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This new feature is a little eerie to me.  You can clearly read license plate numbers on cars, see people dining at street cafes.  The photo on this link even shows a woman showing a little too much on the thong-side.

That’s right spineless Democrats.  By giving Bush the extra funding supplemental for the Iraq war, you’ve sent a message to our enemies that we’re not leaving any time soon, which is likely to make us and the troops _less safe_.  Why can’t you people get the message out that extending the war “emboldens our enemies” to counter the falsehood that it’s the timetables that do this?  Sheesh.  And you wonder why they can barely win even in an environment like this.

Well, he remote viewed the answer, but only used his superhuman crypto skills; nothing paranormal. Bit commitment schemes are pretty useful in cryptography.  But, you have to do them correctly.

I always wondered how something that obviously does not add much additional cost to low-cost items could offer any real protection.  Turns out they don’t.

This was posted to the cryptography mailing list as an example of how long it can take for experts to believe evidence.  Ulcers for years were thought of to be caused by stress (and many people still think so to this day) but are now known to be caused by bacteria Helicobacter pylori.  I just read about how if 40 years ago someone had even suggested that a condition such as ulcers was caused by an infection it would have been heresy.  However, they are finding even now that HPV is linked to cervical cancer and there could be other links between viruses/bacteria and other conditions.

WEP has been cracked _again_ and read the description–it is a devastating break.  Crypto by committee, especially when not done by expert cryptographers with a well-defined threat model, is really, really bad.  This page also summarizes some of the previous weaknesses of WEP.

Excellent high-level description of what went into the AACS crack. This arms race is even funnier now that the replacement key has been [cracked \_before\_ it has been released](https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070517-latest-aacs-revision-defeated-a-week-before-release.html). Media industry: you lost the battle against your customers before it was started.

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Ouch.