineers, scientists, and politicians can keep a lid on a consipiracy all at once.
  "Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead" - Franklin
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  BMO
2. Re:O come on Nasa by crutchy · 2012-12-22 17:04 · Score: 1
  
  "Because after we spend $TRILLIONS on the mission, and the conspiracy is revealed, when the real thing comes along, people won't believe it. It's tough enough convincing people to evacuate a barrier island before a hurricane or to get Mr. Truman away from Mt. St. Helens before the eruption" what politician cares about what happens after they retire from politics? its someone else's problem
Incentives. by deimtee · 2012-12-22 14:22 · Score: 1

What we really need is to find a nice largish asteroid (200 - 600 metres) that is going to make a close approach in 10 to 20 years, then hit a few years later. It would divert a lot of resources from the war on X and into space development. Bonus points if the delta V to capture it is achievable.

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I'm guessing that wasn't on their radar screen...
1. Re:Incentives. by crutchy · 2012-12-22 17:17 · Score: 1
  
  ...which would start wars in space great idea... if you're luke skywalker
Irrelevant post end of the world event by manu0601 · 2012-12-22 14:22 · Score: 1

Why do we care? The end of the world was two days ago, and now we have ceased to be, I do not see the point of this post
By the way, how was the end of the world for you? Did you have a nice weather?
1. Re:Irrelevant post end of the world event by VortexCortex · 2012-12-22 14:41 · Score: 2
  
  By the way, how was the end of the world for you? Did you have a nice weather?
  Yes, the weather was fine, about the same as here in the much hyped afterlife which, IMO, seems highly overrated.
2. Re:Irrelevant post end of the world event by manu0601 · 2012-12-22 15:13 · Score: 1
  
  afterlife which, IMO, seems highly overrated.
  Very true. Death did not even release me from back pain. How disapointing!
Damn! by Black+Parrot · 2012-12-22 15:02 · Score: 3, Funny

So just how long do we have to wait for this "doomsday" thing?
I'm going to have to spend Christmas catching up on two months' chores that I've been skipping.

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1. Re:Damn! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 20:34 · Score: 0
  
  So just how long do we have to wait for this "doomsday" thing?
  I'm going to have to spend Christmas catching up on two months' chores that I've been skipping.
  Tell me about it! My wife stopped taking the pill and now there's already a new countdown underway.
2. Re:Damn! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-24 05:32 · Score: 0
  
  So just how long do we have to wait for this "doomsday" thing?
  I'm going to have to spend Christmas catching up on two months' chores that I've been skipping.
  Evidently it is cyclical. If memory serves 2800 year cycle. Bronze age was destroyed by meteorites taking out 40 cities.
  The newsletter is organized by date.
  http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cccmenu.html
  About 100,000 years ago the human race had less than 1000 breeding females based on mitochondrial DNA and its mutation rate.
  The human race is Sisyphus eternally recovering from a cataclysm that sends it to the stone age.
  Ever hear of anomalous artifacts? For example the National Geographic issue that featured the terra cotta emperor in China. One of the generals was wearing an aluminum breastplate.
  ALUMINUM!!! Any idea what this infers?
TEMPEST Attacks! LCD Monitor leaks noise to FRS! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 17:18 · Score: -1

