#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

More cool software defined wireless hardware
posted by coderman at 2006-02-23 22:05

Batman and Robin to the rescue
posted by cryptomail at 2006-02-23 22:00

http://pdatabase.dyndns.biz
posted by Redb3ard at 2006-02-23 21:29

Cool flash news gadget
posted by huslage at 2006-02-23 19:56

ath-driver heats up over cleanliness of the clean room reverse engineering effort
posted by coderman at 2006-02-23 19:13

coderman: please see "origin of code base Jim Thompson"
coderman: and my personal favorite, "OT: fuck the fcc (was Re: freq in atheros wi-fi card) "
coderman: "It would be more useful to write a nice letter (on paper if you have time) to your senators and your House representative, explaining that FCC is overstepping its powers by dictating software developers what code they should not open." -- clearly this guy has an irrational faith in government

Quantum computers work best, turned off?
posted by Oliver at 2006-02-23 16:52

"We erred when we reported that a pacifist had been given a small fine for a peaceful protest outside an Army recruitment office while a soldier convicted of torturing an Iraqi prisoner to death was given 6 months in prison. In fact it was the soldier who tortured and killed the prisoner who was given a small fine, and the pacifist who was sentenced to 6 months in prison. We apologize for any confusion."
posted by seti at 2006-02-23 16:09

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/23/pink_ipod_tie/
posted by rik at 2006-02-23 16:01

rik: Tie, with iPod holder.
Oliver: ffs?

Wifely Expectations Marriage Contract
posted by coderman at 2006-02-23 15:56

coderman: ahahahah... hehehehe.. oh god.. WHAT THE FUCK???
coderman: i'm having fond visions of this guy getting a "wifely duties for your bigass cell mate" speech
coderman: which includes lots of stretched anus and other forced sexual encounters.
seti: ffs... lock up this guy, and his family, and his former schoolmates - total lack of any social education during his whole life, someone must be held accountable for this.
Oliver: Old!

ELECTRONIC VISUAL SURVEILLANCE AND THE REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY
posted by coderman at 2006-02-23 15:36

pleung: Great idea, now we can have a needle with two points sharp!

Offshore online gambling blacklist row erupts in Italy
posted by seti at 2006-02-23 14:25

Oliver: FFS, IT WAS BLACK!!!
seti: well it is black now alright
^matthew: "But three years ago, a European court ruled that member states are not allowed to block cross-border gambling services other than on grounds of moral objections."
^matthew: "...other than on ground of moral objections" is essentially a wildcard. Say you object morally!

Pictures of MacBook Pro insides
posted by seti at 2006-02-23 14:23

^matthew: still gay name.
Oliver: Wots wrong wif "porn machine"?

http://www.oriononline.org/images/oo/curmudgeon/04-05curmudgeon/JesusSUV.jpg
posted by fridge at 2006-02-23 14:05

^matthew: Lies. Jesus walked. Jesus was a hippie, a drunk, and appears to have been homeless most of his life.

Secure software is up to businesses -- OH SHIT, WE'RE TOTALLY FUCKED THEN
posted by coderman at 2006-02-23 12:46

coderman: "Most businesses aren't doing enough to build and buy securely written software, according to speakers at panel of corporate security executives, academics and professional software developers speaking at the RSA Security Conference 2006 on Tuesday."
coderman: geee, is that why the current state of internet and information security == teh shit?
coderman: "The threat is enormous, according to Gartner, which says 70% of business security vulnerabilities are at the application layer. This is compounded by 64% of in-house business software developers admitting they lack confidence that they can write secure applications"
seti: in related news, other 36% of software developers found to be lying after their code was checked
coderman: i think that means another 30% are idiots who don't even know they can't write secure code, and a mere 6% capable of accurate self assessment
coderman: or what seti said, that's actually more likely in hindsight :)
seti: 6% writing still in PROLOG and Algol79

A Computationally Sound Mechanized Prover for Security Protocols
posted by coderman at 2006-02-23 12:45

coderman: "Our tool provides a generic method for specifying security properties of the cryptographic primitives, which can handle shared- and public-key encryption, signatures, message authentication codes, and hash functions. Our tool produces proofs valid for a number of sessions polynomial in the security parameter, in the presence of an active adversary."
fridge: the link so nice he chumped it twice.

