Re:"Counterfeit" pound notes - JSG Boggs etc.
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Review: Illegal Art
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· Score: 2, Funny
See A Comedy of Values by Weschler for the most well known book on Boggs. Boggs' money related art, which has drawn zealous interest from the Law in several countries, gets the viewer to question the true value of the bits of paper in their back pocket. You can see a few images of his work here and here.
BTW, the engraving of Boggs on the above mentioned book was executed by T. Hipschen - who happens to have done the front and back design of the new US 100 dollar bill - amongst others.
Another artist following in Boggs' footsteps in Tim Prusmark.
is not necessarily a more secure web site. You do get less customers calling up because the SSL warning box popped up. i.e. You are buying off the need to provide more customer support when you pay for an SSL certificate which has a root signing cert already present in the popular browsers. You are not buying authenticity of sites. We all remember Verisign being tricked into issuing Microsoft certificates to a poseur, right?
Never argue with the Viscount Crowhurst, as according to the NYT 9/27/61:
London, Sept. 26 Members of the historic Pepys family said today they pronounce the name "Pepp-iss" not Peeps"
On the other hand, the Encyclopedia Britannica asserts: "The name was pronounced in the seventeenth century and has always been pronounced by the family, 'Peeps.' "...
The discrepancy came to light when Lady Paulina Mary Louise Pepys faced a magistrate on a traffic charge. The magistrate, A.A. Pereira, pronounced it "Peeps."
"Sorry," Lady Paulina said, "but it's Pepp-iss."
The magistrate, thus corrected, then fined her two pounds.
"Of course I'm related to Samuel Pepys, and if he called himself 'Peeps' he was the first member of the family to do so and none has done it since. I don't like it pronounced 'Peeps.' "
The present head of the family is John Digby Thomas Pepys, the 7th Earl of Cottenham and the 10th Baronet Pepys. His secretary said:
"I can assure you that Lord Cottenham pronounces it 'Pepp-iss' and so do his son, the Viscount Crowhurst"
link to the story that hasn't be slashdotted...yet
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Going Through the Garbage
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· Score: 3, Informative
"In totality, defending himself in the FCC case, cost Mitnick approximately $19,000, making his license the most expensive one in America. He is currently selling items on eBay to recover the costs incurred in this action. He is also still accepting donations to his FCC defense fund."
Skip to the end and avoid 8 clicks/page loads...
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Sony DRU-500A Review
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· Score: 5, Informative
His laptop, currently open for bidding, had been up to over USD 15000 when first listed. Now we see that because "We have received numerous bids that have had to be cancelled, because we believe them to be fraudulent." that more extreme measures are being taken by the lister this time around.
Get similar fake wireless AP software right now
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Wartrapping?
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Mentioned one month ago here on slashdot this fakeAP software sends out lots of 802.11b beacon message with different SSIDs. Hide in the noise for the good it will do you.
Saw this LAN cam at show, $139, but where can buy?
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LAN Camera Review
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This thing (eCAMit) has IP and built in motion detection which none of the four Toms reviewed had. It doesn't look as nicely designed, but for $139 if it works who cares? Anyone actually seen/used one?
here. ... GM is the only US automaker developing its own fuel cell in-house: at the company's Warren, Michigan, research facility; at a 300-engineer skunk works near Rochester, New York, that recently expanded by 80,000 square feet; and at a third center in Mainz-Kastel, Germany. ...
This looks to be the web site for Rudolf G, the finder of the shaft plug/door that will be opened. Surprisingly, he seems not to be involved in this recent live opening project...more on that here where they quote Rudolf:
"I became aware of National Geographic plans - for the first time - through the media 6th of August 2002..."
