August 2008
37 posts
kismacng →
What was the best wireless security app on the planet has returned to usability! Passive scanning for Airport cards on Intel-based Macs works again.
Kevin Rose: wrong, a douche and self-obsessed.... →
Otherwise entitled: What’s Next from Apple: New iPods Sept 22, iPhone OS 2.1, iTunes 8.0 from the ever superb RoughlyDrafted Magazine.
Harry and the Potters →
I hate you. All of you. Seriously, we share genetic material with these people and their fans. For shame.
Judge: Man can't be forced to divulge encryption... →
Pederasty in ancient Greece →
Continuing the classics binge for this evening - a fascinating article all in all. The sheer amount of detail and political intrigue that went into Greek homosexuality is pretty astounding.
There’s even a dash of Plato euphemism in there, his own “As the nun said to the bishop”:
“The cities which have most to do with gymnastics”
And the word of the night is...
Siege of Tyre →
Alexander the Great was badass. 332 BC, an island a kilometre from the coast with 200 feet of wall around it and only 400 casualties on his side.
Second Spanish team photographed making... →
Amazing.
How to Hack - wikiHow →
Choice quotes:
Python is much easier to learn, although less flexible.
This is in relation to C++.
You can use the ping utility
I can’t believe they leave this powerful utility on modern machines!
Try other TCP and UDP ports that may have been forgotten, such as Telnet
Hacking in the 19th century is awesome! I love how the internet is 30 years ago!
Get super user (root)...
How to Look Like a Computer Cracker →
inky:
Looking like a cracker is not going to get you girls. Confidence and self-assurance will get you girls.
Oh man, I’ve been doing it wrong all along. I knew that knowing UNIX and not knowing Linux wasn’t enough. Oh wait…. And that touch-typing was such a bitch. Although surely half-knowing it is enough to be more-than-hardcore.
I knew that “IRC account”...
The Irritating Python guide →
A page I hacked together over a few days. It’s not quite finished but Tumblr readers can get a SuperAdvancedRESTfulInterBlog preview of this collection of horrible code.
“Faero : with BOI you can’t put in a reason for a bank transfer :(...”
Cyanotic - Order of Chaos
Posting these guys...
“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel....”
– William Gibson
“<Croc> Okay well I got this new girl home
<Croc> One thing led to...”
– QDB: Quote #203271
via merkin
Cyberattacks knock out Georgia's Internet presence →
Digital Pearl Harbour or moral panic? As Patrik Falstrom hypothesises, perhaps the unprepared websites of a smaller nation are simply being battered by the surge of international interest in a nation most people had probably never heard of.
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A discussion of the idea of source code as art with consideration given to chaos and viruses.
“In the wake of [Nirvana’s] cover, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed...”
– The Man Who Sold the World (via inky)
Bong-Ra - Larvae (Breakcore/industrial)
The first...
Retracted article on toxicity of MDMA on dopamine... →
Another horrific example of drug policy being dictated by panicked and inaccurate research backed by government money.
