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  1. Re:Wait, what? on Scientists Decipher 3-Billion-Year-Old Genomic Fossils · · Score: 1
  2. Re:For the "but it's just a computer model!" troll on Scientists Decipher 3-Billion-Year-Old Genomic Fossils · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wow, the first result is very interesting, and mostly understandable, because the ideas read much like similar programming concepts. And it even contains a car analogy!

    The character ’existence of engine’ is compatible with the tree of Figure 2.1 (a) as the
    motor is invented once in the edge connecting the root and the common ancestor of car and
    motorcycle. The same character is not compatible with the tree in Figure 2.1 (b) where the
    engine is invented twice. The character ’number of wheels’ is compatible with both trees.

  3. Spamhaus announcement on Spamhaus Under DDoS Over Wikileaks.info · · Score: 5, Informative

    In the case of it getting /.'ed or DOS'd (like TFA link to nanozen.info)

    Wikileaks Mirror Malware Warning
    2010-12-14 17:00 GMT, by Quentin Jenkins

    On Monday Spamhaus became aware that the main Wikileaks website, wikileaks.org, was redirecting web traffic to a 3rd party mirror site, mirror.wikileaks.info. This new web site is hosted in a very dangerous "neighborhood", Webalta's 92.241.160.0/19 IP address space, a "blackhat" network which Spamhaus believes caters primarily to, or is under the control of, Russian cybercriminals.

    Important: this warning is issued only for wikileaks.INFO, NOT Wikileaks itself or any other Wikileaks site. Wikileaks.info is NOT connected with Julian Assange or the Wikileaks organization. For a list of real Wikileaks mirror sites please go to wikileaks.ch

    The Webalta 92.241.160.0/19 netblock has been listed on the Spamhaus Block List (SBL) since October 2008. Spamhaus regards the Russian Webalta host (also known as Wahome) as being "blackhat" - a known cybercrime host from whose IP space Spamhaus only sees malware/virus hosting, botnet C&Cs, phishing and other cybercriminal activities. These include routing traffic for Russian cybercriminals who use malware to infect the computers of thousands of Russian citizens.

    The fact that recently some unknown person or persons decided to put a Wikileaks mirror on Webalta IP address 92.241.190.202 should raise an alarm; how was it placed there and by whom. Our concern is that any Wikileaks archive posted on a site that is hosted in Webalta space might be infected with malware. Since the main wikileaks.org website now transparently redirects visitors to mirror.wikileaks.info and thus directly into Webalta's controlled IP address space, there is substantial risk that any malware infection would spread widely.

    Spamhaus also notes that the DNS for wikileaks.info is controlled by Webalta's even more blackhat webhosting reseller "heihachi.net", as evidenced by the DNS records for the domain:

    wikileaks.info. 14400 IN A 92.241.190.202
    wikileaks.info. 14400 IN NS ns2.heihachi.net.
    wikileaks.info. 14400 IN NS ns1.heihachi.net.

    Spamhaus has for over a year regarded Heihachi as an outfit run 'by criminals for criminals' in the same mould as the criminal Estdomains. The Panama-registered but Russian/German-run heihachi.net is highly involved in botnet command and control and the hosting of Russian cybercrime.

    We also note that the content at mirror.wikileaks.info is rather unlike what's at the real Wikileaks mirrors which suggests that the wikileaks.info site may not be under the control of Wikileaks itself, but rather some other group. You can find the real site at wikileaks.ch, wikileaks.is, wikileaks.nl, and many other mirror sites around the world.

    Spamhaus takes no political stand on the Wikileaks affair. We do have an interest in preventing spam and related types of internet abuse however and hope that the Wikileaks staff will quickly address the hosting issue to remove the possibility of cybercriminals using Wikileaks traffic for illicit purposes.

    More information on the SBL listing of Webalta's 92.241.160.0/19 is here:
    http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL68370

    Spamhaus is not alone in issuing this Wikileaks mirror malware caution. On Sunday researcher Feike Hacquebord at fellow anti-spam system Trend Micro issued a similar warning in the Trend Micro Malware Blog. (http://blog.trendmicro.com/wikileaks-in-a-dangerous-internet-neighborhood/)

  4. Re:They aren't really studying the problem on Raising a Botnet In Captivity · · Score: 1

    A corroborative study would involve PC users, in captivity, with such expert tests as: flashing ads promoting free stuff, click to clean your infected PC, and chatting with horny single females in your area (now!).

  5. Re:Really? on Raising a Botnet In Captivity · · Score: 1

    This project, which started some 7 years ago, was delayed while waiting for the 3000 XP PC's to catch up with automatic updates.

  6. Re:Quantum Encryption on The Clock Is Ticking On Encryption · · Score: 1

    Truecrypt uses the first 1024 bytes of the key file only, and though not likely at this time, collision attacks could be a potential vector of attack with, and when, quantum processing becomes available.

