There's a worrying ambiguity with the phrase "warranty void if broken" on a sticker.
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HTML 5 defines what a conforming parser should do in the face of invalid markup. Cunning.
Logging into mobile Facebook in another country triggers a curious security process where you have to identify friends in photos. Try it.
Do perfect programs exist? Would we recognise one? More interestingly, how would it handle feature requests?
"[...] the info here is quite decent. Thanks." It would appear today's blog comment bots go generic and complimentary to maximise link life.
Wireworld is cool: http://bit.ly/ctNose it's almost enough to drive a computer scientist into hardware.
Beware floating point arithmetic. Seriously. 0.7 + 0.1 != 0.8 (try it in your REPL of choice)
Distributing malicious URLs via man in the middle attacks on IRC conversations: http://bit.ly/9Cc6l9 'automated social engineering'
/Interesting/ PHP feature of the day: variable variables.
When designing a UI, *always* create mockups before coding. It produces results that are so much better.
Roses are #FF0000, violets are #0000FF, finished my degree and would like to meet you. (looking for security role opportunities)
Nifty side channel attack on SSL-secured web applications http://bit.ly/ckeI5G
It turns out video and audio recordings can be watermarked by fluctuations in the power source -- deeply cool. http://bit.ly/cocmsD
If I made a MMORPG, I would call it Hotel California.
Three letter acronyms are too overloaded -- I keep reading Finite State Machine as Flying Spaghetti Monster...
LISP has jokingly been described as "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". -- Dijkstra
Reconsidering onion routing for anonymity: Why Tor has failed but I2P and Anomos will succeed: http://bit.ly/bG9XL6
Computer Science at its most beautiful:
ForAll = λP.(P=λx.T)
Paypal: How do I know this is not a Spoof email? Spoof or ‘phishing’ emails tend to have generic greetings such as "Dear PayPal member". :-0
The mark of web site with a fantastic design is when projects like Readability offer no benefit.
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