TEMPEST Attacks! LCD Monitor leaks system noise to FRS
This post is one example of why Tor developers should focus on anti-TEMPEST-ing the Tor Browser, in color, fonts, etc.
===
I don't operate any wireless equipment at my living location. This includes computers, computer equipment, routers, non-computer equipment, etc.
I'm having a problem with one of my LCD monitors.
It works without problems. That was until I picked up some heavy static noises from a hand held radio. I eliminated all sources of generating this type of noise until I came towards an LCD monitor. When the monitor is on and there is content on the screen the radio makes several types of garbage(static) sounds. As I manipulate contents on the screen, maximize and minimize windows, open different applications, the radio responds with scratchy(static) noises to match the activity on the screen. This includes typing and mouse movement.
When I switched the desktop background to a solid black color without wallpaper, the radio noise went down to almost nothing. But when I loaded any program with a white background, the noise from the radio exploded in volume.
When I passed the radio across different computer and non-computer electronic devices other than the LCD monitor, the wired mouse made a high pitched squeal sound within the static. None of the other computing devices such as the tower generated any noise.
I tried CRT monitors and separate computers attached to the CRT monitors but they did not generate any noise in the radio. On the computer connected to the net, I unplugged the cable leading to the router to rule this out but it made no difference, the LCD monitor is at fault.
While monitoring the radio noise, there were several instances where the noise on the channel being monitored stopped, and I switched to another channel and the same noise appeared. Why would the noise from the LCD switch channels during normal use of the LCD? Back and forth throughout the day the noise generated by the LCD would switch from one channel to the next and back to the first channel again.
The noise extends several steps within my living location. I'll test this another day to determine if it extends outside my living location and if so by how many feet.
The computer/monitor are grounded and attached to a surge protector. I'm not sure what I need to do to stop this, or if I should ignore it.
I assumed LCDs would be quieter than CRTs when it came to noise.
Unless I have a radio tuned to a specific channel, the LCD does not generate any noise which I can detect, unless it's above my hearing capacity.
The LCD monitor also functions as speakers, and while the sound cable is connected to the tower, I have disabled the onboard sound in my BIOS. The only other connection is the DVI cable to the tower.
How may I decrease this noise or eliminate it? It seems like the LCD is a mini radio station. When I turn it off the noise in the radio stops, if I blacken the screen the noise lessens. When I switch to a colorful background or load white screened applications like a web browser the noise jumps up loudly. I've tried grabbing and moving a browser window around the screen and the movement matches the noises in the radio.
Would any of this be considered normal?
==-
This certainly isn't unheard of, it's because some part of the monitor is unshielded. The more fix-it stuff is at the top of the following, with the technical backdrop that just might be good to know is at the bottom.
Unfortunately, the issue is most likely the panel charging the LCs. The only thing you can do is see if the manufacturer will replace it or upgrade you. Complain to the manufacturer, be sure to come up with some important thing it's interfering with(if I recall some medical devices use some sort of radio).
If the issue is actually internal wiring which is highly unlikely as detailed below, and it isn't in warranty, attempt to shield it yourself. To shield it yourself, you'll need thin foil(not kitc
Re:For sale: End of the World 2040 Survival Kits . by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 17:26 · Score: 0

. . . only slightly used in 2012 . . .
The only thing that ended was 12/21/12 stupidity. I wonder when the media will come up with another end of the world? 12/21/12 was the biggest non event yet. The media was so afraid people would blow their brains out from fear they barely mentioned it so 12/21/12 was the quietest day when it comes to talk of 2012 end of the world in years. I say the world will end December 21, 2112, prove me wrong! It's easy naming a date for the end of the world. The problem is most will be 10 or 15 billion years off! Hell define "end of the world"? The rock we call Earth may be around tens of billions of years from now it just won't support life. The end of the current civilization? I think you could make a good case it's already started.
Re:Gollum's penis ring(You Need..) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 17:48 · Score: 0

MyCleanPC it'll fix all your problems;p
Re:For sale: End of the World 2040 Survival Kits . by gman003 · 2012-12-22 17:50 · Score: 2

Man, I'm barely two decades old and I've lived through dozens of predicted doomsdays. September 6, 1994 - the world did not end. July 1999 - the world did not end. All of the 2000 predictions, from apocalyptic Y2K bugs to Jerry Falwell, were wrong. Nibiru did not hit the Earth in 2003, probably because it doesn't exist. 6/6/2006 was unremarkable except for an abnormal number of heavy metal album releases. The Large Hadron Collider did not destroy the planet, although it did find the Higgs Boson. May 21 2011 was quiet. And the 14th b'ak'tun began with no real damage.
And those are just the ones I remember. According to Wikipedia, the "Mayan Apocalypse" was the 52nd doomsday prediction in the past two decades. And there are already five more specific predictions. There's a variant on a theory that predicted the Second Coming to occur in 1980, then 1988, then 2000, and now it's predicted for 2018-2028. Another nutjob is predicting the same for sometime in 2020-2037 (after his 1962 prediction failed). But don't worry, it's not just Christians making stupid predictions - a certain bit of the Talmud schedules the Messiah to arrive around 2240, and certain Muslims are claiming either 2129 or 2280 as the end date. And I am sure, given a few more years, the non-religious armageddon nutjobs will catch up - perhaps they'll twist the 2038 Problem into an apocalypse prediction, just like they did to Y2K.
Tightest Vagina on Vulcan by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-22 20:42 · Score: -1

