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  1. like the wright bros. on Air Force Wants Technology That Will Let Drones Sense and Avoid Other Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Can you test on a kite?

  2. It would be fun to play with this data.
    Anyone have a torrent?

  3. Re:Hanlon's on South Korea Backtracks On China As Source of Cyberattack · · Score: 1

    Point is, we didn't care what network numbers we had internally. Then one day we had to connect to the outside. I'm pretty sure that was happening all over.

  4. Re:Hanlon's on South Korea Backtracks On China As Source of Cyberattack · · Score: 1

    I inherited a site with the internal network at 192.X.0.0/16 a long time ago (can't remember what X was). It was set up by some vendor's consultants, I believe. It only became a problem when we finally got a network connection to the outside. Re-IPing the whole site was considered risky by TBTB. The only downside was thsat 192.X/16 was closed to them, which didn't matter since there was nothing in that block at the time. So, maybe it's like that. How old is this bank?

  5. Re:Why would your Critical Systems be Online? on US and China Held Secret Cyber Wargames · · Score: 1

    Thing is, if it is reachable by carrier pidgeon it is on the internet.

    *infiltraor required for full effectiveness
    **infiltrator sold separately
    ***not legal in all jurisdictions

  6. honeypot on Ask Slashdot: To Hack Or Not To Hack? · · Score: 1

    Assume you are in a honey pot. The FBI already knows about it, it is their system. They are waiting for you to do something that they can lock you up for, and that makes them look good in the papers. Alternatively, they want enough on you that you can be turned to inform on your hacking friends. So, your move. Do you "Blow them up?"

    For that matter, why do you even care? Are you a customer? What is your standing? Don't you have something else to do?

  7. Re:I Don't Buy It on Is There an Institutional Bias Against Black Tech Entrepreneurs? · · Score: 1

    > The open question is whether or not VC's underestimate the ability of black/asian/latino firms to make them a ton of cash.

    Were that the case then the first VC to go against the grain would make that ton of cash, and the rest, wanting their own ton of cash, would cease to underestimate such persons. The open question then becomes, how long do we have to wait for someone to try for that untapped potential? I suspect we are long past the due date, and what we are seeing is a lack of candidates, rather than a skewed market for talent.

  8. better summary on Book Review: The Information: a History, a Theory, a Flood · · Score: 1
  9. one modified rat does not a breakthrough make on Electrical Power From Humans · · Score: 1

    "Finally, the whole package is wrapped in a mesh that protects the electrodes from the body's immune system, while still allowing the free flow of glucose and oxygen to the electrodes. The whole package is then implanted in the rat."

    That's really cool, if true. The chemistry for something like this has been around for a long time. The problem has been that the body tends to cover these devices in tissue or other material. (It's been a long time, and I don't remember the details.) If they have a way to keep the device clean for years (forever, really) then this will work. But, if tissue or other material builds up on it, and then falls off in chunks and enters the bloodstream it's going to block arteries causing heart attacks and/or strokes and eventually killing the host. One modified rat does not a breakthrough make.

  10. Re:Not much to report. on Conflict Between Occupy Wall Street Protestors and NYPD Escalating · · Score: 1

    OGFY!

  11. Re:A sad day for many reasons on Marking 10 Years Since 9/11/2001 · · Score: 2

    * You were hurt and wronged, but before any investigation had been
        conducted fingers were being pointed.

                    As if there were other suspects.

    * To this date I know of no forensic investigation being conducted into
        this act. Why?

                    You're joking, right? As to culpability, OBL is on video
                    bragging about his success in knocking down the towers.
                    Regarding the who and how of the attack, the persons, training,
                    and logistics have been intensly studied. As to the proximate
                    cuase of the collapse, it is beleived that each tower was struck
                    by an airplane. The ensuing fire softened the metal framework
                    of the buildings to the point of structural collapse. /sarc

    * When OBL was killed the victims were granted revenge, a cheap imitation
        of justice.

                    Hardly. It was a symbolic act in a war where symbols matter.

    * The war that was being waged on America began when the Towers were hit

                    It began long before that. The earlier attacks occurred mostly
                    in africa and the middle east, so the politicians didn't get all
                    worked up about it. My personal belief is that there was also
                    have been some money changing hands. The people selling rope never
                    seem to consider that it might end up around their own necks.

    * Know your enemy, Know yourself

                    This I agree with. The erosion of liberties and the cynical
                    exploitation of the event still needs to be addressed.

  12. Re:Holy shit! on Android Tricorder Killed By CBS · · Score: 1

    That's not a UID. This is a UID!

  13. Re:And now that it's all over the internet on Man Mines Midtown New York Sidewalks · · Score: 1

    Tools schmools. Time to plant potatoes.

  14. Re:Why C# doesn't Totally Suck on C# 2.0 Spec Released · · Score: 1
    I actually happen to dislike C++, but on top of that, it doesn't suit my project, because the low-levelness makes it harder to program without errors (e.g. null pointers, memory leaking)

    Don't do that, then. Real programmers have already coded the templates and class libraries you are likely to need.

  15. Live DRCD on Data Recovery - Put to the Test · · Score: 1

    > And why isn't anyone making a linux 'live-CD' data recovery disc?

