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Labels: Computer security, Digg
Sunday, May 27, 2007
TrueCrypt Tutorial: Truly Portable Data Encryption
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 12:20 PM
TrueCrypt is free software that encrypts data “on-the-fly”. You can create an encrypted hard drive, a separate partition or a directory. TrueCrypt is portable -- it works on GNU/Linux and Windows. Worried about losing your valuable data when your laptop gets stolen? Don't wait and encrypt your data now!
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Amazing LEGO model of Mos Eisley Spaceport
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 12:20 PM
Landspeeders, Banthas, even Han & Chewie escaping from Docking Bay 94 in the Falcon! It's all here in impressive LEGO detail. Flickr user Bluemoose uploaded these photos from the 2007 Leicester LEGO Fest. Check out his photoset!
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'Wiped off the Map' - The Rumor of the Century
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 11:49 AM
Somehow our media turned Ahmedinijad's benign statement "As the Soviet Union disappeared, the Zionist regime will also vanish and humanity will be liberated." into the menacing "Israel will be wiped out". Our media also conveniently ignored the statement by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that "We will never start a war."
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Friday, May 11, 2007
Ethical shoplifting
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 1:27 PM
Ethical campaigner Keith Davis was fined £100 by magistrates in Bath after being convicted of shoplifting from a whole-food cooperative shop - after striking up a conversation with staff about environmental issues in order to divert their attention. Davis admitted to stealing oats, wine, vitamins and toilet roll from the Harvest Natural Foods store
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Labels: Digg
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Digg Links
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 11:31 PM
Because I'm too lazy to write proper blog posts here's some great links I've nabbed from Digg.
The Little Multi-Billion Dollar Lie About Your Pet's Food by Tracie Hotchner
Shock! Horror! Solyent Green is people!
Frozen Cherry Trees - Hemmy.net, A source of varied interests
Beautiful photographs of cherry icicles on a South African cherry tree.
The Little Multi-Billion Dollar Lie About Your Pet's Food by Tracie Hotchner
Shock! Horror! Solyent Green is people!
Frozen Cherry Trees - Hemmy.net, A source of varied interests
Beautiful photographs of cherry icicles on a South African cherry tree.
Labels: Digg
Monday, November 06, 2006
Cool terrorist game!
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 10:53 PM
Cool game where you like totally get to blow up terrorists with missiles dude!!!
A decent little simulation that is designed to show the potential for collateral damage being a factor in the creation of new terrorists.
The principle is quite brilliantly and comicly undermined by the commenters of Digg.
A decent little simulation that is designed to show the potential for collateral damage being a factor in the creation of new terrorists.
The principle is quite brilliantly and comicly undermined by the commenters of Digg.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Multiplayer Sudoku (Sudoku Combat)
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 12:29 PM
Free online 2 players Sudoku. Each player receive the same Sudoku. The first person to finish it wins. Haven't won a game yet simply because my opponents keep leaving after a short while. Perhaps I scare them with my awesome sudoku solving skills.
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Wisconsin Law Bans Forced RFID Implants
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 1:59 PM
"Wisconsin this week will become one of the first states to ban the forcible implantation of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags into humans. The act dictates that no person may force another to have a microchip implanted in his body. Violators face fines of $10,000 each day until the chip is removed."
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Don't Try This at Home
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 11:10 PM
Garage chemistry used to be a rite of passage for geeky kids. But in their search for terrorist cells and meth labs, authorities are making a federal case out of DIY science.
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Labels: Digg
Sunday, May 21, 2006
M.C. Escher reincarnated
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 11:21 PM
Some mindblowing art by Rob Gonsalves - mathematician's delight
I would call it.
Wow.
I love this one.
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I would call it.
Wow.
I love this one.
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Labels: Digg
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Trojan Removes P2P Downloads
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 12:30 PM
There is a new trojan going around that deletes files that it suspects to be downloaded via P2P networks. The trojan unknowingly infects a user's computer and begins deleting files. The trojan, called Erazer-A, targets the default download directories used by numerous P2P programs.
Is the Record Industry resorting to taking desperate measure to combat filesharing? Highly unlikely.
This is probably just some moronic script kiddie who's taken it upon themselves to "save" the record industry. I don't know the full details but it seems like a pretty unsophisticated trojan.