TEMPEST Attacks! LCD Monitor leaks system noise to FRS
This post is one example of why Tor developers should focus on anti-TEMPEST-ing the Tor Browser, in color, fonts, etc.
===
I don't operate any wireless equipment at my living location. This includes computers, computer equipment, routers, non-computer equipment, etc.
I'm having a problem with one of my LCD monitors.
It works without problems. That was until I picked up some heavy static noises from a hand held radio. I eliminated all sources of generating this type of noise until I came towards an LCD monitor. When the monitor is on and there is content on the screen the radio makes several types of garbage(static) sounds. As I manipulate contents on the screen, maximize and minimize windows, open different applications, the radio responds with scratchy(static) noises to match the activity on the screen. This includes typing and mouse movement.
When I switched the desktop background to a solid black color without wallpaper, the radio noise went down to almost nothing. But when I loaded any program with a white background, the noise from the radio exploded in volume.
When I passed the radio across different computer and non-computer electronic devices other than the LCD monitor, the wired mouse made a high pitched squeal sound within the static. None of the other computing devices such as the tower generated any noise.
I tried CRT monitors and separate computers attached to the CRT monitors but they did not generate any noise in the radio. On the computer connected to the net, I unplugged the cable leading to the router to rule this out but it made no difference, the LCD monitor is at fault.
While monitoring the radio noise, there were several instances where the noise on the channel being monitored stopped, and I switched to another channel and the same noise appeared. Why would the noise from the LCD switch channels during normal use of the LCD? Back and forth throughout the day the noise generated by the LCD would switch from one channel to the next and back to the first channel again.
The noise extends several steps within my living location. I'll test this another day to determine if it extends outside my living location and if so by how many feet.
The computer/monitor are grounded and attached to a surge protector. I'm not sure what I need to do to stop this, or if I should ignore it.
I assumed LCDs would be quieter than CRTs when it came to noise.
Unless I have a radio tuned to a specific channel, the LCD does not generate any noise which I can detect, unless it's above my hearing capacity.
The LCD monitor also functions as speakers, and while the sound cable is connected to the tower, I have disabled the onboard sound in my BIOS. The only other connection is the DVI cable to the tower.
How may I decrease this noise or eliminate it? It seems like the LCD is a mini radio station. When I turn it off the noise in the radio stops, if I blacken the screen the noise lessens. When I switch to a colorful background or load white screened applications like a web browser the noise jumps up loudly. I've tried grabbing and moving a browser window around the screen and the movement matches the noises in the radio.
Would any of this be considered normal?
==-
This certainly isn't unheard of, it's because some part of the monitor is unshielded. The more fix-it stuff is at the top of the following, with the technical backdrop that just might be good to know is at the bottom.
Unfortunately, the issue is most likely the panel charging the LCs. The only thing you can do is see if the manufacturer will replace it or upgrade you. Complain to the manufacturer, be sure to come up with some important thing it's interfering with(if I recall some medical devices use some sort of radio).
If the issue is actually internal wiring which is highly unlikely as detailed below, and it isn't in warranty, attempt to shield it yourself. To shield it yourself, you'll need thin foil(not kitc
Re:For sale: End of the World 2040 Survival Kits . by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2012-12-22 22:36 · Score: 1

Doomsdays and End of the Worlds are excellent business opportunities. Disgruntled old COBOL programmers made fortunes off Y2K. The same thing will happen with disgruntled old C programmers in 2038.
This latest Mayan astrological huff featured End of the World package tours to the Mayan ruins, and Survive the End of the World Shelters. Given any catastrophe, or even faux catastrophe, someone will try to make a buck off it. And there are enough idiots who will spend money on anything, not matter how worthless it is.
Two decades old, you are, then? Ask your parents about their Pet Rocks from the 70's or lock them up in Wikipedia.

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1 to possibly worry about? APOPHIS - 2029/2036 by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 03:42 · Score: 0

Take a read - make what you will of it, but here is the part I read that concerned me SOME:
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
From -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis
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"However, a possibility remained that during the 2029 close encounter with Earth, Apophis would pass through a gravitational keyhole, a precise region in space no more than about a half-mile wide,[7] that would set up a future impact on April 13, 2036"
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* In the meantime, live out your lives... since there really isn't a thing we can do about it, imo @ least!
(Funniest part is, the captcha for this post is "paranoia"...)
APK
P.S.=> Am I concerned? As concerned as I would be about any potential danger warnings... but, after all of the Niburu/PlanetX stuff, in addition to the Mayan Calendar stuff too that never came to pass?? Well... you know!
HOWEVER/Again - I've got my live to lead & live, until then - so do you all!
... apk
But in fact: by cellocgw · 2012-12-23 05:21 · Score: 1

that's what they want you to think.
They wouldn't want anyone getting wind of their TS/SAR plans for a giant rocket to get all the politicians and Wall St. Bankers off the planet in 2039.