    I'm working on one. "Live-CD" is probably not what you want. At least
    not with your full system. It is probably too big to fit on a single CD.
    Instead, go with a CD that gives you a stripped install, and can overlay
    the rest of your system from CD, DVD, tape, or from somewhere on the
    network. I've got an older version based on 2.2 kernels that works for
    simple systems that just need to be partitioned and loaded from CD.
    The next version will handle LVM/MD/DM/EVMS for mirrored setups on
    2.4/2.6 and will know about the network..

    Of course, the idea is that it is all scripted, and you just feed it
    media. If you want to, that is. You can also do everything the old
    fashioned way, if you want to make changes at recovery time.

  16. mmm, routing.. on Resolving Everything: VeriSign Adds Wildcards · · Score: 1

    route add -host 64.94.110.11 gateway 10.0.0.86 dev eth0

    works for me!

  17. The Needed Mandate on Embarrassing Governments Into Adopting Open Source · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's open standards that should be required by law.
    Mandating open source is attacking the wrong problem.
    With open standards there is the posibility for true
    competition for government contracts.

    With open standards the better product will win.
    It's all about freedom to innovate in a competitive
    environment, and open standards are the prerequisite
    for that competitive innovation.

  18. I remember that cartoon on Investigating Artificial Black Holes · · Score: 2, Informative

    The guy made holes like he was
    making pancakes. And he said
    "portable hole" in a funny voice.
    And he wore a bowler.

  19. Maybe MS doesn't care about getting a patent. on Microsoft Applies For .NET Patent · · Score: 1

    Maybe all they want to do is scare some suits and make some sales.

  20. Re:Don't see how it's possible.... on AOpen Debuts The Funniest Motherboard Ever · · Score: 1

    > There aren't enough components on the board (that I can see) unless
    > there is an external power supply.

    Voltage stepup circuits are easy to make and don't take a lot of space.

    > Most tubes are going to require abot 16,000 volts to the grid.

    200 to 400 volts should be enough. Its audio, not a CRT, image
    intensifier, or X-ray machine.

    > You'll need a nice-sized transformer to step up normal line current
    > to that.

    Or a small transformer and a high freq. oscillator.

    > And if it's powered off the MB power harness.....well, I son't think
    > that's even possible. What's the highest voltage there? 12v?
    > That trnasformer would have to be huge.

    12 volts is plenty. Use a small transformer and a high freq. osc.

    > And all of that isn't even taking in to account the heat problems.

    There is already a fan in the box, so getting rid of the heat isn't
    a big problem. If they were clever they would put a little insulation
    and shielding around the the tube, and under-drive the filament.
    Same temperature cathode, less heat to dissipate.

    There are very small op amps available now. Were AOpen really insane
    they could run low voltage differential audio to a small op amp adjacent
    to the grid pin of the tube. Take some care with the traces and that
    answers the objection concerning noise coupling to the tube input driver.

    All in all it is an interesting idea. I wonder what it sounds like.
    I wonder how long before some hacks it to tweak the plate voltage ;-).

  21. Re:"Dubious Ethical Value" on Smart Money Picks 10 Rising Careers · · Score: 1

    While almost all litigators take their adversarial
    role too far and play to win rather than find justice...

    Doood, that's retarded.

    If your lawyer doesn't play to win you get a new lawyer.
    That, in a nutshell, is the legal system.

  22. CBDTPA really stands for on SSSCA Introduced in Senate · · Score: 1

    Consumer
    Broadband
    Download
    Technology
    Prohibi tion
    Act

  23. The REAL top 10 linux predictions for 2002 on 10 Linux Predictions For 2002 · · Score: 1

    1. Debian installs will continue suck.
    2. Redhat will again piss^H^H^Hass on the FHS.
    3. ELX, while interesting, will fail for lack of grammatical competence.
    4. A US senator will be photographed sucking Bill Gate's dick.
    5. Dmitry will be sentenced to 25 years for saying "air-fay use-aye" in public.
    6. Balmer will claim that Bin Laden uses linux.
    7. Bin Laden will say "yeah, I'm evil, not stupid" in 666 languages.
    8. Bush and Gore will continue to use windows.
    9. Politicians will sell our kids to the highest bidder.
    10. Debian updates rule, natch'.

  24. Re:Can't people make good signs? on Dmitry Protests Running · · Score: 1

    That's me and the sign I made. I agree, the lettering is crude.
    And it can certainly be improved in many other ways. Consider it
    Box-on-a-stick version 0.0.1 Beta, and let's take it from there.

    My first question is, what is the best way to make large posters
    using tools found under Linux (I don't have any other OS handy.)
    Is there anyone in town (NYC) with a large format printer that
    is willing to run things off for me? (Kinko's wants $10 per
    square foot!) I will happily parade the result around the city.

    My second queston: Given that there are 4 panels, should
    they have the same message, or more than one? How can I make
    it clearer?

    And third: do we take a credibility hit if the work looks like
    it came out of photoshop?

    For the record, I gave out a couple of hundred flyers to people
    who had never heard of the DMCA before. I chose a mile of 6th
    ave as my route to and from the demonstration. Tens of thousands
    of people have seen the words "Down with DMCA" and "FREE Dmitry!"
    And that's all I was after. Could it have been done better?
    Of course! But it was done. What did you do?

  25. Re:"this is bigger news than it sounds..." on Bionic Human: 1st Fully Implanted Human Heart · · Score: 1

    == The patient has had to be tied to a console or
    == power source, electrical or air, with no more
    == than brief respites of untethered activity.

    That turns out not to be the case.
    There is this guy:

    http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/ne ws id%5F1410000/1410705.stm

    The Jarvik 2000 rocks.