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Portal’s physics engine rebuilt in 25KB—on a graphing calculator | Ars Technica # EPIC
Marcolina also had to attempt to replicate the characteristic Portal level design, but under severe memory constraints (graphing calculators are barely modern devices any more, having only just recently gotten color screens). Apps in a graphing calculator are limited to executing 16 kilobytes of code, a severe constraint given the amount of animation involved, Marcolina
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“I have a cloud. You have a botnet. They have a cyberwarfare capability” – best @arashiyama quote evar
@ioerror “Irregular nouns of #cyber: I have a cloud. You have a botnet. They have a cyberwarfare capability.” /cite @arashiyama — Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) December 8, 2012
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How to stop Terrorism: Jobs, Marriage and Kids. /ht @thegrugq
Via a tip from the Grugq, some digging: http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2001/12/hoffman.htm The problem, however, was that Black September had served its purpose. The PLO and its chairman had the recognition and acceptance they craved. Indeed, any continuation of these terrorist activities, ironically, now threatened to undermine all that had been achieved. In short, Black September was, suddenly,
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a seasoned infosec veteran and a newcomer to the industry – Infosec Reactions # comedy is recognition
a seasoned infosec veteran and a newcomer to the industry – Infosec Reactions.
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BBC Media Centre: Belle de Jour’s History Of Anon # Radio4, 31 Dec..4 Jan #privacy #anonymity /ht @bmagnanti @openrightsgroup
Belle de Jour’s History Of Anon A history of anonymity and why writers have sought it, as told by Brooke Magnanti, the real voice behind one of the 21st century’s most famous anonymous texts, Belle de Jour’s Diary Of A London Call Girl. Brooke explores motivations for remaining masked and the lengths the anonymous have
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Spotify’s Bold New Transition from Streaming Music Service to Music Platform | Music Industry Blog
A Bold New User Experience But of more interest, to me at least, was a slew of new features that collectively transform the Spotify experience. Spotify has made a bold UI transformation from a list-based approach to a rich visual experience with modules of music content (which visually looks like a cross between Rdio and
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So #TechHub is / was quite literally a Bomb Site
Bomb Sight – Mapping the World War 2 London Blitz Bomb Census.
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The government “is no doubt ruing the day” it decided to scrap ID cards
Officials are being allowed to trawl databases including the Royal Mail and the Student Loans Company to track down missing voters in a new trial. Data matching could be used to fill in gaps in the electoral register ahead of the launch of individual voter registration in 2014. Ministers say the technique is as accurate
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Leaked: ITU’s secret Internet surveillance standard discussion draft – Boing Boing # oh, this is too much
Yesterday morning, I wrote about the closed-door International Telecommunications Union meeting where they were working on standardizing "deep packet inspection" — a technology crucial to mass Internet surveillance. Other standards bodies have refused to touch DPI because of the risk to Internet users that arises from making it easier to spy on them. But not
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What happens when responsible disclosure fails? | #FreedomToTinker #FullDisclosure #security
So I wrote a letter to the FCPS technical support line, explaining the problem, and why it’s a bad idea to send passwords instead of a link. (In brief, because (1) if the site can send the password, that means they’re not storing it in a one-way hashed form as is best practice, (2) many
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UK ISPs Block Access To The Legal Pirate Bay Project | TechWeekEurope UK
Can you say Government-Backed Anti-Competitive Censorship? Good! I knew you could! Several British ISPs have blocked access to the Promo Bay website (promobay.org), even though it does not host any illegal material. The platform was created in cooperation with controversial peer-to-peer sharing resource the Pirate Bay, in order to promote independent musicians, artists and filmmakers.