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last updated at 2006-03-17 23:30

THE COLBERT REPORT: No longer "grippy" but "Megamerican" instead.

SanDisk Cruzer Profile - 1 gig usb flash, with thumbprint reader. data encrypted with 440 bit blowfish.
posted by rik at 2006-03-17 23:30

rik: what happened to the other 8 bits?!!
fridge: NSA escrow!!!
fridge: alternatively, get a bog std usb key and use this

USB stick with hw AES128 crypto
posted by j_blogs at 2006-03-17 23:27

j_blogs: requires reverse (or social) engineering to obtain protocol for use with comanies other than the one that obviously bribed Kingston big time to not make sw for other platforms
j_blogs: also happens to be fastest usb stick yet
j_blogs: up to 4GB
j_blogs: <kingston> we keep the protocol secret and only made driver for windows, for security reasons
coderman: LOLZ!

DNS amplification attacks
posted by coderman at 2006-03-17 23:10

coderman: lol, he said "smurf"
coderman: an amplification factor of 70-80+ using DNSSEC and other extended TXT options is a great hack. way to go sekurity!

Japanese Death Poems
posted by seti at 2006-03-17 22:53

the Economist goes singularitarian
posted by est at 2006-03-17 22:27

fridge: This was announced a while back

Fujitsu TeamPOS 2000 Terminal - storing pin's poorly encrypted; oops!
posted by coderman at 2006-03-17 22:19

coderman: r00t'able in win2k-pro or winNT modes. enjoy!
coderman: if they couple these to a poorly protected wireless network it gets really ugly...

geek? or MURDERER! ... YOU BE THE JUDGE!
posted by rovar at 2006-03-17 22:09

DNSSEC tanking
posted by seti at 2006-03-17 21:18

The Department of Homeland Security has been awarded an F grade for the state of its cyber security by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform.
posted by tanheusa at 2006-03-17 21:09

tanheusa: The Departments of Defence, Energy, State and the Veterans Administration all received F grades, with the government's overall rating as D+, still a failing grade.
tanheusa: Seven agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Labour, the Social Security Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency received grades in the A range.

Don't store your email in gmail, n00bs
posted by Ash at 2006-03-17 20:51

j_blogs: <judge> In summing up, you have committed a crime, your primary interest is the size of you "p3ni5" and purchasing illicit drugs ..

cool
posted by coderman at 2006-03-17 20:47

CipherTalk 8000 Hardened Secure GSM International Telephone
posted by coderman at 2006-03-17 20:02

Snakesonaplane
posted by cryptomail at 2006-03-17 19:43

Confessions of a Virtual Intelligence Analyst
posted by coderman at 2006-03-17 19:26

CryptoPhone returns policy
posted by seti at 2006-03-17 19:14

cryptomail: "Just like sex toy...NO RETURNS" ha ha
coderman: you mean, when i find that backdoor i don't get a refund??
coderman: i'd still like to know how much the NSA paid you for selling out your customers!
coderman: sorry, Swiss Crypto AG are the worst, but i still don't trust them. no sources == no security
seti: d00d, you can download the complete sources to the CryptoPhone from their website and find backdoors to your heart's content. what's keeping you from buying one after having verified correctness of their code?
coderman: sorry, i'm thinking of a different product
coderman: if they provide sources then i have no beef
cryptomail: but can you verify whtat they have on the phone is the same as what they provide? heh heh
coderman: you mean can i compile firmware? yes.
cryptomail: I'll assume yes
coderman: verifying the hardware is more tricky :P

HashClash collision generation
posted by coderman at 2006-03-17 19:00

Chuck Norris reads Chuck Norris Facts.
posted by rik at 2006-03-17 18:17

rik: <locutus> ... and god spoke unto us.
rik: when will this end??!

rad
posted by uid0 at 2006-03-17 18:14

Ash: maybe I should write a module that controls your drinking

German hotel charges guests by the kilo
posted by tanheusa at 2006-03-17 17:15

tanheusa: So slim down and shape up, fattiezen!

Helping you find where other people Aren't
posted by huslage at 2006-03-17 16:53

commie video game
posted by tanheusa at 2006-03-17 14:41

tanheusa: "For beginners, sewing and mending socks is the only way to increase experience and to upgrade," said Jiao Jian, a six-grade pupil in Yuexiu District,
tanheusa: "Every time you are promoted to a higher level, your clothes will become more average," he said.

Fun with polymorphism
posted by fridge at 2006-03-17 12:26

http://www.ucomics.com/rallcom/2005/05/12/
posted by fridge at 2006-03-17 10:30

Engadget birthday cake winners
posted by Ash at 2006-03-17 04:52

Ash: the winner - a working treo 650 cake

"The offensive content"
posted by cryptomail at 2006-03-17 04:48

coderman: oh my, i am EXTREMELY offended! (not)
Ash: DID SOMEBODY SAY BOOBS
j_blogs: that will be $3.6m kthx

Bacon-Flavored Rolling Papers
posted by Ash at 2006-03-17 04:28

Ash: for coderman (duh)

Bush restates preemptive strategy
posted by Ash at 2006-03-17 04:14

Ash: <Bush> I AM STILL A COCKSUCKER

Whatever Happened to Dynamic Range? Or Why the Recording Industry is REALLY Failing
posted by Mutiny at 2006-03-17 01:18

coderman: oh god, most CD mastering sucks sooo hard
Mutiny: "Last month, I listened to all the CDs submitted to NARAS for consideration in the 'Best Engineered Non-Classical' Grammy category. We listened to about 3 to 4 cuts from the 267 albums that were submitted. Every single CD was squashed to death with no dynamic range. The Finalizers and plug-ins were cranked to 'eleven' so that their CD would be the loudest. Not one attempted to take advantage of the dynamic range or cleanliness of digital recordin
seti: cd's aren't logarithmic, that's a huge disadvantage versus analog recording. but the recording industry these days seems to prefer to compress the audio, thereby reducing the dynamic range even further.
seti: ANOTHER POX ON YOU, RECORDING INDUSTRY
coderman: Invalid operation stimulating-irc-conversation
j_blogs: WTF? You saying there is a volume level between 0 and 11?

