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Springer LINK: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2137 |
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| Topic: Technology |
4:27 pm EDT, Oct 26, 2001 |
Finally! This conference was held back in April, but the proceedings just became available online today. Get 'em while they're hot! (if you can :( ) Authors whose names many may know or recognize include Tonda Benes, Markus G. Kuhn, Adam Back, Ulf Möller, David Goldberg, Roger Dingledine, Michael J. Freedman, and David Molnar. This conference is typically full of excellent papers, but those of particular interest may include: The Strong Eternity Service
A Reputation System to Increase MIX-Net Reliability
An Analysis of One of the SDMI Candidates
Traffic Analysis Attacks and Trade-Offs in Anonymity Providing Systems
Real World Patterns of Failure in Anonymity Systems
Intellectual Property Metering
Computational Forensic Techniques for Intellectual Property Protection
Natural Language Watermarking: Design, Analysis, and a Proof-of-Concept Implementation
Robust Covert Communication over a Public Audio Channel Using Spread Spectrum
A Perceptual Audio Hashing Algorithm: A Tool for Robust Audio Identification and Information Hiding Springer LINK: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2137 |
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Terror Act Has Lasting Effects |
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4:05 pm EDT, Oct 26, 2001 |
People who crash computers are now officially treated exactly the same way as people who are trying to blow up buildings. Stupid. Terror Act Has Lasting Effects |
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John Shirley: Glimpses of the 21st Century |
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5:33 am EDT, Oct 26, 2001 |
JLM: A noted cyberpunk author predicts the future. Linked from Plastic, where most people found fault with Shirley's comments. Your thoughts? ME: Feeling less and less happy about living in a densly populated coastal city with that is internationally known. John Shirley: Glimpses of the 21st Century |
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Slashdot | Slashdot Updates |
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1:56 am EDT, Oct 24, 2001 |
"[...] a little about advertisements and subscriptions. Slashdot continues to grow: our traffic has increased by like 10% in the last few months, and simply selling the banner ads you see on top of each page isn't going to be enough to keep us afloat if we keep growing. And selling banner ads in 2001 is an awful lot harder then [sic] it was in 1999. The change will be a different ad size on the article page. Currently we have the standard banner size on top of all pages, but soon the article pages will instead have those huge square things that you see on CNet or ZD. I know this will be unpopular with many people, myself included, but when we make the switch, we will also have some sort of subscription system where you can pay a fee to disable them honestly. [...] Slashdot is now four years old ... and I want it to still be here four years from now. I hope you can understand the expensive reality associated with making this site happen every day for a quarter of a million readers." Slashdot | Slashdot Updates |
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Downtown McDonald's Perpetually A Hairsbreadth From Complete Anarchy |
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9:48 pm EDT, Oct 23, 2001 |
Ronald McDonald is a symbol of the evil capitalist grip upon the people. He will be overthrown. To each, as many hamburgers as you can eat, from each, as many hamburgers as you can make. We mean it. Get making hamburgers. Right now. If you do not produce enough hamburgers you will be sentanced to labor camps in the bathroom area of the restaurant. We hear the winters there are long and cold. Downtown McDonald's Perpetually A Hairsbreadth From Complete Anarchy |
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9:42 pm EDT, Oct 23, 2001 |
"(Iraqi) Foreign Minister Naji Sabri last week denied any link to the U.S. anthrax cases, telling reporters: ``It's bullshit.''" How often do you get a "Foreign Minister" to start cursing at you? :) Iraq - 'It's bullshit!' |
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Cannabis smokers will not be arrested. |
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| Topic: Current Events |
9:25 pm EDT, Oct 23, 2001 |
"CANNABIS will be reclassified so that possession of the drug is no longer an arrestable offence, David Blunkett announced yesterday, in the first relaxation of British drug laws in 30 years" Cannabis smokers will not be arrested. |
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