#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2004, 2005

Wow 240Mbps Wifi!
posted by pleung at 2005-12-12 23:13

pleung: Nothing faster than 100baseT yet!
pleung: Keep your receipt, who know, you might get your money back for your new linksys and etc wifi.
Oliver: Theoritical max of 208, real throughput on 1 client per AP, 54, maybe

http://myspace.com/forbidden
posted by dr34m at 2005-12-12 19:09

PBS - I, Cringely: Lock and Load
posted by seti at 2005-12-12 15:52

seti: On "media vaults" as provided by mp3tunes.com and the future thereof

That 90s Sham (part 1 of 2)
posted by seti at 2005-12-12 14:57

seti: mmmm. bitter ranting.

PCMCIA to USB adapter
posted by seti at 2005-12-12 12:52

seti: In theory, useful for laptops with no PCMCIA ports (such as PowerBook 12") who need to support UMTS
seti: OEM only, though - would be nice if Vodafone sold these for Live!...

Discussion re repudiable sigs
posted by simmo at 2005-12-12 08:27

simmo: "and the server would have to deliver a tailor-made signature for every request." ... thinking this would be something equivalent to lighttpd's mod_secdownload operating in reverse
simmo: pity it seems to be incompatible with anonymity. gpg seems basically better, as long as you don't use your main id to publish stuff you later want to be able to repudiate.
simmo: i guess. .. unless.. . you routed it over something like tor ?
simmo: this is where my brain gives out.

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
posted by simmo at 2005-12-12 08:09

(to the tune of The Coup - Pimps) :Australian Federal Govt legislates Nuke Dump, overriding state/territory (ie the general public) opposition
posted by simmo at 2005-12-12 07:52

Big bloodyfucking fire explodes in UK
posted by simmo at 2005-12-12 07:38

simmo: 20 tanks x 3million gallons of petrol
simmo: "heard as far heard as far away as the Netherlands"
silentfury_: OOPS WE WILL HAVE TO RAISE GAS PRICES IN TIME FOR XMAS!

http://news.google.com.au/news?q=riot%20sydney
posted by simmo at 2005-12-12 07:31

simmo: gangs from both sides of the white-lebanese divide attacking innocents of the 'other' race
simmo: good report with some video
simmo: story

BUT WE'LL ALL BE DEAD BY THEN!!!
posted by ram_chandra at 2005-12-12 01:23

http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5278157
posted by eeeeeee at 2005-12-12 01:00

ram_chandra: so promiscuity == dumb? doh!

http://www.geneffects.com/humor/plannedparenthood.jpg
posted by uid0 at 2005-12-12 00:43

Wikipedia sucks now
posted by ram_chandra at 2005-12-12 00:11

ram_chandra: the "defamer" confessed .. Seigenthaler is made to look like the good guy because he decided not to take him to court .. no mention of the fact that to defame one must be with 'malicious intent' toward the defamed, and in this case, the intent was not malicious, and not directed at the "defamed" ... oh to live in such enlightened times!
ram_chandra: i guess the guy in question doesn't even know that it's him who's been slandered ... since he probably can't afford to see a lawyer .. since he apologised in person
ram_chandra: please correct me if i'm wrong.
ram_chandra: "what i'm after is accountability" said the famed defender of free speech.
ram_chandra: lucky jimbo stepped in when he did to give the world this evil dude's IP
ram_chandra: DistributedWiki

Microsoft fined $32 million for ramming media player and MSN down people's throats
posted by ram_chandra at 2005-12-12 00:05

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8290192083117426204
posted by rik at 2005-12-12 00:04