Here Come The Brides
posted by coderman at 2006-03-17 01:16

Ash: WHY DOES EVERY URL HAVE TO BE A PRINT URL
coderman: to piss off Mutiny, of course!
Ash: good one
Mutiny: Doesn't piss me off if I don't click on it, just seems less useful than the origional page.
coderman: in truth when i post a print URL either it is to bypass a login prompt, or if the site does not use them it is because i was passed a print URL in the first place
Mutiny: That is true. Print urls seem to end up showing up a lot in RSS feeds, as well.
seti: also, whatever happened to providing titles for the URLs you place in chump? you slacking bastards.
seti: also interesting to note, Donner is considered a scary right-winger in the Netherlands
Ash: oh sure, same-sex couples hate polygamists
Ash: way to be intolerant YOU JERKS
seti: also, reports of Dutch fascination with this story are grossly exaggerated, in my opinion.
seti: Finally, a pox on the English-speaking world for the expression "going Dutch."
j_blogs: still no evidence of a hail of fire and brimstone brewing over .nl ...
j_blogs: I guess the .US fundies could arrange for one though if their congregation start to notice the discrepency though
coderman: lol, he said "smurf"
j_blogs: <us brainwashed mor(m)ans> those people are "sinning" .. and they live comfortable and relaxed lifestyles .. ?! WTF!? KILL
seti: you mustn't have been following the local weather reports lately.
j_blogs: well, you didn't post them!
coderman: that's not a cloud; it's a clambake!

Dutch immigrants must watch racy film
posted by coderman at 2006-03-17 00:56

coderman: hah, fucking best immigration test evar!
coderman: i'd make them smoke a bowl of dank too
coderman: "Would-be immigrants to the Netherlands are expected to watch a film that has images of gay men kissing and topless women on the beach. Potential immigrants, who resist acknowledging Dutch liberal views will not secure a much-needed residence permit."
coderman: "The test - the first of its kind in the world - became compulsory Wednesday, and was made available at 138 Dutch embassies. Taking the exam costs $420." - $420? lolz!
seti: the "naturalisation test" is a sham, though - I know very few Dutch people who actually score high enough on the test to pass
Mutiny: Which isn't an issue at all if you're already a natural Dutch citizen. How many Americans could pass the American citizenship test? Not many.
seti: it questions the usefulness or applicability, though
j_blogs: Fucking worth immigrating just to see the film ...

Californian Sues Self For Car Accident
posted by coderman at 2006-03-17 00:40

coderman: "A Lodi man is suing the city for driving a dump truck into his car. The strange thing is that he was the city employee driving the truck. Lodi officials denied Curtis Gokey's $3,600 claim for the December accident because he was, in essence, suing himself."
coderman: "So he and his wife, Rhonda, decided to file a new claim under her name. Rhonda Gokey's claim is for $1,200 more than Curtis'. She said that she is not as nice as her husband."
seti: [16:40] <coderman> Mutiny is right about SD being full of fruitcake
Mutiny: Why do people insist on posting PRINT urls?
seti: so everything fits on one page; and in the case of the WSJ, so articles aren't restrained by some for-pay firewall
Mutiny: And so you can see a cool print dialog pop up
Ash: boo hoo, i had to press cancel, my life is ruined
Ash: DAMN YOUS!@!!!!1
seti: bidding starts on Ash's iBook
coderman: greasemonkey you anus
seti: ...
coderman: greasemonkey for that javascript rash on your anus
Mutiny: Are you going right to the print pages? No, so why is everybody else? Nevermind any contextual information that might be in the page. Subverting the registration is a great reason though.
Mutiny: Too bad neither of those arguments is valid in this case.
seti: less banners is almost as good a reason...
seti: not having to click through the next page and not having to suffer the misaligned ideas of "layout" of some editor are good enough reasons for me, though
seti: I'LL FLOW MY OWN PAGES KTHX
Mutiny: You want to flow your own pages? What?
seti: ever notice how NYT non-print articles need to be read between the advertisements and sidebars? the print version is much more readable since it just follows the browser's window size.
Ash: seti: 81237182 Mutiny: 0
seti: (there's an optimum for the amount of horizontal scan vs. the amount of vertical scan your eyes/head have to make when reading... newspaper columns in a web browser rarely match it, in my experience)
Mutiny: Is this NYT? Do you need to fill out a registration to access this, or click-through anything? No.
seti: Ash: BusyBeaver(1111)
Mutiny: seti is right. News papers have columns to make things easier to read. Notice that the origional HTML page has a narrower text column than the print page, but, all the content is still on one page and above the fold?
seti: current highest "no shit"-level headline for nbcsandiego.com: "Man Who Killed Elderly Mother Found Insane"
seti: non-print URL
seti: your browsers fold? ... man, I need to know where you bought your computer.
Mutiny: seti further underscoring the fact he knows absolutely nothing about web design.

Registrars Urge Rejection of VeriSign's .com Deal
posted by seti at 2006-03-17 00:18

    
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