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In a reversal of the usual order of things, the porn industry is learning from corporate america with youporn.com.
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How to Turn Your Browser Into a Weapon – Desktop Security Blog – Dark Reading
Some lovely Firefox extensions, including cookie interceptors, site spidering, user agent switching and more
European Battle Groups Evaluated
The EU has had it’s own battlegroups since 2003. These are battalion sized (500/600 people) ground forces allowing the EU to project it’s power without outside help and reinforce its position as an international actor. Allthough this is a great step forward for EU independent operations, the battlegroups are far from perfect. This report was Read more about European Battle Groups Evaluated[…]
NOTCOT.ORG
A very visual blog that allows you to put up an image in a polariod frame and comment the image. More interesting than it sounds.
who killed bambi?
who killed bambi? is a weblog of art images (so clothing, photography etc, all of a disturbing nature. Very disturbing. # The mission A dangerous criminal gang is riding the net. They act in the dark, exploring the most sinister places, in search for the bloody heart of talent and creativity. Their favourite victims are Read more about who killed bambi?[…]
The Junk on New Build PCs
If you buy a PC nowadays, it’ll come loaded with loads of crap you may or may not want: trial versions of software with nag screens after a period of time, the system builder’s own software, stuff that shows you ads, google desktop and toolbar etc etc etc. PC World has a good article on Read more about The Junk on New Build PCs[…]
ASUS Eee PC
It looks like ASUS is onto a winner here: it has all the hype on its side, it has weight and formfactor on its side and most of all it has price on its side. Running from around $300 – $ 400 this is a very cheap laptop with a 7″ screen and a Linux Read more about ASUS Eee PC[…]
BD+ cracked
AnyDVD 6.1.9.6 beta from SlySoft has managed to circumvent BD+ protection, showing again that DRM only lasts as long as there is no one interested in breaking it.
Fla. Company Forbidding Smoking In Private Lives – Spotlight News Story – WKMG Orlando
Apparently it’s legal in the US to discriminate against smokers. So Florida’s largest employer has decided to not hire smokers and mentions them in the same sentence as drug users in their policy. Now Florida is fairly anti-smoking, but this is pushing the line way beyond what people are willing to accept.
ABC News: Danger in the Sky: Underfueled Planes
Apparently airlines are cutting costs by not fully fueling their aircraft so that they have to declare a state of emergency at the area they land. Less fuel = less weight = less operating costs. This also gives them priority to land at the airport, leading to a better increase in savings as there is Read more about ABC News: Danger in the Sky: Underfueled Planes[…]
Dutch Internet is run by Brein
Stichting Brein has the power to have websites taken down at will and without any need for reasoning. Leaseweb is contending this.
True Knowledge search engine
This Cambridge based search engine doesn’t simply index websites, it links to databases and allows users to correct knowledge in the system in a wiki type style. This means it can intelligently answer questions instead of just looking at the relationships of words in the query related to websites it has indexed. Not only does Read more about True Knowledge search engine[…]
Boeing puts F-15 into simulated wargames
Now THIS is how flight sims should be set up – several players in the simulators and a few in the air. So you have no idea if you’re shooting at something that is real or virtual or what. Because fighter pilots do so much of their work BVR nowadays, linking them into a network Read more about Boeing puts F-15 into simulated wargames[…]
It’s Just A Decimal Point: The Dirty Secret Behind Breathalyzers | National Motorists Association Blog
An interesting little story about how breathalysers were put into use by making a mistake with a decimal point: basically the experts claimed a 2.3% false positive rate at the trial, but the research itself claims a 23% false positive rate!
Hanchettes’ Viperjet MKII Executive
These guys used to run a gym and have created a fighter style aerobatic jet that does the business. You buy it in kit form for $800,000.
VectorMagic
This page allows you to convert bitmap images to vector format, allowing you to rescale them as you like. It does a surprisingly good job.
USBmicro Controller
USBmicro is a USB electrical device interface. It comes in two flavours: the U401 and the U421. The main difference is the form factor. There’s quite a lot of documentation on the site how to program and install them Kadtronix sells the unit with interface software, making the programming quite a bit easier They also Read more about USBmicro Controller[…]
Army tests James Bond style tank that is ‘invisible’ | the Daily Mail
I’ve covered a few of these pages before, but this one comes from the Daily Mail. In principle, stealth cloaks are possible by using a camera on one side and a projector on the other. This story says it’s been done and demonstrated on a tank, and that they’re expecting to be able to do Read more about Army tests James Bond style tank that is ‘invisible’ | the Daily Mail[…]
Daily Kos: Doing what Detroit says is impossible
This guy has used stock parts to upgrade a Chevy Impala from 250 to 800 horsepower and decrease it’s consumption to 25 mpg. He’s now planning on a Hummer Hybrid where a jet engine spins up the juice. He reckons he can make it go from 300 to 600 hp and get 60 miles per Read more about Daily Kos: Doing what Detroit says is impossible[…]
Legalise it – and no one wants it
Since the UK has decriminalised the smoking of cannabis in the past year, there has been a rapid decrease in the amount of cannabis useage in the UK. Something the Dutch knew for years and the French refuse to accept.
Smoking police come after pub for smell of smoke in garden
The smoking nazi’s have now gone to the next step in the UK – due to the smokers now being outside, there is a contamination of the “natural smell of fresh air” so time to throw up abatement orders! The smoker retreat is becoming a rout in the onslaught of the evil anti-everything people.
Scribd – youtube for documents
Why not? A huge repository and community just like youtube but for word, excel. powerpoint, pdf, etc etc etc documents. You can then embed your document on the web, just like you do for youtube content.
CCTV Camera’s don’t solve crime
So… then what are they for?
What society is watching
The Economist has a good article on all the ways that society is watching and following you around nowadays. An interesting point they make is that privacy has only been considered important since WW II. They fail to mention 2 reasons that this might be so: 1) The size of databases was only then becoming Read more about What society is watching[…]
PHP development odds and ends
The Eclipse framework is an open source development platform used mainly by Java and C developers. They do have a PHP Development Tools framework, which allows Eclipse to be used to develop PHP with. Version 1 was released 18/9/7 and there have been regular releases since 8/3/6. Phalanger is a PHP compiler for the dot Read more about PHP development odds and ends[…]