Archive for December, 2011
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
Free Weev
Andrew Auernheimer, security researcher under attack.
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011
Chiptu(n)esday – Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Our first meeting is “What is Chiptune?” This will be an introduction to the concept of using video game equipment to make incredibly unique and memorable electronic music. This class will cover existing software and hardware trades and introduce you to some contemporary artist. Afterwards, try out LSDJ and Mssiah for yourself! Chiptu(n)esday – Tuesday, [...]
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Mailbombing
From the early days of the public internet: The reflector bomb works on the simple principle that mail sent with spoofed addresses will bounce to the victim. Its particular agent is the BCC line, which enables the mailbomber to list any number of fake addresses on diverse servers for greater inefficiency of routing, leading to [...]
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Monday, December 26th, 2011
Houston 2600 Meeting: Friday, January 6, 2012
Houston 2600/HAQR Meeting Join computer enthusiasts to talk about programming, operating systems, computer security topics, hacking and geek culture. When: Friday, January 6 6-9 PM Where: Ninfa’s Express seating area, Galleria IV Directions Take Post Oak South past Westheimer. Turn right on Hidalgo. Turn right on McCue. On your left is a parking garage. Turn [...]
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Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Open Source Software, Inc.
Remember when the promise of open source software was that it was an alternative to the coercive corporate software that always tried to game the user to fit into its plan? Me too. But it seems those days have ended. The above is Mozilla adopting a page from Microsoft and Apple and trying to confuse [...]
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The paranoid future of work
If you could increase your bottom line by squeezing more work out of your wage slaves, who are prone to screw off most of the time because they hate their slave-like jobs (which are essentially day care for drones), why wouldn’t you? Especially if it’s just a little software program. Tens of thousands of programmers, [...]