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Submission + - LibreSSL Project Announced

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: As some of you may know, OpenBSD team have started cleaning up OpenSSL code base. LibreSSL is primarily developed by the OpenBSD Project, and its first inclusion into an operating system will be in OpenBSD 5.6. In the wake of Heartbleed, OpenBSD group is creating a simpler, cleaner version of the dominant OpenSSL. Theo de Raadt, founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH, tells ZDNet that the project has already removed 90,000 lines of C code and 150,000 lines of content. The project further promises Multi OS support once they have proper funding and the right portability team in place. Please consider donating to support LibreSSL via OpenBSD foundation.

Comment Re:This is the price you pay for "free" (Score 1) 2

by __aablib8664 (#46805919) Attached to: Heartbleed Pricetag to top $500 Million?
perhaps if all the companies making billions off free software were to actually contribute to and fund such open projects, they'd be able to employ the necessary team to find those bugs. if companies don't want to act responsibly about the software they use, then they bear the burden. boohoo.

converse to the argument "this is the price you pay for 'free'", if openssl were a closed development project owned by some company, its certainly possible the same flaw could have existed, except they wouldn't have to tell anyone about it once found -> some hardware might have never gotten fixed, or the bug could have propagated into many more products over many years, the sum-total of that discovery would be far beyond what we are looking at now.

Submission + - Los Angeles Science Teacher suspended over student science fair projects (scpr.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: "A high school science teacher at Grand Arts High School in Los Angeles was suspended from the classroom in February, after two of his science fair students turned in projects deemed dangerous by the administrators. " "One project was a marshmallow shooter—which uses air pressure to launch projectiles. The other was an AA battery-powered coil gun—which uses electromagnetism to launch small objects. Similar projects have been honored in past LA County Science Fairs and even demonstrated at the White House."

Submission + - Superheroes Teach Science and Math to Elementary Students!

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Two chemical engineering PhDs and an environmental engineering graduate student from the University of South Florida have taken on secret identities as the Scientific League of Superheroes. In an effort to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) based topics these three passionate engineers have created a new educational program, the Superhero Training Network. Recently featured on Tampa, FL’s local NPR, this program brings fun and engaging content to the classroom in the form of videos, activity books, and exciting school visits to K-5 classrooms. They have been gathering student engagement and test score data in 23 Tampa area classrooms. So far the results are very positive and they plan to expand the program in the upcoming school year. They have recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds needed to expand and develop more content.

Submission + - Bitcoin: The Gamification of Waste (wordpress.com)

Submitted by Marc D Hall
Marc D Hall writes: Bitcoin is a way to get people to tie up physical resources to produce entities that exist for no reason other than as a means to transfer physical resources into their possession. We have produced a system that encourages people to tie up resources in order to gain resources while doing literally nothing productive. You could argue something similar about gold coins; but at least an argument could be made (IMO an invalid one) that the upside is we get gold out of the ground. Not even this upside exists for Bitcoins. Bitcoins are literally useless whether we have them or not.

Submission + - Surgery with a paintbrush

Submitted by BiancaM
BiancaM writes: A group of chemists has shown the power of nanoparticles for closing and healing surgical wounds. Using no more than a paintbrush they are able to close surgical openings as well as classical techniques such as sutures. However in fragile deap tissues such as liver even more remarkable results were found- normally fatal damage to internal organs is repaired in seconds using a nanopartilce glue. The results show that closing after surgery can be faster and simpler using nanomaterials to glue wounds shut.

Article at:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com...

Video:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com...

Submission + - Is there a place for me in this world?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I'm mildly autistic and in my mid 30s. I know I'm not the smartest person ever — not even close — but I'm pretty smart: perfect scores on SAT, etc., way back in high school and a PhD from a private research university you've heard of. I don't consider intelligence a virtue (in contrast to, say, ethical living); it's just what I have, and that's that. There are plenty of things I lack. Anyway, I've made myself very good at applied math and scientific computing. For years, without ever tiring, I've worked approximately 6.5 days a week all but approximately 4 of my waking hours per day. I work at a research university as research staff, and my focus is on producing high-quality, efficient, relevant scientific software. But funding is tough. I'm terrible at selling myself. I have a hard time writing proposals because when I work on mushy tasks, I become depressed and generally bent out of shape. My question: Is it possible to find a place where I can do exactly what I do best and keeps me stable — analyze and develop mathematical algorithms and software — without ever having to do other stuff and, in particular, without being good at presenting myself? I don't care about salary beyond keeping up my frugal lifestyle and saving a sufficient amount to maintain that frugal lifestyle until I die. Ideas? Or do we simply live in a world where we all have to sell what we do no matter what? Thanks for your thoughts.

Submission + - One week of OpenSSL cleanup (undeadly.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: OpenBSD Journal reports, "After the news of heartbleed broke early last week, the OpenBSD team dove in and started axing it up into shape[...] All combined, there've been over 250 commits cleaning up OpenSSL. In one week."

One developer stated in a response to comments about a new project name, "This is not about a fancy name. This is about realizing belatedly that code we thought of good quality was not even decent, and ended up becoming too complex and unmaintainable. So now we are hurrying to remove everything in the way of exposing the concrete guts of the code, fixing the bad practices inherited from the way we were doing security 15+ years ago"

Feed Google News Sci Tech: SpaceX rocket to make Easter delivery of supplies to International Space Station (google.com)

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SpaceX rocket to make Easter delivery of supplies to International Space Station
Washington Post
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday, setting the stage for an Easter morning delivery of much-needed food, space suit and robot parts, and urgent repairs later in the week. Following its...
SpaceX Dragon On Its Way to the ISSPC Magazine
SpaceX rocket blasts off for space stationUSA TODAY
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying crucial cargo to ISSCNET
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Comment Um, Yeah, a big UMM back at ya (Score 2) 200

by __aablib8664 (#42540803) Attached to: Nokia Redirecting Traffic On Some of Its Phones, Including HTTPS
If you _re-read_ his post, he is only showing evidence, and claims that Nokia NOT OPERA is a MITM. use of the word "attack" obviously doesnt apply. But it is -extremely clear that Nokia is intercepting and repackaging https traffic. Opera is not, and their privacy policy clearly states that Opera passes HTTPS untouched and only boosts -normal HTTP traffic-

I may be left wondering why you have no concern that a secure https connection you expect to a website is infact, not to that website, but is decrypted -atleast!- once, before being reencrypted to the site you expected. If you are fine with that I wonder what kind of security professional YOU may claim to be.....

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