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Ophcrack Live CD Cracks Windows Passwords [Password Recovery]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 28, 2008
All systems with access to a Windows partition: The free, open source Windows password cracker, Ophcrack Live CD, has updated to version 3.0 with faster cracking, a better interface, and an all-new Vista version. We've walked you through how to crack a Windows password with Ophcrack in the past (and offered tips for securing your password against Ophcrack), but the new and improved version...
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swapsies
via Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? by ichctcf on May 29, 2008
Record your own or Listen to other Audio Clips!swapsiescan i swap fud wif hoominz?picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: (?) » Recaption This
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John Conyers wants DEA to stop busting California medical marijuana users
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 28, 2008
Slate posted a letter from John Conyers Jr., chairman of the House judiciary committee, to the DEA's acting administrator Michele Leonhart about the agency's "dramatically intensified … frequency of paramilitary-style enforcement raids" on legal cannabis users and dispensaries. Conyers asked for an accounting of the agency's costs for these measures against "individuals who suffer...
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Photos of chicken forming in egg
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 28, 2008
Here's one photo of a series of about 20 photos showing a chicken developing in an egg. Before I saw these photos I had always thought that the yolk turned into a chicken, but it looks like the chicken forms outside of the yolk and absorbs the yolk as it develops. Link
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Los Simpson: live action Marge and Homer
via Boing Boing by (author unknown) on May 28, 2008
Shared by jeremy Scary!Los Simpson is an incredibly creepy live action Simpsons spoof in Spanish. Link
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Ghost in a bottle
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on May 28, 2008
For $20, John Deese of Decatur County, Georgia, will sell you a bottle with a ghost in it. It's not entirely clear if he is serious about what he's selling or not. He says that he doesn't collect the spirits personally but relies on professional, er, ghostbusters. From WKMG:“Some people will open the bottle and say they don’t get results and it’s just a fun conversation piece....
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Sysinternals Live is One-Stop Shop for Launching Must-Have Utilities [Windows Tip]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 28, 2008
If you've ever done any serious Windows troubleshooting, you've no doubt come across a freeware utility or two by Sysinternals—like the excellent, previously mentioned Process Explorer. You may also know that Microsoft eventually bought up every Sysinternals utility and bundled it into a single suite of apps. Now Sysinternals has launched a new way to access their library of must-have...
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MediaDefender attacks and cripples Revision3 for locking out its spy-bots
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 28, 2008
... of R3's BitTorrent trackers:Revision3 runs a tracker expressly designed to coordinate the sharing and downloading of our shows. It’s a completely legitimate business practice, similar to how ESPN puts out a guide that tells viewers how to tune into its network on DirecTV, Dish, Comcast and Time Warner, or a mall might publish a map of its stores...A bit of address translation, and we’d ...
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Louis Armstrong's collages
via Boing Boing by David Pescovitz on May 28, 2008
Legendary horn player Louis Armstrong was also a collage artist! He collaged the fronts and backs of his personal collection of reel-to-reel recordings, more than 500 total. The Paris Review posted several examples and the story behind Armstrong's other medium for improvisation:Only occasionally do the collages indicate the musical content within; usually there is no correlation. Armstrong...
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Canadian airport security screener confiscates tiny gun-shaped necklace charm
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 28, 2008
The Unusual Suspect writes, "blogTO writes of a Canadian PhD student studying Social Political Thought who was intercepted by Kelowna Airport screeners when they spotted her necklace, which has a charm in the shape of a gun. (Article includes a photo of the actual necklace.) The charm is less than 2" in size, and has no moving parts.""How do you know it wasn't a real gun?" asked Guy, a...
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