per www.deleteddomains.com, here are the Zilla type domains (.com only) from the past that are no longer live:
1 - adminzilla.com (DELETED on 07-10-02) 2 - bodzillarules.com (DELETED on 08-08-02) 3 - bopzilla.com (DELETED on 07-24-02) 4 - bozilla.com (on hold since 08-06-02) 5 - brazillastminute.com (DELETED on 08-10-02) 6 - cdzilla.com (on hold since 08-04-02) 7 - chanzilla.com (on hold since 07-24-02) 8 - chimpzilla.com (DELETED on 07-17-02) 9 - chubzillas.com (on hold since 07-24-02) 10 - cornzilla.com (on hold since 07-27-02) 11 - cozilla.com (DELETED on 07-08-02) 12 - devzilla.com (DELETED on 07-05-02) 13 - digizilla.com (DELETED on 07-01-02) 14 - dorkzilla.com (on hold since 07-15-02) 15 - duck-zilla.com (DELETED on 06-23-02) 16 - fatzilla.com (DELETED on 07-14-02) 17 - fuckzilla.com (on hold since 08-02-02) 18 - g0dzilla.com (DELETED on 07-16-02) 19 - godzilla-kids.com (on hold since 07-19-02) 20 - godzillaclassics.com (DELETED on 06-27-02) 21 - godzillacommunications.com (DELETED on 07-03-02) 22 - godzillamcmurphy.com (DELETED on 07-21-02) 23 - godzillameat.com (on hold since 07-24-02) 24 - godzillanetworks.com (on hold since 07-16-02) 25 - godzillauniverse.com (DELETED on 06-27-02) 26 - godzillaweb.com (on hold since 08-02-02) 27 - godzillaxmegaguirus.com (DELETED on 06-25-02) 28 - hatzilla.com (DELETED on 07-08-02) 29 - hunzilla.com (DELETED on 07-07-02) 30 - itzilla.com (DELETED on 06-20-02) 31 - lordcorpzilla.com (DELETED on 06-17-02) 32 - madboofzilla.com (DELETED on 06-22-02) 33 - mallzilla1.com (DELETED on 06-22-02) 34 - meca-gozilla.com (DELETED on 06-27-02) 35 - mohozilla.com (DELETED on 07-08-02) 36 - mozillabook.com (DELETED on 07-09-02) 37 - mozillas.com (DELETED on 07-05-02) 38 - mypugzilla.com (on hold since 08-06-02) 39 - myzillamail.com (on hold since 08-03-02) 40 - niczilla.com (on hold since 07-07-02) 41 - palmzilla.com (DELETED on 06-24-02) 42 - pinkgodzilla.com (on hold since 07-31-02) 43 - pinkgodzillasushi.com (on hold since 08-03-02) 44 - pokeyzilla.com (DELETED on 07-20-02) 45 - rampzilla.com (on hold since 08-01-02) 46 - robizilla.com (DELETED on 07-14-02) 47 - schoolzilla.com (DELETED on 07-30-02) 48 - shirtzilla.com (DELETED on 06-23-02) 49 - skyzilla.com (DELETED on 07-19-02) 50 - thinzilla.com (DELETED on 07-16-02) 51 - tonzilla.com (on hold since 07-28-02) 52 - verzilla.com (on hold since 07-24-02) 53 - www-thumbzilla.com (on hold since 07-01-02) 54 - zillacheats.com (DELETED on 07-26-02) 55 - zillanet.com (on hold since 08-01-02) 56 - zipzilla.com (on hold since 08-06-02) 57 - zisforzillah.com (DELETED on 06-19-02)
If you hit the discoverer's web site using Mozilla 1.1b you get an -8183 error and it will not display the page. Note this is not a complete spoofed-site demo unless you trick your DNS resolver into reporting his IP for www.amazon.com and pull up his page using SSL with that URL.
I would infer that Mozilla is correctly detecting the mistake in the certificate chain.
Notes on another practical demonstration of this bug are here.
Hardware solution with caveats for you
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Cheap KVM Over IP?
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The expert ("Rebecca Mercuri, a computer science professor at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania") that testified in this matter founded NotableSoftware.com and has this statement "I am adamantly opposed to the use of fully electronic or Internet-based systems for use in anonymous balloting and vote tabulation applications." here. Go there for lots more information and links.
Here are photos
I took at an Alternative Fueled Vehicle show in Cocoa, Florida earlier this year. There are shots of a 2002 Prius, 2002 Insight, 2003 Civic Hybrid, a CNG Ford Crown Vic, GEMCar, Think!, a CNG Ford F150, Electric RAV4, and several misc vehicles.
