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by newsDerp 8y ago
Figure it's custom silicon, given the nature of the story, and "magic" in the sense of "magic number programming" to time the attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_%28programming%29
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by newsDerp 8y ago
5. When a server was installed and switched on, the microchip altered the operating system’s core so it could accept modifications. The chip could also contact computers controlled by the attackers in sear
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by newsDerp 8y ago
Holy shit. We're fucking doomed. The SWAT team just can't promise that it won't treat every phone call like a life and death situation. Gee. Maybe the SWAT team should only barge in after regular cops are confirmed to have ma
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by newsDerp 8y ago
Sorry, but sometimes movies just really do kind of blow. When you make a PG-13 movie that barely manages to challenge a thirteen year old's world view, don't ever expect that movie to impress anybody over twelve. If you market tha
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by newsDerp 8y ago
Can anyone here think of [...] how [...] this experiment could [be] squeezed into a form [...] as the next big [...] thing? This is definitely firmly in the " Internet of Things " genre of niche interests. Remo
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by newsDerp 8y ago
Yeah, as a random viewer, I really only need to know that the power is running out when the last bit of charge is nearly used up, at like 5% maybe. I have no concept of whether even 10% means another hour or another year, and since it'
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by newsDerp 8y ago
From Wikipedia: With SABRE up and running, IBM offered its expertise to other airlines, and soon developed Deltamatic for Delta Air Lines on the IBM 7074, and PANAMAC for Pan American World Airways using an IBM 7080.