  7. Re:Policies on Bank of America Cuts Off Wikileaks Transactions · · Score: 1

    "our reasonable belief that WikiLeaks may be engaged in activities ... inconsistent with US Government internal policies for processing payments"

    That should clear up the BofA's behavior.

  8. Re:Our advise is to place your funds somewhere saf on Bank of America Cuts Off Wikileaks Transactions · · Score: 1

    Having a hard drive of a B of A executive is hardly conclusive as to the banks safety

    Actually it is. How come an executive's data is not encrypted, in the case of the drive falling into the wrong hands? That is a huge point of failure right there. You wonder what other POF's the bank has overlooked (and even aware of) while they handle _your_ cash.

  9. Re:Sweet on Debian 6.0 To Feature a Completely Free Kernel · · Score: 1

    Most will, but for some they have the option to keep it free, and that's what Linux is all about, options! :-)

  10. Re:Can't see this standing on Hackers Dual-Boot Chrome OS With Ubuntu Linux on CR-48 · · Score: 1

    I have never heard of this speculation you speak of. I'm sure Google sees the inherent value of not locking hardware / a platform down, as it encourages easy evolution and new technologies.

    If they _do_ lock it down, it would signal the end of the Google as we know them.

  11. Re:Wow, really? on Hackers Dual-Boot Chrome OS With Ubuntu Linux on CR-48 · · Score: 1

    Most times the act of trying something, to see if it works, has more value than the result itself. In this case though, I agree with you, I'd be too excited to play with the little machine :)

  12. Re:This is hacking now? on Hackers Dual-Boot Chrome OS With Ubuntu Linux on CR-48 · · Score: 1

    The buzzword plague strikes again, and cheapens another exclusive geek term :(

  13. Re:You have nothing to fear. on Oracle Releases MySQL 5.5 · · Score: 1

    Yup. Perhaps Oracle is somewhat penitent and trying to regain trust with the Open Source Community. The sad part is we can't be 100% (or even 50%) sure their intentions are good. That would be nice though!

    Addendum for those who don't know: LibreOffice is the new OpenOffice.

  14. Ouch on Hands-On With Google's Cr-48 · · Score: 1

    OT, but has to be said: the pcmag image slideshow functionality is pretty painful. more images at http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program-cr48.html

  15. Re:How much storage isn't what you should ask... on Hands-On With Google's Cr-48 · · Score: 1

    I guess that 16GB is for the OS exclusively, while all personal files are stored on the cloud:

    Sound interesting? Please note:

    Chrome OS is for people who live on the web.
    It runs web-based applications, not legacy PC software.

    It's a nice little toy for surfing on the go :-)

  16. Re:No more Uwe on Why Video Game Movie Adaptations Need New Respect · · Score: 1

    Boll might be a dick towards mainline hollywood directors, but they deserve it, because they are "fucking retards".

  17. Re:Was Lara Croft Tomb Raider adaptation of a game on Why Video Game Movie Adaptations Need New Respect · · Score: 1

    It also had breasts, which in male geek (and partial female geek) culture, makes a reasonable substitute for plot and character development.

  18. Re:More like a ... on NASA Solar Sail Lost In Space · · Score: 1

    It's refreshing to see the world's oldest meme, a pun, used on the tubes!

  19. Re:orly on Gawker Source Code and Databases Compromised · · Score: 1

    string EncryptPassword(char * plaintext)
    { // TODO: Implement real encryption before deployment
            return rot13(plaintext);
    }

  20. Re:Yes but... on Scientists Create Programmable Bacteria · · Score: 0

    You must be new here . . .

  21. Has to be the worst layman analogy, ever. on Scientists Create Programmable Bacteria · · Score: 2

    “At some point, Microsoft Word had to have been converted to 1s and Os. It's the same way with cells," Voigt said. "What we've done here is created a fundamental language to show that they can work in bacteria. We still have a lot fewer circuits that you could use in computers."

    *chuckles*

  22. Re:Programmable bacteria + Virus Battery = ...? on Scientists Create Programmable Bacteria · · Score: 1

    ... or a Dawson's Creek Trapper Keeper Ultra Keeper Futura S2000

  23. Reclaim Your Game on Single-Player Game Model 'Finished,' Says EA Exec · · Score: 1

    http://reclaimyourgame.com/

    . . . By eliminating what failed to work for Publishers and DRM Vendors and replacing it with something everyone in the Industry can work with, live with and that ensures Consumers pay for the products they enjoy . . .

  24. Re:guess I won't be buying many more games then... on Single-Player Game Model 'Finished,' Says EA Exec · · Score: 1

    Rather buy more DRM Free games to support the Indie devs in this market, even if they're small puzzle games. This way we can support and grow a market that one day will provide an alternative to DRM locked games.

    And apparently DRM Free games aren't any worse off than locked down games, so we might as well support them and they can use that extra time and resources to add great game features, instead of useless DRM!

    Try here --> http://2dboy.com/games.php

  25. Re:Piracy on Single-Player Game Model 'Finished,' Says EA Exec · · Score: 3

    I support DRM Free games! (And Indie developers!)