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Why The U.S. Should Not Have Protection For Federal Whistleblowers, Per Congress
posted by seti at 2009-01-29 19:58

dopp: Just whose whistles are they blowing?

New Zealand inmates foil own escape
posted by seti at 2009-01-29 11:49

Full-disk encryption for all computer drives
posted by kp at 2009-01-29 09:29

kp: standardize the way encryption is used in firmware within hard disk drives and solid state disk drive controllers ensuring interoperability.
Mutiny: backdoors included cough
coderman: trust us! cmon! cuhmonnnnn! ehhh? CMON!!
coderman: i really love all the AES256 super encrypted storage systems that use either a null key or a fixed key. or best of all, a single key to produce a single block, which is xor
coderman: 'd with disk data. (that's right. code book mode on a single block used as xor for disk!)

Nuclear apocalypse and the Letter of Last Resort
posted by seti at 2009-01-29 00:06

mississippi: aka "what to do if you get bored ... no chaps, i mean really bored"
mississippi: i mean, put yourself in their shoes ... your commander in chief manages to get your country nuked ... would you really read and obey his last will and testament? like fuck.
mississippi: i think the actual battle cry goes something like this: "Wa-heyyyyy! we're all pirates? and we drive a nuclear sub?! gtfo! who's for the caribbean?! oh looky .. nuclear missles!!!!!!!1"