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Is the Record Industry resorting to taking desperate measure to combat filesharing? Highly unlikely.
This is probably just some moronic script kiddie who's taken it upon themselves to "save" the record industry. I don't know the full details but it seems like a pretty unsophisticated trojan.
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Labels: Computer security, Digg, Security
Monday, April 03, 2006
Sex in videogames: It's time to grow up
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 11:06 AM
At a time when we're told by the industry that the average gamers are pushing 30 rather than 13 how is it that a pair of bare naked breasts and the thought of hardcore sex got more people riled up about Grand Theft Auto than the fact that is one of the most reprehensively violent games out there?
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Cool! WWII German Enigma Machine on eBay
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 1:24 AM
This is pretty cool. Fine example of a WW II Enigma cipher machine in a very good condition and a great history; full functional on eBay. 100% Original!!!
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Monday, March 20, 2006
The tech behind fake debit cards
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 12:09 AM
How does someone in Moscow step up to a cash machine and withdraw money from an account holder half a world away? Even when the debit card is still in the victim's wallet? To show me how easy it was, two executives from MagTek Inc., one of the largest makers of credit card stripe readers, visited MSNBC.com and gave a demonstration.
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Labels: Computer security, Digg, Security
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Kingston's Self-Destructing USB drive
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 1:19 AM
The 4GB flash drive encrypts all data with 128-bit AES, and then adds an extra layer of security: a self destruct feature. If anyone tries to use a brute-force attack to guess your password, the drive will automatically erase itself after 25 wrong guesses.
Now that's what I call secure, or at least it would seem to be. The 128-bit AES encryption should be enough to prevent a brute-force attack in any case but the 25 guess limit adds a good second tier of security.
A question does come to mind though what is to prevent the copying of the encrypted data off the drive to stage a brute-force attack on the data using a different machine?
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Now that's what I call secure, or at least it would seem to be. The 128-bit AES encryption should be enough to prevent a brute-force attack in any case but the 25 guess limit adds a good second tier of security.
A question does come to mind though what is to prevent the copying of the encrypted data off the drive to stage a brute-force attack on the data using a different machine?
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Labels: Computer security, Digg, Security
Saturday, March 18, 2006
A (gigantic !!!) Lego aircraft carrier
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 1:13 AM
Ho wow, very amazing, i never seen something like that built with Lego. Include all the staff !! (With screenshots)
This is friggin awesome. Fucking unbelievably detailed, I want one.
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This is friggin awesome. Fucking unbelievably detailed, I want one.
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Friday, March 10, 2006
FREE OUR DATA!
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 2:12 AM
The Guardian has started a campaign to get the UK Government to stop charging for tax payer funded data; in the USA, it's free - allowing the creation of great tools like Google Maps. Get behind it!
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Labels: Digg
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Cyberthieves Silently Copy Your Passwords as You Type
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 11:55 AM
Most people who use e-mail now know enough to be on guard against "phishing" messages that pretend to be from a bank or business but are actually attempts to steal passwords and other personal information. But there is evidence that among global cybercriminals, phishing may already be passé.
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Labels: Computer security, Digg, Security
Amazing Google Vid- "Quantum Physics Double Slit Experiment"
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 11:52 AM
This experiment shows the really mysterious behavior of quantam particles. Electrons behaving like waves and then like marbles? Mind blowingly cool.
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Labels: Digg
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Berkeley lectures as podcasts
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 11:41 AM
Almost as good as actually attending Berkeley...?
I wholeheartedly approve of programmes like this bringing the best education in the world albeit in a reduced form to those that cannot afford it.
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I wholeheartedly approve of programmes like this bringing the best education in the world albeit in a reduced form to those that cannot afford it.
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Labels: Digg
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
One Billion Mazes
&bull posted by Matt Wharton @ 10:16 AM
This site contains one billion mazes in high-quality printable PDF format. You may view, print and solve these mazes... and yes, there are exactly one billion mazes!
That's one hell of a lot of mazes and so they must surely be dynamically created as clearly even if they were computer generated it would require massive storage on a webserver. Talking about Terabytes of data.
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That's one hell of a lot of mazes and so they must surely be dynamically created as clearly even if they were computer generated it would require massive storage on a webserver. Talking about Terabytes of data.
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