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Fraud Threat Halts Knuth's Hexadecimal-Dollar Checks 323

Posted by timothy on Friday October 31, 2008 @11:36AM from the sobering-thought-about-checks-in-general dept.

Barence writes "You may be aware of Donald Knuth, the creator of TeX and author of The Art of Computer Programming, who used to post checks to anyone who spotted an error in one of his books — one hexadecimal dollar, or $2.56. No one cashed them though. This blogger has two of them proudly on his wall, but the sad news is that modern day bank fraud has put a stop to Knuth's much-loved way of keeping his books free of errors." (Here's Knuth's own post about the sad change.)

Submission + - The "Indestructable" IPhone

Submitted by

digitallystoned

on Tuesday July 03, 2007 @12:05AM

digitallystoned writes: "Engadget has a picture of a smashed IPhone. Apparently this guy forgot to unplug his phone before he tried to answer a call. I can only imagine what would happen if you dropped one too many times."

Journal Journal: Do you still use optical media regularly? 2

Journal by Yaztromo on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @11:45PM

I just finished up a rather large project implementing a robotic blimp. We based the system on at Atmel AT90USB Key device, which is a really flexible little development board with a ton of connectivity. We wired in motors, sonars, a digital compass, and a 2.4Ghz radio. We started off with absolutely no software, so we wrote a Real-time Operating System, device drivers for all the hardware, a protocol stack for the wireless radios, an RS-232 driver, and even an ANSI/VT-100 driver. We buil

Journal Journal: Hey Man, Can You Spare a Sensor Bar

Journal by Flamesplash on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @10:29PM

( Also on LJ, with a few not here probably )

I was originally going to post about my cat eating stuff and something else, but the something else will have to wait. Let's get onto Abby and eating stuff.

Submission + - Nethack Recover Utility for OS X?

Submitted by

brentyl2

on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @11:19PM

brentyl2 writes: "I fear you've been there with me... cruising through the Dungeons of Doom, slaying critters left and right, cleaning out Ludios and the castle and getting ready for Gehemmon. Your Wizard is level 16 and counting, Magicbane is at +2 and Mjollnir is at +7, and things are looking good. And then... Nethack crashes. Help!

I have poked around online, and I cannot find a Recover utility for Nethack 3.4.3 on Mac OS X. Any ideas? I have all the character files in the Nethack folder, so it may be recoverable. A cheap plastic imitation of the Amulet of Yendor for any useful links. Thanks!"

Submission + - A full VoIP PBX in a USB memory stick

Submitted by RogerMo on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @11:01PM

RogerMo writes: Looks like VoIP has a new form factor with a business bundling an asterisk deployment into a live-USB linux memory stick. From the site: " The VoIP TelePort is a voice over IP business phone system built into the form factor of a USB memory stick. This exciting new product brings the power and features of an expensive enterprise PBX into a small handheld USB memory stick. Plug-in the VoIP TelePort into any modern desktop, laptop or server with a USB port and you will have a full VoIP phone system."

Feed QuickTime, not Safari, to blame for MacBook vuln (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:52PM

pwn-2-own update

The zero-day vulnerability that allowed a hacker to commandeer a brand new MacBook Pro late last week resides in a flaw in Apple's QuickTime media player, the exploit's author says. The revelation corrects descriptions given last Friday that the exploit targeted Safari.

Digital Camera Vs. Camera Phone 373

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:50PM from the gonna-sell-a-lot-of-N95s dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNet.co.uk has done some simple head-to-head testing of camera phones alongside digital cameras to see which device takes the best quality pictures. The results are surprising, with Nokia's latest handset, featuring a built-in 5-megapixel camera, taking more vibrant pictures in medium light conditions than a 10-megapixel dSLR. Of course, the pictures aren't fully representative of how the images would look at full size; but given that most people resize images to put on Flickr, we could start to see a decline in dedicated digital cameras sales and an increase in camera phone sales."

Bookmark National FOSS conference scheduled for Romania in May | Linux.com (linux.com)

by Gabriel Radic on Friday April 20, 2007 @11:05AM

Submission + - China Launches Navigation Satellite

Submitted by ThanksL on Sunday April 15, 2007 @02:28AM

ThanksL writes: A Chinese rocket placed a navigation satellite in orbit Saturday as part of an effort to build a global positioning system, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The Long March 3-A rocket blasted off from the Xichang launching center in southwestern China and a short time later the satellite was maneuvered into orbit, 13,300 miles above the earth, Xinhua said.

Submission + - Which Is The Best Data Compressor?

Submitted by Dan on Sunday April 15, 2007 @01:48AM

Dan writes: Pitting over 10 of the most common data compressors, this guide finds out which is the most effective and fastest data compressor. Compressing everything from audio to video, documents and more, this comparison guide will help you choose the best data compressor for the job you have on hand. If you are into data compression, this guide is a must read.

Submission + - YouTube tricked into deleting 200 videos

Submitted by

ozmanjusri

on Sunday April 15, 2007 @01:21AM

ozmanjusri writes: "A 15-year-old West Australian boy, claiming he represented the clips' copyright owners, persuaded video-sharing website YouTube to remove more than 200 clips from the site. The clips, all from the comic current affairs show "The Chaser's War on Everything", were popular with viewers; one clip featuring featuring Charles Firth accosting Hillary Clinton had been viewed more than 100,000 times before it was taken down yesterday.

According to Stuff, this is in direct contrast to the TV station's policy on content sharing. Courtney Gibson, from Australia's public broadcaster ABC TV said; "[ABC wishes] to get our content out there on as many platforms as possible, run by as many different operators as possible.""

Journal Journal: 50 terabyte flash drive made of bug protein

Journal by Ergasiophobia on Sunday April 15, 2007 @12:29AM

A prototype USB drive using bug protein to store data in the neighborhood of around 50 terabytes worth of data could be here in less then 18 months. This idea first started out by coating DVDs with a layer of protein so that one day solid state memory could hold so much information that storing data on your computer hard drive will be obsolete, says Professor V Renugopalakrishnan of the Harvard Medical School in Boston while reporting on his findings at the International Conf

Submission + - Cell Phone Radiation May be Wiping Out Bees

Submitted by koreantoast on Sunday April 15, 2007 @12:23AM

koreantoast writes: An article in the British newspaper "The Independent" states that a limited study done by Landau University has found a possible link that the radiation from cell phones is interfering with the navigation system of bees, leading to the collapse of many commercial bee hives in the United States and Europe. The implications are serious: with the disappearance of a large number of bee hives, farmers will be unable to pollinate many of their crops, leading to shortages of many agricultural products. Although there is still a lot of research that needs to be done to confirm this link, the possibility is worrisome.

Feed What’s Online: Say Good Night, Bandwidth Hog (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Friday April 13, 2007 @11:12PM

Comcast is warning its customers to limit their bandwidth or face a one-year termination of service.

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