#infoAnarchy Chump Archives for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

"Blowing Up" -- Malcolm Gladwell article on Nassim Taleb
posted by est at 2006-09-23 21:24

est: http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/
est: "You may not be able to change the world but can at least get some entertainment & make a living out of the epistemic arrogance of the human race."
est: Chapter 16 of Taleb's next book

OH SHI-
posted by Mutiny at 2006-09-23 19:09

Mutiny: what happens when your A4 chase plane gets its wing knocked off by a dummy bomb falling from an F-18

http://www.echoes.org/TimeWarped.html
posted by eutockulon at 2006-09-23 19:07

To sum up, .qtl files can contain malicious JavaScript code
posted by seti at 2006-09-23 18:42

Lez get straight to bidniss
posted by cryptomail at 2006-09-23 17:26

cryptomail: The message is money, and finally, someone who tells it straight, like it is!
cryptomail: AMEN!
cryptomail: Just don't forget to pay your Uncle Sam :)
cryptomail: Otherwise, thou shalt feel his wrath upon thee!
pretender: "He just makes sense, pure and simple," said Shirlee Jones, "He says what I have wanted to hear."
Mutiny: it's no sin to be rich! just give me your money and i'll have god bless you so you can be rich too!
cryptomail: He even says that! Again, the message is so loud and clear. I actually like it

Lisa's Music Site
posted by dmiles_akf at 2006-09-23 13:33

nickronomycon: <dmiles_akf> So Lisa can see how to Chump
pretender: ETARGETISMYSPACE

Detailed Platform Analysis in RightMark Memory Analyzer. Part 12: VIA C7/C7-M Processors
posted by nickronomycon at 2006-09-23 12:20

nickronomycon: other analyses for comparison
nickronomycon: I wonder if the VIA CPU uses its special 1-cycle speed change to sleep during its very long cache miss latencies ..

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Commerce Department has lost 1,137 laptop computers since 2001, most of them assigned to the Census Bureau
posted by nickronomycon at 2006-09-23 11:44

nickronomycon: 246 of the 672 lost by Census contained some personal data
nickronomycon: <census> is this a statistically significant proportion of our laptops?
nickronomycon: data was encrypted
nickronomycon: at the time ...

They are waiting for Patch Tuesday to pass, then it becomes Exploit Wednesday.
posted by nickronomycon at 2006-09-23 11:41

nickronomycon: "We're seeing these zero-days in the wild, timed precisely to guarantee at least an entire month to spread," Joe Stewart said in an interview with eWEEK.
nickronomycon: advocating for third-party security patches to fill the gap

Multi-angle visualisations from hi resolution imaging of "face" on Mars
posted by nickronomycon at 2006-09-23 11:38

nickronomycon: <ESA> nice try, NASA

thrust from a microwave engine could be as high as 30,000 newtons per kilowatt - enough to lift a large car
posted by nickronomycon at 2006-09-23 11:24

So, how about those people who were telling Ed Felten "Diebold should make its voting machines secure with the know-how it must necessarily have from being a manufacturer of ATMs"?
posted by nickronomycon at 2006-09-23 09:38

nickronomycon: slashdot coverage

Spare me my life follow up
posted by cryptomail at 2006-09-23 07:02

http://www.google.com/jobs/britney.html
posted by est at 2006-09-23 06:05

tim minear talks about writing a _the moon is a harsh mistress_ screenplay
posted by est at 2006-09-23 05:53

AWESOME AWESOME VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by cryptomail at 2006-09-23 03:54

cryptomail: MUST SEE
nickronomycon: je suis votre perre, luke

Heaven on a stick .. die cast aluminium box for mast-mounted nano-itx with power-over-ethernet
posted by nickronomycon at 2006-09-23 03:19

nickronomycon: get one up ya!
nickronomycon: I'm not actually sure why you'd want to do this .. what's wrong with either a mast-mounted computer with no ethernet, or a mast-mounted antenna connected to a computer inside ... ???
cryptomail: made my own before....was just outdoor power box with drilled holes and lots of silicone putty
nickronomycon: for the mast mounted PC without ethernet, you'd want battery space
cryptomail: but...$52 for clean lines? Prolly woulda bought had I seen it
nickronomycon: when is power-over-wifi coming on the scene?
nickronomycon: I guess this may be art .. beautiful and skillfully excecuted, and i want even though i can't find a use for it

Live conversation with Anousheh Ansari on the Space Station
posted by laney at 2006-09-23 02:47

Two bags of doritos
posted by cryptomail at 2006-09-23 02:41

fridge: What does a 'cool ranch' taste like?

Green vegetables really do taste horrible
posted by est at 2006-09-23 02:37

est: "The results were clear. All volunteers found the non-cruciferous vegetables equally bitter, but their reactions to the cruciferous ones depended on their genes."
fridge: I <3 broccoli
est: so which genes determine whether you like foods that taste bitter to you?
est: mmm..collard greens and bitter melon
laney: Go Caribou hunting!
nickronomycon: I prefer vegetables without glyphosate .. i wonder if that is because of my genes?

VIA C7 vs Celeron-M compared, on same hardware
posted by nickronomycon at 2006-09-23 01:58

nickronomycon: celeron faster, but C7 more battery power
nickronomycon: C7 cheaper
nickronomycon: USB-polling-wakes-up-cpu bug prevented attaining longest battery life

Super rats!
posted by fridge at 2006-09-23 01:47

nickronomycon: he can't say the letter r

Lisa's Music Site
posted by laney at 2006-09-23 00:49

nickronomycon: is this something to do with why anastasia screamed in vain?
dmiles_akf: So Lisa knows how to Chump URLS
dmiles_akf: > "Lisa Wooley"