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Comment Re:AI problem? (Score 1) 291

yes, that was my first thought as well, compare filesize, dimensions and EXIF (if available). Filesize and dimensions alone should give you a factor that could be used well although there might be edge-cases where files are mislabeled as JPEG when they are in fact bmp or whatever. You should verify them by probing the file header as well
Displays

DIY LED Array Marquee For Your PC 128

An anonymous reader writes "Ever wish you had one of those big LED displays to keep you up to date on e-mails, stock quotes, server uptimes, or weather? Here's a new video tutorial showing how to build your own computer-controlled LED array. You can code your own data feed, and just send it over a TCP socket. This looks like a fun weekend project for someone looking to get started with electronics by building something useful."
Medicine

Why Climbers Die On Mount Everest 417

Science Daily reports that researchers have conducted the first detailed analysis of deaths during expeditions to the summit of Mt. Everest. They found that most deaths occur during descents from the summit in the so-called "death zone" above 8,000 meters, and also identified factors that appear to be associated with a greater risk of death, particularly symptoms of high-altitude cerebral edema. The big surprise that the data indicate those deaths aren't primarily from avalanches or falling ice, as had long been believed.
Encryption

DNSSEC Advances in gTLDs; Bernstein Intros DNSCurve 179

coondoggie writes "Seven leading domain name vendors — representing more than 112 million domain names, or 65% of all registered names — have formed an industry coalition to work together to adopt DNSSEC. Members of the DNSSEC Industry Coalition include: VeriSign, which operates the .com and .net registries; NeuStar, which operates the .biz and .us registries; .info operator Afilias Limited; .edu operator EDUCAUSE; and The Public Interest Registry, which operates .org." The gTLD operators are falling in line behind government initiatives, which we discussed last month. In light of these developments, Dan Bernstein's push for DNSCurve might face an uphill slog. Reader data2 writes: "Dan Bernstein, the creator of djbdns and daemontools, has created his own proposal to improve upon the current DNS protocol. He has been opposed to DNSSEC for quite some time, and now he has proposed a concrete alternative, DNSCurve. He has posted a comparison between the two systems. His proposal makes use of elliptic curves, while DNSSEC favors RSA. He uses a curve named Curve25519, which he also developed."
Security

New Denial-of-Service Attack Is a Killer 341

ancientribe writes "Hacker RSnake blogs about a newly discovered and deadly denial-of-service attack that could well be the next big threat to the Internet as a whole. It goes after a broadband Internet connection and KOs machines on the other end such that they stay offline even after the attack is over. It spans various systems, too: the pair of Swedish researchers who found it have already contacted firewall, operating system, and Web-enabled device vendors whose products are vulnerable to this attack." Listen to the interview (MP3) — English starts a few minutes in — and you might find yourself convinced that we have a problem. The researchers claim that they have been able to take down every system with a TCP/IP stack that they have attempted; and they know of no fix or workaround.

Comment viral browser market cleaning (Score 2, Insightful) 308

ok - i read TFA, scanned all the links blogs, their trackbacks and comments and from what i've seen there is no real info on what this is. Thinking about it for 2 minutes I had this idea that this will be best chance ever to get rid of IE6. My hope is that all the browser vendors (including MS) have conspired that maybe 3 weeks of making scary "clickjacking" news and pushing them to the main media outlets will eventually raise awareness to let go of that horrible thing that's keeping the web from really evolving. finally a good excuse to disable your content for outdated browsers that aren't patched any more because the user might accidently the whole clickjack. But in the end - if the download links don't get clickjacked that is - MS will propably release some stupid patch that prevents IE6 from clickjacking alltogether and it will be 3 more years before IE6 leaves for good....

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