You might also be interested in the EVWorld web site which has plenty of news and a free EV related newsletter.
Trevor Baylis, idea man behind the Freeplay
radio, had previously been working on the
Electric shoe charger. But that domain and light searching reveal no sign of its fruition.
This story mentions the shoe model charging a mobile device like a phone. Here is the BBC story on the wind up model from July 2001. Here is the Wired story from January of this year.
Information about cases from a noise angle...
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Choosing a Good Case
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· Score: 5, Informative
Scroll down to the "PC Cases" section of this Silent PC resources page for some good ideas about choosing a case when its noise qualities are a factor.
a recent email response from a rep for the Authentec line of fingerprint scanners regarding use of their scanner via a "stolen" finger: ...
"I checked into your question regarding the fingerprint scanner. The
fingerprint scanner requires a live layer of skin to work. A finger that
has been cut off will still be "live" for a certain period of time and will
therefore work in the scanner. The actual time frame has not been
determined as no one has volunteered to be a test subject."...
Sovietski Titanium Crowbar - Most useful Ti thing.
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The Sexiest Metal
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I've had one of these for about a year now. Blurb from their page:
Titanium crowbar is tough, lightweight and rustproof. Titanium - stronger than steel, yet 30% lighter. It's also non-magnetic and chemically inert, so these tools are perfect for all those household chores. And, because they'll never rust, they're ideal for marine environments, too. (scuba divers and marine salvage operators swear by them). Not to be confused with the dinky little prybars sold elsewhere - these babies are a whopping 22" long and built like a tank! But, at just 1.4 lbs., they're perfect for those "go light, move fast" tactical ops! Brand new. Lifetime warranty.
I think they were cheaper there when I picked one up. Practice safe crowbarring!
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See A Comedy of Values by Weschler for the most well known book on Boggs. Boggs' money related art, which has drawn zealous interest from the Law in several countries, gets the viewer to question the true value of the bits of paper in their back pocket. You can see a few images of his work here and here.
BTW, the engraving of Boggs on the above mentioned book was executed by T. Hipschen - who happens to have done the front and back design of the new US 100 dollar bill - amongst others.
Another artist following in Boggs' footsteps in Tim Prusmark.
is not necessarily a more secure web site. You do get less customers calling up because the SSL warning box popped up. i.e.
You are buying off the need to provide more customer support when you pay for an SSL certificate which has a root signing cert already present in the popular browsers.
You are not buying authenticity of sites. We all remember Verisign being tricked into issuing Microsoft certificates to a poseur, right?
Never argue with the Viscount Crowhurst, as according to the NYT 9/27/61:
...
London, Sept. 26
Members of the historic Pepys family said today they pronounce the name
"Pepp-iss" not Peeps"
On the other hand, the Encyclopedia Britannica asserts: "The name was
pronounced in the seventeenth century and has always been pronounced by the
family, 'Peeps.' "
The discrepancy came to light when Lady Paulina Mary Louise Pepys faced
a magistrate on a traffic charge. The magistrate, A.A. Pereira, pronounced
it "Peeps."
"Sorry," Lady Paulina said, "but it's Pepp-iss."
The magistrate, thus corrected, then fined her two pounds.
"Of course I'm related to Samuel Pepys, and if he called himself 'Peeps'
he was the first member of the family to do so and none has done it since.
I don't like it pronounced 'Peeps.' "
The present head of the family is John Digby Thomas Pepys, the 7th Earl
of Cottenham and the 10th Baronet Pepys. His secretary said:
"I can assure you that Lord Cottenham pronounces it 'Pepp-iss' and so do
his son, the Viscount Crowhurst"
here
Story here. in it, Darci says:
"In totality, defending himself in the FCC case, cost Mitnick approximately $19,000, making his license the most expensive one in America. He is currently selling items on eBay to recover the costs incurred in this action. He is also still accepting donations to his FCC defense fund."
Here.
