The internet sucks... I regret saving it. --Michael Lynn
Wired: 27B Stroke 6- Billy Hoffman on Ajax Security at RSA
Topic: Computer Security
4:40 pm EST, Feb 8, 2007
The best conference presenters have a story to tell, and this morning, Billy Hoffman -- the lead researcher at Web application security company SPI Dynamics, had a great story to tell Wednesday morning at the RSA security conference about how all your favorite new Web 2.0 applications are a boon to criminals.
2 minutes in the microwave sterilizes sponges, scrub pads: study
Topic: Science
5:48 pm EST, Jan 23, 2007
2 minutes in the microwave sterilizes sponges, scrub pads: study Last Updated: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 | 4:11 PM ET CBC News Putting kitchen sponges and scrub pads in the microwave for two minutes can kill bacteria and viruses, eliminating the threat of food-borne illnesses, U.S. researchers say. "People often put their sponges and scrubbers in the dishwasher, but if they really want to decontaminate them and not just clean them, they should use the microwave," lead researcher Gabriel Bitton, a University of Florida professor of environmental engineering, said in a release.
I found this kinda cool, I usually just throw out my old sponges...
China Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon, Unnerving U.S. - New York Times
Topic: Miscellaneous
7:02 pm EST, Jan 18, 2007
China successfully carried out its first test of an anti-satellite weapon last week, signaling its resolve to play a major role in military space activities and bringing expressions of concern from Washington and other capitals, the Bush administration said Thursday. Only two nations — Russia and the United States — have previously destroyed spacecraft in anti-satellite tests, most recently the United States in the mid 1980s. Arms control experts called the test, in which a Chinese missile destroyed an aging Chinese weather satellite, a troubling development that could foreshadow either an anti-satellite arms race or, alternatively, a diplomatic push by China to force the Bush administration into negotiations on a weapons ban.
Edge Designs is an all-women run company that designs interior office space. They had a recent opportunity to do an office project in NYC. The client allowed the women of this company a free hand in all design aspects. The client was a company that was also run by all women execs. The result, well, we all know that men never talk, never look at each other, and never laugh much in the restroom. The men's room is a serious and quiet place, but now, with the addition of one mural on the wall......lets just say the men's restroom is a place of laughter and smiles.
In April of 2006, Wired News editor Kevin Poulsen sued the United States Customs and Border Patrol under the Freedom of Information Act. Poulsen won the case, and yesterday the trial court granted Poulsen $66,000 in attorney’s fees.
System programmers get shafted on easteregg development
Topic: Miscellaneous
6:02 pm EST, Jan 18, 2007
random musings of a very bored programmer:
system programmers (like myself) so rarely get a chance to sneak eastereggs into products in places that anyone will ever see them...
I myself have only managed to pull it off once: I wrote a web server for this embedded system that has this row of software controled LEDs on the top of it...if you logged in with username hasselhoff and then used the regular admin password it would make the LEDs do a night rider sequence for a few minutes...but like most eastereggs I left enough clues for a user to find it, so eventually QA found it and I got in a little trouble (so worth it though)...
I've thought of putting return to zork on the CLI of a firewall or an IPS, but where would I hide all that code...
so I just finished a 90 day marathon coding session to complete a project, and I find myself with a profound sense of "now what was I doing before all this?"...bills I need to pay (oops), relationships I need to start back up and hope they didn't notice ;), current events to catch up on...
im not depressed, just bored...oh god am I bored...what do "normal" people that don't work on projects non-stop do with all that free time...it just makes me feel lazy...
maybe I'll read wikipedia some more...I suppose as a last resort, i could do...you know...my job...yeah, or wikipedia...
