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

Computer Guy Wanted!!!!!!
posted by coderman at 2006-11-08 23:11

coderman: "18-24 preffered with basic computer skills. Knowledge of posting on Craigslist is a + we are willing to provide a place for you to stay especially if you live with your parents and are looking to move out."
coderman: freeeaky
coderman: translation "WE WOULD LIKE A YOUNG MAN TO MOLEST AND IMPRISON"
seti: who wouldn't?

Microsoft buying $240 million worth of SUSE Linux
posted by kp at 2006-11-08 21:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goopymart/289959679/in/set-72157594362502502/
posted by fridge at 2006-11-08 20:23

JitterBugs, a class of inline interception mechanisms that covertly transmit data by perturbing the timing of input events likely to affect externally observable network traffic
posted by coderman at 2006-11-08 19:52

coderman: this is the dirtiest motherfucking side channel i've seen in a while...
coderman: i can also say from first hand observation that LEO's / TLA's are using active timing perturbations on network traffic to try and correlate Tor and other anonymizing networks.

Taurine energy drinks are especially bad if your kidneys are not up to par
posted by coderman at 2006-11-08 19:41

TEH INTERNETS on Flickr
posted by seti at 2006-11-08 18:25

Mythbusters blooper reel
posted by seti at 2006-11-08 17:19

Adobe gives ECMAScript 4 VM to Mozilla
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 14:38

TimLearysHead: aka ActionScript .. which ironically is an implementation of the JavaScript first developed by Netscape

Perens: Novell sellout to M$ makes it a new SCO
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 14:32

TimLearysHead: financial details of the transaction
TimLearysHead: "Microsoft will pay Novell USD 348 million up front, but Novell will return USD 200 million of that amount over five years." in return for which Novell ack's M$ superior skillz, and M$ agrees not to PWN Novell too hard just yet, maybe next time yo
TimLearysHead: and they (the evil ones) are talking to other distros too
TimLearysHead: GNOME has somehow now morphed into a windows network client ...
TimLearysHead: which we all know doesn't present any of the problems that centralising app and OS settings around a single database such as the Windows Registry does .. because its not stored as binary, right kids?
TimLearysHead: hmm M$ timing .. I think more closely tied to Novell getting Evolution to work with Exchange Server 2003 than the end of the SCO FUD DoS
TimLearysHead: down boy!
TimLearysHead: more Perens

I can stare for hours at this.
posted by seti at 2006-11-08 14:15

future single-wing aircraft much quieter, more energy-efficient
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 13:35

TimLearysHead:
TimLearysHead: 25% energy saving

Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 13:09

TimLearysHead: "DRM era is nearly over - and within two or three years, he predicts, 'most countries' in the world will have a blanket licensing regime"
TimLearysHead: manager of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury, Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg ... etc
TimLearysHead: "Sony BMG - what the fuck was that about?"
TimLearysHead: music labels almost have caught up to 1997 ...
TimLearysHead: how about a speaker tax? proportional to PMPO wattage .. should be pretty fair imho
TimLearysHead: or per dB output level for headphone devices
TimLearysHead: calculated in real time, for the latter
TimLearysHead: double rate on buses and trains
TimLearysHead: blanket licensed offsite cache

There are no more celebrations - even in Sadr City, that bastion of anti-Saddam feeling. ... The cold hard reality of Iraq three-and-a-half years since the US and British invasion has quickly re-asserted itself.
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 12:56

TimLearysHead: "Saddam killed some of my relatives too. But we had security then."
TimLearysHead: UN sanctions killed some of my relatives too, but we had security then.
TimLearysHead: Defence lawyer warns that execution could escalate violence in Iraq
TimLearysHead: "This decision will set ablaze anew the country and plunge the entire region into the unknown..."

Former House member charged with assaulting man who defeated him
posted by seti at 2006-11-08 12:56

TimLearysHead: "this morning at Sunset Canyon Baptist Church east of Dripping Springs"

He is stealing my character and giving bad message to USA people."
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 12:48

TimLearysHead:
TimLearysHead: est, top, and Sacha Baron Cohen

There are up to 4.2m CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people.
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 12:42

TimLearysHead: "two worst countries in the 36-nation survey are Malaysia and China, and Britain is one of the bottom five"

Maybe the government could just email us ahead of time and warn us before we become terrists?
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 12:32

TimLearysHead: "we noticed you bought 'the anarchists cookbook' and '2600 zine'. How would you like to take a holiday in the Bahamas?"
TimLearysHead: come in THX1138, you time is up

(youtube link) Grand Theft Mario
posted by seti at 2006-11-08 11:35

The Onion on election results
posted by seti at 2006-11-08 10:53

seti: also
TimLearysHead:

Nancy Pelosi, "First woman to lead the chamber - and President George W. Bush's worst political nightmare"
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 06:39

(Deutsche Presse-Agentur) Dems depose Reps from US lower house
posted by TimLearysHead at 2006-11-08 06:28

TimLearysHead: "US television networks project"
TimLearysHead: "25 million absentee ballots" could mean slow counting
TimLearysHead: "polls close in Alaska at 0600 GMT Wednesday"

finally sunk as low as he can go (Tom Toles cartoon)
posted by seti at 2006-11-08 00:28