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Look everyone: It's 'CruTcHy' (the troll) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 06:46 · Score: 0

'CruTcHy' the troll -> http://www.caufields.com/productimages/Halloween/Mask/Images/26_11393.jpg (lol) - please respond too, troll... just so I can EMBARASS YOU a little bit more (with your "FoAmiNg-@-The-MouTh" rages, and other errors you've made here).
1. Re:Look everyone: It's 'CruTcHy' (the troll) by crutchy · 2012-12-23 10:28 · Score: 1
  
  so you fixed that bug yet noob?
2. Re:Look everyone: It's 'CruTcHy' (the troll) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 10:31 · Score: 0
  
  what bug?
3. Re:Look everyone: It's 'CruTcHy' (the troll) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 10:33 · Score: 0
  
  Hahahahahaha
4. Re:Look everyone: It's 'CruTcHy' (the troll) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 11:07 · Score: 0
  
  don't expect an answer. crutchy ran like usual and won't be back.
5. Re:Look everyone: It's 'CruTcHy' (the troll) by crutchy · 2012-12-23 17:53 · Score: 1
  
  hey douche. see you're answering yourself... that's a classic sign of madness you know :)
Asteroid 2011 AG5 Wins Miss Earth In 2040 by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 09:54 · Score: 0

Time for be if I misread obvious stuff like that. It's going to be a long day tomorrow too.
'CruTcHy' = pot calling a kettle black by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 11:50 · Score: 0

crutchy did you say this? "python relies on left indentation" here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126245 ?
Ok - Then, where's yours here then http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41091833 ?
* LMAO... see subject-line!
APK
P.S.=> Poor little 'CruTcHy' (lmao) - burnt by his own words and stupidity, as per his usual...
... apk
'CruTcHy' = ridiculous pot calling a kettle black by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 11:53 · Score: 0

Crutchy did you say this? "python relies on left indentation" here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126245 ?
Ok - Then, where's yours here then http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41091833 ?
* LMAO... see subject-line!
APK
P.S.=> Poor little 'CruTcHy' (lmao) - burnt by his own words and stupidity, as per his usual...
... apk
Fact: 'CruTcHy' = pot calling a kettle black by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 12:00 · Score: 0

Crutchy did you say this? "python relies on left indentation" here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126245 ?
Ok - Then, where's yours here then http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41091833 ?
* LMAO... see subject-line!
APK
P.S.=> Poor little 'CruTcHy' (lmao) - burnt by his own words and stupidity, as per his usual...
... apk
Re:'CruTcHy' = ridiculous pot calling a kettle bla by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 12:10 · Score: 0

Hahahaha. Let's see crutchy rationalize that.
"CruTcHy"'s a "pot calling a kettle black NOOB by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 12:14 · Score: 0

Crutchy did you say this? "python relies on left indentation" here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126245 ?
Ok - Then, where's yours here then http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41091833 ?
* LMAO... see subject-line!
APK
P.S.=> Poor little 'CruTcHy' (lmao) - burnt by his own words and stupidity, as per his usual...
... apk
'CruTcHy', tell us about Python coding by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-23 12:16 · Score: 0

Crutchy did you say this? "python relies on left indentation" here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126245 ?
Ok - Then, where's yours here then http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41091833 ?
* LMAO... see subject-line!
APK
P.S.=> Poor little 'CruTcHy' (lmao) - burnt by his own words and stupidity, as per his usual...
... apk
Oh well... by drwho · 2012-12-23 16:56 · Score: 1

Another Earth-ending apocalypse avoided! I am so disappointed.
Argue with your list of FAILS, 'CruTcHy' (lol) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-24 01:42 · Score: 0

