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From User: Rattle

Current Topic: Technology

tor2web.com - Making the Internet a more interesting place since 2008
Topic: Technology 11:46 am EST, Dec 15, 2008

Not only a network that lets you browse the Internet anonymously, Tor contains anonymously published webpages identified by a '.onion' URL. Tor2web enables regular Internet users to access pages anonymously published within Tor.

What tor2web does for you

1. Tells the world that you can put all of your unruly, spicy content online with impunity by hosting on a Tor hidden service. It's free too!
2. Allows the world to read and spread your disruptive content as easily as browsing the web. No installation required.

(It also lets you surf-around for interesting stuff in .onion)

WARNING: tor2web does NOT protect readers, only publishers. Readers using tor2web do not have the level of anonymity, confidentiality, and authentication that they have when using a Tor client. Tor2web trades security for convenience. If you're a reader and want the extra security, install Tor.

Thanks Virgil!

I've always wanted to check out what was hosted behind Tor but I never cared enough to bother setting it up. The Toogle keyword list gives you an overview. Most of it is probably junk but there might be some gems...

U:Yeesh... Looks like 4chan crossed with indymedia. Its not very interesting. Tor2web might make it interesting, in some respects, as it can now host information that is accessible to a wider audience. There are few things that are both interesting and impossible to host openly. I imagine that there will arise a corner case involving the intersection between intellectual property laws and the first amendment where this service will be useful. It awaits that moment.

tor2web.com - Making the Internet a more interesting place since 2008


MC Chris - Nrrrd Grrrl | Cyan is cooler than any of us
Topic: Technology 11:23 am EST, Feb 29, 2008

Cyan is in a rock video. I believe this defeats Virgil's appearance on the Colbert Report for coolest thing anyone on this site has ever done. (U: Turns out this is a competition entry so she only wins the cool award if this actually does end up on MTV. Wait, do they even show videos anymore?)

MC Chris - Nrrrd Grrrl | Cyan is cooler than any of us


Junk Hacked... FPGA-based SHA-1 and MD5 bruteforce cracker...
Topic: Technology 2:14 am EDT, Sep 18, 2007

NSA@home is a fast FPGA-based SHA-1 and MD5 bruteforce cracker. It is capable of searching the full 8-character keyspace (from a 64-character set) in about a day in the current configuration for 800 hashes concurrently, using about 240W of power. This performance is equivalent to over 1500 Athlon FX-60 CPUs, which would take about 250kW.

This is a really cool project, and this website has an excellent graphical replacement for the "hit counter." Definately check this out. I will be speaking at Phreaknic about an idea Dan Moniz had for building a distributed computer on the internet with FPGAs. I think this is a concept which has a lot of potential, and projects like this hash cracker are just the tip of the iceberg.

Junk Hacked... FPGA-based SHA-1 and MD5 bruteforce cracker...


Puppy smoothies: Improving the reliability of open, collaborative wikis
Topic: Technology 1:52 pm EDT, Sep 11, 2006

The reliability of information collected from at large Internet users by open collaborative wikis such as Wikipedia has been a subject of widespread debate. This paper provides a practical proposal for improving user confidence in wiki information by coloring the text of a wiki article based on the venerability of the text. This proposal relies on the philosophy that bad information is less likely to survive a collaborative editing process over large numbers of edits. Colorization would provide users with a clear visual cue as to the level of confidence that they can place in particular assertions made within a wiki article.

I got published in this month's issue of First Monday! Make sure you check out the issue because there are a number of good articles in it.

The material my article covers was first presented at last year's PhreakNIC Conference during a talk that Rattle and I gave on various things we're working on. Video of the talk (Google Video) is available. The point where I talk about my reliability system for Wikipedia is about 30 minutes into the presentation.

Puppy smoothies: Improving the reliability of open, collaborative wikis


The BotShop | Robot Parts and Supplies
Topic: Technology 6:01 pm EDT, Jun 13, 2006

The is one of those rare memes sure to send numerous MemeStreams users into a frenzied state. Javanco was the much loved computer and electronics store in Nashville. When we needed something, we all went there first. The entire staff was awesome. Javanco was one of the heavenly bodies the Nashville hacking scene rotated around. It had quite a history. At one point Sun attempted to sue them when some lawyer searching for trademark abuse saw "Javanco" as "Java n' co", even though it was a family name. At another point, radioactive nuclear waste was found in the basement, after accidently being sold to them with some electronic equipment. Many, many stories. Sadness was felt by all when they closed.

So, the grand news is this.. Jesica has reopened the business as The BotShop, this time selling robot supplies. I could not be more pleased to see this. ROBOTS!

First and foremost...we love robots! We've been selling the OOPic controller for years. And more than anything, we love to hear what our customers are creating with them. It's always something new and exciting, and that's what keeps it fun. Now, on to the company history.

When I went to work for my father in 1996, I began a journey I would have never imagined. The company was started in 1957 by my grandfather, T. Javan Keith, an exceptional company that stood the test of time. The company began as a surplus dealer for a vast array of electronic components and began trading computer products in the 60's.

My father, Javan Keith, opened the computer department in the mid 80's. The company began custom building systems back then. My father stuck to his beliefs that using upgradeable parts to extend the life of the system and avoiding an assembly line created a computer unsurpassed in quality. He also believed that having the most knowledgeable technicians possible kept our level of quality where it should be.

