DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERRRRR... er... Wait a second!

Terrorists terrorists terrorists terrorists terrorists terrorists terrorists.

] Interz0ne 4 is now accepting Papers and Presentations for
] available presentation time slots during this year's
] convention.

Call for Papers out for IZ4. They seem to be considering starting an Interz0ne West, I assume with the help of the Hac Sec Clan.

interz0ne IV: CFP

] The good news: International intelligence expert George
] Friedman's "America's Secret War," says the United States
] is winning the war against al-Qaida around the world.
]
] Then what's bad news, at least for the administration of
] President Bush?
]
] "The decision to invade Iraq was not a good one and very
] few in the administration thought it was. It was the best
] of a bad lot," Friedman writes.
]
] In short, Friedman contends, Bush didn't really go to war
] because he was worried about Iraqi weapons of mass
] destruction or links to terrorists. But those were
] concerns he could use to sell the war to the American
] people, and now he may pay the ultimate political price
] for that.
]
] Who is Friedman and why should we believe him? His
] company, Stratfor (short for Strategic Forecasting), a
] private worldwide intelligence company, has been given
] credit by Barron's magazine for being "miles ahead of CNN
] and all the other media" for its online reporting. The
] American Spectator has written that "Stratfor is changing
] the way we think about news," while the Wall Street
] Journal said the "predictions have made George Friedman a
] hot property these days."
. . .
] If you prefer books coming from a strong political bias (for or
] against the war, for or against Bush, etc.), "America's Secret
] War" is not for you. But if you wonder how and why things have
] gone the way they have since 9/11, this is a eye-opener.

[adds to book list]

Psst ... U.S. winning terror war (Review: 'America's Secret War')

] Doxygen is a documentation system for C , C, Java,
] Objective-C, IDL (Corba and Microsoft flavors) and to
] some extent PHP, C# and D.

Beautiful! Scratch one thing off my list

Doxygen - Documentation Generation made easy

] Just how do those little things work anyway?
] Radio Frequency Identification
]
] Many modern technologies give the impression they work by
] magic, particularly when they operate automatically and
] their mechanisms are invisible. A technology called RFID
] (radio frequency identification), which is relatively new
] to the mass market, has exactly this characteristic and
] for many people seems a lot like magic. RFID is an
] electronic tagging technology (see figure 1) that allows
] an object, place, or person to be automatically
] identified at a distance without a direct line-of-sight,
] using an electromagnetic challenge/response exchange.
] Typical applications include labeling products for rapid
] checkout at a point-of-sale terminal, inventory tracking,
] animal tagging, timing marathon runners, secure
] automobile keys, and access control for secure
] facilities.

ACM Queue - The Magic of RFID - Just how do those little things work anyway?

] While 77 percent of those surveyed said they thought
] their computers were well-protected, four out of five had
] spyware or adware programs running on their computer and
] nearly two-thirds said they had been infected by a virus.
]
] Though 85 percent had anti-virus software on their
] computers, most had not updated that software in the past
] week -- a necessary step to guard against viruses that
] can spread across the globe in a matter of days.
]
] Two-thirds didn't have a firewall to protect against
] hackers, and 38 percent of wireless network users did not
] encrypt their networks.

Computer users unaware of online risks

] Sony is moving into ritzy shopping malls based on a
] widely held belief that conventional electronics stores
] do a lousy job with women. Its storefronts sit next to
] Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, Sephora and other boutiques that
] appeal to women -- a stark contrast to the big-box
] electronics stores in strip malls.
]
] At every Sony store a "concierge desk" greets shoppers,
] because company research suggested the feature appeals to
] women. The aisles are wide enough for strollers.
] Televisions are perched on different stands, instead of
] lined in rows at the same height, to give shoppers a
] better sense of how they will look in their living rooms.

I have alway been interested in how stores market to certain groups.

Sony Stores

] This page describes where to get Mozilla plug-ins and
] applications for processing multi-media and special file
] types. This page also describes how to configure them.
] Close the browser before installing plug-ins.

Linux Tutorial - Mozilla Web Browser Configuration on Linux for plug-ins and support applications

] USB connector is designed to feed power up to 100 mA 5V
] power to the devices connected to it. The power is fed
] though Vbus and GND pins. The host USB pert can supply up
] to 500 mA at voltage at least 4.75 V (for the HUB to be
] able to power 4 port HUB which can supply up 100 mA at
] voltage of at least 4.40V). The USB port does not need to
] supply more than 100 mA unless the device connected to it
] requests more current. UL overcurrent-prevention
] requirement says that no USB port ever pass more than 5A
] onto any port (short circuit protection to avoid damage
] to equipments and wiring).

Reference to myself: Check effect on other USB devices when sourcing ~2A.

Power circuits from PC componenets

]
] The truck is hydrogen-powered and creates its own fuel
] from solar energy and water, a technical feat that rivals
] the advanced technology being researched by major auto
] companies and universities. The four-cylinder engine is
] tuned to run on hydrogen, which is produced by a
] hand-built electrolysis system mounted in the bed.
]
] Teacher Cory Waxman and his students took four years to
] build the experiment, believed to be the only
] self-sustaining hydrogen vehicle that uses a conventional
] internal-combustion engine.

Hydrogen car self-sustaining