'CruTcHy' & his "greatest hits" (lol, fails is more like it, vs. myself, a DOZEN times++ here on /.):
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1.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't know that PYTHON requires left indentation -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42378113
2.) Again: IF my program has a "bug", how come it ran PERFECTLY here vs. your "trollspeak/trollanguage", 'CruTcHy'... Hmmm?? -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41052117
3.) 'CruTcHy' conceded memory usage with loaded data (where first you criticized me for it & withdrew it) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126057
4.) 'CruTcHy' BLEW IT on the print statement -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126057 (yes, I proved I was well aware of it, but unlike 'CruTcHy' , google-boy/googler? I do my OWN work & write my own inlined code vs. function call overheads & control actually - same reason I didn't use BDE or SQLite - I did the work, myself, perfectly!)
5.) 'CruTcHy' missed the fact that the hosts file DOES need protecting (UAC ACL & write protect help do so) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126421
6.) 'CruTcHy' ADMITTED hosts files are useful (which I will find very useful in the future, thank you!) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126661
7.) 2 significant folks in the security field who create custom hosts file data host my GUI program in malwarebytes' hpHosts & securemecca -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126285 for custom hosts file creation & mgt.... and 'CruTcHy' said nobody gives a hoot about my program (seems you do, & fail vs. it, and there's these security folks also).
8.) Text Editors like notepad.exe &/or gedit will NOT handle properly processing hosts file data fully, which 'CruTcHy' had to be "schooled in" also -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41121573
9.) 'CruTcHy' is a troll that's constantly off topic - He had to be reminded of what the topic is here (hosts) since you were trolling calling me homo, retard, & such, plus starting up your trolling b.s. -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41104817 &
10.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't even know that PROCESSORS FETCH INSTRUCTIONS FROM MEMORY (not send them directly to the CPU) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42374745
11.) 'CruTcHy' says code should be easy to debug & yet doesn't use error-handlers -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3258205&cid=42016197 (we ought to call you "Mr. Crash & Burn", lol... change your nick to that, might as well, after that... lmao!
12.) 'CruTcHy' says he codes Delphi - ok: Show us a program you've done that did as well as stuff I've done, all written in Delphi no less, over time then since 1997-2004 (In response to this, I will put up a list of things that did well in respected publications, commercial trade shows in computer sciences, books, magazines, newspapers, & more that I did while you were STILL IN DIAPERS, noob)...
13.) 'CruTcHy' was asked t
1. Re:Argue with your list of FAILS, 'CruTcHy' (lol) by crutchy · 2012-12-28 13:12 · Score: 1
  
  you probably don't realize that people reading this will see how much of an idiot you are... it doesn't really reflect that badly on me if people actually click on and read the linked threads which expose you even more as the dipshit you are thanks for the plug... moron :)
2. Re:Argue with your list of FAILS, 'CruTcHy' (lol) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-29 07:43 · Score: 0
  
  I saw how much trolling him you did crutchy in your fails. You messed up on what your basis of your trolling was yourself in python code and many times. You also claimed to be a Delphi coder yet you cannot show any work you've done while apk can and did. You then tried to put down that work only to withdraw your criticism after your error was pointed out by apk. That was sufficient for me since I didn't read the rest of them but assume they are as accurate as the topmost 3. You did it to yourself crutchy and proved yourself an idiotic troll.
3. Re:Argue with your list of FAILS, 'CruTcHy' (lol) by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-30 14:17 · Score: 0
  
  I read the link on ya crutchy n' what ya said's what I think of you not apk http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335267&cid=42416689
'CruTcHy' reduced to name tossing again? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-24 02:41 · Score: 0

