Lane Rendell - Slashdot User

Linux Kernel 2.6 Local Root Exploit 586

Posted by kdawson on Sunday February 10, 2008 @04:23PM from the batten-the-hatches dept.

aquatix writes "This local root exploit (Debian, Ubuntu) seems to work everywhere I try it, as long as it's a Linux kernel version 2.6.17 to 2.6.24.1. If you don't trust your users (which you shouldn't), better compile a new kernel without vmsplice." Here is millw0rm's proof-of-concept code.

Comment Surrender is Imminent (Score 1) 146

by Lane Rendell on Wednesday January 16, 2008 @10:55PM (#22075898) Attached to: Monkey's Thoughts Make Robot Walk

I for one welcome our new robot-controlling, monkey overlords. And on a serious note, I heard something similar being done about 10 years ago, people could be hooked up to a machine and would use a certain brain pulse or something to move a train around a track.

Submission + - Courageous Blogger Wins 1.5 Year Legal Battle! (fixyourthinking.com)

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FixYourThinking

on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @09:21AM

FixYourThinking writes: "After nearly one and a half years of harassment from a relentless attorney, it seems that quietly a blogger in South Carolina has won a monumental ruling in favor of bloggers. In a summary judgement requested by the Defendant Philip Smith was able to obtain a special sanction after the Plaintiff attorney put a "notice of lien" (called lis pendens) on Smith's residence. The judge also reprimanded the Plaintiff attorney for abusive deposition and court procedure. The case set forth the following; "It's not the format; it's the content and intention that make text journalism / reporting""

GPS Used As Defence In Radar Speeding Case 464

Posted by kdawson on Saturday October 27, 2007 @02:42PM from the could-be-onto-something dept.

James Thigpen writes "There is an article over at Ars Technica about an accused speeder contesting his speeding ticket based on his car's built-in GPS system's records. According to the article his car says he was going slower than the radar gun clocked him at. Contesting a ticket based on GPS data has never before been tested in court."

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