Chris Siegler - Slashdot User

+ - Twitter DNS hacked? 0

Submitted by ylecoyote on Friday December 18, 2009 @02:34AM

ylecoyote writes "It looks like someone has hacked the twitter.com DNS as the primary A record for twitter.com is pointing to 66.147.242.88.

The lookup on that IP address shows the following:
IP address: 66.147.242.88
Host name: box488.bluehost.com"

Comment: Re:Low UID? (Score 1) 327

by Chris Siegler on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @01:26AM (#21006367) Attached to: Slashdot 10-Year Anniversary Charity Auction for the EFF

I waited too as a protest. If only I could remember what I was protesting. Did Rob ever club baby seals?

+ - First quantum computer demoed, plays sudoku

Submitted by

prostoalex

on Thursday February 15, 2007 @12:46AM

prostoalex writes "Canadian company D-Wave Systems is getting some technology press buzz after successfully demonstrating their quantum computer that the company plans to rent out. Scientific American has more of technical description of how the quantum computer works as well as possible areas of application: "The quantum computer was given three problems to solve: searching for molecular structures that match a target molecule, creating a complicated seating plan, and filling in Sudoku puzzles." There are also some videos from the demo."