Here is why (15 times he "ate his words" &/or FAILED vs. myself in debates here, proof below):
1.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't know that PYTHON requires left indentation -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42378113 (yet said I needed to do that? Please... talk about "pot calling a kettle black", lol!). He doesn't even CODE Python, and claimed to have "debugged it" himself? He used an online debugger (on code that /. formatting messed up on a paste that ran perfectly, see #2 next).
2.) IF my program has a "bug", how come it ran PERFECTLY here, 5x in a row vs. trolls like yourself + 100's of times BEFORE that too, vs. your "trollspeak/trollanguage", 'CruTcHy'... Hmmm?? -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3301707&cid=42259605
3.) 'CruTcHy' conceded memory usage with loaded data (where first you criticized me for it & withdrew it) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126057 (yet he says he "codes Delphi"... on THAT note? See #12 below also, lol!) and *tried* to say he'd edit a large custom hosts file vs. duplicates by hand with a text editor (good luck to that with MILLIONS of entries, lol).
4.) 'CruTcHy' BLEW IT on the print statement -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41085803 (yes, I proved I was well aware of it, but unlike 'CruTcHy' , google-boy/googler? I do my OWN work & write my own inlined code vs. function call overheads & control actually - same reason I didn't use BDE or SQLite - I did the work, myself, perfectly!)
5.) 'CruTcHy' missed the fact that the hosts file DOES need protecting (UAC ACL & write protect help do so) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126421
6.) 'CruTcHy' ADMITTED hosts files are useful (which I will find very useful in the future, thank you!) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126661
7.) 2 significant folks in the security field who create custom hosts file data host my GUI program in malwarebytes' hpHosts & securemecca -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126285 for custom hosts file creation & mgt.... and 'CruTcHy' said nobody gives a hoot about my program (seems you do, & fail vs. it, and there's these security folks also).
8.) Text Editors like notepad.exe &/or gedit will NOT handle properly processing hosts file data fully, which 'CruTcHy' had to be "schooled in" also -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41121573
9.) 'CruTcHy' is a troll that's constantly off topic - He had to be reminded of what the topic is here (hosts) since you were trolling calling me homo, retard, & such, plus starting up your trolling b.s. -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41104817 &
10.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't even know that PROCESSORS FETCH INSTRUCTIONS FROM MEMORY (not send them directly to the CPU) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42374745
11.) 'CruTcHy' says code should be easy to debug & yet doesn't use error-handlers -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3258205&cid=42016197 (we ought to call you "Mr. Crash & Burn", lol... change your nick to that, might as well, after that)... lmao!
12.) 'CruTcHy' says he codes Delphi - ok: Show us a program you've done that did as well as stuff I've done, all written in Delphi no less, over time then since 1997-2004 (In response to this, I will put up a list of things that did well in respected publications, commercial trade shows in computer sciences, books, magazines, newspapers, & more that I did while you were STILL IN DIAPERS, noob)...
13.) 'CruTcHy' was asked to PROVE HIS WORDS that he is a professional programmer... did he? No. He had a "fit" instead (lol) - see here -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3272015&cid=42097505
14.) 'CruTcHy' also likes to call others "homo" (clearly "projecting" his OWN 'StrAnGe-TasTes' (lol)) -> http://slashdot.org/comme
No? See #1 of 15 fails vs. myself then by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-24 02:42 · Score: 0

1.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't know that PYTHON requires left indentation -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42378113 (yet said I needed to do that? Please... talk about "pot calling a kettle black", lol!). He doesn't even CODE Python, and claimed to have "debugged it" himself? He used an online debugger (on code that /. formatting messed up on a paste that ran perfectly, see #2 next).
2.) IF my program has a "bug", how come it ran PERFECTLY here, 5x in a row vs. trolls like yourself + 100's of times BEFORE that too, vs. your "trollspeak/trollanguage", 'CruTcHy'... Hmmm?? -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3301707&cid=42259605
3.) 'CruTcHy' conceded memory usage with loaded data (where first you criticized me for it & withdrew it) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126057 (yet he says he "codes Delphi"... on THAT note? See #12 below also, lol!) and *tried* to say he'd edit a large custom hosts file vs. duplicates by hand with a text editor (good luck to that with MILLIONS of entries, lol).
4.) 'CruTcHy' BLEW IT on the print statement -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41085803 (yes, I proved I was well aware of it, but unlike 'CruTcHy' , google-boy/googler? I do my OWN work & write my own inlined code vs. function call overheads & control actually - same reason I didn't use BDE or SQLite - I did the work, myself, perfectly!)
5.) 'CruTcHy' missed the fact that the hosts file DOES need protecting (UAC ACL & write protect help do so) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126421
6.) 'CruTcHy' ADMITTED hosts files are useful (which I will find very useful in the future, thank you!) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126661
7.) 2 significant folks in the security field who create custom hosts file data host my GUI program in malwarebytes' hpHosts & securemecca -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126285 for custom hosts file creation & mgt.... and 'CruTcHy' said nobody gives a hoot about my program (seems you do, & fail vs. it, and there's these security folks also).
8.) Text Editors like notepad.exe &/or gedit will NOT handle properly processing hosts file data fully, which 'CruTcHy' had to be "schooled in" also -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41121573
9.) 'CruTcHy' is a troll that's constantly off topic - He had to be reminded of what the topic is here (hosts) since you were trolling calling me homo, retard, & such, plus starting up your trolling b.s. -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41104817 &
10.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't even know that PROCESSORS FETCH INSTRUCTIONS FROM MEMORY (not send them directly to the CPU) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42374745
11.) 'CruTcHy' says code should be easy to debug & yet doesn't use error-handlers -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3258205&cid=42016197 (we ought to call you "Mr. Crash & Burn", lol... change your nick to that, might as well, after that)... lmao!
12.) 'CruTcHy' says he codes Delphi - ok: Show us a program you've done that did as well as stuff I've done, all written in Delphi no less, over time then since 1997-2004 (In response to this, I will put up a list of things that did well in respected publications, commercial trade shows in computer sciences, books, magazines, newspapers, & more that I did while you were STILL IN DIAPERS, noob)...
13.) 'CruTcHy' was asked to PROVE HIS WORDS that he is a professional programmer... did he? No. He had a "fit" instead (lol) - see here -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3272015&cid=42097505
14.) 'CruTcHy' also likes to call others "homo" (clearly "projecting" his OWN 'StrAnGe-TasTes' (lol)) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41051811 (where he was obviously 'FruStRatEd' by all the defeats above vs. mys
Rationalize your 15 fails here 'CruTcHy'... lol! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-24 03:41 · Score: 0