<form><textarea name="txtComments"><OBJECT data="index.html">Warning: index.html could not be embedded.</OBJECT>this is a test </textarea></form>
posted by j_blogs at 2006-02-23 10:24

j_blogs: renders the html in the textarea literally. how useful is that??
j_blogs: DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict
j_blogs: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/objects.html#h-13.5
j_blogs: XHTML 2 has no iframe.
j_blogs: textarea: No other tags are allowed within this tag.

http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/igotamanlyrics.html
posted by Fawn at 2006-02-23 09:17

Like ajax, java, flash, svg or other rich internet content? WELL I HOPE YOU LIKE TO LICENSE IT
posted by rovar at 2006-02-23 08:43

rovar: A patent has been granted to a relatively unknown California Web-design firm for an invention its creator says covers the design and creation of most rich-media applications used over the Internet
huslage: Methods, Systems, And Processes For The Design And Creation Of Rich-Media Applications Via The Internet.
huslage: 83 CLAIMS!
huslage: Because he began developing the methods and processes more than a half decade ago, he believes he can prove his invention is novel and nonobvious, two requirements to get a patent, and can fend off any patent challenges from potential licensees who might contend the invention is neither new nor obscure. ?Are we ready to defend our patent?? Balthaser asks. ?Absolutely. We?re ready to defend it vigorously if we have t
huslage: Original Article: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180206472&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News
rovar: This guy designed this stuff OVER 1/20th OF A CENTURY AGO!
j_blogs: <dwiner> I invented the internet!
j_blogs: "covers all rich-media technology implementations". get fucked. how about: <PTO> show working implementation, dickwad?
j_blogs: "My mom saw me struggling, and one day said, 'Why don't you figure out a way to bottle up that Balthaser magic and let people purchase the bottle and do it themselves?'
rovar: alright then.. tomorrow i'm submitting my plans to the PTO for a GODDAMNED INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTHERFUCKING ENGINE! JESUS CHRIST PEOPLE!
j_blogs: 83 fucking 1994 buzz-words != 83 fucking 2005 patents.
j_blogs: "wherein said modifying said scene of said rich-media application" says who? 0 out of 10, even counting imagination.
j_blogs: so instead of writing programs, or even writing program specifications, now we can all just write patent applications, and wait until such time as said team of anonymous remote unbeknownst-to-ourselves-programmers implement said ideas, then file said application and get said fucking rich? i don't think so buddy, pull the other one, it has bells attached.
j_blogs: said dog-walker-and-milk-buyer then attaches lead, fig 1, to neck of said animal, progresses through door A and onto thouroughfare, in general direction of said shops.
j_blogs: fancy shakespearean monologue does not a patent application make.
j_blogs: related article .. keywords: "stop using the infringing 'buy it now' technology" bwahahahaha
j_blogs: people who champion patents are the same ones who champion the free market, right?

Quantum computer solves problem without running program
posted by huslage at 2006-02-23 07:48

coderman: your pub key crypto is a fad!
huslage: By placing our photon in a quantum superposition of running and not running the search algorithm, we obtained information about the answer even when the photon did not run the search algorithm
coderman: one time pads forevar!!!
huslage: No Time Pads

Google Pages
posted by huslage at 2006-02-23 07:47

huslage: Can you say geocities???
seti: More Google beta products...
j_blogs: be thankful they didn't patent it (yet)

Google images search for English spelling of Tianenmen on Chinese google
posted by rovar at 2006-02-23 01:30

j_blogs: now showing lots of tanks. happy?

http://www.computerbytesman.com/google/imagesearch.htm?tiananmen
posted by malaclyps at 2006-02-23 01:27

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Google-censorship.jpg
posted by cryptomail at 2006-02-23 01:04

Mutiny: see for yourself