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by D9u 13y ago
I have xxd on my FreeBSD setup. uname -rms FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p19 amd64 Although the xxd man page doesn't have the BSD label, and is from 1996, so I'm not sure if xxd only recently found its way into FBSD. This
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by D9u 13y ago
There are ways to break free from zip ties.
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by D9u 13y ago
Handcuffs are placed so that the lock is away from the hands, as well as double-locked in order to thwart shims. It's fairly difficult to use a key while properly cuffed, but not impossible however, if you're caught trying to es
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by D9u 13y ago
True that regarding rigid handcuffs... The ones with a chain connecting the pair are susceptible to manipulation which can break one of the swivels. (SERE) On somewhat of a tangent, this reminds me of the German guy who 3D printed keys for
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by D9u 13y ago
How long have you been following the Linux Kernel Mailing List? Linus has always been abrasive when confronted by what he sees as less than intelligent comments. Then there was one of my favorites; When Linus made the following statement to
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by D9u 13y ago
What does the relevance of ACM have to do with the ethical obligations of professionals, be they computing, or otherwise? It's like the way the notion of Conflict of Interest has been marginalized as illustrated by no-bid contracts awa
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by D9u 13y ago
We got cable in my rural community in the late 1970's so I don't see why they've shunned cable while claiming that they won't use technology from 1986 and later... Looking back, I wish that we'd had the internet whe
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by D9u 13y ago
It's a cool project... I like it. I'd like it even more if it's accessible from my cheap Android phone.
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by D9u 13y ago
I've been using gohufont for most of this year, and it looks better on my system than it does on that website.
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by D9u 13y ago
I think that there should have been example usage of the new font within the web page rather than a link to an image... That said, I like the font, so am also dismayed that there is no download available. Which formats are going to be relea
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by D9u 13y ago
I remember when having an air conditioned cab was considered to be high end farming... Then it was 8 track stereo, and microwave ovens. The tractors were over $100,000 before the advent of the personal computer. I wonder what the cost of a
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by D9u 13y ago
This sounds like a throwback to WML, not progress. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Markup_Language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Application_Protocol#C... I thought that the converge
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by D9u 13y ago
lull them into thinking that Plan 9 is Just Another Unix. From what I read, Plan9 has its own concepts which are not Unix analogues, thereby discounting Unix knowledge due to divergence.
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by D9u 13y ago
It's still inaccessible for me. I tried different browsers, proxies, Tor, and tried accessing from a remote shell running lynx. No go... It's too bad, as I am a distro-hopper, and would like to be able to access Plan9 related onli
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by D9u 13y ago
http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/what_do_people_lik... http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/faq http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/ Connecti
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Snowden allegedly stole high level NSA credentials to gather info (arstechnica.com)
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by D9u 13y ago
I just downloaded and installed the Tor Browser Bundle from the Tor Project site, and am disappointed that the version I was provided is 0.2.3.25. (Linux)
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by D9u 13y ago
Good means of exercising damage control... "The cracked versions are backdoored! Use official release to be safe."
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by D9u 13y ago
The backdoors are already there... http://www.techspot.com/news/41643-intels-sandy-bridge-proce...
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by D9u 13y ago
The strength of open source lies in the number of eyes with access to the code. Perhaps I lack the wherewithal to identify security vulnerabilities in deployed code, but there's a good chance that there are others who are able to spot
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by D9u 13y ago
Parallel reconstruction... http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/uk-dea-irs-idUKBRE9...
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by D9u 13y ago
Not scary if you disable password logins, implement PKI, and limit logins to specific addresses. I get a kick out of viewing all the failed attempts in /var/log/auth Added bonus is adding all those bad guy addresses to my bla
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by D9u 13y ago
How about the USA clean up it's own act at home before trying to intervene in another nation which poses zero credible threat to the USA. Look at how Korea, Vietnam, Libya, etc, have ended up after US intervention. Such a horrendous tr
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by D9u 13y ago
As mentioned above, I've never created a Chrome/Chromium user profile. I had the browser setup to clear cache and cookies on exit, and I'm aware of extensions/add ons slowing things down so I tested with a fresh install
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by D9u 13y ago
I've conducted my tests with zero extensions/add ons, and I've never made a user profile.
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by D9u 13y ago
I tend to not discount people's English language acumen when English is not their primary language. Think about it. How many English speakers are fluent in more than one language, or, like myself, are barely literate in our primary lan
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by D9u 13y ago
I've noticed that Google Chrome gives me noticeably slower speeds than Firefox, et al. From high ping. (+100 ms) To slower download speeds. (8+/- Mbit/s of the advertised 30 Mbit/s) To slower upload speeds. (2-3+/-
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by D9u 13y ago
I don't have the resources to cease working in order to campaign for office, and no big backers are supporting my positions, so although it may be only me holding myself back in the eyes of some, there are extenuating circumstances whi
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by D9u 13y ago
I recently read an article about prisoners who had cell phones from which they posted to their Facebook pages, replete with images of their drugs and snack stashes, even facilitating communications between inmates in different prisons. It w
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by D9u 13y ago
My bad for using sensational terminology, but the heart of the matter remains. The privatization and collusion between government and private entities at the expense of We the People has brought the USA to a point where it's obviously

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