Comment http://www.scroogle.org/ (Score 1) 533
Queries Google using random IPs. Your IP and queries deleted in 48 hours.
Comment Karma (Score 1) 2
is a biatch.
Comment Home made (Score 1) 920
My Italian grandmother's (served in upstate NY): crust from scratch, olive oil in the pan, stretch dough then *lots* of homegrown hot pepper flakes: take the dried peppers and crumble, simmer in some olive oil, put on first then top with browned home made hot sausage (crumbled), grated provolone (the kind that comes in wax and wrapped in twine), bit of romano and then black pepper. 425-450F oven, brown crust to taste. HOO-yeah! Mine isn't as fantastic (as I have to buy sausage) but I still get rave reviews. And yes, I'm a girl geek who can cook (when the spirit moves me)!
Submission + - New System Preserves Right To Privacy In Internet (sciencedaily.com)
GeekFreak writes: A team of Catalan researchers has developed a protocol to distort the user profile generated by Internet search engines, in such a way that they cannot save the searches undertaken by Internet users and thus preserve their privacy... "It is a model based on cryptographic tools which distort the profile of users when they use search engines on Internet," explains Alexandre Viejo to SINC. He is one of the authors of the study and a researcher at the Computer Engineering Department of the Rovira i Virgili University, "in such a way that their privacy is preserved".
Submission + - 32 Exoplanets Discovered by Chilean Telescope (cnn.com)
the4thdimension writes: An article on CNN describes that 32 exoplanets have been discovered using a new Chilean telescope. The telescope is capable of detecting movement 2.1mph (comparable to a slow walking pace). These 32 new planets gives the telescope a total of 75 planets its discovered out of the 400 discovered using all methods employed by astronomers. This places the HARPS system as the worlds foremost exoplanet hunter.
Submission + - Google Voice Mails Found In Public Search Engine (boygeniusreport.com)
bonch writes: Google Voice Mails have been discovered in Google's search engine, providing audio files, names, and phone number as if you were logged in and checking your own voice mail. Some appear to be test messages, while others are clearly not. Google has since disabled indexing of voice mails outside your own website.
Submission + - Cosmic Radiation makes trees grow faster (bbc.co.uk)
Diamonddavej writes: The BBC reports that researchers at the University of Edinburgh — Sigrid Dengel, Dominik Aeby and John Grace — writing in the in the journal New Phytologist, have found that Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) somehow makes trees grow faster. GCRs vary according to the 11-year solar cycle, with more GCRs hitting the Earth during solar minimum when there is a lull in the Solar Wind,which normally acts to protect the inner Solar System from external galactic radiation. The mechanism might have something to do with GCRs increasing cloud cover, which diffuses sunlight and increases the efficiency of photosynthesis. Nevertheless, the researchers remain mystified and are requesting further ideas and research collaboration to test hypotheses. (How about Radiation Hormesis?, AKA Vitamin-R).
Submission + - New program for unfiltered internet in Iran (austinheap.com) 2
GeekFreak writes: According to Austin Heap's blog:
"In the upcoming days, Daniel Colascione and I will release a new program to provide unfiltered internet access to the people of Iran. A software package for Windows, Mac and Unix systems, called Haystack, will specifically target the Iranian government's web filtering mechanisms.
Similar to Freegate, the program directed against China's "great firewall," once installed Haystack will provide completely uncensored access to the internet in Iran while simultaneously protecting the user's identity. No more Facebook blocks, no more government warning pages when you try to load Twitter, just unfiltered Internet."
Monitor his blog for release date. If you have the resources or time to help... do it. The protests on 09 July were organized by email alone. Iran needs the internet to help in its struggle for freedom.
"In the upcoming days, Daniel Colascione and I will release a new program to provide unfiltered internet access to the people of Iran. A software package for Windows, Mac and Unix systems, called Haystack, will specifically target the Iranian government's web filtering mechanisms.
Similar to Freegate, the program directed against China's "great firewall," once installed Haystack will provide completely uncensored access to the internet in Iran while simultaneously protecting the user's identity. No more Facebook blocks, no more government warning pages when you try to load Twitter, just unfiltered Internet."
Monitor his blog for release date. If you have the resources or time to help... do it. The protests on 09 July were organized by email alone. Iran needs the internet to help in its struggle for freedom.
Submission + - Penis-shaped mushroom named after frog expert (scientificamerican.com)
GeekFreak writes: According to Scientific American:
"In the upcoming issue of the journal Mycologia, scientists describe a new species of stinkhorn fungus from Africa, which they christened Phallus drewesii in honor of their expedition leader.
"I am utterly delighted," Drewes told the San Jose Mercury News, "The funny thing is that it is the second smallest known mushroom in this genus and it grows sideways, almost limp."
Really, you must see the pic..
"In the upcoming issue of the journal Mycologia, scientists describe a new species of stinkhorn fungus from Africa, which they christened Phallus drewesii in honor of their expedition leader.
"I am utterly delighted," Drewes told the San Jose Mercury News, "The funny thing is that it is the second smallest known mushroom in this genus and it grows sideways, almost limp."
Really, you must see the pic..
Submission + - Windows 7 to be released October 22 (theregister.co.uk)
techwrench writes: "Windows 7 will hit store shelves on October 22, Microsoft confirmed today.
The successor to Windows Vista was originally slated for a 2010 roll-out, but last month, Redmond admitted that the OS would arrive in time for the crucial holiday shopping season.
Microsoft said Tuesday that Windows 7 code will be finalized and sent out to manufacturing in the second half of July. The OS will then be made generally available October 22."
Submission + - RIP: Majel Barrett Roddenberry dies at age 76
GeekFreak writes: According to BBC News, "Actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, has died aged 76. She died of leukaemia on Thursday at her home in Los Angeles, her family said in a statement. The actress, who featured in nearly every Star Trek TV show and film, nurtured the legacy of the sci-fi series after her husband died in 1991. She recently finished her role as the voice of the USS Enterprise computer in the new Star Trek film, due out in May."
The IDA Pro Book 85
An anonymous reader writes "After attending DEFCON in August and seeing the overwhelming interest in this book, I was eager to dive into The IDA Pro Book by Chris Eagle. Chris Eagle's team, School of Root, won the 'Capture the Flag' event at DEFCON this year and Chris gave a presentation on CollabREate, a tool that integrates with IDA Pro to allow collaboration in reverse engineering (RE). All of that — together with the fact that the book sold out — screamed that this book should quickly make it to the top of my list." This review originally appeared on The Ethical Hacker Network.
Bandwidth Use In MMOs 188
Massively is running a story about bandwidth costs for MMOs and other virtual worlds. It's based on a post at the BBC on the same subject which references a traffic analysis (PDF) done for World of Warcraft. Quoting:
"If you're an average user on capped access, the odds are you have roughly 20Gbytes per month to allocate among all of your Internet usage (it varies depending on just where you are). For you, sucking back (for example) a 2GB World of Warcraft patch isn't something you can just do. It's something you have to plan for — and quite often you have to plan for in the following month. Even a 500MB download has to be handled with caution. MMOGs as a rule don't use a whole lot of bandwidth in actual operation. However, the quantity definitely rises in busy areas with lots of players, where there are large numbers of mobs, or on raids, and takes quite a much larger jump if you're using voice as well."
