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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?
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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Google Text-To-Speech, “Giraffe now praises the iPad”, quote-handling and why I think the bug occured
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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God may forgive them, but the Evangelicals surely never shall …
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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Google Online Security Blog: Enhancing digital certificate security # here we go again #turktrust
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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Critical National Infrastructure & #Cybersecurity: “…or you could just throw a couple of squirrels into a switching station”
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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List of Notable Cats – Wikipedia, of course – leads to “Unsinkable Sam”
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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FactHacks [29c3] – YouTube
@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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Hash-Flooding DOS Reloaded: Attacks and defenses [29C3] – YouTube # excellent preso from djb et al.
via Hash-Flooding DOS Reloaded: Attacks and defenses [29C3] – YouTube.
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It’s not that the guy won’t get up at 8am so much as he admitted to benefit fraud live, on-air…
Here: LISTEN: Jobless Man Who Won’t Get Up At 8am | LBC.
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I like this #rabbit #cartoon
Via Reddit. The source appears to be the New Yorker.
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France’s censorship demands to Twitter are more dangerous than “hate speech” | Glenn Greenwald /ht @mssarakelly #MUSTREAD
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…