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My Search Neutrality reading list, from the recent #PICTFOR panel session with #Foundem on #SearchNeutrality
I spoke on a panel at PICTFOR on Search Neutrality a few days ago, and this comprises most of the reading list that I gathered in preparation for the meeting. I was told forcefully and at great length by some individuals that somehow I had only discovered one side of the story, so I feel
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I was with @DrMichaelBrooks of the @NewStatesman right up until he said the word ‘ban’
…which was not very long then: Time to ban breast implants Michael Brooks […] Cosmetic surgery is nothing more than an industrial-scale scientific experiment. The augmentation of women’s breasts began as an application of chemical wizardry, ushered in on the gleaming wings of postwar science. The surgeon’s hypothesis has been that a problem of self-esteem
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#Geek? #Friday? #Bored? Check out @schuetzdj & his worked solutions of #Security Conference Badge Contests
For example the ShmooCon 2008 Badge Puzzle or the DEF CON 18 Crypto Challenge. Full sets at http://darthnull.org/ – check the tab bar at the top for an index page, or just browse through the old posts.
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Twitter Updates for 2012-02-17
: Two followups to my @giles_fraser / Richard Dawkins @rdfrs post – one newspaper, one funny http://t.co/7jYSvqE3 # : …but why I am kinda happy with establishmentarianism is: (HT @RelSoc) http://t.co/tRHe7c0L # #dc4420 is next Tuesday, and @gwire is still prepped for a talk; FAO @alien8 are there any more talks announced? # @alien8 @gwire
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At #DC4420 a few weeks ago I asked “Who here was on Zardoz?” http://goo.gl/fkQcH – disappointing result
I’m beginning to wonder if everyone else from that era is dead, or something… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zardoz_(computer_security) The Zardoz list, more formally known as the Security-Digest list, was a famous semi-private full disclosure mailing list run by Neil Gorsuch from 1989 through 1991, identifying weaknesses in systems and where to find them. Zardoz is most notable for
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futuristic border-protecting iris-scanner technology, dead?
Technology of tomorrow, tomorrow… BBC News – Eye scanners at England airports turned off.
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Stanley Green’s “Less Lust, Less Protein” would not approve of new PETA sex-advert for Veganism
Compare the old with the new. I think I reject both. Via the Grauniad which puts a domestic-abuse spin on the latter; and other friends but I can’t tell which because of Facebook’s new user interface.
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Dreamliner jet “draws” Boeing logo across North America # and only mildly cheating
It’s a PR flack’s minor-league dream, but… Dreamliner jet “draws” Boeing logo across North America | The Sideshow – Yahoo! News.
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Wanna buy bits of an SR71?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160627539245?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 HT @angusbatey
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Errata Security: No, #Anonymous can’t DDoS the root DNS servers
But the attack is no longer practical. It’s such a common idea that Wikipedia has a page devoted to it. For something so obvious, defenders have spent considerable time devising solutions. There are many reasons why such an attack won’t cause a global blackout. via Errata Security: No, #Anonymous can’t DDoS the root DNS servers.
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Trying to work out if the #Netgear DGND4000 would permit me to use my full “/29” and have 5x fully IP-connected hosts
PDF is here; Of the 8 addresses afforded by my /29 allocation, I have 5 available, some of which I would like routed onto the ethernet-connected hosts plugged into my modem. The router’s own IP address would then be used to NAT to a wifi network. Is this possible, Netgear? ps: I would like to