Comment Gosmacked (Score 1) 1
I can't believe people on the internet are telling lies.
Comment Re:Non story (Score 1) 171
I had to check the comments to validate that I wasn't having a stroke or had left my brain at home. I couldn't work out why it was a story either.
Comment Re:My two experiences that hit too close to home (Score 1) 555
Also this just reinforces the sad fact that it doesn't matter how much you check something in advance or check information on a website, it comes down to the officers on the day processing you. It really can be the luck of the draw, which sucks.
Comment Root cause (Score 1) 330
So the root cause of this problem is newspapers then? I agree, the sooner we're rid of them the sooner we can all get on with our business.
Comment Re:Works fine in Australia (Score 1) 260
Don't forget about our hovercraft!
After 3 Years, Freenet 0.7 Released 365
evanbd writes "After over 3 years of work, the Freenet Project has announced the release of Freenet 0.7. 'Freenet is software designed to allow the free exchange of information over the Internet without fear of censorship, or reprisal. To achieve this Freenet makes it very difficult for adversaries to reveal the identity, either of the person publishing, or downloading content' ... 'The journey towards Freenet 0.7 began in 2005 with the realization that some of Freenet's most vulnerable users needed to hide the fact that they were using Freenet, not just what they were doing with it. The result of this realization was a ground-up redesign and rewrite of Freenet, adding a "darknet" capability, allowing users to limit who their Freenet software would communicate with to trusted friends.'"
Perfect Crystals Grown by Cancelling Out Gravity on Earth 83
willatnewscientist writes "Researchers in the Netherlands and Japan have found a way to grow perfect crystals in 'zero gravity' here on Earth. By exploiting the way a powerful magnet influences diamagnetic materials they have been able to grow protein crystals without the defects normally introduced as a result of gravity (The same trick has been used to levitate a frog before). Normally, such crystals are grown in space, such as aboard the International Space Station."
Fox News' FTP Password Anyone? 611
An anonymous reader writes "While browsing around the Fox News website, I found that directory indexes are turned on. So, I started following the tree up, until I got to /admin. Eventually, I found my way into /admin/xml_parser/zdnet/, in which, there is a shell script. Seeing as it's a shell script, and I use Linux, I took a peek. Inside, is a username and password to an FTP. So, of course, I tried to login. The result? Epic fail on Fox's part. And seriously, what kind of password is T1me Out. This is just pathetic." It's already been changed of course, but that's still pretty amusing.
Mars Rovers' Software Upgraded 177
cheros writes to note the news that NASA is upgrading the software in the Mars rovers to make them smarter in a number of ways. From the article: "The unexpected longevity of Spirit and Opportunity is giving the space agency a chance to field-test on Mars some new capabilities useful both to these missions and future rovers. Spirit will begin its fourth year on Mars on Jan. 3 (PST); Opportunity on Jan. 24. In addition to their continuing scientific observations, they are now testing four new skills included in revised flight software uploaded to their onboard computers."
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