At least according to this recent F'd Company post.
iPod specs here
Jukebox Zen
specs here
Height: iPod =101.6 mm vs. Zen=112.6
Width: iPod =60.96 mm vs. Zen=75.9
Depth: iPod =21.34 mm vs. Zen=24.5
Weight: iPod =7.2 oz vs. Zen=9.5 oz
Display: iPod=160x128 pix vs. Zen=132x64 pix
Output Power: iPod=60mW vs. Zen=100mW
Playing Time: iPod=10hours vs. Zen=12hours
His laptop, currently open for bidding, had been up to over USD 15000 when first listed. Now we see that because "We have received numerous bids that have had to be cancelled, because we believe them to be fraudulent." that more extreme measures are being taken by the lister this time around.
Mentioned one month ago here on slashdot this fakeAP software sends out lots of 802.11b beacon message with different SSIDs. Hide in the noise for the good it will do you.
This thing (eCAMit) has IP and built in motion detection which none of the four Toms reviewed had. It doesn't look as nicely designed, but for $139 if it works who cares? Anyone actually seen/used one?
Other info on it.
here.
...
GM is the only US automaker developing its own fuel cell in-house: at the company's Warren, Michigan, research facility; at a 300-engineer skunk works near Rochester, New York, that recently expanded by 80,000 square feet; and at a third center in Mainz-Kastel, Germany.
...
This looks to be the web site for Rudolf G, the finder of the shaft plug/door that will be opened. Surprisingly, he seems not to be involved in this recent live opening project...more on that here where they quote Rudolf:
"I became aware of National Geographic plans - for the first time - through the media 6th of August 2002..."
type domains (.com only) from the past that are
no longer live:
Their full review
If you hit the discoverer's web site using Mozilla 1.1b you get an -8183 error and it
will not display the page. Note this is not a complete spoofed-site demo unless you trick your DNS resolver into reporting his IP for www.amazon.com and pull up his page using SSL with that URL.
I would infer that Mozilla is correctly detecting the mistake in the certificate chain.
Notes on another practical demonstration of this bug are here.
The expert ("Rebecca Mercuri, a computer science professor at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania") that testified in this matter founded NotableSoftware.com and has this statement
"I am adamantly opposed to the use of fully electronic or Internet-based systems for use in anonymous balloting and vote tabulation applications."
here. Go there for lots more information and links.
Here are photos
I took at an Alternative Fueled Vehicle show in Cocoa, Florida earlier this year. There are shots of a 2002 Prius, 2002 Insight, 2003 Civic Hybrid, a CNG Ford Crown Vic, GEMCar, Think!, a CNG Ford F150, Electric RAV4, and several misc vehicles.
You might also be interested in the EVWorld web site which has plenty of news and a free EV related newsletter.
Enjoy!
Trevor Baylis, idea man behind the Freeplay radio, had previously been working on the Electric shoe charger. But that domain and light searching reveal no sign of its fruition. This story mentions the shoe model charging a mobile device like a phone.
Here is the BBC story on the wind up model from July 2001.
Here is the Wired story from January of this year.
Scroll down to the "PC Cases" section of this Silent PC resources page for some good ideas about choosing a case when its noise qualities are a factor.
Many versions for many platforms available here: PGPi.
Information wants to be free.
a recent email response from a rep for the Authentec line of fingerprint scanners regarding use of their scanner via a "stolen" finger:
...
"I checked into your question regarding the fingerprint scanner. The
fingerprint scanner requires a live layer of skin to work. A finger that
has been cut off will still be "live" for a certain period of time and will
therefore work in the scanner. The actual time frame has not been
determined as no one has volunteered to be a test subject." ...
I've had one of these for about a year now. Blurb from their page:
Titanium crowbar is tough, lightweight and rustproof.
Titanium - stronger than steel, yet 30% lighter. It's also non-magnetic and chemically inert, so these tools are perfect for all those household chores. And, because they'll never rust, they're ideal for marine environments, too. (scuba divers and marine salvage operators swear by them). Not to be confused with the dinky little prybars sold elsewhere - these babies are a whopping 22" long and built like a tank! But, at just 1.4 lbs., they're perfect for those "go light, move fast" tactical ops! Brand new. Lifetime warranty.
I think they were cheaper there when I picked one up. Practice safe crowbarring!