User: bart_smit

CIA former head of disguise has the answer

On: Chinese Police Test Gait-Recognition Technology That Identifies People Based on How They Walk (scmp.com)

Jonna Mendez talks about this in her masterclass on disguise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Click here to kill everybody

On: Slashdot Asks: What Book(s) Are You Reading This Month?

Latest Bruce Schneier book on the dangers of the Internet of Tat

Spiders are not insects

On: Spiders Can Fly Hundreds of Miles Using Electricity (vice.com)

Old Charlie was wrong about one thing, if his diary quote is accurate. Spiders are members of the Arachnida class, while insects belong with the Insecta. Eight legs vs. six legs. http://www.differencebetween.n... Perhaps he hadn't gotten around to inventing these classes yet?

Van Gogh Path

On: Poland Builds a Solar-Powered Bike Path That Glows Blue At Night (techcrunch.com)

There is a path like this near Eindhoven, themed like Van Gogh's 'Starry Night'. http://www.holland.com/global/...

Gestio is made to get rid of spreadsheets

On: Ask Slashdot: Documenting a Tangle of Network Devices?

http://www.gestioip.net/ LAMP based IPAM application

NX Client

On: First Steps With the Raspberry Pi

I have a CentOS server on my network. I intend to use the PI as a thin client for that. If it can run Quake III then I reckon it can run NX Client plenty fast enough. Fully fledged browser, email, apps/docs on the big screen TV.

Even if I have to shell out half as much again on a BT keyboard/trackpad, I'd still have larger screen, better compatibility and more typing comfort than I would on a tablet and for a fraction of the cost.

scale it down?

On: Dutch Hackers Create Wi-Fi Sniffing Drone

This would be ninja-class awesome when scaled down to delfly micro scale

Re:UK WhoIS

On: Exposing Personal Information in the Whois Database

My DNS registrar put my address details in by default for a new .co.uk domain I registered.

One email later they were removed without fuss. The domain now only shows my name and a message:

THE REGISTRANT IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS ELECTED TO HAVE THEIR ADDRESS OMITTED FROM THE WHOIS DATABASE.

Works for me...