My father was an exceptional man, more concerned with taking care of others' needs than his own. This was reflected in the way he did business. He would never stock anything he wouldn't have himself. Anything sold by us was always something he'd feel comfortable selling to his own family.

In 1999, we sold our long time location at 12th Avenue South in Nashville and moved to Cannery Row. The company discontinued its electronic stock, upgrading itself to "strictly computer." Our in store and on site service departments flourished. We gained notoriety for our exceptional Audio and Video editing systems. We continued to be the place to go for technical expertise and great selection of high quality, low cost cables and adapters.

I became the General Manager and Vice President in January 2001. In September 2001, Dad passed away. I was in the process of doing what was necessary to keep the company in the family. Unfortunately, I was not able to do so. The company was sold in May of 2002. Out of my hands, the company closed shortly thereafter.

As the technology industry is all I know, it only made sense to stay. I'd also been selling robot parts, particularly OOPics for years and just couldn't let it go. Robot stuff is just too much fun.

We hope to provide the quality parts and great pricing for which Grandpa, Dad and the family business were known.

Thank you so much for your support.
Jesica Flowers

The BotShop | Robot Parts and Supplies


Engadget 1985 - Engadget - www.engadget.com
Topic: Technology 5:58 pm EDT, Aug 22, 2005

Welcome to the Engadget BBS! How’s it going? Sorry if you had a busy signal a bunch, the board’s been growing like crazy—we’re adding a third line next week, so check out the boards to get that number!

Engadget is a prefect example of the booming BBS scene springing to live on America's phone network thanks to the advent of affordable modems (short for modulator-demodulator). Engadget's lines have been busy almost all the time recently, so this fellow was nice enough to dump his scrollback log to one of these Internet Blog things. You can see all the recent posts to the Engadget BBS without having to wait for a line to clear up.. Check out the latest in cellular phones, personal computers, GPS receivers, game console units, and storage media.

This might lead you to believe that the Internet will eventually replace the BBS, but we all know that's a load of horse shit. BBS's Forever!!

Engadget 1985 - Engadget - www.engadget.com


Furniture - Tetris Shelving
Topic: Technology 11:07 am EDT, May 14, 2005

] This design, by Brooklyn company Brave Space, is intended
] for "Life-size play", and the blocks really do have the
] exact proportions of the original Tetris pieces. The
] storage units are sold piece by piece, so you can buy as
] many as you want and arrange them however you want. Just
] think - you can recreate your own gigantic Tetris
] game in your living room - only without the bottom
] row disappearing every time you align things properly!

This is awesome.

Each piece is $350. That's a little too much. The first to have the same concept in Ikea style fiberboard cheapness, wins all the money. Ready, set, go!

Furniture - Tetris Shelving


Breaking a Visual CAPTCHA
Topic: Technology 12:16 pm EST, Feb  1, 2005

] This is the homepage of the Shape Contexts based approach
] to break Gimpy, the CAPTCHA test used at Yahoo! to screen
] out bots. Our method can successfully pass that test 92%
] of the time. See EZ-Gimpy in action at Yahoo! The
] approach we take uses general purpose algorithms that
] have been designed for generic object recognition. The
] same basic ideas have been applied to finding people in
] images, matching handwritten digits, and recognizing 3D
] objects.

Nice.

So, any technological effort to prevent bot attacks is going to be easy to defeat. This may actually push demand for a federated identity system for the internet. The people managing systems will be responsible for verifying that their users are real people. An easy way to do this is to require telephone authentication (the way GeoTrust does for their personal SSL certificates) and not offer more then 10 addresses per phone number.

There are also interesting questions here about reputation carrying over between communities. You might need to gain a large audience on, say, MemeStreams before you are allowed to join another community with a more controlled atmosphere...

Breaking a Visual CAPTCHA


BBC NEWS | US plans to deploy 'robot troops' in Iraq
Topic: Technology 6:28 pm EST, Jan 24, 2005

] The US military is planning to deploy robots armed with
] machine-guns to wage war against insurgents in Iraq.
]
] Eighteen of the 1m-high robots, equipped with cameras and
] operated by remote control, are going to Iraq this
] spring, the Associated Press reports.

] Mr Quinn says there are plans to replace the computer
] screen, joysticks and keypad in the remote-control unit
] with a Gameboy-style controller and virtual-reality
] goggles.

IMHO the word "Robot" should not be applied to tools that require a human operator. These are RC troops, not robot troops, and one wonders what has taken so long.

BBC NEWS | US plans to deploy 'robot troops' in Iraq


'Atak' worm variant linked to al-Qaida sympathizer | CNET News.com
Topic: Technology 3:57 pm EDT, Jul 17, 2004

] A second variant of the Atak worm, which goes to sleep to
] avoid detection by antivirus software, has been linked to
] an al-Qaida sympathizer who once threatened to release a
] powerful worm if the United States attacked Iraq.

] Mihai Radu, communications manager at BitDefender, said
] the virus, discovered Friday, is signed by Melhacker, which
] is the moniker of a Malaysian-based coder called Vladimor
] Chamlkovic, who in 2002 threatened to release an
] "uber-worm" if the United States attacked Iraq.

'Atak' worm variant linked to al-Qaida sympathizer | CNET News.com


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