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Comment Re:sailmail over HF (Score 1) 504

First and foremost... ask if you can bring a radio onboard before even thinking about any of this. Their radio operator will probably notice your operations.

Second, the Sailmail service doesn't even require an amateur radio license. It works over commercial frequencies.

http://www.sailmail.com/smprimer.htm#Getting%20Connected%20via%20Radio

Third, the modem required for Sailmail is several hundred dollars, not counting the radio and the antenna (another thousand plus)...

Space

Submission + - Word Virus Expands Beyond Earth

BoredNasaGeek writes: According to a call from the Space Shuttle commander to the mission control center the Shuttle crew currently have a problem with Word macro viruses on their computers. This leads to a ban on sending email attachments to the Shuttle. The message from the commander went something like this: 'Do you have any news on the.. I don't know if I should say this.. virus situation with Word documents?'
Security

Submission + - ProtestWarrior hacker gets 2 years in ClubFed

FreeJeremyDOTcom writes: Jeremy Hammond, of Chicago was sentenced last Thursday to two years in Federal Prison for hacking into the ProtestWarrior.

According to his plea-bargain agreement, he admitted to hacking into the ProtestWarrior servers and stealing upwards of 5000 credit card numbers. Reportedly, he had plans to use them to make fraudulent donations to various liberal causes.

In addition to his two year sentence, he was ordered to pay $5,250 in fines and restitution, and is barred from participating in any of the various hacking and anarchist groups for a period of 3 years after his release.

For the most part, all the various links point back to this article (may require registration/login) at the Chicago Tribune.

Of surprising note is the marked lack of support in the local hacker and anarchist communities for this person.

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