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  • Dear Lazyweb: Do I a) Buy a Dell Display b) Buy an Apple Thunderbolt Display c) Wait for an upgrade to the latter?

    2013/01/04 21:19:35 GMT

    Decisions, decisions. http://www.itproportal.com/hardware/displays/reviews/dell-ultrasharp-u2713hm-review/ http://www.itproportal.com/hardware/displays/reviews/dell-s2740l-review/ http://www.macworld.com/article/1162442/apples_thunderbolt_display_a_compelling_device_for_2011_macbook_air.html …or maybe there will be something huge and retina-like, real soon now? <hope/>  

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    hardware personal
  • Google Text-To-Speech, “Giraffe now praises the iPad”, quote-handling and why I think the bug occured

    2013/01/04 20:59:33 GMT

    So, this is real and it works: …and it afflicts the web version too: …and people are being creative with it: …and there’s an Android bug logged … except it’s not an Android bug, really. As you’ll read in the press, the wording comes from an interview on MacNN: Look at it from a programmer’s…

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    fun software
  • God may forgive them, but the Evangelicals surely never shall …

    2013/01/04 17:13:57 GMT

    Church of England drops gay bishop opposition The Church of England has dropped its prohibition on gay clergy in civil partnerships becoming bishops. The announcement, from the Church’s House of Bishops, would allow gay clergy to become bishops if they promise to be celibate. Conservative evangelical Anglicans say they will fight the move in the…

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    skeptics
  • Google Online Security Blog: Enhancing digital certificate security # here we go again #turktrust

    2013/01/03 23:59:06 GMT

    Late on December 24, Chrome detected and blocked an unauthorized digital certificate for the “*.google.com” domain. We investigated immediately and found the certificate was issued by an intermediate certificate authority (CA) linking back to TURKTRUST, a Turkish certificate authority. Intermediate CA certificates carry the full authority of the CA, so anyone who has one can…

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    security
  • Critical National Infrastructure & #Cybersecurity: “…or you could just throw a couple of squirrels into a switching station”

    2013/01/03 16:11:56 GMT

    Reddit is seeing through the bullshit: (direct comment link) -1 point for imagery but +5 for grasp of the essentials. Bit worrying about the nuclear submarines but I’d be more worried about them running aground whilst the systems are down than a launch or anything like that… right? Remember: the whole thesis of Government Cybersecurity…

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    security
  • List of Notable Cats – Wikipedia, of course – leads to “Unsinkable Sam”

    2013/01/03 07:30:00 GMT

    No, really: List of cats – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thence to: Unsinkable Sam Unsinkable Sam (also known as Oscar) was the nickname of a German ship’s cat who saw service in both the Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy during the Second World War, serving on board three vessels and surviving the sinking of all three.…

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    fun
  • FactHacks [29c3] – YouTube

    2013/01/03 05:57:48 GMT

    @alecmuffett Namechecked? Me? djb is the rockstar here, not me. Apparently, having used a 768-bit PGP key in ~1995 is not noteworthy. 😉 — Solar Designer (@solardiz) January 2, 2013 Agreed. via FactHacks [29c3] – YouTube.

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    security software
  • Facebook. New Year’s Eve. Direct Object References. Pardon?

    2013/01/02 23:04:36 GMT

    Somehow in the haze of leftover mince pies and champagne, I missed something which redoubtable Aussie Unix-god Alan Hargreaves just brought to my attention: Alan: Going to write anything about the facebook privacy screw up on new years messaging? I was stunned that that code made it live. I might have expected it in the…

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    security social networking software
  • Hash-Flooding DOS Reloaded: Attacks and defenses [29C3] – YouTube # excellent preso from djb et al.

    2013/01/02 22:21:54 GMT

    via Hash-Flooding DOS Reloaded: Attacks and defenses [29C3] – YouTube.

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    security software
  • It’s not that the guy won’t get up at 8am so much as he admitted to benefit fraud live, on-air…

    2013/01/02 20:55:28 GMT

    Here: LISTEN: Jobless Man Who Won’t Get Up At 8am | LBC.

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  • I like this #rabbit #cartoon

    2013/01/02 19:06:29 GMT

    Via Reddit.  The source appears to be the New Yorker.  

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    fun
  • France’s censorship demands to Twitter are more dangerous than “hate speech” | Glenn Greenwald /ht @mssarakelly #MUSTREAD

    2013/01/02 18:00:00 GMT

    This is a must-read critique in the Guardian, of foolishness that is also in the Guardian; clearly Jason Farago doesn’t realise that when you meet bad speech with good speech, the latter criticises the former… Writing in the Guardian today, Jason Farago praises France’s women’s rights minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, for demanding that Twitter help the…

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    censorship and interception openrightsgroup politics and law
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