1.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't know that PYTHON requires left indentation -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42378113 (yet said I needed to do that? Please... talk about "pot calling a kettle black", lol!). He doesn't even CODE Python, and claimed to have "debugged it" himself? He used an online debugger (on code that /. formatting messed up on a paste that ran perfectly, see #2 next).
2.) IF my program has a "bug", how come it ran PERFECTLY here, 5x in a row vs. trolls like yourself + 100's of times BEFORE that too, vs. your "trollspeak/trollanguage", 'CruTcHy'... Hmmm?? -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3301707&cid=42259605
3.) 'CruTcHy' conceded memory usage with loaded data (where first you criticized me for it & withdrew it) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126057 (yet he says he "codes Delphi"... on THAT note? See #12 below also, lol!) and *tried* to say he'd edit a large custom hosts file vs. duplicates by hand with a text editor (good luck to that with MILLIONS of entries, lol).
4.) 'CruTcHy' missed the fact that the hosts file DOES need protecting (UAC ACL & write protect help do so) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126421
5.) 'CruTcHy' ADMITTED hosts files are useful (which I will find very useful in the future, thank you!) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126661
6.) 2 significant folks in the security field who create custom hosts file data host my GUI program in malwarebytes' hpHosts & securemecca -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126285 for custom hosts file creation & mgt.... and 'CruTcHy' said nobody gives a hoot about my program (seems you do, & fail vs. it, and there's these security folks also).
7.) Text Editors like notepad.exe &/or gedit will NOT handle properly processing hosts file data fully, which 'CruTcHy' had to be "schooled in" also -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41121573
8.) 'CruTcHy' is a troll that's constantly off topic - He had to be reminded of what the topic is here (hosts) since you were trolling calling me homo, retard, & such, plus starting up your trolling b.s. -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41104817 &
9.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't even know that PROCESSORS FETCH INSTRUCTIONS FROM MEMORY (not send them directly to the CPU) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42374745
10.) 'CruTcHy' says code should be easy to debug & yet doesn't use error-handlers -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3258205&cid=42016197 (we ought to call you "Mr. Crash & Burn", lol... change your nick to that, might as well, after that)... lmao!
11.) 'CruTcHy' says he codes Delphi - ok: Show us a program you've done that did as well as stuff I've done, all written in Delphi no less, over time then since 1997-2004 (In response to this, I will put up a list of things that did well in respected publications, commercial trade shows in computer sciences, books, magazines, newspapers, & more that I did while you were STILL IN DIAPERS, noob ->
This American "shot you down" 15x troll by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-24 03:43 · Score: 0

