zlamma - Slashdot User

Comment Sounds just a tad scary (Score 1) 563

by zlamma on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @01:38PM (#32967360) Attached to: Passwords That Are Simple — and Safe(?)

Great. I bet the haxxorz just can't wait to revamp their dictionaries using brute force scanning of the password choice form.
Early adopters! Come on!

Comment Pop resistance? (Score 1) 160

by zlamma on Wednesday April 29, 2009 @07:34PM (#27765985) Attached to: A Touch Screen With Morphing Buttons

Wondering how pop resistant it is :>

Speaking about popping, this is THE INTERFACE for:
http://www.cocagames.com/games/files/bubblewrap.swf

14-Year-Old Turns Tram System Into Personal Train Set 380

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday January 11, 2008 @02:51PM from the no-volume-control-on-this-tv dept.

F-3582 writes "By modifying a TV remote a 14-year-old boy from Lodz, Poland, managed to gain control over the junctions of the tracks. According to The Register the boy had 'trespassed in tram depots to gather information needed to build the device. [...] Transport command and control systems are commonly designed by engineers with little exposure or knowledge about security using commodity electronics and a little native wit.' Four trams derailed in the process injuring a number of passengers. The boy is now looking at 'charges at a special juvenile court of endangering public safety.'"

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