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Phlashing attack permanently destroys hardware over the network
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 19, 2008
A scary new (theoretical) malware attack, Phlashing, involves tricking a remote device into letting you flash its firmware so that the machine can't ever be rebooted, and must be pulled out and replaced. They're called it a "Permanent Denial of Service" (PDOS) attack -- there's a ton of tasty new coinages in this little bit of ugliness.Smith will demonstrate how network-enabled...
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Napster goes DRM-free MP3
via Boing Boing by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
Shared by Superbunker ten years too late...Napster's now selling its entire, multi-million-track catalog as $0.99 MP3s! Another nail in DRM's coffin."It's great that we have finally gotten here," said Chris Gorog, Napster's chairman and chief executive. "It is really the beginning of a level playing field, which I think is essential for Napster, but also for the health of the...
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Export and Restore Word's AutoCorrect Savings with a Macro [How To]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 19, 2008
The Workers' Edge blog points out that a macro written by Dave Rado back in the days of Word 97 to back up and restore time-saving, typo-fixing AutoCorrect settings in Microsoft Word still does the trick for the most modern Word 2007 installation. It's simple to use and a lot easier than tracking down your AutoCorrect file yourself. Simply install the macro (with detailed instructions...
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Five vestigial organs and functions (appendix not included)
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on May 19, 2008
New Scientist offers a list of the human body's five organs and functions that seem to be pretty much useless. (The appendix isn't on the list because recent research suggest it may actually be a "safe house" for helpful bacteria.) Making New Scientist's, er, cut of vestigial organs and functions are: vomeronasal organ, goose bumps, Darwin's point, tail bone, and wisdom teeth....
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Facebook Funder Buys Stake in Fantastical Ocean Utopia [Futurism]
via Gawker by Pareene on May 19, 2008
Hooray! A bunch of eccentric rich people are striking out to create their own sovereign nation in the middle of the ocean! Again! You may remember back in the 60s when a pirate radio broadcaster occupied a sea-bound fort 6 miles off the coast of Great Britain and declared it the Principality of Sealand. (It's for sale, btw.) But while that little adventure in sovereignty was merely for kicks,...
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Rays leaving
via Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
"Rays leaving"
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You can't sink in the Dead Sea
via Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
Shared by Me whats up with his foot?"You can't sink in the Dead Sea"
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Then and Now
via Pixdaus: Popular Today Pics by (author unknown) on May 19, 2008
"Then and Now"
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frogDesign's electronic facemask re-skins reality
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 15, 2008
frogDesign's concept facemask would let you escape reality by augmented or replacing what you see, smell, and hear with sensory inputs of your own choosing. In a troubling future, these augmented reality devices would offer a new dimension - a virtual layer that could be used to “re-skin” the troubling outside world. A boundary between the wearer and the world around him, the device...
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California Supreme Court rules for same-sex marriage
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 15, 2008
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that same-sex marriage is legal, on the basis of a strict-scrutiny analysis of the Constitution. This will make it essentially impossible for California to keep any kind of anti-gay-marriage laws on its books, and could lead to other states abolishing their laws discriminating against gay marriage.Damn right! I foresee a lot of happy marriages by...
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