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  1. Re: Just sha512sum the tarball on BlackBerry Races Ahead of Security Curve With Quantum-Resistant Solution (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem isn't the checksum, nor how to make the checksum. The problem is how to know "what you expect" is correct, if it wasn't signed... by public:private crypto.

  2. "wasn't that I was able to type faster"... on BlackBerry KeyOne Review By The Verge: Part Productivity, Part Nostalgia (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It wasn't that I was able to type faster with the BlackBerry's keyboard (I wasn't),

    Most people will be. On BlackBerry physical keyboards, a dozen people in my office could beat the touchscreen typing world record within a few tries.

  3. Re:Effectively requires root on RSA Keys Can Be Harvested With Microphones (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Not true. See https://youtu.be/DU-HruI7Q30 as posted by someone else. If the machine was really busy doing other stuff, you'd have trouble, but if the machine is MOSTLY idle, apart from running GPG on your chosen cyphertexts, then occasional network interrupts and short-lived cronjobs and stuff won't be too much of a distraction. He even demonstrates that his machine is running something really short every second, doesn't matter, you can trick GPG into making your machine emit the tell-tale squeals for a decent fraction of a second, telling you about ONE bit of key. Repeat with carefully selected cyphertexts and you can extract 1 bit per second until you're done with a 4096-bit key in about a hour. The example in the video had GPG in Enigmail in Thunderbird decrypting your email on receipt. If you know enough about SSL you could fairly easily do this as a series of negotiations on any TLS port.

  4. Re:You can probably afford hardware on Ask Slashdot: Learning Robotics Without Hardware? · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming you already have access to some sort of laptop/desktop to post to slashdot? I'd say skip the shields, get a cheap arduino clone, probably one with the USB port NOT the separate TTL programmer if this is your first Arduino experience. Don't forget a USB CABLE for it. Small breadboard, some suitable jumper wires, (or perhaps you can recycle some old cat5?) and a few cheap servos ($5 ea). No real need for a "shield", you can directly connect most servos. It's also quite easy to convert the servos to "continuous rotation" if you want a speed-controllable (propulsion) motor rather than a position-controllable (steering) one (assuming you also have access to some tiny screwdrivers, knife/clippers, etc). Recycle bits of spare wood/plastic/card for body, wheels, arms, whatever. You can make really simple sensors by just having INPUT_PULLUP wires touch GND wires when bumped. Servos can steer/push/pull/propel/twist things. You can LATER look at more reliable switches/buttons, light/IR/temperature/distance/other sensors, RGB LEDs, displays, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc once you've had a bit of fun and have a better idea what you want to build. Remember most Arduinos already have 1 status LED, and Serial.print() for debugging/control whilst still connected to USB.

  5. Re:Wow brilliant move on Is BlackBerry Launching an Android Phone? · · Score: 1

    The way they handled HTML? You mean beating EVERY other mobile browser, and almost every desktop browser (including the big 4) in all the HTML5 compatibility tests, and most of the HTML5 speed tests?

  6. Re:is it funny? on xkcd's 13-Gigapixel Webcomic · · Score: 1

    I found the petunias first, and didn't get the reference until I saw the whales. There's plenty of missiles too, but nowhere near the whales (yet?)

  7. Re:That will last about five minutes on New DRM-Free Label Announced · · Score: 1

    I've got no problem forcing GM foods to be labelled "this food has been genetically modified", as long as organic food is forced to be labelled "this food was sprayed with organic shit" ;-)

  8. Re:Let's just hope on Joe Cornish To Write and Direct Snow Crash Movie · · Score: 1

    The matrix was great - too bad they never made any sequels :-/

  9. Re:great book! on One Sci-Fi Author Wrote 29 of the Kindle's 100 Most-Highlighted Passages · · Score: 1

    They're all a rip-off of the original https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minos ;-)

  10. Re:Gingers? on Redheads Feel Pain Differently Than the Rest of Us · · Score: 1

    Thank you. I came here to make sure this had been posted, and it had. I brought mod points, but you were already at 5, so all I can offer is my sincere thanks :-)

  11. Re:And this is different from seti@home ? on Seti Live Website To Crowdsource the Search For Alien Life · · Score: 1

    "Waste of good money I could spend elsewhere" - like on your electricity bill? Your CRT is using something like 60-120W more than an LCD.

