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by shabble 15y ago
I don't think size would be much of an issue. Random googling finds USB2512[1] which comes in a 6mm x 6mm QFN package. It needs a crystal and a few caps. There's probably an equally tiny flash + USB SoC around to bolt onto it. The hard part
902.
by shabble 15y ago
" All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing " -- Edmund Burke (probably[1][2]) [1] http://tartarus.org/martin/essays/burkequote.html [2] http://tartarus.org/martin/essays/burkequote2.html
903.
by shabble 15y ago
It actually resolves to a public IP: 192. 0 .43.10, which is why putting http://www.example.com into a browser will give you a redirect to http://www.iana.org/domains/example/
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by shabble 15y ago
it's important to note that this needs to be preceeded by a newline to work. so: <ret>~? (list possible escapes) <ret>~. (disconnect session) If you're dumping binary data through ssh as a pipe, this can sometim
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by shabble 15y ago
Do you know of any videos of the talk itself? That page only seems to list the abstract and a very handwavy CNN report clip. From the abstract/slides, it seems like it could be quite interesting.
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by shabble 15y ago
There are other fun ways for your SWAT-team evidence seizure grunts to grab machines without powering them off, such as http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php -- a big UPS with connectors specially designed for vampire-tapping a li
907.
by shabble 15y ago
Given the enormous "lost value" claims cited by the content owners, the cost of subscribing to make their takedown tools work faster/better is surely lost in the noise. (Unless they're paying per-file, in which case it might be reasonable t
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by shabble 15y ago
Does submitting to the App Store require you to provide source? If so, it seems like a compelling reason to enforce a single language to avoid the explosion in skills required for the app reviewers. Otherwise, I have no idea.
909.
by shabble 15y ago
> Knowing how to pass a test isn't particularly valuable. On the contrary; a huge number of job opportunities these days are off-limits to those without a bit of paper saying they passed a certain (set of) test. Whilst the actual kno
910.
by shabble 15y ago
my favourite observed abuse of image metadata was an exploit for some forum, in which the (iirc) EXIF chunk contained a bunch of php exploit payload code, and the image itself was uploaded as part of the attack. The forum checked the image
911.
by shabble 15y ago
A friend of mine was working on an automated story telling system for Nethack as his Masters (Linguistics & CS/AI, IIRC) thesis. It was never really completed, but there was some interesting work in applying goal-based planning AI in re
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by shabble 15y ago
Whenever I try to use the NATO codes, I invariably forget at least one of the letters I need to use. So it's all going happily "C for charlie, A for alpha, Dammit, what's P again? P for...umm....argh...papa!" That's as a caller though, I've
913.
by shabble 15y ago
There's some interesting material on the Honeywell HX5000 process (Silicon on Insulator - usually synthetic sapphire) for radiation hardening. There's an interesting (if somewhat technical) document here: http://www51.honeywell.com/aero/co
914.
by shabble 15y ago
Then...don't? If you were genuinely concerned, you could always ask them how they made it, and if anything seemed fishy (improper cleaning, ingredient prep, etc) you can always walk away. The existence of the stall isn't in itself a hazard
915.
by shabble 15y ago
I don't know about diabetes and insulin specifically, but what constitutes a fatal dose might not be easily calculable up-front. Obviously, there'll be a dose that will be deadly in all cases - the LD100. But the statistical "half the peopl
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by shabble 15y ago
Given that most of the people involved in the checking of your signature aren't exactly trained in forensic document analysis, it'd be pretty easy to claim 'mismatch' in a very large number of cases. In practice, they're barely even looked
917.
by shabble 15y ago
I'm looking forward to the time when we have the A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer capability
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by shabble 15y ago
There are some payments which can only (or which otherwise charge some non-trivial surcharge) be made via direct-debit/automated payments. Power bills are the obvious one here, I think they couch it as a discount for online payments, and bu
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by shabble 15y ago
I've heard it mentioned as 'largest payment first', with the stated argument that it's most likely to be a loan or some other important payment, but has the practical effect of triggering charges on way more items. It's For Your Benefit, ci
920.
by shabble 15y ago
I'm reminded of the Klein Bottles site: http://www.kleinbottle.com/ I could have sworn he did custom work, but I can't seem to see it listed on the site anywhere now. Still an awesome present for a mathematician though.
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by shabble 15y ago
Hosting costs, software dev, and maybe non-volunteer admin costs are factors off the top of my head. Maybe it's excessive, and would either reduce over time, or the organisation would find some way to grow into the budget (now, which is mor
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by shabble 15y ago
No more so than an "IT Support Technician" who comes to reflash your BIOS and maybe install a few Windows patches. The real hackers are screwing around with (hopefully their own) ECUs: http://ecuhacking.activeboard.com/
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by shabble 15y ago
Even with open source, I'd be doubtful (and concerned) were that an option. There's no reason you can't have open source code (available for public scrutiny/liability purposes), but require that on-road, cars require a particular signed var
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by shabble 15y ago
I'm not sure it's so much the quantity of controllers/code, but the quantity and quality of the interfaces between them. If I were writing something like this, there'd be a very clear demarcation of "safety critical throttle/brakes/steering
925.
by shabble 15y ago
Also the rather neat Information Leakage from Optical Emanations [1], which demonstrated the ability to read data from networking equipment based on the state of the Rx/Tx LEDs on the front panel. In a lot of cases, the LEDs were being upd
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by shabble 15y ago
I seem to recall (although perhaps folklore) that the GPL condition "[...] by the Corresponding Source fixed on a durable physical medium customarily used for software interchange. " was a response to someone trying to get away with offeri
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by shabble 15y ago
You're lucky you're not Randall Schwartz[1], who performed an unauthorised security audit on some intel boxes, and ended up being convicted and spent something like 10 years (and a hell of a lot of money) getting the ruling overturned.[2] [
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by shabble 15y ago
Military research is where a whole lot of the cool science comes from. There's nothing like knowing the guy who gets there first is going to blow your head off to spur the competition. In fact, maybe governmental science grants should have
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by shabble 15y ago
I had an idea some time back about the possibility of isolating Electrocytes[1] into a human biocompatible form, or creating some human alternative that operates on the same principle. I have no idea how plausible the idea is though, and is
930.
by shabble 15y ago
I think there probably is some security in changing or omitting file extensions in your URIs. It seems that an awful lot of exploited sites are attacked opportunistically - you find an exploit, find a suitable search term, and google up s

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