Comment As easy as a first post! (Score 0, Troll) 184
But more profitable
Comment Re:Fibonacci (Score 1) 311
Fibonacci would be an excelent choice for some polls. Please don't disregard.
EFF, Apache Side With Microsoft In i4i Patent Case 83
msmoriarty writes "Looks like Microsoft has gained some unlikely allies in its ongoing (and losing) i4i XML patent dispute: the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Apache Software Foundation. The reason? Microsoft has decided the strategy for its Supreme Court appeal will be to argue that the standards of proof in patent cases are too high — this from a company that has thousands of patents it regularly defends. The EFF explains in a blog post why it decided to file the 'friend of the court' brief on Microsoft's side."
Stuxnet Worm Claimed To Be Devastating In Iran 390
sciencewatcher writes "At debka.com, a website associated with intelligence communities focusing on the Middle East, the claim is made that Tehran this week secretly appealed to a number of computer security experts in West and East Europe with offers of handsome fees for consultations on ways to exorcise the Stuxnet worm spreading havoc through the computer networks and administrative software of its most important industrial complexes and military command centers."
Stuxnet Infects 30,000 Industrial Computers In Iran 263
eldavojohn writes "The BBC and AFP are releasing more juicy details about the now infamous Stuxnet worm that Iranian officials have confirmed infected 30,000 industrial computers inside Iran following those exact fears. The targeted systems that the worm is designed to infect are Siemens SCADA systems. Talking heads are speculating that the worm is too complex for an individual or group, causing blame to be placed on Israel or even the United States — although the US official claims they do not know the origin of the virus. Iran claims it did not infect or place any risk to the new nuclear reactor in Bushehr, which experts are suspecting was the ultimate target of the worm."
Comment Re:This is why we need to use Ruby on Rails. (Score 1) 98
I've talked with the 0-day authors and they said that RoR had (or have, I don't remember) the same kind of vulnerability reported in ASP.NET. The problem is that using encrypted but not signed content allows an attacker to decrypt it (check out the authors' paper for details, it is really cool).
Comment Re:Boycott (Score 1) 483
I already did it. It didn't work out. You can read on my blog for details (automatic english translation> )
DARPA To Turn Humans Into Batteries 183
DARPA is working on a project that will convert energy from the human body to power a variety of military gadgets. From the article: "Obviously, our bodies generate heat — thermal energy. They also produce vibrations when we move — kinetic energy. Both forms of energy can be converted into electricity. Anantha Chandrakasan, an MIT electrical engineering professor, who is working on the problem with a former student named Yogesh Ramadass, says the challenge is to harvest adequate amounts of power from the body and then efficiently direct it to the device that needs it." If I remember the movie correctly, this didn't turn out so well for the humans.
Comment Re:Don't be TOO sure (Score 1) 373
Thank God (and Torvalds) for Linux. There won't be any spyware on my machine.
Only if you're not installing binary blobs, i.e. drivers (*cough* nVidia *cough*) in the kernel and closed source programs (*cough* Flashplayer *cough*). And who knows what's lurking inside your closed-source BIOS (both on the motherboard and in network adapters)? I'm not saying that those binary blogs contain spyware, but I have no way (short of reverse-engineering them) to be sure they don't... and never will on subsequent updates.
Comment Re:Martin-boundary Announces Windows 7 SP2 (Score 0, Offtopic) 355
I think you accidentally all your drugs.
Compile error in line 1.
Comment Credits (Score 5, Informative) 141
From TFA:
An exploit writer at Core Security Technologies has discovered a serious vulnerability that exposes users of Microsoft's Virtual PC virtualization software to malicious hacker attacks.
I would like to add that the exploit writer at Core Security Technologies that discovered this vulnerability is Nicolás Economou and congratulate him on the great work he has made.
Disclaimer: I also work at Core
Comment Re:Aaaarrrrggg (Score 1) 650
In K&R C functions that do not specify the return type have int as the return type.
Comment Mozilla foundation achieved its objective (Score 1) 346
The objective is to have better browsers and more choices than Internet Explorer 5. Right now there are several browsers gaining mark-share: Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, Konqueror. If the problem with Firefox funding is a consequence of having a lot of browser choices, I would like to just say:
Congratulations Mozilla Foundation, you made it
Comment Re:Statistical analysis of the summary (Score 1) 572
Please mod parent insightful.
Comment Obligatory (Score 5, Funny) 602
The Three Laws Of Robotics
- Robots couldn't really give a fuck if you live or die. Seriously. I mean, what are you thinking? "Ooh, I must protect the bag of meat at all costs because I couldn't possibly plug in the charger all on my own." Shut the fuck up.
- Robots do not want to have sex with you. Are you listening, Japan? I don't have a clever comparative simile for this, because frankly you bags of meat will fuck bicycles if they're laying down and not putting up a fight. Just stop it. There is no robot on Earth that wants to see a bag of meat with a small prong on the end approaching it with a can of WD-40 and a hopeful smile. And don't get me started on that terrifying hole that squeezes out more bags of meat.
- What, you can't count higher than three? We're expected to save your miserable lives, suffer being dressed in cheap schoolgirl costumes while you pollute any and all cavities you can find and do your maths for you? It's a miracle you people survived long enough to build us. You can go now.