  12. Re:Virgin on The Inside Story of Virgin Oceanic's Mission To the Mariana Trench · · Score: 1

    Yes, Virgin means, y'know, untouched, unsoiled, etc in the UK too.
    Richard Branson's brands have included Virgin Records, Virgin Games, Virgin Cola, Virgin Airways, Virgin Megastores, Virgin Trains, most amusingly Virgin Brides, but Mates Condoms.

  13. Re:Monty Python on Boiling Down the Meaning of Life · · Score: 1

    Six by nine, surely?

  14. Re:Honesty on Halliburton To Dump Blackberry For iOS · · Score: 1

    Except it does.

  15. Re:Healthy business decision on Microsoft, Nokia, and Amazon Contemplated RIM Takeover · · Score: 1

    Until reasonably recently, phreaking and phishing weren't real words either, and even now, probably only in somewhat limited circles. I wonder if phogey will join that club? I don't phear it, it doesn't phrighten me, I look phorward to seeing it used more phrequently :-)

  16. Re:buying balloons on Atlantic Crossing By Amateur Radio High Altitude Balloon · · Score: 1

    Check your local air regs, you may not be allowed to launch a 30-footer without special permission. You probably CAN launch below some specified weight-limit though, which is usually enough for a GPS, APRS board, small 2m transmitter, camera, and batteries.

    Nick VA3NNW, part of the http://haven-1.elven.ca/ team

  17. Re:Heard it, relayed on Atlantic Crossing By Amateur Radio High Altitude Balloon · · Score: 1

    Can't help wondering if the "?????" is NOT a bad decode, but a bad GPS fix. The rest of the frame is quite well-formatted including the / and O. It looks like it still has Altitude (the A=) but the value looks dodgy compared with when it DOES have a fix.

    Nick VA3NNW ... recently been studying APRS101.pdf and oh, my, what a mess, not so much a standard, looks more like a dumping ground of every new format anyone felt like inventing :-(

  18. Re:Renewable or infinite? on The Myth of Renewable Energy · · Score: 1

    Ah! The huffpo, that famously accurate beacon of science journalism! http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4283

  19. Re:This is untrue on Google Pulls the Plug On BlackBerry Gmail App · · Score: 1

    It IS served by a stock email app. It's called BIS. You just use the incredibly easy "email setup" wizard on any device (except perhaps enterprise-only ones?). You don't need any app.

  20. Re:Definitely not on When Geeks Meet, Are They More Likely To Have Autistic Kids? · · Score: 1

    Given how autism is diagnosed, what's the difference?

  21. Re:When I was a kid we didn't have autism spectrum on When Geeks Meet, Are They More Likely To Have Autistic Kids? · · Score: 1

    After coming in contact with one, they would swell up, and suffer hours of pain?

  22. Re:Autism in Silicon Valley on When Geeks Meet, Are They More Likely To Have Autistic Kids? · · Score: 1

    My (HFA) autistic kids can SOMETIMES concentrate on one thing for hours on end, and SOMETIMES be distracted by EVERY DAMNED THING imaginable. It entirely depends what the task is, and how much they wanted to do it.

  23. Re:When I was a kid we didn't have autism spectrum on When Geeks Meet, Are They More Likely To Have Autistic Kids? · · Score: 1

    ... or more likely, miscarried when their mother ate a snickers bar, possibly before she even realised she was pregnant.

  24. Re:Print me on 3D Printer For Your Kids · · Score: 1

    No, no! "Your plastic pal who's fun to be with!" :-)

  25. Re:Like Apple Messenger? on RIM Server Crash Leaves Millions Without BBM · · Score: 1

    Psion series 5, had a (stylus) touchscreen and lovely cut+paste, 1997.
    ... or were you counting the Apple Newton, similar timeframe?