1.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't know that PYTHON requires left indentation -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42378113 (yet said I needed to do that? Please... talk about "pot calling a kettle black", lol!). He doesn't even CODE Python, and claimed to have "debugged it" himself? He used an online debugger (on code that /. formatting messed up on a paste that ran perfectly, see #2 next).
2.) IF my program has a "bug", how come it ran PERFECTLY here, 5x in a row vs. trolls like yourself + 100's of times BEFORE that too, vs. your "trollspeak/trollanguage", 'CruTcHy'... Hmmm?? -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3301707&cid=42259605
3.) 'CruTcHy' conceded memory usage with loaded data (where first you criticized me for it & withdrew it) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126057 (yet he says he "codes Delphi"... on THAT note? See #12 below also, lol!) and *tried* to say he'd edit a large custom hosts file vs. duplicates by hand with a text editor (good luck to that with MILLIONS of entries, lol).
4.) 'CruTcHy' missed the fact that the hosts file DOES need protecting (UAC ACL & write protect help do so) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126421
5.) 'CruTcHy' ADMITTED hosts files are useful (which I will find very useful in the future, thank you!) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126661
6.) 2 significant folks in the security field who create custom hosts file data host my GUI program in malwarebytes' hpHosts & securemecca -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126285 for custom hosts file creation & mgt.... and 'CruTcHy' said nobody gives a hoot about my program (seems you do, & fail vs. it, and there's these security folks also).
7.) Text Editors like notepad.exe &/or gedit will NOT handle properly processing hosts file data fully, which 'CruTcHy' had to be "schooled in" also -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41121573
8.) 'CruTcHy' is a troll that's constantly off topic - He had to be reminded of what the topic is here (hosts) since you were trolling calling me homo, retard, & such, plus starting up your trolling b.s. -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41104817 &
9.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't even know that PROCESSORS FETCH INSTRUCTIONS FROM MEMORY (not send them directly to the CPU) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42374745
10.) 'CruTcHy' says code should be easy to debug & yet doesn't use error-handlers -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3258205&cid=42016197 (we ought to call you "Mr. Crash & Burn", lol... change your nick to that, might as well, after that)... lmao!
11.) 'CruTcHy' says he codes Delphi - ok: Show us a program you've done that did as well as stuff I've done, all written in Delphi no less, over time then since 1997-2004 (In response to this, I will put up a list of things that did well in respected publications, commercial trade shows in computer sciences, books, magazines, newspapers, & more that I did while you were STILL IN DIAPERS, noob ->
Links to your 15 fails show 'CruTcHy' = idiot by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-28 14:51 · Score: 0

1.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't know that PYTHON requires left indentation -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42378113 (yet said I needed to do that? Please... talk about "pot calling a kettle black", lol!). He doesn't even CODE Python, and claimed to have "debugged it" himself? He used an online debugger (on code that /. formatting messed up on a paste that ran perfectly, see #2 next).
2.) IF my program has a "bug", how come it ran PERFECTLY here, 5x in a row vs. trolls like yourself + 100's of times BEFORE that too, vs. your "trollspeak/trollanguage", 'CruTcHy'... Hmmm?? -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3301707&cid=42259605
3.) 'CruTcHy' conceded memory usage with loaded data (where first you criticized me for it & withdrew it) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126057 (yet he says he "codes Delphi"... on THAT note? See #12 below also, lol!) and *tried* to say he'd edit a large custom hosts file vs. duplicates by hand with a text editor (good luck to that with MILLIONS of entries, lol).
4.) 'CruTcHy' missed the fact that the hosts file DOES need protecting (UAC ACL & write protect help do so) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126421
5.) 'CruTcHy' ADMITTED hosts files are useful (which I will find very useful in the future, thank you!) -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126661
6.) 2 significant folks in the security field who create custom hosts file data host my GUI program in malwarebytes' hpHosts & securemecca -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41126285 for custom hosts file creation & mgt.... and 'CruTcHy' said nobody gives a hoot about my program (seems you do, & fail vs. it, and there's these security folks also).
7.) Text Editors like notepad.exe &/or gedit will NOT handle properly processing hosts file data fully, which 'CruTcHy' had to be "schooled in" also -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41121573
8.) 'CruTcHy' is a troll that's constantly off topic - He had to be reminded of what the topic is here (hosts) since you were trolling calling me homo, retard, & such, plus starting up your trolling b.s. -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41104817 &
9.) 'CruTcHy' doesn't even know that PROCESSORS FETCH INSTRUCTIONS FROM MEMORY (not send them directly to the CPU) -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335057&cid=42374745
10.) 'CruTcHy' says code should be easy to debug & yet doesn't use error-handlers -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3258205&cid=42016197 (we ought to call you "Mr. Crash & Burn", lol... change your nick to that, might as well, after that)... lmao!
11.) 'CruTcHy' says he codes Delphi - ok: Show us a program you've done that did as well as stuff I've done, all written in Delphi no less, over time then since 1997-2004 (In response to this, I will put up a list of things that did well in respected publications, commercial trade shows in computer sciences, books, magazines, newspapers, & more that I did while you were STILL IN DIAPERS, noob ->