The Dubai Job: Big Issues: GQ
Monday, January 18, 2010. Morning At 6:45 a.m., the first members of an Israeli hit squad land at Dubai International Airport and fan out through the city to await further instructions. Over the next nineteen hours, the rest of the team—at least twenty-seven members—will arrive on flights from Zuric
keys open doors
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Hasnain says:
The private keys used for signing games to run on the PS3. Hello, homebrew code on the PS3.
(if anyone's still wondering, you must have an EPIC FAIL at security for your private keys to be mathematically reversed. these were not leaked)
Posted on 2011-01-04T13:14:36+0000
Great Rose Bowl Hoax
Type: College Prank.Summary: Caltech students succeeded in altering the University of Washington’s halftime flip-card routine during the 1961 Rose Bowl in order to read “CALTECH”.
The CIA Meets MIT (idea)@Everything2.com
A few weeks after the office opened, a young man walked in, dressed in a nice business suit and carrying a violin case, and asked to speak with Mr. Andersen. "He's not here right now," said the secretary. "That's OK. I'll wait," said the young man, and sat down. "He may not be back for some time,
Apple owes Steve Jobs $37.91
Steve Jobs has yet to accept small amounts of money owed to him by several companies, including his own.
Hasnain says:
Apple ows Steve Jobs about 38 times his yearly salary...
Posted on 2010-12-12T10:44:01+0000
Continuing pro-Wikileaks DDOS actions, Anonymous takes down PayPal.com - Boing Boing
Third Anonymous "Operation Payback" takedown in a single day: PayPal.com is effectively offline. Earlier today, Visa.com and Mastercard.com, along with other targets perceived as enemies of Wikileaks.
Hasnain says:
Paypal down too. I have NO idea where this will stop.
Posted on 2010-12-09T08:23:46+0000
Wikileaks, game theory, and the inexorable march of progress
All the current attention on Wikileaks is around the most recent data release, the poor response by the US government, and the misguided ‘info war’ we are watching unfold right now. I’d like to step back a moment and consider what the long term view may look like.
Hasnain says:
A very nice read. I definitely agree with his point that life doesn't have to be a zero-sum game.
Posted on 2010-12-09T08:20:18+0000
WikiLeaks cables: US 'lobbied Russia on behalf of Visa and MasterCard' | World news | The Guardian
US diplomats intervened to try to amend draft law so that it would not 'disadvantage' US credit card firms, cable says
Hasnain says:
Okay, so maybe this is the reason that MasterCard and Visa blocked wikileaks in the first place.
Posted on 2010-12-09T08:11:27+0000
Visa website down after threat from WikiLeaks supporters
The website of credit card company Visa apparently went down Wednesday, shortly after being threatened by apparent WikiLeaks supporters who claimed to have attacked MasterCard's corporate website earlier in the day.
Hasnain says:
Visa's site is down too. and mastercard's site is still down. ouch.
Posted on 2010-12-09T07:55:30+0000
a sea of lead, a sky of slate: Abandoned on Everest
This article raises many unsettling ideas. I know that people spend months training for the ascent attempt. I KNOW that they sit for weeks at Base Camp sometimes, acclimatising, and I KNOW that they have spent thousands of pounds to get there, taken weeks off work, and have built up so many hopes an