Things that make you go "Hmmmm…" - Page 188

kladner · 2014-04-10, 12:30

http://www.gizmag.com/seawater-hydro...irplane/31569/

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Although no one is saying that aircraft carriers will soon be able to fuel their jet fighters using water from the ocean, such a scenario has recently come a step closer to reality. Scientists from the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have successfully flown a radio-controlled airplane that was running purely on fuel derived from sea water.

Xyzzy · 2014-04-10, 17:43

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5118292.html

cheesehead · 2014-04-12, 01:45

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Originally Posted by tServo

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Originally Posted by LaurV

Heartbleed
(Not very well documented, but it makes you say hmm..., better you search the web for more details, the noise is on the raising now)

LaurV is right and perhaps understated it a bit.
This looks VERY VERY bad, indeed! It affects servers, the estimate I just saw
said about 500,00 of them. For instance, every Apache server has this vulnerability ! Since it is on the server side, there is no protection on your client
machine to avoid this. CNET has a pretty good article as does heartbleed.com.
I'm sure there will be plenty of others.
The hell of it is: you can't try to fix this until the company that owns the servers
has done their part. only then can you change your passwords.
Also, if the hackers have saved intercepted data, they now have the means
to use it.

I've started a new thread:
"Heartbleed: Changing your passwords"
by quoting from a good article at the Yahoo! Tech section.

cheesehead · 2014-04-12, 02:00

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Originally Posted by tServo

Where I agree with retina is that the Open Source crowd has always claimed that they are the most secure and have NO vulnerabilities and don't bother them with any security concerns because OPEN SOURCE IS PERFECT.

It seems that the Open Source crowd where you work is inexperienced. (I'll guess that they're young.)

"A man's GOT to know his limitations."
Clint Eastwood's character Harry Callahan, in Magnum Force

ewmayer · 2014-04-12, 21:13

Pakistan baby case withdrawn: A Pakistani court withdraws the case against a nine-month-old baby who was accused of attempted murder along with 12 family members.

Insufficient evidence tying the toddler to the crime", I'm guessing - but we all know it was the mastermind, he's a cunning little type that one, don't let the drool, googoo babble and pacifier fool you..

Xyzzy · 2014-04-15, 21:16

kladner · 2014-04-15, 22:47

Does it cut grass? That is, is it really a mower? Just guessing, but the blade would have to be spinning in the thousands instead of the hundreds of rpm. Even then, the cut would be pretty strange, given the differences in ground speed of the two ends of the blade.

retina · 2014-04-16, 01:48

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Originally Posted by Xyzzy

Actually the funny thing about that link is the human desire for recognition and how they only got excited when some official from some beer company read out a speech to say they recognise an achievement. Perhaps the days of doing things for our own enjoyment have gone? Unless we get X likes and Y views and a beer company watching us then whatever we do is regarded as a failure?

kladner · 2014-04-16, 03:10

Then, too, it is pretty unusual to see a lawnmower red-lining at 9500 rpm.

I vote this as being more funny car than lawnmower. It is a lawn tractor shell with some really exotic guts.

bsquared · 2014-04-16, 03:30

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Originally Posted by kladner

Then, too, it is pretty unusual to see a lawnmower red-lining at 9500 rpm.

Heh. It is pretty unusual to see a tach, at all, on a lawnmower.

Batalov · 2014-04-16, 03:43

I can attest to that!

{ I've just fixed one: by replacing the spark plug [sic! not plural, singular], blowing the fuel filter [while children looked at me in awe and disbelief; they probably expected me to croak shortly after, like Vizzini did] and yanking the starter chain until I got a blister, ... but this whole procedure worked, it took off. }

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2014-04-10, 17:43	#2059
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 5×17×97 Posts	http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5118292.html

2014-04-12, 21:13	#2062
ewmayer ∂²ω=0 Sep 2002 República de California 19·613 Posts	Pakistan baby case withdrawn: A Pakistani court withdraws the case against a nine-month-old baby who was accused of attempted murder along with 12 family members. Insufficient evidence tying the toddler to the crime", I'm guessing - but we all know it was the mastermind, he's a cunning little type that one, don't let the drool, googoo babble and pacifier fool you..

2014-04-15, 21:16	#2063
Xyzzy "Mike" Aug 2002 5·17·97 Posts

2014-04-15, 22:47	#2064
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2·3·1,693 Posts	Does it cut grass? That is, is it really a mower? Just guessing, but the blade would have to be spinning in the thousands instead of the hundreds of rpm. Even then, the cut would be pretty strange, given the differences in ground speed of the two ends of the blade.

2014-04-16, 03:10	#2066
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2×3×1,693 Posts	Then, too, it is pretty unusual to see a lawnmower red-lining at 9500 rpm. I vote this as being more funny car than lawnmower. It is a lawn tractor shell with some really exotic guts.

2014-04-16, 03:43	#2068
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 9,497 Posts	I can attest to that! { I've just fixed one: by replacing the spark plug [sic! not plural, singular], blowing the fuel filter [while children looked at me in awe and disbelief; they probably expected me to croak shortly after, like Vizzini did] and yanking the starter chain until I got a blister, ... but this whole procedure worked, it took off. }