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Submission + - Github kills search after hundreds of passwords exposed (scmagazine.com.au)

Submitted by mask.of.sanity on Friday January 25, 2013 @01:24AM

mask.of.sanity writes: Github has killed it's search function to safeguard users who were caught out storing keys and passwords in public repositories.

Search links popped up throughout Twitter pointing to stored keys including what was reportedly credentials for the Google Chrome source code repository.

The keys can still be found using search engines so check your repos.

Submission + - Self-employed as spammer suer (stuff.co.nz) 1

Submitted by

IcI

on Sunday December 26, 2010 @06:16PM

IcI writes: "Self-employed as spammer suer"

Southwest Adds 'Mechanical Difficulties' To Act Of God List 223

Posted by samzenpus on Monday July 26, 2010 @04:09PM from the blameless-travel dept.

War, earthquakes, and broken washers are all unavoidable events for which a carrier should not be liable if travel is delayed according to Southwest Airlines. Southwest quietly updated their act of God list a few weeks ago to include mechanical problems with the other horrors of an angry travel god. From the article: "Robert Mann, an airline industry analyst based in Port Washington, NY, called it 'surprising' that Southwest, which has a reputation for stellar customer service, would make a change that puts passengers at a legal disadvantage if an aircraft breakdown delays their travel. Keeping a fleet mechanically sound 'is certainly within the control of any airline,' Mann said. 'Putting mechanical issues in the same category as an act of God — I don't think that's what God intended.'"

Journal Journal: Man, this is hard

Journal by IcI on Monday July 19, 2010 @08:18AM

Being an achievement whore here.

Comment Re:BTW (Score 1) 272

by IcI on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @09:08AM (#31412316) Attached to: Microsoft Giving Rival Browsers a Lift

Why is nobody talking about the other browsers off to the right?

The ones that don't get randomized unless they are in the visible area when you hit the refresh button.

If you want diversity & true choice (like we generally claim), then these other browsers must be randomized in the list too.

Comment Re:Vista? (Score 1) 450

by IcI on Monday August 03, 2009 @09:27AM (#28926177) Attached to: Why Do Hard Drives Keep Getting Bigger?

They're also called:
* System State / Recovery files (disk space used adjustable)
* Installer files!!! :-(
Ever have a look in %WinDIR%\Installer ?
Once had a custom app consume 1GB in this dir alone, due to being re-installed / upgraded several times.

How the do you clean up THAT shit?

I've previously removed that complete dir, but then the Start Menu icons go for a ball of shit.

Please help!

Comment Re:Bravo (Score 1) 218

by IcI on Thursday July 23, 2009 @06:30AM (#28793319) Attached to: Microsoft Makes Second GPLv2 Release

You can have a MS Live account with any e-mail address. You don't have to use MSN, Hotmail, or what ever is linked into it.
Just like you can have a Google account which doesn't have to end in @gmail.com

Yes, you'll have to accept some EULA to sign up for a Live account, but after that, you don't have to use it.

Comment Re:This poll broke my brain (Score 1) 315

by IcI on Monday June 29, 2009 @08:22AM (#28512603) Attached to: I am about to select ...

The quote at the bottom of the page did it more than the poll itself.

I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read. -- Larry Wall in <199710120226.TAA06867@wall.org>

Comment Re:no thanks! (Score 1) 528

by IcI on Friday May 01, 2009 @02:35AM (#27783877) Attached to: Windows 7 Will Be Free For a Year

Except that by DEFAULT, the WinXP install will wipe out the ENTIRE hard drive.

Comment Re:Oh no (Score 1) 218

by IcI on Monday February 02, 2009 @05:10PM (#26699651) Attached to: Microsoft Surface To Coordinate SuperBowl Security

Even had my Win7 Beta BSOD

Comment Re:Don't. (Score 1) 262

by IcI on Saturday January 03, 2009 @06:10PM (#26314545) Attached to: Getting Started With Part-Time Development Work?

You are always self employed!

You choose to sell your time to another entity, small or large at a rate that is acceptable to you.
If you're not happy with what they are paying, the normal response is to take your business elsewhere.

You always work for yourself. It's your choice where this happens.

The Smell of Space 70

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 16, 2008 @01:53PM from the excuse-me-while-I-smell-the-sky dept.

According to NASA scientists, space smells a lot like my uncle's workshop. One can detect hints of fried steak, hot metal, and the welding of a motorbike. They have hired Steven Pearce, a chemist and managing director of fragrance manufacturing company Omega Ingredients, to recreate the smell in a laboratory. NASA will use his research to help train potential astronauts. Steven said, "I did some work for an art exhibition in July, which was based entirely on smell, and one of the things I created was the smell of the inside of the Mir space station. NASA heard about it and contacted me to see if I could help them recreate the smell of space to help their astronauts."

Star Wars is 30 Years Old 223

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 25, 2007 @01:09PM from the how-old-does-that-make-you dept.

javipas writes "On May 25th, 1977 the first film of the Star Wars Saga was released to theaters. Thirty years later, and celebrations are being held all around the globe. Wired has a series of articles entitled The Empire at 30, and many fans are posting about this particular birthday. For example, you can see the best 30 clips made by fans to celebrate this anniversary. The BBC is chronicling the journey of one man who had never seen Star Wars before. IGN has a rundown on some of the highlights of the Celebration convention, running this weekend."

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